ABSTRACT: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene targeting of Sox9 from embryonic mammary progenitors cell line eMPC1. Part of a study to assess the effect of Sox9 ablation on embryonic mammary progenitor cell fate and function.
Project description:RNA-seq of embryonic mammary progenitor cell lines. Embryonic mammary progenitor cell (eMPC) clones were derived from E12.5-stage mammary organs. After microdissection, mammary primordial 3 was cultured on thick basement membrane extract for 4 weeks. After enzymatic dissociation eMPC swere plated and expanded in 2D culture to obtain a pool of eMPCs. eMPC cells were subject to single cell sorting using FACS. Clones were expanded as single-cell derived clones (eMPC1, 2, etc.) to create the eighteen single cell-derived clones described in this study.
Project description:Mammary organoids harvested from ErbB3 DOX-KO mice, which utilize MMTV-Cre transgene expression in the LE to cause genomic recombination at floxed ErbB3 alleles in ErbB3FL/FL were cultured in the presence or absence of doxycycline to induce ErbB3 loss. The gene expression shift following DOX-induced ErbB3 loss in the 3D organoids was examined by microarray. Gene expression patterns were interrogated in mammary organoids from ErbB3 inducible-knockout mice cultured in the presence of absence of doxycycline. Three biological replicates of the experiment were performed, resulting in a total of 6 samples (3 treatment, 3 control).
Project description:The aim of our study was to evaluate gene expression of canine mammary cancer stem-like cells co-cultured with tumor associated macrophages. Two canine mammary cancer cell lines (CMT-U27 and P114) were stained using anti-Sca1 (stem cell antigen 1), anti-EpCAM (Epithelial cell adhesion molecule) and anti-CD44 antibody. The FACS analysis showed 0,02-0,05% of Sca1+/EpCAM+/CD44+ in each of the cell line. Cancer stem-like cells were collected using FACS Aria II then co-cultured with tumor associated macrophages and used for further analysis of gene expression ( using Agilent Gene Expression Hybridization Kit ). Canine mammary cancer cell lines were stained using anti-Sca1 (stem cell antigen 1), anti-EpCAM (Epithelial cell adhesion molecule) and anti-CD44 antibodies. Next using FACS Aria II and Sca1+/EpCAM+/CD44+ cells were collected and co-cultured with tumor associated macrophages. Then, total RNA was isolated and hybridized at Gene Expression microarray.
Project description:The goal of the experiment was to carry out a transcriptome analysis of the three main epithelial cell populations of the mouse mammary gland, the basal/myoepithelial, luminal estrogen receptor negative (ER-) and luminal estrogen receptor positive (ER+) cells, to identify cell-type specific differences in gene expression. Three replicates arrays were carried out for each of the three populations (a total of nine arrays). Each replicate was a genuine biological replicate from RNA harvested from completely independent cell preparations. Each sample was isolated from preparations of mammary epithelium derived fourth mammary fat pads of 8 * 10 week old virgin female FVB mice. Each preparation was from a pool of 10 * 20 animals (20 * 40 fat pads).
Project description:The mammary primordium represents the earliest evidence of commitment to the mammary lineage. The primordium forms via inductive tissue interactions between its constitutive tissues, the mesenchyme and epithelium. Here, we describe an analysis of the transcriptome of the mammary bud epithelium and its associated mesenchyme, two distinct cellular compartments that comprise the mammary primordium. Using network analysis, we found candidate mediators of mammary cell fate, differentiation and progenitor cell function that signal from mammary lineage inception during embryogenesis through postnatal development. Genetic features of mammary primordial cells overlapping with human breast progenitor cells identified potential regulators of key progenitor cell functions conserved across species. These results provide new insights into genetic regulatory mechanisms of mammary and in particular novel regulators of stromal-epithelial communications.
Project description:The proteomics analysis of circulating exosomes derived from cancer cells represents a promising approach to the elucidation of cell-cell communication and the discovery of putative biomarker candidates for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Nonetheless, the proteome of exosomes derived from cell lines with different metastatic capabilities still warrants further investigation. Here, we present a comprehensive quantitative proteomics investigation of exosomes isolated from im-mortalized mammary epithelial cells and matched tumor lines with different metastatic potential, in an attempt to discover exosome markers specific to breast cancer (BC) metastasis. A total of 2,135 unique proteins were quantified with a high confidence level from 20 isolated exosome samples, including 94 of the TOP 100 exosome markers archived by ExoCarta, e.g., CD9, HSPa8, and PDCD6IP. Moreover, 344 altered proteins were observed, among which several metastasis-specific markers, including CATW, MRS2, SDCB2, RTN4, and RAD23B, were also identified. Notably, the abundance of these metastasis-specific corresponds well with the overall survival of BC patients in clinical settings. Together, these data provide a valuable dataset for BC exosome proteomics in-vestigation and prominently facilitate the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying primary tumor development and progression.
Project description:To investigate the impact of combined Rb and p53 loss in mammary tumorigenesis, we used transgenic and viral approaches to delete Rb and p53 floxed alleles specifically in the mouse mammary epithelium. Although MMTV-Cre (NLST) targets stem/bi-potent progenitors in the mammary gland, a subset of MMTV-Cre:Rbf/f;p53f/f mice developed non-mammary tumors. Thus, freshly isolated primary mammary epithelial cells from these animals were transplanted into the mammary fat pads of immunodeficient mice and monitored for tumor formation. In addition, primary MECs were isolated from Cre-negative Rbf/f;p53f/f mice, infected with Ad-Cre followed by orthotopic transplantation. In all these cases, resulting tumors shared similar spindle-shape histology, expressed high levels of vimentin, a mesenchymal marker, but not E-cadherin, a luminal marker, and were classified as adeno-sacrcomatoid/spindle-cell/mesenchymal-like breast cancer. We used microarrays to detect differentially expressed genes in the Rb/p53 double-knock-out vs p53 single deletion or normal mammary tissue. Total RNA was extracted from tumors developed by double Trizol method and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays
Project description:The aim of the experiment was to produce a mammary stem cell gene signature based on very high purity isolation of mouse mammary stem cells. Gene expression in the stem cells would be compared to gene expression in other cell types from the mammary epithelium to identify genes which may be important for regulation of mammary stem cell function.
Project description:Background: Protein phosphorylation plays an important role in lactation. Differentially modified phosphorylation sites between peak lactation (PL, 90 days postpartum) and late lactation (LL, 280 days postpartum) were investigated using an integrated approach, namely, liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and tandem mass tag (TMT) labelling, to know the molecular changes in different stages of goat mammary tissues. Results: A total of 1,938 (1,111 up-regulated, 827 down-regulated) differentially modified phosphorylation sites of 1,172 proteins were identified (P values < 0.05 and fold change of phosphorylation ratios > 1.5). In addition, the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis showed that calcium signalling pathway, oxytocin signalling pathway and MAPK signalling pathway were enriched. The results of western blot showed phosphorylation levels of ACACA, EIF4EBP1 and IRS1 increased and JUN decreased in PL compared with LL. The results were consistent with the results of phosphoproteome. Conclusions: In this study, we first differentially proteins modified phosphorylation sites between PL and LL in goat mammary tissues. On the other hand, these results analysis indicate that multiple differentially modified phosphorylation sites of FASN, ACACA, mTOR, PRKAA, IRS1, RPS6KB, EIF4EBP1, TSC2 and proteins of Calcium signalling pathway, Oxytocin signalling pathway, and MAPK signalling pathway are worthy of further exploration.