We used microarrays to establish whether EBF1 and Pax5 repress similar or unique genes. We found that EBF1 uniquely represses the expression of the T-lineage transcription factor Gata3.
Transcriptional repression of Gata3 is essential for early B cell commitment.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe have determined that sustained expression of EBF suppresses alternate lineage genes independently of Pax5.
Transcription factor EBF restricts alternative lineage options and promotes B cell fate commitment independently of Pax5.
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View SamplesWe report genome-wide characterization of GATA3 binding sites in eleven well-defined developmental and effector cell types of the T lymphocyte lineage. By utilizing a conditional allele of GATA3, we investigated the impact of GATA3 expression on the mRNA expression patterns in several of these cell types. Correlation of GATA3 binding with gene expression changes indicates that GATA3 regulates a large number of stage- and cell-specific genes involved in multiple signaling and transcriptional pathways critical for T cell differentiation and immune responses. Overall design: 1) RNA-Seq: Examination of RNA transcript levels in 6 cell types in wild-type and Gata3-knockout cells. 2) ChIP-Seq: Examination of GATA3 binding sites in 11 cell types. 3) Methyl-Seq: Examination of histone modification levels in DP cells from wild-type and Gata3-knockout mice.
Genome-wide analyses of transcription factor GATA3-mediated gene regulation in distinct T cell types.
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View SamplesGenome-wide analysis was performed on microRNA 155+/+ and -/- Th17 cells to determine the differentially expressed transcripts that are regulated by miR-155. We found that Jarid2 was differentially expressed in absence of miR-155 and highlight the mechanism for the silencing of IL-22 by Jarid2 and PRC2 in miR-155-/- Th17 cells. Overall design: Comparison of transcriptome of Th17 cells in presence or absence of microRNA 155
miR-155 activates cytokine gene expression in Th17 cells by regulating the DNA-binding protein Jarid2 to relieve polycomb-mediated repression.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesThe loss of E-cadherin causes dysfunction of the cell-cell junction machinery, which is an initial step in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), facilitating cancer cell invasion and the formation of metastases. A set of transcriptional repressors of E-cadherin (CDH1) gene expression, including Snail1, Snail2 and Zeb2 mediate E-cadherin down-regulation in breast cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the control of E-cadherin expression in breast cancer progression remain largely unknown. Here, by using global gene expression approaches, we uncover a novel function for Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein (CdGAP) in the regulation of expression of genes involved in EMT. We found that CdGAP used its proline-rich domain to form a functional complex with Zeb2 to mediate the repression of E-cadherin expression in ErbB2-transformed breast cancer cells. Conversely, knockdown of CdGAP expression led to a decrease of the transcriptional repressors Snail1 and Zeb2, and this correlated with an increase in E-cadherin levels, restoration of cell-cell junctions, and epithelial-like morphological changes. In vivo, loss of CdGAP in ErbB2-transformed breast cancer cells impaired tumor growth and suppressed metastasis to lungs. Finally, CdGAP was highly expressed in basal-type breast cancer cells, and its strong expression correlated with poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. Together, these data support a previously unknown nuclear function for CdGAP where it cooperates in a GAP-independent manner with transcriptional repressors to function as a critical modulator of breast cancer through repression of E-cadherin transcription. Targeting Zeb2-CdGAP interactions may represent novel therapeutic opportunities for breast cancer treatment. Overall design: Total RNA profiles of ErbB2-expressing control mammary tumor explants cells (shCON) and CdGAP-depleted cells (shCdGAP) were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSEq2000.
The Cdc42/Rac1 regulator CdGAP is a novel E-cadherin transcriptional co-repressor with Zeb2 in breast cancer.
Specimen part, Subject
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PGC-1α Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis and Confers Bioenergetic Flexibility against Metabolic Drugs.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesThe role of PGC1alpha in breast cancer lung metastasis is largely unknown. We used expression data from lung metastasis of mice injected with PGC1alpha overexpression or control cells to understand global changes that occur upon overexpression of PGC1alpha that lead to lung metastasis.
PGC-1α Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis and Confers Bioenergetic Flexibility against Metabolic Drugs.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesThe role of PGC1alpha in breast cancer lung metastasis is largely unknown. We used expression data from lung metastatic explants overexpressing PGC1alpha or control, treated with phenformin to understand global gene expression changes which occur in a PGC1alpha context and under phenformin treatment.
PGC-1α Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis and Confers Bioenergetic Flexibility against Metabolic Drugs.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesTo understand global expression changes in a knockdown of PGC1alpha (siPGC1alpha) vs control (siControl) in a lung metastatic cell line (4175)
PGC-1α Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis and Confers Bioenergetic Flexibility against Metabolic Drugs.
Cell line
View SamplesReprogrammed somatic cells offer a valuable source of pluripotent cells that have the potential to differentiate into many cells types and provide a new tool for regenerative medicine. In the present study we differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) into hepatic cells. We first showed that mouse iPS cells could from a complete liver in mouse embryo (E14.5) including hepatocytes, endothelial cells, sinusoidal cells and resident macrophages. We then designed a highly efficient hepatocyte differentiation protocol using defined factors on human embryonic stem cells (ES cells). This protocol was found to generate more than 80% albumin expressing cells that show hepatic functions and express most of liver genes as shown by microarray analyses. Similar results were obtained when human iPS cells were induced to differentiate following the same procedure.
Highly efficient generation of human hepatocyte-like cells from induced pluripotent stem cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
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