Project description:Mouse model with P53f/f;Nf1f/+;Ptenf/+ configuration driven by Nestin-creERT2 and NG2-creERTM induced at 1 month postnatal forms high grade glioma in the brain. Tumors were harvested and total RNA were extracted for gene expression profile. Three tumors were harvested from the Nestin-creERT2 mouse model and 5 tumors were harvested from the NG2-creERTM mouse model with desired genotype when mice show neurological symptomes. Three control brain tissue for each model were harvested at corresponding anatomical position in the control mice. Total RNA were extracted from the tumor tissue and control tissue
Project description:Mouse model with P53f/f;Nf1f/+;Ptenf/+ configuration driven by Nestin-creERT2 and NG2-creERTM induced at 1 month postnatal forms high grade glioma in the brain. Tumors were harvested and total RNA were extracted for gene expression profile.
Project description:We have developed spontaneous genetically engineered GBM mouse models from two distinct cells of origin: subventricular zone neural stem cells (SVZ; Nestin-creERT2) and oligodendrocyte lineage progenitor cells (OPC; NG2-creERTM). These tumors are biologically separable and are reflective of their lineage of origin.
Project description:To investigate the function of Opa1 in the regulation of adult neurogenesis, we created a conditional Opa1-knockout mouse line by cross-breeding Nestin-CreERT2;ROSA26YFP mice with Opa1-Flox mice. Using Tamoxifen, we induced Opa1 knockout on 8-weeks-old Nestin-CreERT2;ROSA26YFP;Opa1-Flox mice. We then sorted YFP-positive cells from the hippocampus using flow cytometry at 10 weeks. RNA was extracted from sorted cells and subjected to next generation sequencing.
Project description:Whereas the cellular basis of the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche in the bone marrow has been characterized, the nature of the fetal liver (FL) niche is not yet elucidated. We show that Nestin+NG2+ pericytes associate with portal vessels, forming a niche promoting HSC expansion. Nestin+NG2+ cells and HSCs scale during development with the fractal branching patterns of portal vessels, tributaries of the umbilical vein. After closure of the umbilical inlet at birth, portal vessels undergo a transition from Neuropilin-1+Ephrin-B2+ artery to EphB4+ vein phenotype, associated with a loss of peri-portal Nestin+NG2+ cells and emigration of HSCs away from portal vessels. These data support a model in which HSCs are titrated against a peri-portal vascular niche with a fractal-like organization enabled by placental circulation. Characterization of the transcriptome of fetal liver and adult bone marrow niche using RNA-seq
Project description:Whereas the cellular basis of the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche in the bone marrow has been characterized, the nature of the fetal liver (FL) niche is not yet elucidated. We show that Nestin+NG2+ pericytes associate with portal vessels, forming a niche promoting HSC expansion. Nestin+NG2+ cells and HSCs scale during development with the fractal branching patterns of portal vessels, tributaries of the umbilical vein. After closure of the umbilical inlet at birth, portal vessels undergo a transition from Neuropilin-1+Ephrin-B2+ artery to EphB4+ vein phenotype, associated with a loss of peri-portal Nestin+NG2+ cells and emigration of HSCs away from portal vessels. These data support a model in which HSCs are titrated against a peri-portal vascular niche with a fractal-like organization enabled by placental circulation.
Project description:Mouse model with P53f/f;Nf1f/f or P53f/f; Nf1f/- driven by Ascl1creERTM induced at 1 month postnatally forms high grade glioma in the brain. Tumors were harvested and total RNA were extracted for gene expression profile.
