Purpose: identify sites in endogenous mRNAs that are cut by KSHV SOX; Method: parallel analysis of RNA ends (PARE, following Zhai et al., 2014); Results: SOX cuts at discrete locations in mRNAs Overall design: human Xrn1 was knocked down in HEK293T cells by shRNAs or siRNAs to stabilize degradation fragments with free 5'' ends; GFP-SOX or GFP were transfected for ~24 hrs; total RNA samples were collected and subjected to PARE protocol (Zhai et al., 2014)
Transcriptome-Wide Cleavage Site Mapping on Cellular mRNAs Reveals Features Underlying Sequence-Specific Cleavage by the Viral Ribonuclease SOX.
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View SamplesTransient expression of two factors, or from Oct4 alone, resulted in efficient generation of human iPSCs. The reprogramming strategy described revealed a potential transcriptional signature for human iPSCs yet retaining the gene expression of donor cells in human reprogrammed cells free of viral and transgene interference.
Transcriptional signature and memory retention of human-induced pluripotent stem cells.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesTo elucidated through an unbiased manner which genes and pathways are differentially regulated during mouse colonic inflammation followed by a tissue regeneration phase. In particular, we took advantage of the widely used dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced model of colitis. This model is one of the few characterized by a phase of damage followed by a phase of regeneration. Therefore, this model gave the possibility to identify also sets of genes essential in the regeneration phase, a key step towards the resolution of the inflammation. In short, mice were exposed to DSS in the drinking water for 7 days, then allowed to recover for the following 7 days. During this period, we collected colonic tissue samples every second day to then be analyzed by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). Next, we performed a RNA-seq analysis from colonic samples throughout the experiment and computed differentially expressed genes (DEGs) taking the complete kinetics of expression into consideration for p-value estimation using EdgeR. Overall design: C57BL/6J female mice were treated with 2.5% DSS in order to induce colinic inflammation. 2-3 animals were sacrificed at different time points when the colonic tissue was collected.
Conserved transcriptomic profile between mouse and human colitis allows unsupervised patient stratification.
Sex, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesL1 retrotransposons are active elements in the genome, capable of mobilization in neuronal progenitor cells. Previously, we showed that chromatin remodeling during neuronal differentiation allows for a transient stimulation of L1 transcription. The activity of L1 retrotransposons during brain development can impact gene expression and neuronal function. Here we show that L1 neuronal retrotransposition in rodents is increased in the absence of MeCP2, a protein involved in global methylation and human neurodevelopmental diseases. Using neuronal progenitor cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells and human tissues, we revealed that Rett syndrome patients, with MeCP2 mutations, have increased susceptibility for L1 retrotransposition. Our data demonstrate that disease-related genetic mutations can influence the frequency of neuronal L1 retrotransposition, thereby increasing brain-specific genetic mosaicism.
A model for neural development and treatment of Rett syndrome using human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Sex, Specimen part, Subject
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Esrrb extinction triggers dismantling of naïve pluripotency and marks commitment to differentiation.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesSelf-renewal of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) cultured in serum-LIF is incomplete with some cells initiating differentiation. While this is reflected in heterogeneous expression of naive pluripotency transcription factors (TFs), the link between TF heterogeneity and differentiation is not fully understood. Here we purify ESCs with distinct TF expression levels from serum-LIF cultures to uncover early events during commitment from nave pluripotency. ESCs carrying fluorescent Nanog and Esrrb reporters show Esrrb downregulation only in NANOGlow cells. Independent Esrrb reporter lines demonstrate that ESRRBnegative ESCs cannot effectively self-renew. Upon ESRRB loss, pre-implantation pluripotency gene expression collapses. ChIP-Seq identifies different regulatory element classes that bind both OCT4 and NANOG in ESRRBhigh cells. Class I elements lose NANOG and OCT4 binding in ESRRBnegative ESCs and associate with genes expressed preferentially in nave ESCs. In contrast, class II elements retain OCT4 but not NANOG binding in ESRRBnegative cells and associate with more broadly expressed genes. Therefore, mechanistic differences in TF function act cumulatively to restrict potency during exit from nave pluripotency.
Esrrb extinction triggers dismantling of naïve pluripotency and marks commitment to differentiation.
Specimen part
View SamplesA large amount of epidemiologic data supports a role for chronic inflammation in epithelial carcinogenesis. In the lung, several studies have found that smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory disease of the airways and alveoli, have an increased risk of lung cancer (1.3 to 4.9 fold) compared to smokers without COPD. We have also shown that COPD-like airway inflammation induced by an aerosolized lysate of non-typeable Hemophilus influenzae (NTHi) promotes lung cancer in a Clara cell-targeted K-ras mutant mouse model (CC-LR) of lung cancer. In contrast, existing epidemiologic data suggest that allergic inflammation of the airways may be protective against lung cancer. We tested this association in a mouse model of allergic airway inflammation. CC-LR mice were sensitized to ovalbumin by intraperitoneal injection weekly for two weeks, then challenged for 30 min to an aerosol of ovalbumin in 0.9% saline weekly for eight weeks. This resulted in eosinophilic lung inflammation associated with increased levels of T helper 2 (Th2) cytokines and mucous metaplasia of airway epithelium, similar to what is seen in asthma patients. However, consistent with epidemiologic data, this type of inflammation did not result in any significant differences in lung surface tumor number (22 3 in OVA exposed vs 26 6 in control mice). We conclude that asthma-like (Th2) inflammation does not promote lung carcinogenesis in a Ras-initiated background, and demonstrate a clear specificity for the nature of inflammation in lung cancer promotion. These findings will assist in determination of the essential cells and signaling events in lung cancer promotion by inflammation.
Interleukin 6, but not T helper 2 cytokines, promotes lung carcinogenesis.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesBRCA1 nestin CRE conditional knockout cortrices of P7 animals were compared to wildtype littermates to characterize the mutant phenotype.
BRCA1 tumour suppression occurs via heterochromatin-mediated silencing.
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View Sampleswe explored the changes in metabolic gene expression during neuronal differentiation from neural progenitor cells (NPC). Overall design: Examination of transcription profile in NPC and neurons.
Metabolic reprogramming during neuronal differentiation from aerobic glycolysis to neuronal oxidative phosphorylation.
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View SamplesExpression profiling of normal NIH3T3 and transformed NIH3T3 K-ras cell lines grown for 72 hours in optimal glucose availability (25 mM glucose) or low glucose availability (1 mM). Low glucose induces apoptosis in transformed cells as compared to normal ones.
Oncogenic K-Ras decouples glucose and glutamine metabolism to support cancer cell growth.
Cell line, Time
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