Project description:Goal: identification of differentially expressed genes after STEAP1 silencing. Ewing tumors (ET) are characterized by oncogenic EWS/ETS translocations and early metastasis. STEAP1 is a membrane-bound channel protein of unkown function. While overexpressed in many cancers, STEAP1 expression is strongly restricted to mesenchymal stem cells, prostate and urothelium among benign tissues. Here we show that STEAP1 is a direct transcriptional target of EWS/FLI1 and critical for ET malignancy. We demonstrate that STEAP1 is most prominently expressed in ET among sarcomas and provide further evidence for the concept of STEAP1 as a universal diagnostic marker for carcinomas. Using RNA interference we determined that STEAP1 promotes cellular invasiveness and anchorage-independent growth in vitro and accelerates tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. Transcriptome and proteome analyses as well as functional studies reveal that STEAP1 contributes to the generation of reactive oxygen species that in turn regulate the levels of redox-sensitive signaling molecules and pro-metatstatic genes. In synopsis, these data illuminate the hitherto unkown oncogenic function of STEAP1 as a redox-modulator in ET and point to a potential role of STEAP1 as universal drug target for anti-cancer therapy. 6 samples (3x A673 cells; 3x SK-N-MC cells); for each cell line one sample was transfected with control non silencing siRNA and two samples with different STEAP1 siRNAs (siSTEAP1_2 and siSTEAP1_3).
Project description:Goal: identification of differentially expressed genes after STEAP1 silencing. Ewing tumors (ET) are characterized by oncogenic EWS/ETS translocations and early metastasis. STEAP1 is a membrane-bound channel protein of unkown function. While overexpressed in many cancers, STEAP1 expression is strongly restricted to mesenchymal stem cells, prostate and urothelium among benign tissues. Here we show that STEAP1 is a direct transcriptional target of EWS/FLI1 and critical for ET malignancy. We demonstrate that STEAP1 is most prominently expressed in ET among sarcomas and provide further evidence for the concept of STEAP1 as a universal diagnostic marker for carcinomas. Using RNA interference we determined that STEAP1 promotes cellular invasiveness and anchorage-independent growth in vitro and accelerates tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. Transcriptome and proteome analyses as well as functional studies reveal that STEAP1 contributes to the generation of reactive oxygen species that in turn regulate the levels of redox-sensitive signaling molecules and pro-metatstatic genes. In synopsis, these data illuminate the hitherto unkown oncogenic function of STEAP1 as a redox-modulator in ET and point to a potential role of STEAP1 as universal drug target for anti-cancer therapy.
Project description:The cellular origin of Ewing tumor (ET), a tumor of bone or soft tissues characterized by specific fusions between EWS and ETS genes, is highly debated. Through gene expression analysis comparing ETs with a variety of normal tissues, we show that the profiles of different EWS-FLI1-silenced Ewing cell lines converge toward that of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). Moreover, upon EWS-FLI1 silencing, two different Ewing cell lines can differentiate along the adipogenic lineage when incubated in appropriate differentiation cocktails. In addition, Ewing cells can also differentiate along the osteogenic lineage upon long-term inhibition of EWS-FLI1. These in silico and experimental data strongly suggest that the inhibition of EWS-FLI1 may allow Ewing cells to recover the phenotype of their MSC progenitor. Experiment Overall Design: Ewing tumors and EWS-FLI-1 inhibited cell lines were profiled on Affymetrix U133A (GPL96) arrays.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:The cellular origin of Ewing tumor (ET), a tumor of bone or soft tissues characterized by specific fusions between EWS and ETS genes, is highly debated. Through gene expression analysis comparing ETs with a variety of normal tissues, we show that the profiles of different EWS-FLI1-silenced Ewing cell lines converge toward that of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). Moreover, upon EWS-FLI1 silencing, two different Ewing cell lines can differentiate along the adipogenic lineage when incubated in appropriate differentiation cocktails. In addition, Ewing cells can also differentiate along the osteogenic lineage upon long-term inhibition of EWS-FLI1. These in silico and experimental data strongly suggest that the inhibition of EWS-FLI1 may allow Ewing cells to recover the phenotype of their MSC progenitor. Keywords: expression analysis
Project description:Ewing tumor cell line SBSR-AKS grows adherent to the culture vessel. A spontaneously derived sub-line of cell line SBSR-AKS shows growth in suspension. We used microarrays to analyse gene expression in these Ewing tumor cell lines Established Ewing tumor cell lines were grown under standard conditions