As the list of putative driver mutations in glioma grows, we are just beginning toAs the list of putative driver mutations in glioma grows, we are just beginning to elucidate the effects of dysregulated developmental signaling pathways on the transformation of neural cells. We have employed a postnatal, mosaic, autochthonous, glioma model that captures the first hours and days of gliomagenesis in more resolution than conventional genetically engineered mouse models of cancer. We provide evidence that disruption of the Nf1-Ras pathway in the ventricular zone at multiple signaling nodes uniformly results in rapid neural stem cell depletion, progenitor hyperproliferation, and gliogenic lineage restriction. Abolishing Ets subfamily activity, which is upregulated downstream of Ras, rescues these phenotypes and blocks glioma initiation. Thus, the Nf1-Ras-Ets axis might be one of the select molecular pathways that are perturbed for initiation and maintenance in glioma.
Ets Factors Regulate Neural Stem Cell Depletion and Gliogenesis in Ras Pathway Glioma.
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View SamplesRepro9 in an allele of Mybl1 (A-Myb) transcription factor obtained in ENU screen to identify alleles causing mouse infertility. Repro9/repro9 mutant males are infertile due to meiotic arrest at pachytene stage. Mutants show wide range of abnormalities including inefficient chromosome synapsis, sex body formation and progression through meiotic cycle. Females are unaffected. To determine genes transcriptionally regulated by MYBL1 we analyzed gene expression profiles of wild type and repro9/repro9 mutant testis at 14 and 17 days postpartum. Analysis revealed many misregulated genes, in majority downregulated, at day 14 pp and even more at day 17 pp, probably due to secondary effects of meiotic arrest. Significantly misregulated genes were characterized by Gene Ontology. Comparative gene expression analysis uncovered potential targets of MYBL1 regulation that play roles in regulation of transcription, cell cycle, apoptosis, protein phosphorylation and ubiquitination, chromosome organization and others.
A-MYB (MYBL1) transcription factor is a master regulator of male meiosis.
Specimen part
View SamplesBy using high-density DNA microarrays, we analyzed the gene-expression profile of Hodgkin's lymphoma cell lines.
Gene expression profiles of Hodgkin's lymphoma cell lines with different sensitivity to cytotoxic drugs.
Cell line
View SamplesAcute myeloid leukemia (AML) continues to have the lowest survival rates of all leukemias. Therefore, new therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to improve clinical outcomes for AML patients. Here, we report a novel role for Wilms’ tumor 1-associated protein (WTAP) in pathogenesis of AML. We have performed RNA-Seq in K562 cells with knockdown of WTAP to ascertain which genes it regulates. Overall design: We have 2 replicates of total RNA for K562 cells and 2 replicates with WTAP knocked down
WTAP is a novel oncogenic protein in acute myeloid leukemia.
Subject
View SamplesEpidermis, a continuously self-renewing and differentiating organ, produces a protective stratum corneum that shields us from external chemical, physical and microbial threats. Epidermal differentiation is a multi-step process regulated by influences, some unknown, others insufficiently explored. Detachment of keratinocytes from the basement membrane is one such pro-differentiation stimulus. Here, we define the transcriptional changes during differentiation, especially those caused by detachment from the substratum. Using comprehensive transcriptional profiling, we revisited the effects of detachment as a differentiation signal to keratinocytes. We identified the genes regulated by detachment, the corresponding ontological categories and, using metaanalysis, compared the genes and categories to those regulated by other pro-differentiating stimuli. We identified 762 genes overexpressed in suspended keratinocyte, including known and novel differentiation markers, and 1427 in attached cells, including basal layer markers. Detachment induced epidermis development, cornification and desmosomal genes, but also innate immunity, proliferation inhibitors, transcription regulators and MAPKs; conversely the attached cells overexpressed cell cycle, anchoring, motility, splicing and mitochondrial genes, and both positive and negative regulators of apoptosis. Metaanalysis identified which detachment-regulated categories overlap with those induced by suprabasal location in vivo, by reaching confluency in vitro, and by inhibition of JUN kinases. Attached and in vivo basal cells shared overexpression of mitochondrial components. Interestingly, melanosome trafficking components were also overexpressed in the attached and in vivo basal keratinocytes. Reaching confluency did not affect adhesion and ECM proteins. Lipid metabolism and steroid metabolism were induced by confluency and by JNK inhibition, respectively. These results suggest that specific pro-differentiation signals induce specific features of the keratinization process, which are in vivo orchestrated into harmonious epidermal homeostasis.
