Expression data from SCEC and corresponding normal samples
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ABSTRACT: Primary SCEC is a rare malignancy without established treatment strategy. Although previous studies suggested that there were similarities between SCEC and SCLC in clinical manifestation and pathological morphology, genetic studies on this highly malignant tumour remained sparse. This study was designed to investigate the gene expression profile of SCEC, and compare it with the known expression data of SCLC and EC.
Project description:Primary SCEC is a rare malignancy without established treatment strategy. Although previous studies suggested that there were similarities between SCEC and SCLC in clinical manifestation and pathological morphology, genetic studies on this highly malignant tumour remains sparse. This study was designed to investigate the copy number variations (CNVs) of SCEC.
Project description:Exon-level transcriptome analysis of embryonal carcinoma (EC) and embryonic stem (ES) cell lines. To circumvent difficulties of isolating pure populations of cancer stem cells for the purpose of identifying malignancy-specific gene expression, we have compared exon-resolution transcriptomic profiles of five embryonal carcinoma (EC) cell lines, a histological subtype of germ cell tumour, to their non-malignant caricature, specifically six human embryonic stem (ES) cell lines. Both cell types are readily accessible, and were purified for undifferentiated cells only. We identified a set of 28 differentially expressed genes, many of which had cancer and stemness roles. Overexpression of the recently discovered pluripotency gene NR5A2 in malignant EC cells revealed an intriguing indication of how WNT-mediated dysregulation of pluripotency is involved with malignancy. At the exon-level, alternative splicing events were detected in ZNF195, DNMT3B and PMF1, and alternative promoters were detected for ASH2L and ETV5. These events were validated by RT-PCR-based methods in EC and ES lines, and further explored within a series of 25 primary tumours, where the alternative splicing event in the de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3B may have functional consequences. In conclusion, we have identified malignancy-specific gene expression differences within a rigorous pluripotent stem cell context. These findings are of particular interest for both germ cell tumour and ES cell biology, and in general to the concept of cancer stem cells. 5 EC and 6 ES cell lines gown on plastic and feeders respectively were sorted for the pluripotency marker SSEA3, then profiled on the Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST platform. 3 additional EC lines grown on feeders and ES medium were also profiled in the same way. Data was analyzed using Qlucore (PCA), XRAY and limma (gene- and exon-level expression differences) and SAM (two-class pair-wise Significance of Microarrays).
Project description:Exon-level transcriptome analysis of embryonal carcinoma (EC) and embryonic stem (ES) cell lines. To circumvent difficulties of isolating pure populations of cancer stem cells for the purpose of identifying malignancy-specific gene expression, we have compared exon-resolution transcriptomic profiles of five embryonal carcinoma (EC) cell lines, a histological subtype of germ cell tumour, to their non-malignant caricature, specifically six human embryonic stem (ES) cell lines. Both cell types are readily accessible, and were purified for undifferentiated cells only. We identified a set of 28 differentially expressed genes, many of which had cancer and stemness roles. Overexpression of the recently discovered pluripotency gene NR5A2 in malignant EC cells revealed an intriguing indication of how WNT-mediated dysregulation of pluripotency is involved with malignancy. At the exon-level, alternative splicing events were detected in ZNF195, DNMT3B and PMF1, and alternative promoters were detected for ASH2L and ETV5. These events were validated by RT-PCR-based methods in EC and ES lines, and further explored within a series of 25 primary tumours, where the alternative splicing event in the de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3B may have functional consequences. In conclusion, we have identified malignancy-specific gene expression differences within a rigorous pluripotent stem cell context. These findings are of particular interest for both germ cell tumour and ES cell biology, and in general to the concept of cancer stem cells.
Project description:Murine and human genome-wide microarray expression profiles (including GSE19404) were compared using Partek and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) in order to identify similarities. A murine PNET-like tumour by morphology was found to resemble human ATRT, whereas experimental glioma resembled a particular human glioblastoma subclass.
