Project description:This study aims to identify and characterise circulating pancreatic stellate cells in an orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer using single cell RNA sequencing.
Project description:tumor-stroma crosstalk drives pancreatic carcinogenesis we used time-resolved genome-wide transcriptional profiling to analyse changes caused by co-exposure of pancreatic tumor and stellate cells Primary pancreatic Stellate cells (PSC) were treated with a cumulative supernatant of pancreatic tumor cell lines (n=8) and harvested at 1-7, and 24 hours post exposure for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. The 8 tumor cell lines are pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma lines: AsPC1, BxPC3, Capan1, Colo357, MiaPaca2, Panc1, Su8686, and T3M4
Project description:Capan1 (well differentiated pancreatic cancer cell line) was co-cultured with pancreatic stellate cell line (PS1) embedded in a 3D organotypic model and gene expression was analysed in comparison to cancer cells cultured alone without stellate cells. Pancreatic stellate cells were embedded within a gel matrix composing collagen type I and Matrigel, and cancer cells were seeded on top. The gel was lifted on to metal grid after 24 hour and fed from below. Gels were harvested on day 10 and frozen sections obtained. The cancer cell layer on top of the gel was captured by laser microdissection for RNA extraction.
Project description:Human pancreatic stellate cells (HPSCs) are an essential stromal component and are the mediators of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) progression. Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are membrane-enclosed nanoparticles released from stellate cells adjacent to the PDAC. sEVs are believed to play a key role in cell-cell communications and may play a critical role in disease progression. The role of membrane proteins of HPSC sEVs in the PDAC tumor microenvironment is unclear and to date, there has not been a quantitative proteomic comparison of sEVs from normal pancreatic stellate cells (HPaStec) and from PDAC-associated stellate cells (HPSCs). We hypothesized there would be differences in sEVs secretion and membrane protein expression between the 2 conditions that might contribute to PDAC biology. To test these hypotheses, we isolated sEVs using ultracentrifugation followed by characterization by electron microscopy and Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis. HPSCs secreted more sEVs compared to HPaStec, and these sEVs were enriched with exosomal markers, which was confirmed by Western blotting and flow cytometry. HPSC-sEVs also restore the activation of normal stellate cells. Next, we showed that intact membrane-associated proteins may be essential for sufficient uptake of stellate cell sEVs by both normal epithelial and cancer cells. Importantly, we demonstrated that stellate cells in general modulate the cellular proliferations of pancreatic cancer cells although stellate cell sEVs did not change the proliferation of cancer cells. We then compared sEV proteins isolated from HPSCs and HPaStecs cells using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Most of the 1,481 protein groups identified were shared with the exosome database, ExoCarta (http://exocarta.org/; curated by the Mathivanan Lab). Eighty-seven protein groups were differentially expressed (selected by 2-fold difference and adjusted P value ≤ 0.05) between HPSC and HPaStec sEVs. HPSC sEVs contained dramatically more CSE1L, a poor prognostic marker for pancreatic cancer. In conclusion, our findings using mass spectrometry–based proteomics may direct further studies to understand the biology and role of protein composition of HPSC sEVs in PDAC progression or to develop novel strategies based on delivery of exosome cargo to PDAC tumor cells.
Project description:The presence of activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) in the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) microenvironment plays a significant role in cancer progression. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is overexpressed in PDAC tissues and expressed by both cancer and stromal cells. The expression status of MIF and its receptors in PDAC- associated fibroblasts or PSCs and its pathophysiological roles are yet to be elucidated. The next-generation sequencing technique was adapted to check the effect of MIF absence on the expression of other genes in mice (mPSCs).
Project description:Capan1 (well differentiated pancreatic cancer cell line) was co-cultured with pancreatic stellate cell line (PS1) embedded in a 3D organotypic model and gene expression was analysed in comparison to cancer cells cultured alone without stellate cells.
Project description:When combined into spheres and embedded in extracellular matrix, hetero-cellular cultures of pancreatic cancer and stellate cells produce invasive, stellate-led, projections. In order to establish what cancer and stellate cells are expressing in this context we generated chimeric spheres of mouse and human cells. Invasive spheroids could then be processed for RNA sequencing, with reads mapped back to parent species and thus cell type.
Project description:This study used Illumina single-end RNA-sequencing to examine gene expression differences between 2 mouse-derived pancreatic stellate cell lines (PSC4, PSC5) grown either in 2D monolayers, as 3D quiescent cultures, or as 3D activated transwell cocultures with 2 mouse tumor-derived pancreatic ductal organoid lines (T4, T5). Mouse pancreatic stellate cell (PSC) lines were derived from the pancreata of wild-type C57Bl/6J mice. Mouse tumor organoid lines were derived from mouse pancreata containing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) from the KrasLSL-G12D; Trp53LSL-R162H; Pdx1-Cre mouse model. We measured genes differentially expressed among 2D, quiescent, and 3D activated PSCs that may reflect the expression changes of heterogeneous CAF population in pancreatic tumors.
Project description:tumor-stroma crosstalk drives pancreatic carcinogenesis we used time-resolved genome-wide transcriptional profiling to analyse changes caused by co-exposure of pancreatic tumor and stellate cells