Project description:We used DNA content-based flow cytometry to distinguish and isolate nuclei of clonal tumor populations from primary and metastatic refractory testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) tissues. We then interrogated each sorted tumor populationwith whole genome aCGH and next generation sequencing (NGS). we have explored the clonal basis of refractory TGCT by investigating distinct tumor populations that were present in each tumor. Notably this included resected primary tissues and treatment refractory metastases that arose after high dose chemotherapy. These results provide new knowledge regarding the role of clonal selection and selected genomic lesions in the resistance to chemotherapy in TGCT within this exceptional cohort.
Project description:Testicular germ cell tumors are among the most responsive solid cancers to conventional chemotherapy. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms, we developed a mouse testicular germ cell tumor model in which germ cell-specific oncogenic Kras activation and tumor suppressor Pten inactivation was driven by CRE-mediated recombination. The resulting mice rapidly developed malignant, metastatic testicular cancers composed of both teratoma and embryonal carcinoma, the latter of which exhibited stem cell characteristics, including expression of the pluripotency factor OCT4. As part of our analysis of mouse gPAK testicular tumors, as well as comparison to benign 129-Dnd1Ter/Ter testicular teratomas, we used NimbleGen Mouse CGH 3x720k Whole-Genome Tiling Arrays to assess copy number variations in this novel genetically engineered mouse model of malignant, metastatic testicular cancer.
Project description:RNA-seq analysis of two Testicular Germ Cell Cancers (TGCC) of patients with chemotherapy-resistant disease. Purpose of the study was to resolve the early development and progression of the disease by whole genome sequencing, RNA-seq and methylation profiling of the primary tumor, and the targeted sequencing of purified tumor components (embryonal carcinoma (EC), teratoma (TE), and yolk sac tumor (YST), precursor lesion (Germ Cell Neoplasia In Situ (GCNIS)), and metastases. Whole genome sequencing for the two patients, T6107 and T3209, have been deposited with the European Nucleotide Archive under project accession number PRJEB20644 / study accession ERP022815 ( http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/search?query=ERP022815 ).
Project description:Normal, premalignant and various histological subtypes of testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) tissues were hybridized against Universal Human Reference RNA (Stratagene) onto Agilent 60mer oligo microarrays (GEO accession no GPL885). In vitro time series of two TGCT cell lines, NTERA2 and 2102Ep, treated with retinoic acid for 0, 3, and 7 days were also included. The data set (30 hybridizations) is particularly useful for comparisons between various histological subtypes of TGCT versus each other or versus normal testis. Keywords = 2102Ep Keywords = Agilent oligo microarrays Keywords = carcinoma in situ Keywords = choriocarcinoma Keywords = development Keywords = developmental biology Keywords = differenciation Keywords = embryogenesis Keywords = embryonal carcinoma Keywords = homo sapiens Keywords = human Keywords = human development Keywords = intratubular germ cell tumor Keywords = nonseminoma Keywords = NTera2 Keywords = pluripotency Keywords = pluripotent Keywords = retinoic acid Keywords = seminoma Keywords = teratocarcinoma Keywords = teratoma Keywords = testis Keywords = testicular germ cell tumor Keywords = testicular neoplasm Keywords = totipotency Keywords = totipotent Keywords = undifferentiated Keywords = universal human reference RNA (Stratagene) Keywords = yolk sac tumor Keywords: other
Project description:The testicular germ cell tumour cell lines were transfected with MIR9-2-5p mimic to study the effect on gene expression by RNA sequencing.
Project description:Genomic screening was performed for one family containing MZ twins with testicular germ cell tumors, in order to define alterations associated with risk of tumor development.
Project description:To investigate the role of the testicular germ cell tumor cells in complex traits, we generated ATAC-seq and Promoter Focused Capture C to gain insight into the gene regulatory arcitecture contacting promoters in an testicular cell line NT2-D1 model of testicular cancer
Project description:Methylation profiling was performed of human germ cell cancers of testicular and ovarian origin. The main goal of the study was to investigate chromosomal copy numbers and to assess differential methylation patterns.