Project description:To explore factors contributing to radioresistance in GBM, we established GBM radioresistant cell line using U87MG human GBM cells.
Project description:Background: Radiotherapy plays an important role in the multimodal treatment of breast cancer. The response of a breast tumour to radiation depends not only on its innate radiosensitivity but also on tumour repopulation by cells that have developed radioresistance. Development of effective cancer treatments will require further molecular dissection of the processes that contribute to resistance. Methods: Radioresistant cell lines were established by exposing MDA-MB-231, MCF-7 and ZR-751 parental cells to increasing weekly doses of radiation. The development of radioresistance was evaluated through proliferation and colony formation assays. Phenotypic characterisation included migration and invasion assays and immunohistochemistry. Intrinsic differences and changes in response to radiation between parental and radioresistant cells were investigated by whole-transcriptome gene expression analysis. Gene enrichment and pathway-focused analyses identified signalling networks differentially activated in radioresistant cells, which were confirmed by western blotting. Results: Proliferation and colony formation assays confirmed radioresistance. Radioresistant cells exhibited enhanced migration and invasion, with evidence of epithelial-to-mesenchymal-transition, and limited activation of DNA damage and apoptotic pathways in response to 2 Gy ionising radiation. Significantly, acquisition of radioresistance in MCF-7 and ZR-751 cell lines resulted in a loss of expression of both ERα and PgR and an increase in EGFR expression; based on gene analysis they changed subtype classification from their parental luminal A to HER2-overexpressing (MCF-7 RR) and normal-like (ZR-751 RR) subtypes, indicating the extent of phenotypic changes and cellular plasticity involved in this process. Whole-transcriptome gene expression analysis identified down-regulation of ER signalling genes and up-regulation of genes associated with PI3K, MAPK and WNT pathway activity in radioresistant cell lines derived from ER+ cells; this was confirmed by western blot, which showed increased p-AKT and p-ERK expression following radiation. Conclusions: This is the first study to date that extensively describes the development and characterisation of three novel radioresistant breast cancer cell lines through both genetic and phenotypic analysis. More changes were identified between parental cells and their radioresistant derivatives in the ER+ (MCF-7 and ZR-751) compared with the ER- cell line (MDA-MB-231) model; however, multiple and likely interrelated mechanisms were identified that may contribute to the development of acquired resistance to radiotherapy.
Project description:Epitransciptomic reader, writer and eraser (RWE) proteins recognize, install, and remove modified nucleosides in RNA, which are known to play essential roles in RNA processing, splicing, and stability. Here, we established a liquid chromatography–parallel reaction monitoring (LC-PRM) method for high-throughput profiling of a total of 152 epitransciptomic RWE proteins, including 68 human epitranscriptomic RWE proteins deposited in the Modomics database. To our knowledge, this is the first report of quantifying a comprehensive list of epitranscriptomic RWE proteins using LC-PRM. To access the roles of epitranscriptomic RWE proteins in breast cancer radioresistance, we applied the LC-PRM method, in conjunction with stable isotope labelling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC), to quantify these proteins in two pairs of matched parental/radioresistant breast cancer cells (i.e., MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells, and their radioresistant counterparts, i.e., C5 and C6 cells). We found that eight epitranscriptomic RWE proteins were commonly altered by over 1.5-fold in the two pairs of matched breast cancer cells, from which TRMT1 (an m2,2G writer) may play a role in promoting breast cancer radioresistance due to its clinical relevance and correlation with DNA repair gene sets. Furthermore, we envision that the LC-PRM method is applicable for studying the roles of epitranscriptomic RWE proteins in the metastatic transformation of cancer and therapeutic resistance of other types of cancer.
