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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-23
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS; MIM 176670) is a rare disease characterized by accelerated aging. In this study, light and immunofluorescence microscopy were used to assess morphological changes, measures of cell growth kinetics and gene expression profiles in HGPS cells and normal fibroblasts in culture. A filtering strategy was developed based on differentially expressed transcripts seen consistently across three culture stages based on cell passage number. This filtering strategy produced a list of 66 unique differentially expressed genes, of which approximately 40% were upregulated in HGPS cells compared to normal fibroblasts. The increased mRNA expression in HGPS cells that was seen for one gene defined using this strategy--namely ANK3--was validated using quantitative reverse-transcriptase amplification, Western analysis and immunofluorescence microscopy, all of which showed significantly increased ankyrin G expression. These findings demonstrate differences in morphology, growth kinetics and mRNA expression profiles in HGPS cells compared to normal fibroblasts in culture, including increased expression of ANK3/ankyrin G. Furthermore, other genes that co-clustered with ANK3 might provide mechanistic clues regarding senescence in cultured HGPS cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1434-5161
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
934-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-6-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Ankyrin G overexpression in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome fibroblasts identified through biological filtering of expression profiles.
pubmed:affiliation
Vascular Biology Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, 100 Perth Drive, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5K8.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't