Project description:Purpose: Assess the transcriptional changes induced upon RAB7 knock-down in melanoma (SK-Mel-28 and UACC-62) and in colon cancer (HCT-116) cell lines. Methods: mRNA profiles of tumor cell lines (SK-Mel-28, UACC-62, HCT-116) stably expressing scrambled shRNA or RAB7 shRNA (harvested at day 3 after lentiviral infection) were generated by deep sequencing, using three biological replicates per condition. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed with TopHat and Cufflinks. Validation of induced / silenced genes was performed by western blot. Results show a differential impact of RAB7 expression in the transcriptomic profile of melanoma vs non-melanoma cell lines, and support a lineage-specific role of this small GTPase in melanoma. Examination of the mRNA profiles RAB7-depleted vs wild type cells, performed in parallel in 3 different tumor cell lines (Melanomas: SK-Mel-28 and UACC-62, Non-melanoma: HCT-116) harvested at day 3 after lentiviral infection.
Project description:Purpose: Asess the transcritpional changes induced upon RAB7 knock-down in melanoma (SK-Mel-28 and UACC-62) and in colon cancer (HCT-116) cell lines. Methods: mRNA profiles of tumor cell lines (SK-Mel-28, UACC-62, HCT-116) stably expressing scrambled shRNA or RAB7 shRNA (harvested at day 3 after lentiviral infection) were generated by deep sequencing, using three biological replicates per condition. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed with TopHat and Cufflinks. Validation of induced / silenced genes was performed by western blot. Results show a differential impact of RAB7 expression in the transcriptomic profile of melanoma vs non-melanoma cell lines, and support a lineage-specific role of this small GTPase in melanoma.
Project description:Neuroblastoma (NB), a malignant embryonic tumor arising from primitive neural crest cells, accounts for more than 7% of malignancies and around 15% of cancer-related mortality in childhood. Better elucidating the mechanisms of tumorigenesis and aggressiveness is important for improving the therapeutic efficiencies of NB. Through integrated proteomics and validating studies, we discovered that ZRF1 and BRD4 form a complex with p113, a novel protein derived from CUX1 circular RNA. To investigate the mechanisms underlying the oncogenic functions of ZRF1 and BRD4, we employed the Illumina Novaseq 6000 as a discovery platform to analyze the genome-wide occupancy of ZRF1 and BRD4 on target genes in human SH-SY5Y cells, while the results were further analyzed with p113-regulated target genes. The results showed that 46 target genes were regulated by transcriptional trimer complex p113/ZRF1/BRD4, especially those involved in metabolic pathway or complex I biogenesis, including ALDH3A1, NDUFA1, and NDUFAF5. Furthermore, we validated the ChIP-seq results by real-time PCR with high identity. Overall, our results provided fundamental information about the genomic enrichment of ZRF1 and BRD4 in human NB cells, and these findings will help us understand the pathogenesis of NB.
Project description:To study how miR-124 and VAMP3 may regulate human neuroblastoma, thee human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH were transiently transfected to overexpress miR-124 or VAMP3, and total RNA was isolated 48 hours after transfection and subject to RNA-seq.
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify dynamic changes in signaling pathway activities after KIT knockdown by RNAi in neuroblastoma with relatively high KIT expression (SH-SY5Y) and low expression (SK-N-AS).
Project description:Aim: to detect genes that are differentially transcribed in neuronal cells(SK-N-SH) over-expressing either of the two MECP2 isoforms, MECP2_e1 or MECP2_e2. Methods: the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH was stably infected by lentiviral vectors over-expressing MECP2_e1, MECP2_e2, or eGFP, and were then differentiated into neurons. RNA extracted, and used for gene expression microarray analysis
Project description:Analysis of gene expression changes after treatment of neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-BE(2)-C afer 24h and 6d treatment with vorinostat to check for changes in expression of genes regulating autophagy