Keratinocyte detachment-differentiation connection revisited, or anoikis-pityriasi nexus redux.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic has prompted a significant need for the development of efficient, single-dose, adjuvanted vaccines. Here we investigated the adjuvant potential of CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) when used with a human seasonal influenza virus vaccine in ferrets. We found that the CpG ODNadjuvanted vaccine effectively increased antibody production and activated type I interferon (IFN) responses compared to vaccine alone. Based on these findings, pegylated IFN- 2b (PEG-IFN) was also evaluated as an adjuvant in comparison to CpG ODN and complete Freunds adjuvant (CFA). Our results showed that all three vaccines with adjuvant added prevented seasonal human A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1) virus replication more effectively than did vaccine alone. Gene expression profiles indicated that, as well as upregulating IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), CpG ODN enhanced B-cell activation and increased Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and IFN regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) expression, whereas PEG-IFN augmented adaptive immunity by inducing major histocompatibility complex (MHC) transcription and Ras signaling. In contrast, the use of CFA as an adjuvant induced limited ISG expression but increased the transcription of MHC, cell adhesion molecules, and B-cell activation markers. Taken together, our results better characterize the specific molecular pathways leading to adjuvant activity in different adjuvant-mediated influenza virus vaccinations.
Molecular characterization of in vivo adjuvant activity in ferrets vaccinated against influenza virus.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesCultured keratinocytes treated with TNFa in the presence or absence of NFkB inhibitor; time course 1, 4, 24 & 48 hrs.
Pathway-specific profiling identifies the NF-kappa B-dependent tumor necrosis factor alpha-regulated genes in epidermal keratinocytes.
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The transcriptional regulator Aire binds to and activates super-enhancers.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesMicroarray profiles of MECs from mice treated with topoisomerase inhibitors
The transcriptional regulator Aire binds to and activates super-enhancers.
Sex, Age, Treatment
View SamplesHigh quality RNA was extracted from the whole seedlings (Combined root and leaf samples) using TRI Reagent (Ambion, Inc. USA) and pooled from 12 independent stressed and non-stressed plant samples separately, and treated with DNase-I (QIAGEN GmbH, Germany). Subsequently, RNA cleanup was carried out using RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (QIAGEN GmbH, Germany) and 5 ug of total RNA from each sample in triplicates were reverse-transcribed to double stranded cDNA using the GeneChipᆴ One-Cycle cDNA Synthesis Kit. The biotin-labelled cRNA was made using the GeneChipᆴ IVT Labelling Kit (Affymetrix, CA, USA). Twenty microgram of cRNA samples was fragmented and out of which which 7.5 ug cRNA were hybridized for 16 hours at 45C to the Affymetrix GeneChipᆴ Rice Genome Array (Santa Clara, CA, USA). After washing and staining with R-phycoerythrin streptavidin in a Fluidics Station, using the Genechipᆴ Fluidics Station 450, the arrays were scanned by the Genechipᆴ 3000 Scanner. The chip images were scanned and extracted using default settings and the CEL files were produced with the Affymetrix GeneChip Operating Software (GCOS 1.2). The resulting .CEL files were imported into the GeneSpring GX 10 (Agilent Technologies Inc, Santa Clara CA) and normalized with the PLIER16 algorithm. The resulting expression values were log2-transformed. Average log signal intensity values of three technical replicates for each sample were used for advance analysis.
Comparative analysis of drought-responsive transcriptome in Indica rice genotypes with contrasting drought tolerance.
Specimen part
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