Project description:miRNA sequencing data from immortalized murine astrocytes cocultured with U87 cells to evaluate transfer of miRNA from GBM to astrocytes
Project description:After performing an in-vivo screening with U87 glioblastoma cells transduced with a knockdown library several genes could be identified. Lin7a which was one of the candidates was further evaluated. Single knockdown of Lin7a in U87 conferred a pro-invasive phenotype in-vitro and in-vivo. Overexpression of Lin7a in the Primary glioblastoma cell line T269 reduced its invasive phenotype. To decipher the underlying pathways U87 control, U87-shLIN7a and U87-shLin7a+Lin7A (rescue cells after re-expression of Lin7A) were analyzed after in-vitro culture by a transcription profiling Array.
Project description:The long noncoding RNA LINC00152 shows ubiquitous expression and is often upregulated in tumor entities compared to healthy tissues. LINC00152 promotes malignant progression in the glioblastoma cell line U87. Here, LINC00152 knockdown leads to a reduction of migration and invasion of tumor cells. However, LINC00152 seems to have an opposite effect in another glioblastoma cell line A172. For this reason, the transcriptional patterns after LINC00152 knockdown in both cell lines (U87 and A172) were compared to identify the differences.
Project description:How cancer cells adapt to hypoxia during tumor development remains an important question. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that tumor cell-derived exosome vesicles (also known as microvesicles or extracellular vesicles) are mediators of hypoxia-dependent intercellular signaling in glioblastoma (GBM), i.e. highly aggressive brain tumors characterized by hypoxia and a vascular density that is among the highest of all human malignancies. In vitro hypoxia experiments and studies with patient materials reveal the enrichment in exosomes of hypoxia-regulated mRNAs and proteins, several of which were associated with poor patient prognosis. We show that cancer cell exosomes mediate hypoxia-dependent, phenotypic modulation of stromal cells in vitro and ex vivo, resulting in accelerated GBM tumor angiogenesis and growth in mice. These data suggest that exosomes constitute potent mediators of hypoxia-driven tumor development, and circulating multiparameter biomarkers of tumor hypoxia. U87 MG glioblastoma cells were grown at normoxic (21% oxygen) or hypoxic (1% oxygen) conditions for 48 hours. Conditioned media from normoxic and hypoxic cells were then used to isolate exosomes by differential centrifugation. Both cells and exosomes were lysed in Trizol reagent, and RNA was isolated.Total RNA from all samples (four types of samples in three biological repilicates) was subjected to genome-wide transcriptional analysis with Illumina HumanHT-12 V3.0 expression beadchip. Gene expression profile obtained from hypoxic U87 MG glioblastoma cells was compared to the profile of normoxic control cells. Analogically, gene expression profile obtained from hypoxic U87 MG cells was compared to the profile of exosomes secreted by normoxic U87 MG cells.
Project description:Overall study: Identification of PDGF-dependent patterns of gene expression in U87 glioblastoma cells. RNA was obtained from triplicate dishes of 5 different groups of U87 cells, each (total 15) analyzed with one U95 microarray chip. Three different comparisons were made: 1) Clone 3.1 (34580-34582) vs. clone 3.3 (34583-34585) vs. parent U87 (34592-34594). Purpose: demonstrate that the gene expression profiles between these 3 cell lines are not different, so they could be pooled as a single untreated group. 2) Pooled control group (34580-34585, 34592-34594) vs. clone 8.1 (34586-34588). Purpose: identify genes specifically controlled by autocrine PDGF activity. 3) Clone 8.1 (34586-34588) vs. clone 8.1 treated with PDGF (34589-34591) Purpose: Identify genes specifically induced by exogenous PDGF. Keywords = platelet-derived growth factor Keywords = glioblastoma Keywords = brain cancer Keywords = sterol regulatory element binding protein Keywords = SREBP Keywords: ordered
Project description:Achievement of specific tumor cell targeting remains a challenge for glioma gene therapy. We report here the identification and characterization of a 5’ sequence of human HMGB2 gene for transcriptional targeting to glioblastoma. We performed microarray analysis and found HMGB2 as one of the genes that had a low level of expression in normal human astrocytes, but was significantly up-regulated in glioblastoma cells. Real-time PCR quantification revealed increase in HMBG2 expression level in glioblastoma tissues and cells between 11 to 79 fold over that in normal human brain tissue. With progressive truncation of a 5’-upstream sequence of the HMGB2 gene, we identified a 500-bp fragment that displayed a high transcriptional activity in glioblastoma cells, but a low activity in normal brain cells. Using the sequence to drive the expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene in the context of a baculoviral vector, glioblastoma cells died in the presence of ganciclovir, whereas normal human astrocytes and neurons were not affected. We further confirmed that after intra-tumor injection, the baculoviral vector effectively suppressed the growth of human glioblastoma cells in a mouse xenograft model. Our results suggest that the 5’-upstream sequence of the HMGB2 gene can be used as an efficient, tumor-selective promoter in targeted vectors for glioblastoma gene therapy. U251 cells (n=3) genes level expression were compared to that of normal astrocytes (n=3) to find overexpressed genes in glioblastoma. Highly expressed genes were compared to those found in the litterature. This was selected to clone promoters of highly expressed genes in glioblastomas
Project description:Transcriptome analysis was performed from human U87 glioblastoma cell clones: U87 IRE1.NCK DN (U87dn, IRE1 dominant negative) and U87 control (U87ctrl, empty plasmid). Cells were grown in DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS and glutamine for 16 hours in culture prior mRNA isolation and analyses
Project description:To identify QK-modulated microRNAs exhibiting a >1.5-fold change across all three cell model systems: human GBM cell lines, U87 and Hs683, and Ink4a/Arf-/- Pten-/- mouse astrocytes
Project description:Glioblastoma (GBM) remains among the most lethal brain tumors despite improvements in treatment. Surgical resection is a universal component of glioma therapy. However, the mechanism underlying postoperative recurrence remains a challenge due to limited information regarding the changes that occur in the postoperative microenvironment. Here, we show that a subtype of proinflammatory reactive astrocytes designated is induced by inflammatory cytokines or injury. We show that reactive astrocytes can secrete the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) LOC646762 to promotes recurrence glioblastoma proliferation in an exosome-dependent manner.We firstly named this reactive astrocyte associated lnRNA as “lnc-RVT1”.