Project description:Aberrant DNA methylation is common in cancer. To associate DNA methylation with gene function, we performed RNAseq upon tumor tissue and matched normal tissues of two ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma) patients. To quantify 5mC and 5hmC level in each CG site at genome-wide level, we performed BS-seq and TAB-seq upon tumor tissue and matched normal tissues of two ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma) patients, respectively. mRNA profiles of tumor and matched normal tissues from two ccRCC patients were generated by deep sequencing, using Hiseq 2000. Single-nucleotide-resolution, whole-genome, 5mC and 5hmC profiles of tumor and matched normal tissues from two ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma) patients were generated by deep sequencing, using Hiseq 2000.
Project description:Aberrant DNA methylation is common in cancer. To associate DNA methylation with gene function, we performed RNAseq upon tumor tissue and matched normal tissues of two ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma) patients. To quantify 5mC and 5hmC level in each CG site at genome-wide level, we performed BS-seq and TAB-seq upon tumor tissue and matched normal tissues of two ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma) patients, respectively.
Project description:SETD2, a H3K36 trimethyltransferase, is frequently mutated in human cancers with the highest prevalence (13%) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Genomic profiling of primary ccRCC tumors reveals a positive correlation between SETD2 mutations and metastasis. However, whether and how SETD2-loss promotes metastasis remains unclear. Here, we detected SETD2 mutations in 24 of 51 (47%) metastatic ccRCC tumors. Using SETD2-mutant metastatic ccRCC patient-derived cell line and xenograft models, we showed that H3K36me3 restoration greatly reduced distant metastases of ccRCC in mice. An integrated ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, and transcriptome analysis concluded a tumor suppressor model in which loss of SETD2-mediated H3K36me3 activates enhancers to drive oncogenic transcription through dysregulating histone chaperone recruitment, enhancing histone exchange, and expanding chromatin accessibility. Furthermore, we uncovered mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for SETD2-deficient cancer through inhibition of histone chaperones. Overall, SETD2-loss creates a permissive epigenetic landscape for cooperating oncogenic drivers to amplify transcriptional output, providing unique therapeutic opportunities.
Project description:SETD2, a H3K36 trimethyltransferase, is frequently mutated in human cancers with the highest prevalence (13%) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Genomic profiling of primary ccRCC tumors reveals a positive correlation between SETD2 mutations and metastasis. However, whether and how SETD2-loss promotes metastasis remains unclear. Here, we detected SETD2 mutations in 24 of 51 (47%) metastatic ccRCC tumors. Using SETD2-mutant metastatic ccRCC patient-derived cell line and xenograft models, we showed that H3K36me3 restoration greatly reduced distant metastases of ccRCC in mice. An integrated ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, and transcriptome analysis concluded a tumor suppressor model in which loss of SETD2-mediated H3K36me3 activates enhancers to drive oncogenic transcription through dysregulating histone chaperone recruitment, enhancing histone exchange, and expanding chromatin accessibility. Furthermore, we uncovered mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for SETD2-deficient cancer through inhibition of histone chaperones. Overall, SETD2-loss creates a permissive epigenetic landscape for cooperating oncogenic drivers to amplify transcriptional output, providing unique therapeutic opportunities.
Project description:SETD2, a H3K36 trimethyltransferase, is frequently mutated in human cancers with the highest prevalence (13%) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Genomic profiling of primary ccRCC tumors reveals a positive correlation between SETD2 mutations and metastasis. However, whether and how SETD2-loss promotes metastasis remains unclear. Here, we detected SETD2 mutations in 24 of 51 (47%) metastatic ccRCC tumors. Using SETD2-mutant metastatic ccRCC patient-derived cell line and xenograft models, we showed that H3K36me3 restoration greatly reduced distant metastases of ccRCC in mice. An integrated ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, and transcriptome analysis concluded a tumor suppressor model in which loss of SETD2-mediated H3K36me3 activates enhancers to drive oncogenic transcription through dysregulating histone chaperone recruitment, enhancing histone exchange, and expanding chromatin accessibility. Furthermore, we uncovered mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for SETD2-deficient cancer through inhibition of histone chaperones. Overall, SETD2-loss creates a permissive epigenetic landscape for cooperating oncogenic drivers to amplify transcriptional output, providing unique therapeutic opportunities.
