Project description:The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the changes in gene expression in response to hypoxia and/or cisplatin in an ovarian cancer cell line model. A2780 (cisplatin-sensitive) and A2780cis (cisplatin-resistant) cell lines were treated with cisplatin in normoxia or hypoxia (0.5% O2) for 72 hours. RNA was extracted from three independent biological replicates for each condition: A2780 (normoxia, untreated); A2780 (hypoxia, untreated); A2780 (normoxia, cisplatin); A2780cis (hypoxia, cisplatin), A2780cis (normoxia, untreated); A2780cis (hypoxia, untreated); A2780cis (normoxia, cisplatin); A2780cis (hypoxia, cisplatin) and interrogated on Affymetrix Human Gene ST 1.0 arrays.
Project description:Affymetrix high-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis was performed to analyse cisplatin-induced gene expression changes in A549 NSCLC cells. Cells were treated with 50 µM of cisplatin for 1 hour and incubated for a further 10 hours in drug-free media before the gene expression changes were investigated. Results show that cisplatin induced changes in the expression of genes involved in apoptosis, cell cycle control, DNA repair and transcription. Experiment Overall Design: Gene expression changes in response to cisplatin were analysed by Microarray technology in A549 NSCLC cells. Cells were treated with 50 µM of cisplatin (or drug-free media) for 1 hour and incubated for a further 10 hours in drug-free media before the cisplatin-induced gene expression changes were investigated. Control and cisplatin-treated samples were collected from three independent experiments.
Project description:Affymetrix high-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis was performed to analyse cisplatin-induced gene expression changes in A549 NSCLC cells. Cells were treated with 50 µM of cisplatin for 1 hour and incubated for a further 10 hours in drug-free media before the gene expression changes were investigated. Results show that cisplatin induced changes in the expression of genes involved in apoptosis, cell cycle control, DNA repair and transcription. Keywords: drug response
Project description:The environment inside even a small tumor is characterized by total (anoxia) or partial oxygen deprivation, hypoxia. It has been shown that radiotherapy and some conventional chemotherapies may be less effective in hypoxia, and therefore it is important to investigate how different drugs act in different microenvironments. In the associated study we performed a large screening of the effects of 19 clinically used or experimental chemotherapeutic drugs on four different cell lines in conditions of normoxia, hypoxia and anoxia. A panel of 19 commercially available drugs: 5-fluorouracil, acriflavine, bortezomib, cisplatin, digitoxin, digoxin, docetaxel, doxorubicin, etoposide, gemcitabine, irinotecan, melphalan, mitomycin c, rapamycin, sorafenib, thalidomide, tirapazamine, topotecan and vincristine were tested for cytotoxic activity on the cancer cell lines A2780 (ovarian), ACHN (renal), MCF-7 (breast), H69 (SCLC) and U-937 (lymphoma). Parallel aliquots of the cells were grown at different oxygen pressures and after 72 hours of drug exposure viability was measured with the fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay (FMCA). Sorafenib, irinotecan and docetaxel were in general more effective in an oxygenated environment, while cisplatin, mitomycin c and tirapazamine were more effective in a low oxygen environment. Surprisingly, hypoxia in H69 and MCF-7 cells mostly rendered higher drug sensitivity. In contrast ACHN appeared more sensitive to hypoxia, giving slower proliferating cells, and consequently, was more resistant to most drugs. Gene expression analysis was performed on MCF-7 cells after 90 hours in either anoxic or hypoxic conditions, and compared to cells grown in a regular cell incubator. The gene expression analysis was performed to validate that the cells were hypoxic/anoxic and showed the characteristic hypoxia response. Microarray based mRNA profiling was used to charactarize cells grown in hypoxia and anoxia. In the associated study we performed a large screening of the effects of 19 clinically used or experimental chemotherapeutic drugs on four different cell lines in conditions of normoxia, hypoxia and anoxia. We fin that hypoxia/anoxia render cancer cells both more resistant and more sensistive, depending of the type of drug used. The gene expression analysis was performed to validate that the cells really were hypoxic/anoxic and showed the characteristic hypoxia response. The cell line used for the gene expression analysis was MCF-7.
Project description:RNA sequencing could be performed on all 32 baseline and 30 on-treatment primary tumor biopsies. Based on gene-set enrichment analysis, the epithelial to mesenchymal transition signature was enriched in baseline tumors of patients without MPR, though its expression was insufficient to predict ICB response. Baseline and on-treatment IFNγ and T-cell signature expression (Z-score) were not significantly higher in patients with an MPR.ÂÂÂÂÂÂ
Baseline primary tumor hypoxia-associated gene expression in IMCISION did not predict ICB response. However, on-treatment biopsies of MPR tumor samples showed significantly lower hypoxia gene expression when compared to non-MPR samples. Moreover, in a paired analysis of baseline and corresponding on-treatment samples, a significant decrease of hypoxia-related gene expression was observed in MPR biopsies, while this decrease was absent in non-MPR biopsies.
