Gene expression in an EMT model using an immortalized bronchial epithelial cell line induced by TGF-β1
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ABSTRACT: This study aimed to establish an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) model with an immortalized human bronchial epithelial cell line, M-BE, and to identify an EMT signature gene set. The TGF-β1-induced M-BE cells got spindle-shaped fibroblast-like morphology and lost the cell-cell contact, with down-regulated expression of epithelial marker E-cadherin and up-regulated expression of mesenchymal markers N-cadherin and Vimentin. Examined by microarray, there were 2628 genes identified as significant EMT-related, including 1490 up-regulated genes (FC > 2, fdr < 0.01) and 1138 down-regulated genes (FC < 0.5, fdr < 0.01) in TGF-β1-induced M-BE cells.
Project description:This study aimed to establish an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) model with an immortalized human bronchial epithelial cell line, M-BE, and to identify an EMT signature gene set. The TGF-M-NM-21-induced M-BE cells got spindle-shaped fibroblast-like morphology and lost the cell-cell contact, with down-regulated expression of epithelial marker E-cadherin and up-regulated expression of mesenchymal markers N-cadherin and Vimentin. Examined by microarray, there were 2628 genes identified as significant EMT-related, including 1490 up-regulated genes (FC > 2, fdr < 0.01) and 1138 down-regulated genes (FC < 0.5, fdr < 0.01) in TGF-M-NM-21-induced M-BE cells. M-BE cells were treated with human recombinant TGF-M-NM-21 (5ng/ml) for six days. M-BE cells cultured without TGF-M-NM-21 were considered the controls. Three replicates of each were carried out for this investigation. Agilent 4x44K Human Whole Genome expression microarray (G4112F) analysis was applied to the RNA samples of the TGF-M-NM-21-treated M-BE cells and the controls.
Project description:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as important regulators in cellular processes. In the present study, the effects of the long non-coding RNA, SNHG5 was investigated in lung adenocarcinoma (LAD) and we also revealed the underlying mechanisms of it. Overexpressed SNHG5 suppressed migration and invasion of LAD cell line A549 in vitro. Transcriptome sequencing analysis supported the inhibitory effects of SNHG5 were associated with cell adhesion molecules. In addition, western blot and immunofluorescence showed that the expression of SNHG5 was associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers. Furthermore, we determined the effects of SNHG5 in EMT procession of A549 induced by TGF-β1. Consistent with previous results, overexpression of SNHG5 suppressed the migration and invasion, and also the expression of EMT-related transcription factors including Snail, SLUG and ZEB1 in EMT of A549 reduced by TGF-β1. Moreover, qRT-PCR demonstrated expression of SNHG5 was positively correlated with E-cadherin protein expression, but negatively correlated with N-cadherin and Vimentin in LAD tissues. In summary, our study demonstrated that lncRNA SNHG5 could suppress cell migration and invasion of LAD cancer by inhibiting EMT procession, highlighting the potential of SNHG5 as a therapy strategy for lung adenocarcinoma.
Project description:Recently, we found that a novel Traf2- and Nck-interacting kinase (TNIK) inhibitor, named NCB-0846, was capable of attenuating tumor-initiating cells among human colorectal cancer. The cross link between EMT and cancer stemness has been revealed in several studies and other group showed another TNIK inhibitor named KY-05009 had inhibited the TGF-β-induced EMT. Therefore we evaluated whether this small-molecule compound could have efficacy to inhibit TGF-β-induced EMT. NCB-0846 reduced the expression of mesenchymal markers (Vimentin and N-cadherin) and upregulated the expression of epithelial marker E-cadherin in A549 and H2228 non-small cell lung cancer cells. NCB-0846 suppressed the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Smad proteins and also inhibited migration, invasion, and metastasis. NCB-0846 inhibited TGF-β1-induced EMT through the down-regulation of TGF-β receptor-1 (TβRI) in mRNA levels. MiR-186-5p and miR-320 family were identified as candidate miRNAs that could target TβRI and we found that miR-186-5p and miR-320s inhibited TβRI expression. NCB-0846 might be a novel therapeutics drugs that targets the invasion and metastasis through inhibiting TGF-β-induced EMT in lung cancer.
