Project description:RNAseq replicate in Proliferating and Senescent IMR90s We used RNAseq to examine RNA levels in human IMR90 replicative senescence (RS)
Project description:H3K9me3 ChIPseq in Proliferating and Senescent IMR90s We used ChIP-seq to examine the global binding of H3K9me3 in human IMR90 replicative senescence (RS) and oncogene-induced (OIS)
Project description:To investigate the molecular basis of senescence-induced dedifferentiation, we performed RNAseq on control proliferating cells (DMSO only) and etoposide-induced senescent cells to profile senescence induction. Additionally, we performed RNAseq on purified populations of differentiated myotubes derived from untreated A1 cells to investigate differentiation, as well as myotubes subsequently induced to dedifferentiate, either by serum exposure (10% FCS) or by exposure to 48 hour conditioned media from senescent cells (including proliferating cell conditioned media controls). We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of all 6 populations in triplicate.
Project description:In this study, we examined the reproducibility of nucleotide variant calls in replicate sequencing experiments of the same genomic DNA. We performed targeted sequencing of all known human protein kinase genes (kinome) (~3.3 Mb) using the SOLiD v4 platform. Seventeen breast cancer samples were sequenced in duplicate (n=14) or triplicate (n=3) to assess concordance of all calls and single nucleotide variant (SNV) calls.
Project description:Total RNA was isolated from proliferating and senescent IMR90 cells to compare gene-expression to the changes in nucleolus-association in proliferating and senescent IMR90 cells.
Project description:Cellular senescence is a stable proliferation arrest that suppresses tumorigenesis. Histone chaperone HIRA deposits nucleosome-destabilizing histone variant H3.3 into chromatin in a DNA replication-independent manner. Histone H3.3 and a subset of other typically M-bM-^@M-^\replication-dependentM-bM-^@M-^] core histones were expressed in non-proliferating senescent cells, the latter linked to alternative mRNA splicing and polyadenylation. Senescent cells incorporated newly-synthesized histones into chromatin, partially dependent on HIRA. HIRA and newly-deposited histone H3.3 co-localized at promoters of expressed genes, and their distribution shifted between proliferating and senescent cells, paralleling changes in gene expression. In senescent cells, gene promoters showed exceptional enrichment of a histone acetylation linked to open and dynamic chromatin, H4K16ac. Abundance of H4K16ac depended on HIRA. In the mouse, inactivation of HIRA downregulated H4K16ac and dramatically enhanced oncogene-induced hyperplasia. To conclude, HIRA controls a previously undefined dynamic non-canonical H4K16ac-decorated chromatin landscape in senescence, and also plays an unanticipated role in suppression of oncogene-induced neoplasia. Examination of HIRA protein binding alongside histone modification H4K16ac and H3.3 in proliferating and senescent IMR90 cells