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Kleimenova T, Polyakova V, Linkova N, Drobintseva A, Medvedev D, Krasichkov A. The Expression of Kisspeptins and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Extragenital Endometriosis. Biomedicines 2024; 12:94. [PMID: 38255200 PMCID: PMC10813454 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12010094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Endometriosis is characterized by a condition where endometrial tissue grows outside the uterine cavity. The mechanisms of endometrium growth during endometriosis might be similar to the development of a tumor. The kisspeptin (KISS1) gene was initially discovered as a suppressor of metastasis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors are described as factors in the early stages of endometriosis and tumor growth progression. We applied the quantitative polymerase chain reaction and the immunofluorescence method to investigate KISS1, its receptor (KISS1R), MMP-2, and MMP-9 in the eutopic and ectopic endometrium in women with and without endometriosis. We presume that the dysregulation of KISS1 and MMPs might contribute to endometriosis pathogenesis. Samples for the immunofluorescence study were collected from patients with a confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis in stages I-IV, aged 23 to 38 years old (n = 40). The cell line was derived from the endometrium of patients with extragenital endometriosis (n = 7). KISS1 and KISS1R expression are present in the ectopic endometrium of patients with extragenital endometriosis, as opposed to the control group where these proteins were not expressed. There is a decrease in KISS1 and KISS1R values at all stages of endometriosis. MMP-2 and MMP-9 genes express statistically significant increases in stages II, III, and IV of extragenital endometriosis. MMP synthesis increased in the last stages of endometriosis. We suppose that the KISS1/KISS1R system can be used in the future as a suppressive complex to reduce MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression and prevent endometrial cells from invading.
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- Tatiana Kleimenova
- Department of Medical Biology, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, 194100 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Research Laboratory for the Development of Drug Delivery Systems, St. Petersburg State Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, 2-4, Ligovskiy pr., 191036 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Research Laboratory for the Development of Drug Delivery Systems, St. Petersburg State Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, 2-4, Ligovskiy pr., 191036 St. Petersburg, Russia
- Department of Biogerontology, St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, Dynamo pr., 3, 197110 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Medical Biology, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, 194100 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Biogerontology, St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, Dynamo pr., 3, 197110 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Radio Engineering Systems, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University ‘LETI’, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Dawood Y, Buijtendijk MFJ, Bohly D, Gunst QD, Docter D, Pajkrt E, Oostra RJ, Hennekam RC, van den Hoff MJB, de Bakker BS. Human embryonic and fetal biobanking: Establishing the Dutch Fetal Biobank and a framework for standardization. Dev Cell 2023; 58:2826-2835. [PMID: 38113849 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
Recent studies of human embryos and fetuses have advanced our understanding not only of basic biology but also of health and disease, through a combination of detailed three-dimensional (3D) morphology and processes such as gene expression, cellular decision-making and differentiation, and epigenetics during the various phases of human development and growth. Large-scale research initiatives focusing on these topics have been initiated during the last decade, all of which depend on biobanks that provide high-quality images of human embryonic and fetal morphology, as well as on high-quality collections of tissue samples that are obtained and stored appropriately. In this perspective, we describe our experience in establishing the Dutch Fetal Biobank to present the framework and workflow of the biobank, provide a brief discussion of the main legal and ethical aspects involved in establishing a pre-natal tissue bank, and present the preliminary data on the first 329 donated specimens.
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- Yousif Dawood
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- University Côte d'Azur, MSc Biobanks and Complex Data Management, FHU OncoAge, Nice, France; University Hospital of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Biobank BB-0033-00025, FHU OncoAge, Nice, France
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Paediatrics, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Dong M, Tang R, Wang W, Xu J, Liu J, Liang C, Hua J, Meng Q, Yu X, Zhang B, Shi S. Integrated analysis revealed hypoxia signatures and LDHA related to tumor cell dedifferentiation and unfavorable prognosis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Hypoxia in PDAC. Transl Oncol 2023; 33:101692. [PMID: 37182509 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly heterogeneous cancer with limited understanding of its classification and tumor microenvironment. Here, by analyzing single-nucleus RNA sequencing of 43, 817 tumor cells from 15 PDAC tumors and non-tumor, we find that hypoxia signatures were heterogeneous across samples and were potential regulators for tumor progression and more aggressive phenotype. Hypoxia-high PDAC tends to present a basal/squamous-like phenotype and has significantly increased outgoing signaling, which enhances tumor cell stemness and promotes metastasis, angiogenesis, and fibroblast differentiation in PDAC. Hypoxia is related to an extracellular matrix enriched microenvironment, and increased possibility of TP53 mutation in PDAC. TP63 is a specific marker of squamous-like phenotype, and presents elevated transcriptome levels in most hypoxia PDAC tumors. In summary, our research highlights the potential linkage of hypoxia, tumor progression and genome alteration in PDAC, leading to further understand of the formation of inter-tumoral and intra-tumoral heterogenous in PDAC. Our study extends the understanding of the diversity and transition of tumor cells in PDAC, which provides insight into future PDAC management.
