Project description:To investigate the dynamics of the p53 response, we treated IMR90 cells with Nutlin-3a, a small molecule that inhibits the interaction between p53 and its inhibitor Mdm2, for 6, 9, or 12 hours.
Project description:Targeting the Mdm2 oncoprotein by drugs has the potential of re-establishing p53 function and tumor suppression. However, Mdm2-antagonizing drug candidates, e. g. Nutlin-3a, often fail to abolish cancer cell growth sustainably. To overcome these limitations, we inhibited Mdm2 and simultaneously a second negative regulator of p53, the phosphatase Wip1/PPM1D. When combining Nutlin-3a with the Wip1 inhibitor GSK2830371 in the treatment of p53-proficient but not p53-deficient cells, we observed enhanced phosphorylation (Ser 15) and acetylation (Lys 382) of p53, increased expression of p53 target gene products, and synergistic inhibition of cell proliferation. Surprisingly, when testing the two compounds individually, largely distinct sets of genes were induced, as revealed by deep sequencing analysis of RNA. In contrast, the combination of both drugs led to an expression signature that largely comprised that of Nutlin-3a alone. Moreover, the combination of drugs, or the combination of Nutlin-3a with Wip1-depletion by siRNA, activated p53-responsive genes to a greater extent than either of the compounds alone. Simultaneous inhibition of Mdm2 and Wip1 enhanced cell senescence and G2/M accumulation. Taken together, the inhibition of Wip1 might fortify p53-mediated tumor suppression by Mdm2 antagonists.
Project description:3T3L1 preadipocytes were treated with DMSO control and Nutlin-3a (prepared in DMSO) and total RNA extracted from the treated cells were subjected to illumina based RNA-seq to analyze and compare transcriptome to understand gene expression regulation influenced by p53 activation via Nutlin-3a treatment.
Project description:We applied in parallel RNA-Seq and Ribosome-profiling analyses to immortalized human primary BJ fibroblast cells in which p53 was induced by Nutlin-3a RNA-seq, using Illumina HiSeq 2000, was applied to BJ cells treated with Nutlin-3a, at 5 timepoints: 0, 2, 4, 6, 19 hrs Ribosome profiling was applied to BJ cells treated with Nutlin-3a, at 5 timepoints: 0, 2, 4, 6, 19 hrs
Project description:In most lymphomas, p53 signaling pathway is inactivated by various mechanisms independent to p53 gene mutations or deletions. In many cases, p53 function is largely regulated by alterations in the protein abundance levels by the action of E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase MDM2, targeting p53 to proteasome-mediated degradation. In the present study, an integrating transcriptomics and pro-teomics analysis was employed to investigate the effect of p53 activation by a small-molecule MDM2-antagonist, nutlin 3a, on three lymphoma cell models following p53 activation. Our analy-sis revealed a system-wide nutlin 3a-associated effect in all examined lymphoma types, identifying in total of 4037 differentially affected proteins involved in a plethora of pathways, with significant heterogeneity among lymphomas. Our findings include known p53-targets and novel p53 activa-tion effects, involving transcription, translation, or degradation of protein components of path-ways, such as a decrease in key members of PI3K/mTOR pathway, heat-shock response, and gly-colysis, and an increase in key members of oxidative phoshosphorylation, autophagy and mito-chondrial translation. Combined inhibition of HSP90 or PI3K/mTOR pathway with nutlin 3a-mediated p53-activation enhanced the apoptotic effects suggesting a promising strategy against human lymphomas. Integrated omic profiling after p53 activation offered novel insights on the regulatory role specific proteins and pathways may have in lymphomagenesis.
Project description:This study has examined the molecular mechanisms underlying sensitivity of sarcomas to Nutlin-3a, a non-genotoxic activator of the p53 pathway. Human patient material was collected immediately following surgical resection, dissected into small pieces and ex planted onto gelatin sponges immersed in media containing either vehicle control or Nutlin-3a (10uM and/or 50uM) for 48 hours. Nutlin-3a represents a novel targeted therapy for the treatment of sarcomas. We have examined expression profiles of genes upregulated in sarcoma patient derived tissues following nutlin-3a treatment ex vivo 16 samples ((Vehicle control and Nutlin-3a (10uM and 50uM) treated samples)) from 6 sarcoma patients
Project description:This study has examined the molecular mechanisms underlying sensitivity of sarcomas to Nutlin-3a, a non-genotoxic activator of the p53 pathway. Human patient material was collected immediately following surgical resection, dissected into small pieces and ex planted onto gelatin sponges immersed in media containing either vehicle control or Nutlin-3a (10uM and/or 50uM) for 48 hours. Nutlin-3a represents a novel targeted therapy for the treatment of sarcomas. We have examined expression profiles of genes upregulated in sarcoma patient derived tissues following nutlin-3a treatment ex vivo
Project description:We applied in parallel RNA-Seq and Ribosome-profiling analyses to immortalized human primary BJ fibroblast cells in which p53 was induced by Nutlin-3a
Project description:Gene expression after treatment with Nutlin 3a (Nut) and Selinexor (Sel) in Neuroblastoma Cells RNA from NBAT1 knockdown and its respective control (Csh) SH-SY5Y cells after nutlin-3a (10 uM) or DMSO treatement were isolated and sequenced using BGI DNBseq. IMR32 cells were treated with either DMSO, Nut, Sel and with both Nul and Sel and RNA was isolated following treatemnet We observed that knowndown of the NBAT1 lncRNA in NB cells leads to perturbation of the P53 mediated gene expression. Combination treatment with with Nul and Sel in IMR32 cells leads to higher P53 mediated gene expression.