Project description:We examined gene expression level in KYSE410 cells expressing control, USP11 or ARID1A-targeting shRNAs to study the mechanism underlying the tumor suppressive effect of ARID1A and USP11.
Project description:We examined gene expression level in A431 cells expressing control or ARID1A-targeting shRNAs to study the mechanism underlying the tumor suppressive effect of ARID1A.
Project description:sgRNA cassette sequencing and RNA-seq from H226 cells expressing doxycycline-inducible Control (non-targeting) and p63-targeting shRNAs
Project description:Gene expression profiling of prostate adenocarcinoma LNCaP cells stably transfected with shRNAs targeting ADRB2 (shADRB2-2 and shADRB2-3) or control shRNA (shCtrl) incubated in 10% FCS.
Project description:ARID1A, an epigentic modifier, is often mutated in ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). In addition, EZH2 is frequently upregulated in OCCC. Inhibtion of EZH2 with an inhibitor (GSK126) selectively inhibits ARID1A-mutated cells. This study was designed to understand changes in gene expression profiles following EZH2 inhibition or ARID1A restoration. Chromatin remodelers such as ARID1A are frequently mutated in a broad array of cancers. However, targeted cancer therapy based on ARID1A mutation status has not been described. Intriguingly, ARID1A mutated cancers typically lack genomic instability, suggesting significant involvement of epigenetic mechanisms. Here we show that inhibition of the EZH2 methyltransferase acts in a synthetic lethal manner in ARID1A mutated cells. Remarkably, ARID1A mutation status correlated with response to EZH2 inhibitor. Genome-wide profiling revealed antagonistic roles of ARID1A and EZH2 in gene regulation. Further, we identified PIK3IP1 as a direct ARID1A/EZH2 target gene whose upregulation contributes to the observed synthetic lethality in the EZH2 inhibitor treated ARID1A mutated cells. Significantly, EZH2 inhibitor caused the regression of established ARID1A mutated tumors in vivo. Together, this data demonstrate a synthetic lethality between ARID1A mutation and EZH2 inhibition. They indicate that pharmacological inhibition of EZH2 represents a novel treatment strategy for ARID1A mutated cancers.
Project description:A nonsense mutation in ARID1A was identified by next generation sequencing in non-dysplastic Barrett's esophagus [BE] tissue and esophageal adenocarcinoma [EAC] tissue of a patient diagnosed with EAC. Immunohistochemistry performed on an independent archival cohort demonstrated ARID1A protein loss in 0% (0/76), 4.9% (2/40), 14.3% (4/28), 16.0% (8/50), and 12.2% (12/98) of normal squamous epithelium, BE, low-, high-grade dysplasia, and EAC tissues, respectively. Enhanced cell growth, proliferation and invasion were observed upon ARID1A knockdown in EAC cells. ARID1A was knocked down in OE33 cells (Sample MS_1 and MS_3) using on-TARGET smartpool ARID1A siRNA. At the same time, OE33 cells were transfected with a non-targeting siRNA, and these experiments (Samples MS_2 and MS_4) functioned as mock controls. Cells were harvested after 48 hours and total RNA was extracted using the Rneasy kit (Qiagen) Aim Affymetrix Human PrimeView Gene Expression Array : to determine the downstream effectors of ARID1A that are likely to contribute to the oncogenic phenotype caused by ARID1A down-regulation. Two biological replicates of each condition (2x ARID1A knockdown, and 2x Mock) were used for the microarray experiment.