Project description:To discover the core gene expression features of ovarian cancer spheroids The compared the whole transcript expression profiling between 5 pairs of spheroids and monolayer cancer cells, including the RMG1, MCAS and Ov432 plus two cases of serous ovarian cancer ascites cells.
Project description:The whole transcriptome expression profiling comparison between the CtBP1 knockdown, CtBP2 knockdown and scramble control in ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:Microarray based mRNA profiling was used to charactarize and compare the gene expression in cells grown as monolayer or spheroids. Keywords: Expression profiling by array Microarray based mRNA profiling was used to charactarize and compare the gene expression in cells grown as monolayer or spheroids.
Project description:Microarray based mRNA profiling was used to charactarize and compare the gene expression in cells grown as monolayer or spheroids. Microarray based mRNA profiling was used to charactarize and compare the gene expression in cells grown as monolayer or spheroids.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression.
Project description:Cancer cell spheroids autonomously form in the ascites fluid and are considered a conduit for epithelial ovarian cancer metastasis within the peritoneal cavity. Spheroids are homotypic, avascular, 3D structures that acquire resistance to anoikis to remain viable after cellular detachment. We used in vitro spheroid model systems to interrogate pathways critical for spheroid cell proliferation, distinct from those driving monolayer cancer cell proliferation. Using the 105C and KOC-7c human ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) cell lines, which have distinct proliferative phenotypes as spheroids but the same prototypical OCCC gene mutation profile of constitutively activated AKT signaling with loss of ARID1A, we revealed therapeutic targets that efficiently kill cells in spheroids. RNA-seq analyses compared the transcriptome of 3-day monolayer and spheroid cells from these lines and identified the characteristics of dormant spheroid cell survival which included the G2/M checkpoint, autophagy, and other stress pathways induced in 105C spheroids, in sharp contrast to the proliferating spheroid cells of the KOC-7c cell line. Next, we assessed levels of various G2/M checkpoint regulators and found a consistent reduction in steady-state levels of checkpoint regulators in dormant spheroid cells but not proliferative spheroids. Our studies showed that proliferative spheroid cells were sensitive to Wee1 inhibition by AZD1775, but the dormant spheroid cells showed a degree of resistance to AZD1775, both in terms of EC50 values and spheroid reattachment abilities. In doing so, we have identified biomarkers of dormant spheroids, including the G2/M checkpoint regulators Wee1, Cdc25c, and PLK1, and showed that, when compared to proliferating spheroid cells, the transcriptome of dormant OCCC spheroids is a source for therapeutic targets.
