Project description:Based on public databases, transcriptome data from NPC (GSE68799) and head and neck cancer (TCGA, HNSC) patients were downloaded, and the differentially expressed RBP-MEX3A was identified through bioinformatic analysis. An MEX3A overexpression model was subsequently established in C666-1 cells. Cell proliferation was assessed using the CCK-8 assay, and apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry. Transcriptome sequencing was performed to systematically identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and alternative splicing (AS) events induced by MEX3A overexpression.
Project description:We used three independent siRNAs to silence SNRPB2 in MDA-MB-231 cells. We then used RNA-seq to compare SNRPB2 knockdown cells with the controls
Project description:HNRNPA2B1 regulates the expression and alternative splicing of apoptosis related genes with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma development in KYSE150 cells
Project description:The evaluation of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) is based on their RNA-binding capacity and the yield of protein recovered in assays. To determine the specificity of ZFP36's RNA interactions in AGS cells, we performed iRIP-seq to identify its directly bound mRNA targets.
Project description:Triple-negative breast cancer represents approximately 15–20% of all reported breast cancer cases, and is characterized by a shorter survival time and higher mortality rates compared to other breast cancer sub-types. Tumor microenvironment (TME) refers to the internal and external environment of tumor tissue. Increasing evidence indicates that a tumor’s microenvironment is tightly associated with the immunological surveillance and defense during the development of breast cancer. Although oncology studies employing digital dissection methodologies have provided some insight on the biological features of TME, the development of methods to investigate the cellular composition of the tumor microenvironment remain an important research priority. In this study, we extracted whole transcriptome from 30 Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients and then used bioinformatics approaches to characterize cell type content in tumor tissue compared with para-cancerous tissue. We identified 4 types of enriched immune cells and 6 types of downregulated immune cells in the tumor tissue samples. After comprehensive bioinformatics analyses, we developed an ‘immune infiltration score’ (IIS) to quantitatively model immune cell infiltration in TNBC. To demonstrate the utility of the IIS, we used 2 independent datasets for validation. We found that patients with a higher IIS showing a longer progression-free survival time and significantly better prognosis than those with a lower IIS value. In sum, we explored the immune infiltration landscape in 30 TNBC patients and provided a novel and reliable biomarker IIS to evaluate the progression-free survival and prognosis in the TNBC patients.
Project description:Cohesin is a well-known mediator of sister chromatid cohesion, but it also influences gene expression and development. These non-canonical roles of cohesin are not well understood, but are vital: gene expression and development are altered by modest changes in cohesin function that do not disrupt chromatid cohesion. To clarify cohesin’s roles in transcription, we measured how cohesin controls RNA polymerase II (Pol II) activity by genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation and precision global run-on sequencing. On average, cohesin-binding genes have more transcriptionally active Pol II and promoter-proximal Pol II pausing than non-binding genes, and are more efficient, producing higher steady state levels of mRNA per transcribing Pol II complex. Cohesin depletion frequently increases pausing at cohesin-binding genes, indicating that cohesin often facilitates transition of paused Pol II to elongation. In many cases this likely reflects a role for cohesin in transcriptional enhancer function. Strikingly, more than 95% of predicted extragenic enhancers bind cohesin, and cohesin depletion can reduce their association with Pol II, indicating that cohesin facilitates enhancer-promoter contact. Cohesin directly promotes transcription of the myc gene, and cohesin depletion reduces Pol II activity at most Myc target genes. The multiple transcriptional roles of cohesin revealed by these studies likely underlie the growth and developmental deficits caused by minor changes in cohesin activity. The PRO-seq method was used to measure transcriptionally engaged Pol II genome-wide in two replicates each of mock RNAi-treated, Nipped-B RNAi-treated, and Rad21 RNAi-treated ML-DmBG3-c2 cells.
Project description:Immunocytochemical studies revealed that dG9a moves into nucleus after cycle 8 and appears to regulate gene expression by di-methylating H3K9 from cycle 8 to cycle 11. To determine which genes are regulated by dG9a during cycles 8-11, we examined mRNA levels by performing RNA-sequence analysis using early embryos (0-2 h after egg laying) of dG9a null mutant and wild type as a control mRNA profiles of about 0-2h-old embryos of wild type (CantonS) and dG9a-depleted (dG9aRG5) strain
Project description:DEAD-box ATPases belong to an abundant class of proteins that are involved in virtually all aspects of RNA metabolism and are found in all kingdoms of life. When bound to a DEAD-box ATPase, the RNA substrate is forced into a kinked conformation that is incompatible with helical structures. Distortion of the RNA can result in unwinding of short RNA duplexes (helicase activity) or destabilize RNA-protein interactions, allowing DEAD-box ATPases to remodel mRNPs (RNPase activity). The RNPase activity makes DEAD-box ATPases suitable molecular building blocks for the implementation of checkpoints that confer directionality to the process of RNA biogenesis. Here, we provide data that characterizes the DEAD-box ATPase Dbp2 (SPBP8B7.16c) of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Using RNA-seq, we determined RNA expression profiles of a conditional depletion strain of Dbp2 and the corresponding wild type. For this, we placed the endogenous dbp2 gene under the control of the P.nmt1 promoter, which is repressed in the presence of thiamine. Cells were harvested at the beginning (t0) or the end (t5 or t9) of shift to thiamine-containing YES medium. S. cerevisiae spike-in cells were added in a 1:5 OD600 ratio immediately before harvesting.
Project description:Sequencing of 5'ends of RNA molecules from Caco-2 cells +/- TNFa stimulation CAGE library construction from RNA extracted from Caco-2 cells
Project description:To assess natural variation in the ability to respond to changes in gibberellin metabolism, we examined the effect of the ectopic expression of GA20ox1 in 10 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. RNA-seq was performed on the sixth leaf, which was micro-dissected (size < 0.25 mm2) at the beginning of the transition from cell proliferation to cell expansion.