Project description:we analyzed transcriptomic profiles in LLC cells isolated from primary cancer sites. C57BL/6 mice were subcutaneously injected with LLC-RFP with or without BMSCs.
Project description:Exosomal miRNAs including 86 exosomal miRNAs were significantly increased and 354 exosomal miRNAs were significantly decreased in the co-injection group compared to LLC injection alone through expression profiling of a total of 1903 genes.
Project description:Irradiated granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-transduced autologous tumor cells induce substantial antitumor immunity through the maturation and migration of dendritic cells (DCs). However, little is known about the key molecules involved in GM-CSF-sensitized DCs (GM-DCs) in tumor draining lymph nodes (TDLNs). We initially confirmed that mice subcutaneously injected with poorly immunogenic syngeneic Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells transduced with Sendai virus encoding GM-CSF (LLC/SeV/GM) significantly rejected the tumor growth. Using microarray expression profiling, we obtained a large number of gene expression data files from GM-DCs and control DCs in TDLNs, and subjected them to network-based cluster analysis and unexpectedly unraveled the expression levels of type I IFNs-related genes specifically expressed in plasmacytoid DCs (pDC) were robustly up-regulated in GM-DCs. In vivo depletion assay showed that pDC-depleted mice treated with subcutaneous LLC/SeV/GM cells abrogated the antitumor effects observed in control mice. Moreover combination use of imiquimod for TLR7 triggering on pDC with irradiated LLC/SeV/GM cells induced a significant therapeutic antitumor effect with marked induction of CD9+ pDC with antitumor phenotype, whereas other control mice groups had only minimal to-modest antitumor responses, implicating that this combined vaccine strategy using imiquimod could be promising for improvement of GM-CSF-induced antitumor immunity. Mouse GM-CSF induced gene expression in mature dendritic cells in tumor draining lymph nodes from C57/BL6N female mouse was measured at 2 days after s.c. tumor challenge with GM-CSF gene-transduced LLC cells (LLC/SeV/GM) or control cells (LLC, LLC/SeV/GFP).
Project description:To study the tumour-suppressive capabilities of naked mole-rat fibroblasts we subcutaneously co-injected the fibroblasts and human squamous carcinoma cells into the flanks of NSG mice, which lack mature T cells. As controls, we (1) performed the co-injection experiment with mouse fibroblasts, and (2) performed experiments in which we injected human squamous carcinoma cells without mouse or naked mole-rat fibroblasts. To determine how the co-injections with mouse or naked mole-rat fibroblasts affected tumour growth in vivo, we then transcriptionally profiled the human skin tumours.
Project description:Irradiated granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-transduced autologous tumor cells induce substantial antitumor immunity through the maturation and migration of dendritic cells (DCs). However, little is known about the key molecules involved in GM-CSF-sensitized DCs (GM-DCs) in tumor draining lymph nodes (TDLNs). We initially confirmed that mice subcutaneously injected with poorly immunogenic syngeneic Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells transduced with Sendai virus encoding GM-CSF (LLC/SeV/GM) significantly rejected the tumor growth. Using microarray expression profiling, we obtained a large number of gene expression data files from GM-DCs and control DCs in TDLNs, and subjected them to network-based cluster analysis and unexpectedly unraveled the expression levels of type I IFNs-related genes specifically expressed in plasmacytoid DCs (pDC) were robustly up-regulated in GM-DCs. In vivo depletion assay showed that pDC-depleted mice treated with subcutaneous LLC/SeV/GM cells abrogated the antitumor effects observed in control mice. Moreover combination use of imiquimod for TLR7 triggering on pDC with irradiated LLC/SeV/GM cells induced a significant therapeutic antitumor effect with marked induction of CD9+ pDC with antitumor phenotype, whereas other control mice groups had only minimal to-modest antitumor responses, implicating that this combined vaccine strategy using imiquimod could be promising for improvement of GM-CSF-induced antitumor immunity.
Project description:Drosophila melanogaster (1) injected with 5000 CFU Mycobacterium marinum; (2) injected with vehicle alone (7H9 media); or (3) uninjected.<br>Three time-points after infection: 24 hours, 72 hours, 96 hours.<br>All samples are in triplicate (biological replicates).<br>Death occurs in this infection between 96 and 120 hours.<br>As described in Dionne et al Current Biology 16 (20): 1977-1985.
Project description:PBS and Il-5 (22 pM) treated LLC and B16 cells were harvested after 24 hours, for comparison between: 1) PBS and IL-5 trerated LLC cells, and 2) btween LLC and B16 cells at baseline conditions.
Project description:To gain deeper insights into the relationship between Tau spreading and microglial response, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of microglial heterogeneity in K18-seeded P301L mice at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months post-injection. We compared these findings with those from control groups: P301L mice injected with PBS and their non-transgenic counterparts, the FVB mice also subjected to PBS injection. For this purpose, we employed CITE-seq to investigate CD11b positive cells isolated from cerebellum and olfactory bulb-removed brains.