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ArticleTransgenic research2011

Epithelial cell-targeted transgene expression enables isolation of cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)-expressing prostate stem/progenitor cells.

Weidan Peng, Yunhua Bao, Janet A Sawicki

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Article in Transgenic research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weidan PengLankenau Institute for Medical Research, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA.
Yunhua Bao
Janet A Sawicki
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research · USThomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

Targeting Nanoparticle DNA Delivery to Prostate TumorsR01CA115527 · NCI · LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SAWICKI, JANET A · 2007 to 2010
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS CA115527NCI NIH HHS R01 CA115527
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To establish a method for efficient and relatively easy isolation of a cell population containing epithelial prostate stem cells, we developed two transgenic mouse models, K5/CFP and K18/RFP. In these models, promoters of the cytokeratin 5 (Krt5) and the cytokeratin 18 (Krt18) genes regulate cyan and red fluorescent proteins (CFP and RFP), respectively. CFP and RFP reporter protein fluorescence allows for visualization of K5(+) and K18(+) epithelial cells within the cellular spatial context of the prostate gland and for their direct isolation by FACS. Using these models, it is possible to test directly the stem cell properties of prostate epithelial cell populations that are positively selected based on expression of cytoplasmic proteins, K5 and K18. After validating appropriate expression of the K5/CFP and K18/RFP transgenes in the developing and adult prostate, we demonstrate that a subset of CFP-expressing prostate cells exhibits stem cell proliferation potential and differentiation capabilities. Then, using prostate cells sorted from double transgenic mice (K5/CFP + K18/RFP), we compare RNA microarrays of sorted K5(+)K18(+) basal and K5(-)K18(+) luminal epithelial cells, and identify genes that are differentially expressed. Several genes that are over-expressed in K5(+) cells have previously been identified as potential stem cell markers. These results suggest that FACS isolation of prostate cells from these mice based on combining reporter gene fluorescence with expression of potential stem cell surface marker proteins will yield populations of cells enriched for stem cells to a degree that has not been attained by using cell surface markers alone.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationEpithelial CellsFlow CytometryGene ExpressionGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansKeratin-18Keratin-5MaleMiceMice, TransgenicOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPromoter Regions, GeneticProstateCyan Fluorescent ProteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsKeratin-18Keratin-5

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