Project description:We showed that in response to chemotherapy, dying cancer cells can secrete spliceosomal components into the extracellular space. These therapy-induced secretomes enriched with spliceosomal components promote the chemoresistance of recipient tumor cells. We demonstrated that spliceosomal proteins SNU13 and SYNCRIP can relocalize from dying tumor cells to recipient tumor cells via extracellular vesicles. To investigate whether the increased abundance of splicing factors could be the reason for the acquisition of a more aggressive phenotype by tumor cells, we got SKOV3 cell lines stably overexpressing SYNCRIP or SNU13. These cell lines were more resistant to cisplatin compared to control cell line expressing empty vector. Next, to investigate how the therapy response is formed in tumor cells with and without overexpression of spliceosomal proteins SNU13 or SYNCRIP, we performed RNAseq analysis of these cells before and 24 hours after cisplatin treatment. Enrichement analyses showed that in response to cisplatin, genes associated with DNA repair and cell cycle regulation were upregulated in cancer cell lines overexpressing SYNCRIP or SNU13 compared with control cells. This study revealed previously unknown signaling molecules in the microenvironment of ovarian cancer that have potential clinical significance.
Project description:To identify potential targets of NR3C2 overexpression, RNA sequencing was performed to compare the transcriptomes of control and NR3C2-overexpressing (NR3C2-OE) HK2 cells.
Project description:Proteomic characterization of extracellular vesicles derived from bladder cancer cells overexpressing GSTO1 and treated with cisplatin.
Project description:HK2 is expressed in the hepatocellular carcinoma cell line Huh7 while GCK is expressed in the normal hepatocyte. In order to analyze the functional consequences of the expression of one or other of the hexokinases (HK2 or GCK) we have invalidated the expression of HK2 and induced the expression of GCK in Huh7 cells. We analyzed transcriptome of both cell line
Project description:Cisplatin resistance is a problem in cancer treatment. Using DNA microarray, we detected differentially expressed genes in cisplatin-resistant cervix carcinoma HeLa cells compared to parental cells. Three cisplatin resistant cell lines were established by stepwise increasing cisplatin concentration. RNA from these resistant lines and its parental HeLa cells were labeled with Cy5 and Cy3. Equal amount of RNA from resistant cell line and HeLa were mixed and were hybridized to cDNA array. Signals were scanned and analyzed to find out the candidate genes involved in cisplatin resistant mechanism.
Project description:Cisplatin is a widely used anti-tumor agent for the treatment of testicular and ovarian cancers. Carboplatin is used extensively for small cell, non small cell lung cancer and ovarian cancer. Oxaliplatin has recently been approved in the United States (US) for treatment of colorectal cancer. A large portion (in the range of 65% to 98%) of cisplatin in the blood plasma was bound to protein within a day after intravenous administration. The binding of cisplatin and other analogues to proteins and enzymes is generally believed to be the cause of several severe side effects such as ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity. The interactions between platinum based chemotherapy drugs and proteins is proposed to play important roles in both drug activity and toxicity. Therefore, a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of platinum-protein interactions may have an impact on optimization of strategies for treatment. The objective is to develop novel approaches and techniques to provide detailed mechanistic, kinetic and high-resolution structural information on the binding of platinum analogues to blood proteins, and to improve treatment efficacy and reduce side effects.
Project description:Cisplatin resistance is a major therapeutic challenge in advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Here, we aimed to investigate the key signaling pathway for cisplatin resistance in HNSCC cells. HNSCC cell lines that were sensitive (HN4 and HN30) or resistant (HN4/DDP and HN30/DDP) to cisplatin were used for this study. Moreover, the cisplatin-resistant human melanoma cell lines (A375/DDP) and human lung cancer cell lines (A549/DDP) have also been established. To identify the role of proteins in the acquisition of cisplatin resistance, we analyzed the abnormally expressed protein via protein mass spectrometry methods (isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation, iTRAQ) in cisplatin-sensitive and cisplatin-resistant cancer cells, and found that VN1R5 was highly expressed in cisplatin-resistant cells. Long noncoding RNA lnc-POP1-1 upregulated by VN1R5. To deeply investigate the mechanism by which lnc-POP1-1 affects cisplatin resistance in HNSCC cells, we used RNA pull-down assays followed by mass spectrometry to explore the putative RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) interacting with lnc-POP1-1.
Project description:Purpose: In this study, we compared transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) between normal mouse embryonic stem cell (E14) and Hexokinase2 (Hk2)/ Pyruvate Kinase M2 (Pkm2) overexpressed E14 cell. Result: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped over 4 billion sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome (build mm9) and identified 28698 transcripts in 5 samples. Conclusion: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of Hk2/ Pkm2 overexpressed E14 cell transcriptomes, generated by RNA-seq technology We compared transcriptome profiling (RNA-Seq) between normal mouse embryonic stem cell (E14) and E14 cells over-expressing Hexokinase2 (Hk2)/Pyruvate Kinase M2 (Pkm2)
Project description:In lymphocytes, NFATc1 is the most prominent NFAT transcription factor which play a crucial role in the fate and activity of peripheral T and B cells. NFATc1 is synthesized in two prominent isoforms, the inducible short isoform NFATc1/aA and the constitutively expressed long isoform NFATc1/C. Several lines of evidence suggested that both isoforms differ markedly in their function. It was speculated that NFATc1/aA supports the proliferation and survival of lymphocytes, whereas NFATc1/C should support apoptosis and anergy induction. To proof this hypothesis we established WEHI 231 B lymphoma cells that stably (over-) express either NFATc1/aA or NFATc1/C. In preliminary experiments we could should that WEHI cells overexpressing NFATc1/aA were protected against apoptosis induction, while cells overexpressing NFATc1/C should a higher apoptosis rate. Transcriptom analysis of WEHI-231 cells overexpressing either NFATc1/aA or NFATc1/C were performed, along with a control group of WEHI-231 cells overexpressing the E.coli enzyme BirA Ligase (which is also present in all target cell lines since for further molecular assays the NFATc1 proteins were expressed as chimeric protein containing C-terminal bio-tags. The experimental results obtained indicate that the both NFATc1 proteins, NFATc1/aA and NFATc1/C, differ tremendously in their transcriptional properties.