Project description:Ex-vivo gene editing in T cells and hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) holds promise for treating diseases by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) gene disruption or homology-driven repair (HDR) gene correction. Gene editing encompasses delivery of nucleases by electroporation and, when aiming to HDR, of a DNA template often provided by viral vectors. Whereas HSPCs activate robust p53-dependent DNA damage response (DDR) upon editing, the responses triggered in T cells remain poorly characterized. Here, we performed comprehensive multi-omics analyses and found that electroporation is the culprit of cytotoxicity in T cells, causing death and cell cycle delay, perturbing metabolism and inducing inflammatory response. Nuclease delivery by lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) nearly abolished cell death and ameliorated cell growth, improving tolerance to the procedure and yielding higher number of edited cells compared to electroporation. Transient transcriptomic changes upon LNP treatment were mostly caused by cellular loading with exogenous cholesterol, whose potentially detrimental impact could be overcome by limiting exposure. Notably, LNP-based HSPC editing dampened p53 pathway induction and supported higher reconstitution by long-term repopulating HSPCs compared to electroporation, reaching similar editing efficiencies. Overall, LNPs may allow efficient and stealthier ex-vivo gene editing in hematopoietic cells for treatment of human diseases.
Project description:Method: Analysis of the transcriptomal changes in wildtype mouse glioma tumor cells compared to miR-21 knockout glioma tumor cells (GL261) Result: transcriptional changes are driven through miR-21
Project description:Purpose: RNA editing by ADAR1 is essential for hematopoietic development. The goals of this study were firstly, to identify ADAR1-specific RNA-editing sites by indentifying A-to-I (G) mismatches in RNA-seq data compared to mm9 reference genome in wild type mice that were not edited or reduced in editing frequency in ADAR1E861A editing deficient mice. Secondly, to determine the transcriptional consequence of an absence of ADAR1-mediated A-to-I editing. Methods: Fetal liver mRNA profiles of embryonic day 12.5 wild-type (WT) and ADAR1 editing-deficient (ADAR1E861A) mice were generated by RNA sequencing, in triplicate (biological replicates), using Illumina HiSeq2000. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript level with TopHat followed by Cufflinks. qRT–PCR validation was performed using SYBR Green assays. A-to-I (G) RNA editing sites were identified as previously described by Ramaswami G. et al., Nature Methods, 2012 using Burrows–Wheeler Aligner (BWA) followed by ANOVA (ANOVA). RNA editing sites were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 30 million sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome (build mm9) and identified 14,484 transcripts in the fetal livers of WT and ADAR1E861A mice with BWA. RNA-seq data had a goodness of fit (R2) of >0.94 between biological triplicates per genotype. Approximately 4.4% of the transcripts showed differential expression between the WT and ADAR1E861A fetal liver, with a LogFC≥1.5 and p value <0.05. A profound upregulation of interferon stimulated genes were found to be massively upregulated (up to 11 logFC) in ADAR1E861A fetal liver compared to WT. 6,012 A-to-I RNA editing sites were identified when assessing mismatches in RNA-seq data of WT and ADAR1E861A fetal liver. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of fetal liver transcriptomes and A-to-I RNA editing sites, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. A-to-I RNA editing is the essential function of ADAR1 and is required to suppress interferon signaling to endogenous RNA. Fetal liver mRNA profiles of E12.5 wild type (WT) and ADAR E861A mutant mice were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq 200.
Project description:This is a prospective-retrospective study to determine if the expression of the miRNA’s miR-31-3p and miR-31-5p are prognostic of patient outcomes or predictive of the benefit from anti-EGFR therapy in stage III Colon Cancer. The present study will utilize FFPE tumor samples collected from patients enrolled in the PETACC-8 study conducted by the Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive (FFCD). This phase 3 clinical trial prospectively randomized fully resected stage III colon cancer patients to receive adjuvant treatment with either FOLFOX-4 plus cetuximab or FLOFOX-4 alone.
Project description:The introduction of new therapies against particular genetic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer is a promising avenue for improving the survival of these patients, but the target population is small. There is a need to uncover new potential actionable genetic lesions and non-conventional cancer pathways, such as RNA editing, are worthy to explore. Herein we show that the adenosine-to-inosine editing enzyme ADAR1 undergoes gene amplification in non-small cancer cell lines and primary tumors in association with higher levels of the corresponding mRNA and protein. From a growth and invasion standpoint, the depletion of ADAR1 expression in amplified cells reduces their tumorigenic potential in cell culture and mice models, whereas its overexpression causes the opposite effects. From a functional perspective, ADAR1 overexpression enhances the editing frequencies of target transcripts such as NEIL1 and miR-381. In the clinical setting, patients with early stage lung cancer, but harboring ADAR1 gene amplification, show poor outcome. Overall, our results indicate a role for ADAR1 as a lung cancer oncogene undergoing gene amplification-associated activation that affect downstream RNA editing patterns and patient prognosis.
