Project description:By transplanting mammary cells into the mammary fat pad in vitro to regenerate the whole mammary gland, we can study the interaction between mammary epithelial cells at single cell level
Project description:During gestation, alveolar cells are derived from luminal progenitors in the mammary gland. However, the mechanism underlying luminal progenitor commitment to alveolar cells remains largely unknown. By using five genetically modified mouse lines and single cell RNA sequencing, we identified a Kindlin-2 - Stat3 - Dll1 signaling cascade in myoepithelial cells which controls the inactivation of Notch signaling in luminal cells that consequently drives luminal progenitor commitment to alveolar cells. We found that loss of Kindlin-2 in myoepithelial cells impairs mammary morphogenesis and alveologenesis, and lactation. Single-cell profiling reveals that Kindlin-2 loss significantly decreases the proportion of alveolar cells.
Project description:Skin-mammary specific knockout (SSKO) of Pygo2 (K14-cre; Pygo2 flox/-) , a WNT signaling co-activator, results in defective mouse mammary gland development. The FACS sorted mammary stem cell (MaSC)/basal population from Pygo2 SSKO mammary gland displays biased differentiation towards luminal/alveolar lineage in vitro, and reduced regeneration rate of new mammary gland in vivo
Project description:Skin-mammary specific knockout (SSKO) of Pygo2 (K14-cre; Pygo2 flox/-) , a WNT signaling co-activator, results in defective mouse mammary gland development. The FACS sorted mammary stem cell (MaSC)/basal population from Pygo2 SSKO mammary gland displays biased differentiation towards luminal/alveolar lineage in vitro, and reduced regeneration rate of new mammary gland in vivo To gain the insight into gene expression profiles in control and Pygo2 SSKO mammary epithelial cells (MECs), we sorted the freshly isolated mouse MECs into MaSC/basal (Lin-CD29hiCD24+) and mature luminal population (Lin-CD29lowCD24+CD61-), and extract total RNA for cDNA microarray analysis
Project description:Mammary gland is a dynamic organ which undergoes most of its structural development after birth under cyclic control of ovarian hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. Using 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD) menopause model, we investigated the effect of ovarian hormones on mouse mammary glands. In particular, we focused on mouse mammary gland fibroblasts because they are one of the known crucial players but yet to be characterized well. With integrated analysis including six other publicly available datasets as well as mammary epithelium atlas data, we comprehensively described the characters of mouse mammary gland (e.g. potential commitment to mammary gland development, response to estrogens, developmental relationship, and crosstalk with mammary epithelium) in a population specific manner. Furthermore, we investigated the effect of endocrine disrupting chemical named polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in either of absence or presence of ovarian hormones on whole cellular components of mouse mammary gland including epithelial cells, fibroblasts, and immune cells at a single cell level.