Project description:SETD2, a H3K36 trimethyltransferase, is frequently mutated in human cancers with the highest prevalence (13%) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Genomic profiling of primary ccRCC tumors reveals a positive correlation between SETD2 mutations and metastasis. However, whether and how SETD2-loss promotes metastasis remains unclear. Here, we detected SETD2 mutations in 24 of 51 (47%) metastatic ccRCC tumors. Using SETD2-mutant metastatic ccRCC patient-derived cell line and xenograft models, we showed that H3K36me3 restoration greatly reduced distant metastases of ccRCC in mice. An integrated ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, and transcriptome analysis concluded a tumor suppressor model in which loss of SETD2-mediated H3K36me3 activates enhancers to drive oncogenic transcription through dysregulating histone chaperone recruitment, enhancing histone exchange, and expanding chromatin accessibility. Furthermore, we uncovered mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for SETD2-deficient cancer through inhibition of histone chaperones. Overall, SETD2-loss creates a permissive epigenetic landscape for cooperating oncogenic drivers to amplify transcriptional output, providing unique therapeutic opportunities.
Project description:SETD2, a H3K36 trimethyltransferase, is frequently mutated in human cancers with the highest prevalence (13%) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Genomic profiling of primary ccRCC tumors reveals a positive correlation between SETD2 mutations and metastasis. However, whether and how SETD2-loss promotes metastasis remains unclear. Here, we detected SETD2 mutations in 24 of 51 (47%) metastatic ccRCC tumors. Using SETD2-mutant metastatic ccRCC patient-derived cell line and xenograft models, we showed that H3K36me3 restoration greatly reduced distant metastases of ccRCC in mice. An integrated ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, and transcriptome analysis concluded a tumor suppressor model in which loss of SETD2-mediated H3K36me3 activates enhancers to drive oncogenic transcription through dysregulating histone chaperone recruitment, enhancing histone exchange, and expanding chromatin accessibility. Furthermore, we uncovered mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for SETD2-deficient cancer through inhibition of histone chaperones. Overall, SETD2-loss creates a permissive epigenetic landscape for cooperating oncogenic drivers to amplify transcriptional output, providing unique therapeutic opportunities.
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs), non-coding RNAs regulating gene expression, are frequently aberrantly expressed in human cancers. Next-generation deep sequencing technology enables genome-wide expression profiling of known miRNAs and discovery of novel miRNAs at unprecedented quantitative and qualitative accuracy. Deep sequencing was performed on 22 fresh frozen clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), 11 non-tumoral renal cortex (NRC) samples and 2 ccRCC cell lines (n=35). The 22 ccRCCs patients belonged to 3 prognostic sub-groups, i.e. Those without disease recurrence, with recurrence and with metastatic disease at diagnosis Deep sequencing was performed on 22 fresh frozen clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), 11 non-tumoral renal cortex (NRC) samples and 2 ccRCC cell lines (n=35). The 22 ccRCCs patients belonged to 3 prognostic sub-groups, i.e. Those without disease recurrence, with recurrence and with metastatic disease at diagnosis.
Project description:The aim of this study was to compare effect of everolimus on growth of different renal cell carcinoma (RCC) populations and develop design for experiments to measure the early response of everolimus in clear cell RCC (ccRCC) cell lines including renal cancer stem cells. Gene expression profiling using microarray was performed to determine the early response to everolimus after 3 days of treatment with optimizied concentration of drug in two ccRCC cell lines 1) parental clear cell renal cell carcinoma ccRCC-PCSC (HKPCSC -human parental kidney cancer stem cells) and 2) ccRCC-CSC - clear cell renal cell carcinoma -cancer stem cells (HKCSC - human kidney cancer stem cells).
Project description:Renal cell cancer is among the most common forms of cancer in humans, with around 35,000 deaths attributed to kidney carcinoma in the European Union (EU) in 2012 alone. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) represents the most common form of kidney cancer and the most lethal of all genitourinary cancers. Here we apply omics technologies to archival core biopsies to investigate the biology underlying ccRCC. Knowledge of these underlying processes should be useful for the discovery and/or confirmation of novel therapeutic approaches and ccRCC biomarker development. From partial or full nephrectomies of 11 patients, paired core biopsies of ccRCC affected tissue and adjacent non-tumorous tissue were both sampled and subjected to proteomics analyses. We combined proteomics results with our published mRNA-seq from the same patients and with published miRNA-seq data from an overlapping patient cohort from our institution. Statistical analysis and pathway analysis were performed with JMP Genomics (SAS) and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA, Qiagen), respectively. Proteomics analysis confirmed the involvement of metabolism and oxidative stress-related pathways in ccRCC, while the most affected pathways in the mRNA-seq data were related to the immune system. Unlike proteomics or mRNA-seq alone, a combinatorial cross-omics pathway analysis approach captured a broad spectrum of biological processes underlying ccRCC, such as mitochondrial damage, repression of apoptosis, and immune system pathways. Sirtuins, immunoproteasome genes and CD74 are proposed as potential targets for the treatment of ccRCC.