Down-regulation of FABP5 suppresses the proliferation and induces apoptosis in gastric cancer cells through Hippo signaling pathway
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PROVIDER: GSE171838 | GEO | 2022/12/31
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:The Hippo pathway is an emerging signaling cascade involved in the regulation of organ size control. It consists of evolutionally conserved protein kinases that are sequentially phosphorylated and activated. The active Hippo pathway subsequently phosphorylates a transcription coactivator, YAP, which precludes its nuclear localization and transcriptional activation. Identification of transcriptional targets of YAP in diverse cellular contexts is therefore critical to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms in which the Hippo pathway restricts tissue growth. We used microarrays to profile the gene expression patterns upon acute siRNA knockdown of Hippo pathway components in multiple mammalian cell lines and identified a set of genes representing immediate transcriptional targets of the Hippo/Yap signaling pathway. Three mammalian cell lines (HEK293T, HepG2, HaCaT) were transfected with scramble siRNA controls or siRNAs against NF2 and LATS2, two core components of the Hippo pathway, simultaneously. Total RNAs were harvested four days after transfection to reveal the gene expression pattern unsing microarry. YAP and TAZ siRNAs were also transfected along with NF2 and LATS2 siRNAs to identify YAP/TAZ-dependent transcriptional targets upon loss of NF2/LATS2.
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Project description:Purpose: Mouse BMDM is the universal cell type of studying innate immunity. This study was designed to analyze LPS induced innate immune response and the gene expression in FABP5 KO BMDMs with overexpression of FABP5 WT or FABP5 C127S. Methods: FABP5 KO BMDMs were nucleofected with 5 μg pXJ40-3xFlag-FABP5 WT or C127S plasmid using the Amaxa Mouse Macrophage Nucleofector Kit (Lonza, VPA-1009) following the manufacturer’s instructions. Replace medium 6 hours post Nucleofection and add 500 ng/mL LPS to the fresh medium. 24 hours after treatment, harvest cells by using GenElute Single Cell RNA Purification Kit (Sigma, RNB300) and perform RNA-seq. Then mRNA profiles of these samples were generated by high-throughput sequencing analysis, using Illumina NovaSeq6000. And the differential mRNA profiles were analyzed. Results: mRNA profiles were analyzed, and differential expression profiles were compared. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated the transcriptional profiles of FABP5 KO BMDMs with overexpression of FABP5 WT or FABP5 C127S upon LPS treatment, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology.
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Project description:As a classic tumor suppressor pathway, Hippo signaling axis is activated by various extra-pathway factors to regulate cell differentiation and organ development. However, recent studies have reported that the activation of Hippo signaling pathway may be more dependent on the autophosphorylation of its core kinase cassette. Here, we demonstrate that protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) is involved in inducing the inactivation of Hippo signaling pathway in pancreatic cancer. Our study shows that the initiator serine/threonine kinase 3 (STK3, also known as MST2) of Hippo signaling pathway can be symmetrically di-methylated at arginine-461 (R461) and arginine-467 (R467) in the SARAH domain by PRMT5, and the methylated MST2 suppresses its autophosphorylation and kinase activity by blocking the formation of homodimer, thereby inactivating Hippo signaling pathway in pancreatic cancer. Moreover, we also discover that the specific PRMT5 inhibitor GSK3326595 re-activates the dysregulated Hippo signaling pathway and inhibits the growth of human-derived pancreatic cancer xenografts in immunodeficient mice, which provides a theoretical foundation for the clinical application of PRMT5 inhibitor in pancreatic cancer.
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