Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE36839: Expression data from OE33 oesophageal adenocarcinoma tumour cells following 24 hour co-culture with human adipose tissue explants or control M199 medium. GSE36840: Expression data from OE33 oesophageal adenocarcinoma tumour cells following 24 hour co-culture with human adipocytes or control M199 medium. Refer to individual Series
Project description:A nonsense mutation in ARID1A was identified by next generation sequencing in non-dysplastic Barrett's esophagus [BE] tissue and esophageal adenocarcinoma [EAC] tissue of a patient diagnosed with EAC. Immunohistochemistry performed on an independent archival cohort demonstrated ARID1A protein loss in 0% (0/76), 4.9% (2/40), 14.3% (4/28), 16.0% (8/50), and 12.2% (12/98) of normal squamous epithelium, BE, low-, high-grade dysplasia, and EAC tissues, respectively. Enhanced cell growth, proliferation and invasion were observed upon ARID1A knockdown in EAC cells. ARID1A was knocked down in OE33 cells (Sample MS_1 and MS_3) using on-TARGET smartpool ARID1A siRNA. At the same time, OE33 cells were transfected with a non-targeting siRNA, and these experiments (Samples MS_2 and MS_4) functioned as mock controls. Cells were harvested after 48 hours and total RNA was extracted using the Rneasy kit (Qiagen)
Project description:Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is altered in several epithelial cancers and represents a potential therapeutic target. Here, STAT3 expression, activity and cellular functions were examined in two main histotypes of esophageal carcinomas. In situ, immunohistochemistry for STAT3 and STAT3-Tyr705 phosphorylation (P-STAT3) in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCC) and BarrettM-bM-^@M-^Ys adenocarcinomas (BAC) revealed similar STAT3 expression in ESCCs and BACs, but preferentially activated P-STAT3 in ESCCs. In vitro, strong STAT3 activation was seen by EGF-stimulation in OE21 (ESCC) cells, whilst OE33 (BAC) cells showed constitutive weak STAT3 activation. STAT3 knockdown significantly reduced cell proliferation of OE21 and OE33 cells and reduced cell migration in OE33, but not in OE21 cells. Transcriptome analysis identified STAT3-knockdown associated down-regulation of cell cycle processes and the selective down-regulation of cyclins and cyclin dependent kinaes associated genes in both OE21 and OE33 cells. Moreover, the transcriptome response showed changes in cell migration/invasion related genes that correlated with the associated phenotype measurements. This study demonstrates the importance of STAT3 expression and activation in esophageal carcinomas, whereby the extent differs between ESCCs and BACs. STAT3 knockdown significantly reduces cell proliferation in both types of esophageal cancer cells and inhibits migration in BAC cells. Thus, STAT3 may be further exploited as potential novel therapeutic target for esophageal cancers. The effect of STAT3 knock-down in OE33 and OE21 cells was calculated from three biologically independent experiments. 3x10e4 cells were seeded in triplicate in 24 well-plates and were transfected with twice 100nM STAT3 siRNA (pool of 4 STAT3 sequences, siGENOMEM-BM-.SMARTpoolM-BM-., Dharmacon RNAi Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lafayette, USA) or SilencerM-BM-. negative siRNA control (Invitrogen/Life Technologies GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany) using 1M-BM-5l DharmaFECT (Dharmacon RNAi Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lafayette, USA) transfection reagent for OE33 cells or siPORTTM NeoFXTM (Invitrogen/Life Technologies GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany) transfection reagent for OE21 cells. Differential gene regulation was quantified 72 hours after the first transfection by comparing separately for the OE21 and OE33 cells the STAT3 siRNA replicates and the respective cell lines containing the scrambled siRNA vector.
Project description:Three oesophageal tissue derived cell lines, one from a normal tissue (HET1A) and two from tumour tissues (OE33 and OE199) were mixed with same number of each cell type in the same tube to get a mixed population. The C1 platform (Fluidigm) was used to capture single-cells and scATAC-seq protocols from Fluidigm ScriptHub is then used to generate the sequencing library. A single-cell ATAC-seq Bioinformatics pipeline is then developed to deconvolute the cells into their respective cell types.
Project description:A nonsense mutation in ARID1A was identified by next generation sequencing in non-dysplastic Barrett's esophagus [BE] tissue and esophageal adenocarcinoma [EAC] tissue of a patient diagnosed with EAC. Immunohistochemistry performed on an independent archival cohort demonstrated ARID1A protein loss in 0% (0/76), 4.9% (2/40), 14.3% (4/28), 16.0% (8/50), and 12.2% (12/98) of normal squamous epithelium, BE, low-, high-grade dysplasia, and EAC tissues, respectively. Enhanced cell growth, proliferation and invasion were observed upon ARID1A knockdown in EAC cells. ARID1A was knocked down in OE33 cells (Sample MS_1 and MS_3) using on-TARGET smartpool ARID1A siRNA. At the same time, OE33 cells were transfected with a non-targeting siRNA, and these experiments (Samples MS_2 and MS_4) functioned as mock controls. Cells were harvested after 48 hours and total RNA was extracted using the Rneasy kit (Qiagen) Aim Affymetrix Human PrimeView Gene Expression Array : to determine the downstream effectors of ARID1A that are likely to contribute to the oncogenic phenotype caused by ARID1A down-regulation. Two biological replicates of each condition (2x ARID1A knockdown, and 2x Mock) were used for the microarray experiment.
Project description:Epidemiologic studies have shown a significant inverse correlation between fruit and vegetable consumption and incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Procyanidins are polymeric flavanols found in many fruits and vegetables, and have been shown to possess anti-carcinogenic/chemopreventive properties. We previously showed that an oligomeric procyanidin extracted from apples with an average degree of polymerisation of 3.9 induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in the esophageal adenocarcinoma cell line OE33. In order to understand the mechanism of action of this procyanidin we determined genome-wide transcriptomic changes induced by procyanidin treatment of OE33 cells. Pathway analysis of these data implicated the MAP kinase signalling pathways in eliciting these responses. An investigation into the role of these pathways showed that procyanidin specifically induced the activation of the stress-activated protein (SAP) kinases JNK1/2 and p38-? and M-^V? leading to the increased expression of JUN and the phosphatases DUSP1 and -10. Gene-specific knockdown of the expression of JNK1, JNK2, p38-?, p38-? or JUN diminished procyanidin-induced effects on apoptosis demonstrating a clear role for these pathways. JUN is a component of the transcription factor AP-1 and AP-1 binding sites are over-represented in the promoters of procyanidin-induced genes, which together with the demonstration that JUN occupies several such promoters highlight the importance of this transcription factor in mediating the cellular response to procyanidin. These data provide a mechanistic understanding of how procyanidin specifically targets distinct pathways involved in the induction of apoptosis in esophageal adenocarcinoma cells and will inform future studies investigating its use as a chemopreventive/therapeutic agent.
Project description:Obesity is linked to increased mortality from many cancer types, and oesophageal adenocarcinoma displays one of the strongest epidemiological associations. The aim of this study was to dissect molecular pathways linking obesity with oesophageal adenocarcinoma and to determine if obesity is linked to increased aggressiveness of this disease. Affymetrix microarrays were used to identify altered signaling pathways in an oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell line following co-culture with isolated adipocytes from viscerally obese oesophageal adenocarcinoma patients (n=6).