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- Mingwei Dong
- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China.
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong'An Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, P R China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P R China.
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Tian Z, Yuan Z, Duarte PA, Shaheen M, Wang S, Haddon L, Chen J. Highly efficient cell-microbead encapsulation using dielectrophoresis-assisted dual-nanowell array. PNAS NEXUS 2023; 2:pgad155. [PMID: 37252002 PMCID: PMC10210622 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Recent advancements in micro/nanofabrication techniques have led to the development of portable devices for high-throughput single-cell analysis through the isolation of individual target cells, which are then paired with functionalized microbeads. Compared with commercially available benchtop instruments, portable microfluidic devices can be more widely and cost-effectively adopted in single-cell transcriptome and proteome analysis. The sample utilization and cell pairing rate (∼33%) of current stochastic-based cell-bead pairing approaches are fundamentally limited by Poisson statistics. Despite versatile technologies having been proposed to reduce randomness during the cell-bead pairing process in order to statistically beat the Poisson limit, improvement of the overall pairing rate of a single cell to a single bead is typically based on increased operational complexity and extra instability. In this article, we present a dielectrophoresis (DEP)-assisted dual-nanowell array (ddNA) device, which employs an innovative microstructure design and operating process that decouples the bead- and cell-loading processes. Our ddNA design contains thousands of subnanoliter microwell pairs specifically tailored to fit both beads and cells. Interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) are placed below the microwell structure to introduce a DEP force on cells, yielding high single-cell capture and pairing rates. Experimental results with human embryonic kidney cells confirmed the suitability and reproducibility of our design. We achieved a single-bead capture rate of >97% and a cell-bead pairing rate of >75%. We anticipate that our device will enhance the application of single-cell analysis in practical clinical use and academic research.
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- Zuyuan Tian
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, 9107 116 Street NW, T6G 1H9 Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, 9107 116 Street NW, T6G 1H9 Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, 9107 116 Street NW, T6G 1H9 Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, 9107 116 Street NW, T6G 1H9 Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Microelectronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi St West, 710129 Xi’an, Shannxi, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, 9107 116 Street NW, T6G 1H9 Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed:
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Kemfack AM, Hernandez-Morato I, Moayedi Y, Pitman MJ. An optimized method for high-quality RNA extraction from distinctive intrinsic laryngeal muscles in the rat model. Sci Rep 2022; 12:21665. [PMID: 36522411 PMCID: PMC9755529 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25643-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Challenges related to high-quality RNA extraction from post-mortem tissue have limited RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) application in certain skeletal muscle groups, including the intrinsic laryngeal muscles (ILMs). The present study identified critical factors contributing to substandard RNA extraction from the ILMs and established a suitable method that permitted high-throughput analysis. Here, standard techniques for tissue processing were adapted, and an effective means to control confounding effects during specimen preparation was determined. The experimental procedure consistently provided sufficient intact total RNA (N = 68) and RIN ranging between 7.0 and 8.6, which was unprecedented using standard RNA purification protocols. This study confirmed the reproducibility of the workflow through repeated trials at different postnatal time points and across the distinctive ILMs. High-throughput diagnostics from 90 RNA samples indicated no sequencing alignment scores below 70%, validating the extraction strategy. Significant differences between the standard and experimental conditions suggest circumvented challenges and broad applicability to other skeletal muscles. This investigation remains ongoing given the prospect of therapeutic insights to voice, swallowing, and airway disorders. The present methodology supports pioneering global transcriptome investigations in the larynx previously unfounded in literature.
