Project description:To investigate the function of Atoh1 in colon cancer cells. We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to iedntify the gene expression induced by Atoh1 in colon cancer cells. Mutated Atoh1 (5SA-Atoh1) replaced 5 serine residues to Alanin for the protein stabilization were expressed in human colon cancer cellline; DLD1 cells. Triplicated RNAs were generated from GFP expressing DLD1 cells and 5SA-Atoh1 expressing DLD1 cell, respectively.
Project description:Our goal was to assess gene expression changes that occur when Lymphoid Enhancer Factor-1 (LEF-1) promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), the primary mechanism of tumor metastasis. To observe this phenomenon without interference from other signaling pathways, we selected DLD1 colon carcinoma cells (ATCC) which contain a mutation in APC. APC is a necessary component of a ubiquitin protein complex (including GSK-3beta, Axin, etc.) that is responsible for degrading cytoplasmic beta-catenin. Therefore, sufficient levels of LEF-1 can be easily activated by forming complexes with the abundant beta-catenin located in the cytoplasm of DLD1 cells. These complexes can then promote transcription of genes that stimulate EMT. We treated DLD1 cells with an adenoviral LEF-1 expression construct, which induced EMT within 48 hours. RNA was then extracted from these cells along with untreated DLD1 cells, then subjected to microarray analysis. From this analysis, we acquired several gene expression profiles by which epithelial colon carcinoma cells transform to an invasive, mesenchymal phenotype to initiate metastasis. Experiment Overall Design: DLD1 cells were treated with an adenoviral LEF-1 expression construct as described by Kim et al. (2002). Total RNA was extracted from both untreated and treated DLD1 cells using the RNeasy mini extraction kit (Qaigen). RNA amplification, biotin labeling, microarray hybridization, and fluidics were performed following the eukaryotic sample and array processing protocol (Affymetrix). Chips were scanned using an Affymetrix Gene Array Scanner (Hewlett-Packard). Raw data was compiled using Microarray Suite 5.0 software (Affymetrix).
Project description:Our goal was to assess gene expression changes that occur when Lymphoid Enhancer Factor-1 (LEF-1) promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), the primary mechanism of tumor metastasis. To observe this phenomenon without interference from other signaling pathways, we selected DLD1 colon carcinoma cells (ATCC) which contain a mutation in APC. APC is a necessary component of a ubiquitin protein complex (including GSK-3beta, Axin, etc.) that is responsible for degrading cytoplasmic beta-catenin. Therefore, sufficient levels of LEF-1 can be easily activated by forming complexes with the abundant beta-catenin located in the cytoplasm of DLD1 cells. These complexes can then promote transcription of genes that stimulate EMT. We treated DLD1 cells with an adenoviral LEF-1 expression construct, which induced EMT within 48 hours. RNA was then extracted from these cells along with untreated DLD1 cells, then subjected to microarray analysis. From this analysis, we acquired several gene expression profiles by which epithelial colon carcinoma cells transform to an invasive, mesenchymal phenotype to initiate metastasis. Keywords: epithelial-mesenchymal transition, tumor metastasis, cancer progression, epithelial cell plasticity
Project description:PC3 are a metastatic prostate cancer cell line. Microarray analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of miR-149-3p overexpression or DAB2IP depletion in PC3.
Project description:Whole transciptome analysis of colon cancer mutated cell lines(HCT116 and DLD1) under serum starvation conditions (19hrs-0.5%FBS) We used microarrays to compare gene regulation of truncated cell lines, knocked-out of either the wild type or mutated allele of PI3K, for two independent colon cancer cell lines
Project description:DLD1 is an APC mut, KRAS mut, P53 mut CRC cell line. PROX1 transcription factor, target of Wnt pathway in CRC, is our protein of interest.DLD1 cells are PROX1 negative. We overexpressed through lentiviral expression PROX1 protein or the empty vector psd44, through selection of the cells in puromycin resistance. Afterwards we compared the transcriptional program of the DLD1-PROX1 and DLD1-Control cells growing in monolayer in vitro.
Project description:Ovarian cancer (OC) is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies in the US. Ovarian cancer stem cells (OCSCs) have been shown to drive chemoresistance and tumor progression but the mechanism remains incompletely understood. Disabled Homolog 2- Interacting Protein (DAB2IP) is a potent tumor suppressor identified in multiple types of cancers and we demonstrate that DAB2IP is silenced by the repressive epigenetic mark H3K27me3 at the DAB2IP promoter loci in OCSCs.
Project description:Knockdown of H19 leads to cell cycle arrest, reduced cell proliferation, and reduced cell migration in DLD1 cells. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression following H19 knockdown in DLD1 cells
