Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) influence cancer development through post-transcriptional negative regulation of both tumor suppressors and oncogenes. We subjected melanoma cell lines, normal melanocytes, and keratinocytes to array based miRNA profiling, and identified several distinct miRNAs with differential expression. Specifically, miR-211 levels were depleted in all eight melanoma cell lines examined, and also in 23 of 30 distinct patient melanoma samples (graded as primary in situ, regional metastatic, distant metastatic and nodal metastatic). Putative target genes of miR-211 were identified, and their anticipated increased expression levels were confirmed in melanoma cell lines, which were reduced in two melanoma cell lines that artificially over-expressed miR-211. Four such target genes (TCF12, RAB22A, KCNMA1 and SLC37A3) were confirmed by a target cleavage assay. Stable over-expression of miR-211 in two melanoma cell lines caused significant growth inhibition and reduced invasiveness. The differential expression of miR-211 in a variety of melanoma cell lines and clinical samples, consistent inverse correlation between miR-211 and its target mRNA levels, and growth retardation and reduced invasiveness of melanoma cell lines by miR-211 are all consistent with the idea that the depletion of miR-211 is a key step in melanoma development and/or progression The 15 Samples in this submission represent gene-level expression profiling of isolated total RNA from WM1552C, WM1552+miRNA211, A375, A375+miRNA211 and melanocytes hybridized to Affymetrix exon ararys.
Project description:Purpose:To indentify downtream effectors of JMJD3, we performed microarray profiling in vector- or JMJD3-expressing A375-LM3 and those in freshly isolated melanoma cells from tumors formed by aforementioned cell lines Results: we identifed 31 genes whose expression increased in WT JMJD3 expression cells at least by over 1.5-fold.
Project description:To understand the transcriptional impact of FOXD3 in melanoma cells, we utilized a microarray approach. We collected RNA from three unrelated mutant B-RAF melanoma cell lines (WM115, WM793, and A375) that were engineered to inducibly express FOXD3 or the control gene, ?-galactosidase (LacZ), after 5 days of transgene induction. This time point was chosen based on maximal phenotypic changes previously observed. Comparison of gene signatures between the 3 cell lines produced approximately 2,600 common genes differentially regulated by FOXD3-expressing cells compared to the LacZ controls. Three unrelated mutant B-RAF melanoma cell lines (WM115, WM793, and A375) were induced to express FOXD3 and compared against the same cell lines expressing the control gene, ?-galactosidase (LacZ).
Project description:To discover potential biomarkers of melanoma development and progression, we embarked on studies comparing the glycomic gene profiles of normal human epidermal melanocytes with human metastatic melanoma (MM) cells represented by A375 and G361 cell lines. Glycomic features embody all of those enzymatic, membranous and regulatory proteins that influence glycan ‘sugar’ formation/degradation on a cell. Comparative expression profiling of glycomic genes indicated that several genes were differentially expressed between normal melanocytes and MM cells. We speculate that glycome genes differentially expressed in MM cells help drive malignant and metastatic behavior of MM cells and could potentially serve as a biomarker(s) of melanoma progression.