Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mouse 4T1 breast cancer cells stably tranduced with pLEX-MCS based lentivirus. Three groups were compared, Vector cells, SNAIL expressing cells; and SNAIL+FBXO11 expressing cells. SNAIL expression induced strong EMT phenotype while SNAIL/FBXO11 reversed cells back to epithelial cells.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mouse HMLEN breast cancer cells (HMLE cells transformed with -Neu oncogene) stably tranduced with pLEX-MCS based lentivirus. Three groups were compared, Vector cells, SNAIL expressing cells; and SNAIL+FBXO11 expressing cells. SNAIL expression induced strong EMT phenotype while SNAIL/FBXO11 reversed cells back to epithelial cells.
Project description:Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a frequent non-epithelial tumor of soft tissue that originates from a myogenic differentiation defect. Expression of SNAIL transcription factor is elevated in the alveolar subtype of RMS, characterized by a low myogenic differentiation status and high aggressiveness. SNAIL affects RMS metastasis by reorganization of actin cytoskeleton, regulation of ezrin expression and chemotaxis to HGF and SDF-1. The differentiation of human RMS diminishes SNAIL level. SNAIL silencing completely abolishes the growth of human RMS xenotransplants. SNAIL inhibits myogenic differentiation of RMS by binding to the MYF5 promoter, suppressing its expression, displacing MYOD from canonical to alternative E-box sequences and regulating myomiRs expression. SNAIL silencing allows the re-expression of MYF5 and canonical MYOD binding, promoting RMS cell myogenic differentiation. These novel results open potential avenues for the development of innovative therapeutic strategies based on SNAIL silencing.
Project description:The transcription factor Snail is known as an EMT regulator to promote cancer metastasis. Identification Snail-regulated miRNAs helps to uncover mechanisms governing CRC metastasis
Project description:Analysis of mouse ovarian cancer cell line HM-1 transfected with shRNA targeting Snail, an EMT inducer. Anti-tumor immuty in state of EMT remains unclear. We focused on Snail, a major EMT inducer, and explored the influence of Snail on immune ivasion into ovarian tumors by generating Snail knockdown cell line. Elucidating the mechanisms of Snail-induced immune evasion will lead to the development of novel treatment strategies for tumor undergoing EMT.
Project description:Analysis of four lung cancer cell lines transfected with a vector expressing the transcriptional repressor Snail versus a vector control. Aberrant Snail expression is known to induce an EMT program in lung cancers.
Project description:ChIP-seq analysis of SNAIL binding sites in RH30 cells was performed to discover novel SNAIL binding sites in rhabdmyosarcoma cells.
Project description:The main goal of the project was to analyze the effect of SNAIL transcription factor on microRNA expression profile in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) cells using the next generation sequencing. Differential expression of microRNAs between three groups was compared in RH30 alveolar RMS cells: WT (WT), shCTRL (modified with control shRNA vector) and shSNAIL (modified with shRNA against SNAIL). Different groups were compared to investigate the effect of SNAIL silencing on microRNA up- or downregulation.