Project description:Effect of FOXO knockdown on E2F1-mediated transcription U2OS cells stably expressing ER-E2F1 were infected with two different lentiviruses both targeting FOXO1 and FOXO3 or control virus encoding scrambled sequence. Twenty four hours post infection medium was replaced to serum-free DMEM for 24 hours. Then medium was replaced to serum-free DMEM with or without 20 nM 4-hydroxy tamoxifen for 6 hours.
Project description:Purpose: dose response analysis of E2F1 target genes expression in flow-sorted fractions with increasing amounts of fluorescently labled E2F1 Methods:U2OS pTRIPZ-YFP-ER-E2F1 cells were grown in full serum-containing growth medium and treated with 500 ng/ml doxycycline for 48 hours followed by addition of 90 nM OHT for an additional 20 hours. Cells from different YFP fractions were sorted by flow cytometry. mRNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 4000. Results: different target genes have different E2F1 activation thresholds. Numerous proliferation-related target genes are induced already by the lowest E2F1-levels. Intermediate E2F1 levels induce cdk inhibitors, which might be responsible for cell cycle arrest. Finally, although some apoptotic E2F1 targets are induced already by low E2F1 levels, many key apoptotic genes require higher E2F1 levels for induction. Conclusions: induction of different cell fates by increasing E2F1 levels might pertain to differential affinities of the targets.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression.
