Project description:To identify OS-specific gene alterations, 38 tumor samples were collected from 29 unique patients with osteosarcoma. We performed RNA-sequencing on 28 primary osteosarcoma tumors and 10 metastatic osteosarcoma tumors. We compared the primary and metastatic genomic signatures of all 38 samples to discover differentially expressed genes.
Project description:We utilized murine osteosarcoma cell lines F420 and K7M2. F420 was originally derived from a female C57BL/6 mouse transgenic for a mutant p53 under control of a bone-selective promoter (PMID: 25579177). K7M2 was derived from a spontaneous metastatic lesion in a female Balb/C background (PMID: 16837208). F420 osteosarcoma tumors were established by subcutaneously injecting 5 x 10^6 osteosarcoma cells into the flanks of 6-week-old C57BL/6 mice (Envigo, Frederick, MD). K7M2 tumors were established by transplanting small pieces of sectioned tumor (~2mm3) into the flanks of 6-week-old Balb/C mice (Envigo). We found K7M2 to be more immunogenic than F420 as it demonstrated higher immune cell infiltrates, higher expression of immune-related genes, and slower growth in syngeneic versus nude models.
Project description:This experiment was conducted to generate targeted resequencing data covering a region associated with osteosarcoma in greyhounds. 8 greyhounds diagnosed with osteosarcoma and 7 greyhounds without tumors were sequenced. DNA from the 15 dogs was used to prepare libraries and hybrid capture performed to enrich the region of interest prior to paired-end sequencing using Illumina Genome Analyzer II. The reads were aligned to the dog-genome CanFam2.0 using bwa and pre-processed using Picard and GATK. Variant discovery was performed using GATK. The resulting list of variants were used in the study to finemap the associated region and look for causal variants. We submit the preprocessed BAM-files that still have all reads although some reads are flagged. We also submit the resulting vcf-file with called and filtered variants in all individuals.
Project description:We used single-cell RNA sequencing to characterize the heterogeneity of circulating leukocytes in dogs, then employed the dataset to investigate how primary osteosarcoma (OS) tumors impacted circulating leukocytes.
Project description:Osteosarcoma (OS) is a very aggressive bone tumor characterized by highly abnormal complex karyotypes.This a-CGH is a part of an expriment whose aim was to identify, genomic imbalance, DNA methylation and gene expression profiles in a panel osteosarcoma tumors. Keywords: comparative genomic hybridization
Project description:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone sarcoma. About 50% of patients develop metastatic disease and their 5-year survival lingers at around 20-30%. T cell checkpoint blockade immunotherapies have revolutionized cancer treatment in the last decade, but their impact remains limited in osteosarcoma. In order to reveal potentially novel immunotherapeutic strategies for advanced osteosarcoma, we conducted an immunogenomic characterization of a unique sample set comprising multiple osteosarcoma samples from seven patients, collected throughout the progression of the disease. We performed RNA-sequencing and imaging mass cytometry analysis on those samples to reveal the immunological landscape during osteosarcoma progression. Transcriptional and phenotypical hallmarks of cytotoxic T cell-driven anti-cancer immunity were enriched in metastatic lesions as compared to primary tumors. In parallel, we found a pronounced increase in the expression of cancer testis antigens, particularly MAGEA-related antigens, in osteosarcoma metastases. Their overexpression in metastatic lesions was confirmed at protein level and positive expression of MAGEA3 in primary tumors showed a significant association with metastasis free survival. Importantly, we demonstrated the presentation of MAGE-derived peptides in three osteosarcoma cell lines. These findings indicate a concurrent augmentation of cytotoxic anti-tumor immune responses and expression of MAGEA antigens from primary to metastatic osteosarcoma. This observation warrants the exploration of MAGEA antigens as potential targets for immunotherapy in the treatment of advanced osteosarcoma.