Project description:To understand the targets of Sox5, Sox6 and Sox9, we overexpressed Sox5/6/9 in mouse newborn rib chondrocytes and expression analysis by RNA-seq.
Project description:We performed ChiP sequencing analysis for H3K27Me3 in DNA from mouse rib chondrocytes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation for H3K27Me3 in mouse rib chondrocytes after overnight culture.Chromatin Immunoprecipitation was performed using Cell Signaling Technology SimpleChIP Plus Enzymatic Chromatin IP Kit (Magnentic Beads) #9005 Sequencing using Next Generation Sequencing (Otogenetics), mapping of reads using DNA Nexus mapper and region calling using Quest software (DNA Nexus)
Project description:To characterize the process of chondrocyte differentiation and maturation, we used Affymetrix GeneChip analysis to profile the dynamic changes in mRNA expression in high density cultures of primary rib chondrocytes from newborn mice. Temporal expression profiles were obtained from RNA harvested from chondrocytes cultured for 2, 6, 9, 12 and 15 days. Progressive maturation of cells into cartilage-producing hypertrophic chondrocytes was accompanied by changes of expression for many genes, particularly genes encoding extracellular matrix components and transcription factors.
Project description:BBF2H7 (BBF2 human homolog on chromosome 7), an ER-resident basic leucine zipper transcription factor, is activated in response to ER stress and abundantly expresses in chondrocytes. While BBF2H7 is widely expressed in many tissues and organs, the most intense signals were detected in the proliferating zone of the cartilage. We compared gene expressions in primary cultured chondrocytes prepared from rib cartilage between WT and BBF2H7-/- mice at E18.5. Primary cultured chondrocytes were prepared from E18.5 rib cartilage of WT and BBF2H7-/- mice. Chondrocytes were isolated using 0.2% collagenase D (Roche) after adherent connective tissue was removed by 0.2% trypsin (Sigma) and collagenase pretreatment. Isolated chondrocytes were maintained in α-MEM (Gibco) supplemented with 10% FCS and 50 µg/mL ascorbic acid. Adenovirus vectors expressing the mouse p60 BBF2H7 (1-377 aa, BBF-N) were constructed with the AdenoX Expression system (Clontech), according to the manufacturerâs protocol. The cells were infected with adenoviruses 30 h before analysis. We compared gene expressions in primary cultured chondrocytes prepared from rib cartilage between WT and BBF2H7-/- mice at E18.5 using a microarray and various genes associated with protein secretory pathway and ER biogenesis were significantly down-regulated in BBF2H7-/- chondrocytes. We infected primary cultured chondrocytes prepared from BBF2H7-/- mice with adenovirus expressing p60 BBF2H7. Several genes were up-regulated and we picked up them as the direct target of BBF2H7.
Project description:BBF2H7 (BBF2 human homolog on chromosome 7), an ER-resident basic leucine zipper transcription factor, is activated in response to ER stress and abundantly expresses in chondrocytes. While BBF2H7 is widely expressed in many tissues and organs, the most intense signals were detected in the proliferating zone of the cartilage. We compared gene expressions in primary cultured chondrocytes prepared from rib cartilage between WT and BBF2H7-/- mice at E18.5. Primary cultured chondrocytes were prepared from E18.5 rib cartilage of WT and BBF2H7-/- mice. Chondrocytes were isolated using 0.2% collagenase D (Roche) after adherent connective tissue was removed by 0.2% trypsin (Sigma) and collagenase pretreatment. Isolated chondrocytes were maintained in α-MEM (Gibco) supplemented with 10% FCS and 50 µg/mL ascorbic acid. Adenovirus vectors expressing the mouse p60 BBF2H7 (1-377 aa, BBF-N) were constructed with the AdenoX Expression system (Clontech), according to the manufacturer’s protocol. The cells were infected with adenoviruses 30 h before analysis.
Project description:Transcription factors, which regulate the spatiotemporal patterns of gene expression during organogenesis, often regulate multiple aspects of tissue morphogenesis, including cell-type specification, cell proliferation, cell death, cell polarity, cell shape, cell arrangement and cell migration. In this work, we describe a distinct role for Ribbon (Rib) in controlling cell shape changes during elongation of the Drosophila salivary gland (SG). Notably, the morphogenetic changes in rib mutants occurred without effects on general SG cell attributes such as specification, proliferation and apoptosis. Moreover, the abnormal cell/organ shape in rib mutants occurred without compromising epithelial-specific morphological attributes such as apicobasal polarity and junctional integrity. To identify the genes regulated by Rib that control cell and organ shape, we performed ChIP-seq analysis in embryos driving rib expression specifically in the SGs. To learn if the Rib binding sites identified in the ChIP-seq analysis were linked to changes in gene expression through transcriptional activation, repression, or both, we performed microarray analysis comparing RNA samples from age-matched wild-type and rib null embryos. From the superposed ChIP-seq and microarray gene expression data, we identified 60 genomic sites of bound Rib most likely to regulate SG-specific gene expression. We confirmed several of the identified Rib targets by qRT-pCR and/or in situ hybridization. Our results indicate that Rib regulates cell shape change in the Drosophila salivary gland via a diverse array of targets through both transcriptional activation and repression. Furthermore, our results suggest that a critical component of the SG morphogenetic gene network involving Rib is its autoregulation.
Project description:Analysis of mouse chondrocytes lacking the microRNA-140. MicroRNAs are genomically encoded small RNAs to regulate the gene expression. miR-140 shows high expression in cartilage. Results provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying miR-140 function in chondrocytes. Keywords: Expression profiling by array DNA microarray analysis was performed using Affymetrix mouse genome 430 2.0 array. RNA samples collected from cultured rib chondrocytes of wild-type and miR-140-/- to identify potential mRNA targets of miR-140. 2 M-BM-5g of total RNA was reverse transcribed with SuperScript II and second strand cDNA was synthesized. Biotinylated antisense cRNAs was amplified and transcribed using the GeneChip expression 3M-bM-^@M-^Y-Amplification reagent (Affymetrix). Finally, 10 M-BM-5g of cRNAs were fragmented and hybridized to GeneChip (R) Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array (Affymetrix). Microarray data were summarized by Robust Multichip Average (RMA) method and statistical analysis was performed using NIA Array Analysis (http://Igusun.grc.nia.nih.gov/ANOVA/).