Project description:In this study, we established a successive xenograft model to enrich Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC) cancer stem cells (CSCs) through long-term treatment of EBVaGC cell line SNU719 with 5-Fluorouraci (5-Fu) in mice vivo passage. Simply, NOD/SCID mice injected in the subcutaneous with SNU719 were treated with 5-Fu weekly until xenografts reached 1.5 cm diameter and the mice were euthanizedand single-cell suspensions were obtainedby collagenasedigestion. Then the purified cells were passaged in 5-Fu-treated NOD/SCID mice as above. After four successive generations,we obtained theSNU-4th cells from the fourth passage xenografts treated with 5-Fu. Compared with parental SNU719 cells, SNU-4th cells possessed the stemness characters. Increasing evidence have proved that circular RNA (circRNA) play an important role in maintaining the tumor phenotype. So, we compared circRNAs expression between the fourth passage xenografts treated with 5-Fu and PBS by RNA-sequencing, hoping to find out which circRNAs were involved in the stemness regulation of EBVaGC. we established a highly malignant EBVaGC cell line SNU-4th through long-term treatment of EBVaGC cell line SNU719 with 5-Fluorouraci in vivo passage, then we compared circRNAs expression between the fourth passage xenografts treated with 5-Fu and PBS by RNA-sequencing
Project description:The Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array was used to examine the Genome wide transcriptional changes which follow the treatment of AML xenografts with either PBS control or combination of decitabine (DAC) and cytarabine (Ara-C). Animals were treated with PBS, DAC alone, Ara-C alone, DAC and Ara-C combined (D+A), DAC followed by Ara-C (D/A) or Ara-C followed by DAC (A/D).
Project description:Background: Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer with poor prognosis. It is characterized by prominent extracellular matrix, mesenchymal tumor cell phenotypes and chemoresistance. In this study, the ability of pirfenidone to alter mesothelioma cell proliferation and migration as well as mesothelioma tumor microenvironment was evaluated. Pirfenidone is an anti-fibrotic drug used in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and has also anti-proliferative activities. Aims: Transcriptional profiling using RNA sequencing of human mesothelioma xenograft tumors treated with PBS or pirfenidone. Aim was to compare extracellular matrix and fibrosis related genes. Results: Treatment of mice harboring mesothelioma xenografts with pirfenidone alone did not reduce tumor proliferation in vivo. However, pirfenidone modified the tumor microenvironment by reducing the expression of extracellular matrix associated genes. In addition, GREM1 expression was downregulated by pirfenidone in vivo. Conclusion: By reducing two major upregulated pathways in mesothelioma and by targeting tumor cells and the microenvironment pirfenidone may present a novel anti-fibrotic and anti-cancer adjuvant therapy for mesothelioma.
Project description:The Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array was used to examine the Genome wide transcriptional changes which follow the treatment of AML xenografts with either PBS control or combination of decitabine (DAC) and cytarabine (Ara-C). Animals were treated with PBS, DAC alone, Ara-C alone, DAC and Ara-C combined (D+A), DAC followed by Ara-C (D/A) or Ara-C followed by DAC (A/D). PBS vs each drug combination
Project description:5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a chemotherapeutic drug component that is commonly used for the treatment of solid cancers. The anticancer properties of 5-FU have been attributed to interference with nucleotide synthesis and through direct incorporation into the DNA as being a pyrimidine analog. As both mechanisms of action may have a mutational impact on surviving tumor cells, we performed three independent analyses to characterize the genomic consequences of 5-FU treatment: i) in vitro treatment of intestinal organoids with 5-FU followed by whole genome sequencing, ii) genome-wide mutation analyses in tumor samples from 5-FU treated patients with breast or colorectal cancer, and iii) analysis of paired biopsies from patients treated with 5-FU between biopsies. Our results demonstrate that both in vitro and in vivo 5-FU causes a mutational pattern that is dominated by T>G substitutions in a CTT context and with strong resemblance to COSMIC signature 17. Interestingly, this signature is also found in non 5-FU treated patients, most prominently in esophageal tumors, indicating that distinct endogenous and exogenous triggers can converge into highly similar mutational signatures. Furthermore, our results suggest that 5-FU may have adverse mutagenic effects on healthy cells and contributes to genetic variability in surviving cancer cells thereby contributing to tumor evolution.
Project description:The transcriptional profiles of the HCT116 parental cells following treatment with either 5-FU or SN38 for 24h were assessed. In addition, basal comparisons between HCT116 parental and HCT116 5-FU -resistant and HCT116 SN38-resistant cells were also assessed.