Project description:Microarray analysis reveals up-regulation of retinoic acid and hepatocyte growth factor related signaling pathways by pro-insulin C-peptide in kidney proximal tubular cells: Antagonism of the pro-fibrotic effects of TGF-b1 Novel signaling roles for C-peptide have recently been discovered with evidence that it can ameliorate complications of type 1 diabetes. Here we sought to identify new pathways regulated by C-peptide of relevance to the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy. Microarray analysis was performed to identify genes regulated by either C-peptide and/or transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) in a human proximal tubular cell line, HK-2. Expression of retinoic acid receptor β (RARβ), hepatcoyte growth factor (HGF), cellular retinoic acid binding protein II (CRABPII), vimentin, E-cadherin, Snail and β-catenin was assessed by immunoblotting. The cellular localisation of vimentin and β-catenin was determined by immunocytochemistry. Changes in cell morphology were assessed by phase contrast microscopy. Gene expression profiling demonstrated differential expression of 953 and 1,458 genes after C-peptide exposure for 18h or 48h respectively. From these, members of the anti-fibrotic retinoic acid (RA) and HGF signaling pathways were selected. Immunoblotting demonstrated that C-peptide increased RARβ, CRABPII and HGF. We confirmed a role for RA in reversal of TGF-β1-induced changes associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), including expression changes in Snail, E-cadherin, vimetin and redistribution of β-catenin. Importantly, these TGF-β1-induced changes were inhibited by C-peptide. Further, effects of TGF-β1 on Snail and E-cadherin expression were blocked by HGF and inhibitory effects of C-peptide were removed by blockade of HGF activity. This study identifies a novel role for HGF as an effector of C-peptide, possibly via an RA signaling pathway, highlighting C-peptide as a potential therapy for diabetic nephropathy.
Project description:Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is the bioactive phenolic compound, and the mechanism by which curcumin exerts its anti-metastatic effects was comprehensive and diverse. Several studies reported the anti-metastasis effect of curcumin by its ability to modulate the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process in different cancers, and the underlying molecular mechanism is poorly understood. EMT is a highly conserved biological process in which epithelial cells acquire mesenchymal-like characteristics by losing their cell-cell junctions and polarity deviating cellular mechanism towards cancer metastasis triggering cancer cells to escape from a primary site to distant locations causing spread of cancer to the entire system ultimately leading to death. In this perspective, we explored the anti-metastatic potential and mechanism of curcumin on the EMT process by establishing in-vitro EMT model using A549 cells induced by TGF-β1. Our results showed that curcumin inhibited EMT by regulating the expression of crucial mesenchymal markers such as MMP2, vimentin, and N-Cadherin. Besides, the transcriptional analysis revealed that curcumin treatment differentially regulated the expression of 75 genes in the NanoString n-counter platform. Further PPI (Protein-protein interaction) network and clusters analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) revealed their involvement in essential biological processes. Altogether, the analysis gives a comprehensive overview of the anti-metastatic effect of curcumin in inhibiting TGF-β1 induced EMT in A549 cells.
Project description:Vicious circle of some key proteins is critical in the process of tumor development. Nevertheless, the mechanism of how the epigenetic modifiers are involved in was seldom reported and has not been clearly illustrated. We found the expression of lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), the first identified histone lysine demethylase, is positively correlated with transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF β1) in gastric cancer tissues and can be promoted by TGF β1 activated (p-EKR)-(NF-κB)-p300 signaling pathway, which resulted in the progression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human gastric cancer cells. On the other hand, abrogation of LSD1 leads to the down regulation of TGF β1 as well as the EMT. But in benign cells, this circle was blocked by TGF β1 induced inactivation of ERK, which suggested the distinct roles of TGF β1 against LSD1 in gastric cancer cells and benign cells. This vicious cycle may illustrate a novel mechanism for EMT in gastric cancer mediate by TGF β1 and LSD1 but not in benign cells and may serve as a new strategy for the prevention of EMT for gastric cancer.
