Project description:Analysis of differences at gene expression level of hpvE6 immortalized fibroblasts isolated from normal mammary glands and from hyperplasia, adenoma and carcinoma stages using the MMTV-PyMT model (FVB/N background). Analysis demonstrated the activation of specific transcriptional programs in fibroblasts from later stages. Total RNA obtained from isolated hpvE6 immortalized fibroblasts from normal mammary gland (NF) and from different stages of tumour development using the MMTV-PyMT murine breast cancer model. Stages were hyperplasia (HpAF), adenoma (AdAF) and carcinoma (CAF). Fibroblasts were seeded in a deformable Matrigel:collagen I matrix and total RNA isolated 72h later.
Project description:The primary cause of mortality in breast cancer is metastasis, a process which is still poorly understood. To study the process of breast cancer metastasis, we isolated focal hyperplasias from the MMTV-PyMT transgenic breast cancer model and transplanted to syngeneic hosts. The transplants underwent stereotyped progression to adenoma, early carcinoma, and late carcinoma at 5, 8 and 18 weeks post-transplant, respectively. We compared the gene expression profiles of adenomas and late carcinomas by microarray. Analysis of the data revealed that the most differentially expressed gene family between adenomas and late carcinomas were luminal differentiation genes, among them GATA-3. In this report, we characterized the role of GATA-3 in breast cancer. Keywords: spotted oligonucleotide Single hyperplasias were isolated from pubertal MMTV-PyMT x B-actin-GFP mice and transplanted into syngeneic hosts. Total RNA from adenomas (5 week outgrowths) were compared to late carcinomas (18 week outgrowths).
Project description:Gene expression profiling of disseminated tumor cells in lung, lung metastatses and residual tumor cells in the MMTV-PyMT breast cancer model. Profiling gene expression change between disseminated tumor cells, lung metastases and residual tumor cells from the MMTV-PyMT breast cancer model.
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding, endogenous RNAs involved in many human diseases including breast cancer. miRNA expression profiling of human breast cancers has identified miRNAs related to the clinical diversity of the disease and potentially provides novel diagnostic and prognostic tools for breast cancer therapy. In order to further understand the roles of miRNAs in association with oncogenic drivers and in specifying sub-types of breast cancer, we performed miRNAexpression profiling on mammary tumors from eight well-characterized genetically -engineered Mouse (GEM) models of human breast cancer including MMTV–H-Ras, -Her2/neu, -c-Myc, -PymT, –Wnt1 and C3(1)/SV40 T/t-antigen transgenic mice, BRCA1fl/fl;p53+/-;MMTV-cre and the p53fl/fl ;MMTV-cre transplant model. miRNA expression data for 41 mouse primary mammary tumors and 5 mouse normal mammary glands
Project description:In this study, radiation therapy was performed on mouse breast cancer spontaneous gene mice (MMTV-PyMT) to obtain radiation therapy model of breast cancer mice. To simulate clinical breast cancer radiotherapy and study the differential proteins of breast cancer radiotherapy resistance. MMTV-PyMT mice were randomly divided into two groups, and the radiotherapy group was given the same dose 5 times (3GY, once every 2 days) when the breast cancer tumor grew to an appropriate size (200mm3). The protein extracted from mouse tumor was analyzed by mass spectrometry.
Project description:The primary cause of mortality in breast cancer is metastasis, a process which is still poorly understood. To study the process of breast cancer metastasis, we isolated focal hyperplasias from the MMTV-PyMT transgenic breast cancer model and transplanted to syngeneic hosts. The transplants underwent stereotyped progression to adenoma, early carcinoma, and late carcinoma at 5, 8 and 18 weeks post-transplant, respectively. We compared the gene expression profiles of adenomas and late carcinomas by microarray. Analysis of the data revealed that the most differentially expressed gene family between adenomas and late carcinomas were luminal differentiation genes, among them GATA-3. Adenomas were uniformly immunopositive for GATA-3, whereas early carcinomas displayed partial loss of GATA-3. Disseminated tumour cells and 18-week late carcinomas were invariably GATA-3 negative. We found that re-introduction of GATA-3 in late carcinomas induced markers of luminal differentiation and inhibited tumour dissemination to distant sites. Keywords: spotted oligonucleotide Full length GATA-3 was cloned into the PMIG retroviral vector, which contains an IRES-GFP cassette. Primary cultures of non-fluorescent MMTV-PyMT carcinomas were infected with the GATA-3 and control retroviruses and transplanted back into the cleared mammary fat pads of wild-type mice. After six weeks of growths, tumors were isolated and total RNA harvested by the Trizol method. Total RNA from GATA-3 infected tumor outgrowths were compared to empty vector infected tumor outgrowths.
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding, endogenous RNAs involved in many human diseases including breast cancer. miRNA expression profiling of human breast cancers has identified miRNAs related to the clinical diversity of the disease and potentially provides novel diagnostic and prognostic tools for breast cancer therapy. In order to further understand the roles of miRNAs in association with oncogenic drivers and in specifying sub-types of breast cancer, we performed miRNAexpression profiling on mammary tumors from eight well-characterized genetically -engineered Mouse (GEM) models of human breast cancer including MMTV–H-Ras, -Her2/neu, -c-Myc, -PymT, –Wnt1 and C3(1)/SV40 T/t-antigen transgenic mice, BRCA1fl/fl;p53+/-;MMTV-cre and the p53fl/fl ;MMTV-cre transplant model. As supplementary data miRNA expression data for 3 mouse primary mammary tumors and 8 mouse normal mammary glands from different mouse strains
Project description:We aimed to understand the transcriptome patterns of organ-derived cancer cell isolates from MMTV-PyMT mice. Tissues from primary tumors and organs harboring distal metastases were harvested from cancer bearing female mice. Although metastatic progression from primary tumors to lung tissue is well studied in the MMTV-PyMT model, metastases to other distal organs and the significance of intratumor heterogeneity across metastases from distal organs remain unclear. To gain insight, we established an array of metastatic cell lines harvested from the MMTV-PyMT breast cancer mouse model. Sequencing at bulk and single-cell level were performed and used to examine the effects of cell heterogeneity on metastases and organ tropism
Project description:Here, we use single cell sequencing to delineate the heterogeneity of tumours from the genetically engineered MMTV-PyMT mouse model of breast cancer (MMTV-PyMT::K14Cre::Rosa-tdTomato mice).
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding, endogenous RNAs involved in many human diseases including breast cancer. miRNA expression profiling of human breast cancers has identified miRNAs related to the clinical diversity of the disease and potentially provides novel diagnostic and prognostic tools for breast cancer therapy. In order to further understand the roles of miRNAs in association with oncogenic drivers and in specifying sub-types of breast cancer, we performed miRNAexpression profiling on mammary tumors from eight well-characterized genetically -engineered Mouse (GEM) models of human breast cancer including MMTV–H-Ras, -Her2/neu, -c-Myc, -PymT, –Wnt1 and C3(1)/SV40 T/t-antigen transgenic mice, BRCA1fl/fl;p53+/-;MMTV-cre and the p53fl/fl ;MMTV-cre transplant model.
