Project description:Inducible endothelial Rspo3 deletion resulted in perturbed developmental and tumor vascular remodeling. Rspo3-iECKO mice strikingly phenocopied the non-canonical WNT signaling-induced vascular defects of mice deleted for the WNT secretion factor Evi/Wls. An endothelial screen for RSPO3 and EVI/WLS co-regulated genes identified novel target genes, which could be linked to WNT/Ca2+/NFAT signaling. In summary, the study identifies endothelial RSPO3-driven non canonical WNT/Ca2+/NFAT signaling as critical maintenance pathway of the remodeling vasculature.
Project description:Evi/Wls is an essential Wnt secretion factor and important for tissue homeostasis. In the skin Wnt signaling plays an important role in hair follicle formation and maintenance. The aim of the present study is to compare the gene expression profile of Evi/Wls knockout epidermal sheets with wild-type control skin.
Project description:expression analysis of teratoma, grown from mouse embryonic stem cells that are Evi/Wls knockout cells and comparison with wildtype (control) tumors
Project description:Canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling play key roles during development and tumorigenesis. In this study we compared gene expression in teratomas grown from mouse embryonic stem cells that overexpress Evi/Wls and teratomas from normal embryonic stem cells cells.
Project description:Next generation sequencing (RAN-seq) was used to study the global effects of co-treatment of endothelial cells with U1 and LL-37. This lead to identification of differentially regulated genes and enriched pathways
Project description:Next generation sequencing (RNA-seq) was used to study the global effects of co-treatment of endothelial cells with poly IC and LL-37. This lead to identification of differentially regulated genes and enriched pathways
Project description:This study uses microarray analyses to examine gene expression profiles for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) induced by exposure in vitro to bovine lung surfactant preparations that vary in apoprotein content: (i) whole lung surfactant (WLS) containing the complete mix of endogenous lipids and surfactant proteins (SP)-A, -B, -C, and -D; (ii) extracted lung surfactant (CLSE) containing lipids plus SP-B and -C; (iii) column-purified surfactant lipids (PPL) containing no apoproteins, and (iv) purified human SP-A. Exposure to WLS evoked a multitude of transcriptional responses in Mtb, with 52 genes up-regulated and 23 genes down-regulated at 30 min exposure, plus 146 genes up-regulated and 27 genes down-regulated at 2 h. Notably, WLS rapidly induced several membrane-associated lipases that presumptively act on surfactant lipids as substrates, and a large number of genes involved in the synthesis of phthiocerol dimycocerosate (PDIM), a cell wall component known to be important in macrophage interactions and Mtb virulence. Exposure of Mtb to CLSE, PPL, or purified SP-A caused a substantially weaker transcriptional response (≤ 20 genes were induced) suggesting that interactions among multiple lipid-protein components of WLS may contribute to its effects on Mtb transcription.
Project description:RNAseq transcriptomic signature associated depletion of Evi/Wls in epidermal sheets of mice, expression analysis of epidermal sheets of Evi/Wls knockout and wildtype mice
Project description:Wnt signaling in early eye development, specifically the lens placode shows expression of 12 out of 19 Wnt ligands. We these Wnt activities were suppressed using conditional deletion of Wntless, dramatic phenotypic changes in morphogensis occurred. Microarray analysis of the genes that were changed in response to deletion of Wnt ligands in the developing eye region show direct or indirect responses from the surface ectoderm to the developing RPE and optic cup curvature, creating an overal shape change phenotype in the bilayerd epithelium of the optic cup. Mouse embryos at embryonic stage e10.5 were disected into pbs and eye regions were disected and removed for RNA extraction and hybridization to Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to identify the genes that were changed in response to deletion of Wls from the developing surface ectoderm of the eye region. Genes changed could be the direct or indirect result from deleltion of Wls from the surface ectoderm using the LeCre recombinase gene as a tool for analysis.
Project description:Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) depend on niche factors for proper function. Here, we focus on RSPO3, an essential ISC niche factor, that engages the Lgr5 receptor on ISCs to potentiate WNT signaling, an interaction that is critical for maintaining intestinal stemness. Leveraging novel Rspo3-GFP and Grem1-tdTomato-CreERT2 genetically engineered mice together with single-cell mRNA profiling, we find that RSPO3 is expressed by lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) and Rspo3+Grem1+ (RG) fibroblasts in the intestinal stroma where RG fibroblasts surround lymphatics and are in close proximity to Lgr5+ ISCs near the crypt base. Functionally, RG fibroblasts through the production of RSPO3 and GREM1 and LECs through the production of RSPO3 foster intestinal organoid propagation in vitro. Rspo3 loss in either or both of these niche cells in vivo compromises ISC numbers, villi length, and repair after irradiation-induced injury. Mechanistically, irradiation-induced damage expands LEC and RG fibroblast numbers and enhances the latters’ generation of RSPO3 through IL-1 receptor activation. We propose that LECs represent a novel component of the ISC niche, which together with RG fibroblasts, provide essential RSPO3 to sustain ISCs in homeostasis and regeneration.
