Project description:A subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), termed activated B-cell-like (ABC) DLBCL, depends on constitutive NF-kB pathway signaling for survival. Small molecule inhibitors of IkB kinase b (IKKb), a key regulator of the NF-kB pathway, kill ABC DLBCL cells and hold promise for the treatment of this lymphoma type. We conducted an RNA interference genetic screen to investigate potential mechanisms of resistance of ABC DLBCL cells to IKKb inhibitors. We screened a library of small hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) targeting 500 protein kinases for shRNAs that would kill an ABC DLBCL cell line in the presence of a small molecule IKKb inhibitor more effectively than in its absence. Two independent shRNAs targeting IKKa synergized with the IKKb inhibitor to kill three different ABC DLBCL cell lines but were not toxic by themselves. Surprisingly, IKKa shRNAs blocked the classical rather than the alternative NF-kB pathway in ABC DLBCL cells, as judged by inhibition of IkBa phosphorylation. IKKa shRNA toxicity was reversed by coexpression of wild type but not kinase inactive forms of IKKa, suggesting that IKKa may directly phosphorylate IkBa under conditions of IKKb inhibition. These results suggest that therapy for ABC DLBCL may be improved by targeting both IKKa and IKKb. Keywords: compound treatment design Gene expression profiling of OCI-Ly3 cells with or without expressing IKKa shRNA in the presence or absence of 12.5 uM IKKb inhibitor for 2 and 3 days. Four samples were analyzed.
Project description:A subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), termed activated B-cell-like (ABC) DLBCL, depends on constitutive NF-kB pathway signaling for survival. Small molecule inhibitors of IkB kinase b (IKKb), a key regulator of the NF-kB pathway, kill ABC DLBCL cells and hold promise for the treatment of this lymphoma type. We conducted an RNA interference genetic screen to investigate potential mechanisms of resistance of ABC DLBCL cells to IKKb inhibitors. We screened a library of small hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) targeting 500 protein kinases for shRNAs that would kill an ABC DLBCL cell line in the presence of a small molecule IKKb inhibitor more effectively than in its absence. Two independent shRNAs targeting IKKa synergized with the IKKb inhibitor to kill three different ABC DLBCL cell lines but were not toxic by themselves. Surprisingly, IKKa shRNAs blocked the classical rather than the alternative NF-kB pathway in ABC DLBCL cells, as judged by inhibition of IkBa phosphorylation. IKKa shRNA toxicity was reversed by coexpression of wild type but not kinase inactive forms of IKKa, suggesting that IKKa may directly phosphorylate IkBa under conditions of IKKb inhibition. These results suggest that therapy for ABC DLBCL may be improved by targeting both IKKa and IKKb. Keywords: compound treatment design
Project description:Diverse taxa of fungus kingdom are part of cancer related microbiota but which fungi induce pro-tumor immune responses and whether they impact specific cancer pathways are unclear. Here, we use Cladosporium cladosporioides to orally infect wildtype mice or mice lacking Ikka or Stat3/Ikka in epithelial stem cells. This infection promotes systemic inflammation, acidic oral milieu with Proteobacteria expansion, and oral and skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) development. Double Stat3 and Ikka deletions reverse these phenotypes. We found in the serum of mouse, C. cladosporioides induces IL-17a and Il-1b production. To determine which cells contribute the upregulated level of Il-1b and Il17a in the blood under fungi treament, we conducted 10x genomics single cell RNA sequencing on mRNA in blood cells from WT, Ikka or Stat3/Ikka inducible ablated mice with fungi treatment (Cladosporium cladosporioides).
Project description:Diverse taxa of fungus kingdom are part of cancer related microbiota but which fungi induce pro-tumor immune responses and whether they impact specific cancer pathways are unclear. Here, we use Cladosporium cladosporioides to orally infect mice lacking Ikka in epithelial stem cells. This infection promotes systemic inflammation, acidic oral milieu with Proteobacteria expansion, and oral and skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) development. Double Stat3 and Ikka deletions reverse these phenotypes. We found in the serum of mouse, C. cladosporioides induces IL-17a and Il-1b production. To investigate what is happening in the oral environment as well as in the skin cells of mice, we conducted 10x genomics single cell RNA sequencing on mRNA in oral buccal tissues and skins from Ikka inducible ablated mouse with fungi treatment (Cladosporium cladosporioides).
Project description:Comparison of gene expression of mouse lung adenocarcinoma-associated macrophages isolated from C57BL/6 mice injected with Kras-CL and Kras IKKa low cells
Project description:Comparison of gene expression of mouse lung adenocarcinoma-associated CD4 cells isolated from C57BL/6 mice injected with Kras-CL and Kras IKKa low cells