Expression data from HER2 L755S, PIK3CA E545K, and co-cultured cells in the MCF-10A background
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ABSTRACT: When co-cultured, HER2 L755S mutant cells are induced to proliferate when coming into close contact with PIK3CA E545K mutant cells We used a microarray to compare transciptome-wide expression levels between HER2 L755S cells, PIK3CA E545K cells, and co-cultures containing both cell types.
Project description:PIK3CA E545K mutants induce epidermal growth-factor independent proliferation of HER2 L755S mutants through a contact-mediated mechanism. We used RT2 Profiler PCR Arrays to study changes in gene expression in the HER2 L755S mutants when co-cultured with the PIK3CA E545K mutants and compared it to the HER2 L755S mutants grown in isolation.
Project description:Mutant PIK3CA and Her2 genes are oncogenic and their co-existence in breast cancer has been well identified. However, the gene targets and cell signalling pathway regulated by mutant PIK3CA, Her2 and both of PIK3CA and Her2 have not been well studied. We established stable cell models through transfecting mutant PIK3CA, Her2 and both mutant PIK3CA and Her2 into MCF10A cells and performed Affymetrix microarray to identify downstream target genes controlled by either mutant PIK3CA, Her2 or both PIK3CA and Her2.
Project description:Gene expression microarray analyses of PIK3CA H1047R and E545K induced preneoplastic lesions and tumors compared to age matched controls. Plasmids expressing oncogenic forms of PIK3CA (H1047R or E545K mutants) were delivered to the mouse liver by tail vein hydrodynamic injection combined with Sleeping Beauty–mediated somatic integration (SBT-HTVI). Resulting preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions were subjected to gene expression microarray analysis. The putative PIK3CA target gene Galectin1 (Gal1) was further characterized by in vitro studies. Transfection of either PIK3CA E545K or H1047R mutants via SBT-HTVI was sufficient to induce hepatocellular carcinomas in mice. A stepwise hepatocarcinogenesis from singular pericentral lipid-rich preneoplastic hepatocytes to clusters, expansive preneoplastic lesions, and HCCs was observed. In PIK3CA H1047R injected mice, HCCs were detected in the 12 months injection group, while PIK3CA E545K injections resulted in tumor occurrence as early as 3 months after SB-HTVI. Histologically, a predominant lipid-rich phenotype characterized all tumorigenesis stages, as confirmed by Sudan III staining and electron microscopy. Immunohistochemically, preneoplastic lesions and tumors displayed high levels of the lipid master regulators Fatty acid synthase and Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1. Gal1 was commonly overexpressed in PIK3CA-driven preneoplastic and neoplastic liver lesions by gene expression microarray analysis compared with age-matched controls.
Project description:Human HCC cell lines SNU387 and SNU449 stably transfected (lentivirus) with PIK3CA E545K, PIK3CAH1047R, EGFP or WT. Comparison to determine differential effectors of PIK3CA helical and kinase domain mutants by microarray.
Project description:The RTK/RAS/PI3K pathway is a key driver of tumorigenesis across all cancers, with 90% of Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors exhibiting alterations in this pathway. Among the specific genes in this pathway mutations in PI3K’s catalytic subunit, PIK3CA, are found in 11% of GBM tumors. Sequencing of GBM samples has revealed several known hotspot mutations that drive tumorigenesis in several cancers (E545K, H1047R), as well as a series of 63 in frame mutations (as indexed in COSMIC) that remain largely unclassified. To decode which of these PIK3CA variants function as drivers of GBM, we established an in vivo complementation screening platform for GBM. Our mouse GBM model relies on in utero electroporation (IUE) and CRISPR-Cas9 mediated knockout of NF1, p53, and PTEN (termed 3xCR). Because PTEN catalyzes the reverse reaction of PIK3CA, phosphorylation of PIP2 to PIP3, we complemented loss of PTEN with overexpression of E545K or H1047R, two bona fide hot spot driver mutations of PIK3CA. Both these variants accelerated tumor associated death, demonstrating that known PIK3CA drivers can complement PTEN loss in our system.
