Project description:Gene expression profile analysis allowed to identify a panel of genes characteristic of HepaRG differentiation and DMSO effect on the differentiation process.
Project description:Comparison of expression profiles detected inundifferemtitated HepaRG cells exposed to DMSO, TCDD for 24h. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation has been shown to stimulate proliferation, promote apoptosis or alter differentiation of adult rat liver progenitors. We investigated the impact of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-mediated AhR activation on a human model of bipotent liver progenitors, undifferentiated HepaRG cells. We used both intact undifferentiated HepaRG cells, and HepaRG cells with silenced Hippo pathway effectors, YAP1 and TAZ, which play key role(s) in tissue specific progenitor cell self-renewal and expansion, including liver, cardiac or respiratory progenitors.
Project description:Gene expression profile analysis allowed to identify a panel of genes and pathways characteristic of hESC-and HepaRG-derived cholangiocytes. Microarrays were conducted at day 23 and day 10 of differentiation for hESC-Chol and HepaRG-Chol respectively and compared to hESC-HB and HepaRG-HB. Five, four or three independent experiments were performed depending the experimental sample
Project description:HepaRG cell, a stabilized bipotent liver progenitor cell line, exhibits hepatocyte functions only after differentiation. However, the mechanism of transition from non-differentiated to differentiated states, accompanied by proliferation and migration, is poorly understood. Little information exists for proteins involved in this process, particularly those residing in the plasma membrane. In this study, the plasma membrane protein expression change of HepaRG cell before and after differentiation were systematically analyzed using an iTRAQ labeled quantitative membrane proteomics approach. A total of 70 membrane proteins were identified to be differentially expressed. Function and disease clustering analysis showed that 11 of these proteins are involved in migration. Two key factors (MMP-14 and OCLN) were validated by qRT-PCR and Western Blot. Blockade of MMP-14, an extracellular matrix metalloprotease, by monoclonal antibody in a wound healing assay further demonstrated the importance of this protein in tumor cell migration. Even further, the MMP-14 expression correlation with HCC is confirmed by HCC cell lines and tissue samples.
Project description:The aim of the study was to characterize at a molecular level (changes in mRNA level) the effects of WNT3A on the human HepaRG hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. This was adressed by culturing HepaRG cells in presence or absence of Wnt3a.
Project description:The exposure to and contamination by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which include pesticides used worldwide and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, is detrimental to human health and diverse ecosystems. Although most mechanistic studies have focused on single compounds, living organisms are exposed to multiple environmental xenobiotics, simultaneously, throughout their lives. The experimental evidence useful for assessing the effects of exposure to pollutant mixtures is scarce. We investigated the effects of exposure to a combination of two POPs, which employ different xenosensors, on global gene expression in a human hepatocyte cell model, HepaRG. Whole genome microarrays were used to investigate the effects on the HepaRG transcriptome following exposure to the combination of POPs as compared to each compound individually. Differentiated HepaRG cells were treated with either 2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, alpha-endosulfan (an organochlorine pesticide), the mixture or the DMSO vehicle for 30 hours after which RNA was extracted for hybridization on Affymetrix whole human genome microarrays.
Project description:We aimed to identify interferon (IFN)-regulated genes that are differentially expressed during chronic HEV infection in human hepatocytes, the main site of HEV replication, using HepaRG cells. We have performed a preliminary screen using whole-cell RNA extracts prepared from HepaRG mock-infected or infected cells to determine whether HEV was able to trigger an IFN response. Different multiplicities of infection (MOI) (10 and 100 genome equivalent (GE)/cell) and time points (D+7, D+14, D+26, D+40, D+72 and D+100) were analyzed using the PCR array. We have also treated HepaRG cells after overnight treatment with IFN-β to confirm the ability of HepaRG to respond to IFN-I treatment.
Project description:To identify the molecular mechanisms and environmental inducers contributing to reprogramming of hepatocytes into progenitors in HCC context, we used the HepaRG cell line as model.
