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Lang JE, Magbanua MJM, Scott JH, Makrigiorgos GM, Wang G, Federman S, Esserman LJ, Park JW, Haqq CM. A comparison of RNA amplification techniques at sub-nanogram input concentration. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:326. [PMID: 19619282 PMCID: PMC2724417 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gene expression profiling of small numbers of cells requires high-fidelity amplification of sub-nanogram amounts of RNA. Several methods for RNA amplification are available; however, there has been little consideration of the accuracy of these methods when working with very low-input quantities of RNA as is often required with rare clinical samples. Starting with 250 picograms-3.3 nanograms of total RNA, we compared two linear amplification methods 1) modified T7 and 2) Arcturus RiboAmp HS and a logarithmic amplification, 3) Balanced PCR. Microarray data from each amplification method were validated against quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) for 37 genes. RESULTS For high intensity spots, mean Pearson correlations were quite acceptable for both total RNA and low-input quantities amplified with each of the 3 methods. Microarray filtering and data processing has an important effect on the correlation coefficient results generated by each method. Arrays derived from total RNA had higher Pearson's correlations than did arrays derived from amplified RNA when considering the entire unprocessed dataset, however, when considering a gene set of high signal intensity, the amplified arrays had superior correlation coefficients than did the total RNA arrays. CONCLUSION Gene expression arrays can be obtained with sub-nanogram input of total RNA. High intensity spots showed better correlation on array-array analysis than did unfiltered data, however, QPCR validated the accuracy of gene expression array profiling from low-input quantities of RNA with all 3 amplification techniques. RNA amplification and expression analysis at the sub-nanogram input level is both feasible and accurate if data processing is used to focus attention to high intensity genes for microarrays or if QPCR is used as a gold standard for validation.
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- Julie E Lang
- Department of Surgery, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1500 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Chan JP, Cordeira J, Calderon GA, Iyer LK, Rios M. Depletion of central BDNF in mice impedes terminal differentiation of new granule neurons in the adult hippocampus. Mol Cell Neurosci 2008; 39:372-83. [PMID: 18718867 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2008.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Granule neurons generated in the adult mammalian hippocampus synaptically integrate to facilitate cognitive function and antidepressant efficacy. Here, we investigated the role of BDNF in facilitating their maturation in vivo. We found that depletion of central BDNF in mice elicited an increase in hippocampal cell proliferation without affecting cell survival or fate specification. However, new mutant neurons failed to fully mature as indicated by their lack of calbindin, reduced dendritic differentiation and an accumulation of calretinin(+) immature neurons in the BDNF mutant dentate gyrus. Furthermore, the facilitating effects of GABA(A) receptor stimulation on neurogenesis were absent in the mutants, suggesting that defects might be due to alterations in GABA signaling. Transcriptional analysis of the mutant hippocampal neurogenic region revealed increases in markers for immature neurons and decreases in neuronal differentiation facilitators. These findings demonstrate that BDNF is required for the terminal differentiation of new neurons in the adult hippocampus.
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- Jason P Chan
- Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Julien S, Puig I, Caretti E, Bonaventure J, Nelles L, van Roy F, Dargemont C, de Herreros AG, Bellacosa A, Larue L. Activation of NF-kappaB by Akt upregulates Snail expression and induces epithelium mesenchyme transition. Oncogene 2007; 26:7445-56. [PMID: 17563753 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Carcinoma progression is associated with the loss of epithelial features, and the acquisition of mesenchymal characteristics and invasive properties by tumour cells. The loss of cell-cell contacts may be the first step of the epithelium mesenchyme transition (EMT) and involves the functional inactivation of the cell-cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin. Repression of E-cadherin expression by the transcription factor Snail is a central event during the loss of epithelial phenotype. Akt kinase activation is frequent in human carcinomas, and Akt regulates various cellular mechanisms including EMT. Here, we show that Snail activation and consequent repression of E-cadherin may depend on AKT-mediated nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation, and that NF-kappaB induces Snail expression. Expression of the NF-kappaB subunit p65 is sufficient for EMT induction, validating this signalling module during EMT. NF-kappaB pathway activation is associated with tumour progression and metastasis of several human tumour types; E-cadherin acts as a metastasis suppressor protein. Thus, this signalling and transcriptional network linking AKT, NF-kappaB, Snail and E-cadherin during EMT is a potential target for antimetastatic therapeutics.
