Project description:The transcription factor forkhead box D3 (FoxD3) is a transcriptional factor which belongs to forkhead box (Fox) transcription factor family. The functions of FOXD3 in embryogenesis and in the development of neural crest cells have been clearly defined. Its tumor suppressor function hasbeen found in many types of cancer in recent years. However, the study about its roles in lung cancerdevelopment is still lacking. Our study found that deficiency of FoxD3 in lung cancer enhanced cell growth and cell invasion. RNA-sequence analysis demonstrated that loss of FoxD3 mainly affected cell cycle progression related gene expression. Knockdown of FoxD3 led to G2-M cell accumulation with up-regulation of DNA replication licensing factor MCM5 and MCM4 as well as cell cycle regulator polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) and CDC6. Over-expression of those genesin lung cancer was associated with poor clinical outcomes of lung cancer patients. We also identified high mobility group box-1(HMGB1), Hras and Ephrin B1 gene expression increase after FoxD3 silencing which may participate in enhanced lung cancer cell invasion. Our study identifiedtumor suppressor function of FoxD3 in lung cancer andwe did the first comprehensive analysis of the genes regulated by FoxD3 for cell proliferation and invasion in lung cancer. The identified genes regulated by FoxD3 through our analysis will provide valuable information to uncover the mechanism of FoxD3 tumor suppressor function. Three control and three FOXD3 knockdown A549 cell lines were subjected to RNA sequencing.
Project description:The transcription factor forkhead box D3 (FoxD3) is a transcriptional factor which belongs to forkhead box (Fox) transcription factor family. The functions of FOXD3 in embryogenesis and in the development of neural crest cells have been clearly defined. Its tumor suppressor function hasbeen found in many types of cancer in recent years. However, the study about its roles in lung cancerdevelopment is still lacking. Our study found that deficiency of FoxD3 in lung cancer enhanced cell growth and cell invasion. RNA-sequence analysis demonstrated that loss of FoxD3 mainly affected cell cycle progression related gene expression. Knockdown of FoxD3 led to G2-M cell accumulation with up-regulation of DNA replication licensing factor MCM5 and MCM4 as well as cell cycle regulator polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) and CDC6. Over-expression of those genesin lung cancer was associated with poor clinical outcomes of lung cancer patients. We also identified high mobility group box-1(HMGB1), Hras and Ephrin B1 gene expression increase after FoxD3 silencing which may participate in enhanced lung cancer cell invasion. Our study identifiedtumor suppressor function of FoxD3 in lung cancer andwe did the first comprehensive analysis of the genes regulated by FoxD3 for cell proliferation and invasion in lung cancer. The identified genes regulated by FoxD3 through our analysis will provide valuable information to uncover the mechanism of FoxD3 tumor suppressor function.
Project description:The tumor-initiating cells (TIC) are cell population that can initiate tumor, mediate drug resistance, and give rise to metastasis. FOXD3 is a forkhead box (Fox) transcription factor family that regulates the pluripotency of embryonic stem cell and tumorigenicity. However, it is unclear whether FOXD3 play any role in TIC and tumor metastasis. Here, we report that FOXD3 is down-regulated in tumor initiating cells and negatively correlated with higher histologic grades and positive lymph node metastasis. FOXD3 repress TIC expansion, cell migration, drug resistance and osteogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Mechanically, we found that FOXD3 repress a cohort of genes including SET and WDR5 and to regulate several TIC related signaling pathway. Moreover, SET and WDR5 was positively correlated with the CSC abundance and tumor progression. Besides, patients with high expression of SET and WDR5 presented a poorer overall survival. Collectively, our work defined that FOXD3-WDR5-SET axis that repress TIC accumulation and lung cancer progression.
Project description:In this study, we demonstrated that FOXD3, acting as a repressor in the expansion of lung cancer TICs, was negatively correlated with histological grades and metastasis in lung cancer, and provided evidence that FOXD3 repressed the TIC expansion, cell invasion and drug resistance in vivo and in vitro. Global genomic RNA-Seq and Chip-seq analyses identified WDR5 and SET as the direct targets of FOXD3 in lung cancer. Inhibition of WDR5 and SET could partially rescue TIC abundance, cell invasion, osteogenesis, and gene expression signature upon depletion of FOXD3. Clinically, we revealed that FOXD3 was negatively correlated with WDR5 and SET expression, CSC abundance, and prognosis of lung cancer.
Project description:41 lung adenocarcinoma from never-smokers hybridized on Illumina SNP arrays on 13 HumanCNV370-Quadv3 chips. High-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization analysis of lung adenocarcinoma in 41 never smokers for identification of new minimal common regions (MCR) of gain or loss. The SNP array analysis validated copy-number aberrations and revealed that RB1 and WRN were altered by recurrent copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity.The present study has uncovered new aberrations containing cancer genes. The oncogene FUS is a candidate gene in the 16p region that is frequently gained in never smokers. Multiple genetic pathways defined by gains of MYC, deletions of RB1 and WRN or gains on 7p and 7q are involved in lung adenocarcinoma in never smokers. A 'Cartes d'Identite des Tumeurs' (CIT) project from the French National League Against Cancer (http://cit.ligue-cancer.net) 41 samples hybridized on Illumina SNP arrays. Submitter : Fabien PETEL petelf@ligue-cancer.net . Project leader : Pr Pierre FOURET pierre.fouret@psl.aphp.fr