Project description:To assess the requirement of Ptbp2 for alternative mRNA expression in mouse brain RNA from the cortex of 4 wild type and 4 Ptbp2 KO E18.5 mice. One array per sample (biological replicate), 8 arrays total.
Project description:Purpose: To gain insight into why Dpy30∆P acinar cells fail to express terminal makers, we performed RNA-seq using E18.5 control and Dpy30∆P pancreata. Methods: Floxed Dpy30 mice were crossed to Pdx1-Cre driver mice to obtain conditional deletion of Dpy30 exon 4 in the pancreas. In all studies, knockout mice (Dpy30∆P, Pdx1-Cre; Dpy30flox/flox) were compared to littermate controls (Dpy30flox/flox or Dpy30flox/wt). Results: Differential gene expression analysis demonstrated that endocrine cell hormones such as Ins2 and acinar cell digestive enzymes were downregulated in the E18.5 Dpy30∆P pancreas compared to controls. GO term analysis indicated that genes involved in pancreatic secretion, digestion and proteolysis were reduced in Dpy30∆P cells. Notably, transcripts with very high expression levels (above 9000 FPKM) were more downregulated in the E18.5 Dpy30∆P pancreas compared to transcripts with lower expression levels. Conclusions: Overall, these data suggest increased variation in acinar cell transcript expression in the Dpy30∆P pancreas.
Project description:Comparisons of placenta gene expression profiles of BAHD1-KO mice to those of wild-type littermate mice. We used DNA microarrays to identify the repertoire of genes differentially expressed by ablation of the BAHD1 gene in the placenta at embryonic day E18.5
Project description:To observe the difference in fetal pancreas between Setd2 WT and KO mice, we performed single cell seq to elucidate the discrapency.
Project description:Tumours induce de novo steroidogenesis in immune cells. We wanted to define the gene expression identity of intratumoural steroidogenic immune cells and compare them with the transcriptome with non-steroidogenic cells. Cyp11a1 expression is a faithful biomarker of de novo steroidogenesis (i.e. Cyp11a1+ cells are steroidogenic and Cyp11a1- cells are non-steroidogenic). We inoculated B16-F10 tumor in Cyp11a1-mCherry reporter mice, enriched and purified intratumoral Cyp11a1-mCherry+ and Cyp11a1-mCherry- cells by cell sorting into 96-well plates [with a ratio of 79:15 (mCherry+ : mCherry-) cells per plate] and performed scRNA-seq using SMART-Seq2 platform.
Project description:Zfp800 was identified by Gene Co-expression Network analysis to be an interesting candidate gene involved in endocrine specification and β-cell maturation. We found that Zfp800 null mice exhibited early post-natal lethality, and at E18.5 their pancreata exhibited a reduced number of pancreatic endocrine cells, alterations in exocrine cell morphology, and marked changes in genes involved in protein translation, hormone secretion, and developmental pathways in the pancreas.
Project description:MafA and MafB transcription factors have been shown to be key regulators of insulin and glucagon transcription. MafB is essential for alpha and beta cell differentiation, as MafB deficient mice produced fewer insulin+ and glucagon+ cells during development, with MafA expressed in remaining insulin+ cells. In contrast, beta cell development was reported to be normal in a total MafA knock out, although the animals developed beta cell dysfunction and diabetes as adults. However, we have found that MafB expression is elevated during development and retained in adult insulin+ cells after conditional removal of MafA in the pancreas. These studies will evaluate the broader significance of these insulin and glucagon regulators in alpha and beta cell development and function. Our efforts will focus on determining if the concerted actions of MafA and MafB factors are significant to beta cell formation, and we specifically plan to: Determine how alpha and beta cell differentiation is affected in MafA/MafB compound mutant mice during pancreas development. cDNA microarray studies (pancchip 6.0) with wild type, MafAKO, MafB-/-, and MafAKOMafB-/- mutant E18.5 pancreata will be performed to comprehensively identify genes controlled by MafA and MafB in developing alpha and beta cells.
Project description:MafB is a member of the Maf family of bZip transcription factor and plays important roles in the developmental processes of various tissues, as well as in cell-type specific gene expression. MafB is expressed in differentiating keratinocytes in mice and is transcriptionally up-regulated upon human keratinocyte differentiation in vitro. In MafB-deficient mice, epidermal differentiation is partially impaired and the cornified layer is thinner. To gain insights into more detailed molecular mechanisms of MafB regulation of epidermal development, we performed microarray analysis of mRNAs isolated from dorsal skin epidermis of MafB-/- and wild-type mice at E18.5. Epidermis was separated from dorsal skin tissues of E18.5 mouse embryos (MafB-/- and WT) by Dispase (Life Technologies) treatment. Total RNA was isolated using Trizol reagent (Life Technologies), purified using an RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen), and subjected to microarray analysis.