Project description:PHF8 exerts distinct functions in different types of cancer. However, the mechanisms underlying its specific functions in each case remain obscure. To establish whether overexpression of PHF8 regulates the TGF-β induced the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), we treated MCF10A-Mock (control) and MCF10A-PHF8wt (overexpressing wild-type PHF8) cells with TGF-β1 for 0, 24, 48 and 72 hours and performed RNA-seq in biological duplicates. Our data indicated that EMT gene signatures were significantly enriched in MCF10A-PHF8 cells with TGF-β1 treatment at all time points, strongly indicating that PHF8 overexpression induces a sustained EMT signaling program.
Project description:Recent studies have shown that AMPKα2 can regulate epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT) processes during kidney fibrosis. However, the underlying mechanisms for AMPKα2 changes in renal tubular EMT remain unclear. TGF-β1 was used to induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT) in normal rat renal tubular epithelial (NRK-52E) cells. Gene microarray was used to analyze differential gene expression in EMT-derived NRK-52E cells before and after the AMPKα2 knockout
Project description:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has recently been recognized as a key element of cell invasion, migration, metastasis, and drug resistance in several types of cancer, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Our aim was to clarify microRNA (miRNA) -related mechanisms underlying EMT followed by acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) in NSCLC. MiRNA expression profiles were examined before and after transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) exposure in four human adenocarcinoma cell lines with or without EMT. Correlation between expressions of EMT-related miRNAs and resistance to EGFR-TKI gefitinib was evaluated. MiRNA array and quantitative RT-PCR revealed that TGF-β1 significantly induced overexpression of miR-134, miR-487b, and miR-655, which belong to the same cluster located on chromosome 14q32, in lung adenocarcinoma cells with EMT. MAGI2 (membrane-associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain-containing protein 2), a predicted target of these miRNAs and a scaffold protein required for PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog), was diminished in A549 cells with EMT after the TGF-β1 stimulation. Overexpression of miR-134 and miR-487b promoted the EMT phenomenon and affected the drug resistance to gefitinib, whereas knockdown of these miRNAs inhibited the EMT process and reversed TGF-β1-induced resistance to gefitinib. Our study demonstrated that the miR-134/487b/655 cluster contributed to the TGF-β1-induced EMT phenomenon and affected the resistance to gefitinib by directly targeting MAGI2, whose suppression subsequently caused loss of PTEN stability in lung cancer cells. The miR-134/miR-487b/miR-655 cluster may be new therapeutic targets in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients, depending on the EMT phenomenon.
Project description:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a refractory and lethal interstitial lung disease; EBV has previously been localised to alveolar epithelial cells of IPF patients. The molecular process of the epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in IPF remains still unknown. Using an oligonucleotide array analysis, we observed dysregulated expression of members of non-canonical Wnt family in EBV infected A549 after TGF?1 exposure. TGF?1 exposure induced EMT increasing ?-Smooth Muscle Actin (ACTC) and Wnt5b gene expression, but decreasing E-cadherin and DKK1. When data were analyzed as a function of Wnt5b in EMT, significance differences in ACTC and E-cadherin gene expression, active TGF?1 protein levels and collagen deposition could be detected. Treatment with 9-cis Retinoic Acid (9-cisRA) significantly inhibited Wnt5b expression in both EBV infected and non-infected A549, followed by decreased collagen deposition and active TGF?1 protein level. Specific non-canonical Wnt-signalling genes are dysregulated in EBV infected cells and A549 treated with TGF?1; while, 9-cisRA treatment appears to attenuate EMT process in vitro. Keywords: EBV infection, EMT and non-canonical Wnt pathway in A549 detected by oligonucleotide array