Effects of urinary extracellular vesicles from prostate cancer patients on the transcriptomes of cancer-associated and normal fibroblasts
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ABSTRACT: Patient-derived prostate fibroblast primary cultures PCF-54 and PCF-55 were established from two specimens of PC tissues. EVs were isolated from urine samples of 3 patients with PC and 2 healthy males and used for the treatment of prostate fibroblast primary cultures and normal foreskin fibroblasts. The EV-treated fibroblasts were subjected to RNA sequencing analysis.
Project description:Patient-derived prostate fibroblast primary cultures PCF-54 and PCF-55 were established from two specimens of PC tissues. Urinary EVs were isolated from urine samples of 3 patients with PC and 2 healthy males and used for the treatment of prostate fibroblast primary cultures and normal foreskin fibroblasts. Normoxic and hypoxic EVs were isolated from cell culture medium of PC3 and LNCaP prostate cancer cell lines, cultivated in normoxic and hypoxic conditions respectively. The EV-treated fibroblasts were subjected to RNA sequencing analysis.
Project description:The identification of the genetic risk factors in patients with isolated cleft palate by whole genome sequencing analysis. Pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were discovered in genes associated with CP (TBX22, COL2A1, FBN1, PCGF2, and KMT2D) in five patients; hence, rare disease variants were identified in 17% of patients with non-syndromic isolated CP. Our results are relevant to routine genetic counselling practice and genetic testing recommendations.
Project description:Colorectal cancer is the third most common and the second deadliest tumour type in both sexes world-wide. To understand the functional and prognostic impact of cancer-causing somatic mutations, we analysed the whole genomes and transcriptomes of 1,063 primary colorectal cancers in a population-based cohort with long-term follow-up. High quality transcriptome sequences from 1,063 tumours and 120 tissue normals enabled integration analyses of gene mutations and gene expression levels.
Project description:To study cancer cells heterogeneity at the single cell level we grew cancer cells as spheroids and extracted their RNA preform SmartSeq3xpress. We grew MDA-MB-231 cells on agar coated plates for 5-10 days in DMEM 10% FBS. The spheroids were incubated for 2 hours with Calcein AM and Vybrant Dye 10uM at 37C and washed twice with PBS. After dissociation with trypsinLE 0.25% the cells were facs sorted and the fluorescence intensity for each cell was recorded. The RNA were extracted and the cDNA libraries were built according to the SmartSeq3xpress protocol.
Project description:While of growing interest in pancreatic cancer (PC) field, the stromal-tumor cells crosstalk lags behind in terms of biomarkers and therapeutic options improving the clinical armamentarium. Knowledge on cellular communications was drastically enhanced following the discovery of extracellular vesicles (EVs), a powerful process of intercellular exchanges. We previously described a new stromal-tumor cell crosstalk mediated by Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs)-derived ANXA6+-EVs, supporting pancreatic cancer cell aggressiveness in hostile areas of PC. In this study, using mass spectrometry analyses to investigate CAFs-derived EVs' cargo, we report that CD9 is a key member of the ANXA6/LRP1/TSP1 complex present in PC-associated CAFs-derived ANXA6+-EVs. We determined that CD9 is expressed by PC-associated CAFs in vivo as well as in vitro following physiopathologic culture conditions. Targeting CD9 impaired CAFs-derived ANXA6+-EVs uptake by pancreatic cancer cells, which consequently decreases their migratory abilities. Signaling pathway arrays highlighted p38/MAPK as activated in pancreatic cancer cells following CAFs-derived ANXA6+/CD9+-EVs uptake. The use of CD9 blocking antibody, p38 siRNA or chemical inhibitors impaired pancreatic cancer cells abilities following incubation with CAFs-derived ANXA6+/CD9+-EVs. Finally, we revealed CD9 expression as an independent poor-prognosis marker in human PC samples. Collectively our data highlight the key role of CD9 in CAFs-derived ANXA6+-EVs internalization by pancreatic cancer cells and the consequent, and mandatory, activation of p38/MAPK pathway to foster their migratory abilities. Measuring the oncogenic CAFs-derived ANXA6+/CD9+-EVs then limiting their action on pancreatic cancer cells abilities might be a promising option for PC stratification and treatment.
