Project description:To examine the role of NRF2 in accelerating cell proliferation and to identify the target genes responsible for this function, transcriptome analysis was performed using A549 cells, in which NRF2 is constitutively activated. NRF2 was knocked down by siRNA against NRF2, and the gene expression profile was compared with that of A549 cells treated with control siRNA. To exclude off-target effects, three different siRNAs against NRF2 was independently applied. NRF2 siRNA or control siRNA was transfected into A549 cells. Cells were harvested 24 hours after transfection, and total RNA was purified.
Project description:To examine the role of NRF2 in accelerating cell proliferation and to identify the target genes responsible for this function, transcriptome analysis was performed using A549 cells, in which NRF2 is constitutively activated. NRF2 was knocked down by siRNA against NRF2, and the gene expression profile was compared with that of A549 cells treated with control siRNA. To exclude off-target effects, three different siRNAs against NRF2 was independently applied.
Project description:To elucidate the mechanisms by which Nrf2 regulates cell growth, we performed global gene expression profiling of A549 lung cancer cells with knockdown of Nrf2. Gene networks associated with carbohydrate metabolism and drug metabolism were significantly downregulated in Nrf2-depleted A549 cells. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis revealed significant enrichment of genes associated with carbohydrate catabolic processes, positive regulation of metabolic processes, PPP, and arachidonic acid metabolism. In summary, this analysis revealed that Nrf2 positively regulates transcription of genes that play key roles in central carbon metabolism. A549 cells were transfected with non targeting NS siRNA or siRNA targeting Nrf2. Mock transfected A549 cells were treated with transfection reagent alone. We had 3 biological replicates for each of the 3 groups. Ninty six hours post transfection, cells were lysed and total RNA was isolated.
Project description:KEAP1 overexpressed and NRF2 siRNA knockdown A549 NSCLC cells were used to identify downstream genes of NRF2 pathway separately and by combinatorial analysis. We used triplicate microarrays of transfected A549 cells with mKeap1-GFP for overexpression, siRNAs targeting NRF2 for knockdown and siGFP as control respectively. As a result, we identified several genes which are involved in cancer metabolic functions in these cells. We used microarrays to identify the gene downregulated in both KEAP1 overexpressed and NRF2 siRNA knockdown A549 NSCLC cells and found a subset of downregulated genes which are involved in metabolic functions.
