Project description:Cell differentiation is an essential process of normal development by which a stem cell or progenitor cell becomes a post-mitotic, specialized cell with unique morphology and function. Also, it has long been recognized that differentiation is associated with a marked reduction in DNA damage response at the global level. The molecular basis for the coordination between cell cycle exit, acquirement of specialized structure and function, and attenuation of DNA damage response during differentiation is not well understood. We have conducted a genome-wide analysis of the HOXC9-induced neuronal differentiation program in human neuroblastoma cells. Gene expression profiling reveals that HOXC9-induced differentiation is associated with transcriptional regulation of 2,395 genes, which is characterized by global upregulation of neuronal genes and downregulation of cell cycle and DNA repair genes. Remarkably, genome-wide mapping demonstrates that HOXC9 occupies 40% of these genes, including a large number of genes involved in neuronal differentiation, cell cycle progression and DNA damage response. These findings suggest that HOXC9 directly activates and represses the transcription of distinct sets of genes to coordinate the cellular events characteristic of neuronal differentiation. Affymetrix microarray assays were performed according to the manufacturer's directions on total RNA isolated from three independent samples of BE(2)-C/Tet-Off/Myc-HOXC9 cells cultured in the presence or absence of doxycycline for 6 days.
Project description:Cell differentiation is an essential process of normal development by which a stem cell or progenitor cell becomes a post-mitotic, specialized cell with unique morphology and function. Also, it has long been recognized that differentiation is associated with a marked reduction in DNA damage response at the global level. The molecular basis for the coordination between cell cycle exit, acquirement of specialized structure and function, and attenuation of DNA damage response during differentiation is not well understood. We have conducted a genome-wide analysis of the HOXC9-induced neuronal differentiation program in human neuroblastoma cells. Gene expression profiling reveals that HOXC9-induced differentiation is associated with transcriptional regulation of 2,395 genes, which is characterized by global upregulation of neuronal genes and downregulation of cell cycle and DNA repair genes. Remarkably, genome-wide mapping demonstrates that HOXC9 occupies 40% of these genes, including a large number of genes involved in neuronal differentiation, cell cycle progression and DNA damage response. These findings suggest that HOXC9 directly activates and represses the transcription of distinct sets of genes to coordinate the cellular events characteristic of neuronal differentiation. Two independent preparations of BE(2)-C/Tet-Off/Myc-HOXC9 cells cultured in the absence of doxycycline for 6 days were used for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) against Myc-tagged HOXC9 and massively parallel sequencing by Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx.
Project description:Cell differentiation is an essential process of normal development by which a stem cell or progenitor cell becomes a post-mitotic, specialized cell with unique morphology and function. Also, it has long been recognized that differentiation is associated with a marked reduction in DNA damage response at the global level. The molecular basis for the coordination between cell cycle exit, acquirement of specialized structure and function, and attenuation of DNA damage response during differentiation is not well understood. We have conducted a genome-wide analysis of the HOXC9-induced neuronal differentiation program in human neuroblastoma cells. Gene expression profiling reveals that HOXC9-induced differentiation is associated with transcriptional regulation of 2,395 genes, which is characterized by global upregulation of neuronal genes and downregulation of cell cycle and DNA repair genes. Remarkably, genome-wide mapping demonstrates that HOXC9 occupies 40% of these genes, including a large number of genes involved in neuronal differentiation, cell cycle progression and DNA damage response. These findings suggest that HOXC9 directly activates and represses the transcription of distinct sets of genes to coordinate the cellular events characteristic of neuronal differentiation.
Project description:Cell differentiation is an essential process of normal development by which a stem cell or progenitor cell becomes a post-mitotic, specialized cell with unique morphology and function. Also, it has long been recognized that differentiation is associated with a marked reduction in DNA damage response at the global level. The molecular basis for the coordination between cell cycle exit, acquirement of specialized structure and function, and attenuation of DNA damage response during differentiation is not well understood. We have conducted a genome-wide analysis of the HOXC9-induced neuronal differentiation program in human neuroblastoma cells. Gene expression profiling reveals that HOXC9-induced differentiation is associated with transcriptional regulation of 2,395 genes, which is characterized by global upregulation of neuronal genes and downregulation of cell cycle and DNA repair genes. Remarkably, genome-wide mapping demonstrates that HOXC9 occupies 40% of these genes, including a large number of genes involved in neuronal differentiation, cell cycle progression and DNA damage response. These findings suggest that HOXC9 directly activates and represses the transcription of distinct sets of genes to coordinate the cellular events characteristic of neuronal differentiation.
