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Molecular study of differentially expressed genes in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) induced WEHI 3B JCS myeloid leukemia cell differentiation.

by Chan Yick Bun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-165). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.II / Abstract --- p.IV / Contents --- p.VIII / Abbreviations --- p.XIV / List of Figures --- p.XVI / List of Tables --- p.XVII / Chapter Chapter One --- General introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Leukemia: an overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Classification of leukemia --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Origin of leukemia --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Treatment of leukemia --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2 --- Introduction of leukemia cell re-differentiation --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Inducers of cell differentiation --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Genes involved in myeloid leukemia cell differentiation --- p.11 / Chapter 1.2.3.1 --- Transcription factors --- p.11 / Chapter 1.2.3.2 --- Signal transduction cascades --- p.16 / Chapter 1.2.3.3 --- Receptors --- p.18 / Chapter 1.2.3.4 --- Cytokines --- p.19 / Chapter 1.3 --- Tumor necrosis factor alpha induced WEHI 3B JCS cell differentiation --- p.21 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Introduction --- p.21 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Tumor necrosis factor alpha --- p.21 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- WEHI 3B JCS cells --- p.23 / Chapter 1.4 --- Aims of study --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Isolation of differentially expressed genes during TNF-α induced WEHI 3B JCS cell differentiation / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.26 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Overview of differential genes screening methods --- p.26 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Differential hybridization for analysis of gene expression profiles --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Factors affect differential hybridization --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2 --- Materials --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Cell line --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Mouse brain cDNA library --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- E.coli strains --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Kits --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Chemicals --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Solutions and buffers --- p.36 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- Enzymes and reagents --- p.37 / Chapter 2.3 --- Methods --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Preparation of total RNA from TNF-a induced WEHI 3B JCS cells --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- Preparation of cell lysates --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Extraction of total RNA --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Preparation of cDNA clones from cDNA library --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3.2.1 --- Rescue of phagemids from cDNA library --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- Preparation of plasmids --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Primary differential hybridization --- p.40 / Chapter 2.3.3.1 --- Preparation of cDNA blots --- p.40 / Chapter 2.3.3.2 --- Preparation of cDNA probes --- p.40 / Chapter 2.3.3.3 --- Primary differential hybridization --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Subcloning of putative differential cDNA clones --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.4.1 --- Preparation of DH5a competent cells --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.4.2 --- Transformation of cDNA clones --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Secondary differential hybridization --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.5.1 --- Preparation ofcDNA blots --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.5.2 --- Secondary differential hybridization --- p.43 / Chapter 2.4 --- Results --- p.44 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Analysis of total RNA prepared from TNF-α induced WEHI 3B JCS cells --- p.44 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Spectrophotometric analysis of plasmid DNA --- p.46 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Primary differential hybridization --- p.48 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Secondary differential hybridization --- p.58 / Chapter 2.4.5 --- Comparison of two rounds of differential hybridization --- p.61 / Chapter 2.5 --- Discussions --- p.63 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Study of gene expression profile by differential hybridization --- p.63 / Chapter 2.5.1.1 --- cDNA library --- p.63 / Chapter 2.5.1.2 --- Blots --- p.64 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Two rounds of differential hybridization --- p.66 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Comparison of two rounds of differential hybridization --- p.68 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Sequence analysis of putative differentially expressed genes / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.70 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Basic structure of cDNA clones --- p.70 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Strategies for DNA sequencing --- p.71 / Chapter 3.1.2.1 --- Primer walking --- p.71 / Chapter 3.1.2.2 --- Restriction digestion and subcloning --- p.71 / Chapter 3.1.2.3 --- Nested deletion sets --- p.72 / Chapter 3.1.2.4 --- Shotgun sequencing --- p.72 / Chapter 3.1.2.5 --- Other sequencing strategies --- p.73 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Sequence alignment and database search --- p.74 / Chapter 3.1.3.1 --- Sequence database --- p.74 / Chapter 3.1.3.2 --- Sequence alignment --- p.74 / Chapter 3.1.3.3 --- BLAST algorithm --- p.75 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials --- p.76 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Kits --- p.76 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Restriction enzymes --- p.76 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Solutions and buffers --- p.76 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Enzymes and reagents --- p.77 / Chapter 3.3 --- Methods --- p.78 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Restriction digestion --- p.78 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Subcloning --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.2.1 --- Gel purification --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.2.2 --- Ligation --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.2.3 --- Transformation --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Shotgun sequencing --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Sequencing reaction --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.4.1 --- Preparation of sequencing gel --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.4.2 --- Sequencing reaction --- p.81 / Chapter 3.4 --- Results --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Restriction mapping of cDNA inserts --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Sequencing results --- p.85 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Sequence analysis --- p.90 / Chapter 3.5 --- Discussions --- p.103 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Sequencing strategies --- p.103 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Sequence analysis --- p.104 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Characterization of the putative differentially expressed genes / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.107 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Midazolam induced WEHI 3B JCS cells differentiation --- p.107 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Gene expression profiles in embryogenesis --- p.108 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials --- p.110 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Mouse embryo multiple tissue Northern (MTN´ёØ) blot --- p.110 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Megaprime´ёØ DNA labelling system --- p.110 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Chemicals --- p.110 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Solutions and buffers --- p.111 / Chapter 4.3 --- Methods --- p.112 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Preparation of Northern blots --- p.112 / Chapter 4.3.1.1 --- Preparation of total RNA from midazolam induced WEHI 3B JCS cells --- p.112 / Chapter 4.3.1.2 --- Preparation of Northern blots --- p.112 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Preparation of DNA probes --- p.113 / Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- Preparation of DNA templates --- p.113 / Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- Preparation of 32P labelled probes --- p.114 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Northern blot analysis --- p.115 / Chapter 4.3.3.1 --- Northern hybridization --- p.115 / Chapter 4.3.3.2 --- Stripping of Northern blot --- p.115 / Chapter 4.4 --- Results --- p.117 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Analysis of midazolam induced JCS cells total RNA --- p.117 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Preparation of DNA templates for probe syntheses --- p.119 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Northern Hybridization --- p.121 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Comparison of the results of differential hybridization and Northern hybridization --- p.126 / Chapter 4.5 --- Discussions --- p.127 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Northern hybridization --- p.127 / Chapter 4.5.1.1 --- Gene expression patterns under TNF-α induction --- p.127 / Chapter 4.5.1.2 --- Normalization of Northern hybridization --- p.129 / Chapter 4.5.1.3 --- Gene expression patterns under midazolam induction --- p.130 / Chapter 4.5.1.4 --- Gene expression pattern during embryo development --- p.133 / Chapter Chapter Five --- General discussion / Chapter 5.1 --- Identification of differentially expressed genes in TNF-α induced WEHI 3B JCS diffentiation --- p.135 / Chapter 5.2 --- Differentially expressed genes and myeloid leukemia cell differentiation --- p.137 / Chapter 5.3 --- Differentially expressed genes and embryogenesis --- p.142 / Chapter 5.4 --- Further studies --- p.144 / References --- p.145

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322768
Date January 1999
ContributorsChan, Yick Bun., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xvi, 165 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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