Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study are to compare 1. The transcription profile in KDM6A wildtype and KDM6A mutated urothelial bladder carcinoma. 2. The transcriptional changes in KDM6A mutated urothelial bladder carcinoma upon EZH2 inhibitor treatment.
Project description:RNA-seq data of small cell carcinoma of the bladder (SCCB) /urothelial carcinoma (Non-SCCB) clinical samples, and bladder-PARCB cell lines
Project description:Expression profiling by arrays Urothelial carcinoma (UC) can arise at any location along the urothelial tract, including the urethra, bladder, ureter or renal pelvis. Although tumors arising in these various locations demonstrate similar morphology, it is unclear whether the gene expression profiles are similar in the upper tract (ureter and renal pelvis) or in the lower tract (bladder and urethra) carcinomas, especially given their different embryologic origins. As differences may facilitate potentially different screening and treatment modalities, we sought to examine the relationship between urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis (rUC) and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (bUC). Fresh tumor tissue was collected from patients with bUC (n=10) and benign mucosa from the bladder (n=7) was collected from individuals undergoing resection for non-UC conditions for comparison. Gene expression profiles from these samples were determined using high-throughput Affymetrix gene expression microarray chips. Bioinformatic approaches were used to compare gene expression profiles of these samples and those of rUC (n= 14) and normal kidney (n=14) that were mostly used in our previous publication. Using unsupervised analytic approaches, rUC and bUC were indistinguishable. When supervised analytic approach was used, a very small number of potentially differentially expressed genes was identified; these differences were most likely to be limited to a single pathway - the chloride ion binding activity pathway -which was more frequently activated in rUC than in bUC. We found that the gene expression profiles of UCs from the upper and lower tract were extremely similar, suggesting that similar pathogenic mechanisms likely function in the development of these tumors. The differential expression of genes in the identified pathway may represent a potential new avenue for detection of upper tract tumors. Tissue samples with urothelial cell carcinoma from lower tract (bladder) as well as normal references were collected and the gene expression profiles were compared with gene expression profiles of samples in our previously published data set . No technical replicates.
Project description:Bladder cancer is a major and mortal disease in urological area. Cisplatin is a key drug for bladder cancer especially for muscle invasive cases. In most cases of bladder cancer, cisplatin is effective; however, resistance to cisplatin is critical for patient’s prognosis. Thus, treatment strategy for cisplatin resistant bladder cancer is essential to improve current prognosis. In this study, we established cisplatin resistant bladder cancer line (CR cells) using a urothelial carcinoma line UM-UC-3 cells. We screened potential targets for CR cells and found that claspin is overexpressed in CR cells. Claspin mRNA knockdown revealed that claspin has a role in cisplatin resistance in CR cells. In our previous study, we found HLA-A*02:01-restricted CLSPN peptide by an HLA ligandome analysis. We thus generated CLSPN peptide specific CTL clone and found that CLSPN peptide-specific CTL clone recognized CR cells at higher levels compared with that of UM-UC-3 wild type cells. These findings indicate that claspin is a driver for cisplatin resistance and claspin peptide-specific immunotherapy is effective for cisplatin resistant cases.