Modification of competence for in vitro response to Fusarium oxysporum in tomato cells. III. PR-protein gene expression and ethylene evolution in tomato cell lines transgenic for phytohormone-related bacterial genes

1998 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bettini ◽  
E. Cosi ◽  
M. G. Pellegrini ◽  
L. Turbanti ◽  
G. Vendramin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Fusarium Oxysporum ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Protein Gene ◽  
Ethylene Evolution ◽  
Pr Protein ◽  
In Vitro Response ◽  
Bacterial Genes

Hormone-dependent milk protein gene expression in bovine mammary explants from biopsies at different stages of pregnancy

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A Sheehy ◽  
James J Della-Vedova ◽  
Kevin R Nicholas ◽  
Peter C Wynn
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Milk Protein ◽  
Protein Gene ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Mammary Tissue ◽  
Endocrine Regulation ◽  
Surgical Biopsy ◽  
Milk Protein Gene ◽  
Milk Protein Gene Expression

A method for the collection of mammary biopsies developed previously was refined and used to study the endocrine regulation of bovine milk protein gene expression. Our surgical biopsy method used real-time ultrasound imaging and epidural analgesia to enable recovery of a sufficient quantity of mammary tissue from late-pregnant dairy cows for explant culture in vitro. The time of biopsy was critical for prolactin-dependent induction of milk protein gene expression in mammary explants, as only mammary tissue from cows nearing 30 d prepartum was hormone-responsive. This suggests that during the later stages of pregnancy a change in the responsiveness of milk protein gene expression to endocrine stimuli occurred in preparation for lactation. This may relate to the diminution of a putative population of undifferentiated cells that were still responsive to prolactin. Alternatively, the metabolic activity of the tissue had increased to the level whereby the response of the tissue was no longer assessable using this model in vitro.

scholarly journals In vitro response and gene expression of human retinal Müller cells treated with different anti-VEGF drugs

2020 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 107903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Cáceres-del-Carpio ◽  
M. Tarek Moustafa ◽  
Jaime Toledo-Corral ◽  
Mohamed A. Hamid ◽  
Shari R. Atilano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Müller Cells ◽  
Muller Cells ◽  
Anti Vegf ◽  
In Vitro Response

scholarly journals Gene Transfer into the Lung by Nanoparticle Dextran-Spermine/Plasmid DNA Complexes

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahril Abdullah ◽  
Wai Yeng Wendy-Yeo ◽  
Hossein Hosseinkhani ◽  
Mohsen Hosseinkhani ◽  
Ehab Masrawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Plasmid Dna ◽  
Mixing Ratio ◽  
Systemic Delivery ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Assay Time

A novel cationic polymer, dextran-spermine (D-SPM), has been found to mediate gene expression in a wide variety of cell lines andin vivothrough systemic delivery. Here, we extended the observations by determining the optimal conditions for gene expression of D-SPM/plasmid DNA (D-SPM/pDNA) in cell lines and in the lungs of BALB/c mice via instillation delivery.In vitrostudies showed that D-SPM could partially protect pDNA from degradation by nuclease and exhibited optimal gene transfer efficiency at D-SPM to pDNA weight-mixing ratio of 12. In the lungs of mice, the levels of gene expression generated by D-SPM/pDNA are highly dependent on the weight-mixing ratio of D-SPM to pDNA, amount of pDNA in the complex, and the assay time postdelivery. Readministration of the complex at day 1 following the first dosing showed no significant effect on the retention and duration of gene expression. The study also showed that there was a clear trend of increasing size of the complexes as the amount of pDNA was increased, where the sizes of the D-SPM/pDNA complexes were within the nanometer range.

scholarly journals Chromosome 20q Amplification Regulates in Vitro Response to Kinesin-5 Inhibitor

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. CIN.S609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimee L. Jackson ◽  
Mao Mao ◽  
Sumire Kobayashi ◽  
Teresa Ward ◽  
Matthew Biery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Tumor Cell ◽  
Chromosomal Region ◽  
Colon Tumor ◽  
Tumor Cell Lines ◽  
Functional Interaction ◽  
In Vitro Response ◽  
Colon Tumor Cell ◽  
Tumor Types

We identified gene expression signatures predicting responsiveness to a Kinesin-5 (KIF11) inhibitor (Kinesin-5i) in cultured colon tumor cell lines. Genes predicting resistance to Kinesin-5i were enriched for those from chromosome 20q, a region of frequent amplification in a number of tumor types. siRNAs targeting genes in this chromosomal region identified AURKA, TPX2 and MYBL2 as genes whose disruption enhances response to Kinesin-5i. Taken together, our results show functional interaction between these genes, and suggest that their overexpression is involved in resistance to Kinesin-5i. Furthermore, our results suggest that patients whose tumors overexpress AURKA due to amplification of 20q will more likely resist treatment with Kinesin-5 inhibitor, and that inactivation of AURKA may sensitize these patients to treatment.