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- Angela M Kemfack
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Department of Neurology, Irving Medical Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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De Martino E, Medeot C, D'Amico L, Stanta G, Bonin S. Impact of standardization in tissue processing: the performance of different fixatives. N Biotechnol 2022; 71:30-36. [PMID: 35878783 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2022.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
Abstract
Most tissues in clinical practice are formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded for histological as well as molecular analyses. The reproducibility and uniformity of molecular analyses is strictly dependent on the quality of the biomolecules, which is highly influenced by pre-analytical processes. In this study, the effect of different fixatives was compared, including formalin, Bouin's solution, RCL2® and TAG-1™ fixatives, by stringent application of ISO standards in mouse liver tissue processing, including formalin-free transport of tissues and tissue grossing in a refrigerated environment. The effect of fixatives was studied in terms of nucleic acid quality at the time of tissue processing and after one year of tissue storage at room temperature in the dark. Furthermore, a microcomputed tomography (CT) scan analysis was applied to investigate the paraffin embedding. The results show that the application of ISO standards in tissue processing allows analysis of 400 bases amplicons from RNA and 1000 bases from DNA, even in extracts from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues. However, after one year storage at room temperature in the dark, a degradation of the nucleic acids was observed. Nevertheless, extracts can still be analyzed, but for metachronous tests it is highly recommended to repeat the quantitation of housekeeping genes in order to standardize the extent of nucleic acid degradation.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy; Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Area Science Park, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
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Guo JA, Hoffman HI, Weekes CD, Zheng L, Ting DT, Hwang WL. Refining the Molecular Framework for Pancreatic Cancer with Single-cell and Spatial Technologies. Clin Cancer Res 2021; 27:3825-3833. [PMID: 33653818 PMCID: PMC8282742 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-20-4712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a treatment-refractory malignancy in urgent need of a molecular framework for guiding therapeutic strategies. Bulk transcriptomic efforts over the past decade have yielded two broad consensus subtypes: classical pancreatic/epithelial versus basal-like/squamous/quasi-mesenchymal. Although this binary classification enables prognostic stratification, it does not currently inform the administration of treatments uniquely sensitive to either subtype. Furthermore, bulk mRNA studies are challenged by distinguishing contributions from the neoplastic compartment versus other cell types in the microenvironment, which is accentuated in PDAC given that neoplastic cellularity can be low. The application of single-cell transcriptomics to pancreatic tumors has generally lagged behind other cancer types due in part to the difficulty of extracting high-quality RNA from enzymatically degradative tissue, but emerging studies have and will continue to shed light on intratumoral heterogeneity, malignant-stromal interactions, and subtle transcriptional programs previously obscured at the bulk level. In conjunction with insights provided by single-cell/nucleus dissociative techniques, spatially resolved technologies should also facilitate the contextualization of gene programs and inferred cell-cell interactions within the tumor architecture. Finally, given that patients often receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or chemoradiotherapy even in resectable disease, deciphering the gene programs enriched in or induced by cytotoxic therapy will be crucial for developing insights into complementary treatments aimed at eradicating residual cancer cells. Taken together, single-cell and spatial technologies provide an unprecedented opportunity to refine the foundations laid by prior bulk molecular studies and significantly augment precision oncology efforts in pancreatic cancer.
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- Jimmy A Guo
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
- School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Chougoni KK, Grossman SR. Extraction of high-quality RNA from mouse pancreatic tumors. MethodsX 2021; 7:101163. [PMID: 33665149 PMCID: PMC7897710 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.101163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Extraction of high-quality RNA from pancreatic tumors for sequencing purposes is technically challenging, as the pancreas is an organ rich in ribonucleases. The majority of the established RNA isolation protocols for use with primary pancreatic tissue involve perfusion of RNA stabilizing reagent into the pancreatic tissue to protect RNA integrity before extraction. However, the additional time needed for this procedure can actually lead to further RNA degradation. We optimized a protocol suitable for high quality RNA isolation from mouse pancreatic tumors that is a simple, fast, and inexpensive modification of existing methods, combining the use of liquid nitrogen and guanidinium thiocyanate-chloroform extraction. Through this procedure, the mean RNA Integrity Number value obtained for RNA isolated from pancreatic tumors was 9.0, and was reproducibly suitable for RNAseq and qPCR.a protocol suitable for high quality RNA isolation from mouse pancreatic tumors as well as normal pancreas combining the use of liquid nitrogen and guanidinium thiocyanate-chloroform extraction
