Project description:Gene expression profiling of CAF co-cultured with human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells compared with mono-cultured CAF. To identify key molecular regulators expressed by carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAF) that promote cancer cell invasion, microarrays were performed by comparing co-cultured OSCC cells and CAF with monoculture controls. comparison 1: CAF co-cultured with OSCC vs. mono-cultured CAF comparison 2: OSCC co-cultured with CAF vs. mono-cultured OSCC 1.7X10(5) YD-10B OSCC cells and 1.7X10(5) CAF were seeded in the upper chamber and lower chamber, respectively, of 6-transwell plates containing collagen-coated 1 micrometer pore transmembrane filters (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA). Monoculture control samples were generated by culturing only CAF or OSCC on the same side of the filter as in the co-culture design.
Project description:Molecular mechanisms of the cancer cells-carcinoma associated fibroblasts (CAF) interactions growing in vitro conditions as a co-culture. The five canine mammary cancer cell lines were cultured with CAF (isolated from canine mammary cancer) for 72hrs. Then, the cancer cells and CAFs were sorted and the gene expression analysis was conducted. The control for each co-cultured cell line was the same cell line growing as a single culture. Dye-swap experiment, each cell line growing in the co-culture conditions was compared to the same cell line growing as a single culture.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of CAF co-cultured with human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells compared with mono-cultured CAF. To identify key molecular regulators expressed by carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAF) that promote cancer cell invasion, microarrays were performed by comparing co-cultured OSCC cells and CAF with monoculture controls.
Project description:Molecular mechanisms of the cancer cells-carcinoma associated fibroblasts (CAF) interactions growing in vitro conditions as a co-culture. The five canine mammary cancer cell lines were cultured with CAF (isolated from canine mammary cancer) for 72hrs. Then, the cancer cells and CAFs were sorted and the gene expression analysis was conducted. The control for each co-cultured cell line was the same cell line growing as a single culture.
Project description:In this work, we reported a strategy to produce 3D in vitro microtissues of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) for studying the desmoplastic reaction activated by the stroma-cancer crosstalk. The purpose of this dataset was to examine the transcriptional expression changes of normal fibroblasts (NF), cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) and pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell line (PT45) in 3D versus 2D culture and in mono-culture versus co-culture. Illumina Human BeadChips were used to profile the transcriptome after 12 days of culture. We reported that human PDAC microtissues, obtained by co-culturing PT45 with NF or CAF within biodegradable microcarriers in spinner flask bioreactor, closely recapitulate key PDAC microenvironment characteristics.
Project description:Analysis of differentially expressed genes in CAF associated with PDAC vs NF. Genetically engineered mice with spontaneous pancreas cancer were generated. Their genotype is Ptfa-cre/+:LSL KrasG12D/+;Tgfrb2flox/flox. Cancer associated fibroblasts were expanded in vitro from the tumors of these mice (CAF). Normal fibroblasts (NF) were also expanded from normal pancreas of mice. The experiement consists in comparing the expression profile of CAF vs. NF.
Project description:Eight different human cancer cell lines were cocultured with human cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) as spheroid cultures. In another setup UT-SCC-7 cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma cells, together with human skin fibroblasts (SFB) and UT-SCC-2 cells together with gingival fibroblasts (GFB) were cultured as spheroid cocultures. These spheroids were treated with PAD4 or with citrullination buffer only. All spheroids were hypotonically lysed, and the remaining insoluble material was digested to peptides and analysed by LC-MS/MS.
Project description:To study of differential effect on cancer-associated fibroblasts of HNSCC, we have employed microarray expression profiling. The critical effect of the tumor microenvironment to caner progression is well recognized. Recent research suggests that the cancer-promoting properties of the tumor stroma may attributed to fibroblasts. However, little is known about fibroblasts that inhibit cancer progression. From the immunohistochemical analysis of cancer tissues from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients, we divided cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) into two groups depending on whether the boundary between epithelial cancer cells and the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) is clear and smooth or not. Therefore, we tried to evaluate whether there is a difference between these two CAFs in HNSCC progression. CAF was primary cultured, followed by co-culture with HNSCC cell to observe the effect on Matrigel invasion. The mRNA expression patterns between these two CAF groups were compared by DNA microarray analysis. FaDu cell and primary CAF from each group was co-transplanted into the oral mucosa of mice, and the tumorigenesis was compared. The CAF group (CAF-Promote, CAF-P) from cancer tissues which have unclear boundary between ECM and epithelial cancer cells showed a tendency to stimulate in vitro Matrigel invasion of HNSCC cell. On the contrary, the CAF group (CAF-Defense, CAF-D) from cancer tissues, which have clear boundary with epithelial cancer cell caused no remarkable increase of Matrigel invasion. In addition, CAF-D reduced the tumorigenicity of FaDu compared to CAF-P in the in vivo mice model. In DNA microarray analysis, COL3A1, COL6A6, COL25A1, and COL26A1 were particularly highly expressed in CAF-D group. In this study, these collagen proteins derived from cancer stroma were found to have a function of inhibiting the progression of HNSCC. It is expected to provide important information for predicting the prognosis of HNSCC and development of drug target in the future.
Project description:Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment are involved in the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). We generated CAF-like cells by direct co-culture of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), one of the origins of CAFs, with ESCC cell lines and found that periostin is highly expressed in CAF-like cells. Periostin activated Akt and Erk signaling pathways in ESCC cells, enhancing survival and migration via integrin β4, one of the receptors for periostin. Periostin also enhanced migration of MSCs and macrophages and caused macrophages to acquire tumor-associated macrophage (TAM)-like properties. High periostin expression in cancer stroma was associated with several clinicopathological factors and expressions of CAF markers and numbers of infiltrating TAMs. Moreover, ESCC patients with high periostin expression exhibited significantly poor postoperative outcomes. Thus, periostin secreted from CAFs enhanced the migration of ESCC cells, MSCs, and macrophages and contributed to developing the tumor microenvironment. These results indicate that periostin may be a novel therapeutic target for ESCC.