Project description:The absence of the Rb tumor suppressor gene changes levels/activities of transcription factors (e.g., E2F and p53) which alter gene expression patterns, related to cell cycle control and cellular response to DNA damage. Cisplatin is a genotoxic chemotherapeutic agent and wildtype or Rb null cells have different sensitivities to cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity. We used microarrays to compare global profiles of gene expression and distinct responses of wildtype and Rb null MEFs in response to cisplatin. Keywords: genotype and cisplatin treatment
Project description:The environment inside even a small tumor is characterized by total (anoxia) or partial oxygen deprivation, hypoxia. It has been shown that radiotherapy and some conventional chemotherapies may be less effective in hypoxia, and therefore it is important to investigate how different drugs act in different microenvironments. In the associated study we performed a large screening of the effects of 19 clinically used or experimental chemotherapeutic drugs on four different cell lines in conditions of normoxia, hypoxia and anoxia. A panel of 19 commercially available drugs: 5-fluorouracil, acriflavine, bortezomib, cisplatin, digitoxin, digoxin, docetaxel, doxorubicin, etoposide, gemcitabine, irinotecan, melphalan, mitomycin c, rapamycin, sorafenib, thalidomide, tirapazamine, topotecan and vincristine were tested for cytotoxic activity on the cancer cell lines A2780 (ovarian), ACHN (renal), MCF-7 (breast), H69 (SCLC) and U-937 (lymphoma). Parallel aliquots of the cells were grown at different oxygen pressures and after 72 hours of drug exposure viability was measured with the fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay (FMCA). Sorafenib, irinotecan and docetaxel were in general more effective in an oxygenated environment, while cisplatin, mitomycin c and tirapazamine were more effective in a low oxygen environment. Surprisingly, hypoxia in H69 and MCF-7 cells mostly rendered higher drug sensitivity. In contrast ACHN appeared more sensitive to hypoxia, giving slower proliferating cells, and consequently, was more resistant to most drugs. Gene expression analysis was performed on MCF-7 cells after 90 hours in either anoxic or hypoxic conditions, and compared to cells grown in a regular cell incubator. The gene expression analysis was performed to validate that the cells were hypoxic/anoxic and showed the characteristic hypoxia response.
Project description:We profiled the secretomes of six NSCLC cell lines with varying IC50-values for cisplatin, using label-free GeLC-MS/MS-based proteomics. Out of a total dataset of 2618 proteins, 304 proteins showed significant differences in expression levels between cisplatin sensitive and insensitive cell lines. Functional data mining revealed that the secretion of typically extracellular factors was associated with a higher sensitivity towards cisplatin, while cisplatin insensitivity correlated with increased secretion of theoretically intra-cellular proteins, in line with enhanced levels of non-conventional secretion in cisplatin insensitive cell lines. Stringent statistical analysis and quantitative filtering yielded 41 top biomarker candidates, many of which could also be detected in NSCLC patient sputum using label-free GeLC-MS/MS-based proteomics. A published gene expression dataset was used to determine which of our top secretome cisplatin response prediction candidates might have predictive value in terms of overall survival in patients that received platinum-based treatment. This analysis yielded two cisplatin sensitivity (UGGT1 and MATN2) and one cisplatin resistance (MAP4) candidates that may serve as potential biomarkers for cisplatin response prediction in NSCLC patients in the future.
Project description:Physiological shear stress, produced by blood flow, homeostatically regulates the phenotype of pulmonary endothelial cells exerting anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic actions and maintaining normal barrier function. In the pulmonary circulation hypoxia, due to high altitude or diseases such as COPD, causes vasoconstriction, increased vascular resistance and pulmonary hypertension. Hypoxia-induced changes in endothelial function play a central role in the development of this pulmonary hypertension. However, the direct interactive effects of hypoxia and shear stress on the pulmonary endothelial phenotype have not been extensively studied. We cultured human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (HPMEC) in normoxia or hypoxia while subjected to physiological shear stress or in static conditions. Unbiased proteomics was used to identify hypoxia-induced changes in protein expression. Using publicly available single cell RNA-seq datasets, differences in gene expression between the alveolar endothelial cells from COPD and healthy lungs were identified. 60 proteins were identified in HPMEC lysates whose expression changed in response to hypoxia in sheared but not in static conditions. mRNA for five of these (ERG, MCRIP1, EIF4A2, HSP90AA1 and DNAJA1) showed similar changes in the endothelial cells of COPD compared to healthy lungs. These data show that the proteomic responses of the pulmonary microvascular endothelium to hypoxia are significantly altered by shear stress and suggest that these differences are important in the development of hypoxic pulmonary vascular disease.