Project description:Smart-seq3xpress was carefully optimized and >1,000 conditions were evaluated. This data submission is organized in 15 datasets that each contain fastq files, unmapped bam files, read count tables, UMI count tables and a barcode annotation file. The barcode_annotation.txt files contain the exact factors/variables tested. Below a short description of each set of experiments: K562_lowvolume: Evaluation of scaling volumes of Smart-seq3 (indicated volume refers to total volume in PCR), whether overlay was used and if cDNA was bead-cleaned or diluted prior to tagmentation. Cell input was K562 cells. The columns \\"treatment\\", \\"volume\\" and \\"VL\\" indicate the experimental parameters. HEK_lowvolume: Evaluation of scaling volumes of Smart-seq3 (indicated volume refers to total volume in PCR), whether overlay was used and if cDNA was bead-cleaned or diluted prior to tagmentation. Cell input was HEK293FT cells. The columns \\"treatment\\", \\"volume\\" and \\"VL\\" indicate the experimental parameters. overlays: Evaluation of the effect of various overlays when generating HEK293FT libraries in 1 uL total volume. The column \\"condition\\" indicates the applied overlay. tagmentations: Evaluation of input cDNA vs Tn5 amount during tagmentation. Purified cDNA from one 384-well plate was used as input into various conditions of tagmentations. The experiments contain evaluation of cDNA amount with fixed Tn5 amount or varying Tn5 amount while keeping the default volume (2 uL) of the tagmentation reaction or scaling the reaction volume. The column \\"condition\\" contains a string indicating reaction volume, cDNA input and Tn5 ATM enzyme amount. If no volume is indicated, reaction was performed in 2 uL. HomeTn5: Evaluation of tagmentation using in-house produced Tn5 enzyme (Picelli et al., 2015) when tagmenting cDNA generated from HEK293FT cells in 1 uL total volume. The column \\"Tn5concentration\\" indicates the Tn5 reaction concentration at 2 uL reaction volume. cycles_cleanups: Optimization of Smart-seq3xpress (column \\"experiment\\" shows \\"direct_tag\\") in regards to clean-ups after cDNA synthesis (column \\"condition\\": noclean, Exo+FastAP, ExoSAP) and dilution volume (9 or 19 uL); PCR cycle numbers (column \\"pcr_input\\") and ATM Tn5 enzyme amount (column \\"ATM\\"). Cell input was HEK293FT cells. PreAmp_Polymerase: Evaluation of various PCR polymerases during initial cDNA amplification. The polymerases are indicated in column \\"polymerase\\". We also evaluated several TSO concentrations (concentration in RT is given) and fwd/rev PCR primers (concentration given in PCR reaction). Cell input was HEK293FT cells. TDE1: Large optimization of tagmentation conditions using the TDE1 Tn5 enzyme. We varied reactions by changing PCR polymerase (KAPA / SeqAmp), PCR extension time and the number of PCR cycles during cDNA amplification. During tagmentation, we varied the amount of TDE1 enzyme, the amount of DMF in the tagmentation reaction buffer and the presence of Tween-20 in the final post-tagmentation PCR. Cell input was HEK293FT cells. TSOs_RT_v1-7: Large scale evaluation of conditions relating to RT and PCR, with a focus on new template-switching oligo (TSO) designs. In total, >20,000 cells and >500 conditions are contained in these datasets. The barcode annotation file contains precise information on the reaction conditions of Lysis, RT, PCR as well as utilized TSO designs. Data was generated from HEK293FT cells and hPBMC (Lonza).
Project description:Plate-based single-cell RNA-sequencing methods with full-transcript coverage typically excel at sensitivity but are more resource and time-consuming. Using miniaturized and streamlined Smart-seq3xpress protocol, we sequence >26,000 human peripheral blood mononuclear cells to generate a highly granular gene- and isoform-level atlas.