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- Kranthi Kumar Chougoni
- C. Kenneth and Diane Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, United States.,VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, United States
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Liu N, Luo Y, Zhu Y, Peng H, Zou C, Zhou Z, Chen W, Wang H, Liu H, Hu Y, Zhang S, Qian K. Effects of Warm Ischemia Time, Cryopreservation, and Grinding Methods on RNA Quality of Mouse Kidney Tissues. Biopreserv Biobank 2021; 19:306-311. [PMID: 33577406 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2020.0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background: High-quality RNA extraction from tissue samples is of key importance for scientific research and translational medicine. Tissue collection and preparation may affect RNA quality. In this study, we investigated effects of warm ischemia time, cryopreservation, and grinding methods on RNA quality. Methods: Total RNA was extracted from mouse kidney tissues with warm ischemia times of 0, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes. Half of the tissues were used to extract RNA immediately, while the others were cryopreserved in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen for 6 months before RNA extraction. A mortar, homogenizer, and tissue lyser were used to grind tissues. RNA was extracted by TRIzol, and RNA integrity was assessed by the RNA integrity number (RIN) value. Results: For fresh tissues and frozen tissues with warm ischemia time within 60 minutes, RIN values were above 7.0 and remained above 6.0 with warm ischemia time within 120 minutes. For the same warm ischemia time, RIN values of frozen tissues were slightly lower than those of fresh tissues. No significant RIN value alterations were observed among grinding methods, but for RNA extraction efficiency, a mortar was much less efficient than the homogenizer or tissue lyser. For frozen tissues, RNA tended to degrade within 8 minutes at room temperature. Conclusions: Mouse kidney tissues with a warm ischemia time within 120 minutes are suitable for general RNA-related research. For tissues with a warm ischemia time within 60 minutes, cryopreservation may not affect RNA quality. The duration of frozen tissues held at room temperature before grinding affects the integrity of RNA, while grinding methods do not affect RNA integrity.
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- Nan Liu
- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetic Resources Preservation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetic Resources Preservation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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Kellman BP, Baghdassarian HM, Pramparo T, Shamie I, Gazestani V, Begzati A, Li S, Nalabolu S, Murray S, Lopez L, Pierce K, Courchesne E, Lewis NE. Multiple freeze-thaw cycles lead to a loss of consistency in poly(A)-enriched RNA sequencing. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:69. [PMID: 33478392 PMCID: PMC7818915 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07381-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Both RNA-Seq and sample freeze-thaw are ubiquitous. However, knowledge about the impact of freeze-thaw on downstream analyses is limited. The lack of common quality metrics that are sufficiently sensitive to freeze-thaw and RNA degradation, e.g. the RNA Integrity Score, makes such assessments challenging. Results Here we quantify the impact of repeated freeze-thaw cycles on the reliability of RNA-Seq by examining poly(A)-enriched and ribosomal RNA depleted RNA-seq from frozen leukocytes drawn from a toddler Autism cohort. To do so, we estimate the relative noise, or percentage of random counts, separating technical replicates. Using this approach we measured noise associated with RIN and freeze-thaw cycles. As expected, RIN does not fully capture sample degradation due to freeze-thaw. We further examined differential expression results and found that three freeze-thaws should extinguish the differential expression reproducibility of similar experiments. Freeze-thaw also resulted in a 3′ shift in the read coverage distribution along the gene body of poly(A)-enriched samples compared to ribosomal RNA depleted samples, suggesting that library preparation may exacerbate freeze-thaw-induced sample degradation. Conclusion The use of poly(A)-enrichment for RNA sequencing is pervasive in library preparation of frozen tissue, and thus, it is important during experimental design and data analysis to consider the impact of repeated freeze-thaw cycles on reproducibility. Graphical abstract ![]()
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-021-07381-z.
