Project description:The human lung cancer cell line A549 with high CD43 expression was stably trasfected with a vector expressing a non-functional shRNA or 3 of these same vectors each expressing a different shRNA targeting human CD43 mRNA. The transcriptomes of these two daughter lines were then compared by differential microarray analysis. The generation and functional characteristics of these two daughter cell lines are described by Fu et al., in the International Journal of Cancer, volume 132, pages 1761-1770, published in 2013.
Project description:We depleted TIMM13 using short interfering RNA (siRNA) in A549 lung cancer cells, and found that silencing of TIMM13 could significantly inhibit A549 cell proliferation. Thus, we conducted RNA-seq in the A549 cells transduced with either nontargeting siRNA or two distinct TIMM13-specific siRNAs. We observed widespread gene expression change in A549 cells upon TIMM13 knockdown.
Project description:Purpose: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized systems-based analysis of cellular pathways. The goals of this study are to compare transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) of wild type and MYOCD Knockdown in human lung cancer cell line A549. Methods: mRNA profiles of wild type(WT) and Dox inducible MYOCD Knockdown (MYOCD−/−) human lung cancer cell line A549 were generated by deep sequencing, using Illumina GAIIx. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript isoform level with two methods: Burrows–Wheeler Aligner (BWA) followed by ANOVA (ANOVA) and TopHat followed by Cufflinks. qRT–PCR validation was performed using TaqMan and SYBR.
Project description:The triple-negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 with high CD43 expression was stably transfected with a vector expressing a non-functional shRNA or 4 of these same vectors each expressing a different shRNA targeting human CD43 mRNA. The transcriptomes of these two daughter lines were then compared by differential microarray analysis.
Project description:Asthma is characterized by intermittent inflammation of the airways, airflow limitation and wheeze. The ORMDL3 locus on chromosome 17q21 confers the major genetic susceptibility to childhood asthma. Although sphingolipids are important in immune signalling, the mechanisms of action of ORMDL3 on airway inflammation are incompletely understood. We used Affymetrix Human Gene 1.1 ST microarrays to detail the global effects of siRNA-mediated ORMDL3 knockdown during the time course of IL1B-induced inflammation in the A549 Human Lung Epithelial cell line.
Project description:Purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of reducing the efficiency of minor (U12-type) splicing on the growth and gene expression of a human cancer cell line. We chose the A549 cell line, derived from a human lung adenocarcinoma, for this study. There are only approximately 700 genes (3.5%) in the human genome that contain a minor intron. Most transcripts (96.5%) require only major (U2-dependent) splicing for correct gene expression. This is carried out by the major spliceosome. A different spliceosome, known as the minor or U11/12-type spliceosome, is required to excise minor introns from pre-RNA transcripts that contain them. One of the unique protein components of the minor spliceosome is a 65kDa protein encoded by the RNPC3 gene. To reduce the efficiency of minor splicing, we used siRNA knockdown methodology to deplete RNPC3 transcripts in A549 cells by approximately 70%. Specifically, A549 cells in growth phase were transfected with siRNA targeted to RNPC3 transcripts for 72h. Control A549 cells were treated in the same experiment with non-targeted (NT) siRNA molecules instead of siRNA targeted to RNPC3.