Project description:Pulmonary metastasis is the main cause of medical failure and death of osteosarcoma patients. Our recent study identified IRX1 as a potential metastasis-driving gene in osteosarcoma. Studies showed that IRX1 can promote the migration, invasion and anoikis resistance of osteosarcoma cells. We generated 143B stable IRX1 knockdown and control cell lines, and found that IRX1 knockdown can inhibit the pulmonary metastasis of 143B cells in orthotopic mouse osteosarcoma model. Expression microarrays are performed in143B-shCtrl and 143B-shIRX1 cells to study the mechanism of IRX1 on promoting metastasis of osteosarcoma
Project description:Angiogenesis is tightly regulated by both soluble growth factors and cellular interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM). While cell adhesion via integrins has been shown to be required for growth factor signaling and downstream angiogenesis, the effects of quantitative changes in cell adhesion and spreading against the ECM remain less clear. Examining changes in global gene expression in limited versus high adhesion contexts in human umbilical vein endothelial cells, we demonstrated a VEGF-induced upregulation of genes associated with vascular invasion and remodeling when cell adhesion was restricted, whereas cells on highly adhesive surfaces upregulated genes associated with a proliferative response. HUVECs were cultured on micropatterned islands of fibronectin or allowed to spread fully for 2 hrs and then stimulated with 50ng/ml VEGF or no growth factor for 18 hrs in starve media. Sample RNA from three biological replicates was extracted and prepared for hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:We engineered HCT116 cells by transfecting a non targeting control hairpin or 2 different short hairpin against KSR1 to knockdown KSR1 and microarrays were performed on non-transfected controls, non-targeting shRNA controls, shRNA #1 targeting KSR1, and shRNA #2 targeting KSR1. We used microarray for molecular profiling of colon cancer cells in presence or in absence of KSR1, an important scaffold of Raf/MEK/ERK pathway and identify genes which are regulated by KSR1 Cell lines were measured in as single biological replicates 1. HCT116 untransfected 2 HCT116 + shCTRL 3.HCT116 + shKSR1#1 4. 3.HCT116 + shKSR1#2
Project description:We performed proteomic and gene ontology (GO) analyses of secretome from human serum-deprived male and female endothelial cells (ECs).
Project description:Angiogenesis is a complex multicellular process requiring the orchestration of many events including migration, alignment, proliferation, lumen formation, remodeling, and maturation. Such complexity indicates that not only individual genes but also entire signaling pathways will be crucial in angiogenesis. To define an angiogenic blueprint of regulated genes, we utilized our well-characterized three-dimensional collagen gel model of in vitro angiogenesis, in which the majority of cells synchronously progress through defined morphological stages culminating in the formation of capillary tubes. We developed a comprehensive three-tiered approach using microarray analysis, which allowed us to identify genes known to be involved in angiogenesis and genes hitherto unlinked to angiogenesis as well as novel genes and has proven especially useful for genes where the magnitude of change is small. From a screen of miRNAs altered in in vitro angiogenesis we selected a subset that are predicted to target junctional molecules. MiR-27a, was rapidly downregulated upon stimulation of in vitro angiogenesis and its level of expression is reduced in neo-vessels in vivo. The downregulation of miR-27a was essential for angiogenesis since ectopic expression of miR-27a blocked capillary tube formation and angiogenesis. MiR-27a targets the junctional, endothelial specific cadherin, VE-cadherin. Consistent with this, vascular permeability to VEGF in mice is reduced by administration of a general miR-27 inhibitor. To determine that VE-cadherin was the dominant target of miR-27a function we used a novel technology with M-bM-^@M-^\BlockmirsM-bM-^@M-^], inhibitors that bind to the miR-27 binding site in VE-cadherin. The Blockmir CD5-2 demonstrated specificity for VE-cadherin and inhibited vascular leak in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore CD5-2 reduced oedema, increased capillary density and potently enhanced recovery form ischemic limb injury in mice. The Blockmir technology offers a refinement in the use of miRNAs especially for therapy. Further, targeting of endothelial junctional molecules by miRNAs has clinical potential especially in diseases associated with vascular leak. A microRNA microarray was performed to investigate miRNAs that were regulated during capillary tube formation and which could potentially be used as an M-bM-^@M-^XangiogenicM-bM-^@M-^Y miRNA profile. RNA was isolated from cells harvested at specific time points, previously identified as stages where major morphological changes are taking place18. These include 0.5 hour (invasion), 3 hours (migration), 6 hours (vacuole coalescence and lumen formation), 12 hours (lumen formation) and 24 hours (tube maturation).
