Project description:The heterogeneous nature of glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs) creates hurdles in developing effective therapies against glioblastoma, making it extremely difficult to eradicate. In this part of the project, we investigated the potential role of GSCs-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in glioblastoma heterogeneity, plasticity, and aggressiveness with the particular focus on their complexity in term of proteins. Proteome profiling of sEVs and their respective cell lines showed that GSCs-derived sEVs retain their subtype characteristics and are enriched in proteins playing a role in amino acids, carboxylic acids, organic acids transmembrane transport, and growth factor binding. In summary, we revealed the protein content of GSCs-derived sEVs and unveiled their potential contribution to tumor heterogeneity and critical cellular processes commonly deregulated in glioblastoma.
Project description:Glioblastoma cells were treated with vehicle (DMSO) or mepazine (MPZ, 20 μM, 4 hours) and prepared for RNAseq according to ActiveMotif standard procedure. The list of differentially expressed genes from DESeq2 output was selected based on 10% adjusted p-value level and FDR of 0.1.
Project description:PAK4 was knocked down in human glioblastoma (GBM)-associated endothelial cells (ECs) using CRISPR-Cas9/gRNA. RNA was isolated and analyzed by RNAseq. The effects of PAK4 knockout on gene expression were determined.
Project description:PHGDH was knocked out in human glioblastoma (GBM)-associated endothelial cells (ECs) using CRISPR-Cas9/gRNA. RNA was isolated and analyzed by RNAseq. The effects of PHGDH knockout on gene expression were determined.