Cell-specific posttranscriptional regulation of CFTR gene expression via influence of MAPK cascades on 3′UTR part of transcripts

2005 ◽  
Vol 289 (5) ◽  
pp. C1240-C1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryvonne Baudouin-Legros ◽  
Alexandre Hinzpeter ◽  
Amandine Jaulmes ◽  
Franck Brouillard ◽  
Bruno Costes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Posttranscriptional Regulation ◽  
P38 Map Kinase ◽  
Cftr Gene ◽  
Control Of Gene Expression ◽  
Cytosolic Proteins ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Ht 29

Expression of the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, which contains the mutations responsible for CF, is regulated by cytokines (TNF-α and IL-1β) in a cell-specific manner. TNF-α decreases CFTR mRNA in human colon cell lines (HT-29), but not in pulmonary cell lines (Calu-3), and IL-1β increases it only in Calu-3 cells. We looked for the cytokine-induced posttranscriptional regulation of CFTR gene expression and studied the modulation of CFTR mRNA stability linked to its 3′ untranslated sequence (3′UTR) in HT-29 and Calu-3 cells. The stability of CFTR mRNA was analyzed by Northern blot after in vitro incubation of total RNAs from CFTR-expressing cells with cytosolic proteins extracted from control or cytokine-treated HT-29 and Calu-3 cells. CFTR mRNA was degraded only by extracts of TNF-α-treated HT-29 cells and not by cytosolic proteins from untreated or IL-1β-treated HT-29 cells. In contrast, extracts of untreated Calu-3 cells enhanced CFTR mRNA degradation, and IL-1β treatment inhibited this; TNF-α had no significant effect. The 3′UTR part of CFTR mRNA was found to be required for this posttranscriptional regulation. The 5′ part of the 3′UTR (the 217 first bases), which contains two AUUUA sequences, was implicated in CFTR mRNA destabilization and the following 136 bases, containing several C-repeats in U-rich environment, in its protection. The proteins, which reacted with the U- and C-repeats of CFTR mRNA 3′UTR, were mainly controlled by stimulation of the p42/p44 and p38 MAP kinase cascades with interaction between these pathways. This posttranscriptional control of gene expression is a common feature of CFTR and many proteins of inflammation.

scholarly journals Tumorigenicity of simian virus 40-hepatocyte cell lines: effect of in vitro and in vivo passage on expression of liver-specific genes and oncogenes.

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 4492-4501 ◽  
Author(s):  
C D Woodworth ◽  
J W Kreider ◽  
L Mengel ◽  
T Miller ◽  
Y L Meng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Tumor Cell ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
Tumor Cell Lines ◽  
Glutathione S Transferase

Five simian virus 40 (SV40)-hepatocyte cell lines were examined for tumorigenicity and the effect of in vitro passage on the expression of four liver-specific genes (albumin, transferrin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase), two oncogenes (c-Ha-ras and c-raf), and two genes associated with hepatocarcinogenesis (alpha-fetoprotein and placental-type glutathione-S-transferase). At low passage (12 to 22), all five cell lines expressed the four liver-specific genes at levels similar to those in the liver and were not tumorigenic or were weakly tumorigenic. At high passage (33 to 61), the cell lines formed carcinomas, and four out of five cell lines produced primary tumors that metastasized. At least two cell lines produced well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinomas that expressed liver-specific RNAs. Levels of expression of liver-specific genes changed with time in culture. Some of the changes in liver-specific gene expression in the tumor tissue (such as for the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene) paralleled those that occurred with in vitro passage, while other changes (such as for the albumin gene) did not parallel those that occurred with in vitro passage. Correlations between enhanced expression of c-Ha-ras and tumorigenic potential and between the process of SV40 immortalization and induced expression of c-raf and glutathione-S-transferase-P were observed. Induction of alpha-fetoprotein was detected with in vitro and in vivo passage only in the CWSV14 cell line and was paralleled by diminished albumin expression. In conclusion, we developed a model system with five SV40-hepatocyte cell lines, tumors induced by them, and tumor cell lines to examine changes in gene expression that accompany the progression from a normal cell to a hepatocellular carcinoma. Because the SV40-hepatocyte cell lines and tumor cell lines remain highly differentiated and vary in the magnitude of expression of specific genes, they can be used to study the molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression, in particular those regulating specific genes associated with differentiation.

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