Transcriptional profiling of platinum sensitive and platinum resistant high grade serous ovarian cancer samples
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ABSTRACT: This study aims at correlating changes in the transcriptional state in high grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer (HGS-EOC) to the response to therapy, in particular the insurgence of resistance to platinum-based treatment.
Project description:This study aims at correlating changes in the microRNA state in high grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer (HGS-EOC) to the response to therapy, in particular the insurgence of resistance to platinum-based treatment.
Project description:In the last decades platinum-based neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has been recognized as a reliable therapeutic strategy in patients with un-resectable advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). However, the molecular changes induced by NACT at miRNA level, and their prognostic role has not been clarified until now. In order to uncover miRNAs that are altered in EOC tumor which received NACT, we performed whole-miRNA analysis on 82 FIGO Stage IIIC-IV high-grade serous (HGS) tumors, whose samples had been collected at complete primary debulking (PDS) and at interval-debulking surgery (IDS) after fter 4 courses of NACT.
Project description:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer mortality and a serious health concern worldwide. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with high CRC incidence and mortality, suggesting a protective effect of vitamin D against this neoplasia. Although the antiproliferative and prodifferentiation action of active vitamin D (1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, 1,25(OH)2D3) on colon carcinoma cells is well documented, its potential effects on CRC stroma are unknown. Here, we show that high vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in tumor stromal fibroblasts is associated with better overall and progression-free survival in a large cohort of CRC patients, irrespective of its expression in carcinoma cells. Consistently, 1,25(OH)2D3 inhibits the activation of patient-derived normal and cancer-associated fibroblasts, and their pro-migratory effect on carcinoma cells. Importantly, we show by global transcriptomic analyses that 1,25(OH)2D3 regulates cancer-associated fibroblast gene expression and imposes a gene signature that is associated with longer overall and disease-free survival of CRC patients. Moreover, expression of two genes from the signature, CD82 and S100A4, correlates with stromal VDR expression and clinical outcome in CRC. This study provides the first evidence that vitamin D has protective effects against CRC through the regulation of stromal fibroblasts. Characterization of 1,25(OH)2D3 action on gene expression in primary cultures of colon normal and tumor fibroblasts established from samples from colorectal cancer patients. RNA from seven paired normal and tumor fibroblast primary cultures treated with 1,25(OH)2D3 or vehicle for 48 h were analyzed.
Project description:A population of non-adherent cells with stem-like characteristics (OVA-BS4 spheres) has been isolated from a primary human epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) cell line (OVA-BS4) under selective conditions. OVA-BS4 spheres were characterized for their pharmacological properties and their molecular profile by microarray and RT-qPCR.
Project description:In order to determine the impact on transcription of the novel bromodomain inhibitor OTX015, we treated two triple-negative breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-468) treated with the compound at 24 hours.
