Genes Predictive of G1 arrest in Melanoma Cell Lines
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ABSTRACT: Transcriptional profiling of human melanoma cell lines to identify a G1 arrest signature Percentage of cells that arrest in G1 after irradiation was used to identify genes predictive of response
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE29800: Lack of G1 cyclin arrest cell cycle synchronization time-course microarray in Glucose GSE29892: Alpha Factor arrest cell cycle synchronization time-course microarray in Galactose GSE29893: Alpha Factor arrest cell cycle synchronization time-course microarray in Glucose Refer to individual Series
Project description:Lack of G1 cyclin arrest cln1,2,3-delta MET3pr-CLN2 cells Cell cycle syncronization time-course microarray in Glucose. Time-course experiment. Samples are hybridized onto the first timepoint.
Project description:By selective and reversible inhibition of CDK4/CDK6, we have developed a strategy to both inhibit proliferation and enhance cytotoxic killing of cancer cells. Induction of prolonged early-G1 arrest (pG1) by CDK4/CDK6 inhibition halts gene expression in early-G1 and prevents expression of genes programmed for other cell cycle phases. S-phase synchronization upon removal of the early-G1 block (pG1-S) fails to completely restore scheduled gene expression. Consequently, coordinate loss of IRF4 and gain of Bim and Noxa expression sensitize myeloma tumor cells to bortezomib-induced apoptosis in pG1 and more profoundly in pG1-S in vitro. Induction of pG1 and pG1-S by CDK4/CDK6 inhibition augments tumor-specific bortezomib killing in myeloma xenografts. Inhibition of CDK4/CDK6 in combination therapy thus represents a novel mechanism-based cancer therapy. PD 0332991 (PD) is the only known specific and reversible CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor. Gene expression was measured in myeloma MM1.S cells treated with PD (0.25 uM) in triplicate for 12, 24 or 36 h, or in cells released from G1, induced by 24hPD, for 4 or 18 h.
Project description:Herein, we evidence that tamoxifen treatment modifies gene expression of mammary tumors depending upon the type of dietary fat fed to the animals. Rats initiated with MNU and treated with tam were fed a diet rich in corn oil (CO) or fish oil (FO). After 8 weeks, tumors of the same histological type (cribriform) were collected and comprehensive analysis of messenger RNA expression was performed. The mRNA expression of genes such as SerpinB10, Wisp2 and Apod in tumors from FO-treated rats is indicative of highly differentiated tumors. Decreased expression of H19 and Igf2 mRNA in tam-treated groups, and Thrsp and Wnt5b mRNA in FOtam group may be related to tumor growth impairment and lower metastatic capacity. Increased Irf7, RT1-CE3, RT1-CE16 transcript levels in FO-treated animals suggests an improved immune response against tumors (Th1 pattern) whereas decreased mRNA of Fcer1a, Hdc, Ms4a2, Slp1, Mcpt1 and Mcpt2 may indicate a shift of the immune response towards Th2 pattern. Sprague-Dawley rats received one injection of MNU and were distributed in 4 different groups. G1 received corn oil diet (CO); G2 received CO and tamoxifen; G3 received fish oil diet (FO) and G4 received FO an tamoxifen. After 8 weeks of treatment, diet- and/or tamoxifen-induced transcriptomic changes were evaluated in cribriform tumors of three different rats/group.
Project description:Neuroblastoma (NB) is an aggressive tumor that affects both infants and children. The disease outcome is greatly influenced by age of patient, stage, chromosome copy number aberrations (CNAs) and gene expression abnormalities. We analyzed, by microarray technology, genome and transcriptome of 3 groups of tumors of patients with metastatic disease: G1, stage 4S and MYCN single copy; G2, stage 4 younger than 18 months of age, MYCN single copy with no disease progression and G3, stage 4, older than 19 months, with unfavorable outcome. We found an accumulation of structural copy number aberrations (CNAs) in G3 whereas G1 tumors had mostly numerical (N) CNAs and G2 showed an intermediate behavior. Pair wise comparisons demonstrated that the average of N CNAs significantly decreased from G1 to G2 to G3 (9.6 G1 < 7.2 G2 < 3.6 G3); in contrast S CNAs significantly increased in G3 (0.7 G1 < 3.7 G2 < 7.0 G3). Interestingly, we observed several intra-chromosomal rearrangements in G3 tumors on chromosomes not usually involved in NB. Excluding MYCN amplified tumors by G3 we found a high frequency of S CNAs in this group. Gene expression analysis showed a deregulation of downstream genes of Ras and Rho signaling pathway among the 3 groups. It has been also observed a progressive switch off of development and adhesion genes and a switch on of cell cycle genes from G1 to G2 to G3. Moreover, the telemorase genes were significantly expressed in G3 with respect to remaining groups. Present data show an accumulation of S CNAs from stage 4S to 4. The deregulation of genes Rho/Ras pathway may explain the increase of tumor aggressiveness from G1 to G2 to G3. The increase of cell cycle and telomerase genes expression associated with G3 would provide unlimited replicative potential for these tumors and may be responsible for accumulation of S CNAs. Finally, we can argue that accumulation of structural aberrations and gene deregulation is age-dependent and it is associated with a more aggressive tumor phenotype. We analyzed 133 samples of metastatic neuroblastoma from patients divided into three groups: G1 49 patients stage 4S and MYCN single copy; G2 37 patients stage 4 younger than 18 months of age at diagnosis, MYCN single copy with no disease progression; G3 47 patients stage 4 older than 19 months of age at diagnosis, with unfavorable outcome.
