Project description:To identify genes that are differentially expressed in the developing mouse embryo as a result of SOX7 deficiency, we performed bulk RNA-seq on Sox7-null and wild-type embryos harvested at E8.5.
Project description:Transcriptomic analyses of yolk sacs from mouse embryos at E8.5 was performed to assess the dosage dependent effects of varying Etv2 dosage on early endothelial and hematopoietic development.
Project description:Separation of cell lineages during early mammalian development is required to establish the pluripotent founder cell population that will give rise to the embryo proper and a functional trophoblast to support its development. We systemically assessed the role of the homeobox gene Cdx2 in vivo and in vitro development with an RNAi approach. Effective elimination of both maternal and zygotic Cdx2 resulted in typical phenotypes of Cdx2-mutant embryos, such as failure of hatching and implantation. However, the blastulation and expression of TE specific markers in these Cdx2-deficient embryos excluded the possibility of Cdx2 to act as a TE determinant, although compromised structure and functioning of TE was observed and the resulted embryos were not viable. Strikingly, the efficiency of stem cell derivation was significantly higher than control when embryos were put on MEF at the 8-cell stage and the derived stem cells were fully pluripotent as shown by chimera and tetraploid complementation experiments. Comparative genomic hybridization of wild type and Cdx2 mutant at 8-cell and blastocyst mouse embryos were performed.
Project description:Separation of cell lineages during early mammalian development is required to establish the pluripotent founder cell population that will give rise to the embryo proper and a functional trophoblast to support its development. We systemically assessed the role of the homeobox gene Cdx2 in vivo and in vitro development with an RNAi approach. Effective elimination of both maternal and zygotic Cdx2 resulted in typical phenotypes of Cdx2-mutant embryos, such as failure of hatching and implantation. However, the blastulation and expression of TE specific markers in these Cdx2-deficient embryos excluded the possibility of Cdx2 to act as a TE determinant, although compromised structure and functioning of TE was observed and the resulted embryos were not viable. Strikingly, the efficiency of stem cell derivation was significantly higher than control when embryos were put on MEF at the 8-cell stage and the derived stem cells were fully pluripotent as shown by chimera and tetraploid complementation experiments. Comparative genomic hybridization of wild type and Cdx2 mutant at 8-cell and blastocyst mouse embryos were performed. 8-cell biological duplicates and blastocyst stage biological triplicates embryos were used.The hybridization experiments were duplicated in a reciprocal labeling manner to reduce dye integration bias (dye-swaps).
Project description:The object of this study was to identify genes transcriptionally upregulated and downregulated in response to Tcof1 haploin-sufficiency during mouse embryogensis Experiment Overall Design: Total RNA was extracted from 3 E8.5 wild-type and 3 E8.5 Tcof1+/- littermate embryos using the RNeasy Mini Protocol for Isolation of Total RNA from Animal Tissues (Qiagen) according to the manufacturerâs protocol. RNA quality and quantity was determined using the Bioanalyser. To generate targets for microarray analysis, total RNA (100 ng) from each wild-type and mutant embryo was amplified using Two-Cycle Target Labeling (Affymetrix) according to the manufacturerâs instructions. Biotinylated target cRNAs (20 μg) from the 3 wild-type and 3 Tcof1+/- embryos were hybridised to separate GeneChip® Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays (Affymetrix), following standard Affymetrix procedures.
Project description:Somatic DNA alteration underlies tumor development and progression, and gives rise to tumors with diverse genetic contexts. Here, we identify in a collection of 29 colorectal cancer cell lines and 226 primary colorectal tumors recurrent amplification of chromosome 13, an alteration highly restricted to colorectal-derived cancers. A minimal region of amplification on 13q12.2 pinpoints caudal type homeobox transcription factor CDX2, a master regulator of anterior-posterior patterning, midgut development, and intestinal epithelial cell differentiation and maintenance. In contrast to its described role as a colorectal tumor suppressor, we show that in the context of genomic amplification, CDX2 is required for proliferation and anchorage-independent growth of colorectal cancer cells. By genome-wide expression and location analysis, we reveal that CDX2 directly promotes expression of Wnt pathway genes. Further results suggest that CDX2 induces expression of intestinal differentiation markers and modulates β-catenin transcriptional activity. These data characterize CDX2 as a novel lineage-survival oncogene deregulated in colorectal cancer. ChIP-seq analysis of CDX2 binding sites in COLO320 cells
Project description:DDX6 is an RNA helicase and involved in various post-transcriptional regulatory processes. Although DDX6 is an evolutionarily well conserved central player in post-transcriptional gene regulation, its function in embryonic development remains obscure. To study this, we examined Ddx6 knockout mouse embryos and pluripotent cell lines. E8.5 Ddx6 mutants exhibited gastrulation defects. To transcriptomically identify the existing cell population in E8.5 mutant embryos and further find the possible causes of this defect, we performed RNA-seq analysis with E8.5 embryo cDNA libraries.
Project description:Somatic DNA alteration underlies tumor development and progression, and gives rise to tumors with diverse genetic contexts. Here, we identify in a collection of 29 colorectal cancer cell lines and 226 primary colorectal tumors recurrent amplification of chromosome 13, an alteration highly restricted to colorectal-derived cancers. A minimal region of amplification on 13q12.2 pinpoints caudal type homeobox transcription factor CDX2, a master regulator of anterior-posterior patterning, midgut development, and intestinal epithelial cell differentiation and maintenance. In contrast to its described role as a colorectal tumor suppressor, we show that in the context of genomic amplification, CDX2 is required for proliferation and anchorage-independent growth of colorectal cancer cells. By genome-wide expression and location analysis, we reveal that CDX2 directly promotes expression of Wnt pathway genes. Further results suggest that CDX2 induces expression of intestinal differentiation markers and modulates β-catenin transcriptional activity. These data characterize CDX2 as a novel lineage-survival oncogene deregulated in colorectal cancer.
Project description:The craniofacial region encompassing rhombomere 2 and adjacent putative BA1 together with all more anterior tissues was collected from E8.5 mouse embryos, processed and analyzed by 10X Genomics Chromium scRNA-seq