Project description:Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) grown in the 2i (an ERK inhibitor, PD0325901, and a GSK-3b inhibitor, CHIR99021) mimic pluripotent epiblasts in preimplantation blastocysts. ESCs grown in FBS containing medium are more heterogenous in morphology and expression of stem cell factors. Tfcp2l1 is a transcription factor highly expressed in ESCs grown in the 2i medium, suggesting that it plays in important role in ESC biology. To search for the putative role(s) of Tfcp2l1 in ESCs, we plan to use an integrated genomic approach--combing RNA-seq and ChIP-seq--to identify the direct targets of Tfcp2l1 in ESCs. RNA-seq is used to identify the transcripts regulated by Tfcp2l1 in ESCs grown in the 2i medium.
Project description:Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) grown in the 2i (an ERK inhibitor, PD0325901, and a GSK-3b inhibitor, CHIR99021) mimic pluripotent epiblasts in preimplantation blastocysts. Tfcp2l1 is a transcription factor highly expressed in ESCs grown in the 2i medium, suggesting that it plays in important role in ESC biology. To search for the putative role(s) of Tfcp2l1 in ESCs, we plan to use an integrated genomic approach--combing RNA-seq and ChIP-seq--to identify the direct targets of Tfcp2l1 in ESCs. ChIP-seq is used to identify the genomic bindings sites of Tfcp2l1 in ESCs grown in the 2i medium.
Project description:This study describes the epigenetic and transcriptome profiling of mouse ES cells cultures in 2i serum-free medium. The proteins for which ChIP-Seq profiles were generated in these cells, as well as for cells grown in serum conditions, include H3K4me3, H3K36me3, H3K27me3, H3K9me3, Suz12 and Ezh2. A sequence profile of genomic DNA is also included. Furthermore, we included RNA-Seq of ds_cDNA synthesized from double poly(A) selected mRNA and from rRNA depleted (strand specific) total RNA.
Project description:This study describes the epigenetic and transcriptome profiling of mouse ES cells cultures in 2i serum-free medium. The proteins for which ChIP-Seq profiles were generated in these cells, as well as for cells grown in serum conditions, include H3K4me3, H3K36me3, H3K27me3, H3K9me3, Suz12 and Ezh2. A sequence profile of genomic DNA is also included. Furthermore, we included RNA-Seq of ds_cDNA synthesized from double poly(A) selected mRNA and from rRNA depleted (strand specific) total RNA. ChIP-Seq profiling and RNA-Seq profiling on mouse naive ES cells
Project description:Dental pulp cells obtained from several donors proliferated actively in a serum-free medium STK2. The growth rate of dental pulp cells from most donors was higher in the serum-free medium than that in a medium containing 10% serum. DNA microarray analyses showed that gene expression profile of dental pulp cells grown in the serum-free medium was similar to that of cells grown in a medium containing 10% serum. However, several genes related to cell proliferation were up-regulated in dental pulp cells grown in the serum-free medium.
Project description:Molecular programs involved in embryogenesis are frequently upregulated in oncogenic dedifferentiation and metastasis. However, their precise roles and regulatory mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we showed that CDK1 phosphorylation of TFCP2L1, a pluripotency-associated transcription factor, orchestrated pluripotency and cell-cycling in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and was aberrantly activated in aggressive bladder cancers (BCs). In murine ESCs, the protein interactome and transcription targets of Tfcp2l1 indicated its involvement in cell-cycle regulation. Tfcp2l1 was phosphorylated at Thr177 by Cdk1, which affected ESC cell-cycle progression, pluripotency, and differentiation. LC-MS was used to characterize thr177 phosphorylation in TFCP2L1 protein obtained by IP experiment and kinase assay. The CDK1-TFCP2L1 pathway was activated in human BC cells, stimulating their proliferation, self-renewal, and invasion. Lack of TFCP2L1 phosphorylation impaired the tumorigenic potency of BC cells in a xenograft model. In patients with BC, high co-expression of TFCP2L1 and CDK1 was associated with unfavorable clinical characteristics including tumor grade, lymphovascular and muscularis propria invasion, and distant metastasis and was an independent prognostic factor for cancer specific survival. These findings demonstrate the molecular and clinical significance of CDK1-mediated TFCP2L1 phosphorylation in stem-cell pluripotency and in the tumorigenic stemness features associated with BC progression.
Project description:Single-cell polyadenylation site quantification 48 single cells each of murine embryonic stem cells maintained in FCS+LIF medium ("ESC"), embryonic stem cells maintained in serum free, 2i containing medium ("2i") and neural stem cells ("NSC") were sequenced by BATSeq, a single cell transcriptomic protocol for mapping polyadenylation sites in single cells.