Project description:A subset of human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells (PDACs) is characterized by high Fosl1 expression and Fosl1 is linked to the control of pro-inflammatory pathways and growth of PDAC cells. To mimick the human disease in mice (> 90% of PDAC patients harbour Kras mutations) the mutated LSL-KrasG12D allele was combined with the pancreas specific Cre recombinase Ptf1aCre (p48Cre). The two pancreatic cancer cell lines (Ptf1aCre, LSL-KrasG12D/+) were isolated from these mice and used for transcriptomics studies. The two different murine pancreatic cancer cell lines (Ptf1aCre, LSL-KrasG12D) were treated with two different Fosl1 siRNAs and one control siRNA, each. 72h after transfection a sufficient knockdown was tested by immunoblotting and qPCR. Total mRNA was isolated and checked for integrity. According to manufacture's recommendation the samples were subjected to microarray analysis using the Affymetrix Mouse Gene ST 1.0 array chip to discover differentially expressed genes.
Project description:We have carried out transcriptional profile analysis in WT MICE and bitransgenic Pdx1-cre/Kras*A MICE baring Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Mouse models faithfully simulating human cancer are valuable for genetic identification of potential drug-targets but, among them, the most advantageous for practical use in subsequent preclinical testing of candidate therapeutic regimes are those exhibiting rapid tumor development. Considering that a KRAS mutation (predominantly in codon 12, such as KRASG12D; KRAS*) occurs with high frequency (~90%) in cases of human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA)1, we sought to develop a mouse PDA model that would exhibit high tumor incidence and short latency by ectopic overexpression of Kras*. Five WT mice and 6 bitransgenic Pdx1-cre/Kras*A MICE baring Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma were used to identify key genes in the formation of panceatic malignacies
