Project description:FGF4 is essential for Epiblast and Primitive Endoderm formation in the mouse embryo and promotes differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. However, different FGF-concentrations regulate gene expression quantitatively remained an open question. We used single-cell RNA sequencing to quantify transcriptional variability and dynamics upon FGF4 stimulation of Fgf4-mutant mESCs.
Project description:Protein kinase signalling is a major mechanism by which embryonic stem cell pluripotency and differentiation is controlled. However, the pathways and components that regulate embryonic stem cell identity have not been systematically defined. Here, we employ FGF4 signalling as a model system to investigate phosphoproteome dynamics in differentiating mouse embryonic stem cells. We report identification and quantitation of more than 10,000 phosphopeptides, of which hundreds of phosphophoylation sites are regulated more than 2-fold by acute FGF4 stimulation. We hypothesise that phosphorylation sites in this dataset are relevant for regulating the transition of mouse embryonic stem cells from pluripotency towards lineage specific differentiation.
Project description:FGF4 has key role in self-renewal and differentiation of Embryonic stem cell, and Fgf4 is activated by direct binding of ESW-OCT-4 through its enhancer
Project description:We aimed to clarify the role of miR-200b in cisplatin (CDDP) sensitivity in bladder cancer (BCa). CDDP resistant T24 cells (T24RC) were transfected with a miR mimic negative control (NC) or a miR-200b mimic, after which cells were treated with or without CDDP. We found that ectopic miR-200b expression re-sensitized the T24RC cells to CDDP. Gene expression microarray analysis revealed that the combination of miR-200b and CDDP affected genes involved in CDDP sensitivity and cytotoxicity.
Project description:For androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC), the current treatment is limited and the prognosis is poor. We previously found miR-200b could inhibit androgen independent proliferation ability of prostate cancer cells, but the mechanism is unclear. MiRNAs plays their role by blocking translation through base-pairing with complementary mRNA and by promoting degradation of target mRNA. Unraveling the miRNA translational silencing network remains a challenge in part because a single miRNA can inhibit multiple mRNA targets and because a single mRNA can be regulated by several distinct miRNAs that act cooperatively. However, proteomics methods provide us useful tools to unravel the target genes network. This study identified the target genes of miR-200b in AIPC. It helps us to understand the mechanism of AIPC and applies several new candidate targets of AIPC treatment.