The classification of neurons into distinct types is an ongoing effort aimed at revealing and understanding the diversity of the components of the nervous system. Recently available methods allow us to determine the gene expression pattern of individual neurons in the mammalian cerebral cortex to generate powerful categorization schemes. For a thorough understanding of neuronal diversity such genetic categorization schemes need to be combined with traditional classification parameters like position, axonal projection or response properties to sensory stimulation. Here we describe a method to link the gene expression of individual neurons with their position, axonal projection or sensory response properties. Neurons are labeled in vivo based on their anatomical or functional properties and, using patch clamp pipettes, their RNA individually harvested in vitro for RNAseq. With this method we can determine the genetic expression pattern of functionally and anatomically identified individual neurons. Overall design: single cortical neurons were patch clamped and the RNA harvested; single neuron mRNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing
Correlating Anatomy and Function with Gene Expression in Individual Neurons by Combining <i>in Vivo</i> Labeling, Patch Clamp, and Single Cell RNA-seq.
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View SamplesMouse trophoblast stem cells were treated for 48 hours with two different stealth ds-siRNA against Elts2 and expression compared to samples treated with Invitrogen's mediumGC control and to no treatment samples.
Elf5 and Ets2 maintain the mouse extraembryonic ectoderm in a dosage dependent synergistic manner.
Specimen part
View SamplesExpression data from Caenorhabditis elegans let-418(RNAi), mep-1(RNAi) and gfp(RNAi) L1 larvae.
Different Mi-2 complexes for various developmental functions in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Disease
View SamplesThe Wnt gene family is an evolutionarily conserved group of proteins that regulate cell growth, differentiation, and stem cell self-renewal. Aberrant Wnt signaling in human breast tumors has been proposed to be an attractive drug target, especially in the basal-like subtype where canonical Wnt signaling is both enriched and predictive of poor clinical outcomes. The development of effective Wnt based therapeutics, however, has been slowed in part by a limited understanding of the context dependent nature with which these aberrations influence breast tumorigenesis. We recently reported that MMTV-Wnt1 mice, which are an established model for studying Wnt signaling in breast tumors, develop two subtypes of tumors by gene expression classification: Wnt1-EarlyEx and Wnt1-LateEx. Here, we extend this initial observation and show that Wnt1-EarlyEx tumors had high expression of canonical Wnt, non-canonical Wnt, and EGFR signaling pathway signatures. Therapeutically, Wnt1-EarlyEx tumors had a dynamic reduction in tumor volume when treated with an EGFR inhibitor. Wnt1-EarlyEx tumors also had primarily Cd49fpos/Epcamneg FACS profiles, but were unable to be serially transplanted into wild-type FVB female mice. Wnt1-LateEx tumors, conversely, had a bloody gross pathology, which was highlighted by the presence of 'blood lakes' by H&E staining. These tumors had primarily Cd49fpos/Epcampos FACS profiles, but also contained a secondary Cd49fpos/Epcamneg subpopulation. Wnt1-LateEx tumors were enriched for activating Hras1 mutations and were capable of reproducing tumors when serially transplanted into wild-type FVB female mice. This study definitely shows that the MMTV-Wnt1 mouse model produces two phenotypically distinct subtypes of mammary tumors. Importantly, these subtypes differ in their therapeutic response to an EGFR inhibitor, suggesting that a subset of human tumors with aberrant Wnt signaling may also respond to erlotinib. Overall design: Agilent gene expression microarrays were performed comparing RNA from FVB/n MMTV-Wnt1 mammary tumors to a common mouse reference sample. Agilent CGH microarrays were performed comparing DNA from FVB/n MMTV-Wnt1 mammary tumors to DNA from FVB wild-type mice. RNAseq libraries were prepared from FVB/n MMTV-Wnt1 mammary tumors using a TruSeq RNA kit before being submitted to the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Genomics Core to be run on the Illumina HiSeq 2000.
The MMTV-Wnt1 murine model produces two phenotypically distinct subtypes of mammary tumors with unique therapeutic responses to an EGFR inhibitor.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesStem and progenitor cells are the critical units for tissue maintenance, regeneration, and repair. The activation of regenerative events in response to tissue injury has been correlated with mobilization of tissue-resident progenitor cells, which is functional to the wound healing process. However, until now there has been no evidence for the presence of cells with a healing capacity circulating in healthy conditions. We identified a rare cell population present in the peripheral blood of healthy mice that actively participates in tissue repair. These Circulating cells, with a Homing ability and involved in the Healing process (CH cells), were identified by an innovative flowcytometry strategy as small cells not expressing CD45 and lineage markers. Their transcriptome profile revealed that CH cells are unique and present a high expression of key pluripotency- and epiblast-associated genes. More importantly, CH-labeled cells derived from healthy Red Fluorescent Protein (RFP)-transgenic mice and systemically injected into syngeneic fractured wild-type mice migrated and engrafted in wounded tissues, ultimately differentiating into tissue-specific cells. Accordingly, the number of CH cells in the peripheral blood rapidly decreased following femoral fracture. These findings uncover the existence of constitutively circulating cells that may represent novel, accessible, and versatile effectors of therapeutic tissue regeneration.