Project description:Balanced constitutional reciprocal translocations are the most common structural chromosomal rearrangements identiï¬ed in man and pigs. Carriers are generally phenotypically normal, but such rearrangements frequently lead to reproductive disorders. In reciprocal translocation heterozygotes, the homologous regions of the normal and derivative chromosomes involved in the rearrangement pair during the prophase of the first meiotic division, thanks to the synaptonemal complex (SC), and form a particular structure called quadrivalent. In some cases, chromosomal regions (within the quadrivalent) remain unsynapsed, especially around the breakpoints, which may trigger meiosis checkpoints leading to spermatogenesis arrest at the pachytene stage. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain such effects of pairing failure on gametogenesis. The first one is an altered transcription of the genes located on the unpaired segments. Indeed, studies conducted in mice revealed a transcriptional repression of unpaired regions by a specific mechanism called âMeiotic Silencing of Unsynapsed Chromatinâ (MSUC) in individuals with a partial or total spermatogenesis arrest (Turner et al., 2005). If some genes necessary for the proper course of meiosis are located in such unsynapsed genomic regions, MSUC may result in an arrest of the meiotic division. Secondly, associations between the âquadrivalentâ and the XY bivalent which is transcriptionally silenced by a phenomenon known as meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI, (Turner, 2007) were also observed in individuals with altered semen parameters (azoospermic or oligospemic) (Oliver-Bonet et al., 2005; Sciurano et al., 2007a, 2012). Such an association could result in a partial reactivation of the XY body (XYB) leading to the expression of some genes located on the X chromosome (Lifschytz and Lindsley, 1972), or result in the spreading of the XYB inactivation towards the autosomal segments attached to the XYB, without reactivation of the latter (Jaafar et al., 1993). Beyond the potential spermatogenesis failure mentioned above, reciprocal translocations are systematically responsible for the production of genetically unbalanced gametes. Here we report the detailed analysis of the whole meiotic process (from spermatocytes to spermatozoa) in the case of a constitutional balanced reciprocal translocation responsible for severe oligoasthenoteratospermia. Total RNA was extracted in 3 replicates from testicular biopsies control animals, from testicular biopsy of an oligospermic boar and from testicular biopsy of a severe oligo-astheno-teratospermic boar carrier of the trcp(1;14) reciprocal translocation.
Project description:Triglyceride accumulation in nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) results from unbalanced lipid metabolism which, in the liver, is controlled by several transcription factors. The Foxa subfamily of winged helix/forkhead box (Fox) transcription factors comprises three members which play important roles in controlling both metabolism and homeostasis through the regulation of multiple target genes in the liver, pancreas and adipose tissue. In the mouse liver, Foxa2 is repressed by insulin and mediates fasting responses. Unlike Foxa2, however, the role of Foxa1 in the liver has not yet been investigated in detail. In this study, we evaluate the role of Foxa1 in two human liver cell models, primary cultured hepatocytes and HepG2 cells, by adenoviral infection. Moreover, human and rat livers were analyzed to determine Foxa1 regulation in NAFL. Results demonstrate that Foxa1 is a potent inhibitor of hepatic triglyceride synthesis, accumulation and secretion by repressing the expression of multiple target genes of these pathways (e.g., GPAM, DGAT2, MTP, APOB). Moreover, Foxa1 represses the fatty acid transporter FATP2 and lowers fatty acid uptake. Foxa1 also increases the breakdown of fatty acids by inducing HMGCS2 and ketone body synthesis. Finally, Foxa1 is able to largely up-regulate UCP1, thereby dissipating energy and consistently decreasing the mitochondria membrane potential. We also report that human and rat NAFL have a reduced Foxa1 expression, possibly through a protein kinase C-dependent pathway. We conclude that Foxa1 is an antisteatotic factor that coordinately tunes several lipid metabolism pathways to block triglyceride accumulation in hepatocytes. However, Foxa1 is down-regulated in human and rat NAFL and, therefore, increasing Foxa1 levels could protect from steatosis. Altogether, we suggest that Foxa1 could be a novel therapeutic target for NAFL disease and insulin resistance. To determine the global impact of Foxa1 on human liver gene transcription, microarray expression analyses were performed in human hepatocytes transfected with Ad-Foxa1 or Ad-Control. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in human hepatocytes infected with Ad-Foxa1 or control adenovirus (insertless Ad-pACC).
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE30447: Foxa1 Reduces Lipid Accumulation in Human Hepatocytes and Is Down-regulated in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (HepG2 data) GSE30450: Foxa1 Reduces Lipid Accumulation in Human Hepatocytes and Is Down-regulated in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (hepatocytes data) Refer to individual Series
Project description:In order to assess the potential difference on the effect of lurbinectedin on monocytes compared to trabectedin, which has a selective killing effect (Germano et al., 2013), we performed a whole transcriptome assay on monocytes from healthy donors stimulated with LPS and with either trabectedin or lurbinectedin. Doxorubicin, an unrelated drug, was used as an internal control.