Project description:Postnatal neuroblasts were microdissected by laser micro dissection from posterior and anterior rostral migratory stream (RMS). Neuroblasts in the posterior RMS are just started their migration. Neuroblasts in the anterior RMS are already migrated for several days in the stream
Project description:Shh signal mediated by Gli family of transcription factors regulates digit growth and patterning in early limb development. Shh expression in the posterior margin of the limb bud defines the zone of polarizing activity. However, much less is know about downstream targets that mediate Shh signal functions. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from dissected anterior and posterior halves of mouse limb bud respectively. These data are used to obtain 889 transcripts that were upregulated 1.3 fold or more in the posterior limb bud, and 1189 transcripts that were enriched in the anterior limb bud at 1.3 fold or more. Two samples were analyzed. We generate pairwise comparisons between anterior and posterior limb tissues. Genes with a fold-change ≥1.3 were selected.
Project description:This study provides a comprehensive proteomic analysis of five matched pairs of the anterior and posterior lobe of the pituitary, which was used to study the proteomic signature specific to both anterior and posterior lobes. Anterior Lobe n=5 Posterior Lobe n=5 A441 PT441 A442 PT442 A457 PT457 A459 PT459 A460 PT460
Project description:Shh signal mediated by Gli family of transcription factors regulates digit growth and patterning in early limb development. Shh expression in the posterior margin of the limb bud defines the zone of polarizing activity. However, much less is know about downstream targets that mediate Shh signal functions. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from dissected anterior and posterior halves of mouse limb bud respectively. These data are used to obtain 889 transcripts that were upregulated 1.3 fold or more in the posterior limb bud, and 1189 transcripts that were enriched in the anterior limb bud at 1.3 fold or more.
Project description:This experiment was performed in order to identify transcriptional differences between the anterior- and posterior-halves of mouse sclerotome. Cells-derived from the anterior- and posterior-sclerotome-halves from maturing mouse somites were compared to identify transcripts that are differentially expressed between these two halves of the somite. c57b6-/- female mice were time-mated, and at 9.5-dpc embryos were harvested. Theiler stage 17 embryos were selected for dissection. A stripe of segmented paraxial mesoderm corresponding to somites SX-SXVIII (standard somite nomenclature) was dissected from one-side of an embryo. The most anterior-third of up to 7 sclerotomes within each sample were dissected and pooled in RNALater. RNA was isolated using RNeasy Micro RNA extraction spin columns (Qiagen). Reverse transcription and initial cDNA amplification was performed using 18 PCR cycles with the SMART cDNA system (Clontech). Amplified cDNA was then re-amplified and labeled using the GeneChip® IVT Labeling Kit (Affymetrix).
Project description:Anterior-posterior (A-P) specification of the neural tube involves initial acquisition of anterior fate followed by the induction of posterior characteristics in the primitive anterior neuroectoderm. Several morphogens have been implicated in the regulation of A-P neural patterning; however, our understanding of factors regulating these morphogens remains incomplete. Here we show that the Krüppel-like zinc finger transcription factor GLI-Similar 3 (GLIS3) directs differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into posterior neural progenitor cells in lieu of the default anterior pathway. Transcriptomic analyses reveal that this switch in cell fate is due to rapid activation of an autocrine WNT signaling pathway. Mechanistically, through genome-wide RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq and functional analyses, we show that GLIS3 binds to and directly regulates the transcription of several WNT genes, including the strong posteriorizing factor WNT3A. Inhibition of WNT signaling is sufficient to abrogate GLIS3-induced posterior specification. Altogether, our findings suggest a critical role for GLIS3 in A-P specification through the direct transcriptional activation of WNT genes.
Project description:Aim: Identify set of genes, whose expression is dependent on the graft location in the patient’s palate (anterior vs. posterior) and depth of harvest (superficial vs. deep). The mRNA-Seq contains 64 human samples. The samples represent connective tissue grafts (CTGs) harvested at different locations (anterior and posterior) and different depths (superficial and deep) in the patient’s palate. Thus, we have 4 groups with 16 samples per group: asCTGs (anterior superficial) – 16 samples adCTGs (anterior deep) – 16 samples psCTGs (posterior superficial) – 16 samples pdCTGs (posterior deep) – 16 samples
Project description:Temporal and spatial colinear expression of Hox genes determines the specification of positional identities of the embryo. Post-translational modifications of histones contribute to transcriptional regulation, and are required for proper control of biological processes, including differentiation and development. Lysine demethylase 7A (Kdm7a) demethylates lysine 9 di-methylation of histone H3 (H3K9me2) and participates in transcriptional activation of developmental genes. However, the role of Kdm7a during mouse embryonic development remains to be elucidated. Here, we show that Kdm7a-/- mice exhibit anterior homeotic transformation of the axial skeleton (i.e. an increase in the number of presacral elements). Importantly, posterior Hox genes (caudally from Hox9) are specifically down-regulated in Kdm7a-/- embryos, which correlate with increased levels of H3K9me2. Taken together, these data suggest that Kdm7a is able to control transcription of posterior Hox genes, likely through its demethylating activity, and thereby regulating anterior-posterior development in mice.