Project description:LH-overexpressing mice display elevated levels of mammogenic hormones and consequently develop spontaneous mammary tumors with a median latency of 41 weeks. Tumors occur in the absence of p53 mutations and in the presence of a seemingly functional p53 signaling pathway. At 16 weeks of age, no histological evidence of tumors is observed in these transgenic mammary glands; however, mammary cells do demonstrate centrosome amplification at this age suggesting that early tumorigenic processes may have occured. Thus comparison of the transcriptome of the mammary glands from 16 week old LH-overexpressing mice to that of wild type mice will provide insight into early events occuring in p53-independent hormone-induced tumorigenesis. Keywords: disease state analysis
Project description:LH-overexpressing mice display elevated levels of mammogenic hormones and consequently develop spontaneous mammary tumors with a median latency of 41 weeks. Tumors occur in the absence of p53 mutations and in the presence of a seemingly functional p53 signaling pathway. At 16 weeks of age, no histological evidence of tumors is observed in these transgenic mammary glands; however, mammary cells do demonstrate centrosome amplification at this age suggesting that early tumorigenic processes may have occured. Thus comparison of the transcriptome of the mammary glands from 16 week old LH-overexpressing mice to that of wild type mice will provide insight into early events occuring in p53-independent hormone-induced tumorigenesis. Experiment Overall Design: Total RNA was isolated from mammary glands of a total of 9 wild type and 9 transgenic mice. RNA from 3 mammary glands was pooled together generating 3 wild type samples and 3 transgenic samples.
Project description:RNA was isolated from mammary glands from 55 day old control mice, mice overexpressing the miR-200b/200a/429 cluster in mammary epithelial cells (MTB-200ba429) mice overexpressing the IGF-IR transgene in mammary epithelial cells (MTB-IGFIR), and mice overexpressing both the miR-200b/200a/429 cluster and the IGF-IR transgene in mammary epithelial cells (MTB-IGFIRba429)
Project description:The present experiments were performed to determine the roles of estrogen receptors α and β (ERα and ERβ) in normal and neoplastic development in the mouse mammary gland. In wild-type mice, in vivo administration of estradiol (E) + progesterone (P) stimulated mammary ductal growth and alveolar differentiation. Mammary glands from mice in which the ERβ gene has been deleted (βERKO mice) demonstrated normal ductal growth and differentiation in response to E + P. By contrast, mammary glands from mice in which the ERα gene has been deleted (αERKO mice) demonstrated only rudimentary ductal structures that did not differentiate in response to E + P. EGF demonstrates estrogen-like activity in the mammary glands of αERKO mice: treatment of αERKO mice with EGF + P (without E) supported normal mammary gland development, induced expression of progesterone receptor (PR), and increased levels of G- protein-coupled receptor (GPR30) protein. Mammary gland development in βERKO mice treated with EGF + P was comparable to that of wild-type mice receiving EGF + P; EGF had no statistically significant effects on the induction of PR or expression of GPR30 in mammary glands harvested from either wild-type mice or βERKO mice. In vitro exposure of mammary glands to 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) induced preneoplastic mammary alveolar lesions (MAL) in glands from wild-type mice and βERKO mice, but failed to induce MAL in mammary glands from αERKO mice. Microarray analysis of DMBA-treated mammary glands identified 28 functional pathways whose expression was significantly different in αERKO mice versus both βERKO and wild-type mice; key functions that were differentially expressed in αERKO mice included cell division, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. The data demonstrate distinct roles for ERα and ERβ in normal and neoplastic development in the mouse mammary gland, and suggest that EGF can mimic the ERα-mediated effects of E in this organ.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression between T regulatory and T effector cells isolated from the pancreatic lesion of 3-4 wk old BDC2.5 tg NOD mice Keywords: cell type comparison
Project description:Akt1, a serine-threonine protein kinase member of the PKB/Akt gene family, plays a critical role in the regulation of several cellular processes including cell proliferation and apoptosis. In this study, we utilized Akt1+/+ and Akt1¬-/- C57/Bl6 female mice to demonstrate that Akt1 is required for normal mammary gland postnatal development and homeostasis. Akt1 deficiency resulted in severely delayed postnatal mammary gland growth as well as a significant decrease in the number of terminal end buds during puberty. Adult Akt1-/- mammary glands exhibited significantly fewer alveolar buds coupled with a significant increase in epithelial cell apoptosis compared to their wild-type counterparts. Microarray analysis revealed that Akt1 deficiency resulted in several altered gene expression changes and biological processes in adult mammary glands, including organismal development, cell death, and tissue morphology. Of particular importance, a significant decrease in expression of Btn1a1, a gene involved in milk lipid secretion, was observed in Akt1-/- mammary glands by both microarray and RT-PCR validation. Transcriptome analysis of Akt1 wild type and akt1-homozygous mouse mammary glands
Project description:Overexpression of ECD in mammary gland promotes mammary tumorigenesis. To determine the plausible mechanism of how ECD contributes the oncogenesis, we performed RNAseq analysis of three independent control mice mammary glands (6 months old) and four independent ECD transgenic mammary tumors. Out of these four tumors, T1a and T1b were adenosquamous carcinoma type, T3 was Spindle cell carcinoma type and T4 was papillary carcinoma. RNA was isolated from the respective samples and RNAseq was performed.
Project description:A transcription factor CYTOKININ-RESPONSIVE GATA FACTOR 1 (CGA1) regulates chloroplast development in rice (Oryza sativa) through modifying the expression of important nuclear expressed, chloroplast localized genes. A transcriptome analysis was done in wild type plants and transgenic rice over-expressing this OsCGA1 to identify the set of genes with altered expression. RNA was extracted from leaves of 4-wk old wild type and OsCGA1 overexpressing rice plants and hybridized to Affymetrix Rice Genome Array. Three biological replicates were sampled for wild type and OX plants.
Project description:Two condition experiment were compared: Wild type vs. E2f7/8 dko mouse liver. Biological replicates: two wild type replicates and two E2f7/8 dko replicates for each of 3-wk, 4-wk and 16-wk age groups.