Project description:Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) mRNA editing can affect the sequence and function of translated proteins because the ribosome reads inosine (I) as guanosine (G). Previously, we discovered that A-to-I mRNA editing occurs in Escherichia coli. However, the prevalence of A-to-I mRNA editing across bacteria and its biological significance are still unknown. Here, we show that A-to-I mRNA editing occurs in hundreds of genes across dozens of bacterial species. We find that editing events occur within and require a conserved sequence motif. Notably, most editing events (80%) are predicted to recode protein sequences. Indeed, by mass spectrometry, we show for the first time that A-to-I mRNA editing enables bacteria to produce two versions of a protein from a single gene. Finally, we find that perturbing mRNA editing in Acinetobacter baylyi affects bacterial growth, especially at high temperatures. Overall, our work reveals that A-to-I mRNA editing is widespread and can impact bacterial physiology, likely by modulating protein function
Project description:Fibroblasts from a Fanconi anemia (FA) patient (FA-52) before and after correction by gene editing and transduction with a lentiviral vector expressing telomerase (geFA-52T fibroblasts). IPCs were generated from fibroblasts corrected by gene editing using STEMCCA LV (geFA-52T IPSCs clone 16) and finally the reprogramming cassette was excised (excised geFA-52T IPSCs clone 16.1) Four groups: Fibroblasts from a FA patient (FA-52) before and after correction by gene editing and transduction with a lentiviral vector expressing telomerase (geFA-52T) and gene editied IPSCs before and after excision of the reprogramming cassette (geFA-52T IPSCs clone 16 and excised geFA-52T IPSCs clone 16.1)
Project description:miR-493-5p, miR-3662, and miR-589-3p were estimated as working microRNAs in bleomycin- and methotrexate-induced phenotypic changes in A549 cells via microRNAs-Proteins Analysis of Integrative Relationship (miR-PAIR). To verify the effect of these miRNAs on the their target protein expression levels, comprehensive expression of proteins in A549 cells treated with miR-493-59, miR-3662, and miR-589-3p mimic was examined by SWATH-MS method. As expected by a miR-PAIR mehtod, almost target proteins were succesfully regulated by miR-493-5p and miR-589-3p mimics.
Project description:Purpose: RNA editing by ADAR1 is essential for hematopoietic development. The goals of this study were firstly, to identify ADAR1-specific RNA-editing sites by indentifying A-to-I (G) RNA editing sites in wild type mice that were not edited or reduced in editing frequency in ADAR1 deficient murine erythroid cells. Secondly, to determine the transcription consequence of an absence of ADAR1-mediated A-to-I editing. Methods: Total RNA from E14.5 fetal liver of embryos with an erythroid restricted deletion of ADAR1 (KO) and littermate controls (WT), in duplicate. cDNA libraries were prepared and RNA sequenced using Illumina HiSeq2000. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript level with TopHat followed by Cufflinks. qRTâPCR validation was performed using SYBR Green assays. A-to-I (G) RNA editing sites were identified as previously described by Ramaswami G. et al., Nature Methods, 2012 using BurrowsâWheeler Aligner (BWA) followed by ANOVA (ANOVA). RNA editing sites were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 30 million sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome (build mm9) and identified 14,484 transcripts in the fetal livers of WT and ADAR1E861A mice with BWA. RNA-seq data had a goodness of fit (R2) of >0.7, p<0.0001 between biological duplicates per genotype. Clusters of hyper-editing were onserved in long, unannotated 3'UTRs of erythroid specific transcripts. A profound upregulation of interferon stimulated genes were found to be massively upregulated (up to 5 log2FC) in KO fetal liver compared to WT. 11.332 (6,894 novel) A-to-I RNA editing sites were identified when assessing mismatches in RNA-seq data. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of erythroid transcriptomes and A-to-I RNA editing sites, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. A-to-I RNA editing is the essential function of ADAR1 and is required to prevent sensing of endogenous transcripts, likely via a RIG-I like receptor mediated axis. Fetal liver mRNA profiles of E14.5 wild type (WT) and ADAR Epor-Cre knock out mice were generated by deep sequencing, in duplicate using Illumina HiSeq 2000.