Project description:We aimed to investigate gene expression changes in intestinal organoids from different mouse genotypes after treatment with interferon-gamma. Wild-type, villinCreER;KrasG12D/+;Trp53fl/flRosa26N1icd/+ (KPN), and villinCreER;Apcfl/fl;KrasG12D/+;Trp53fl/flTgfbrIfl/fl (AKPT) intestinal organoids were plated, and the media was supplemented with 1 ng/mL of recombinant mouse interferon-gamma protein on Day 3. RNA was collected 24h later and processed for RNA sequencing.
Project description:RNAseq of intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) organoids derived from biopsy of ileum or colon from healthy subjects and treated with type I interferon (IFN beta), type II interferon (IFN gamma), or type III interferon (IFN lambda 2).
Project description:The intact intestinal epithelial barrier protects our body from a range of immune mediated diseases. The epithelial layer has an impressive ability to reconstitute and repair upon damage and this process of repair is increasingly seen as a therapeutic target. In vitro models to study this process in primary intestinal cells are lacking. Therefore we established and characterized an in vitro model of intestinal damage and repair by applying γ-radiation on small intestinal organoids. We then used this model to identify novel regulators of intestinal regeneration. Small intestinal single crypts were isolated from C57BL/6 mice and cultured in matrigel. We treated the organoid cultures, 3 days after seeding, with 6 Gy of gamma-irradiation. RNA was isolated at 24, 48 and 96 hours after irradiation. Non-irradiated controls were collected per time point.
Project description:To assess the role of LSD1 in mice small intestinal epithelium, small intestinal organoids were treated with an inhibitor for LSD1 (GSK-LSD1) and compared to untreated organoids. Similar to intestinal epithelium from mice with an intestinal epithelium specific LSD1-KO, paneth cells dissappear upon GSK-LSD1 treatment. We used these sequencing data to show that these small intestinal organoids have a similar phenotype as mice epithelium without LSD1.
Project description:This project was done in collaboration with Dr. Richard Cummings to examine sialylation of CD44v6 and its role in clearance of neutrophils from inflamed intestinal epithelium. Specifically, we have employed a functional approach using membrane preparations from interferon gamma-stimulated intestinal epithelial cells to generate a monoclonal antibody, designated GM35, which blocks neutrophil transepithelial migration through the promotion of neutrophil adhesion at the apical surface of the intestinal epithelium. Protein biochemistry, sequencing, confocal microscopic analysis, and immunoprecipitation studies all identify the protein ligand for this antibody as CD44v6. However, selective inhibition of O- or N-linked glycosylation reveal that the antibody is specific for an O-linked glycotope and glycoarray analysis of the GM35 antibody by Core H of the Consortium for Functional Glycomics reveal that this antibody binds with high affinity and specificity to a carbohydrate epitope consistent in structure with sLeA. Inhibition of O-linked glycosylation attenuated both GM35 binding and its functional effects as did specific cleavage of sialic acid residues from the cell surface, using neuraminidase, although the functional effects of cleavage were smaller and harder to assess. CD44v6 has previously been studied as a marker of inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and GM35 staining is clearly upregulated by interferon gamma in T84 and HT29 intestinal epithelial cells. The specific enzymes governing the sialylation of CD44v6 in intestinal epithelium have yet to be determined. Analysis of a panel of intestinal epithelial cells including T84, HT29, and Caco-2 cells revealed that cell-type specific regulation of both splicing and glycosylation is essential for the regulation of the expression of the GM35 epitope. And, forcible expression of CD44 in Caco-2 cells, which are negative for CD44v6 at baseline, results only in upregulation of previously expressed isoforms of CD44, but not in GM35 expression. Based on western blot and immunofluorescent staining, GM35 expression is greatest in interferon gamma-treated T84 cells. Thus, we analyzed RNA samples for the expression of glycosylation specific genes in interferon gamma-stimulated T84 cells relative to that of both non-stimulated T84 cells and GM35-negative Caco-2 cells in order to identify glycosylation-specific targets contributing to the interferon gamma-dependent upregulation of sialylated CD44v6 in intestinal epithelial cells.
Project description:Murine small intestinal organoids were cultured in the presence or absence of 5µM inhibitor MS023 (PubChem CID 92136227), which targets type I protein arginine methyltransferases Prmt1, Prmt3, Prmt4, Prmt6, Prmt8. Organoids were grown in culture media containing EGF, Noggin and R-spondin (ENR), media was changed after 48h, and organoids were harvested after 120h.
Project description:Murine small intestinal organoids were cultured in the presence or absence of 3µM inhibitor I-CBP112 (PubChem CID 90488984), which targets E1A Binding Protein P300 (Ep300) and Creb-binding protein (Crebbp, Cbp). Organoids were grown in culture media containing EGF, Noggin and R-spondin (ENR), media was changed after 48h, and organoids were harvested after 96h.
Project description:We aimed to investigate gene expression changes in intestinal organoids from different mouse genotypes after treatment with TGF-beta. Wild-type, villinCreER;KrasG12D/+;Trp53fl/flRosa26N1icd/+ (KPN), and villinCreER;Apcfl/fl;KrasG12D/+;Trp53fl/flTgfbrIfl/fl (AKPT) intestinal organoids were plated, and the media was supplemented with 5ng/mL of recombinant mouse TGFß1 protein on Day 3. RNA was collected 24h later and processed for RNA sequencing.