Project description:The generation of the Lgr5_EGFP_ires_CreERT2 knock-in mouse allows marking of Lgr5 positive cells of different tissues. Here we use these mice to sort Lgr5 positive cells and their daughter cells form intestinal adenomas and describe the expression profile of these two cell populations. Intestinal adenomas were generated by inducing Apc deletion through tamoxifen injection in Apc_fl/fl-Lgr5_EGFP_ires_CreERT2 mice. In these mice, GFP is expressed under the control of the Lgr5 promoter, leading to highest GFP levels in Lgr5 positive cells (GFP-high). Dividing GFP-high cells pass on Gfp two their daughter cells, thereby diluting the GFP. Daughter cells can therefore be isolated based on their lower GFP positivity (GFP-low). We sorted these two cell fractions (GFP-high and GFP-low) and compared them to each other on 4X44K Agilent Whole Mouse Genome dual colour Microarrays (G4122F). Three independent sorts were performed and RNA of GFP-high cells hybridized directly against RNA of GFP-low cells in three dye swap experiments, resulting in six individual arrays.
Project description:The identification of Lgr5 as an intestinal stem cell marker has made it possible to isolate and study primary intestinal stem cells. Transcriptional differences between intestinal stem cells can be explored by the use of the Lgr5-eGFP-ires-CreERT2 knock-in mouse. In this mouse model GFP expression is driven from the Lgr5 locus, leading to highest GFP levels in the Lgr5 positive cells. Yet, due to the stability of the GFP protein, it is distributed upon cell division to the daughter cells. Here we arbitrarily sorted crypt cells based on GFP expression into five fractions. The fraction with the lowest GFP level is named 1+, the fraction with the highest level 5+.
Project description:The identification of Lgr5 as an intestinal stem cell marker has made it possible to isolate and study primary intestinal stem cells. Transcriptional differences between intestinal stem cells can be explored by the use of the Lgr5-eGFP-ires-CreERT2 knock-in mouse. In this mouse model GFP expression is driven from the Lgr5 locus, leading to highest GFP levels in the Lgr5 positive cells. Yet, due to the stability of the GFP protein, it is distributed upon cell division to the daughter cells. Here we arbitrarily sorted crypt cells based on GFP expression into five fractions. The fraction with the lowest GFP level is named 1+, the fraction with the highest level 5+. We used cell fractions of intestines from Lgr5-EGFP-ires-CreERT2 mice, expressing GFP under the control of the Lgr5 promoter. RNA was isolated from five FACS sorted cell populations, with fraction 5+ expressing GFP at highest levels and 1+ expressing GFP at lowest levels. Differentially labelled cRNA from fractions 1+ to 4+ were hybridized against fraction 5+ on 4X44K Agilent Whole Mouse Genome dual colour Microarrays (G4122F) in dye swap experiments, resulting in eight individual arrays.
Project description:Prognosis of glioblastoma remains poor despite a great deal of research. In glioblastoma, the existence of glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) has been shown, which are responsible for tumorigenesis, invasive capacity, and therapy resistance. One of cancer stem cell markers, Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor (Lgr5) plays a role in maintenance of GSCs, however, properties of the Lgr5 positive GSCs have not been fully understood. We applied the Sleeping-Beauty transposon-induced glioblastoma model to the Lgr5-GFP transgenic mice and sorted the GFP-positive cells from the neurosphere cultures derived from the mouse glioblastoma tissues. We found that the GFP-positive GSCs exhibited higher expression of Gli2 using a global gene expression analysis.
Project description:Proximal mouse small intestine from mice bearing the Lgr5 GFP/+ and Mex3a Tom/+ alleles were used to obtain single cell preparations. Cells were selected for GFP expression and different levels of tdTomato were defined. Sorted cells were lysed and processed for transcriptomic analysis
Project description:The generation of the Lgr5_EGFP_ires_CreERT2 knock-in mouse allows marking of Lgr5 positive cells of different tissues by GFP expression. Here we use these mice to sort GFP positive cells from intestinal adenomas and compare those to GFP positive cells from normal small intestine.
Project description:We performed single cell Cut&Tag using 10x genomics chromium platform with antibodies agains H3K4me3, H3K27ac, H3K27me3, H3K36me3, Rad21 and Olig2 on nuclei isolated from the mouse brain. The cells were sorted based on GFP fluorescence, from Sox10-Cre/GFP whole mouse brain at postnatal day P21-25. Additionaly, H3K4m3 and H3K27me3 scC&T includes both Sox10-Cre/GFP positive and negative cells sorted from the whole mouse brain at postnatal day P15.
Project description:The introduction of GFP into the Dll1 locus has made it possible to isolate and study primary intestinal Dll1 positive cells, which constitute the secretory cell precursors of the intestine. Applying DNA array technology, we profiled the RNA changes of FACS-sorted Dll1_high/CD24_low, Dll1_high/CD24_medium and Dll1_high/CD24_high cells . We used cell fractions of intestines from Dll1-EGFP-ires-CreERT2 mice, expressing GFP under the control of the Dll1 promoter. RNA was isolated from three FACS sorted cell populations: all are expressing Dll1-GFP at high levels, but are expressing different levels of Cd24 (low, medium and high). For this set two biological replicates were generated. One additional fraction was isolated from Lgr5-EGFP-ires-CreERT2 mice, expressing GFP under the control of the Lgr5 promoter. This cell fraction contains intestinal stem cells. Differentially labelled cRNA from these cell fractions was hybridized against a reference (RNA isolated from whole intestine) on 4X44K Agilent Whole Mouse Genome dual colour Microarrays (G4122F).
Project description:Homeostasis of self-renewing small intestinal crypts results from neutral competition between Lgr5 stem cells, small cycling cells located at crypt bottoms1, 2. Lgr5 stem cells are interspersed between terminally differentiated Paneth cells, that are known to produce bactericidal products such as lysozyme and cryptdins/defensins3. Single Lgr5-expressing stem cells can be cultured to form long-lived, self-organizing crypt-villus organoids in the absence of non-epithelial niche cells4. Here, we note a close physical association of Lgr5 stem cells with Paneth cells in vivo and in vitro. CD24+ Paneth cells express EGF, TGF?, Wnt3 and the Notch-ligand Dll4, all essential signals for stem cell maintenance in culture. Co-culturing of sorted stem cells with Paneth cells dramatically improves organoid formation. This Paneth cell requirement can be substituted by a pulse of exogenous Wnt. Genetic removal of Paneth cells in vivo results in the concomitant loss of Lgr5 stem cells. In colon crypts, CD24+ cells residing between Lgr5 stem cells may represent the Paneth cell equivalents. We conclude that Lgr5 stem cells compete for essential niche signals provided by a specialized daughter cell, the Paneth cell. We used intestinal cell fractions from Lgr5-EGFP-ires-CreERT2 mice, expressing GFP under the control of the Lgr5 promoter. RNA was isolated from two FACS sorted cell populations: stem cells were sorted based on high level of GFP expression (GFPhi) and Paneth cells were sorted based on high level of CD24 expression (CD24hi) and high side-scatter (SSChi). Differentially labelled cRNA from GFPhi and CD24hi/SSChi cells from two different sorts (each combining ten individual mice) were hybridized on 4X44K Agilent Whole Mouse Genome dual colour Microarrays (G4122F) in two dye swap experiments, resulting in four individual arrays.