Project description:In this study, using genetic cell lineage tracing, vaginal organoids, targeted gene deletion and single cell sequencing approaches; we revealed a unique population of vaginal epithelial stem cells and provided evidence that canonical Wnt/b-catenin signaling is required for the proliferation and differentiation of these stem cells.
Project description:During sexual transmission of HIV-1 from male to female partners, the vagina is the initial site of contact with HIV infected semen. The mechanism of HIV traversing the CD4 negative multi-layered stratified squamous epithelial barrier of the vagina to infect sub-epithelial susceptible immune cells, is hitherto unknown. HIV gp120 binds to several host proteins on vaginal epithelial cells. To gain an insight into the physiologic changes that may occur in vaginal epithelial cells in response to interactions with HIV gp120, and obtain an understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which HIV breaches the vaginal epithelium, a global snap shot of gene expression profiles in the vaginal epithelial cell line Vk2/E6E7, treated with HIV gp120 was determined. The vaginal epithelial cell line Vk2/E6E7 was treated with HIV gp120 (83nM) for 24 hr, and Agilent one colour, microarrays were performed. Agilent one-color experiment,Organism: Human ,Agilent-Custom Whole Genome Human 8x60k designed by Genotypic Technology Pvt. Ltd. (AMADID: 027114), Labeling kit: Agilent Quick-Amp labeling Kit (p/n5190-0442)
Project description:During sexual transmission of HIV-1 from male to female partners, the vagina is the initial site of contact with HIV infected semen. The mechanism of HIV traversing the CD4 negative multi-layered stratified squamous epithelial barrier of the vagina to infect sub-epithelial susceptible immune cells, is hitherto unknown. HIV gp120 binds to several host proteins on vaginal epithelial cells. To gain an insight into the physiologic changes that may occur in vaginal epithelial cells in response to interactions with HIV gp120, and obtain an understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which HIV breaches the vaginal epithelium, a global snap shot of gene expression profiles in the vaginal epithelial cell line Vk2/E6E7, treated with HIV gp120 was determined. The vaginal epithelial cell line Vk2/E6E7 was treated with HIV gp120 (83nM) for 24 hr, and Agilent one colour, microarrays were performed.
Project description:The mouse cochlear sensory epithelium proteome has been characterized using FASP combined with GELFrEE and off-line SCX- and WAX-based methods follwed by nano LC-MS/MS. In addition, we utilzed single digestion and double digestion approaches using LysC and trypsin endoproteases. MS data files were processed with MaxQuant (Version 1.2.2.5, Max Planck Institute) and peak list files were searched by MASCOT search engine against the UniProt mouse database containing both forward and reversed protein sequences and common contaminants such as keratin. The initial parent and fragment ion maximum precursors were set to 6 ppm and 0.5 Da, respectively. The search included a fixed modification of carbamidomethyl of cysteine and variable modifications of oxidation of methionine and protein N-terminal acetylation. The minimum peptide length to be considered for identification was 6 amino acids.