Project description:To identify the immune peptides in SCLC tumour cells that can be processed and presented by HLA-I, we performed LC–MS/MS analysis on 11 SCLC cell lines, representing the heterogeneity of SCLC subtypes. Ten of the cell lines were confirmed positive for HLA-I, and one was HLA-I-deficient. To analyse cell surface antigens on the HLA-I-deficient cells, PBMCs isolated from healthy blood donors were treated with DMS53 cell lysate and matured into DCs to present the tumour cell antigens.
Project description:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most aggressive subtype of lung cancer. Although most patients are initially sensitive to first-line chemotherapy with combined cisplatin and etoposide, chemotherapy drugs resistance easily develops and quickly leads to tumor progression. Therefore, understanding mechanisms of chemotherapy drugs resistance and how to reverse it is key to improving the prognosis of patients with SCLC. The parental SCLC cell lines H69 and corresponding doxorubicin-induced multidrug resistant variant (H69AR) were used to explore the mechanism of chemoresistance in SCLC.
Project description:Murine and human genome-wide microarray expression profiles (including GSE19404) were compared using Partek and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) in order to identify similarities. A murine PNET-like tumour by morphology was found to resemble human ATRT, whereas experimental glioma resembled a particular human glioblastoma subclass. Tumour material was resected or neurosphere cultures pelleted. Part of the material was processed for histological analysis, another was snap-frozen for isolation of RNA. RNA was then labelled and hybridised to Affymetrix MoEx-v1 arrays and analysed using Partek. This array dataset comprises Affymetrix MoEx-v2 microarrays hybridised with RNA from brain-derived tumour material (CA), subventricular zone (SVZ)-derived growth transformed neurospheres (CATR) and control neurospheres (CS, GFP).
Project description:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal malignancy characterised by a pathologicalfibroinflammatorymicroenvironment. Dichotomous tumour-promoting and -restrictive roles have been ascribed to the tumour microenvironment, however thedisparate effect of individual stromal subsets remains incompletely characterised. Here, we describe how heterocellular OSM-OSMR signalling instructsfibroblast reprogramming,tumourgrowth and metastasis.Macrophage-secreted OSM stimulatesinflammatory gene expression in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which in turn induce a pro-tumorigenic environment and engage tumour cellsurvival and migratory signalling pathways. Tumour cells implanted in Osm-deficient (Osm-/-) mice display an epithelial-dominated morphology, reduced tumour growth and did notmetastasise. Moreover, the tumour microenvironment of Osm-/-animals exhibit increased abundance of αSMAposmyofibroblasts and a shift in myeloid and T cell phenotypes, consistent with a more immunogenic environment. Taken together, these data demonstrate how OSM-OSMR signalling coordinates heterocellular interactions to drive a pro-tumorigenic environment in PDA.
Project description:Small cell lungcancer (SCLC) is an aggressive malignancy with dismal clinical outcomes, due inpart to the scarcity of post-relapse tissue samples. To understand more of transcriptional changes associated with treatment resistance, we performed RNAseq analysis of 61 SCLC cell lines.
Project description:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal malignancy characterised by a pathological fibroinflammatory microenvironment. Dichotomous tumour-promoting and -restrictive roles have been ascribed to the tumour microenvironment, however the effects of individual stromal subsets remains incompletely characterised. Here, we describe how heterocellular OSM-OSMR signalling instructs fibroblast reprogramming, tumour growth and metastasis. Macrophage-secreted OSM stimulates inflammatory gene expression in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which in turn induce a pro-tumorigenic environment and engage tumour cell survival and migratory signalling pathways. Tumour cells implanted in Osm-deficient (Osm-/-) mice display an epithelial-dominated morphology, reduced tumour growth and did not metastasise. Moreover, the tumour microenvironment of Osm-/- animals exhibit increased abundance of αSMApos myofibroblasts and a shift in myeloid and T cell phenotypes, consistent with a more immunogenic environment. Taken together, these data demonstrate how OSM-OSMR signalling coordinates heterocellular interactions to drive a pro-tumorigenic environment in PDA.