Project description:Radiotherapy benefits more than 50% of cancer patients and cures 40% of them, where ionizing radiation deposits energy to cells and tissues, thereby eliciting DNA damage and resulting in cell death. Small GTPases are a superfamily of proteins that play critical roles in cell signaling. Several small GTPases, including RAC1, RHOB and RALA, were previously shown to modulate radioresistance in cancer cells. However, there is no systematic proteomic study on small GTPases that regulate radioresistance in cancer cells. Herein, we applied a high-throughput scheduled multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) method, along with the use of synthetic stable isotope-labeled peptides, to identify differentially expressed small GTPase proteins in two pairs of breast cancer cell lines, MDA-MB-231 and MCF7, and their corresponding radioresistant lines. We identified 7 commonly altered small GTPase proteins with over 1.5-fold change in the two pairs of cell lines. We also discovered ARFRP1 as a novel radioresistance regulator, where its downregulation promotes radioresistance in breast cancer cells. Together, this represents the first comprehensive assessment about the differential expression of the small GTPase proteome associated with the development of radioresistance in breast cancer cells. Our work also uncovered ARFRP1 as a new target for enhancing radiation sensitivity in breast cancer.
Project description:Radioresistance of tumors is not completely understood. Our previous studies have shown that MCF-7 breast cancer cell line exposed to 6 Gy and allowed to recover for 7 days (D7-6G) developed radio-resistance. In this study, we have tested the ability of these cells to form tumors in SCID mice and characterized these tumors by proteomic analyses. Untreated (MCF-C) and D7-6G cells (MCF-R) were injected s.c. in SCID mice and tumor growth monitored. On day 18, the mice were sacrificed and proteins were extracted from tumor tissues label free proteomic analyses was carried out by LC-MS.
Project description:The clinical management of locally advanced oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) commonly involves neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT), but complete pathological response to CRT only occurs in 20-30% of patients, as radioresistance remains a major clinical challenge. In this study we used an established isogenic cell line model of radioresistant OAC to detect proteomic signatures of radioresistance in order to identify novel potential molecular and cellular targets of radioresistance in OAC. Intracellular proteins obtained from radiosensitive (OE33P) and radioresistant (OE33R) cells were subjected to LC-MS/MS analysis. We identified 5785 proteins of which 251 were significantly modulated in OE33R cells, when compared to OE33P. Gene ontology and pathway analysis of the significantly modulated proteins demonstrated altered metabolism in radioresistant cells accompanied by an inhibition of apoptosis in OE33R cells. In addition, radioresistant cells were predicted to have an activation of inflammatory and angiogenic pathways when compared to the radiosensitive cells. For the first time, we performed a comprehensive proteomic profiling of our established isogenic cell line model of radioresistant OAC, providing insights into the molecular and cellular pathways which regulates radioresistance in OAC, and we provided pathway specific signatures of radioresistance that will aid further studies on the development of targeted therapies and personalised approaches to radiotherapy, with the ultimate goal of improving response to radiotherapy in cancer patients.
Project description:[original title] Microarray analysis of DNA damage repair gene expression profiles in cervical cancer cells radioresistant to 252Cf neutron and X-rays. The aim of the study was to obtain stable radioresistant sub-lines from the human cervical cancer cell line HeLa by prolonged exposure to 252Cf neutron and X-rays. Radioresistance mechanisms were investigated in the resulting cells using SuperArray Oligo GEArray® Human DNA Damage Signaling Pathway Microarray. HeLa cells were treated with fractionated 252Cf neutron and X-rays, with a cumulative dose of 75 Gy each, over 8 months, yielding the sub-lines HeLaNR and HeLaXR.Gene expression patterns of the radioresistant sub-lines were studied through microarray analysis
Project description:Cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) is a critical component of malignant transformation, cancer progression, and the development of radioresistance. This mechanism of cancer cell resistance to therapy is defined as the cell adhesion mediated radioresistance (CAM-RR). There are two groups of proteins whose alteration can lead to the emergence of CAM-RR: (i) adhesion molecules (collectively called adhesome) and (ii) ECM molecules (collectively called matrisome). In order to identify proteins that mediate radioresistance, in this study we analyzed the adhesomes and matrisomes of DU145 parental and radioresistant prostate cancer cells.