Project description:To analyse roles of HAI-1/Spint1 in intestinal tumorigenesis, we examined the effect of intestine-specific deletion of Spint1 gene on Apc(Min/+) mice. The loss of Hai-1/Spint1 significantly accelerated tumor formation in ApcMin/+ mice and shortened their survival periods. Mouse small intestine tumor tissue or background mucosa lacking macroscopically visible tumors were proceeded to RNA extraction and hybridization on microarrays (Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array). Non-tumor or tumor intestinal mucosa tissues of Apc (Min/+)/Spint1 (flox/flox) mice and non-tumor or tumor intestinal mucosa tissues of Apc (Min/+)/Spint1 (flox/flox)/Vil-Cre mice were analysed. The experiment was repeated respectively.
Project description:To analyse roles of HAI-1/Spint1 in intestinal tumorigenesis, we examined the effect of intestine-specific deletion of Spint1 gene on Apc(Min/+) mice. The loss of Hai-1/Spint1 significantly accelerated tumor formation in ApcMin/+ mice and shortened their survival periods. Mouse small intestine tumor tissue or background mucosa lacking macroscopically visible tumors were proceeded to RNA extraction and hybridization on microarrays (Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array).
Project description:Transcriptional Profiling of the Transition from Normal Intestine to Adenoma in the APC(Min/+) Mouse. Tissue was from male 91-days old APC(Min/+) mouse (an animal model for human colon cancer). RNA was purified using Trizol and labeled for hybridization to high density oligonucleotide Affymetrix MG_U74Av2 arrays, using manufacturer protocol. We measured the relative expression level of >12000 genes and ESTs. -----------------------------------------; Samples used in analysis:; * GSM12501: Normal intestine diet #1 sample C1_0112 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12502: Tumor diet #1 sample T1_0112 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12503: Normal intestine diet #1 sample C2_0112 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12504: Tumor diet #1 sample T2_0112 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12505: Normal intestine diet #2 sample C1_003 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12506: Tumor diet #2 sample T1_003 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12507: Normal intestine diet #2 sample C2_003 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12508: Tumor diet #2 sample T2_003 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12509: Normal intestine diet #3 sample C1_005 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12510: Tumor diet #3 sample T1_005 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12511: Normal intestine diet #3 sample C2_005 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12512: Tumor diet #3 sample T2_005 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -; Comparisons were performed as described in Chen Z, Ge B, Hudson TJ and Rozen R. Gene Expression Patterns 1, 89-93, 2002. Comparing Normal intestine vs Adenoma. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -; This resulted in the identification of differentially expressed transcripts. Identified transcripts were clustered based on functional information which was publicly available at time of analysis, obtained through the NetAffx WEB portal (www.Affymetrix.com) and literature.
Project description:Aberrant CpG methylation is a universal trait of cancer cell genomes and can result in epigenetic modulation of gene activity; however, at which stages tumour-specific epigenetic patterns arise is unknown. Here, we analyse the methylome of APCM in mouse intestinal adenoma as a model of intestinal cancer initiation, and inventory a map of over 13,000 adenoma-specific recurrent differentially methylated regions (DMRs). We find that multiple genes coding for Polycomb proteins are upregulated in adenoma, and concomitantly, hypermethylated DMRs form preferentially at Polycomb target sites. We establish that DMRs are absent from proliferating intestinal epithelial cells or intestinal stem cells, and thus arise de novo after loss of APC. Importantly, a core set of DMRs is conserved in human colon cancer, defining a class of early epigenetic alterations that are distinct from known sets of epigenetically silenced tumour suppressors. The data presented suggests a sequence of events that leads to an altered methylome of colon cancer cells, and may allow more specific selection of clinical epigenetic biomarkers. Analysis of the methylome and RNA expression in adenoma of Apc-Min/+ mutant mice and of normal intestine in Apc-Min/+ and Apc-+/+ wild type mice.
Project description:Dietary methionine restriction represses growth and improves therapeutic responses in several pre-clinical settings. However, how this dietary intervention impacts cancer progression in the context of the immune system is unknown. Here we analyzed the CD45+ immune cells from the small intestine of control (CTRL) diet or methionine-restricted (MR) diet fed tumor-free C57BL/6J donor mice and tumor-bearing Apc <min+/-> recipient mice transplanated with feces from these diet-fed tumor-free C57BL/6J mice by scRNA-seq. Our analysis indicate that fecal microbes from methionine-restricted tumor-free C57BL/6J mice are sufficient to represss T cell activation in the small intestine of Apc <min+/-> mice.
Project description:Analysis of the cystic fibrosis gene Cftr in the colon and small intestine of Cftr-deficient murine model. The hypothesis was loss of Cftr altered expression of genes important in intestinal homeostasis and oncogenic signaling pathways. The results identified potential roles of Cftr in up- or down-regulating major gene clusters that belong to groups of immune response, ion channel, intestinal stem cell and other growth regulators. Total RNA was isolated from the normal intestine of three Apc wildtype Cftr wildtype and three Apc Cftr-deficient mice. For the colon intestinal epithelia from the same region of the distal colon of each mouse was separated from the rest of the intestine prior to RNA isolation. Therefore RNA was obtained from only epithelial cells. For the small intestine, a section of the mid-duodenum from each mouse was sheared of villi prior to RNA isolation. Therefore RNA was obtained from whole duodenum (minus villi), containing epithelia cells but also stromal and other cells. RNA Seq was then conducted on all samples, with at least two replicates for each biological sample.
Project description:Brg1 has been reported to act as a trans-activator for the Wnt pathway by interacting with beta-catenin. Given this interaction and the crucial role Wnt signalling plays in the intestinal homeostasis, we aimed to investigate the effect of Brg1 loss on gene expression in normal and Wnt activated small intestinal epithelium. We used VillinCreERT2 Cre recombinase and loxP targeted allels of Brg1 and Apc to generate 4 cohorts of conditional knock-out mice: Cre-negative controls (n=4), Brg1 deficient (n=4), Apc deficient (n=3) and double Brg1-Apc deficient (n=4). All mice were induced by 4x80mg/kg daily injections of Tamoxifen. Epithelium enriched (gut scrapes) samples of small intestine (jejunum) were collected at day 4 post induction. Loss of Brg1 expression in the small intestinal epithelium at this time point was confirmed by immunohistochemistry.
Project description:The genomic landscape of colorectal cancer (CRC) is shaped by inactivating mutations in tumour suppressors such as APC, and oncogenic mutations such as mutant KRAS. Here we used genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs), and multimodal mass spectrometry-based metabolomics to study the impact of common genetic drivers of CRC on the metabolic landscape of the intestine. We show that untargeted metabolic profiling can be applied to stratify intestinal tissues according to underlying genetic alterations, and use mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) to identify tumour, stromal and normal adjacent tissues. By identifying ions that drive variation between normal and transformed tissues, we found dysregulation of the methionine cycle to be a hallmark of APC-deficient CRC. Loss of Apc in the murine intestine was found sufficient to drive expression of one of its enzymes, adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY), which was also found to be transcriptionally upregulated in human CRC. Targeting of AHCY function impaired growth of APC-deficient organoids in vitro, and prevented the characteristic hyperproliferative/crypt progenitor phenotype driven by acute deletion of Apc in vivo, even in the context of mutant Kras. Finally, pharmacological inhibition of AHCY reduced intestinal tumour burden in ApcMin/+ mice indicating its potential as a metabolic drug target in CRC.