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Gene expression profiling of MYC-driven tumor signatures in porcine liver stem cells by transcriptome sequencing.


ABSTRACT: To identify the genes induced and regulated by the MYC protein in generating tumors from liver stem cells.In this study, we have used an immortal porcine liver stem cell line, PICM-19, to study the role of c-MYC in hepatocarcinogenesis. PICM-19 cells were converted into cancer cells (PICM-19-CSCs) by overexpressing human MYC. To identify MYC-driven differential gene expression, transcriptome sequencing was carried out by RNA sequencing, and genes identified by this method were validated using real-time PCR. In vivo tumorigenicity studies were then conducted by injecting PICM-19-CSCs into the flanks of immunodeficient mice.Our results showed that MYC-overexpressing PICM-19 stem cells formed tumors in immunodeficient mice demonstrating that a single oncogene was sufficient to convert them into cancer cells (PICM-19-CSCs). By using comparative bioinformatics analyses, we have determined that > 1000 genes were differentially expressed between PICM-19 and PICM-19-CSCs. Gene ontology analysis further showed that the MYC-induced, altered gene expression was primarily associated with various cellular processes, such as metabolism, cell adhesion, growth and proliferation, cell cycle, inflammation and tumorigenesis. Interestingly, six genes expressed by PICM-19 cells (CDO1, C22orf39, DKK2, ENPEP, GPX6, SRPX2) were completely silenced after MYC-induction in PICM-19-CSCs, suggesting that the absence of these genes may be critical for inducing tumorigenesis.MYC-driven genes may serve as promising candidates for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma therapeutics that would not have deleterious effects on other cell types in the liver.

SUBMITTER: Aravalli RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4326136 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gene expression profiling of MYC-driven tumor signatures in porcine liver stem cells by transcriptome sequencing.

Aravalli Rajagopal N RN   Talbot Neil C NC   Steer Clifford J CJ  

World journal of gastroenterology 20150201 7


<h4>Aim</h4>To identify the genes induced and regulated by the MYC protein in generating tumors from liver stem cells.<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, we have used an immortal porcine liver stem cell line, PICM-19, to study the role of c-MYC in hepatocarcinogenesis. PICM-19 cells were converted into cancer cells (PICM-19-CSCs) by overexpressing human MYC. To identify MYC-driven differential gene expression, transcriptome sequencing was carried out by RNA sequencing, and genes identified by this me  ...[more]

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