Project description:PAX2 is one of nine PAX genes that regulate tissue development and cellular differentiation in embryos. PAX2 promotes cell proliferation, oncogenic transformation, cell lineage specification, migration, and survival. In our previous study, we found that PAX2 is highly expressed in low-grade ovarian serous carcinoma, but its expression in clear cell, endometrioid, and mucinous cell ovarian carcinomas have not been studied. More importantly, the functional role of PAX2 in ovarian cancer is not known. Downregulation of PAX2 in PAX2-expressing ovarian cancer cells inhibits cell proliferation and migration. This growth inhibition is due to the upregulation of the tumor suppressor gene G0S2 and subsequent induction of apoptosis. The PAX2 pathway thus represents a potential therapeutic target for PAX2-expressing ovarian carcinomas. Knockdown PAX2 expression in these cell lines was achieved by lentiviral shRNAs targeting the PAX2 gene. PAX2 stable knockdown cells were characterized for cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis, and gene expression profiles.
Project description:PAX2 is one of nine PAX genes that regulate tissue development and cellular differentiation in embryos. PAX2 promotes cell proliferation, oncogenic transformation, cell lineage specification, migration, and survival. In our previous study, we found that PAX2 is highly expressed in low-grade ovarian serous carcinoma, but its expression in clear cell, endometrioid, and mucinous cell ovarian carcinomas have not been studied. More importantly, the functional role of PAX2 in ovarian cancer is not known. Downregulation of PAX2 in PAX2-expressing ovarian cancer cells inhibits cell proliferation and migration. This growth inhibition is due to the upregulation of the tumor suppressor gene G0S2 and subsequent induction of apoptosis. The PAX2 pathway thus represents a potential therapeutic target for PAX2-expressing ovarian carcinomas.
Project description:Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy and is characterized by peritoneal disseminated metastasis. Although O-mannosyltransferase TMTC1 is highly expressed by ovarian cancer, its pathophysiologic role in ovarian cancer remains unclear. Here, immunohistochemistry showed that TMTC1 was overexpressed in ovarian cancer tissues compared with the adjacent non-tumor ovarian tissues and high TMTC1 expression was associated with poor prognosis in patients with ovarian cancer. Silencing TMTC1 reduced ovarian cancer cell viability, migration, and invasion in vitro as well as suppressed peritoneal tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. Moreover, TMTC1 knockdown reduced cell-laminin adhesion, which was associated with the decreased phosphorylation of FAK at pY397. Conversely, TMTC1 overexpression promoted these malignant properties in ovarian cancer cells. Glycoproteomic analysis and Concanavalin A (ConA) pull-down assays showed that integrins β1 and β4 were novel O-mannosylated protein substrates of TMTC1. Furthermore, TMTC1-mediated cell migration and invasion were significantly reversed by siRNA-mediated knockdown of integrin β1 or β4. Collectively, these results suggest that TMTC1-mediated invasive behaviors are primarily through integrins β1 and β4 and that TMTC1 is a potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer.
Project description:Knock-down of ovarian cancer amplification target ADRM1 leads to down regulation of GIPC1 and up-regulation of RECK. Among 20q13-amplified genes in ovarian cancer, ADRM1 overexpression was the most highly correlated with amplification, and was significantly upregulated with respect to stage, recurrence and metastasis. In addition, overexpression of ADRM1 correlated significantly with shorter time to recurrence and overall survival. Herein, array-CGH and microarray expression of ovarian cancer cell lines, provides evidence consistent with the primary tumor data that ADRM1 is a 20q13 amplification target. Knock-down of ADRM1 in amplified ovarian cell line OAW42 results in down-regulation of growth factor GIPC1 and up-regulation of tumor-suppressor RECK RNA and protein. In our dataset of 141 ovarian primary tumors, ADRM1 overexpression significantly correlates with GIPC1 overexpression. In addition, there is a significant anticorrelation between ADRM1 overexpression and RECK expression. Further research is necessary to determine whether targeting knock-down of ADRM1 in 20q13-amplified ovarian cancers results in growth inhibition and tumor suppression via downstream targets GIPC1 and RECK. ADRM1 siRNA treated OAW42 compared directly to untreated or nonspecific RNA treated OAW42
Project description:Knock-down of ovarian cancer amplification target ADRM1 leads to down regulation of GIPC1 and up-regulation of RECK. Among 20q13-amplified genes in ovarian cancer, ADRM1 overexpression was the most highly correlated with amplification, and was significantly upregulated with respect to stage, recurrence and metastasis. In addition, overexpression of ADRM1 correlated significantly with shorter time to recurrence and overall survival. Herein, array-CGH and microarray expression of ovarian cancer cell lines, provides evidence consistent with the primary tumor data that ADRM1 is a 20q13 amplification target. Knock-down of ADRM1 in amplified ovarian cell line OAW42 results in down-regulation of growth factor GIPC1 and up-regulation of tumor-suppressor RECK RNA and protein. In our dataset of 141 ovarian primary tumors, ADRM1 overexpression significantly correlates with GIPC1 overexpression. In addition, there is a significant anticorrelation between ADRM1 overexpression and RECK expression. Further research is necessary to determine whether targeting knock-down of ADRM1 in 20q13-amplified ovarian cancers results in growth inhibition and tumor suppression via downstream targets GIPC1 and RECK.