Project description:Identification of TP63 binding profile (cistrome) at a genome-wide scale, in primary cells derived from patient diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Project description:Identification of TP63 binding profile (cistrome) at a genome-wide scale in MEC1 cell line, an established and well-characterized cellular model of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Project description:The aberrant expression of squamous lineage markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) has been correlated with poor clinical outcomes. However, the functional role of this putative trans-differentiation event in PDA pathogenesis remains unclear. Here, we show that expression of the transcription factor TP63 (ΔN isoform) is sufficient to install and sustain the enhancer landscape and transcriptional signature of the squamous lineage in human PDA cells. In addition, we demonstrate that TP63-driven enhancer reprogramming promotes aggressive tumor phenotypes, including enhanced cell motility and invasion and an accelerated growth of primary PDA tumors and metastases in vivo. Conversely, we provide evidence that squamous PDA remains addicted to TP63 to sustain the growth of primary tumors and metastases. Taken together, our study validates the functional significance of squamous trans-differentiation in PDA, and reveals TP63-based reprogramming of PDA cells as an experimental tool for investigating vulnerabilities linked to this cell fate transition.
Project description:Investigation of BCR signalling response of primary cells from a cohort of 40 CLL patients using kinobbead idolation and MS profiling. Cells were either stimulated using anti-IgM or isotype control.
Project description:The aberrant expression of squamous lineage markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) has been correlated with poor clinical outcomes. However, the functional role of this putative trans-differentiation event in PDA pathogenesis remains unclear. Here, we show that expression of the transcription factor TP63 (ΔN isoform) is sufficient to install and sustain the enhancer landscape and transcriptional signature of the squamous lineage in human PDA cells. In addition, we demonstrate that TP63-driven enhancer reprogramming promotes aggressive tumor phenotypes, including enhanced cell motility and invasion and an accelerated growth of primary PDA tumors and metastases in vivo. Conversely, we provide evidence that squamous PDA remains addicted to TP63 to sustain the growth of primary tumors and metastases. Taken together, our study validates the functional significance of squamous trans-differentiation in PDA, and reveals TP63-based reprogramming of PDA cells as an experimental tool for investigating vulnerabilities linked to this cell fate transition.
Project description:In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the tumor cells receive survival support from stromal cells through direct cell contact, soluble factors and extracellular vesicles. The tyrosine protein kinase Lyn, is aberrantly expressed in the malignant and stromal cells in CLL tissue. We therefore studied the role of Lyn in the EV-based communication and tumor support. We compared the Lyn-dependent EV release, uptake and functionality using Lyn-proficient and deficient stromal cells and primary CLL cells. Lyn-proficient cells caused a significantly higher EV release and EV uptake as compared to Lyn-deficient ones. Also, they induced stronger support of primary CLL cells. Proteomic comparison of the EVs from Lyn-proficient and deficient stromal cell highlighted 72 significantly differentially expressed proteins, many of which belonging to the extracellular matrix organization, such as collagen, nidogen, fibronectin and endosialin (CD248). CD248, a marker of certain tumors and of cancer associated fibroblast (CAF) was significantly depleted in Lyn-deficient HS-5 cells. A knockdown of CD248 in Lyn+ HS-5 cells resulted in a diminished B-CLL cells survival feeding capacity compared to wildtype or scrambled control cells. The presented data provide preclinical evidence, that the tyrosine kinase Lyn crucially influences the EV-based communication between stromal and primary B-CLL cells by raising the EV release and their concentration of functional molecules, such as endosialin.
Project description:The aberrant expression of squamous lineage markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) has been correlated with poor clinical outcomes. However, the functional role of this putative trans-differentiation event in PDA pathogenesis remains unclear. Here, we show that expression of the transcription factor TP63 (ΔN isoform) is sufficient to install and sustain the enhancer landscape and transcriptional signature of the squamous lineage in human PDA cells. In addition, we demonstrate that TP63-driven enhancer reprogramming promotes aggressive tumor phenotypes, including enhanced cell motility and invasion and an accelerated growth of primary PDA tumors and metastases in vivo. Conversely, we provide evidence that squamous PDA remains addicted to TP63 to sustain the growth of primary tumors and metastases. Taken together, our study validates the functional significance of squamous trans-differentiation in PDA, and reveals TP63-based reprogramming of PDA cells as an experimental tool for investigating vulnerabilities linked to this cell fate transition.
Project description:In response to genotoxic stress the TP53 tumour suppressor activates target gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest or apoptosis depending on the extent of DNA damage. These canonical activities can be repressed by TP63 in normal stratifying epithelia to maintain proliferative capacity or drive proliferation of squamous cell carcinomas, where TP63 is frequently overexpressed/amplified. Here we use ChIP-sequencing, integrated with microarray analysis, to define the genome wide interplay between TP53 and TP63 in response to genotoxic stress in normal cells. We reveal that TP53 and TP63 bind to overlapping, but distinct cistromes of sites through utilization of distinctive consensus motifs and that TP53 is constitutively bound to a number of sites. We demonstrate that cisplatin and adriamycin elicit distinct effects on TP53 and TP63 binding events, through which TP53 can induce or repress transcription of an extensive network of genes by direct binding and/or modulation of TP63 activity. Collectively, this results in a global TP53 dependent repression of cell cycle progression, mitosis and DNA damage repair concomitant with activation of anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic canonical target genes. Further analyses reveals that in the absence of genotoxic stress TP63 plays an important role in maintaining expression of DNA repair genes, loss of which results in defective repair Examination of p63 and p53 binding sites in neonatal foreskin keratinocytes in response to adriamycin or cisplatin treatment
Project description:We used microarrays to analyze gene expression following treatment of leukemic B cells with the Hsp90 inhibitor 17-DMAG. Gene expression profiling reveals the role of SOCS3 in cytokine signaling in CLL Primary cells from CLL patients were isolated and treated in vitro with 17-DMAG. Cells were collected for viability, gene expression analysis and cell signaling and migration assays.