Project description:Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon malignant neoplasm (incidence of 0.35 per 100,000) that occurs in different body sites. It most often arises in salivary glands and other secretory glands in the head and neck region. To find the gene expression signatures of ACC, we performed microarray experiments to compare ACC xenograft tumor models and normal tissue samples. We used microarrays to detail the global program of gene expression underlying adenoid cystic carcinoma and identified distinct classes of up- and down-regulated genes compared to non-neoplastic salivary tissue.
Project description:Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon malignant neoplasm (incidence of 0.35 per 100,000) that occurs in different body sites. It most often arises in salivary glands and other secretory glands in the head and neck region. To find the gene expression signatures of ACC, we performed microarray experiments to compare ACC xenograft tumor models and normal tissue samples. We used microarrays to detail the global program of gene expression underlying adenoid cystic carcinoma and identified distinct classes of up- and down-regulated genes compared to non-neoplastic salivary tissue. Viable tumor tissue samples from human patients were used to establish xenograft tumor models in nude/nude immunodeficient mice. Tissue from these tumor models were compared to tissue samples of normal human salivary glands. Tissue samples were frozen, examined by cryostat histologic sectioning and macrodissected to obtain samples that represented at least 70% epithelial cells.
Project description:Lung metastasis is a major factor affecting long-term survival in adenoid cystic carcinoma patients. Here, we report the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) MRPL23 antisense RNA 1 (MRPL23-AS1), which exhibited remarkably upregulated expression and was correlated with lung metastasis and overall survival in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC) patients. To further study which biological process MRPL23-AS1 may be involved in, SACC-83 cells treated with the control vector or MRPL23-AS1-overexpressing vector were subjected to an mRNA microarray. GO analysis was used to identify the significant biological functions of differentially expressed mRNAs.
Project description:Lung metastasis is a major factor affecting long-term survival in adenoid cystic carcinoma patients. Here, we report the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) MRPL23 antisense RNA 1 (MRPL23-AS1), which exhibited remarkably upregulated expression and was correlated with lung metastasis and overall survival in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC) patients. To further study which biological process MRPL23-AS1 may be involved in, SACC-LM cells treated with si-control or si-MRPL23-AS1 were subjected to an mRNA microarray. GO analysis was used to identify the significant biological functions of differentially expressed mRNAs.
Project description:We established patient-derived organoids and monolayer culture cells from the salivary gland cancer cases. To compare the RNA profiles of primary culture cells (Organoids and monolayer culture cells) and their parental tumors, we isolated total RNA from 2 cases of the salivary gland cancer and performed transcriptome sequencing for the organoids, monolayer culture cells, and their parental tumors of both cases. Case 6 is a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma and Case 11 is a case of salivary duct carcinoma.
Project description:Chromatin immunoprecipitation on microarrays (ChIP-chip) has been widely used to investigate the DNA binding sites for a variety of proteins such as histone and transcription factors on a genome-wide scale. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the status of histone H3 lysine 9 trimethylation in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma.
Project description:Salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy amongst head and neck tumors that is poorly understood on a molecular level. We sought to perform a comprehensive approach for novel oncogene candidate screening under the control of promoter methylation in order to learn more about the molecular basis of this unusual disease.
