Project description:Our findings suggested that cytokines were upregulated in p53 null primary prostate cells after deleting Rb and/or Pten. Rb and Pten deletion are important for prostate cancer progression. p53-/- Rbf/f vs p53-/- Rbâf/âf primary prostate cells. Three independent experiments were performed. p53-/- Rbf/f vs p53-/- Rbâf/âf Ptenâf/âf primary prostate cells. Four independent experiments were performed.
Project description:Our findings suggested that cytokines were upregulated in p53 null primary prostate cells after deleting Rb and/or Pten. Rb and Pten deletion are important for prostate cancer progression.
Project description:PB-Cre/Pten/Smad4 is a transgenic mouse model of metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma (PMID: 21289624). To study the transcriptomic alterations associated with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), the PB-Cre/Pten/Smad4 males with established prostate cancer were treated with surgical castration followed by enzalutamide-admixed diet. After about 4 weeks, dorsolateral prostate (DLP) lobes of treatment-naïve prostate tumors (N=2) and CRPC tumors (N=3) were harvested and extracted for RNA purification and microarray profiling. To further study the transcriptomic changes associated with lung metastases of the PB-Cre/Pten/Smad4/mTmG CRPC model, the PB-Cre/Pten/Smad4 males with established prostate cancer were treated with surgical castration followed by enzalutamide-admixed diet. About 3 months later, from one mouse anterior prostate (AP), dorsolateral prostate (DLP), ventral prostate (VP) and GFP+ lung metastasis nodules were each harvested for RNA purification and microarray profiling.
Project description:We generated immune checkpoint blockade resistant cell lines from a prostate tumor driven by Probasin-Cre Pten/P53/Smad4 loxp deletion, through serial implantation and ICB treatment. We then wanted to explore whether gene expression changes associated with resistance to immune checkpoint blockade could be reversed by treating ICB resistant cells with the pan-HDAC inhibitor Vorinostat. We used a microarray to determine gene expression changes caused by Vorinostat treatment in these cells with biological duplicates.
Project description:Yap1 is a critical transcription coactivator in the Hippo pathways. However, its target genes are not well defined in prostate cancer cells. To determine the downstream transcriptional targets and pathways of Yap1 in Pten/Smad4-defiicent mouse prostate cancer cells, ChIP-seq was performed in the Pten/Smad4-deficient mouse prostate cancer cells.
Project description:Acute Pten loss initiates prostate tumorigenesis characterized by cellular senescence response. Here we examine the cellular senescence response in epithelial individual cells, by single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) in Ptenpc-/- and Ptenpc-/-; Timp1-/- GEMMs. ScRNAseq analysis determines a cluster of senescent cells expressing the senescence-related genes. A significant positive correlation is observed between the senescence score and Bcl2 expression. This provides the rational for targeting senescent cells using Bcl2 inhibitor.
Project description:Hyper-activation of the PI 3-Kinase/ AKT pathway is a driving force of many cancers. Here we identify the AKT-inactivating phosphatase PHLPP1 as a prostate tumor suppressor. We show that Phlpp1-loss causes neoplasia and, upon partial Pten-loss, carcinoma in mouse prostate. This genetic setting initially triggers a growth suppressive response via p53 and the Phlpp2 ortholog, and reveals spontaneous Trp53 inactivation as a condition for full-blown disease. Surprisingly, the co-deletion of PTEN and PHLPP1 in patient samples is highly restricted to metastatic disease and tightly correlated to deletion of TP53 and PHLPP2. These data establish a conceptual framework for progression of PTEN-mutant prostate cancer to life-threatening disease. To better assess the role of Phlpp in prostate we performed micorarray analysis of gene expression in the WT and Pten+/-; Phlpp1-/- mice.
Project description:Expression data of dorsolateral prostates from wild type, prostate-specific Pten knockout, and prostate-specific Pten and Pml double knockout mice