Project description:Cell cycle sensing of oxidative stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by oxidation of a specific cysteine residue in the transcription factor Swi6p. Yeast cells begin to bud and enter S phase when growth conditions are favourable during G1 phase. When subjected to oxidative stress, cells arrest at G1 delaying entry into the cell cycle allowing repair of cellular damage. Hence, oxidative stress sensing is coordinated with the regulation of cell cycle. We identified a redox sensing cysteine residue in the cell-cycle regulator of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Swi6p, at position 404. Mutation of Cys404 to alanine abolished the ability of the cells to arrest at G1 upon treatment by lipid hydroperoxide. By constructing a truncated form of Swi6p, the Cys404 residue was found to be oxidised when cells were subjected to the oxidant. Furthermore, microarray analysis revealed that mutation of Cys404 to alanine led to loss of suppression of G1-cyclins CLN1 and PCL1 when the cells were exposed to lipid hydroperoxide. In conclusion, oxidation of Cys404 serves as a molecular sensor of oxidative stress and inhibits entry into the cell cycle by suppression of G1-cyclin expression. We used a gene expression approach to assess the involvement of Cys404 in oxidative stress by mutating this residue to alanine in order to study whether it contributes to Swi6p, a transcriptional factor, function for redox regulation of the cell cycle. Wild type, swi6-deletant, and swi6 C404A-mutated yeast cells were treated with either linoleic acid hydroperoxide (LoaOOH) or control. Three replicates per group/treatment.
Project description:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. We sequenced and analyzed the whole genomes of primary HCCs. To examine the influence of transcription-coupled repair (TCR) on somatic substitution patterns in HCC, we performed expression microarrays analysis and compared gene expression levels and the number of substitutions in 7 HCCs. Seven primary HCC were analyzed and compared with somatic substituion numbers.
Project description:The 2.2 Mb long dystrophin (DMD) gene, the largest gene in the human genome, corresponds to roughly 0.1% of the entire human DNA sequence. Mutations in this gene cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other milder X-linked, recessive dystrophinopathies. Using a custom-made tiling array, specifically designed for the DMD locus, we identified a variety of novel long non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), both sense and antisense oriented, whose expression profiles mirror that of DMD gene. Importantly, these transcripts are intronic in origin and specifically localized to the nucleus and are transcribed contextually with dystrophin isoforms or primed by MyoD-induced myogenic differentiation. Furthermore, their forced ectopic expression in both human muscle and neuronal cells causes a specific and negative regulation of endogenous dystrophin full length isoforms and significantly down-regulate the activity of a luciferase reporter construct carrying the minimal promoter regions of the muscle dystrophin isoform. Consistent with this apparently repressive role, we found that, in muscle samples of DMD symptomatic female carriers, lncRNAs expression levels inversely correlate with those of muscle full length DMD isoforms. Overall these findings unveil an unprecedented complexity of the transcriptional pattern of the DMD locus and reveal that DMD-specific lncRNAs may contribute to the orchestration and homeostasis of the muscle dystrophin expression pattern by selective targeting and down-modulation of dystrophin promoter transcriptional activity. We tiled the entire DMD gene, in both sense and antisense directions, using the web-based Agilent eArray database, Version 4.5 (Agilent Technologies), with 60-mer oligos every 66 bp of repeat-masked genome sequence. We defined probe sets for both orientations, encompassing the DMD exons, promoters, introns, predicted MiRNA (identified by PromiRII) and conserved non-coding sequences (CNSs) identified within dystrophin introns using the VISTA programme (http://genome.lbl.gov/vista/index.shtml). Two specific sets of probes were designed to cover, in both directions, the cDNA sequences of a group of control genes identified in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/) and expressed equally in both normal and dystrophic muscles. Each probe set was opportunely distributed and replicated several times in order to obtain two 4x44k microarrays, referred to as DMD GEx Sense and DMD GEx Antisense, respectively, able to detect transcripts in the same and opposite directions as that of DMD gene transcription. Three commercial poly A+ RNAs from normal human brain, heart and skeletal muscle tissues were utilised (Ambion). Skin poly A+ RNA was isolated from total Skin RNA (Stratagene) using the Qiagen Oligotex kit. All RNA samples were checked for purity using a ND-1000 spectrophotometer (NanoDrop Technologies), and for integrity by electrophoresis on a 2100 BioAnalyzer (Agilent Technologies). Sample labelling and hybridisation were performed according to the protocols provided by Agilent (One-Color Microarray-Based Gene Expression Analysis version 5.0.1). The array was analysed using the Agilent scanner and Feature Extraction software (v9.1).
Project description:To know the difference of transcriptome between Wild type and Akt1+/- mice, 8weeks and 35weeks female mice were subjected to microarray analysis. Wild type and Akt1+/- mice in age 8weeks and 35weeks were subjected to microarray analysis. Liver, muscle and visceral fat were used. Only female mice were used.
Project description:This study provides a transcriptomic analysis of the oesophageal gland of S. mansoni male. The results obtained will help direct future research on the functional aspects of this tissue, and will allow the characterisation of currently unannotated genes in S. mansoni Quantification of gene expression of S. mansoni male oesophageal gland was achieved by a combination of laser microdissection microscopy (LMM) and oligonucleotide microarray analysis. We compared the gene expression profile of the adult male oesophageal glands with whole male worm controls.