Activation of inflammatory pathways in human IBD
Activation of an IL-6:STAT3-dependent transcriptome in pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease.
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View SamplesElevated branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) are associated with obesity and insulin resistance. How long-term dietary BCAAs impact late-life health and lifespan is unknown. Here, we show that when dietary BCAAs are varied against a fixed, isocaloric macronutrient background, long-term exposure to high BCAA diets led to hyperphagia, obesity and reduced lifespan. These effects were not due to elevated BCAA per se or hepatic mTOR activation, but rather the shift in balance between dietary BCAAs and other AAs, notably tryptophan and threonine. Increasing the ratio of BCAAs to these AAs resulted in hyperphagia and was linked to central serotonin depletion. Preventing hyperphagia by calorie restriction or pair-feeding averted the health costs of a high BCAA diet. Our data highlight a role for amino acid quality in energy balance and show that health costs of chronic high BCAA intakes were not due to intrinsic toxicity; rather, to hyperphagia driven by AA imbalance. Overall design: 3 animals per sex per diet were used. Mice were fed one of four diets (all 19% total protein, 63% carbohydrate, 18% fat, total energy density 14 kJ/g) varying in BCAA content (BCAA200: twice BCAA content of control diet AIN93G; BCAA100: standard content of BCAAs; and BCAA50 and BCAA20: containing one half and one fifth of standard content of BCAAs), and either euthanized at 15 months of age or maintained for determination of lifespan.
Branched chain amino acids impact health and lifespan indirectly via amino acid balance and appetite control.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesThe goals of this study were to determine global differences in transcript expression and regulation between MM cells that are sensitive or insensitive to lovastatin-induced apoptosis. To this end, two sensitive (KMS11 and H929) and two insensitive (LP1 and SKMM1) MM cell lines treated with 20uM lovastatin or an ethanol vehicle control for 16 hours. mRNA was extracted and prepared for mRNA expression microarrays (HG-U133 Plus 2) in triplicate.
Exploiting the mevalonate pathway to distinguish statin-sensitive multiple myeloma.
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesThe vast majority of supratentorial ependymomas (ST-EPNs) have few mutations other than chromosomal rearrangements on chromosome 11, most generating a fusion between C11orf95 and RELA (CR). This CR fusion can transform stem cells ex vivo rendering them oncogenic and may possess NF-?B activity, which has been proposed to be a mechanism of oncogenesis. However, it is not known whether CR is sufficient for EPN formation in vivo, and from what cell type and location. We found that CR is sufficient to form tumors from cells in the ependymal zone in mice that show many molecular and histologic similarities to human ST-EPN. Furthermore, the activation of NF-?B by this fusion protein appears minimal and not related to its oncogenic activity Overall design: C11orf95-RELA is a potent oncogene for supratentorial ependymoma
A De Novo Mouse Model of C11orf95-RELA Fusion-Driven Ependymoma Identifies Driver Functions in Addition to NF-κB.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesWe report the whole transcriptome data of single-cells derived from the early 16-cell stage to the 64-cell stage in the mouse embryo. Overall design: RNA from 262 cells from 36 mouse embryos (16- to 64-cell stage)
Position- and Hippo signaling-dependent plasticity during lineage segregation in the early mouse embryo.
Cell line, Subject
View SamplesBackground: Patients with early stage non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) may benefit from treatments based on more accurate prognosis. A 15-gene prognostic classifier for NSCLC was identified from mRNA expression profiling of tumor samples from the NCIC CTG JBR.10 trial. Here, we assessed its value in an independent set of cases.
Validation of a histology-independent prognostic gene signature for early-stage, non-small-cell lung cancer including stage IA patients.
Sex, Age
View SamplesNumerous studies have implicated changes in the Y chromosome in male cancers, however few have investigated the biological importance of Y chromosome non-coding RNAs. Here, we demonstrate a group of Y chromosome-expressed long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) involved in male non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) radiation sensitivity. Radiosensitive male NSCLC cell lines demonstrated a dose-dependent induction of linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 following irradiation, not observed in radioresistant male NSCLC cell lines. Cytogenetics revealed the loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in the radioresistant male NSCLC cell lines. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments indicated that linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 transcripts affect cell viability and apoptosis. UV Cross-linking and Immunoprecipitation (CLIP) and RNA stability assays identify IGF2BP3 as a binding partner for the linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 RNAs which alters the half-life of the anti-apoptotic HMGA2 mRNA as well as the oncogenic c-MYC mRNA. To assess the clinical relevance of these findings, we examined the presence of the Y chromosome in NSCLC tissue microarrays and the expression of linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 in NSCLC RNAseq and microarray data. We observed a negative correlation between the loss of the Y chromosome or linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 and overall survival. Thus, linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 expression and LOY could represent an important marker of radiation therapy in NSCLC.
Y Chromosome LncRNA Are Involved in Radiation Response of Male Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells.
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesAn important question for the use of the mouse as a model for studying human disease is the degree of functional conservation of genetic control pathways from human to mouse. The human placenta and mouse placenta show structural similarities but there has been no systematic attempt to assess their molecular similarities or differences. We built a comprehensive database of protein and microarray data for the highly vascular exchange region micro-dissected from the human and mouse placenta near-term. Abnormalities in this region are associated with two of the most common and serious complications of human pregnancy, maternal preeclampsia (PE) and fetal intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), each disorder affecting ~5% of all pregnancies.
Comparative systems biology of human and mouse as a tool to guide the modeling of human placental pathology.
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View SamplesPurpose: To explore intratumor heterogeneity in gene expression profiles from patients with cervical cancer.
Gene expression profiling in cervical cancer: an exploration of intratumor heterogeneity.
Age, Disease stage
View SamplesUnderstanding how lung progenitor cells balance
Integrated proteomic and transcriptomic profiling of mouse lung development and Nmyc target genes.
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