Project description:To investigate Intratumor heterogeneity in HCC and examine the effect of Intratumor heterogeneity on drug response, we collected fresh tissue from multiple tumor regions, representing the spatial extent and macroscopic heterogeneity of the primary tumors. Each region was subjected to primary culture (major part) and HE staining (minor part), the region contained more than 50% tumor cells was went on culture and examine by whole exome sequencing (WES) and CytoScan® HD Array.
Project description:The tumor heterogeneity between the primary and recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has rarely been explored. The present study aims to illustrate the heterogeneity between the primary and recurrent tumors by integrating multiomic analyses.
Project description:The tumor heterogeneity between the primary and recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has rarely been explored. The present study aims to illustrate the heterogeneity between the primary and recurrent tumors by integrating multiomic analyses.
Project description:The diethylnitrosamine HCC rat model (DEN-HCC) is a useful preclinical model mirroring human hepatocellular carcinoma. To overcome tumor heterogeneity of human HCCs linked to different etiologies and clonal selection, rat HCC samples were compared with matched non-tumor livers in order to identify HCC-related genes involved in the carcinogenetic process. Specifically, male Wistar rats received DEN (Sigma-Aldrich) in the drinking water (100 mg/L) for 8 weeks. Two weeks later the end of DEN treatment, animals were monitored by ultrasound imaging. Animals were euthanized 1 or 2 months after the end of DEN treatment, when the major diameter of at least one HCC nodule reached a dimension of 10 mm. Samples were collected for molecular biology and total RNA for microarray analysis was extracted by using Trizol. Two rat livers from untreated mice were included in the analysis.
Project description:<p>The ncRNA transcriptome of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is largely unexplored. We used CAGE to characterize transcription start sites across different etiologies of human HCCs with emphasis on ncRNAs. Here we report that retroviral LTR promoters, expressed in healthy tissues such as testis and placenta but not liver, are widely activated in HCC. Despite HCC heterogeneity, a subset of LTR-derived ncRNAs were more than 10-fold up-regulated in the vast majority of samples. HCCs with a high LTR activity mostly had a viral etiology, were less differentiated and showed higher risk of recurrence. CAGE enabled us to build a promoter map for HCC, which uncovers a new layer of complexity in HCC genomics.</p>
Project description:In this study we investigated the miRNA expression profile of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specimens from radical resection. We developed a unique 20 miRNA signature that could significantly distinguish HCC venous metastasis from metastasis-free HCC. In contrast to HCC staging systems, this signature was capable of predicting survival and recurrence of HCC patients with multinodular or solitary tumors, including those with early-stage disease. Moreover, the signature was an independent and significant predictor of patient prognosis and relapse when compared to other available clinical parameters. Our study suggests that these 20 miRNAs can enable HCC prognosis and may have clinical utility for the advance identification of HCC patients with a propensity towards metastasis/recurrence. Keywords: disease state design
Project description:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death world-wide. The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been rising, along with an increase in NAFLD-related HCC. To investigate cell-type composition in NAFLD and HCC, we performed single-nucleus RNA-seq (snRNA-seq) of patients with fatty liver disease in order to transcriptionally characterize cell-types in an unbiased manner. Out data reveal a large amount of heterogeneity in hepatocyte populations, as well as recovering all expected liver cell-types.
Project description:We sequenced DNA isolated from performing ChIP of full-length KLF6 and an Input sample in an HCC cell line. The goal is to determine KLF6 binding sites in a mouse-derived HCC cell line. Determination of KLF6 binding sites in an HCC cell line using 2 control input libraries and 2 KLF6-ChIP libraries
Project description:Up to 41% of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) result from activating mutations in the CTNNB1 gene encoding β-catenin. β-catenin has dual cellular functions as a component of the Wnt signaling pathway and adherens junctions. HCC-associated CTNNB1 mutations stabilize the β-catenin protein, leading to nuclear and/or cytoplasmic localization of β-catenin and downstream activation of Wnt target genes. In patient HCC samples, β-catenin nuclear and cytoplasmic localization are typically patchy, even among HCC with highly active CTNNB1 mutations. The functional and clinical relevance of this heterogeneity in β-catenin activation are not well understood. To define mechanisms of β-catenin-driven HCC initiation, we generated a Cre-lox system that enabled switching on activated β-catenin in 1) a small number of hepatocytes in early development; or 2) the majority of hepatocytes in later development or adulthood. We discovered that switching on activated β-catenin in a subset of larval hepatocytes was sufficient to drive HCC initiation. To determine the role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling heterogeneity later in hepatocarcinogenesis, we performed RNA-seq analysis of zebrafish β-catenin-driven HCC. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis of differentially expressed genes in the Cre-lox HCC model revealed that “Cancer” and “Liver Tumor” categories were significantly altered, indicating transcriptional similarities with human HCC and other vertebrate HCC models. At the single-cell level, 2.9% to 15.2% of hepatocytes from zebrafish β-catenin-driven HCC expressed two or more of the Wnt target genes axin2, mtor, glula, myca, and wif1, indicating focal activation of Wnt signaling in established tumors. Thus, heterogeneous β-catenin activation drives HCC initiation and persists throughout hepatocarcinogenesis.