Project description:100 ng of total RNA was processed with the Human v3 miRNA Expression Assay using NanoString nCounter system (NanoString, USA). Expression of individual miRNA was measured by quantitative real-time PCR with TaqMan miRNA Expression kit (Applied Biosystems, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA).
Project description:Our data showed that EIF4EBP1, NINJ1, CLIC3, STMN3, SPINK4, CD44, GSN, PRSS23 et al. were strongly downregulated by miR-138-mimics in gastric cancer (GC) cell lines. Besides, miR-138-5p has a profound effect on EMT signaling and proliferation signaling. In the EMT signaling, miR-138-5p negatively regulates the expression of SOX4, VIM, TGFB1, BMP1, ECM1 and CXCL8; In the cell proliferation signaling, miR-138-5p could negatively regulates the expression of PCNA, RHOC and CCND3.
Project description:CD44 is a transmembrane glycoprotein playing a key role in cel adhesion to the extracellular matrix. CD44 expression is upregulated in various cancer cells and recognized as a molecular marker for tumor-initiating cancer cells. However, the intricate correlation between CD44 and underlying biological functions is yet to be fully disclosed at molecular levels. Here, we discovererd global proteome changes induced by CD44 knockdown in the four different breast cancer cell lines by TMT based quantitative proteomics.
Project description:The decline of endothelial autophagy is closely related to vascular senescence and disease, although the molecular mechanisms connecting these outcomes in vascular endothelial cells (VECs) remain unclear. Here, we identify a crucial role for CD44, a multifunctional adhesion molecule, in controlling autophagy and aging in VECs. The CD44 intercellular domain (CD44ICD) negatively regulates autophagy by reducing PIK3R4 and PIK3C3 levels and disrupting STAT3-dependent PtdIns3K complexes. CD44 and its homologue clec-31 are increased in aging vascular endothelium and Caenorhabditis elegans, respectively, suggesting that an age-dependent increase in CD44 induces autophagy decline and aging phenotypes. Accordingly, CD44 knockdown ameliorates age-associated phenotypes in VECs. The endothelium-specific CD44ICD knock-in mouse is shorter-lived, with VECs exhibiting obvious premature aging characteristics associated with decreased basal autophagy. Autophagy activation suppresses the premature aging of human and mouse VECs overexpressing CD44ICD, function conserved in the CD44 homologue clec-31 in C. elegans. Our work describes a mechanism coordinated by CD44 function bridging autophagy decline and aging.
Project description:To identify genes that are differentially expressed between CD44+ and CD44- cells in colonospheres, we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform. Colonospheres from four colon cancer patients were sorted into CD44+ and CD44- cells using the FACS Aria II Cell Sorter, and total RNA extracted from the cells were labeled with Cy3 and used for microarray analyses with Agilent Whole Human Genome Oligo Microarrays. Gene expression in fluorescence-activated cell-sorted CD44+ and CD44- cells derived from four colon cancer patients was measured.