ABSTRACT: Methylated DNA binding protein 2 (MBD2) has been shown to bind specific methylated promoters and suppress transcription. Here we systematically investigate MBD2 suppression by overexpressing MBD2 in MCF-10A cells and generating gene expression profiles of overexpressing cells and normal MCF-10A cells. MCF-10A cells were infected with MBD2 lentivirus in order to increase MBD2 expression. Total RNA was extracted from both infected and non-infected cells and hybridized to Affymetrix gene expression microarrays. Three technical replicates were hybridized for infected and non-infected cells.
Project description:Microarray analyses with cells/tissues overexpressing YAP have revealed many transcription targets of YAP (Dong et al, 2007; Zhao et al, 2008). However, as YAP induces transformation of non-cancerous cells, we thought many of known targets of YAP may be indirect consequence of transforming property of YAP. To identify the immediate transcription targets for YAP, we utilized immortalized mammary epithelial MCF-10A cells expressing a tamoxifen inducible, hyperactive (S127/381A) YAP mutant (MCF-10A ERT2-YAP 2SA). MCF-10A ERT2 and MCF-10A ERT2-YAP 2SA are generated. Each cell line was treated with 0.1% of ethanol (solvent) or 1uM of 4-hydroxytamoxifen for 2 or 6 hours. This makes 6 samples per set. The experiments were done in duplicate. The expression data from MCF-10A ERT2 and MCF-10A ERT2-YAP 2SA before tamoxifen treatment can serve as control.
Project description:Homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair deficiency (HRD) predisposes to cancer development, but also provides therapeutic opportunities. Here, we identified an HRD gene signature that robustly predicted HRD status. Unexpectedly, concurrent loss of PTEN in BRCA1-deficient cells might extensively rewire the HR repair network and confer resistance to PARP inhibitor, partially through over-expression of TTK. We used the HRD gene signature as a drug discovery tool and found several PARP-inhibitor-synergizing agents through the connectivity map. Thus gene expression profiling can be used to define the functional status of the HR repair network providing prognostic and therapeutic information. Various shRNAs that target genes involved in homologous recombination (HR) were transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cells lines. Stable HR gene knockdown MCF-10A cells were seeded 200000 at 10 cm plate. Cells were harvested after 48 hours culturing and used for gene expression profiling. The shRNAs that target PTEN or BRCA1 genes were transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cell line by lentiviral particles. Stable BRCA1 and PTEN knockdown MCF-10A cells were selected. Scrambled control shRNA-transfected MCF-10A cells were applying as control. All knockdown and control MCF-10A cells were seeded with 2 x 10^5 cells at 10 cm culture plate. Cells were cultured in MCF-10A medium and harvested after 48 hours culturing. mRNA was extracted from collected cells and performing gene expression profiling. Four biological replicates were applied. Four biological replicates were applied.
Project description:Homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair deficiency (HRD) predisposes to cancer development, but also provides therapeutic opportunities. Here, we identified an HRD gene signature that robustly predicted HRD status. Unexpectedly, concurrent loss of PTEN in BRCA1-deficient cells might extensively rewire the HR repair network and confer resistance to PARP inhibitor, partially through over-expression of TTK. We used the HRD gene signature as a drug discovery tool and found several PARP-inhibitor-synergizing agents through the connectivity map. Thus gene expression profiling can be used to define the functional status of the HR repair network providing prognostic and therapeutic information. Various shRNAs that target genes involved in homologous recombination (HR) were transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cells lines. Stable HR gene knockdown MCF-10A cells were seeded 200000 at 10 cm plate. Cells were harvested after 48 hours culturing and used for gene expression profiling. The shRNAs that target ATM, ATR, CHK1, CHK2, and 53BP1 genes were transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cell line by lentiviral particles and selected stable ATM, ATR, CHK1, CHK2, and 53BP1 knockdown MCF-10A cells. Scrambled control shRNA-transfected and wild type MCF-10A cells were applying as control. All knockdown and control MCF-10A cells were seeded with 2 x 10^5 cells at 10 cm culture plate. Cells were cultured in MCF-10A medium and harvested after 48 hours culturing. mRNA was extracted from collected cells and performing gene expression profiling. Three biological replicates were applied.
Project description:Homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair deficiency (HRD) predisposes to cancer development, but also provides therapeutic opportunities Here, we identified an HRD gene signature that robustly predicted HRD status Unexpectedly, concurrent loss of PTEN in BRCA1-deficient cells might extensively rewire the HR repair network and confer resistance to PARP inhibitor, partially through over-expression of TTK We used the HRD gene signature as a drug discovery tool and found several PARP-inhibitor-synergizing agents through the connectivity map Thus gene expression profiling can be used to define the functional status of the HR repair network providing prognostic and therapeutic information Various shRNAs that target genes involved in homologous recombination (HR) were transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cells lines Stable HR gene knockdown MCF-10A cells were seeded 200000 at 10 cm plate Cells were harvested after 48 hours culturing and used for gene expression profiling The shRNA that target Brit1 genes was transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cell line by lentiviral particles and selected stable Brit1 knockdown MCF-10A cells. Scrambled control shRNA-transfected MCF-10A cells were applying as control. Both stable Brit1 knockdown and control MCF-10A cells were seeded with 2 x 10^5 cells at 10 cm culture plate. Cells were cultured in MCF-10A medium and harvested after 48 hours culturing. mRNA was extracted from collected cells and performing gene expression profiling. Three or four biological replicates were applied.
