Project description:To quantify tRNA expression, we perform hydro-tRNA sequencing (Gogakos et al. 2017) in HACAT (keratinoytes) and HepG2 (liver) human cell lines. This study contains 6 samples. Three replicates for each of the five cell lines. This data complements our previously published data (GEO: GSE137834), which contained five additional cell lines from different tissues: HEK293 (kidney), HCT116 (colon), HeLa (cervix), MDA-MB-231 (breast), and BJ fibroblasts. Therefore, with these extra two cell lines, this constitutes a tissue-wide dataset of tRNA sequencing covering a total of seven human cell lines.
Project description:We analyze whether tRNA quantifications based on small RNA-seq data are informative enough to distinguish between different human cell lines covering multiple tissue types. We therefore apply both small RNA-seq and Hydro-tRNAseq to HEK293 (kidney), HCT116 (colon), HeLa (cervix), MDA-MB-231 (breast), and BJ fibroblasts. First, the correlations between the two methods of identical samples and computational mapping pipeline range between 0.93 and 0.96 for all cell lines. tRNA quantifications from both protocols are compared and significantly higher Spearman correlations are obtained within matching samples versus mismatching cell lines. In consequence, we demonstrate that small RNA-seq quantifications of sample-specific tRNA profiles show a good agreement with conventional tRNA-seq.
Project description:Specific regulation of target genes by transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in a given cellular context is determined in part by transcription factors and cofactors that interact with the Smad complex. In the present study, we determined Smad2 and Smad3 (Smad2/3) binding regions in the promoters of known genes in HepG2 hepatoblastoma cells, and compared them to those in HaCaT epidermal keratinocytes to elucidate the mechanisms of cell-type- and context-dependent regulation of transcription induced by TGF-β. Our results show that 81% of the Smad2/3 binding regions in HepG2 cells were not shared with those found in HaCaT cells. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) is expressed in HepG2 cells, but not in HaCaT cells, and the HNF4α binding motif was identified as an enriched motif in the HepG2-specific Smad2/3 binding regions. ChIP-sequencing analysis of HNF4α binding regions under TGFα stimulation revealed that 32.5% of the Smad2/3 binding regions overlapped HNF4α bindings. MIXL1 was identified as a new combinatorial target of HNF4α and Smad2/3, and both the HNF4α protein and its binding motif were required for the induction of MIXL1 by TGF-β in HepG2 cells. These findings generalize the importance of binding of HNF4α on Smad2/3 binding genomic regions for HepG2-specific regulation of transcription by TGF-β, and suggest that certain transcription factors expressed in a cell-type-specific manner play important roles in the transcription regulated by the TGF-β-Smad signaling pathway.
Project description:To figure out the expression level of genes in normal human keratinocytes, we performed RNA-seq analysis in HaCaT cells. Here, we used 4 HaCaT cells as parallel samples.
Project description:We identified a number of affected pathways through transcriptome analysis on the skin biopsy samples of the FPPK patients. Our findings suggest that TRPV3 dysfunction may increase apoptotic activity, inhibit keratinocyte differentiation and disturb the intricate balance between proliferation and differentiation state of keratinocytes in the skin. To understand the effect of TRPV3 mutation, transcriptome of HaCaT cell lines transfected with mutant TRPV3 were profiled in time-course manner (16, 24 and 40hr).
Project description:The p53 protein is encoded by TP53 gene and plays the key role in significant number of cellular processes including proliferation, apoptosis and regulation of many stress response pathways. P53 acts like a direct transcription activator of numerous genes regulating cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, growth inhibition and many others (Mollereau and Ma, 2014). The canonical biological function of p53 is maintaining genome integrity via elimination of damaged or exposed to genotoxic stress cells. Immortalized HaCaT cells are widely used for keratinocyte research, since they maintain stable keratinocyte phenotype, have nearly unlimited proliferative potential, do not require specific growth and differentiation factors (Colombo et al., 2017). Also, HaCaT cells produce typical differentiation markers such as cytokeratins K14 and K10, involucrin (Colombo et al., 2017) and respond to keratinocyte differentiation stimuli. Taking together, HaCaT cells have similar to normal human keratinocytes (NHK) properties, however, as many of spontaneously immortalized cell lines HaCaT cells bear two mutant p53 alleles - R282Q and H179Y (Lehman et al., 1993). Mutp53 in HaCaT has an increased affinity to other p53 family members (p63, p73), which significantly expands p53 properties. Moreover, mutp53 indirectly affects specific target genes via protein-protein interactions with other transcription factors (NF-Y, E2F1, NF-KB) or by tethering p63 to new promotor locations. For more detailed investigation of mutp53 impact on various processes in HaCaT cells we performed a shRNA mediated knockdown of mutp53. For generation of stable TP53 knockdown we employed plasmid vector pLKO-p53-shRNA-941 (Addgene # #25637) followed by puromycin selection of transduced cells. Here we present proteomic dataset obtained from wild type HaCaT cells and p53 knock down HaCaT keratinocytes.
Project description:Specific regulation of target genes by transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in a given cellular context is determined in part by transcription factors and cofactors that interact with the Smad complex. In the present study, we determined Smad2 and Smad3 (Smad2/3) binding regions in the promoters of known genes in HepG2 hepatoblastoma cells, and compared them to those in HaCaT epidermal keratinocytes to elucidate the mechanisms of cell type- and context-dependent regulation of transcription induced by TGF-β. Our results show that 81% of the Smad2/3 binding regions in HepG2 cells were not shared with those found in HaCaT cells. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) is expressed in HepG2 cells, but not in HaCaT cells, and the HNF4α binding motif was identified as an enriched motif in the HepG2-specific Smad2/3 binding regions. ChIP-sequencing analysis of HNF4A binding regions under TGF-β stimulation revealed that 32.5% of the Smad2/3 binding regions overlapped HNF4A bindings. MIXL1 was identified as a new combinatorial target of HNF4A and Smad2/3, and both the HNF4A protein and its binding motif were required for the induction of MIXL1 by TGF-β in HepG2 cells. These findings generalize the importance of binding of HNF4A on Smad2/3 binding genomic regions for HepG2-specific regulation of transcription by TGF-β, and suggest that certain transcription factors expressed in a cell-type-specific manner play important roles in the transcription regulated by the TGF-β-Smad signaling pathway. HepG2 cells were treated with TGF-beta for 1.5 h or left untreated. anti-HNF4A ChIP-seq was performed. One lane was used for each sample.
Project description:Vohwinkel syndrome, VS (OMIM#124500), a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease, with less than 50 reported cases in the literature. Although clinical symptoms of VS are complex, which are caused by GJB2 mutation is more typical. To explore related differential genes and signaling pathways of Vohwinkel syndrome (VS) caused by mutations of GJB2. Human Gene Expression Array of the GJB2-VS mutated (G130V) HaCaT cell lines and identified distinct classes of up- and down- regulated genes during this process.
Project description:Vohwinkel syndrome, VS (OMIM#124500), a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease, with less than 50 reported cases in the literature. Although clinical symptoms of VS are complex, which are caused by GJB2 mutation is more typical. To explore related differential genes and signaling pathways of Vohwinkel syndrome (VS) caused by mutations of GJB2. Human Gene Expression Array of two types of GJB2-VS mutated (G130V and D66H) HaCaT cell lines and identified distinct classes of up- and down- regulated genes during this process.