Project description:Targeted gene screen of cell line tumours for testing the new V4 Colorectal gene panel. .
This dataset contains all the data available for this study on 2018-03-07.
Project description:Targeted gene screen of FFPEs, cell lines and primary CRC tumours for testing the new V4 Colorectal gene panel. .
This dataset contains all the data available for this study on 2018-03-07.
Project description:The purpose of the this study is to determine the prevalence of germline cancer susceptibility gene mutation among Chinese population, and to find best ways to screen patients with colorectal cancer in China. To accomplish this objective, the investigators will establish a large sample database of hereditary colorectal cancer related information using multigene panel testing based on Next-Generation Sequencing.
Project description:<p>This project was designed to use next generation sequencing technology to screen the protein coding regions of the genome for low frequency variants in a panel of high-risk colorectal adenocarcinoma cases.</p> <p>Blood and cell-line DNA for colorectal cancer patients and a subset of quality control samples that had existing whole exome sequence data were analyzed using Illumina HiSeq sequencers. Samples from this project were from participants in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the Diet, Activity, and Lifestyle Study (DALS).</p>
Project description:A hallmark of solid tumours is the development of hypoxic regions where rapidly growing transformed cells outstrip their blood supply. Tumour cells in these starved regions sense reduced levels of oxygen and switch on genes that help them to adapt, survive and continue growing. Since hypoxia is a key physiological difference between normal and cancer tissue, an opportunity exists to selectively kill tumour cells by exploiting the differences in protein expression between normal and hypoxic tumour tissue. However, a major challenge is to identify druggable hypoxia-induced proteins critical for tumour cell survival. This is especially important in cancers of unmet need where hypoxia gene signatures correlate with poor prognosis (for example, colorectal cancers). To identify new hypoxia-induced proteins, we performed SILAC-based proteomics on colorectal cancer cells exposed to normoxia and hypoxia. In this study, we identify a new hypoxia-activated GPCR signalling axis that enables colorectal tumour cells to survive the microenvironmental stress of hypoxia. Our findings uncover a previously unappreciated role for this GPCR-axis as a key regulator of the adaptive response to hypoxia and highlght an opportunity to exploit tumour-associated hypoxia for therapy.
Project description:Pericryptal myofibroblasts in the colon and rectum play an important role in regulating the normal colorectal stem cell niche and facilitating tumour progression. Myofibroblasts have previously mostly been distinguished from normal fibroblasts only by the expression of α smooth muscle actin (αSMA). We now identify AOC3, a surface monoamine oxidase, as a new marker of myofibroblasts by showing that it is the target protein of the myofibroblast reacting monoclonal antibody (mAb), PR2D3. The normal and tumour tissue distribution and the cell line reactivity of AOC3 match that expected for myofibroblasts. We have shown that the surface expression of AOC3 is sensitive to digestion by trypsin and collagenase and that anti-AOC3 antibodies can be used for FACS sorting of myofibroblasts obtained by non-enzymatic procedures. Whole genome microarray mRNA expression profiles of myofibroblasts and skin fibroblasts revealed four additional genes that are significantly expressed differentially between these two cell types; NKX2-3 and LRRC17 are expressed in myofibroblasts and SHOX2 and TBX5 in skin fibroblasts. Transforming Growth Factor β (TGFβ) substantially down-regulated AOC3 expression in myofibroblasts but not in skin fibroblasts, in which it dramatically increased the expression of αSMA. A knockdown of NKX2-3 in myofibroblasts caused a decrease of myofibroblast-related gene expression and an increased expression of the fibroblast associated gene, SHOX2, suggesting that NKX2-3 is a key mediator for maintaining myofibroblast characteristics. Our results show that colorectal myofibroblasts, as defined by the expression of AOC3, NKX2-3 and other markers, are a distinctly different cell type from TGFβ activated fibroblasts. colorectal myofibroblast specific markers and expression profiles were sought by comparing four primary myofibroblast cultures to a panel of four dermal and foreskin fibroblast cell lines Four primary myofibroblast cultures established from adult human colon compared to four skin fibroblast cell lines to identify intestinal myofibroblast specific markers
Project description:This study aimed to generate a new panel of comprehensively, genomically characterized high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) cell line and xenograft models. Multidimensional genomic data were generated and compared between cell lines/xenografts and the tumours they were derived from, indicating the cell lines/xenografts are highly similar to their patient-matched tumours. Cell line/xenograft data were also compared to TCGA ovarian tumours to show the cell lines are good models of clinical HGSOC. Illumina HT-12 v4 arrays were performed according to the manufacturer's directions on total RNA extracted from i) tumour cells purified from ovarian tumour ascites, and ii) established cell lines. Evaluation of the similarity in copy number/methylation/gene expression/mutational profiles of cell lines/tumours/xenografts was performed.