Project description:H3K27ac is an active enhancer mark, which is associated with higher activation of transcription. To determine the downstream transcriptional targets and pathways of H3K27ac in PTEN-deficient glioblastoma, ChIP-seq was performed in SF763 PTEN-KO and U87 cells.
Project description:The goal of this study is to compare gene expression profiles of PTEN WT and KO GBM cells when they are growing in vivo. Isogenic PTEN WT or KO LN229 GBM cells were subcutaneously implanted into Balb/c nude mice (two in each group) to form tumor. At the 30th day tumors were harvested and total RNA was isolated. RNA-seq analysis was performed to examine the differential express pattern of the two type of xenografts.
Project description:To identify QK-modulated microRNAs exhibiting a >1.5-fold change across all three cell model systems: human GBM cell lines, U87 and Hs683, and Ink4a/Arf-/- Pten-/- mouse astrocytes
Project description:To identify QK-modulated microRNAs exhibiting a >1.5-fold change across all three cell model systems: human GBM cell lines, U87 and Hs683, and Ink4a/Arf-/- Pten-/- mouse astrocytes
Project description:Purpose: Hypoxia is a predominant feature in GBM and its microenvironment. It is associated with the tumor growth, progression and resistance to conventional therapy of GBM. We have utilized U87-MG cell line as a human GBM cell model and human brain HEB cell line as non-neoplastic brain cell cultured in different levels of hypoxia for transcriptional profiling to identify the transcriptional signature of U87-MG cells for elucidated the role of hypoxia in GBM phenotype. Methods: We have utilized U87-MG cell line as a human GBM cell model and human brain HEB cell line as non-neoplastic brain cell cultured in 21%, 5% and 1% O2 for 24h. Then we detected the changes of transcriptional profiling and analyzed the biological process and pathway for the genes with different expression modes in different hypoxia levels. Results: U87-MG cells present specific transcriptional signature response to different hypoxia levels. The genes associated with organ and system development present an upward trend from normoxia to extreme hypoxia. And the biological process of DNA repair presents a downward trend, indicating that gene mutations of U87-MG cells could derive by hypoxia microenvironment. Otherwise, HEB cells present the canonical response to hypoxia, reducing of the metabolic rate in concert with the degree of hypoxia and extracting more oxygen from the environment. Conclusion: Hypoxia microenvironment could promote the malignance of GBM through activate of genes involved in organ and system development. Meanwhile it could induce the mutations of genes in GBM, especially extreme hypoxia.
Project description:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is characterized by hepatic steatosis and hepatocellular injury and progresss cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Sterol regulatory elment-binding proteins (SREBPs) are master regulators of lipogenesis. Liver-specific PTEN knockout (KO) mice show constitutive upregulation of SREBP through PI3K-Akt pathway activation, leading to spontaneous fatty liver and subsequent HCC development. SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) plays a critical role in SREBP activation. We sought to determine the impact of SREBP inhibition on NASH and HCC development. To this end, we additionaly inhibited SREBP pathway in liver-specific PTEN mice by ablating SCAP and generated liver-specific PTEN/SCAP double KO (DKO) mice. However unexpectedly, inhibition of SCAP/SREBP pathway markedly exacerbated liver injury (5weeks), fibrosis (5months), and carcinogenesis (7 months) in PTEN KO mice. To elucidate the mechanisms of liver tumorigenesis in liver-specific PTEN/SCAP DKO mice, we conducted transcriptome analyses of the livers.
Project description:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is characterized by hepatic steatosis and hepatocellular injury and progresses to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) are master regulators of lipogenesis. Liver-specific PTEN knockout (KO) mice show constitutive upregulation of SREBP through PI3K-Akt pathway activation, leading to spontaneous fatty liver and subsequent HCC development. SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) plays a critical role in SREBP activation. We sought to determine the impact of SREBP inhibition on NASH and HCC development. To this end, we additionally inhibited SREBP pathway in liver-specific PTEN mice by ablating SCAP and generated liver-specific PTEN/SCAP double KO (DKO) mice. However unexpectedly, inhibition of SCAP/SREBP pathway markedly exacerbated liver injury (5weeks), fibrosis (5months), and carcinogenesis (7 months) in PTEN KO mice. To elucidate the mechanisms of liver injury in liver-specific PTEN/SCAP DKO mice, we conducted transcriptome analyses of the livers.
Project description:Purpose:Next-generation sequencing has revolutionized sytems-level celluar pathway analysis. The goals of this study are to compare the U87 cell xenograft GBM mice (U87 cell line) to TWIST1 knock out U87 cell xenograft GBM mice (TWIST1 knock out U87 cell line) using their transcriptomes