Project description:MTA1, SOX4, EZH2 and TGF-β are all potent inducers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer; however, the signaling relationship among these molecules in EMT is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the function of MTA1 in cancer cells and demonstrated that MTA1 overexpression efficiently activates EMT. This activation resulted in a significant increase in the migratory and invasive properties of three different cancer cell lines through a common mechanism involving SOX4 activation, screened from a gene expression profiling analysis. We showed that both SOX4 and MTA1 are induced by TGF-β and both are indispensable for TGF-β-mediated EMT. Further investigation identified that MTA1 acts upstream of SOX4 in the TGF-β pathway, emphasizing a TGF-β-MTA1-SOX4 signaling axis in EMT induction. The histone methyltransferase EZH2, a component of the polycomb (PcG) repressive complex 2 (PRC2), was identified as a critical responsive gene of the TGF-β-MTA1-SOX4 signaling in three different epithelial cancer cell lines, suggesting that this signaling acts broadly in cancer cells in vitro. The MTA1-SOX4-EZH2 signaling cascade was further verified in TCGA pan-cancer patient samples and in a colon cancer cDNA microarray, and activation of genes in this signaling pathway predicted an unfavorable prognosis in colon cancer patients. Collectively, our data uncover a SOX4-dependent EMT-inducing mechanism underlying MTA1-driven cancer metastasis and suggest a widespread TGF-β-MTA1-SOX4-EZH2 signaling axis that drives EMT in various cancers. We propose that this signaling may be used as a common therapeutic target to control epithelial cancer metastasis. We used microarrays to detect MTA1-regulated genes in cancer cells.
Project description:Using microarray technology, we aimed to produce a list of genes that are downregulated in miR-151a-overexpressing U87 glioma cells in comparison with these overexpressing miR-NC.
Project description:Mta1 gene expression reveals new targets and functions. Mta1 functions in p53 dependent and independent manner. Genes regulated by Mta1 in the presence and absence of p53 were indetified This expression data contains 5 different samples (MEFs) 1.wild type 2. Mta1 knockout 3. Mta1 re-expression in the knock out MEFs 4. P53 knockout and 5. Mta1 over expression in P53 knock out MEFs. Various sample comparisons were done and genes with p-value< 0.05 and fold change M-bM-^IM-% 2.0 were considered statistically significant 5 samples (triplicates of each, total 15) were analyzed. We generated pairwise comparisons between the WT vs Mta1-KO; Mta1-KO vs Mta1-KO/Mta1; P53-KO vs P53-KO/Mta1.
Project description:Background:
The National Cancer Institute Surgery Branch (NCI-SB) has developed experimental therapies that involve taking white blood cells from patients’ tumor or from their blood, growing them in the laboratory in large numbers, and then giving the cells back to the patient.
Objective:
This study will allow patients to under screening and evaluation for participation in NC-SB Protocols.
Eligibility:
Patients 18 years or older must meet the minimum eligibility criteria for an NCI-SB treatment protocol.
Design
Patients will undergo testing and evaluations as required by the appropriate NCI-SB treatment protocol.
Project description:Mta1 gene expression reveals new targets and functions. Mta1 functions in p53 dependent and independent manner. Genes regulated by Mta1 in the presence and absence of p53 were indetified This expression data contains 5 different samples (MEFs) 1.wild type 2. Mta1 knockout 3. Mta1 re-expression in the knock out MEFs 4. P53 knockout and 5. Mta1 over expression in P53 knock out MEFs. Various sample comparisons were done and genes with p-value< 0.05 and fold change ≥ 2.0 were considered statistically significant
Project description:Using ChIP-DSL technology from AVIVA SYSTEMS BIOLOGY to find out the whole genome targets for LSD1, MTA1, MTA2, and MTA3 We analyzed arrays using antibodies against LSD1, MTA1, MTA2, or MTA3 and negative control to acquire the enriched ratio of each gene.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Arabidopsis rossette leaves comparing WT Col-0 with a transgenic line overexpressing Ah24 gene from Amaranthus hypochondriacus. One-condition experiment WT vs Ah24 OE plant leaves.
Project description:MTA1 is known as its metastatic and invasive function in cancers and the core member of NuRD complex. But the mechanism of regulating gene expression by MTA1 is limited. Besides the interaction with chromosome, MTA1 may play important role at the transcriptional level. We performed co- immunoprecipitation (co-IP) on HCT116 cells and found numerous RNA binding proteins (RBPs), which functions as spliceosome and RNA transport. We then validated that MTA1 interacts with RBPs by RNA dependent manner. By performing the CLIP-seq of MTA1, ten thousands of peaks and thousands of genes were emerged. More detailed analysis and high level of intronic peaks reveal MTA1 prefers to bind pre-mRNAs and regulate the alternative splicing progression by binding the splice site. High overlapping between MTA1 binding and MTA1 regulated genes highlights the direct regulation of RNAs by MTA1 coupling with RBPs. LTK is one of the obvious examples regulated by MTA1. Together, these findings uncover a novel mechanism of MTA1 regulation in transcriptional level as RBPs, and suggest MTA1 regulates pre-mRNA splicing with other RBPs.
Project description:MTA1 is known as its metastatic and invasive function in cancers and the core member of NuRD complex. But the mechanism of regulating gene expression by MTA1 is limited. Besides the interaction with chromosome, MTA1 may play important role at the transcriptional level. We performed co- immunoprecipitation (co-IP) on HCT116 cells and found numerous RNA binding proteins (RBPs), which functions as spliceosome and RNA transport. We then validated that MTA1 interacts with RBPs by RNA dependent manner. By performing the CLIP-seq of MTA1, ten thousands of peaks and thousands of genes were emerged. More detailed analysis and high level of intronic peaks reveal MTA1 prefers to bind pre-mRNAs and regulate the alternative splicing progression by binding the splice site. High overlapping between MTA1 binding and MTA1 regulated genes highlights the direct regulation of RNAs by MTA1 coupling with RBPs. LTK is one of the obvious examples regulated by MTA1. Together, these findings uncover a novel mechanism of MTA1 regulation in transcriptional level as RBPs, and suggest MTA1 regulates pre-mRNA splicing with other RBPs.