Project description:Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) is a diterpene quinone extracted from the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Chinese traditional herb. Although previous studies have reported the anti-tumor effects of Tan IIA on various human cancer cells, the underlying mechanisms are not clear. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying Tan IIA's apoptotic effects on leukemia cells and identified significantly differentially expressed genes (SDEGs). Five human leukemia cell lines were selected for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.To identify genes that are related to Tan IIA sensitivities, we carried out expression profiling on five cell lines.The sample named HL60, MEG01, MOLT,THP1 and U937_control were treated with DMSO. U937 cell line was selected with Tan IIA treatment for 12 h and 24 h, respectively.
Project description:Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) is a diterpene quinone extracted from the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Chinese traditional herb. Although previous studies have reported the anti-tumor effects of Tan IIA on various human cancer cells, the underlying mechanisms are not clear. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying Tan IIA's apoptotic effects on leukemia cells and identified significantly differentially expressed genes (SDEGs).
Project description:Tanshinones are the major bioactive compounds of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen), roots, which are used in many therapeutic remedies in Chinese traditional medicine. We investigated the anticancer effects of tanshinones on the highly invasive human lung adenocarcinoma cell line, CL1-5. Tanshinone I significantly inhibited migration, invasion, and gelatinase activity in macrophage-conditioned medium (CM)-stimulated CL1-5 cells in vitro and also reduced the tumorigenesis and metastasis in CL1-5-bearing severe combined immunodeficiency mice. Unlike tanshinone IIA, which induces cell apoptosis, tanshinone I had no significant cytotoxicity. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTQ-PCR), luciferase reporter assay, and an electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed that tanshinone I reduces the transcriptional activity of interleukin-8 (IL-8), the angiogenic factor involved in cancer metastasis, by attenuating the DNA-binding activity of activator protein-1 and nuclear factor kappaB in CM-stimulated CL1-5 cells. Microarray and pathway analysis of tumor-related genes identified the differentially expressed genes responding to tanshinone I, and these results were validated by RTQ-PCR. The responsive genes included human platelet-derived growth factor beta chain, Shb, H-ras, N-Ras, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3, phosphoinositide-3-kinase, CD44, Rac1, and collagen type IV; these genes may be associated with the Ras MAPK and Rac1 signaling pathways. These results suggest that tanshinone I exhibits anticancer effects both in vitro and in vivo, and that these effects are mediated at least partly through the IL-8, Ras MAPK, and Rac1 signaling pathways. Keywords: treatment with dose respone, cDNA array
Project description:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is a promising cell type for tissue engineering, however, the application of BMSCs are largely hampered for the limited number harvested from bone marrow cells. The methods or strategies that focused on promoting the capacity of BMSCs expansion ex vivo become more and more important. Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA), the main active components of Danshen, has been found to promote BMSCs proliferation, but the underlying mechanism is still unclear. This present work employed biological techniques combined with quantitative proteome analysis to explore the effect and underlying mechanism of Tan IIA on the ex vivo expansion capacity of BMSCs from human. The results showed that a total of 84 differentially expressed proteins were annotated and among them 51 upregulated proteins and 33 downregulated proteins were identified. Besides, Tan IIA could promote hBMSCs proliferation by regulating the progression of S phase via increasing the release of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), FGF-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathways may play an important role in Tan IIA’s effect on hBMSCs expansion. The results of this study may provide further evidence about the potential of Tan IIA to be used for the research of hBMSCs therapies.
Project description:Two human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines (Molt-4 and CCRF-CEM) were treated with direct (A-769662) and indirect (AICAR) AMPK activators. Molt-4 and CCRF-CEM cells were obtained from ATCC (CRL-1582 and CCL-119). Control samples were used for the analysis of metabolic differences between cell lines. Therefore the data was analyzed in combination with, metabolomic data, and the genome-scale reconstruction of human metabolism. For experiments cells were grown in serum-free medium containing DMSO (0.67%) at a cell concentration of 5 x 105 cells/mL.
Project description:Purpose: To characterize the genome-wide distribution of H3K79me2 in human leukemia cell lines treated with the Dot1l inhibitor EPZ004777 or control Methods: We performed Chip-seq for the H3K79me2 on the leukemia cell lines Mutz3, Loucy and Molm14 after 6 days in culture in the presence of 3uM EPZ004777 or DMSO control Results: H3K79me2 is completely erased from key target genes such as the HOXA cluster. Conclusions: Exposure of Mutz3, Loucy and Molm14 to 3uM EPZ004777 erases H3K79 methylation globally as well as on key loci