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- S Julien
- 1Developmental Genetics of Melanocytes, UMR 146 CNRS-Institut Curie, Bat. 110, Orsay Cedex, France
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Sato M, Mitra RM, Coller J, Wang D, Spivey NW, Dewdney J, Denoux C, Glazebrook J, Katagiri F. A high-performance, small-scale microarray for expression profiling of many samples in Arabidopsis-pathogen studies. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 49:565-77. [PMID: 17181774 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02972.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Studies of the behavior of biological systems often require monitoring of the expression of many genes in a large number of samples. While whole-genome arrays provide high-quality gene-expression profiles, their high cost generally limits the number of samples that can be studied. Although inexpensive small-scale arrays representing genes of interest could be used for many applications, it is challenging to obtain accurate measurements with conventional small-scale microarrays. We have developed a small-scale microarray system that yields highly accurate and reproducible expression measurements. This was achieved by implementing a stable gene-based quantile normalization method for array-to-array normalization, and a probe-printing design that allows use of a statistical model to correct for effects of print tips and uneven hybridization. The array measures expression values in a single sample, rather than ratios between two samples. This allows accurate comparisons among many samples. The array typically yielded correlation coefficients higher than 0.99 between technically duplicated samples. Accuracy was demonstrated by a correlation coefficient of 0.88 between expression ratios determined from this array and an Affymetrix GeneChip, by quantitative RT-PCR, and by spiking known amounts of specific RNAs into the RNA samples used for profiling. The array was used to compare the responses of wild-type, rps2 and ndr1 mutant plants to infection by a Pseudomonas syringae strain expressing avrRpt2. The results suggest that ndr1 affects a defense-signaling pathway(s) in addition to the RPS2-dependent pathway, and indicate that the microarray is a powerful tool for systems analyses of the Arabidopsis disease-signaling network.
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- Masanao Sato
- Department of Plant Biology, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, 1500 Gortner Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Day RC, McNoe L, Macknight RC. Evaluation of global RNA amplification and its use for high-throughput transcript analysis of laser-microdissected endosperm. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT GENOMICS 2007; 2007:61028. [PMID: 18253465 PMCID: PMC1939914 DOI: 10.1155/2007/61028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2006] [Revised: 01/13/2007] [Accepted: 01/22/2007] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Laser microdissection (LM) provides a useful method for isolating specific cells or tissues from biological samples. Here, we adapted microdissection protocols to allow high-resolution transcript analysis of different tissues from developing Arabidopsis seed. Sufficient RNA ( approximately 50 ng) was extracted from endosperm tissue for RT-PCR. However, to obtain enough RNA for microarray analyses, it was necessary to amplify the RNA. PCR- and IVT-based amplification methods were investigated and several important technical aspects of amplification were identified (such as target truncation and alterations in signal intensity). We found that when starting from only 50 ng of RNA, amplification methods based on PCR and IVT produced sufficient product for reliable microarray hybridizations, with two-round IVT giving the best results. Microarray analyses, using endosperm-derived RNA amplified by two-round IVT, reproducibly identified endosperm enriched marker genes. Thus, when combined with RNA-amplification protocols, LM is a robust and reliable technique for high-throughput tissue-specific gene expression analysis.
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- Robert C. Day
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Genomics Facility, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Blumerman SL, Herzig CTA, Wang F, Coussens PM, Baldwin CL. Comparison of gene expression by co-cultured WC1+ gammadelta and CD4+ alphabeta T cells exhibiting a recall response to bacterial antigen. Mol Immunol 2006; 44:2023-35. [PMID: 17081609 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2006] [Revised: 09/13/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Immunization of cattle with a Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo-bovis vaccine results in the development of a recall response by WC1(+) gammadelta T cells and CD4(+) alphabeta T cells characterized by proliferation and interferon-gamma production. It was hypothesized that these two T cell subpopulations had largely redundant effector functions, principally differing in their requirements for activation. To test this, gene expression in cells proliferating to antigen were compared utilizing RT-PCR and bovine microarrays. Both T cell populations had similar transcript profiles for effector molecules, including IFN-gamma, FasL and granzyme B. In contrast, transcripts for costimulatory receptors and ligands were notably different following activation, as WC1(+) T cells expressed no or lower levels of transcripts for CD28 and CD40L, while CD4(+) T cells expressed substantial levels of both. However, both cell types had high levels of CTLA-4 transcript suggesting the cells may be regulated similarly following activation but differ in their need for and ability to provide costimulation. Microarray analyses to extend the number of genes examined revealed that while both subpopulations upregulated anti-apoptotic genes as well as those involved in cell activation and protein biosynthesis, overall there were limited differences between the two antigen-activated cell populations. Those genes that did differ were involved in cell signaling, protein production and intracellular protein trafficking. These results strengthen the hypothesis that these particular activated WC1(+) and CD4(+) T cells have overlapping effector functions and therefore may differ principally with regard to how they are recruited into immune responses.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Bacterial Vaccines/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases/immunology
- Cattle Diseases/prevention & control
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Leptospira/immunology
- Leptospirosis/immunology
- Leptospirosis/metabolism
- Leptospirosis/prevention & control
- Leptospirosis/veterinary
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/immunology
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- Seth L Blumerman
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Peano C, Severgnini M, Cifola I, De Bellis G, Battaglia C. Transcriptome amplification methods in gene expression profiling. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2006; 6:465-80. [PMID: 16706747 DOI: 10.1586/14737159.6.3.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The increasing use of microarray expression profiling to study the molecular biology of cancer and the cellular physiology of difficult-to-isolate cell types has led to a need for methods that accurately and precisely amplify small quantities of RNA. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the existing methods for transcriptome amplification and to define the parameters for comparing different amplification methods. The authors propose a standardized protocol for the assessment and evaluation of amplification methods, focusing on a new whole-transcriptome amplification kit, which amplifies total RNA into cDNA fragments. Reproducibility and reliability of the method were analyzed and discussed using both quantitative real-time PCR and a high-density oligonucleotide microarray platform.
