Project description:We compare the transcriptome of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), adult stem cells with apparent greater differentiation potential such as multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and neurospheres (NS). Mouse and rat MAPCs were used in this study and two different array platforms (Affymetrix and NIA) were used for mouse samples. Keywords: mRNA expression profiling, oligonucleotide microarrays, stem cells
Project description:We compare the transcriptome of two different clones of multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) using Affymetrix arrays. Keywords: mRNA expression profiling, oligonucleotide microarrays, stem cells
Project description:We used comparative transcriptome analysis to determine the relationship between rodent Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs) and pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs), or lineage restricted mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and neurospheres (NS). This comparison revealed a unique gene expression profile of MAPCs, that express transcripts of early endodermal and mesodermal but fewer ectodermal genes. In addition, MAPCs, but not MSCs or NS, express a number of genes expressed in ESCs including Oct-4 (Pou5f1) and other genes previously identified as ES cell associated transcripts and/or genes involved in maintenance of ESC selfrenewal capacity and pluripotency. However MAPCs do not express some key genes involved in maintaining selfrenewal and pluripotency in ESCs, including Nanog and Sox-2. Because MSC-like cells isolated under MAPC conditions are virtually identical to MSCs isolated in the presence of high serum, the MAPC signature is cell-type specific and not merely the result of differing culture conditions. Finally, this unique molecular signature was seen irrespective of the microarray platform used, and was highly similar for both mouse and rat MAPCs. Keywords: cell type comparison design Two biological replicates were used for hybridizations. cRNA from MAPCs, ESCs, and NS were added to a universal reference cRNA.
Project description:We used comparative transcriptome analysis to determine the relationship between rodent Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs) and pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs), or lineage restricted mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and neurospheres (NS). This comparison revealed a unique gene expression profile of MAPCs, that express transcripts of early endodermal and mesodermal but fewer ectodermal genes. In addition, MAPCs, but not MSCs or NS, express a number of genes expressed in ESCs including Oct-4 (Pou5f1) and other genes previously identified as ES cell associated transcripts and/or genes involved in maintenance of ESC selfrenewal capacity and pluripotency. However MAPCs do not express some key genes involved in maintaining selfrenewal and pluripotency in ESCs, including Nanog and Sox-2. Because MSC-like cells isolated under MAPC conditions are virtually identical to MSCs isolated in the presence of high serum, the MAPC signature is cell-type specific and not merely the result of differing culture conditions. Finally, this unique molecular signature was seen irrespective of the microarray platform used, and was highly similar for both mouse and rat MAPCs. Keywords: cell type comparison design
Project description:We compare the transcriptome of two different clones of multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) using Affymetrix arrays. Experiment Overall Design: Three mRNA samples (biological replicates) per cell type taken at different passage number were compared. Two independently isolated MAPC clones were used.
Project description:We compare the transcriptome of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), adult stem cells with apparent greater differentiation potential such as multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and neurospheres (NS). Mouse and rat MAPCs were used in this study and two different array platforms (Affymetrix and NIA) were used for mouse samples. Experiment Overall Design: Three mRNA samples (biological replicates) per cell type taken at different passage number were compared. Cell types include mouse ESCs, mouse MSCs and three clones isolated using mouse MAPC culture condition: mMAPC-1, mMAPC-2 and mClone-3. mMAPC-1 and mClone-3 were obtained from same bone marrow isolation, mMAPC-2 was obtained in a different bone marrow isolation. Two clones derived from same rat bone marrow using rat MAPC culture conditions were compared. Three mRNA samples (biological replicates) per clone were taken at different passage numbers
Project description:Adult neural progenitor cells (aNPCs) are a potential autologous cell source for cell replacement in neurologic diseases such as Parkinsonâs disease or stroke or for cell-based gene therapy for neurometabolic diseases. Easy accessibility, long-term expandability and detailed characterization of NPC properties are important requisites for their future translational/clinical applications. aNPC can be isolated from different regions of the adult human brain including the accessible subcortical white matter (aNPCWM), but systematic studies comparing long-term expanded aNPCWM with aNPC from neurogenic brain regions to check for their NPC characteristics and performance are not available. Freshly isolated cells from subcortical white matter and hippocampus (aNPCHIP) expressed oligodendrocyte progenitor cell (OPC) markers such as A2B5, NG2 and OLIG2 in ~20% of cells but no neural stem cell (NSC) markers such CD133 (Prominin1), NESTIN, SOX2 or PAX6. The EGF receptor (EGFR) protein was expressed in 18% of aNPCWM and 7% of aNPCHIP, but only a small fraction of 1 cell out 694 cells from white matter and only 1 out of 1,331 hippocampal cells were able to generate neurospheres. Studies comparing subcortical aNPCWM with their hippocampal counterparts showed that both NPC types expressed mainly markers of glial origin such as NG2, A2B5 and OLIG2, and the NSC/NPC marker Nestin, but no pericyte markers. Both NPC types were able to produce fully mature neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in comparable amounts to fetal NSC. Whole transcriptome analyses finally confirmed the strong similarity of aNPCWM with aNPCHIP. Our data show that aNPCWM are multipotent NPC with long-term expandability capacity similar to NPC from hippocampus making them an easily accessible source for possible autologous NPC-based treatment strategies. Isolation and propagation of multipotent NPCs. Adult human hippocampal (hip) and subcortical white matter (wm) tissue was obtained from routine epilepsy surgery procedures following informed consent of the subjects. All procedures were in accordance with the Helsinki convention and approved by the Ethical Committee of the University of Dresden (No. 47032006). All subjects underwent high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging excluding tumors and were screened for the presence of infectious disease. In all cases the neuropathological examinations did not reveal evidences for tumor formation. Gene expression Single-channel oligonucleotide microarray analysis. For the gene expression microarray analysis we used the Affimetrix U133A chips containing 22.215 probe sets representing at least 12.905 individual genes. The whole procedure was performed following the manufacturerâs standard protocol (Affimetrix, Santa Clara, CA). For the data processing, normalization was calculated with the GCRMA (GC content corrected Robust Multi-array Analysis) algorithm. fNSC: Human fetal neural stem cells, 2 biological rep aNPChip: Human adult neural progenitor cells isolated from hippocampus, 3 biological rep aNPCwm: Human adult neural progenitor cells isolated from white matter, 2 biological rep
Project description:DNase-seq on 25 year old human male hematopoietic multipotent progenitor cell For data usage terms and conditions, please refer to http://www.genome.gov/27528022 and http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/ENCODE/ENCODE_Data_Use_Policy_for_External_Users_03-07-14.pdf