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- Benjamin P Kellman
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA.,Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA.,Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA.,Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA.,Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA. .,Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA. .,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
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Pei Y, Mamtimin T, Ji J, Khan A, Kakade A, Zhou T, Yu Z, Zain H, Yang W, Ling Z, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Li X. The guanidine thiocyanate-high EDTA method for total microbial RNA extraction from severely heavy metal-contaminated soils. Microb Biotechnol 2020; 14:465-478. [PMID: 32578381 PMCID: PMC7936289 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Molecular analyses relying on RNA, as a direct way to unravel active microbes and their functional genes, have received increasing attention from environmental researchers recently. However, extracting sufficient and high‐quality total microbial RNA from seriously heavy metal‐contaminated soils is still a challenge. In this study, the guanidine thiocyanate‐high EDTA (GTHE) method was established and optimized for recovering high quantity and quality of RNA from long‐term heavy metal‐contaminated soils. Due to the low microbial biomass in the soils, we combined multiple strong denaturants and intense mechanical lysis to break cells for increasing RNA yields. To minimize RNAase and heavy metals interference on RNA integrity, the concentrations of guanidine thiocyanate and EDTA were increased from 0.5 to 0.625 ml g−1 soil and 10 to 100 mM, respectively. This optimized GTHE method was applied to seven severely contaminated soils, and the RNA recovery efficiencies were 2.80 ~ 59.41 μg g−1 soil. The total microbial RNA of non‐Cr(VI) (NT) and Cr(VI)‐treated (CT) samples was utilized for molecular analyses. The result of qRT‐PCR demonstrated that the expressions of two tested genes, chrA and yieF, were respectively upregulated 4.12‐ and 62.43‐fold after Cr(VI) treatment. The total microbial RNA extracted from NT and CT samples, respectively, reached to 26.70 μg and 30.75 μg, which were much higher than the required amount (5 μg) for metatranscriptomic library construction. Besides, ratios of mRNA read were more than 86%, which indicated the high‐quality libraries constructed for metatranscriptomic analysis. In summary, the GTHE method is useful to study microbes of contaminated habitats.
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- Yaxin Pei
- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Key Laboratory for Resources Utilization Technology of Unconventional Water of Gansu Province, Gansu Academy of Membrane Science and Technology, Duanjiatanlu #1272, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Key Laboratory for Resources Utilization Technology of Unconventional Water of Gansu Province, Gansu Academy of Membrane Science and Technology, Duanjiatanlu #1272, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Key Laboratory for Resources Utilization Technology of Unconventional Water of Gansu Province, Gansu Academy of Membrane Science and Technology, Duanjiatanlu #1272, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Key Laboratory for Resources Utilization Technology of Unconventional Water of Gansu Province, Gansu Academy of Membrane Science and Technology, Duanjiatanlu #1272, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Key Laboratory for Resources Utilization Technology of Unconventional Water of Gansu Province, Gansu Academy of Membrane Science and Technology, Duanjiatanlu #1272, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Key Laboratory for Resources Utilization Technology of Unconventional Water of Gansu Province, Gansu Academy of Membrane Science and Technology, Duanjiatanlu #1272, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environment Pollution, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tianshuinanlu #222, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.,Key Laboratory for Resources Utilization Technology of Unconventional Water of Gansu Province, Gansu Academy of Membrane Science and Technology, Duanjiatanlu #1272, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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Peng J, Liu L, Huang D, Chen H, Dai M, Guo J, Zhang T, Liao Q, Jiang J, Wang W, Guo D, Cao D, Xuan Z, Li D, Zhao Y, Wu W. Impact of ischemia on sample quality of human pancreatic tissues. Pancreatology 2020; 20:265-277. [PMID: 31956070 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2019.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Successful clinical evaluation of human tumors relies on proper handling of tissue samples to maximally preserve the cellular and metabolic states in vivo. Pancreatic samples are particularly sensitive to sample mishandling due to the abundance of digestive enzymes. We study how the duration of ischemia, in vivo and ex vivo, both of which are unavoidable lagging periods following surgical dissection, significantly impact the utility of pancreatic samples. METHODS We systematically characterize a wide range of tissue integrity features, including histological patterns, cellular structures, DNA/RNA quality and activity of major signaling pathways in normal pancreases and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumor tissues from 41 patients with different ischemia. RESULTS We reveal that tissues experiencing longer periods of ischemia exhibit significant deterioration and could potentially mislead disease diagnosis and preclinical research. Based on these analyses, we propose an optimal procedure that balances better clinical practice and high tissue sample quality. CONCLUSIONS Our work provides a guideline for pancreatic sample handling and could have wide implications in clinical diagnosis and translational research.
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- Junya Peng
- Department of Medical Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China; Department of Clinical Biobank, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Biobank, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of Health Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China; Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China.
