Microarray data from G2-synchronized p53(+) and p53(-) fibroblasts before and after 3 h release from cell cycle blockade in the presence of 5 M sodium arsenite.
Exit from arsenite-induced mitotic arrest is p53 dependent.
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View SamplesDuring organogenesis of the intestine, reciprocal crosstalk between the endodermally-derived epithelium and the underlying mesenchyme is required for regional patterning and proper differentiation. Though both of these tissue layers participate in patterning, the mesenchyme is thought to play a prominant role in the determination of epithelial phenotype during development and in adult life. However, the molecular basis of this instructional dominance is unclear. In fact, surprisingly little is known about the cellular origins of many of the critical signaling molecules and the gene transcriptional events that they impact. Here, we profile genes that are expressed in separated mesenchymal and epithelial compartments of the perinatal mouse intestine. The data indicate that the vast majority of soluble modulators of signaling pathways such as Hedgehog, Bmp, Wnt, Fgf and Igf are expressed predominantly or exclusively by the mesenchyme, accounting for its ability to dominate instructional crosstalk. We also catalog the most highly enriched transcription factors in both compartments and find evidence for a major role for Hnf4alpha and Hnf4 gamma in the regulation of epithelial genes. Finally, we find that while epithelially enriched genes tend to be highly tissue-restricted in their expression, mesenchymally-enriched genes tend to be broadly expressed in multiple tissues. Thus, the unique tissue-specific signature that characterizes the intestinal epithelium is instructed and supported by a mesenchyme that itself expresses genes that are largely non-tissue specific.
Deconvoluting the intestine: molecular evidence for a major role of the mesenchyme in the modulation of signaling cross talk.
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Differentially Expressed mRNA Targets of Differentially Expressed miRNAs Predict Changes in the TP53 Axis and Carcinogenesis-Related Pathways in Human Keratinocytes Chronically Exposed to Arsenic.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesExpression profiling of 3T3-F442A adipocytes treated with growth hormone (GH, 500 nM) or vehicle (DMEM + 1% BSA) control for 30 min., 4 hr., or 48 hr in three independent experiments. Chronic GH treatment induces metabolic changes consistent with insulin resistance in 3T3-F442A adipocytes.
Profiles of growth hormone (GH)-regulated genes reveal time-dependent responses and identify a mechanism for regulation of activating transcription factor 3 by GH.
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View SamplesThe use of yeast as a delivery system is an attractive option for the oral administration of therapeutic agents. We recently developed mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae capable of lysis upon conditional down-regulation of the expression of the cell wall genes PKC1 and SRB1. The lysis mechanism of the mutant is based on the use of the MET3 promoter, which, upon addition of methionine and cysteine, blocks transcription of SRB1 and PKC1. This strain has the potential to be an integral part of an oral yeast delivery system, in which there is lysis of yeasts in the human gut, followed by release of recombinant proteins for therapeutic use. In order to provide proof-of-principle, the system was evaluated testing the cells viability and lysis performance under conditions, which simulate those found in the human stomach and the duodenum. Upon incubation of yeast cells in these conditions, lysis could be induced and was accompanied by release of GFP reporter protein into the medium. However, the conditional lysis mechanism based on the MET3 promoter is not applicable in vivo. Therefore, alternative promoters suitable for in-vivo down-regulation of SRB1 and PKC1 were identified by a microarray experiments. The transcripts of genes ANB1, TIR1, and MF(ALPHA)2 were significantly reduced upon exposure of the yeast cells to conditions of the two gut compartments. Their promoters could be used to down-regulate SRB1/VIG9 and PKC1 in vivo to achieve lysis of the yeast in the gut to release cargo therapeutic proteins.
Conditional cell-wall mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as delivery vehicles for therapeutic agents in vivo to the GI tract.
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View SamplesTissue was microdissected from 13 regions, including 9 distinct neocortical areas, from both left and right sides of four late second trimester human brain specimens. Gene- and exon-level differential expression analyses were performed by mixed model, nested analysis of variance using the XRAY software from Biotique Systems. Further details available in Johnson, Kawasawa, et al., "Functional and Evolutionary Insights into Human Brain Development through Global Transcriptome Analysis" Neuron, Volume 62, Issue 4, 2009
Functional and evolutionary insights into human brain development through global transcriptome analysis.
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Modeling non-syndromic autism and the impact of TRPC6 disruption in human neurons.
Specimen part
View SamplesiPSC were obtained from DPC from TRPC6-mut patient, a idiopathic autistic patient and a control. Original DPC and iPSC obtained were submited to expression analysis in order to check if the expression pattern obtained for the iPSC cells were closer related to embyonic cells than to the original DPC
Modeling non-syndromic autism and the impact of TRPC6 disruption in human neurons.
Specimen part
View SamplesAs TRPC6 channel induces CREB-mediated trancription, Dental pulp cells from TRPC6-mut patient and from 6 controls were analyzed in order to verify if the disruption of TRPC6 leads to transcriptional changes.
Modeling non-syndromic autism and the impact of TRPC6 disruption in human neurons.
Specimen part
View SamplesCell migration is an instrumental process that ensures cells are properly positioned to support the specification of distinct tissue types during development. To provide insight, we used fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) to isolate two migrating cell types from the Drosophila embryo: caudal visceral mesoderm (CVM) cells, precursors of longitudinal muscles of the gut, and hemocytes (HCs), the Drosophila equivalent of blood cells. ~350 genes were identified from each of the sorted samples using RNA-seq, and in situ hybridization was used to confirm expression within each cell type or, alternatively, within other interacting, co-sorted cell types. To start, the two gene expression profiling datasets were compared to identify cell migration regulators that are potentially generally-acting. 73 genes were present in both CVM cell and HC gene expression profiles, including the transcription factor zinc finger homeodomain-1 (zfh1). Comparisons with gene expression profiles of Drosophila border cells that migrate during oogenesis had a more limited overlap, with only the genes neyo (neo) and singed (sn) found to be expressed in border cells as well as CVM cells and HCs, respectively. Neo encodes a protein with Zona pellucida domain linked to cell polarity, while sn encodes an actin binding protein. Tissue specific RNAi expression coupled with live in vivo imaging was used to confirm cell-autonomous roles for zfh1 and neo in supporting CVM cell migration, whereas previous studies had demonstrated a role for Sn in supporting HC migration. In addition, comparisons were made to migrating cells from vertebrates. Seven genes were found expressed by chick neural crest cells, CVM cells, and HCs including extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and proteases. In summary, we show that genes shared in common between CVM cells, HCs, and other migrating cell types can help identify regulators of cell migration. Our analyses show that neo in addition to zfh1 and sn studied previously impact cell migration. This study also suggests that modification of the extracellular milieu may be a fundamental requirement for cells that undergo cell streaming migratory behaviors. Overall design: Examination of genes expressed in two migrating cell populations (CVM and hemocytes) during their active cell migration and the rest of cell types of corresponding stages
Comparative analysis of gene expression profiles for several migrating cell types identifies cell migration regulators.
Specimen part, Subject
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