Project description:The cellular gene expression profiles were investigated in CT16 (PAGE5) negative WM-266-4 melanoma cells as well as in the WM-266-4 cells expressing transfected CT16 cDNA. Total RNA obtained from three individual cultures of WM-266-4 cells stably transfected with CT16 cDNA- containing plasmid and from three individual cultures of WM-266-4 cells stably transfected with intact vector.
Project description:The cellular gene expression profiles were investigated in CT16 (PAGE5) negative WM-266-4 melanoma cells as well as in the WM-266-4 cells expressing transfected CT16 cDNA.
Project description:Pirin (PIR) is a putative transcriptional regulator abundantly expressed in melanocytes and in a subset of primary and metastatic melanomas. Ablation of PIR in the melanoma cell lines results in induction of a senescence-like phenotype. Keywords: Transcriptional regulation, knock-down using siRNA We analyzed gene expression profiles of WM-266.4 metastatic melanoma cells after knock-down of PIR, which was achieved using a pool of four PIR-siRNA duplexes (siPIR). A pool of four non-targeting siRNA duplexes was used as control of off-target transcriptional effects (siCTR). Cells that underwent transfection with no oligonucleotides (oligofectamine only) were also included to measure all non-specific effects (NO cells). For each sample, an RNA pool was obtained by mixing equal quantities of total RNA from each of three independent RNA extractions. Each biotin-labeled target was hybridized to two GeneChip HG-U133 Plus v.2 arrays.
Project description:Melanoma is a common type of cancer, and metastasis remains the leading cause for mortality in melanoma patients. In this study, we utilized an unbiased mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomic method to assess, at the global proteome scale, differential protein expression in a matched pair of primary/metastatic melanoma cell lines derived from the same patient, i.e. WM-115/WM-266-4. We found that TBC1D7 is overexpressed in metastatic (WM-266-4) relative to primary (WM-115) melanoma cells. We also observed that elevated expression of TBC1D7 promotes melanoma metastasis in vitro. Bioinformatic analyses of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data suggested that higher mRNA expression levels of TBC1D7 predict poorer survival in melanoma patients. Furthermore, we showed that TBC1D7 promotes invasion of cultured melanoma cells in vitro, at least in part, through modulating the expression levels and activities of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 (MMP2 and MMP9). Together, the results from the present study support TBC1D7 as a potential driver for melanoma metastasis.
Project description:Pirin (PIR) is a putative transcriptional regulator abundantly expressed in melanocytes and in a subset of primary and metastatic melanomas. Ablation of PIR in the melanoma cell lines results in induction of a senescence-like phenotype. Keywords: Transcriptional regulation, knock-down using siRNA
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE31350: Transcriptomic analysis of the effect of CT16 (PAGE5) expression in WM-266-4 melanoma cells GSE31351: Transcriptomic analysis of the effect of CT16 (PAGE5) silencing by RNAi in A2058 melanoma cells Refer to individual Series
Project description:The tumoral clone of Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM) shows a wide morphological heterogeneity which ranges from B-lymphocytes (BL) to plasma cells (PC). By means of genome-wide expression profiling we have been able to identify genes exclusively deregulated in BL and PC from WM, but with a similar expression pattern in their corresponding cell-counterparts from CLL and MM, as well as normal individuals. The differentially expressed genes have important functions in B-cell differentiation and oncogenesis. Thus, two of the genes down-regulated in WM-BL were IL4R, which plays a relevant role in CLL B cell survival, and BACH2 that participates in the development of class-switched PC. Interestingly, one of the up-regulated genes in WM-BL was IL6. A set of 4 genes was able to discriminate clonal B-lymphocytes from WM and CLL: LEF1 (WNT/ßcatenin pathway), MARCKS, ATXN1 and FMOD. We also found deregulation of genes involved in plasma cell differentiation such as PAX5 which was overexpressed in WM-PC, and IRF4 and BLIMP1 which were underexpressed. In addition, three of the target genes activated by PAX5 -CD79, BLNK and SYK- were up-regulated in WM-PC. In summary, these results indicate that both PC and BL from WM are genetically different from the MM and CLL cell-counterpart. Keywords: Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, expression profiling, microarrays, Affymetrix.