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Yip L, Fuhlbrigge R, Alkhataybeh R, Fathman CG. Gene Expression Analysis of the Pre-Diabetic Pancreas to Identify Pathogenic Mechanisms and Biomarkers of Type 1 Diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:609271. [PMID: 33424774 PMCID: PMC7793767 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.609271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) occurs as a result of the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells by self-reactive T cells. The etiology of this disease is complex and difficult to study due to a lack of disease-relevant tissues from pre-diabetic individuals. In this study, we performed gene expression analysis on human pancreas tissues obtained from the Network of Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD), and showed that 155 genes were differentially expressed by ≥2-fold in the pancreata of autoantibody-positive (AA+) at-risk individuals compared to healthy controls. Only 48 of these genes remained changed by ≥2-fold in the pancreata of established T1D patients. Pathway analysis of these genes showed a significant association with various immune pathways. We were able to validate the differential expression of eight disease-relevant genes by QPCR analysis: A significant upregulation of CADM2, and downregulation of TRPM5, CRH, PDK4, ANGPL4, CLEC4D, RSG16, and FCGR2B was confirmed in the pancreata of AA+ individuals versus controls. Studies have already implicated FCGR2B in the pathogenesis of disease in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. Here we showed that CADM2, TRPM5, PDK4, and ANGPL4 were similarly changed in the pancreata of pre-diabetic 12-week-old NOD mice compared to NOD.B10 controls, suggesting a possible role for these genes in the pathogenesis of both T1D and NOD disease. The loss of the leukocyte-specific gene, FCGR2B, in the pancreata of AA+ individuals, is particularly interesting, as it may serve as a potential whole blood biomarker of disease progression. To test this, we quantified FCGR2B expression in peripheral blood samples of T1D patients, and AA+ and AA- first-degree relatives of T1D patients enrolled in the TrialNet Pathway to Prevention study. We showed that FCGR2B was significantly reduced in the peripheral blood of AA+ individuals compared to AA- controls. Together, these findings demonstrate that gene expression analysis of pancreatic tissue and peripheral blood samples can be used to identify disease-relevant genes and pathways and potential biomarkers of disease progression in T1D.
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Esteva-Socias M, Artiga MJ, Bahamonde O, Belar O, Bermudo R, Castro E, Escámez T, Fraga M, Jauregui-Mosquera L, Novoa I, Peiró-Chova L, Rejón JD, Ruiz-Miró M, Vieiro-Balo P, Villar-Campo V, Zazo S, Rábano A, Villena C. In search of an evidence-based strategy for quality assessment of human tissue samples: report of the tissue Biospecimen Research Working Group of the Spanish Biobank Network. J Transl Med 2019; 17:370. [PMID: 31718661 PMCID: PMC6852937 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-019-2124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
The purpose of the present work is to underline the importance of obtaining a standardized procedure to ensure and evaluate both clinical and research usability of human tissue samples. The study, which was carried out by the Biospecimen Science Working Group of the Spanish Biobank Network, is based on a general overview of the current situation about quality assurance in human tissue biospecimens. It was conducted an exhaustive review of the analytical techniques used to evaluate the quality of human tissue samples over the past 30 years, as well as their reference values if they were published, and classified them according to the biomolecules evaluated: (i) DNA, (ii) RNA, and (iii) soluble or/and fixed proteins for immunochemistry. More than 130 publications released between 1989 and 2019 were analysed, most of them reporting results focused on the analysis of tumour and biopsy samples. A quality assessment proposal with an algorithm has been developed for both frozen tissue samples and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, according to the expected quality of sample based on the available pre-analytical information and the experience of the participants in the Working Group. The high heterogeneity of human tissue samples and the wide number of pre-analytic factors associated to quality of samples makes it very difficult to harmonize the quality criteria. However, the proposed method to assess human tissue sample integrity and antigenicity will not only help to evaluate whether stored human tissue samples fit for the purpose of biomarker development, but will also allow to perform further studies, such as assessing the impact of different pre-analytical factors on very well characterized samples or evaluating the readjustment of tissue sample collection, processing and storing procedures. By ensuring the quality of the samples used on research, the reproducibility of scientific results will be guaranteed.
