Bulk RNA-sequencing of VE-Cadherin+/CD45- mouse aorta endothelial cells
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ABSTRACT: In mouse aorta endothelial cells, populations of endothelial vascular progenitor (EVP) and differentiated (D) cells could be identified by CD31 (lo/hi) and VEGFR2 (lo/hi) expression. These populations were FACS sorted and paired-end bulk RNA-sequencing was performed.
Project description:We aim to characterize to effects of the absence of CD40L on neutrophil transcriptome and the effect of soluble CD40L on HL60 cells. For this purpose Total RNA of isolated neutrophils from three CD40L-deficient patients and three healthy controls as well as HL-60 cells from ATCC (HL-60 (ATCC CCL-240) were analyzed by RNAseq. Before RNA obtention, neutrophils were incubated for 2 hours in the presence or absence of 100 U/ml rhIFN- (Immukine, Boehringer Ingelheim), and HL-60 cells cultured for 6 days in the presence or absence of 500 ng/mL sCD40L and/or 1,0 % dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
Project description:18 human melanoma cell lines were treated with G007-LK in order to investigate the effect and compare it with a similar experiment from a mouse melanoma cell line. Due to regulations regarding human data the fastq files are not provided.
Project description:The mouse melanoma cell line B16-F10 provided by American Type Culture Collection (ATCC® CRL-6475™) were treated with DMSO, G007-LK, WNT or G007-LK+WNT, done in triplicates for a total of 12 samples.
Project description:Our group is interested in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), in particular, TGF-beta induced EMT. TGF-beta signalling has been shown to be an important factor in the induction of EMT and it has been demonstrated that adding TGF-beta to epithelial cells in culture is a convenient way to study the process of EMT. âIn response to TGF-beta, Smad2 and 3 are activated, and form complexes with Smad4, which then regulate transcription of target genes through interactions with other DNA binding transcription factors. In the induction of EMT, the activated Smads mediate transcriptional regulation through three families of transcription factors, resulting in repression of epithelial marker gene expression and activation of mesenchymal gene expressionâ (Xu J, et al. 2009) <br></br> Also investigated in this study is the role of H2A.Z in EMT. H2A.Z is an evolutionary conserved and a metazoan essential histone variant of the H2A class. Mice deficient in H2A.Z die during early development but the reason for this is unknown (Faast et al. 2001). Previously, our laboratory showed that the loss of H2A.Z in Xenpous laevis impaired cell movement required for the formation of the mesoderm and neural crest (Ridgway et al. 2004). Given that mesoderm formation is critically dependent upon EMT, we therefore wondered whether H2A.Z might be a chromatin regulator of EMT. We transfected MDCK cells with a lentiviral vector to express a construct encoding an shRNA targeting canine H2A.Z as we wanted to test the hypothesis that H2A.Z is involved in the maintenance of cellular identity and that its loss might trigger de-differentiation. <br></br> In order to investigate changes in gene expression associated with TGF-beta induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) we performed paired end RNA-Seq of poly-A selected mRNA in untreated and TGFb-treated MDCK cells. The MDCK cell line has been extensively used as a model system for EMT because they convert fully from the epithelial to the mesenchymal state in response to TGF-beta. Gene expression profiles were also generated from MDCK cells in which H2A.Z was knocked down using shRNA.<br></br>Please note that ChIP-seq data generated in conjunction to this RNA-seq data set were also deposited at ArrayExpress under accession number E-MTAB-5637 ( https://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/experiments/E-MTAB-5637 ).
Project description:Nine different cell types (common dendritic progenitor (CDP), pre-conventional dendritic cell (pre-cDC), common dendritic progenitor (CDPr, according to Rodrigues et al., but this population was flawed in sorting purity), Flt3+ CD11c+ Siglec-H+ CCR9-low B220-low progenitor cell (lo-lo), Flt3 + CD11c+ Siglec-H+ CCR9-low B220-high progenitor cell (lo-hi), plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC), Ly6D+ lymphoid progenitor (SP), Ly6D+ Siglec-H+ lymphoid progenitor (DP) and common lymphoid progenitor (CLP)) were sorted to allow for analysis of their transcriptomic relation and/or similarity. The pDC_precursor_scvelo.h5ad file is a processed file ready for direct downstream analysis with scvelo.
