Project description:ChIP-seq for the insulator protein CTCF in THP-1 cells after stimulation with the the natural VDR ligand 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) THP-1 cells were treated for 24 h with 100 nM 1,25(OH)2D3 before ChIP assay
Project description:Treatment with calcitriol, a specific VDR agonist, augmented the heterodimerization between VDR and RXR. We also wanted to investigate its impact on VDR binding to genomic regions. ChIP-seq experiments were carried out with the human monocytic THP-1 cell line under either vehicle (1:1 DMSO-ethanol) or calcitriol (100 nM) treatment conditions. Our finding is that calcitriol may have both a stimulatory or an inhibitory effect on VDR binding depending on the presence of its specific response element (VDRE), a less specific nuclear receptor (NR) half-site or absence thereof ("None"). Upon calcitriol activation, VDRE-containing genomic regions showed considerably higher occupancies on average than in the control, vehicle-treated sample. A similar induction, but to a much lesser extent, was detected for the NR half-site-containing regions. In contrast, genomic regions not containing any of these specific response elements did not show any induction upon calcitriol treatment; they rather showed a decrease of binding in promoter regions. We can conclude that ligand-induced heterodimerization and binding of the NR to its response elements are correlated events.
Project description:ChIP-seq for the insulator protein CTCF in THP-1 cells after stimulation with the the natural VDR ligand 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3)
Project description:Streptococcus suis is an important zoonosis pathogen that causes significant economic losses worldwide characterized by meningitis, septicaemia, arthritis, bronchopneumonia endocarditis. Streptcoccus suis 2 strain SC19 was isolated in Sichuan province in China, during the outbreak in 2005. Septicemia is most popular symptoms for SC19 infection, and mortality is high. We used human acute monocytic leukemia cell line (THP-1) infected SC19 to analysis the pathomechanism of septicemia in SS2 infection. Human acute monocytic leukemia cell line (THP-1) cells were stimulated with Streptcoccus suis 2 (SS2) strain SC19. We added SS2 to THP-1 cells at a MOI of 1:1 (bacteria/cells). Uninfected control cells were incubated with PBS only. After 3 hours incubation, cells were collected for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. A total of 4 samples were challenged, and 4 samples were used as controls. 4 microarrays were used in this experiment.
Project description:A proteome comparison was performed to assess the responses of human monocytic cells (THP-1) to gold-nanoparticles (Au-NPs) of two different diameter sizes (5 or 20 nm) with different surface functional groups, i.e., alkylammonium bromide, alkyl sodium carboxylate, or poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-terminated thiolate Au-NPs.
Project description:Transcriptome comparison to assess the responses of human monocytic cells (THP-1) to gold-nanoparticles (Au-NPs) of two different diameter sizes (5 or 20 nm) with different surface functional groups, i.e., alkylammonium bromide, alkyl sodium carboxylate, or poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-terminated thiolate Au-NPs.