Human aortic smooth muscles are quiesced for 24 hours followed by treatment with thrombin for 2 hours and 8 hours in presence or absence of cyclosporin A (10 micromolar) to analyze the effect of thrombin on expression pattern of various genes in presence of cyclosporin A.
LIM and cysteine-rich domains 1 is required for thrombin-induced smooth muscle cell proliferation and promotes atherogenesis.
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View SamplesAngelman syndrome (AS) and interstitial duplication 15q autism (int dup(15)) are reciprocal genomic disorders caused by maternal deletion or duplication of the 15q11.2-q13 region. While AS is caused by maternal loss of 15q and maternal duplications of 15q can cause autism implicating the maternally expressed UBE3A gene in these phenotypes. We investigated chromatin and gene expression changes in blood and cell lines from three int dup(15) and three reciprocal AS deletion subjects to identify global genomic and gene expression changes that may influence both the AS and autism phenotypes. Using formaldehyde-assisted isolation of regulatory elements (FAIRE) we identified 1104 regions of differential open chromatin in AS deletion and 2344 regions int dup(15) indicating changes in chromatin could influence gene expression in these regions. Microarray analysis revealed 1225 genes that were elevated in AS deletion vs int dup(15) and 976 genes that were elevated in int dup(15) vs AS deletion PBMC (pvalue<0.05). Significant differences in expression were found for genes at the 15q locus like UBE3A, ATP10A and HERC2. A larger set of genes involved in chromatin remodeling, DNA repair and neurogenesis were found, at FAIRE peaks in AS deletion samples but had increased transcription in int dup(15) samples. There was a significant enhancement for genes with FOXP1 binding sites in the int dup(15) gene set and elevated FOXP1 protein could be detected in the nucleus of int dup(15) as compared to AS deletion cell lines. This analysis provides the first insights into transcriptional changes which may unveil new sets of genes and pathways contributing to both AS and autism pathogenesis.
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View SamplesIn order to identify common gene expression across other gliopathic bang senstiive genes (i.e. genes that when knocked down or over expressed by repo-GAL4 cause seizures) we crossed six UAS-RNAi or UAS-over-expression lines for known bang senstive genes to repo-GAL4. We pooled total RNA from brains of these animals in equal amounts and ran microarray analysis to search for transcripts that are common among these six seizure associated genes.
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View SamplesLNCaP cells were maintained in charcoal-stripped serum containing medium for 48 hours and treated with vehicle or 10 uM of UT-69, UT-155, R-UT-155, or enzalutamide. Twenty four hours after treatment, the cells were harvested, RNA was isolated and expression of genes was measured using microarray (Affymetrix Clarion S)
Novel Selective Agents for the Degradation of Androgen Receptor Variants to Treat Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.
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View SamplesVascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration and proliferation are critical events in the development of neointima following vascular injury. Exogenous expression of human CD9 by CD9-adenoviral transduction led to increases in neointima. CD9 expression significantly augmented PI-3 kinase dependent Akt phosphorylation with concurrent adhesion to extracellular matrix protein fibronectin (FN). Furthermore,enhanced Akt phosphorylation was attenuated by anti-CD9 mAb7 binding. As multiple factors contribute to the regulation of VSMC phenotype, our aim was to establish whether increased CD9 expression would induce changes in the expression of other genes associated with VSMC proliferation and motility. RASM were transduced with either CD9 adenovirus or control and were plated on FN for 6hours. Cells were harvested from 3 replicate plates and total RNA from each was isolated using the TRIzol method and pooled for each CD9 and LacZ transduced RASM. RNA was sent to Genome Explorations Memphis TN for microarray analysis. Microarray analyses were done using the U230.2 rat gene chip from Affymetrix using RNA prepared from two RASM transduction experiments. Two independent microarray data sets have been generated and analyzed by comparing the filtered gene lists generated by the Affymetrix GeneChip Operating Software and looking for regulated genes common both sets of data. Analysis of this data showed the regulation of some key genes involved in the modulation of VSMC motility and proliferation.
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View SamplesExpression of the TM4SF member CD9 on the human Burkitts lymphoma cell line Raji induced increased cell proliferation, motilty and adhesion to fibronectin. CD9 promoted increases in Raji cell proliferation was dependent upon histone deacetyalase (HDAC) activity as treatment with HDAC inhibitors trichostain A or cucurmin attenuated CD9 mediated increases in Raji cell proliferation. Gene expression of Raji cells stably expressing human CD9 via transfection with expression vector PRVCMVCD9 was compared with corresponding Mock transfected cell by microarray analysis using the Affymetrix U133 2.0 platform.
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View SamplesWe used gene array analysis of cortical bone to identify Phex-dependent gene transcripts regulating Fgf23 production and mineralization in Hyp mice. We discovered that activation of Fgf receptor- and Wnt-pathways contribute to increased Ffg23 gene transcription in Hyp bone. We found evidence in Hyp bone for increased expression of Fgf1, Fgf7, and Egr2 in the Fgf-signaling pathway and decrements in Sost and Cpz and increments in Sfrp1 and 4 in the Wnt-signaling pathway. Moreover, activation of Fgf and Wnt-signaling stimulated, whereas Tgf inhibited Fgf23 promoter activity in osteoblasts. We also observed reductions in Bmp1, a metalloproteinase that metabolizes the Fgf23 regulatory extracellular matrix protein Dmp1. These findings suggest that elevation of Fgf23 expression in osteocytes is regulated by interactions between cell surface expression of Phex, extracellular matrix proteins and paracrine effects of Fgf and Wnt. Alterations were also found in enzymes regulating the posttranslational processing and stability of Fgf23, including decrements in the glycosyltransferase Galnt3 and the proprotein convertase Pcsk5. In addition, we found that the Pcsk5 and the glycosyltransferase Galnt3 were decreased in Hyp bone, suggesting that reduced post-translational processing of FGF23 may also contribute to increased Fgf23 levels in Hyp mice. With regards to mineralization, we identified additional candidates to explain the intrinsic mineralization defect in Hyp osteoblasts, including increases in the mineralization inhibitors Mgp and Thbs4, as well as increases in local pH altering factors, carbonic anhydrase 12 (Car12) and 3 (Car3) and the sodium-dependent citrate transporter (Slc13a5). These studies demonstrate the complexity of gene expression alterations in bone that accompanies inactivating Phex mutations and identify novel pathways that may coordinate Fgf23 expression and mineralization of extracellular matrix in Hyp bone.
Novel regulators of Fgf23 expression and mineralization in Hyp bone.
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