Transcription profling by array of murine pancreatic cancer cells treated with Fosl1 siRNA or control siRNA

A subset of human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells (PDACs) is characterized by high Fosl1 expression and Fosl1 is linked to the control of pro-inflammatory pathways and growth of PDAC cells. To mimick the human disease in mice (> 90% of PDAC patients harbour Kras mutations) the mutated LSL-KrasG12D allele was combined with the pancreas specific Cre recombinase Ptf1aCre (p48Cre). The two pancreatic cancer cell lines (Ptf1aCre, LSL-KrasG12D/+) were isolated from these mice and used for transcriptomics studies. The two different murine pancreatic cancer cell lines (Ptf1aCre, LSL-KrasG12D) were treated with two different Fosl1 siRNAs and one control siRNA, each. 72h after transfection a sufficient knockdown was tested by immunoblotting and qPCR. Total mRNA was isolated and checked for integrity. According to manufacture's recommendation the samples were subjected to microarray analysis using the Affymetrix Mouse Gene ST 1.0 array chip to discover differentially expressed genes.