Project description:To identify the novel tumor suppressors in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform in HCC and paired normal liver tissues to identify genes which down-regulated in HCC. Among which, INTS6 and its pseudogene, namely INTS6P1, were found to be dramatically down-regulated in HCC. The down-regulated expression of INTS6 and INTS6P1 in HCC was further confirmed by real-time PCR. RNA was extracted from 3 pairs of HCC and normal liver tissue harvested from patients to undergo microarray study.
Project description:To identify the novel tumor suppressors in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform in HCC and paired normal liver tissues to identify genes which down-regulated in HCC. Among which, INTS6 and its pseudogene, namely INTS6P1, were found to be dramatically down-regulated in HCC. The down-regulated expression of INTS6 and INTS6P1 in HCC was further confirmed by real-time PCR. RNA was extracted from 3 pairs of HCC and normal liver tissue harvested from patients to undergo microarray study.
Project description:Using the highly sensitive miRNA array, we screened 40 microRNAs abundant in the olfactory bulb and we explored the functions of these miRNAs in the olfactory bulb by Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes annotation. The enrichment results indicated that these miRNAs mainly participated in the axon guidance process. Furthermore, the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry, and dual luciferase reporter assay results showed that miR-30c is a specific regulator of semaphorin-3A, which will give new insights in disclosing the mechanism of functional maintenance and sexual-specific differentiation of the olfactory bulb. In this study, three samples from steady-state mice were used to acquire the miRNA expression profiling and the function of the abudant miRNAs in the olfactory bulb were analyzed by bioinformatic methods.Finally, miR-30c was experimentally validated to be a regulator of semaphorin-3A, an important axon guidance cue in the nervous system.
Project description:In order to assess the alteration in lncRNA expression in rat lung carcinogenesis induced by NNK, we determined the lncRNA expression profiles in 3 rat lung tumor samples and matched normal lung tissues and 2 blood samples from the control and NNK treatment group in the 95th week using Arraystar Rat lncRNA Microarray. We induced lung cancer using 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in a rat model and determined the lncRNA expression profiles in lung cancer tissues and rat blood samples.
Project description:From the results of microarray, 7616 miRNAs with significantly different expression ratios were selected when CNE-2-S-18/SP cells were treated with DC120. Among these, 80 miRNAs were up-regulated and 78 were down-regulated. We then chose 20 miRNAs through the qRT M-bM-^@M-^S PCR, and our results showed that 9 miRNAs were up-regulated after treatment with DC120, which was consistent with the results of the microarray. Among these, miR-30a were significantly up-regulated. These results indicated that miR 30a expression was up-regulated by DC120. We then investigated the role of miR 30a in DC120-treated cells, we explored its potential targets using a bioinformatics approach of complementary base pairing. The relative luciferase activity of the reporter that contained the wild type 3' UTR was significantly suppressed when miR 30a was contransfected. In contrast, the luciferase activity of the mutant reporter was unaffected by the contransfection of miR 30a, indicating that miR 30a suppressed Sox2 gene expression using the miR 30a binding sequence at the 3' UTR of the Sox2 gene. Additionally, the ectopic expression of miR 30a caused a decrease in Sox2 protein expression and mRNA levels in CNE-2-S-18 cells. These data demonstrate that miR 30a may directly target the Sox2 gene via seed matches on both 3' UTR. Taken together, our results demonstrate that DC120 regulates Sox2 via up-regulation of miR 30a. In this study, two samples were used to acquire the miRNA expression profiling. We analyzed the differences in miRNA profiles between control (DMSO solution) and DC120 treatment in CNE-2-S-18/SP cells from miRNA microarrays. The CNE-2-S-18/SP cells were separately cultured with a DMSO solution or 10M-NM-<mol/L DC120 for 15h, and total RNA from all of the cells was extracted. Then we chose 20 up-regulated miRNAs through the qRT M-bM-^@M-^S PCR, and our results showed that 9 miRNAs were up-regulated after treatment with DC120. Among these, miR-30a were significantly up-regulated. Then we investigated the role of miR 30a in DC120-treated cells by bioinformatic methods and Dual luciferase reporter system, the function of miR-30a was analyzed through ectopic expression of miR 30a. Taken together, our results demonstrate that DC120 regulates Sox2 via up-regulation of miR 30a.