Project description:Pemetrexed is an antifolate drug used in the treatment of lung cancer. EA.hy 926 cells grown under low (Lo) and normal (Hi) folate conditions were treated with PMX. Microarray analysis was used to examine changes in gene expression due to PMX treatment. Hi and Lo cells were grown to confluence and maintained in fresh medium for 24 hours prior to treatment with 0.5uM PMX for 48 hours.
Project description:Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-folate drug used to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The changes induced by MTX were profiled within EA.hy 926 cells grown in normal (Hi) and low (Lo) folate. Several inflammatory genes were up regulated and several mitosis related genes were down regulated. Hi and Lo cells were grown to confluence and maintained in fresh medium for 24 hours prior to treatment with 0.5uM MTX for 48 hours.
Project description:Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR2) is a highly N-glycosylated receptor tyrosine kinase involved in pro-angiogenic signaling in physiological and pathological contexts, including cancer. VEGFR2 post-translational modifications (PTMs) and their roles in receptor function and signaling have been extensively studied. However, until recently, co- and post-translational N-glycosylation of RTKs has been regarded as decorative rather than functional. N-glycosylation is a non-template based process that generates heterogeneously modified proteins. Emerging evidence suggests that the tumor microenvironment modulates expression of glycosyltransferases involved in the trimming and remodeling of nascent N-linked glycans into their heterogeneous mature forms, and that these changes alter the functions of modified proteins and thereby impact cellular signaling and adhesion. We sought to understand the consequences of altered glycosylation on VEGFR2 signaling. We used multiple strategies, including: enzymatic removal of N-linked glycans from the receptor, site-directed mutagenesis of specific N-glycosylation sites near the VEGF ligand binding site of VEGFR2, mass spectrometry of VEGFR2 glycopeptides, and concurrent measurement of receptor activation, signaling, and dimerization to interrogate how N-glycosylation modulates VEGFR2 ligand-dependent pro-angiogenic signaling. We demonstrate that VEGFR2 glycosylation at site N247 regulates ligand-dependent receptor activation and signaling. Complex N-glycans with α2-6 linked sialic acid residues at site N247 hinder receptor activation, while asialo-glycans favor VEGFR2 ligand-mediated activation and signaling.
Project description:Trascriptional analysis of CD2 hi and CD25 lo CD4+ effector T cells during acute viral infection. SMARTA cells were transferred into B6 mice, followed by infection with LCMV. At day 5 post-infection, CD25 hi and CD25 lo SMARTA cells were isolated from the spleen by FACS. Consistent with our prior studies showing that CD25 lo early effector cells give rise to both Tfh effector cells and memory T cells, we observed gene expression in the CD25 lo population consistent with Tfh differentiation. Conversely, CD25 hi effector cells expressed markers consistent with Th1 differentiation and short-term survival.
Project description:A key step in angiogenesis is the upregulation of growth factor receptors on endothelial cells. Here we demonstrate that a small regulatory microRNA, miR-296 has a major role in this process. Glioma cells and angiogenic growth factors elevate the level of miR-296 in primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells in culture. The miR-296 level is also elevated in primary tumor endothelial cells isolated from human brain tumors compared to normal brain endothelial cells. Growth factor-induced miR-296 contributes significantly to angiogenesis by directly targeting the hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate (HGS) mRNA, leading to decreased levels of HGS and thereby reducing HGS-mediated degradation of the growth factor receptors VEGFR2 and PDGFR-β. Furthermore, inhibition of miR-296 with antagomirs reduces angiogenesis in tumor xenografts in vivo. Keywords: comparitive miRNA analysis 3 biological replicates (HBMVECs) are compared to 3 biological replicates (HBMVECs exposed to U87 glioma cells)