Project description:We have established AR3 transgenic mouse models with targeted expression of AR3 in the prostate using the ARR2PB promoter. We have carried out gene expression profiling in AR3 transgenic prostate and wild-type prostate tissues respectively. We performed gene expression profiling in AR3 transgenic prostates to identify differentially expressed genes in the AR3Tg at the age of 4 weeks (n=3), wild-type littermates (n=3) were used as controls.
Project description:KLF5 is a basic transcription factor that regulates multiple biological processes, but its function in tumorigenesis appears contradictory in the current literature, with some studies showing tumor suppressor activity and others showing tumor promoting activity. In this study, we examined the function of Klf5 in prostatic tumorigenesis using mice with prostate specific deletion of Klf5 and Pten, both of which are frequently deleted in human prostate cancer. Histological and molecular analyses demonstrated that when one Pten allele was deleted, which causes mouse intraepithelial neoplasia (mPIN), Klf5 deletion accelerated the emergence and progression of mPIN. When both Pten alleles were deleted, which causes prostate cancer, Klf5 deletion promoted tumor growth and caused more severe morphological and molecular alterations, and homozygous deletion of Klf5 was more effective than hemizygous deletion. Unexpectedly, while Klf5 deletion clearly promoted tumorigenesis in luminal cells, it actually diminished the numbers of Ck5-positive basal cells in the Pten-null tumors. Klf5 deletion also increased the cell proliferation rate in tumors with Pten deletion, which involved extensive activation of the PI3K/AKT and MAPK mitogenic signaling pathways and inactivation of the p15 cell cycle inhibitor. Global gene expression and pathway analyses demonstrated that multiple mechanisms could be responsible for the tumor promoting effect of Klf5 deletion, We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression of Klf5-wildtype and Klf5-null mouse dorsal prostates under Pten-null context to figure out the differential expression profiling underlying tumorigenesis 4 Klf5-wildtype and 4 Klf5-null mouse (6 months age) dorsal prostates under Pten-null context were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix mouse st 1.0 array
Project description:We performed expression mouse profiling of prostates of 3 month PTEN f/f and Pten f/f;R26(ERG) mice and assessed the response to 3 days of castration.
Project description:KLF5 is a basic transcription factor that regulates multiple biological processes, but its function in tumorigenesis appears contradictory in the current literature, with some studies showing tumor suppressor activity and others showing tumor promoting activity. In this study, we examined the function of Klf5 in prostatic tumorigenesis using mice with prostate specific deletion of Klf5 and Pten, both of which are frequently deleted in human prostate cancer. Histological and molecular analyses demonstrated that when one Pten allele was deleted, which causes mouse intraepithelial neoplasia (mPIN), Klf5 deletion accelerated the emergence and progression of mPIN. When both Pten alleles were deleted, which causes prostate cancer, Klf5 deletion promoted tumor growth and caused more severe morphological and molecular alterations, and homozygous deletion of Klf5 was more effective than hemizygous deletion. Unexpectedly, while Klf5 deletion clearly promoted tumorigenesis in luminal cells, it actually diminished the numbers of Ck5-positive basal cells in the Pten-null tumors. Klf5 deletion also increased the cell proliferation rate in tumors with Pten deletion, which involved extensive activation of the PI3K/AKT and MAPK mitogenic signaling pathways and inactivation of the p15 cell cycle inhibitor. Global gene expression and pathway analyses demonstrated that multiple mechanisms could be responsible for the tumor promoting effect of Klf5 deletion, We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression of Klf5-wildtype and Klf5-null mouse dorsal prostates under Pten-null context to figure out the differential expression profiling underlying tumorigenesis
Project description:Translocation of ETS transcription factors including ERG and ETV1 occur in half of all prostate cancers. We generated a mouse model of ERG ovexpression (Rosa26-ERG) which when crossed into prostate specific probasin-Cre, expressed ERG specifically in the prostate. We crossed Rosa26-ERG into Pten flox/flox allele to generate compound GEMM mouse. Here, we determined the genomic binding sites of ERG, AR, and the histone marks H3K4me1 and H3K4me3 that maps enhancers and promoters respectively in the prostates of these mice.
Project description:Attenuation of Hedgehog (Hh) pathway activity leads to increased prostate branching during adult prostate regeneration. In order to identify genes regulated by the Hh pathway that might be involved in adult prostate branching, we performed transcriptional profiling of regenerating prostates from wild-type or Gli1-/- mutant mice, which have attenuated Hh pathway activity. 6 total samples were analyzed. 3 wild-type prostates and 3 Gli-/- mutant prostates were analyzed.