Project description:Heterochromatin has a high density of DNA and low rates of gene transcription.H3k9me3 is a conserved histone modification, and is best known for its role in constitutive heterochromatin formation.H1155, which is a neuroendocrine large cell lung cancer cell line, has a dense nucleus and a high level of occupancy of H3K9me3. PAX5 is a neurogenesis and B lymphocyte development transcription factor, and endogenous expressed in neuroendocrine carcinoma, including H1155 cell line. To assess whether PAX5 promotes heterochromatin formation in H1155, we knock out PAX5 in H1155 cell (KO-PAX5) by CRISPR/Cas9 and use H3K9me3 to performed ChIP-seq.
Project description:Analysis of prostate adnocarcinoma cell line LNCaP cells overexpression pair box 5 (PAX5) for up to 4 days. The goals of this study are to compare PAX5 overexpression in LNCaP cell drives transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) changes.
Project description:Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) is the most aggressive type of lung cancer with early metastatic dissemination and invariable development of resistant disease for which no effective treatment is available to date. Mouse models of SCLC based on inactivation of Rb1 and Trp53 developed earlier showed frequent amplifications of two transcription factor genes: Nfib and Mycl. Overexpression of Nfib but not Mycl in SCLC mouse results in an enhanced and altered metastatic profile, and appears to be associated with genomic instability. NFIB promotes tumor heterogeneity with the concomitant expansive growth of poorly differentiated, highly proliferative, and invasive tumor cell populations. Consistent with the mouse data, NFIB expression in high-grade human neuroendocrine carcinomas correlates with advanced stage III/IV disease warranting its further assessment as a potentially valuable progression marker in a clinical setting. Genomic DNA from mouse small cell lung tumor samples was analyzed by mate pair sequencing and low coverage sequencing. And RNA from Nfib overexpressing mouse small cell lung cancer cell lines was further analyzed for high quality RNA profiles using Illumina Hiseq2500. This series contains only RNA-seq data.
Project description:Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) is the most aggressive type of lung cancer with early metastatic dissemination and invariable development of resistant disease for which no effective treatment is available to date. Mouse models of SCLC based on inactivation of Rb1 and Trp53 developed earlier showed frequent amplifications of two transcription factor genes: Nfib and Mycl. Overexpression of Nfib but not Mycl in SCLC mouse results in an enhanced and altered metastatic profile, and appears to be associated with genomic instability. NFIB promotes tumor heterogeneity with the concomitant expansive growth of poorly differentiated, highly proliferative, and invasive tumor cell populations. Consistent with the mouse data, NFIB expression in high-grade human neuroendocrine carcinomas correlates with advanced stage III/IV disease warranting its further assessment as a potentially valuable progression marker in a clinical setting.
Project description:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fatal form of cancer that frequently metastasizes to the brain. Here we investigated the mechanisms allowing SCLC cells to grow in the unique brain microenvironment. We found that neuronal programs upregulated in SCLC cells during tumor progression and upon growth in the brain are critical for SCLC growth in the brain. Mechanistically, the presence of SCLC cells in the brain re-activates astrocytes, which in turn promote the survival of SCLC cells by secreting neuronal pro-survival factors such as SERPINE1. We also identified Reelin, a molecule produced by developing neurons to recruit astrocytes, as a molecule secreted by SCLC cells to recruit astrocytes to the tumor site and promote SCLC growth in the brain. Thus, SCLC cells co-opt mechanisms normally at play between astrocytes and neurons to promote SCLC growth in the brain. Targeting such developmental neuronal programs may help treat brain metastases.
Project description:Using unbiased kinase profiling, we identified protein kinase A (PKA) as an active kinase in small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Inhibition of PKA activity genetically, or pharmacologically by activation of the PP2A phosphatase, inhibits SCLC expansion in culture and in vivo. Conversely, GNAS (G-protein α subunit), a PKA activator that is genetically activated in a small subset of human SCLC, promotes SCLC development. Phosphoproteomic analyses identified many new PKA substrates and mechanisms of action. In particular, PKA activity is required for the propagation of SCLC cancer stem cells in transplantation studies. Broad proteomic analysis of recalcitrant cancers has the potential to uncover novel targetable signaling networks, such as the GNAS/PKA/PP2A axis in SCLC.
Project description:We have determined that sustained expression of EBF suppresses alternate lineage genes independently of Pax5. Keywords: Transcription factor EBF restricts alternate lineage options and promotes B cell fate commitment independently of Pax5.