Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 4TO7 cells stably overexpressing miR-200s or CDH1. We observe a dramatic shift in the gene signatures when miR-200s (cluster 2; miR-200c/141, or both clusters) are overexpressed relative to controls. However, cluster 1 overexpression (miRs-200b/a/429) alone or CDH1 overexpression does not induce global changes in gene expression to levels observed for cluster 2 (miR-200c/141) or both clusters together. One cell line (4TO7) cells: four different overexpression experiments, Cluster 1, Cluster 2, Clusters 1+2, CDH1, and respective controls, Puro vec, Hygro vec, Puro+Hygro vec and Puro vec. Each experiment has two biological replicates. Total, 16 samples.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 4TO7 cells stably overexpressing miR-200s or CDH1. We observe a dramatic shift in the gene signatures when miR-200s (cluster 2; miR-200c/141, or both clusters) are overexpressed relative to controls. However, cluster 1 overexpression (miRs-200b/a/429) alone or CDH1 overexpression does not induce global changes in gene expression to levels observed for cluster 2 (miR-200c/141) or both clusters together.
Project description:Islet samples were sequenced to determine the effect of miR-200 KO or miR-200 site mutation in Zeb1 on tumorigenesis in RT2 mice; re-expression of individual miR-200 family members in miR-200KO cells was performed to determine the individual roles of miR-141 and miR-200c seeds
Project description:PURPOSE: To provide a detailed gene expression profile of the normal postnatal mouse cornea. METHODS: Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was performed on postnatal day (PN)9 and adult mouse (6 week) total corneas. The expression of selected genes was analyzed by in situ hybridization. RESULTS: A total of 64,272 PN9 and 62,206 adult tags were sequenced. Mouse corneal transcriptomes are composed of at least 19,544 and 18,509 unique mRNAs, respectively. One third of the unique tags were expressed at both stages, whereas a third was identified exclusively in PN9 or adult corneas. Three hundred thirty-four PN9 and 339 adult tags were enriched more than fivefold over other published nonocular libraries. Abundant transcripts were associated with metabolic functions, redox activities, and barrier integrity. Three members of the Ly-6/uPAR family whose functions are unknown in the cornea constitute more than 1% of the total mRNA. Aquaporin 5, epithelial membrane protein and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) omega-1, and GST alpha-4 mRNAs were preferentially expressed in distinct corneal epithelial layers, providing new markers for stratification. More than 200 tags were differentially expressed, of which 25 mediate transcription. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to providing a detailed profile of expressed genes in the PN9 and mature mouse cornea, the present SAGE data demonstrate dynamic changes in gene expression after eye opening and provide new probes for exploring corneal epithelial cell stratification, development, and function and for exploring the intricate relationship between programmed and environmentally induced gene expression in the cornea. Keywords: other
Project description:Methoxyacetic acid (MAA) is the active metabolite of the widely used industrial chemical ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, an established testicular toxicant. MAA induces the degradation of testicular germ cells in association with changes in gene expression in both germ cells and Sertoli cells of the testis. This study investigates the impact of MAA on gene expression in testicular Leydig cells, which play a critical role in germ cell survival and male reproductive function. Cultured mouse TM3 Leydig cells were treated with MAA for 3, 8, and 24 h and global gene expression was monitored by microarray analysis. A total of 3,912 MAA-responsive genes were identified. Ingenuity Pathway analysis identified reproductive system disease, inflammatory disease and connective tissue disorder as the top biological functions affected by MAA. The MAA-responsive genes were classified into 1,366 early responders, 1,387 mid-responders, and 1,138 late responders, based on the time required for MAA to elicit a response. Analysis of enriched functional clusters for each subgroup identified 106 MAA early response genes involved in transcription regulation, including 32 genes associated with developmental processes and 60 DNA-binding proteins that responded to MAA rapidly but transiently, and which may contribute to the downstream effects of MAA seen for large numbers of mid and late response genes. Genes within the phosphatidylinositol/phospholipase C/calcium signaling pathway, whose activity is required for potentiation of nuclear receptor signaling by MAA, were also enriched in the set of early MAA response genes. These findings on the progressive changes in gene expression induced by MAA in Leydig cells may help elucidate the signaling pathways perturbed by this testicular toxicant and explain its mechanism of toxicity at the gene level.