Project description:The established cell lines RT4, 5637 and T24 from human bladder TCC were obtained from the Cell Bank of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5637 cells harbor two TP53 mutations, at codon 72 (Arg . Pro) and codon 280 (Arg . Thr).T24 cells contain a TP53 allele encoding an in-frame deletion of tyrosine 126. Both cell lines were established from high-grade bladder tumors. No specific mutations were detected in RT4 cells, which had been established from a low-grade papillary bladder tumor. The RT4 and T24 cell lines were maintained in DulbeccoM-^Rs modified EagleM-^Rs medium (Sigma-Aldrich, Inc, St Louis, MO, USA), and the 5637 cells were kept in Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium (Sigma-Aldrich). Both media were supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Cultilab Ltd, Campinas, Brazil), 100 U/mL penicillin G (Sigma-Aldrich), 100 U/mL streptomycin (Sigma-Aldrich) and 1% kanamycin sulfate (Amresco, Branded Products Group, Solon, OH, USA); cells were cultured at 37M-:C in an atmosphere of 5% CO2. A pooled reference design was chosen. More specifically, each array was hybridized with the same reference sample labeled with Cy5, while the experimental samples (control or treated) were labeled with Cy3.
Project description:Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) are a small benthic fish found in North America. This species is sensitive to sewage effluent in the environment, showing the presence of intersex in up to 80% of males in near-field areas in the Grand River, ON. To learn more about the molecular events associated with intersex, we developed a customized oligonucleotide microarray (4x180K) with next generation sequencing (454 Roche) to characterize molecular responses in the gonad. Transcriptomics was performed on both males and females from both a reference site and a polluted site. Males with and without intersex from the polluted site were compared to the control males. Rainbow darter were sampled from from the Grand River in May 2011. Fish were selected according to the location, gonad maturity, and intersex index. Reference fish were taken from the upstream to the urban area; exposed fish were taken from downstream of from Kitchener MWWE treatment plant.