ABSTRACT: Differential gene expression profiling of cultured neu-transformed versus spontaneously-transformed rat cholangiocytes and of corresponding cholangiocarcinomas
Project description:Characterization of preclinical models of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression that reliably recapitulate altered molecular features of the human disease. Here, we performed comprehensive gene expression profiling of cholangiocarcinoma tumors arising from bile duct inoculation of different grade malignant rat cholangiocytes. Tumors arising from bile duct inoculation of spontaneously-transformed low grade malignant rat BDE1 cholangiocytes (BDEsp cells) compared to tumors arising from the inoculation of high grade malignant erbB-2/neu- transformed BDE1 cholangiocytes (BDEneu cells) into the livers of syngeneic rats.
Project description:To more closely reproduce key cellular and stromal features of the desmoplastic reaction of cholangiocarcinoma in vitro, we developed a novel 3-dimensional culture modeling of cancer and stromal cells as a strategy for targeted therapies Cellular, molecular, and functional characterization of different cancer-associated fibroblastic (CAF) and cholangiocarcinoma cell strains isolated from orthotopic tumors arising from bile duct inoculation of spontaneously-transformed rat cholangiocytes (BDEsp cells) in Fischer 344 young adult male rats.
Project description:Validation of preclinical models of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression that reliably recapitulate altered molecular features of the human disease would provide an important resource for suggesting and testing of novel target-based therapies against this devastating cancer. In this study, comprehensive gene expression profiling in a novel orthotopic rat model of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression was carried out in an effort to identify potential therapeutic targets relevant to the progressive human cancer. Microarray analysis was performed on intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas formed at 10, 15, and 25 days after bile duct inoculation of neu-transformed rat cholangiocytes (BDEneu cells) into rat liver and on peritoneal metastases at the 25 day time period, compared with non-cancerous right liver lobe from the same animals.
Project description:The increased M-NM-1-smooth muscle-actin positive cancer-associated fibroblastic cells (CAF) in the desmoplastic stroma may relate to a more aggressive cancer and worse survival outcomes for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) patients We developed a novel 3-D organotypic culture model by co-culturing M-NM-1-SMA positive CAF and cholangiocarcinoma cells in a collagen matrix. Cholangiocarcinoma cell lines were established by isolating M-NM-1-SMA positive cancer-associated fibroblastic cells (CAF) (BDEsp-TDFE4) and cholangiocarcinoma cells (BDEsp-TDEH10) from tumors arising from bile duct inoculation of spontaneously-transformed low grade malignant rat BDE1 cholangiocytes (BDEsp cells). These tumor-derived cells lines were then grown in a rat tail type I collagen gel matrix, alone or in co-culture, and their gene expression profile were compared.
Project description:Validation of preclinical models of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression that reliably recapitulate altered molecular features of the human disease would provide an important resource for suggesting and testing of novel target-based therapies against this devastating cancer. In this study, comprehensive gene expression profiling in a novel orthotopic rat model of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression was carried out in an effort to identify potential therapeutic targets relevant to the progressive human cancer. Microarray analysis was performed on intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas formed at 10, 15, and 25 days after bile duct inoculation of neu-transformed rat cholangiocytes (BDEneu cells) into rat liver and on peritoneal metastases at the 25 day time period, compared with non-cancerous right liver lobe from the same animals. Experiment Overall Design: Tumors were collected at 10, 15, 25 days post inoculation from biological triplicates (different rats innoculated simultaneously). Also, biological triplicates of metastatic tumors (Mets) at day 25 were analyzed. Biological triplicates of paired normal right liver lobe (RLL) from the same animals from which tumors/mets were obtained were also analyzed in this study. Thus, a total of 9 rats were used for this study.
Project description:Müller cells (MCs) play a crucial role in the retina, and cultured MC lines are an important tool with which to study MC function. Transformed MC lines have been widely used; however, the transformation process can also lead to unwanted changes compared to the primary cells from which they were derived. A monoclonal spontaneously immortalized rat Müller cell line, SIRMu-1, was derived from primary rat MCs and characterized by RNA-sequencing (in addition to immunofluorescence and western blotting) in comparison to primary MCs and the SV40-immortalized MC line, rMC-1.