Identification of a New Cell Population Constitutively Circulating in Healthy Conditions and Endowed with a Homing Ability Toward Injured Sites.
Sex, Specimen part
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Comprehensive analysis of microRNA (miRNA) targets in breast cancer cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesmiRNAs regulate mRNA stability and translation through the action of the RNAi-induced silencing complex. In this study, we systematically identified endogenous miRNA target genes by using AGO2 immunoprecipitation (AGO2-IP) and microarray analyses in two breast cancer cell lines, MCF7 and MDA-MB-231, representing luminal and basal-like breast cancer, respectively. The expression levels of ~70% of the AGO2-IP mRNAs were increased by DROSHA or DICER1 knockdown. In addition, integrated analysis of miRNA expression profiles, mRNA-AGO2 interaction, and the 3'-UTR of mRNAs revealed that >60% of the AGO2-IP mRNAs were putative targets of the fifty most abundantly expressed miRNAs.
Comprehensive analysis of microRNA (miRNA) targets in breast cancer cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesMicro (mi)RNAs are small non-coding RNAs with key regulatory functions. Recent advances in the field allowed researchers to identify their targets. However, much less is known regarding the regulation of miRNA themselves. The accumulation of these tiny regulators can be modulated at various levels during their biogenesis from the transcription of the primary transcript (pri-miRNA) to the stability of the mature miRNA. Here, we studied the importance of the pri-miRNA secondary structure for the regulation of mature miRNAs accumulation. To this end, we used the Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus, which encodes a cluster of twelve pre-miRNAs. Using small RNA profiling and quantitative northern blot analysis, we measured the absolute amount of each mature miRNAs in different cellular context. We found that the difference in expression between the least and most expressed viral miRNA could be as high as 60-fold. Using high-throughput selective 2’-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (hSHAPE), we then determined the secondary structure of the long primary transcript. We found that highly expressed miRNAs derived from optimally structured regions within the pri-miRNA. Finally, we confirmed the importance of the local structure by swapping stem-loops for highly and lowly expressed miRNAs, which resulted in a perturbed accumulation of the mature miRNA. Overall design: Examination of sRNA profiles in 3 independent B cell lines expressing KSHV miRNAs or infected with KSHV, without replicate
Importance of the RNA secondary structure for the relative accumulation of clustered viral microRNAs.
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View SamplesExperiment with 6 hybridizations, using 30 samples of species [Homo sapiens], using 6 arrays of array design [Affymetrix GeneChip Human Genome HG-U133A [HG-U133A]], producing 6 raw data files and 6 transformed and/or normalized data files.
Hypoxia modifies the transcriptome of primary human monocytes: modulation of novel immune-related genes and identification of CC-chemokine ligand 20 as a new hypoxia-inducible gene.
Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesMalignant glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor with a dismal prognosis and limited therapeutic options. Genomic profiling of GBM samples in the TCGA database has identified four molecular subtypes (Proneural, Neural, Classical and Mesenchymal), which may arise from different glioblastoma stem-like cell (GSC) populations. In the present study, we identify two GSC populations that produce GBM tumors by subcutaneous and intracranial injection with identical histological features. Gene expression analysis revealed that xenografts of GSCs grown as spheroid cultures had a Classical molecular subtype similar to that of bulk tumor cells. In contrast xenografts of GSCs grown as adherent cultures on laminin-coated plates expressed a Mesenchymal gene signature. Adherent GSC-derived xenografts had high STAT3 and ANGPTL4 expression as well as enrichment for stem cell markers, transcriptional networks and pro-angiogenic markers characteristic of the Mesenchymal subtype. Examination of clinical samples from GBM patients showed that STAT3 expression was directly correlated with ANGPTL4 expression, and that increased expression of these genes correlated with poor patient survival and performance. A pharmacological STAT3 inhibitor abrogated STAT3 binding to the ANGPTL4 promoter and exhibited anticancer activity in vivo. Taken together, we identified two distinct GSC populations that produce histologically identical tumors but with very different gene expression patterns, and a STAT3/ ANGPTL4 pathway in glioblastoma that may serve as a target for therapeutic intervention.
Molecular heterogeneity in a patient-derived glioblastoma xenoline is regulated by different cancer stem cell populations.
Specimen part
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