Project description:We investigate the molecular targets and pathways that the neem extracts and the associated compounds act through, to bring about tumor suppression by using a genome-wide functional pooled shRNA screen on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell line treated with crude neem leaf extracts. We analyzed differences in global clonal sizes of the shRNA-infected cells cultured under no treatment and treatment with neem leaf extract conditions, assayed using next-generation sequencing. We further analyzed differences in gene expression in HSC-4 cells, upon treatment with neem leaf extract in a time-dependent manner, followed by a time-dependent rescue. Our results indicate that neem extract simultaneously affects various important molecular signaling pathways in head and neck cancer cells, some (TGF-β/HSF-1) of which may be therapeutic targets for this devastating tumor.
Project description:The Mediator and Cohesin complexes control the cellular transcriptional program. However, it is not well understood how they are recruited to regulatory regions. Our study shows that the core transcriptional regulatory circuitry of cancer cells is essential to recruit Mediator, Cohesin and NIPBL to enhancer and promoter regions of actively transcribed genes in cancer cells. ChIP-seq analysis of Mediator (MED1), Cohesin (SMC1A) and NIPBL in HEPG2, A549 and MCF7 cells. The analysis also includes ChIP-Seq data for the transcription factor ERa in MCF7 cells treated with estradiol.
Project description:To investigate the effects of transgenic lines L6 and L7 tomato fruits on total expression profile of MCF-7 breast cancer cells, we treated MCF-7 cells with 1 ug/ml of tomato fruit extract for 24 hours and compare it with wild type tomato fruit extract Objectives for this study included the identification of genes that were up or down-regulated at the transcriptional level in MCF-7 cells treated with transgenic lines L6 and L7 tomatofruit extract and compare it to wild type tomato fruit extract.
