Project description:Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a rare B-cell malignancy that originates from B cells latently infected with Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV, also known as human herpesvirus-8, HHV8). Our previous data indicated that several exogenous ceramide and dh-ceramide species, such as C18-Cer and dhC16-Cer, also displayed effective anti-cancer activities for KSHV+ PEL in vitro and in vivo. However, the underlying mechanisms for exogenous ceramide “killing” PEL cells still require further investigation, which will be helpful to better understand PEL pathogenesis and identify more potential therapeutic targets. In the current study, we used Illumina microarray to determine the altered gene profile in KSHV+ PEL cell-line, BCBL-1 exposure to dhC16-Cer.
Project description:Chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) analysis was performed during Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) reactivation in KSHV+ recombinant primary effusion B-cell lymphoma cells (PEL). RTA binding sites were identified genome-wide in a recombinant PEL cell line called TRExBCBL1-3xFLAG-RTA cells at 12 hours post-induction (hpi) of RTA expression.
Project description:Multiple myeloma (MM) evolves from highly prevalent premalignant condition termed Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS). We report an MGUS-MM phenotype arising in transgenic mice with Emu-directed expression of the unfolded protein/ER stress response and plasma cell development spliced isoform factor XBP-1s. Emu-XBP-1s elicited elevated serum Ig and IL-6 levels, skin alterations and with advancing age, a significant proportion of Emu-xbp-1s transgenic mice develop features diagnostic of human MM including bone lytic lesions. Transcriptional profiles of Emu-xbp-1s B lymphoid and MM cells show aberrant expression of genes known to be dysregulated in human MM including Cyclin D1, MAF, MAFB, and APRIL. This genetic model coupled with documented frequent XBP-1s overexpression in human MM serve to implicate chronic XBP-1s dysregulation in the development of this common and lethal malignancy. Keywords: XBP-1, MGUS, multiple myeloma, transgenic mouse
Project description:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a human oncogenic virus, which maintains the persistent infection of the host by intermittently reactivating from latently infected cells to produce viral progenies. Here, we performed a comprehensive time course transcriptome analysis during KSHV reactivation in KSHV+ primary effusion B-cell lymphoma cells (PEL). For this we used a recombinant PEL cell line called TRExBCBL1-3xFLAG-RTA. The expression of the N-terminally 3xFLAG-tagged RTA was induced by adding 1 μg/ml doxycycline (Dox) to the medium. Total gene expression changes were identified in TRExBCBL1-3xFLAG-RTA cells at 0, 6, 12, and 24 hours post-induction (hpi).
Project description:Multiple myeloma (MM) evolves from highly prevalent premalignant condition termed Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS). We report an MGUS-MM phenotype arising in transgenic mice with Emu-directed expression of the unfolded protein/ER stress response and plasma cell development spliced isoform factor XBP-1s. Emu-XBP-1s elicited elevated serum Ig and IL-6 levels, skin alterations and with advancing age, a significant proportion of Emu-xbp-1s transgenic mice develop features diagnostic of human MM including bone lytic lesions. Transcriptional profiles of Emu-xbp-1s B lymphoid and MM cells show aberrant expression of genes known to be dysregulated in human MM including Cyclin D1, MAF, MAFB, and APRIL. This genetic model coupled with documented frequent XBP-1s overexpression in human MM serve to implicate chronic XBP-1s dysregulation in the development of this common and lethal malignancy. Experiment Overall Design: In this study, we have explored the biological impact of sustained XBP-1s expression in the lymphoid system, anticipating that this genetic event would be a necessary component along with other MM-relevant oncogenes and tumor suppressor gene manipulations to generate a MM-prone mouse model. Unexpectedly, XBP-1s overexpression alone yielded an MGUS-MM disease bearing many features classical of the human disease on the clinical, pathological and molecular levels. Experiment Overall Design: We performed expression analysis of B cells derived from the spleen of 20-week old Emu-xbp-1s mice (n=5) and non-transgenic mice (n=5). Additionally, we analyzed the expression profiles from MM tumor cells arising in Emu-xbp-1s mice (n=6).
Project description:Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) make up the majority of lymphoma diagnoses and represent a very diverse set of malignancies. We sought to identify kinases uniquely upregulated in different NHL subtypes. Using Multiplexed Inhibitor Bead-mass spectrometry (MIB/MS), we found Tyro3 was uniquely upregulated and important for cell survival in primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), which is a viral lymphoma infected with Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).
Project description:We performed Ago HITS-CLIP to identify targets of viral and human miRNAs in latently KSHV-infected PEL cells Ago HITS-CLIP was performed in two latently infected PEL cell lines, BCBL-1 and BC-3; Argonaute-immunoprecipitation of UV cross-linked Ago-miRNA-mRNA complexes, followed by RNA isolation, library construction, and high-throughput sequencing (Illumina GAxII); we performed 3 biological replicates for each cell line, two technical (sequencing) replicates of BCBL-1 biological replicate 1
Project description:Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated hepesvirus (KSHV) encodes four genes with homology to human interferon regulatory factors (IRFs). One of these IRFs, the viral interferon regulatory factor 3 (vIRF-3) is expressed in latently infected PEL cells and required for their continuous proliferation. Moreover, vIRF-3 is known to be involved in modulation of the type I interferon response. In order to identify cellular genes regulated by vIRF-3, cells from the PEL cell line BC-3 (KSHV positive) were transfected with either siRNAs targeted at vIRF-3 (si463 or si716s) or a negative control siRNA without homology to a known gene (siN, siNs).