Project description:786-0 is a cell line derived from a clear cell renal carcinoma. Previous studies have shown that the 786-O cell line harbors an inactivating mutation in the von-Hippel Lindau (VHL) gene. Mutations in the VHL gene occur in the majority of sporadic clear cell renal cell. To determine how inactivation of the VHL affects cellular functions, we created a derivative of 786-0, which we call 786-VHL in which a functional allele of VHL has been introduced back into the 786-O cell line. The renal cell carcinoma cell line 786-0, which harbors a mutated allele of VHL, was compared to a cell line derived from 786-0, termed 786-VHL, that contains a functional allele of VHL. Genes whose expression characteristics were dependent on functional VHL were identified.
Project description:RNA-seq analysis was performed in an adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma cell line (TL-Om1) to analyze gene expression changes after IRF4 or p65 knockdown.
Project description:786-0 is a cell line derived from a clear cell renal carcinoma. Previous studies have shown that the 786-O cell line harbors an inactivating mutation in the von-Hippel Lindau (VHL) gene. Mutations in the VHL gene occur in the majority of sporadic clear cell renal cell. To determine how inactivation of the VHL affects cellular functions, we created a derivative of 786-0, which we call 786-VHL in which a functional allele of VHL has been introduced back into the 786-O cell line.
Project description:Inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene, VHL, is an archetypical tumor-initiating event in clear cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) that leads to the activation of hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs). However, VHL mutation status in ccRCC is not correlated with clinical outcome. Here we show that during ccRCC progression, cancer cells exploit diverse epigenetic alterations to empower a branch of the VHL-HIF pathway for metastasis, and the strength of this activation is associated with poor clinical outcome. By analyzing metastatic subpopulations of VHL-deficient ccRCC cells, we discovered an epigenetically altered VHL-HIF response that is specific to metastatic ccRCC. Focusing on the two most prominent pro-metastatic VHL-HIF target genes, we show that loss of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2)-dependent histone H3 Lys27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) activates HIF-driven chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 4 (CXCR4) expression in support of chemotactic cell invasion, whereas loss of DNA methylation enables HIF-driven cytohesin 1 interacting protein (CYTIP) expression to protect cancer cells from death cytokine signals. Thus, metastasis in ccRCC is based on an epigenetically expanded output of the tumor-initiating pathway. The effects of SUZ12 knockdown on 786-O cells were investigated by comparing the gene expression profiles of control (pGIPZ) cells with SUZ12sh1 and SUZ12sh2 cells. The controls were done in triplicate and both kd cells in duplicate.
Project description:The liver has an exceptional capacity for regeneration which is crucial for maintaining liver function. Since transcriptional regulation of genes controlling metabolism and cell division is a hallmark of liver regeneration (LR), we investigated the role of Zinc-finger and homeboxes 2 (ZHX2), a transcription factor critical for regulating liver postnatal gene expression and hepatic lipid hemostasis, in LR. Our results show that hepatocyte-specific Zhx2 knockout (Zhx2-KOhep) enhances LR after 2/3 partial hepatectomy in mice. Proteomics assays revealed higher mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in Zhx2-KOhep mouse livers. Oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and ATP generation assays confirmed the enhanced OXPHOS in Zhx2-KOhep mouse livers and human hepatocytes with ZHX2 knockdown.
Project description:We look at differential gene expression between immortalized p65+/+ and p65-/- MEFs to identify potential NF-kB regulated genes which when grouped based on biological function indicates candidates involved in protecting p65+/+ cells from macrophage-mediated killing
Project description:Aberrant regulation of NF-kB pathway is believed to be a major event contributing to malignant transformation and progression of prostate cancer (PCa). P65 consists of a DNA-binding and dimerization domain (RHD), nuclear localization signal (NLS) and transactivation domains (TA1 and TA2). The c-terminal 30 amino acids (TA1 domain) comprise the most important transactivation domain and NF-kB transactivation may be regulated by multiple phosphorylation in this domain. This p536 is located in TA1 domain and is conserved in human, mouse, chicken. We previously discovered that p536 is present in majority of PCa and associated with ERG expression indicating that ERG can significantly enhance phosphorylation of p65 at Ser536 in vivo. We have successfully generated a dominant negative (DN) p65 which has been mutated (S536A) such that it cannot be phosphorylated at Ser 536 and cannot carry out Ser536 phosphorylation dependent functions. We also generated two mutants S536D and S536E which are the phosphomimetic mutant that resembles phospho-p65 and can be detected by anti-phospho-p65 antibody. We carried out microarray studies and discovered a set of p536 regulated genes compared with wild type p65 regulated gene set.