Project description:Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were incubated for 48 h after transfection of scrambled siRNA or siRNA targeting Jmjd6 . Changes in transcript and exon levels were analyzed. 6 samples; 2 conditions: Scrambled siRNA vs. siJmjd6 ; 3 replicates per condition
Project description:To explore the target genes of long noncoding RNA lncTCF7, we established lncTCF7-silenced HCC primary CSC cells and conducted transcriptome microarray analysis. We used microarrays to identify distinct gene expression underlying shCtrl and shlncTCF7 of hepatocellular carcinoma sample stem cells. We cultured shlncTCF7 and shCtrl cells from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) clinical sample, then hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to identify distinct target genes of lncTCF7 in liver cancer stem cells (CSCs).
Project description:Endothelial cell (EC) metabolism is an emerging target for anti-angiogenic therapy in tumor and choroidal neovascularization (CNV), but little is known about individual EC metabolic transcrip-tomes. Here, by scRNA-sequencing 28,337 murine choroidal ECs (CECs) and sprouting CNV-ECs, we constructed a taxonomy to characterize their heterogeneity. Comparison with murine lung tumor ECs (TECs) revealed congruent marker gene expression by distinct EC phenotypes across tissues and diseases, suggesting similar angiogenic mechanisms. Trajectory inference of CNV-ECs revealed that differentiation of venous to angiogenic ECs was accompanied by metabolic transcriptome plasticity. EC phenotypes displayed metabolic transcriptome heterogeneity. Hypothesizing that conserved genes are more important, we used an integrated analysis, based on congruent transcriptome analysis, CEC-tailored genome scale metabolic modeling, and gene expression me-ta-analysis in multiple cross-species datasets, followed by functional validation, to identify the top-ranking metabolic targets SQLE and ALDH18A1, involved in EC proliferation and collagen production, respectively, as novel angiogenic targets.
Project description:MCL cell lines were treated with DMSO or 5uM AFN700 for 20hrs This experiment is designed to see if NFKB-target genes are downregulated by inhibition of IKKB in MCL cell lines that are insensitive to ibrutinib (BTK inhibitor) or sotrastaurin (PKC inhibitor) MCL cells were seeded in 6well dishes and treated for 20hrs with DMSO or 5uM AFN700
Project description:Vascularization represents an important issue in bone development, fracture healing and engineering of artificial bone tissue. In the context of bone tissue engineering, it was shown that coimplantation of human primary umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and human osteoblasts (hOBs) results in the formation of functional blood vessels and enhanced bone regeneration. Implanted endothelial cells do not only contribute to blood vessel formation, but also support proliferation, cell survival and osteogenic differentiation of coimplanted hOBs. These effects are partially mediated by direct heterotypic cell contacts. In a previous report we could show that cocultivated hOBs strongly increase the expression of genes involved in extracellular matrix (ECM) formation in HUVECs, suggesting that ECM may be involved in the intercellular communication between hOBs and HUVECs. The present study aimed at investigating whether comparable changes occur in hOBs. We therefore performed a microarray analysis of hOBs cultivated in direct contact with HUVECs, revealing 1121 differentially expressed genes. The differentially expressed genes could be assigned to the functional clusters ECM, proliferation, apoptosis and osteogenic differentiation. In summary, our data demonstrate that HUVECs provoke complex changes in gene expression patterns in cocultivated hOBs and that ECM plays and important role in this interaction.