Project description:We describe the lncRNA expression profiles of two HCC cell lines, one with high potential for metastasis to the lung (HCCLM3) and the other to lymph nodes (HCCLYM-H2). The HCCLM3(LM3) and HCCLM6 cell lines were derived from the same parental cell line MHCC-97H. LM3 metastasizes to the lung, while HCCLM6 can metastasize to multiple organs in a mouse model. By subcloning HCCLM6, we established the HCCLYM-H2(H2) cell line, which showed stable and high metastatic potential specific to the lymph nodes. In the present study, we compared the expression profiles of HCC cell lines with a similar genetic background but different potential for lung or lymph node metastasis. We found that expression signatures comprising lncRNAs and protein-coding mRNAs were significantly associated with organ-specific HCC metastasis. To further validate microarray data, we selected six lncRNAs (CR613944, BC058547, RP5-1014O16.1, NCRNA00173, lincRNA-CALCA, lincRNA-TSPAN8) and two mRNAs (TSPAN8, CALCB) in the two HCC cell lines using qRT-PCR. Data obtained from qRT-PCR and the microarray was consistent. Differentially expressed lncRNAs between high lymphatic metastatic potential HCC cell H2 and high lung metastatic potiential HCC cell LM3 were identified by microarray and validated using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Project description:To investigate the role of TGF-M-NM-21-regulated miRNAs in the progression of colorectal cancer,we performed comprehensive miRMA microarray analysis on RNA derived from typical human colorectal cancer cell lines and TGF-M-NM-21 knock-down human colorectal cancer cell lines. We identified a novel set of TGF-M-NM-21-related miRNAs. Total RNA was isolated from TGF-M-NM-21-knock down colorecatl cancer cell lines and controls.Three-condition experiment: shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21/Lovo cells vs. shRNA-Control/Lovo cells, shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21/SW620 cells vs. shRNA-Control/ SW620 cells, and shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21/HT29 cells vs. shRNA-Control/HT29 cells. Biological replicates: 1 Lovo cells stably transfected with shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21- pSUPER gfp-neo, 1SW620 cells stably transfected with shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21- pSUPER gfp-neo, 1HT29 cells stably transfected with shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21- pSUPER gfp-neo, 1Love cells stably transfected with shRNA-Control- pSUPER gfp-neo, 1SW620 cells stably transfected with shRNA-Control- pSUPER gfp-neo, and 1HT29 cells stably transfected with shRNA-Control- pSUPER gfp-neo, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.
Project description:To investigate the role of miRNAs in the progression of colon cancer, we performed comprehensive miRMA microarray analysis on RNA derived from colon cancer tissues and normal colon tissues. We identified a novel set of colon cancer-related miRNAs. Total RNA was isolated from colon cancer tissues and normal colon tissues. Six-condition experiment: H normal tiss vs. H tumor tissue, S normal tiss vs. S tumor tissue, W1 normal tiss vs. W1 tumor tissue, M normal tiss vs. M tumor tissue, W2 normal tiss vs. W2 tumor tissue, and Y normal tiss vs. Y tumor tissue. Biological replicates: 1H normal tiss, 1H tumor tissue, 1S normal tissM-oM-<M-^L1S tumor tissue, 1W1 normal tissM-oM-<M-^L1W1 tumor tissue, 1M normal tissM-oM-<M-^L1M tumor tissue, 1W2 normal tissM-oM-<M-^L1W2 tumor tissue, 1Y normal tiss and 1Y tumor tissue, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.
Project description:To investigate the role of TGF-M-NM-21-regulated miRNAs in the progression of colorectal cancer,we performed comprehensive miRMA microarray analysis on RNA derived from CT26 cell lines and TGF-M-NM-21 knock-down CT26 cell lines. We identified a novel set of TGF-M-NM-21-related miRNAs. Total RNA was isolated from TGF-M-NM-21-knock down CT26 cell lines and controls.Three-condition experiment: Locked nucleic acid microarray analyses to obtain miRNA expression profiles independently in TGFM-NM-21-knocked down CT26 and control cell line at three different time (24hours, 48hours and 72hours).Biological replicates: 1 CT26 cells stably transfected with shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21- pSUPER gfp-neo for 24hours, 1 CT26 cells stably transfected with shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21- pSUPER gfp-neo for 48hours, 1 CT26 cells stably transfected with shRNA-TGF-M-NM-21- pSUPER gfp-neo for 72hours, 1 CT26 cells stably transfected with shRNA-Control- pSUPER gfp-neo for 24hours, 1 CT26 cells stably transfected with shRNA- Control- pSUPER gfp-neo for 48hours, 1 CT26 cells stably transfected with shRNA-Control- pSUPER gfp-neo for 72hours, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.