Project description:To define the genetic characteristics of immature macrophages in the mouse colon, we isolated and sequenced monocytes and immature macrophages, and mature macrophage populations from WT mice
Project description:Purpose: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized systems-based analysis of cellular pathways. The goals of this study are to evaluate the effects of macrophage-specific E4BP4 overexpression under c-fms gene promoter on colon macrophages during the recovery phase of Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. Methods: We generated transgenic mice (TG) with macrophage-specific E4BP4 overexpression. Colon macrophages were isolated at Zeitgeber Time (ZT) 0 from TG mice and WT littermates and total RNA was extracted. Colon macrophage RNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing for two groups with three mouse samples each. Results: There were significant differences between TG and WT mice. Conclusions: Colon macrophages from the E4BP4 transgenic mice during the recovery phase of DSS-induced colitis might be altered at the transcription level.
Project description:Goal of the experiment: To identify transcriptional patterns across tumors from colorectal cancer murine models and normal mouse colon samples at different developmental stages. Experiment description: Colorectal cancer (CRC) results from multiple genetic and epigenetic events that produce variable histologies and clinical outcomes. To identify gene regulatory programs that underlie colon tumorigenesis, we profiled gene expression in 39 mouse colon tumors from four independent mouse models and compared this to mouse colon embryonic development, as well as with 100 human colon carcinomas. Here, we report a striking recapitulation of embryonic patterns of gene expression in both mouse and human colon tumors. All four of the mouse colon tumor models exhibited large-scale activation of embryonic gene expression signatures. The two nuclear beta-catenin-positive mouse tumors (azoxymethane-treated [AOM] and ApcMin/+), exhibited strong activation of genes characteristic of those expressed in the earliest embryonic stages, while tumors from two other models (Smad3-/- and Tgfb1-/- x Rag2-/-) exhibited lower activation of early stage-specific genes but substantial expression of general embryonic colon genes. Human colon cancer cases over-expressed genes characteristic of both early and late embryonic stages. Examining tumor gene expression through the lens of development has revealed an extensive network of therapeutic targets for cancer control. Keywords: Tumors from four murine models of colorectal cancer and normal mouse colon samples at different developmental stages
Project description:Goal of the experiment: To identify transcriptional patterns across tumors from colorectal cancer murine models and normal mouse colon samples at different developmental stages. Experiment description: Colorectal cancer (CRC) results from multiple genetic and epigenetic events that produce variable histologies and clinical outcomes. To identify gene regulatory programs that underlie colon tumorigenesis, we profiled gene expression in 39 mouse colon tumors from four independent mouse models and compared this to mouse colon embryonic development, as well as with 100 human colon carcinomas. Here, we report a striking recapitulation of embryonic patterns of gene expression in both mouse and human colon tumors. All four of the mouse colon tumor models exhibited large-scale activation of embryonic gene expression signatures. The two nuclear beta-catenin-positive mouse tumors (azoxymethane-treated [AOM] and ApcMin/+), exhibited strong activation of genes characteristic of those expressed in the earliest embryonic stages, while tumors from two other models (Smad3-/- and Tgfb1-/- x Rag2-/-) exhibited lower activation of early stage-specific genes but substantial expression of general embryonic colon genes. Human colon cancer cases over-expressed genes characteristic of both early and late embryonic stages. Examining tumor gene expression through the lens of development has revealed an extensive network of therapeutic targets for cancer control. Keywords: Tumors from four murine models of colorectal cancer and normal mouse colon samples at different developmental stages
Project description:Characterization of colon CD11chigh/MHCII+ myeloid cell subsets Colon lamina propria MHC+CD11chigh cells were sorted on the basis of CD103 and CD11b expression as follows: CD103+CD11b-, CD103+CD11b+, CD103-CD11b+.
Project description:These data suggest that co-culture with macrophages increases expression of NDRG-1 in epithelial cell lines. The finding is confirmed in 1 mouse epithelial cell line, and in tissue derived from mice genetically and dietetically altered to increase macrophage infiltration of the small and large intestinal epithelium. NDRG1 is identified as a potential mediator of macrophage effects on tumorigenesis in the large and small intestine. Array data is part of a larger study involving the effects of Vitamin D, in concert with macrophages, on intestinal homeostasis and tumorigenesis, entitled Cell autonomous and non-autonomous interactions of a western-style diet and the vitamin D receptor in intestinal homeostasis and tumorigenesis Cells from human colon cancer cell lines were cultured either alone, with Vitamin D3, with THP1 macrophages, or with THP1 macrophages and Vitamin D3, in a system which allowed no physical contact but exchange of soluble factors between the cell types.