Project description:PARP7 is a monoPARP that catalyzes the transfer of single units of ADP-ribose onto substrates to change their function. PARP7 expression is increased by aromatic hydrocarbons and cellular stress, and the PARP7 gene is amplified in cancers, especially in those of the upper aerodigestive tract. PARP7 is a negative regulator of nucleic acid sensing in tumor cells. Inhibition of PARP7 restores Type I IFN signaling responses to nucleic acids in tumor models. Restored signaling can directly inhibit cell proliferation and activate the immune system, both of which contribute to tumor regression. RBN-2397 is a potent and selective inhibitor of PARP7. To further investigate the mechanism of action of RBN-2397 and identify potential biomarkers we investigated transcriptional changes after RBN-2397 treatment in two PARP7 inhibitor sensitive cell lines, NCI-H1373 and NCI-H647, by RNA sequencing.
Project description:Transcriptional changes were analyzed in two colorectal cancer, two pancreatic cancer, and one small cell lung cancer cell line following treatment with the BET inhibitor GSK525762 and/or the MEK inhibitor trametinib using Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Arrays.
Project description:Breast tumors are characterized into different subtypes based on their surface marker expression, which affects their prognosis and treatment. For example, triple negative breast cancer cells (ER-/PR-/Her2-) show reduced susceptibility towards radiotherapy and chemotherapeutic agents. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have shown promising results in clinical trials, both as single agents and in combination with other chemotherapeutics, in several subtypes of breast cancer patients. PARP1 is involved in DNA repair, apoptosis, and transcriptional regulation and an understanding of the effects of PARP inhibitors, specifically on metabolism, is currently lacking. Here, we have used NMR-based metabolomics to probe the cell line-specific effects of PARP inhibitor and radiation on metabolism in three distinct breast cancer cell lines. Our data reveal several cell line independent metabolic changes upon PARP inhibition, including an increase in taurine. Pathway enrichment and topology analysis identified that nitrogen metabolism, glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis and taurine and hypotaurine metabolism were enriched after PARP inhibition in the three breast cancer cell lines. We observed that the majority of metabolic changes due to radiation as well as PARP inhibition were cell line dependent, highlighting the need to understand how these treatments affect cancer cell response via changes in metabolism. Finally, we observed that both PARP inhibition and radiation induced a similar metabolic response in the HCC1937 (BRCA mutant cell line), but not in MCF-7 and MDAMB231 cells, suggesting that radiation and PARP inhibition share similar interactions with metabolic pathways in BRCA mutant cells. Our study emphasizes the importance of differences in metabolic responses to cancer treatments in different subtypes of cancers.
Project description:We sequenced mRNA from 12 human cancer cell lines treated with DMSO or AZD5153 for 24h to determine compound mechanism of action Measured mRNA levels in cell lines treated with either AZD5153 or DMSO for 24h
Project description:Colon cancer cell lines with partial sensitivity to the BRAF inhibitor PLX4720 were grown in increasing concentration of the drug to develop acquired resistance. Gene expression was performed for comparison of the resistant clones to the parental lines. Colon cancer cell lines with partial sensitivity to the BRAF inhibitor PLX4720 were grown in increasing concentration of the drug to develop acquired resistance. Gene expression was performed for comparison of the resistant clones to the parental lines.
Project description:The goal of this study was to determine the transcriptional changes associated with breast cancer cells undergoing vascular mimicry in a 3D assay. Two breast cancer cell lines were plated on matrigel in the presence or absence of serum. MDA-MB-231 cells undergo vascular mimicry on matrigel in the absence of serum, MDA-MB-453 cells do not.
Project description:Colon cancer cell lines with partial sensitivity to the BRAF inhibitor PLX4720 were grown in increasing concentration of the drug to develop acquired resistance. Gene expression was performed for comparison of the resistant clones to the parental lines.