Project description:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a fatal neoplasia derived from HTLV-1 infected T lymphocytes exhibiting constitutive activation of NF-kB. To elucidate the complex molecular mechanism of anti-tumor effect of the proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib in ATL cells, we attempted to perform gene expression profiling. Experiment Overall Design: Four ATL cell lines were cultured with or without bortezomib, then analysed.
Project description:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a fatal neoplasia derived from HTLV-1 infected T lymphocytes exhibiting constitutive activation of NF-kB. To elucidate the complex molecular mechanism of anti-tumor effect of the proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib in ATL cells, we attempted to perform gene expression profiling. Keywords: dose response
Project description:BACKGROUND: The molecular mechanism of proteasome inhibitor-mediated anti-cancer activity has been logically hypothesized that the major pathway is inhibition of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-kB) cascades, however, the precise mechanism is still unclear. Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a fatal neoplasia derived from HTLV-1 infected T lymphocytes exhibiting constitutive activation of NF-kB. AIM: To elucidate the complex molecular mechanism of anti-tumor effect of the proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib in ATL cells, we attempted to perform network-based gene expression profiling. METHODS and RESULTS: Assessment of gene regulation by microarray analysis revealed that down-regulation of genes involved in anti-apoptosis (i.e., BCL2, and IAP5), up-regulation of genes related with apoptosis (i.e., FAF1), heat shock proteins (i.e., HSPA, HSPCA), and oxygen stress (i.e., heme oxygenase-1: HMOX-1). Gene network analysis employing the Bayesian statistical framework also suggests that HMOX-1 which is known as an inducer of reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as SPARC play an important role in bortezomib-treated ATL cells. The HMOX-1 inhibitor, ZnPP, in addition to bortezomib partially inhibited the apoptotic effect of bortezomib on TaY cells. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that in addition to the inhibition of NF-kB, bortezomib activated ROS pathway through HMOX-1, and SPARC may participate bortezomib-induced apoptosis, providing novel insight into the bortezomib mediated anti-tumor activity in ATL cells. Keywords: dose response and time course
Project description:The proteasome is an appealing anti-cancer drug target and the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib has been approved for the treatment of certain types of malignancies. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer cell resistance to bortezomib remain poorly understood. The pseudokinase TRIB3, an inhibitor of ATF4, is expressed at a high basal level in hepatoma cells and is strongly upregulated in response to bortezomib. To map genome-wide chromatin binding loci of TRIB3 protein, we fused a Flag tag to endogenous TRIB3 in HepG2 cells and performed ChIP-Seq. The results demonstrate that TRIB3 predominantly colocalizes with ATF4 on chromatin and the proteins reside in genomic regions containing the C/EBP-ATF motif. Bortezomib treatment leads to a robust enrichment of TRIB3 binding near genes induced by bortezomib and involved in the ER stress response and cell death. Disruption of TRIB3 increases C/EBP-ATF-driven transcription, augments ER stress and cell death in cells exposed to bortezomib, while TRIB3 overexpression enhances the cell survival. Thus, TRIB3, colocalizing with ATF4 and limiting its transcriptional activity, functions as a factor increasing resistance to bortezomib, while pharmacological over-activation of eIF2alpha-ATF4 can overcome the endogenous restraint mechanisms and sensitize cells to bortezomib.
Project description:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by airway inflammation and remodeling. The role of 15-oxo-5Z,8Z,11Z,13E-eicosatetraenoic acid (15-oxoETE), a 15-HETE metabolite catalyzed by 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH), has been relatively unexplored in asthma. In this study, we used RNA-seq to explore the effect of 15-KETE on the transcriptome of airway epithelial cells, aiming to identify its potential downstream targets and mechanisms of action.
Project description:Purpose: We report the NGS-derived transcriptome profiling (paired-end RNA-seq) following proteasome inhibition in the multiple myeloma cell line MM.1S. Methods: MM.1S cells were treated for six hours with the synthetic proteasome inhibitor lactacystin or clinically-approved proteasome inhibitor bortezomib and RNA expression changes were quantified and compared to DMSO control-treated cells by RNA-sequencing.