Project description:We analyzed the transcriptional consequences of the BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 in the T-ALL cell line LOUCY by microarray analysis. Short-term exposure to a low dose of JQ1 (4h, 250nM) provided insights in the genes whose expression was immediately affected by BET bromodomain inhibition. Significantly downregulated genes upon short-term drug treatment included stem-cell associated genes and putative oncogenes such as BAALC, WT1, MN1, MEF2C, LMO1 and LMO2. Genes associated with the 500 highest ranked enhancer regions in LOUCY, were significantly enriched in genes downregulated after JQ1 treatment.
Project description:Bromodomain and extra terminal domain (BET) inhibition reduces occupancy of BET-family proteins at promoter and enhancer sites resulting in changes in the transcription of specific genes. We used microarray profiling to investigate the transcriptional changes induced by BET inhibitor JQ1 treatment in DV90 cells to identify the underlying changes of gene regulation that lead to JQ1 sensitivity. DV90 cells (JQ1 sensitive non-small cell lung cancer cell line) were treated with 135 nM (IC50) or 785 nM (IC90) of JQ1 for 4h and 24h. DMSO treated controls served as reference and at least four replicates per condition were collected. RNA was extracted and hybridized to Affymetrix HuGene-2.1ST microarrays to identify treatment induced transcriptional changes.
Project description:RNA sequencing was performed on biological triplicates of LOUCY and PEER cells treated with 100nM GSK2879552 for 48h versus their corresponding DMSO treatment controls. GSK2879552 is a potent, selective and orally bioavailable inhibitor of the lysine-specific histone demethylase 1 (LSD1). Gene expression was severely affected by LSD1 inhibition. Pathway analysis performed on the differentially expressed genes following 48hrs of LSD1i treatment clearly showed an increased apoptotic gene signature (CASP3, CASP8) and enhanced expression of genes associated with TRAIL signaling. Furthermore, pre-ranked Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) revealed that genes upregulated after LSD1 inhibition in LOUCY showed significant enrichment for transcripts that are down in hematopoietic stem cells and early T lymphocytes. In contrast, important components of the Notch, WNT and SMAD signalling complex were significantly down regulated upon short-term LSD1i treatment in LOUCY cells. In line with this notion, pre-ranked GSEA also revealed that LSD1i resulted in decreased expression of genes that significantly overlap with an oncogenic MYC signature.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:We analyzed the transcriptional consequences of the BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 in the T-ALL cell line LOUCY by microarray analysis. Sustained exposure at a high concentration (48h, 1µM) revealed broad transcriptional effects with more than half of the expressed probesets showing significant up- or downregulation (adj. p-value<0.05). Significantly downregulated genes included stem-cell associated genes and putative oncogenes such as BAALC, WT1, MN1, MEF2C, LMO1, LMO2, BCL2, IGFBP7, ZEB2, GFI1B, MYB and LYL1.
Project description:H3K27ac ChIP-Seq data of the T-ALL cell line LOUCY was obtained to find active regions in the genome and to correlate that with expression profiling of lncRNAs in the LOUCY cell line.
