Project description:MCF10A cells: control vs. PIK3CA mutant (H1047R) Transcriptional profiling of MCF10A comparing control (expressing JP1520-PIK3CA-WT; Addgen plasmid #14570) and PIK3CA mutant (JP1520-PIK3CA-H1047R; Addgene plasmic#14572). Goal was to determine the effects of the PIK3CA H1047R mutation in the on global gene expression in MCF10A cells.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human normal-like breast cells MCF10A comparing control MCF10A cells transfected with a pLenti6/BLOCK-iT™-DEST vector with MCF10A cells transfected with a pLenti6/BLOCK-iT™-DEST vector containing TRIM29 shRNA targeting nucleotides 1265–1285 of the TRIM29 open reading frame (ORF, NM_012101). Transcriptional profiling of human breast cancer cells MCF7 comparing control MCF7 cells transfected with a pLenti6.2/N-LumioTM/V5-DEST vector with MCF7 cells transfected with a pLenti6.2/N-LumioTM/V5-DEST vector containing TRIM29 full-length cDNA (ORF, NM_012101). Two-condition experiment, MCF10A-vector control vs. MCF10A-TRIM29 shRNA cells; MCF7-vector control vs. MCF7-TRIM29 cells.
Project description:To identify gene expression changes associated with treatment of EV that carry high levels of miR-105 (from MDA-MB-231 and MCF10A/miR-105 cells) in human breast tumor derived CAF, we analyzed RNA isolated from PBS- or EV-treated CAF. Gene expression in CAF treated with EV from MDA-MB-231 or MCF10A/miR-105 cells was compared to cells treated with PBS or EV from MCF10A cells, both of which served as controls in this experiment.
Project description:Oxaliplatin (oxPt) resistance in colorectal cancers (CRC) is a major unsolved problem. Consequently, predictive markers and a better understanding of resistance mechanisms are urgently needed. To investigate if the recently identified predictive miR-625-3p is functionally involved in oxPt resistance, stable and inducible models of miR-625-3p dysregulation were analyzed. Ectopic expression of miR-625-3p in CRC cells led to increased resistance towards oxPt. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase 6 (MAP2K6/MKK6) – an activator of p38 MAPK - was identified as a functional target of miR-625-3p, and, in agreement, was down-regulated in patients not responding to oxPt therapy. The miR-625-3p resistance phenotype could be reversed by anti-miR-625-3p treatment and by ectopic expression of a miR-625-3p insensitive MAP2K6 variant. Transcriptome, proteome and phosphoproteome profiles revealed inactivation of MAP2K6-p38 signaling as a possible driving force behind oxPt resistance. We conclude that miR-625-3p induces oxPt resistance by abrogating MAP2K6-p38 regulated apoptosis and cell cycle control networks.
Project description:Analysis of gene expression of MCF10A to identify the targets of miR-221 and miR-222 Keywords: MCF10, miR-221, miR-222 RNA profiles of human MCF10A cell line
Project description:MiR-142 is dynamically expressed and plays a regulatory role in hematopoiesis. Based on the simple observation that miR-142 levels are significantly lower in CD34+CD38- cells from blast crisis (BC) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). CML patients compared with chronic phase (CP) CML patients (p=0.002), we hypothesized that miR-142 deficit plays a role in BC transformation. To test this hypothesis, we generated a miR-142 KO BCR-ABL (i.e., miR-142−/−BCR-ABL) mouse by crossing a miR-142−/− mouse with a miR-142+/+BCR-ABL mouse. While the miR-142+/+BCR-ABL mice developed and died of CP CML, the miR-142−/−BCR-ABL mice developed a BC-like phenotype in the absence of any other acquired gene mutations and died significantly sooner than miR-142+/+BCR-ABL CP controls (p=0.001). Leukemic stem cell (LSC)-enriched Lineage-Sca-1+c-Kit+ cells (LSKs) from diseased miR-142−/−BCR-ABL mice transplanted into congenic recipients, recapitulated the BC features thereby suggesting stable transformation of CP-LSCs into BC-LSCs in the miR-142 KO CML mouse. Single cell (sc) RNA-seq profiling showed that miR-142 deficit changed the cellular landscape of the miR-142−/−BCR-ABL LSKs compared with miR-142+/+BCR-ABL LSKs with expansion of myeloid-primed and loss of lymphoid-primed factions. Bulk RNA-seq analyses along with unbiased metabolomic profiling and functional metabolic assays demonstrated enhanced fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) and oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) in miR-142−/−BCR-ABL LSKs vs miR-142+/+BCR-ABL LSKs. MiR-142 deficit enhanced FAO in miR-142−/−BCR-ABL LSKs by increasing the expression of CPT1A and CPT1B, that controls the cytosol-to-mitochondrial acyl-carnitine transport, a critical step in FAO. MiR-142 deficit also enhanced OxPhos in miR-142−/−BCR-ABL LSKs by increasing mitochondrial fusion and activity. As the homeostasis and activity of LSCs depend on higher levels of these oxidative metabolism processes, we then postulate that miR-142 deficit is a potentially druggable target for BC-LSCs. To this end, we developed a novel CpG-miR-142 mimic oligonucleotide (ODN; i.e., CpG-M-miR-142) that corrected the miR-142 deficit and alone or in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) significantly reduced LSC burden and prolonged survival of miR-142−/−BCR-ABL mice. The results from murine models were validated in BC CD34+CD38- primary blasts and patient-derived xenografts (PDXs). In conclusion, an acquired miR-142 deficit sufficed in transforming CP-LSCs into BC-LSCs, via enhancement of bioenergetic oxidative metabolism in absence of any additional gene mutations, and likely represent a novel therapeutic target in BC CML.
Project description:To identify targets of miR-203a we coupled RNA-seq and AGO2-RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP-seq) in MCF10A cells expressing a control pre-miR-203a or control, empty vector
Project description:To identify targets of miR-203a we coupled RNA-seq and AGO2-RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP-seq) in MCF10A cells expressing a control pre-miR-203a or control, empty vector