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- Clelia Peano
- Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Italy.
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Ding Y, Xu L, Chen S, Jovanovic BD, Helenowski IB, Kelly DL, Catalona WJ, Yang XJ, Pins M, Ananthanarayanan V, Bergan RC. Characterization of a method for profiling gene expression in cells recovered from intact human prostate tissue using RNA linear amplification. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2006; 9:379-91. [PMID: 16786039 DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Coupling array technology to laser capture microdissection (LCM) has the potential to yield gene expression profiles of specific cell populations within tissue. However, remaining problems with linear amplification preclude accurate expression profiling when using the low nanogram amounts of RNA recovered after LCM of human tissue. We describe a novel robust method to reliably amplify RNA after LCM, allowing direct probing of 12K gene arrays. The fidelity of amplification was demonstrated by comparing the ability of amplified RNA (aRNA) versus that of native RNA to identify differentially expressed genes between two different cell lines, demonstrating a 99.3% concordance between observations. Array findings were validated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of a randomly selected subset of 32 genes. Using LCM to recover normal (N=5 subjects) or cancer (N=3) cell populations from intact human prostate tissue, three differentially expressed genes were identified. Independent investigators have previously identified differential expression of two of these three genes, hepsin and beta-microseminoprotein, in prostate cancer. Taken together, the current study demonstrates that accurate gene expression profiling can readily be performed on specific cell populations present within complex tissue. It also demonstrates that this approach efficiently identifies biologically relevant genes.
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- Y Ding
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Medical School and the Robert H Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Nygaard V, Hovig E. Options available for profiling small samples: a review of sample amplification technology when combined with microarray profiling. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:996-1014. [PMID: 16473852 PMCID: PMC1363777 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2005] [Revised: 01/24/2006] [Accepted: 01/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The possibility of performing microarray analysis on limited material has been demonstrated in a number of publications. In this review we approach the technical aspects of mRNA amplification and several important implicit consequences, for both linear and exponential procedures. Amplification efficiencies clearly allow profiling of extremely small samples. The conservation of transcript abundance is the most important issue regarding the use of sample amplification in combination with microarray analysis, and this aspect has generally been found to be acceptable, although demonstrated to decrease in highly diluted samples. The fact that variability and discrepancies in microarray profiles increase with minute sample sizes has been clearly documented, but for many studies this does appear to have affected the biological conclusions. We suggest that this is due to the data analysis approach applied, and the consequence is the chance of presenting misleading results. We discuss the issue of amplification sensitivity limits in the light of reports on fidelity, published data from reviewed articles and data analysis approaches. These are important considerations to be reflected in the design of future studies and when evaluating biological conclusions from published microarray studies based on extremely low input RNA quantities.
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- Vigdis Nygaard
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radiumhospital Montebello, 0310, Oslo, Norway.
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Fan W, Kraus PR, Boily MJ, Heitman J. Cryptococcus neoformans gene expression during murine macrophage infection. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2005; 4:1420-33. [PMID: 16087747 PMCID: PMC1214536 DOI: 10.1128/ec.4.8.1420-1433.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2005] [Accepted: 06/03/2005] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans survives phagocytosis by macrophages and proliferates within, ultimately establishing latent infection as a facultative intracellular pathogen that can escape macrophage control to cause disseminated disease. This process is hypothesized to be important for C. neoformans pathogenesis; however, it is poorly understood how C. neoformans adapts to and overcomes the hostile intracellular environment of the macrophage. Using DNA microarray technology, we have investigated the transcriptional response of C. neoformans to phagocytosis by murine macrophages. The expression profiles of several genes were verified using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR and a green fluorescent protein reporter strain. Multiple membrane transporters for hexoses, amino acids, and iron were up-regulated, as well as genes involved in responses to oxidative stress. Genes involved in autophagy, peroxisome function, and lipid metabolism were also induced. Interestingly, almost the entire mating type locus displayed increased expression 24 h after internalization, suggesting an intrinsic connection between infection and the MAT locus. Genes in the Gpa1-cyclic AMP-protein kinase A pathway were also up-regulated. Both gpa1 and pka1 mutants were found to be compromised in macrophage infection, confirming the important role of this virulence pathway. A large proportion of the repressed genes are involved in ribosome-related functions, rRNA processing, and translation initiation/elongation, implicating a reduction in translation as a central response to phagocytosis. In summary, this gene expression profile allows us to interpret the adaptation of C. neoformans to the intracellular infection process and informs the search for genes encoding novel virulence attributes.
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- Weihua Fan
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Current Awareness on Comparative and Functional Genomics. Comp Funct Genomics 2005. [PMCID: PMC2447482 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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