Project description:Desmocollin-1 (DSC1) is a desmosomal transmembrane glycoprotein that maintains cell-to-cell adhesion. DSC1 was previously associated with lymph node metastasis of luminal A breast tumors and was found to increase metastatic potential of MCF7 cells in vitro. To delineate DSC1 role in breast cancer metastasis and evaluate possibilities of DSC1 modulation, we investigated the effect of DSC1 overexpression on morphology, cell survival, transcriptome, proteome and interactome of MCF7 cells, a luminal A breast cancer model, stably transduced with lentiviral vector carrying DSC1 gene (MCF7-DSC1-GFP). We moreover identified inhibitor parthenolide to decrease DSC1 protein levels and to modulate the molecular mechanisms associated with DSC1 in MCF7 cells. This PRIDE project includes quantitative analysis results for the total proteome LC-DIA-MS/MS experiment evaluating DSC1 overexpression and parthenolide treatment in MCF7 breast cancer cell line, and results of pulldown analysis of DSC1-interacting proteins in MCF7 cells with and without parthenolide treatment.
Project description:Catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) is involved in detoxification of catechol estrogens, playing cancer-protective role in cells producing or utilizing estrogen. Moreover, COMT suppressed migration potential of breast cancer cells. To delineate COMT role in metastasis of estrogen receptor dependent BC, we investigated the effect of COMT overexpression on invasion, transcriptome, proteome and interactome of MCF7 cells, a luminal A breast cancer model, stably transduced with lentiviral vector carrying COMT gene (MCF7-COMT). This PRIDE project includes quantitative analysis results for the total proteome LC-DIA-MS/MS experiment evaluating COMT overexpression in MCF7 breast cancer cell line, and results of pulldown analysis of COMT-interacting proteins in MCF7 cells.
Project description:<p>This study aims to investigate the metabolic alterations associated with acquired tamoxifen (TAM) resistance in luminal A breast cancer cells. Using untargeted LC-MS/MS metabolomics, we compared parental MCF7 and TAM-resistant MCF7/Tam1 cells to identify key metabolic pathways affected by EPAS1 (HIF-2α)-mediated hypoxia-driven reprogramming. The study further evaluates the impact of EPAS1 inhibition by PT2977 on the reversal of these metabolic changes and restoration of TAM sensitivity.</p>
Project description:This is a dynamic pathway model capturing ERBB receptor signaling as well as downstream MAPK and PI3K signaling pathways. The effect of different growth factors and drugs on the formation of active receptor dimers is explicitly included. The model was established and calibrated on time-resolved data of the luminal breast cancer cell lines MCF7 and T47D across an array of four ligands and five drugs. For the description of the full modeling project including condition-specific parameters, observables, measurement data and experimental conditions the model is provided in PEtab format in addition to the classical SBML version.
Project description:The transcription factor c-Myb has been well characterized as an oncogene in several human tumor types, and its expression in the hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell population is essential for proper hematopoiesis. However, the role of c-Myb in mammopoeisis and breast tumorigenesis is poorly understood, despite its high expression in the majority of breast cancer cases (60-80%). We find that c-Myb high expression in human breast tumors correlates with the luminal/ER+ phenotype and a good prognosis. RNAi knock-down of endogenous c-Myb levels in the MCF7 luminal breast tumor cell line increases tumorigenesis both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting a tumor suppressor role in luminal breast cancer. We created a mammary-derived c-Myb expression signature and found it to be highly correlated with a published mature luminal mammary cell signature and least correlated with a mammary stem/progenitor lineage gene signature. These data describe, for the first time, a tumor suppressor role for the c-Myb proto-oncogene in breast cancer that has implications for understanding luminal tumorigenesis and for guiding treatment. refXsample
Project description:There are two major subtype of cells in breast cancer. These cancer cells response differently to glutamine deprivation, here we use one luminal type of breast cancer cell (MCF7) and one basal type of breast cancer cell (MDAMB231) to compare the gene expression differences of these two types of cancer cells in glutamine deprivation. Many cancer cells depend on glutamine for survival and oncogenic transformation. Although targeting glutamine metabolism is proposed as novel therapies, their heterogeneity among different tumors is unknown. Here, we found only basal-type, but not luminal-type breast cancer cells, exhibited phenotypes of glutamine dependency and may benefit from glutamine-targeting therapeutics. The glutamine independence of luminal-type cells is caused by the specific expression of glutamine synthetase (GS), a pattern recapitulated in luminal breast cancers. The co-culture of luminal cells partially rescued the basal cells under glutamine deprivation, suggesting glutamine symbiosis. The luminal-specific expression of GS is directly induced GATA3 and down-regulates glutaminase expression to maintain subtype-specific glutamine metabolism. Collectively, these data indicate the distinct glutamine phenotypes among breast cells and enable the rational design of glutamine targeted therapies. Gene expression analysis in MCF7 and MDAMB231 cultured with or without glutamine for 24h