Comparison of metastatic derivatives of colon cancer cell line selected in vivo
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ABSTRACT: Using a human colorectal cancer cell line we incremented its metastatic capacity in a mouse model of liver and lung metastasis. Afterwards, a comparison between the different metastatic derivatives is done. Metastatic derivatives were selected by the use of a balb/c nude mouse model. Once the metastasis appeared, the cells were extracted and expanded in culture. Thereafter RNA was extracted and hybridized
Project description:Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women and consists of heterogeneous types of tumours that are classified into different histological and molecular subtypes1-3. Pik3ca and p53 are the two most frequently mutated genes and are associated with different types of human breast cancers4. The cellular origin and the mechanisms leading to Pik3ca-induced tumour heterogeneity remain unknown. Here, we used a genetic approach in mice to define the cellular origin of Pik3ca-derived tumours and its impact on tumour heterogeneity. Surprisingly, oncogenic Pik3ca-H1047R expression at physiological levels5 in basal cells (BCs) using K5CREERT2 induced the formation of luminal ER+PR+ tumours, while its expression in luminal cells (LCs) using K8CREERT2 gave rise to luminal ER+PR+ tumours or basal-like ER-PR- tumours. Concomitant deletion of p53 and expression of Pik3ca-H1047R accelerated tumour development and induced more aggressive mammary tumours. Interestingly, expression of Pik3ca-H1047R in unipotent BCs gave rise to luminal-like cells, while its expression in unipotent LCs gave rise to basal-like cells before progressing into invasive tumours. Transcriptional profiling of cells that have undergone cell fate transition upon Pik3ca-H1047R expression in unipotent progenitors demonstrate a profound oncogene-induced reprogramming of these newly formed cells and identified gene signatures, characteristic of the different cell fate switches that occur upon Pik3ca-H1047R expression in BC and LCs, which correlated with the cell of origin, tumour type and different clinical outcomes. Altogether our study identifies the cellular origin of Pik3ca-induced tumours and reveals that oncogenic Pik3ca-H1047R activates a multipotent genetic program in normally lineage-restricted populations at the early stage of tumour initiation, setting the stage for future intratumoural heterogeneity. These results have important implications for our understanding of the mechanisms controlling tumour heterogeneity and the development of new strategies to block PIK3CA breast cancer initiation. Luminal and basal cells, or tumour cells, from mice in which expression of PIK3CA-H1047R and YFP (and in some conditions loss of p53) was targeted in basal cells using K5CREERT2 or in luminal cells using K8CREERT2 were FACS isolated and RNA was extracted before being hybridized Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:We used comparative RNA hybridization (Affymetrix) analysis between Bone metastatic derivatives isolated in vivo and parental cells and focused on changes affecting the expression of potential bone metastasis genes. Total RNA from biological and technical replicates of parental MCF7 and BoM2 bone metastasis derivatives grown for 48 hours in regular media (see growth protocol) was isolated from in vitro cultured control and MAF expressing MCF7 parental cells. Total RNA was extracted using the TRIzolM-BM-. Plus RNA Purification Kit (Life Technologies).
Project description:We used comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis between Bone metastatic derivatives isolated in vivo and parental cells and focused on genomic changes affecting the expression of potential bone metastasis. Total RNA from biological and technical replicates of parental MCF7 and BoM2 bone metastasis derivatives grown for 48 hours in regular media (see growth protocol). High-molecular DNA was isolated from in vitro cultured MCF7 and BoM2 cells using GeneEluteM-bM-^DM-" Mammalian Genomic DNA Miniprep Kit (Sigma-Aldrich) following manufactureM-bM-^@M-^Ys instructions.
Project description:Ischemic cardiopathy is the leading cause of death in the world, for which efficient regenerative therapy is not currently available. In mammals, after a myocardial infarction episode, the damaged myocardium is replaced by scar tissue featuring collagen deposition and tissue remodelling with negligible cardiomyocyte proliferation. Zebrafish, in contrast, display an extensive regenerative capacity as they are able to restore completely lost cardiac tissue after partial ventricular amputation. Due to the lack of genetic lineage tracing evidence, it is not yet clear if new cardiomyocytes arise from existing contractile cells or from an uncharacterised set of progenitors cells. Nonetheless, several genes and molecules have been shown to participate in this process, some of them being cardiomyocyte mitogens in vitro. Though questions as what are the early signals that drive the regenerative response and what is the relative role of each cardiac cell in this process still need to be answered, the zebrafish is emerging as a very valuable tool to understand heart regeneration and devise strategies that may be of potential value to treat human cardiac disease. Here, we performed a genome-wide transcriptome profile analysis focusing on the early time points of zebrafish heart regeneration and compared our results with those of previously published data. Our analyses confirmed the differential expression of several transcripts, and identified additional genes the expression of which is differentially regulated during zebrafish heart regeneration. We validated the microarray data by conventional and/or quantitative RT-PCR. For a subset of these genes, their expression pattern was analyzed by in situ hybridization and shown to be upregulated in the regenerating area of the heart. The specific role of these new transcripts during zebrafish heart regeneration was further investigated ex vivo using primary cultures of zebrafish cardiomyocytes and/or epicardial cells. Our results offer new insights into the biology of heart regeneration in the zebrafish and, together with future experiments in mammals, may be of potential interest for clinical applications. In order to study zebrafish heart regeneration, a time course experiment was realized where amputated heart regenerating were compared to control heart. Samples in triplicate were extracted at 1, 3, 5 and 7 days post-amputation.
