Array analysis of total lung RNAs from female BALB/c mice collected at 12, 48 and 96 h post-infection with highly and less virulent influenza A (H3N2) viruses. Viruses (designated as LVI and HVI) were derived from influenza strain virus A/Aichi/2/68 (Aichi68). LVI is Aichi68 propagated in eggs, and HVI is mouse adapted Aichi68.
Differential pulmonary transcriptomic profiles in murine lungs infected with low and highly virulent influenza H3N2 viruses reveal dysregulation of TREM1 signaling, cytokines, and chemokines.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesSRC-1 affects the expression of complex I of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, a set of enzymes responsible for the conversion of NADH to NAD(+). NAD(+) and NADH were subsequently identified as metabolites that underlie SRC-1's response to glucose deprivation. Knockdown of SRC-1 in glycolytic cancer cells abrogated their ability to grow in the absence of glucose consistent with SRC-1's role in promoting cellular adaptation to reduced glucose availability
Steroid receptor coactivator 1 is an integrator of glucose and NAD+/NADH homeostasis.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesEach cell type responds uniquely to stress and fractionally contributes to global and tissue-specific stress responses. Hepatocytes, liver macrophages (M), and sinusoidal endothelial cells (SEC) play functionally important and interdependent roles in adaptive processes such as wound healing, obesity, and tumor growth. Although these cell types demonstrate significant phenotypic and functional heterogeneity, their distinctions enabling disease-specific responses remain understudied. To address this, we developed a strategy for simultaneous isolation and quantification of these liver cell types based on antigenic cell surface marker expression in response to DEN and found that while there was only a marginal increase in hepatocyte number, M and SEC populations were quantitatively increased. Global gene expression profiling of hepatocytes, M and SEC identified characteristic gene fingerprints that define each cell type and their distinct physiological or oncogenic stress signatures. Integration of these cell-specific gene fingerprints with available hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patient microarray data demonstrates that the hepatocyte-specific response strongly correlates with the human HCC gene expression profile. Liver-specific M and SEC gene signatures demonstrate significant alterations in inflammatory and angiogenic gene regulatory pathways, which may impact the hepatocyte response to oncogenic stress. Further validation confirms alterations in components of two key pathways, AP-1 and p53, that have been previously associated with HCC onset and progression. Our data reveal unique gene expression patterns that serve as molecular fingerprints for the cell-centric responses to pathologic stimuli in the distinct microenvironment of the liver. The technical advance highlighted in this study provides an essential resource for assessing hepatic cell-specific contributions to oncogenic stress, information that could unveil previously unappreciated molecular mechanisms for the cellular crosstalk that underlies the development of hepatic cancer.
Deciphering hepatocellular responses to metabolic and oncogenic stress.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesThe epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), considered essential for metastatic cancer, has been a focus of much research, but important questions remain. Here, we show that silencing or removing H2A.X, a histone H2A variant involved in cellular DNA repair and robust growth, induced mesenchymal-like characteristics including activation of EMT transcription factors, Slug and ZEB1, in HCT116 human colon cancer cells. Ectopic H2A.X re-expression partially reversed these changes; as did silencing Slug and ZEB1. In an experimental metastasis model, the HCT116 parental and H2A.X-null cells exhibited similar metastases levels, but the cells with re-expressed H2A.X exhibited substantially elevated levels. We surmise that H2A.X re-expression led to partial EMT reversal and increased robustness in the HCT116 cells, permitting them to both form tumors and to metastasize. In a human adenocarcinoma panel, H2A.X levels correlated inversely with Slug and ZEB1 levels. Together, these results point to H2A.X as a novel regulator of EMT.
The histone variant H2A.X is a regulator of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
Cell line
View SamplesProliferation of prostate cancer cells, LNCaP, is suppressed by casodex. This suppression requires expression of AR coregulator, NCOR1.
