Project description:In the present study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms by which Wnk contributes to human corneal epithelial wound healing. To better understand the process, we cultivated human corneal epithelial cells without or with Wnk inhibitor. Using gene profiling, we compared the mRNA profiles of passage 3 human corneal epithelial cells cultivated without Wnk inhibitor with passage 3 human corneal epithelial cells cultivated with Wnk inhibitor. Human corneal epithelial cells are isolated from eye bank donor corneas.
Project description:Mycotic leratitis is the corneal inflammation predominantly caused by Fusarium and Aspergillus species. Corneal epithelium is the earliest cell type encounter the invading pathogen. The innate immune responses of human corneal epithelial cells against Aspergillus flavus is not known. Here we studied the role of human corneal epithelial cells against Aspergillus flavus infection. The results showed that corneal epithelial cells internalized Aspergillus flavus conidia through actin mediated polymerization surrounding the conidia. Further the actin inhibitor cytochalasin D treatment reduced the formation actin ring around the conidia. The engulfed conidia acquired endosomal proteins as revealed by immunofluorescence analsyisis. Mass spectromtery of phagosomal proteins confirmed the recruitment of endosomal proteins and other proteins involved in phagocytosis. These results show the involvement of corneal epithelial cells in anti fungal defense.
Project description:human corneal epithelial cells were isolated from healthy human donor eyes. Cells were cultured with irradiated 3T3 (i3T3) murine fibroblast feeder cells, irradiated human corneal fibroblasts (iHFL) or without feeder layer
Project description:Dr. Panjwani's laboratory is focusing on the mechanism by which galectins-3 and 7 mediate corneal epithelial cell migration. We are currently performing studies to: (i) identify and characterize the corneal epithelial cell surface and extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules which serve as counterreceptors of galectin-3 and -7, to establish whether the lectins modulate corneal epithelial cell migration by binding to well known integrins, growth factor receptors, and/or ECM molecules and (ii) determine whether galectin-3 mediates corneal epithelial cell migration indirectly by modulating the expression of key adhesion and/or signal transduction molecules by using small interfering RNA, cDNA microarrays and glycogene arrays. We have prepared three independent preparations of total RNA of corneal epithelial cells from WT mice (total six samples) for analysis of glycogene expression. Samples are Normal Cornea (Left eye) and Laser ablation + 16-18 hours healing (right eye)
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE24979: MicroRNA-145 Regulates Human Corneal Epithelial Differentiation [Agilent-016436 array data] GSE24980: MicroRNA-145 Regulates Human Corneal Epithelial Differentiation [Agilent-014850 array data] Refer to individual Series
Project description:We successfully induced corneal epithelial cells from human iPSCs. Then, we perfomed global expression analysis using microarray to compare the character of hiPSC-derived corneal epithelial cells with that of the other kinds of cells. Total RNA was obtained from human iPSCs (hiPSCs), human iPSC-derived corneal epithelial cells (hiCECs), human corneal limbal epithelial cells (HCECs), human oral keratinocytes (HOKs), human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and six weeks-differentiated hiPSCs (hiPSC-derived ocular surface ectoderm, OSE) using the QIAZol reagent. A microarray analysis using Sure Print G3 human 8x60K slides (Agilent technologies) was performed at Takara Bio (Shiga, Japan).
Project description:Pnn depletion in developing mouse corneal epithelium led to disrupted alternative splicing of multiple ESRP-regulated epithelial-type exons. In human corneal epithelial cells (HCET), ESRP1 and PNN displayed close localization in and around nuclear speckles and their physical association in protein complexes was identified. In this study, gene expression profiling was performed to identify PNN- and ESRP1-regulated alternative pre-mRNA splicing in human corneal epithelial cells. Immortalized human corneal epithelial cells harboring doxycycline-inducible shRNA against PNN or ESRP1 were created. Whole transcriptome array analysis on ESRP1 or PNN knockdown HCET cells revealed clear alterations in transcript level and splicing pattern of specific subsets of genes with significant overlaps in their candidate targets. Our data suggest that ESRP1 and PNN modulate alternative splicing of a specific subset of exons, but not general splicing events. ESRP1 and PNN may together participate in the regulation of epithelial-specific splicing program in a genome-wide fashion. Parental HCET, shRNA-PNN HCET, and shRNA-ESRP1 HCET cells were cultured for 3 days with/without doxycycline. Total RNA was isolated from four biological replicates of each sample group and then subjected to hGlue3_0 transcriptome array analysis.
Project description:Genome-wide analysis of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) induced changes in gene expression in primary and immortalized human corneal epithelial cells. Analysis of regulation of primary and immortalized human corneal epithelial cells by dihydrotestosterone at gene expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that the androgen-eye interaction in ocular surface epithelial cells like corneal cells is influenced by androgens through regulation of the expression of multiple genes. Results provide important information of the differential regulation and comparitive analysis of numerous genes in response to dihydrotestosterone incubation in primary and immortalized human corneal epithelial cells. Total RNA was obtained from primary and immortalized human corneal epithelial cells treated for 5 days with 10 nM dihydrotestosterone (n=3) or vehicle (n=3). The RNA was then used with Illumina HumanHT-12 v3 Expression BeadChips to determine the effect of DHT on gene expression in the primary human corneal cells grown in our laboratory and the immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line developed in Dr. Rheinwald's laboratory [Rheinwald et al. MCB, 22 (14): 5157. (2002)] and charecterized in Dr. Ilene Gibson's laboratory [Gipson et al. IOVS, 44 (6): 2496. (2003)].
Project description:Our experiment is to compare Glyco-gene expression by interferon-gamma/TNF-treated human corneal epithelial cells also treated either with cell communication glycoprotein 'lacritin' or negative control deletion construct 'C-25 lacritin'. In a newly developing story, lacritin but not C-25 protects human corneal epithelial cells from INFG/TNF-induced cell death. This expression array will help work out the mechanism of protection to complement phosphoblotting and shRNA approaches currently underway. Lacritin targets its coreceptor 'syndecan-1' in lacritin-dependent cell proliferation and secretion. Lacritin appears to be important in human 'dry eye' and in promoting corneal epithelial cell survival in the presence of inflammatory cytokines.