Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE24877: Differential Gene Expression and Clonal Selection during Cellular Transformation Induced by Adhesion Deprivation (A16 vs NA16) GSE24878: Differential Gene Expression and Clonal Selection during Cellular Transformation Induced by Adhesion Deprivation (A16 vs COLONY) GSE24879: Differential Gene Expression and Clonal Selection during Cellular Transformation Induced by Adhesion Deprivation (A16 vs. Tumor) Refer to individual Series
Project description:It is elusive whether clonal selection of tumor cells in response to ionizing radiation (IR) is a deterministic or stochastic process. With high resolution clonal barcoding and tracking of over 400.000 HNSCC patient-derived tumor cells the clonal dynamics of tumor cells in response to IR was analysed. Fractionated IR induced a strong selective pressure for clonal reduction. This significantly exceeded uniform clonal survival probabilities indicative for a strong clone-to clone difference within tumor cells. Survival to IR is driven by a deterministic clonal selection of a smaller population which commonly survives radiation, while increased clonogenic capacity is a result of clonal competition of cells which have been selected stochastically. The ratio of these parameters is amenable to radiation sensitivity which correlates to prognostic biomarkers of HNSCC. Evidence for the existence of a rare subpopulation with an intrinsically radiation resistant phenotype was found at a frequency of 0.6-3.3%. With cellular barcoding we introduce a novel functional heterogeneity associated qualitative readout for evaluating the contribution of stochastic and deterministic clonal selection processes in response to IR.
Project description:It is elusive whether clonal selection of tumor cells in response to ionizing radiation (IR) is a deterministic or stochastic process. With high resolution clonal barcoding and tracking of over 400.000 HNSCC patient-derived tumor cells the clonal dynamics of tumor cells in response to IR was analysed. Fractionated IR induced a strong selective pressure for clonal reduction. This significantly exceeded uniform clonal survival probabilities indicative for a strong clone-to clone difference. within tumor cells. Survival to IR is driven by a deterministic clonal selection of a smaller population which commonly survives radiation, while increased clonogenic capacity is a result of clonal competition of cells which have been selected stochastically. The ratio of these parameters is amenable to radiation sensitivity which correlates to prognostic biomarkers of HNSCC. Evidence for the existence of a rare subpopulation with an intrinsically radiation resistant phenotype was found at a frequency of 0.6-3.3%. With cellular barcoding we introduce a novel functional heterogeneity associated qualitative readout for evaluating the contribution of stochastic and deterministic clonal selection processes in response to IR. To analyze transcriptomic changes of HNSCC cell lines after fractionated Photon IR (5x4Gy), RNAseq analysis was performed on irradiated cells in comparison to untreated control cells (EBI submission E-MTAB-9693)
Project description:Cellular senescence is a phenotype characterized by cessation of cell division, which can be caused by exhaustive replication or environmental stress. It is involved in age-related pathophysiological conditions and affects both the cellular cytoskeleton and the prime cellular mechanosensors, focal adhesion complexes. While the size of focal adhesions increases during senescence, it is unknown if and how this is accompanied by a remodeling of the internal focal adhesion structure. Our study uses metal-induced energy transfer to study the axial dimension of focal adhesion proteins from oxidative-stress-induced senescent cells with nanometer precision, and compares these to unstressed cells. We influenced cytoskeletal tension and the functioning of mechanosensitive ion channels using drugs and studied the combined effect of senescence and drug intervention on the focal adhesion structure. We find that H 2 O 2 induced restructuring of the focal adhesion complex indicates a loss of tension and altered talin complexation. Mass spectroscopy-based proteomics confirmed the differential regulation of several cytoskeletal proteins induced by H 2 O 2 treatment.
Project description:During tumour growth cancer cells are subject to and selected by microenvironmental stress. The selection of such cells allows for continued growth and survival, during hypoxia, acidosis, nutritional deprivation, drug treatment and radiation. However, there is great microenvironmental heterogeneity in every tumour. Must studies of gene regulation in vitro investigate whole cell populations, often by western blotting or mRNA expression. Thus, the individual variability of gene induction that could lead to selection, and basal cell molecular variability on which the selection operates, basic Darwinian principles, are not defined. We previously showed that two distinct populations can often be induced in epithelial tumour cell lines under hypoxia, identified by induction of Carbonic Anhydrase 9 [CA9].Here, we investigated the heterogeneity of breast cancer cells, and the relationship to the CA9 positive population in hypoxia, by using single cell sequencing analysis.