Nuclear Receptor Corepressor 1 Expression and Output Declines with Prostate Cancer Progression.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesAR transcriptional activity is regulated by DHT
Nuclear Receptor Corepressor 1 Expression and Output Declines with Prostate Cancer Progression.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesNuclear receptor (NR)-mediated transcription is a dynamic process that is regulated by the binding of distinct ligands that induce conformational changes in the NR. These molecular alterations lead to the recruitment of unique cofactors (coactivators or corepressors) that control the expression of NR-regulated genes. Here, we show that a stretch of proline residues located within the N-terminus of AR is necessary for maximal androgen-mediated prostate cancer cell growth and migration. Furthermore, this polyproline domain is necessary for the expression of a subset of AR-target genes, but is dispensable for classical AR-mediated gene transcription. Using T7 phage display, we subsequently identified a novel AR-interacting protein, SH3YL1, whose interaction with AR is dependent upon this polyproline domain. Like the AR polyproline domain, SH3YL1 was required for maximal androgen-mediated cell growth and migration. Microarray analysis revealed that SH3YL1 also regulated a subset of AR-modulated genes. Correspondingly, we identified ubinuclein1 (UBN1), a key member of a histone H3.3 chaperone complex, as a transcriptional target of AR/SH3YL1. Moreover, UBN1 was necessary for maximal androgen-mediated proliferation and migration. Collectively, our data link a specific surface located within ARs N-terminus to the recruitment of a novel cofactor, SH3YL1, which is required for the androgen-mediated expression of UBN1. Importantly, this signaling network was important for both androgen-mediated prostate cancer cell growth and migration. This work is significant because it could aid in the development of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) and have therapeutic implications for AR-driven diseases.
Identification of a Novel Coregulator, SH3YL1, That Interacts With the Androgen Receptor N-Terminus.
Specimen part
View SamplesTo determine the global transcriptome changes in mantle cell lymphoma cells following treatment with the BET bromodomain antagonist, JQ1
Synergistic activity of BET protein antagonist-based combinations in mantle cell lymphoma cells sensitive or resistant to ibrutinib.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesWe performed an RNA-Seq analysis comparing thymic lymphoma tissues from the p53-null(n=2) and ?Np63?/?;p53-/- (n=3) or ?Np73?/?;p53-/-(n=3). Mice at 10 weeks of age were injected with either Ad-mCherry or Ad-CRE-mCherry to delete ?Np63/?Np73 in the thymic lmyphomas. We aimed to test by deleting the DNp63/DNp73 in these p53-deficient tumors will mediate tumor regression and analyze the expression profile of the genes Overall design: Examination of thymic lymphoma tissues in 3 different genotypes (p53-/- vs ?Np63?/?;p53-/- or ?Np73?/?;p53-/-)
IAPP-driven metabolic reprogramming induces regression of p53-deficient tumours in vivo.
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View SamplesBromodomain extraterminal protein (BETP) inhibitors transcriptionally repress oncoproteins and NFkB target genes, which undermines the growth and survival of MCL cells. However, BETi treatment causes accumulation of BETPs, associated with reversible binding and incomplete inhibition of BRD4, which potentially compromises the activity of BETi in MCL cells. Unlike BETi, BET-PROTACs (proteolysis-targeting chimera) ARV-825 and ARV-771 (Arvinas, Inc.) recruit and utilize an E3-ubiquitin ligase to effectively degrade BETPs in MCL cells. BET-PROTACs induce more apoptosis than BETi of MCL cells, including those resistant to ibrutinib. BET-PROTAC treatment induced more perturbations in the mRNA and protein expressions than BETi, with depletion of c-Myc, CDK4, cyclin D1, and the NFkB transcriptional targets Bcl-xL, XIAP and BTK, while inducing the level of HEXIM1, NOXA and CDKN1A/p21. Treatment with ARV-771, which possesses superior pharmacological properties compared to ARV-825, inhibited the in vivo growth and induced greater survival improvement than the BETi OTX015 of immune-depleted mice engrafted with MCL cells. Co-treatment of ARV-771 with ibrutinib or the BCL2-antagonist venetoclax or CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib synergistically induced apoptosis of MCL cells. These studies highlight promising and superior pre-clinical activity of BET-PROTAC than BETi, requiring further in vivo evaluation of BET-PROTAC as a therapy for ibrutinib-sensitive or resistant MCL. Overall design: Twelve samples in biologic triplicates
BET protein proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) exerts potent lethal activity against mantle cell lymphoma cells.
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