Project description:Breast cancer stem cell (BCSC) line #1 and #4 were grown in either stem cell medium or medium favoring the differentiation. Cells were genetically labeled with fluorescent protein expression cassettes and xenotransplanted into immunocompromised mice, giving rise to tumors. Tumors were explanted, dissociated and kept in culture so as to isolate growing cells. Cells were then sorted for fluorescent protein expression and RNA was extracted. Breast cancer stem (BCSC) and differentiated (dBCCs) cells, grown in opportune conditions, were transfected with lentiviral vector encoding luciferase/enhanced green fluorescent protein (Luc/EGFP-BCSCs) or luciferase/red fluorescent protein (Luc/RFP-dBCCs) reporter genes and orthotopically injected in defined ratios (1:1) into immunocompromised mice. Primary tumor growth and the onset of distant metastases was then observed in time. Following primary and metastatic lesions resection, labeled dBCCs, BCSCs and metastatic derivatives, thereafter referred to as fat pad differentiated cells (FPD), fat pad stem cells (FPS) and metastases (Ms) respectively, were consequently isolated from through fluorescent-activated cell sorting and RNA extracted. 14 samples, with at least 2 biological replicates for each category
Project description:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the third most prevalent urological cancer, claims more than 100,000 lives/year worldwide. The clear cell (ccRCC) is the most common and aggressive subtype of renal cancer. Commonly asymptomatic, more than 30% of ccRCCs are diagnosed when they are already metastatic resulting in a 95% mortality rate and one-third of organ-confined cancers treated by nephrectomy develop metastasis during the follow-up. Diagnosis and monitoring requires expensive and frequent imaging examinations; thereby, finding of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers to screen, diagnose and monitor renal cancers are clearly needed. Hepatitis A virus receptor/kidney injury molecule 1 (HAVCR1/KIM-1) gene has been claimed to be a susceptibility gene for ccRCC and HAVCR1/KIM-1 ectodomain shedding a predictive biomarker of tumor progression.
Project description:Human melanoma MeWo cells and their respective LM2 metastatic derivatives, generated through in vivo selection, were transcriptomically profiled in the context of miR-199a and miR-1908 gain- and loss-of-function in order to identify putative target genes for these miRNAs, MeWo cells and their respective LM2 metastatic derivatives in the context of miR-199a and miR-1908 gain- and loss-of-function
Project description:Loss of methylation of a GTPase-activating protein in melanoma mediates higher proliferation, lower migration, and agressiveness of primary melanomas. Gene wide expression analysis of melanoma and breast primary and metastatic related tumorigenic cell lines.
Project description:Regeneration of skeletal muscle depends on a population of adult stem cells (satellite cells) that remain quiescent throughout life. Satellite cell regenerative functions decline with aging. We report that geriatric satellite cells, compared to old and adult cells, are incapable of maintaining their normal quiescent state in muscle homeostatic conditions, and this irreversibly affects their intrinsic regenerative and self-renewal capacities. We analyzed the global changes in gene expression occurring within muscle stem cells (satellite cells) in homeostatic conditions during physiological aging. Pure satellite cell populations from dissociated skeletal muscle from Young (2-3 months) and Adult (6 months) mice were isolated using a well-established flow cytometry protocol gating on integrin a7(+)/CD34(+) (positive selection) and Lin- (CD31, CD45, CD11b, Sca1) (negative selection).
Project description:Regeneration of skeletal muscle depends on a population of adult stem cells (satellite cells) that remain quiescent throughout life. Satellite cell regenerative functions decline with aging. Here we report that geriatric satellite cells, compared to old cells, are incapable of maintaining their normal quiescent state in muscle homeostatic conditions, and this irreversibly affects their intrinsic regenerative and self-renewal capacities. We analyzed the global changes in gene expression occurring within muscle stem cells (satellite cells) in homeostatic conditions during physiological aging. Pure satellite cell populations from dissociated skeletal muscle from Young (2-3 months) and Geriatric (28-32 months) mice were isolated using a well-established flow cytometry protocol gating on integrin a7(+)/CD34(+) (positive selection) and Lin- (CD31, CD45, CD11b, Sca1) (negative selection).