Project description:Purpose: AURKA plays an important role in breast cancer development. Exploring the gene expression profiles regulated by AURKA will facilitate to understand the mechanism which is responsible for AURKA induced breast cancer development. Results: We found that 350 genes were significantly up-regulated during AURKA overexpression in MCF-10A cells, 346 genes were significantly down-regulated during AURKA overexpression in MCF-10A cells. Conclusions: Our study indicated that 696 differentially expressed genes might contribute to AURKA induced breast cancer development. MCF-10A cells overexpressed AURKA or the empty vector were subjected to RNA extraction. The resulted RNA samples were performed RNA-sequencing analyses of gene expression profiles.
Project description:Homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair deficiency (HRD) predisposes to cancer development, but also provides therapeutic opportunities. Here, we identified an HRD gene signature that robustly predicted HRD status. Unexpectedly, concurrent loss of PTEN in BRCA1-deficient cells might extensively rewire the HR repair network and confer resistance to PARP inhibitor, partially through over-expression of TTK. We used the HRD gene signature as a drug discovery tool and found several PARP-inhibitor-synergizing agents through the connectivity map. Thus gene expression profiling can be used to define the functional status of the HR repair network providing prognostic and therapeutic information. Various shRNAs that target genes involved in homologous recombination (HR) were transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cells lines. Stable HR gene knockdown MCF-10A cells were seeded 200000 at 10 cm plate. Cells were harvested after 48 hours culturing and used for gene expression profiling. The shRNAs that target PTEN or BRCA1 genes were transfected in MCF-10A non-transformed breast cell line by lentiviral particles to generate either single gene knockdown or double gene knockdown. Stable BRCA1, PTEN, and BRCA1_PTEN MCF-10A cells were selected. Scrambled control shRNA-transfected MCF-10A cells were applying as control. All knockdown and control MCF-10A cells were seeded with 2 x 10^5 cells at 10 cm culture plate. Cells were cultured in MCF-10A medium and harvested after 48 hours culturing. mRNA was extracted from collected cells and performing gene expression profiling. Three or four biological replicates were applied. Four biological replicates were applied.
Project description:Background: Higher-order chromatin structure is often perturbed in cancer and other pathological states. Although several genetic and epigenetic differences have been charted between normal and breast cancer tissues, changes in higher-order chromatin organization during tumorigenesis have not been fully explored. To probe the differences in higher-order chromatin structure between mammary epithelial and breast cancer cells, we performed Hi-C analysis on MCF-10A mammary epithelial and MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. Results: Our studies reveal that the small, gene-rich chromosomes chr16 through chr22 in the MCF-7 breast cancer genome display decreased interaction frequency with each other compared to the inter-chromosomal interaction frequency in the MCF-10A epithelial cells. Interestingly, this finding is associated with a higher occurrence of open compartments on chr16-22 in MCF-7 cells. Pathway analysis of the MCF-7 up-regulated genes located in altered compartment regions on chr16-22 reveals pathways related to repression of WNT signalling. There are also differences in intra-chromosomal interactions between the cell lines; telomeric and sub-telomeric regions in the MCF-10A cells display more frequent interactions than are observed in the MCF-7 cells. Conclusions: We show evidence of an intricate relationship between chromosomal organization and gene expression between epithelial and breast cancer cells. Importantly, this work provides a genome-wide view of higher-order chromatin dynamics and a resource for studying higher-order chromatin interactions in two cell lines commonly used to study the progression of breast cancer. Hi-C experiments were conducted in MCF-7 and MCF-10A parental cells. The RNA-seq data associated with this study is deposited under the GEO accession number GSE71862.
Project description:A comparison of different energetics based techniques for the characterization of two mammalian breast cell lines, MCF-7 a luminal A breast cancer cell line and MCF-10A a normal human breast cell line. The techniques of stability of proteins from rates of oxidation (SPROX), thermal proteome profiling (TPP), and conventional expression level analyses were compared and the relative advantages and disadvantages are discussed.
Project description:To study the function of 14-3-3ζ, we established MCF-10A human mammary epithelial cells transduced with 14-3-3ζ (10A.ζ) and vector (10A.Vec) We performed gene expression profiling on 10A.ζ cells and 10A.Vec cells, and normalized to profiling of MCF-10A parental cells Total mRNA were extracted from 10A.Parental cells, 10A.Vec cells, 10A.ζ cells which were cultured in 3D culture model for 16 days, and subjected to Affymetrix microarray analysis
Project description:Exposure to genotoxic stresses such as cosmic radiation and second-hand tobacco smoke may increase the risk of breast cancer formation. Towards an understanding of how exposure to these genotoxic agents affect breast cancer biogenesis, we have shown that treating non-tumorigenic immortalized breast MCF 10A cells with low doses (0.1 Gray) of radiation as well as cigarette smoke condensate can generate a neoplastic breast cancer phenotype. The transformed phenotype promoted increased mammosphere numbers, altered cell cycle phases, and increased invasion and motility. In addition, exclusion of Hoechst 33342 dye, a surrogate marker for increased ABC transporters, was observed, which indicates a possible increase in drug resistance. Furthermore, differential gene expression profiles were generated from the individual and combination treatment. Overall, the results indicate that when normal breast cells are exposed to low dose radiation in combination with cigarette smoke condensate a phenotype is generated that exhibits traits indicative of neoplastic transformation. Taken together, these results provide a new insight into a possible etiology for breast cancer formation in individuals exposed to cosmic radiation and second-hand smoke. To study the effects of low dose ionizing radiation and tobacco smoke on breast cells, MCF 10A cells were treated either with radiation (Rad - 0.1 Gray) or cigarette smoke condensate (Csc - 10 microgram/ml of medium) or a combination of Rad + Csc). Following treatments, the cells were incubated for 72 hr, RNA extracted and analyzed for differential gene expression pattern.