Project description:The inhibitory effect of supra physiological iodide concentrations on thyroid hormone synthesis (Wolff-Chaikoff effect) and thyrocyte proliferation is largely know as iodine autoregulation. However, the molecular mechanisms by which iodide excess modulate thyroid functions remains unclear. In this work, we analyzed the rat follicular cell PCCl3 transcriptome profile under untreated and treated conditions with 10-3M sodium iodide (Na/I). Serial Analysis of Gene Expression revealed several transcripts differentially expressed in response to the iodide showing that excess iodide affects almost all aspects of thyroid cell function and differentiation acting on the iodine autoregulatory mechanism through a complex process. Keywords: comparative genomic analysis PCCl3 cells were cultured under untreated and treated conditions with 10-3M NaI during 24 hours
Project description:The inhibitory effect of supra physiological iodide concentrations on thyroid hormone synthesis (Wolff-Chaikoff effect) and thyrocyte proliferation is largely know as iodine autoregulation. However, the molecular mechanisms by which iodide excess modulate thyroid functions remains unclear. In this work, we analyzed the rat follicular cell PCCl3 transcriptome profile under untreated and treated conditions with 10-3M sodium iodide (Na/I). Serial Analysis of Gene Expression revealed several transcripts differentially expressed in response to the iodide showing that excess iodide affects almost all aspects of thyroid cell function and differentiation acting on the iodine autoregulatory mechanism through a complex process. Keywords: comparative genomic analysis
Project description:In order to establish a rat embryonic stem cell transcriptome, mRNA from rESC cell line DAc8, the first male germline competent rat ESC line to be described and the first to be used to generate a knockout rat model was characterized using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis.
Project description:PAX8-PPARG fusion protein (PPFP) results from a t(2;3)(q13;p25) chromosomal translocation, is found in 30% of follicular thyroid carcinomas, and demonstrates oncogenic capacity in transgenic mice. A PPARG ligand, pioglitazone, is highly therapeutic in mice with PPFP thyroid cancer. However, only limited data exist to characterize the binding sites and oncogenic function of PPFP, or to explain the observed therapeutic effect of pioglitazone. Here we used our previously characterized transgenic mouse model of PPFP follicular thyroid carcinoma to identify PPFP binding sites in vivo using ChIP-seq, and to distinguish genes and pathways regulated directly or indirectly by PPFP with and without pioglitazone treatment via integration with RNA-seq data. PPFP bound to DNA regions containing the PAX8 and/or the PPARG motif, near genes involved in lipid metabolism, the cell cycle, apoptosis, and cell motility; the binding site distribution was highly concordant with our previous study in a rat PCCL3 cell line. Most strikingly, pioglitazone induced an immune cell infiltration including macrophages and T cells only in the presence of PPFP, which may be central to its therapeutic effect.
Project description:Comparison of cistromes from PAX8, NKX2.1, and FOXE1 ChIP-Seq analysis using mouse thyroid gland and rat thyrocyte PCCl3 cells revealed that there is a significant overlap between GLIS3 binding regions and those of PAX8, NKX2.1, and FOXE1 in genes associated with thyroid hormone biosynthesis.