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- Margalida Esteva-Socias
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Plataforma Biobanco Pulmonar CIBERES, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma, Spain.,Grupo de Inflamación, reparación y cáncer en enfermedades respiratorias, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària de les Illes Balears (IdISBa), Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma, Spain
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- Basque Foundation for Health Innovation and Research, Basque Biobank, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS Biobank, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Basque Foundation for Health Innovation and Research, Basque Biobank, Barakaldo, Spain
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- IMIB Biobank, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria, Murcia, Spain
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- Depto. de Ciencias Forenses, Anatomía Patolóxica, Xinecología e Obstetricia, e Pediatría, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago, Spain.,Biobanco Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), SERGAS, Santiago, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Biobank, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biobanco del Sistema Sanitario Público de Andalucía, Granada, Spain
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- IRBLleida Biobank, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédica de Lleida-Fundación Dr. Pifarre, Lérida, Spain
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- Biobanco Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), SERGAS, Santiago, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Banco de Tejidos, Fundación CIEN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Plataforma Biobanco Pulmonar CIBERES, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma, Spain. .,Grupo de Inflamación, reparación y cáncer en enfermedades respiratorias, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària de les Illes Balears (IdISBa), Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma, Spain.
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Hentze JL, Kringelbach TM, Novotny GW, Hamid BH, Ravn V, Christensen IJ, Høgdall C, Høgdall E. Optimized Biobanking Procedures for Preservation of RNA in Tissue: Comparison of Snap-Freezing and RNAlater-Fixation Methods. Biopreserv Biobank 2019; 17:562-569. [PMID: 31618057 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2019.0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction: Personalized treatment, supported by biomarkers, would improve survival of ovarian cancer patients. RNA molecules are potentially important biomarkers. The Danish CancerBiobank provides an infrastructure for handling and storage of biological material, including RNA, from Danish cancer patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of handling-time and fresh-freezing versus RNAlater® fixation on RNA degradation in solid tissue from pelvic mass samples. Materials and Methods: We evaluated RNA quality in surgical tissue from patients with a pelvic mass. Corresponding samples were either fresh-frozen or fixed in RNAlater, at eight different time points after the surgery. Integrity was measured using a bioanalyzer, and the amount and quality were further investigated by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction measuring the expression of housekeeping genes B2M and HPRT1. Results: Our results show that tissue RNA is stable up to at least 180 minutes after the surgery, as the quality was comparable to the quality of RNA handled immediately. Likewise, patient RNA was of acceptable quality after both fresh-frezing and RNAlater fixation, but RNAlater fixation was slightly more effective for RNA preservation. Discussion and Conclusion: Our data suggest that RNA in pelvic mass samples is relatively stable. Knowledge about RNA stability is an important prerequisite for research in RNA biomarkers, where the challenge is to balance the need for careful RNA handling and storage with the need for effective large-scale biobanking in a busy clinical setting where patient treatment is the main priority.
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- Julie L Hentze
- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bio- and Genome Bank Denmark, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gynaecology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Gynaecological Clinic, The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Bio- and Genome Bank Denmark, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Comprehensive proteome and phosphoproteome profiling shows negligible influence of RNAlater on protein abundance and phosphorylation. Clin Proteomics 2019; 16:18. [PMID: 31049047 PMCID: PMC6482574 DOI: 10.1186/s12014-019-9239-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Certain tumors such as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are known to contain a variety of hydrolytic enzymes including RNases and proteases that may lead to degradation of RNA and proteins during sample processing. For such tumor tissues with RNA instability, RNAlater containing a high concentration of quaternary ammonium sulfates that denature RNA-hydrolyzing enzymes is often used to protect RNAs from hydrolysis. Although a few studies have been carried out to determine the effect of RNAlater on DNA and RNA, whether RNAlater influences the proteome and phosphoproteome is largely unknown. In this study we carried out a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the effect of RNAlater on the proteome and phosphoproteome using high-resolution mass spectrometry. PDAC tissues from three patients were individually pulverized and the tissue powders of each patient were divided into two portions, one of which was incubated in RNAlater at 4 °C for 24 h (RNAlater tissue) while the other was kept at - 80 °C (frozen tissue). Comprehensive quantitative profiling experiments on the RNAlater tissues and the frozen tissues resulted in the identification of 99,136 distinct peptides of 8803 protein groups and 17,345 phosphopeptides of 16,436 phosphosites. The data exhibited no significant quantitative changes in both proteins and phosphorylation between the RNAlater tissues and the frozen tissue. In addition, the phosphoproteome data showed heterogeneously activated pathways among the three patients that were not altered by RNAlater. These results indicate that the tissue preservation method using RNAlater can be effectively used on PDAC tissues for proteogenomic studies where preservation of intact DNA, RNA and proteins is prerequisite. Data from this study are available via ProteomeXchange with the identifier PXD010710.
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