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:N-myristoyltransferase inhibitors (NMTi) are promising novel anti-cancer agents, including in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma and Burkitt’s lymphoma, but a mechanistic rationale for targeted therapy is still poorly defined. A key function of N-myristoylation is to mediate membrane localisation. We therefore carried out membrane proteomics on the P493-6 cell line +/- NMTi. Identification of PPIs between affected proteins via STRING allowed the identification of heavily affected biological nodes, including respiratory complex I. This study provides a mechanistic rationale for NMTi in MYC-deregulated cancers.
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. Two-condition experiment, Normoxic MSCs vs. Hypoxic MSCs.
Project description:Activation of glycolytic genes by HIF-1 is considered critical for metabolic adaptation to hypoxia. We found that HIF-1 also actively suppresses glucose metabolism through the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) by directly trans-activating the gene encoding pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1). PDK1 inactivates the TCA cycle enzyme, pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), which converts pyruvate to acetyl-CoA. Forced PDK1 expression in hypoxic HIF-1α-null cells increases ATP levels, attenuates hypoxic ROS generation and rescues these cells from hypoxia-induced apoptosis. These studies reveal a novel hypoxia-induced metabolic switch that shunts glucose metabolites from the mitochondria to glycolysis to maintain ATP production and to prevent toxic ROS production. Experiment Overall Design: We sought to determine by microarray analysis of gene expression the genes responsive to hypoxia using the human B lymphocyte cell line, P493-6. Hypoxia-responsive genes were globally assessed in cells incubated in 0.1% O2 for 29 hours at which the highest HIF-1 levels were obtained
Project description:Gene methylation profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells comparing HPV E6/E7-transfected MSCs cells with human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT)- and HPV E6/E7-transfected MSCs. hTERT may increase gene methylation in MSCs. Goal was to determine the effects of different transfected genes on global gene methylation in MSCs.
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:In this study, the human Burkitt’s Lymphoma cell line BL60 has been analysed via proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis for effect of a knock down of the serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 (shSHMT2) compared to a control construct (shGL2). Concerning the phosphoproteome, these results have been compared to an analysis of a knock down of CD79a (shCD79a) in these cells.