Project description:HER2 (ERBB2) gene amplification and PIK3CA mutations often co-occur in breast cancer, and aberrant activation of the PI3K pathway has been implicated in resistance to HER2-directed therapies. We have created a mouse model of HER2-overexpressing (HER2+), PIK3CAH1047R-mutant breast cancer. Mice expressing both human HER2 and mutant PIK3CA in their mammary glands developed tumors with a significantly shorter latency compared to mice expressing either oncogene alone. By microarray analysis, HER2-driven tumors clustered with the luminal subtype, whereas HER2+PIK3CA and PIK3CA-driven tumors were associated with the claudin-low breast cancer subtype. In accordance, PIK3CA and HER2+PIK3CA tumors expressed elevated levels of EMT and stem cell markers, and cells from HER2+PIK3CA tumors more efficiently formed mammospheres, providing further evidence that activated PIK3CA may enrich for cancer stem cells. Finally, HER2+PIK3CA tumors are resistant to the HER2 antibody trastuzumab; resistance is partially reversed by the addition of a PI3K inhibitor. Taken together, these studies suggest that the co-expression of HER2 and PI3KH1047R in the mouse mammary gland accelerates the formation of aggressive, trastuzumab-resistant tumors. referenceXsample
Project description:The purpose of this research is to study the mechanism of the synergistic effect combining EZH2 inhibition and PI3K inhibition. In this study, we observed that the PIK3CA-mutant or amplified lung cancer cells were more sensitive to EZH2 inhibition. PIK3CA E545K, the most common mutation in lung cancer, harbored a modest transformation capacity along with p53 loss in lung epithelial cells, and developed adenocarcinoma autochthonously. EZH2 inhibitor synergized with PI3K inhibitor in human cancer cells in vitro and worked together efficiently in vivo. Mechanistically, EZH2 inhibition cooperated with PI3K inhibition to produce a more potent suppression of phospho-AKT downstream of PI3K.
Project description:HER2 (ERBB2) gene amplification and PIK3CA mutations often co-occur in breast cancer, and aberrant activation of the PI3K pathway has been implicated in resistance to HER2-directed therapies. We have created a mouse model of HER2-overexpressing (HER2+), PIK3CAH1047R-mutant breast cancer. Mice expressing both human HER2 and mutant PIK3CA in their mammary glands developed tumors with a significantly shorter latency compared to mice expressing either oncogene alone. By microarray analysis, HER2-driven tumors clustered with the luminal subtype, whereas HER2+PIK3CA and PIK3CA-driven tumors were associated with the claudin-low breast cancer subtype. In accordance, PIK3CA and HER2+PIK3CA tumors expressed elevated levels of EMT and stem cell markers, and cells from HER2+PIK3CA tumors more efficiently formed mammospheres, providing further evidence that activated PIK3CA may enrich for cancer stem cells. Finally, HER2+PIK3CA tumors are resistant to the HER2 antibody trastuzumab; resistance is partially reversed by the addition of a PI3K inhibitor. Taken together, these studies suggest that the co-expression of HER2 and PI3KH1047R in the mouse mammary gland accelerates the formation of aggressive, trastuzumab-resistant tumors.
Project description:The human oncogene PIK3CA is frequently mutated in human cancers. The two hotspot mutations in PIK3CA, E545K and H1047R, have been shown to regulate widespread signaling events downstream of AKT. However, the impact of these activating mutations on the tyrosine phosphorylation signaling in the cell has not been studied. Here, we performed a global phosphotyrosine profiling using isogenic knockin cell lines containing these activating mutations. We identified 824 unique phosphopeptides from 308 proteins. We found a surprisingly widespread modulation of tyrosine phosphorylation levels of proteins in the knockin mutant cells, with many of the regulated proteins involved in important biological processes, including those in the cytoskeletal migration pathways and kinase regulated signaling. We observed a widespread modulation of the tyrosine kinome, with 24 of the tyrosine kinases showing either upregulation or downregulation in phosphorylation levels. Many of the regulated phosphosites that we identified were located in the kinase domain or the canonical activating sites, indicating that the kinases were active and hence their downstream signaling pathways. Our study thus shows that the activating mutations in PIK3CA result in widespread tyrosine signaling regulation, in addition to the serine/threonine signaling pathways activated by the canonical PI3K-AKT axis.