Project description:The human neuroblastoma cell lines SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 can be differentiated into neuron-like phenotypes through treatment with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). After differentiation, these cell lines are extensively utilized as in vitro models to study various aspects of neuronal cell biology. However, temporal and quantitative profiling of the proteome and phosphoproteome of SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 cells throughout ATRA-induced differentiation has been limited. Here, we performed relative quantification of the phosphoproteomes of SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 cells at multiple time points during ATRA-induced differentiation. The data presented serve as a valuable resource for investigating temporal protein and phosphoprotein abundance changes in SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 cells during ATRA-induced differentiation.
Project description:The human neuroblastoma cell lines SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 can be differentiated into neuron-like phenotypes through treatment with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). After differentiation, these cell lines are extensively utilized as in vitro models to study various aspects of neuronal cell biology. However, temporal and quantitative profiling of the proteome and phosphoproteome of SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 cells throughout ATRA-induced differentiation has been limited. Here, we performed relative quantification of the proteomes of SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 cells at multiple time points during ATRA-induced differentiation. The data presented serve as a valuable resource for investigating temporal protein and phosphoprotein abundance changes in SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 cells during ATRA-induced differentiation.
Project description:Neuroblastoma (NB) arises from neural crest cells (NCCs) secondary to a block in differentiation. Retinoic acid (RA) differentiation therapy has limited therapeutic efficacy, and the mechanisms preventing terminal differentiation remain elusive. We found that the chromatin modifier CHAF1A restricts neuronal differentiation and promotes NB oncogenesis. CHAF1A blocks NC differentiation into mature neurons in both human NCCs and zebrafish models. CHAF1A gain-of-function promotes cell malignancy, blocks RA-induced differentiation, and is sufficient to induce NB tumor formation. Mechanistically, CHAF1A blocks NB differentiation by repressing gene expression programs promoting neuronal development and differentiation, and rewiring polyamine metabolism. Targeting polyamine synthesis restores NB sensitivity to RA therapy. Our results demonstrate that CHAF1A critically contributes to NB oncogenesis by blocking neuronal differentiation and reprogramming cell metabolism.
Project description:S-palmitoylation is the covalent attachment of palmitic acid to cysteine residues through a thioester bond. S-palmitoylation is highly abundant in neurons, where it plays a fundamental role in neuronal development. In addition, S-palmitoylation is associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease. However, knowledge of S-palmitoylation in neurodevelopment is limited due to technological challenges in analysing this highly hydrophobic modification of proteins. Here, we use two orthogonal methods, acyl-biotin exchange and lipid metabolic labelling, to identify S-acylated proteins and sites in neuronal cells. We identified 650 S-palmitoylated proteins by both methods, including proteins that are well-known for their role in neuronal differentiation. Importantly, significant changes in the abundance of S-palmitoylated proteins were detected during neuronal differentiation. Overall, the combination of methods described here provides the advantage of cross-validation of the identified S-palmitoylated proteins and should be used further to study S-palmitoylation in the central nervous system to understand physiology and neurodegenerative diseases.
Project description:SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells are widely used as in vitro neuronal model. They can be induced to a differentiated phenotype, presenting neurites and synaptical-like structures in response to retinoic (RA) acid and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), providing a model to analyze neuronal differentiation. We report a large scale MS quantification of SH-SY5Y cells proteome during its differentiation process after treatment with RA/BDNF. Using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) approach and phosphopeptide enrichment protocols, we identified a total of 5587 proteins, 366 of them showed differential abundance between both conditions of culture. Differentiated SH-SY5Y cells showed regulation of proteins and phosphosites strongly related to neuronal development, in contrast, undifferentiated cells expressed proteins more related to cell proliferation and control of cell cycle. Interactive network analysis covered processes as focal adhesion, cytoskeleton dynamics and neurodegenerative diseases and pathway analysis displayed regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathways mainly; the proteins involved in those processes might be considered as markers for neuronal differentiation. Overall the data collection presented here can be explored for any studies which intent to use SH-SY5Y as neuronal model.