Project description:HGF sensitizes ovarian cancer cells to chemotherapeutics, e.g. cisplatin (CDDP), through a signaling cascade activated by its MET oncogene encoded receptor and transduced by the p38MAPK. This cascade results in the regulation of a common set of transcripts in three ovarian cancer cell lines, with different genetic profiles and susceptibility to drugs. In order to elucidate the mechanism of HGF dependent cell sensitization to drugs, the transcriptional response of the three ovarian cancer cell lines to HGF and CDDP were studied by microarray based transcription profiling
Project description:Advanced ovarian cancers are initially responsive to chemotherapy with platinum drugs but develop drug resistance in most cases. We showed recently that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) enhances death of human ovarian cancer cell lines treated with cisplatin (CDDP) and that this effect is mediated by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. In this work, we integrated genome-wide expression profiling, in silico data survey, and functional assays to identify transcripts regulated in SK-OV-3 ovarian cancer cells made more responsive to CDDP by HGF. Using oligonucleotide microarrays, we found that HGF pretreatment changes the transcriptional response to CDDP. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR not only validated all the 15 most differentially expressed genes but also confirmed that they were primarily modulated by the combined treatment with HGF and CDDP and reversed by suppressing p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activity. Among the differentially expressed genes, we focused functional analysis on two regulatory subunits of the protein phosphatase 2A, which were down-modulated by HGF plus CDDP. Decrease of each subunit by RNA interference made ovarian cancer cells more responsive to CDDP, mimicking the effect of HGF. In conclusion, we show that HGF and CDDP modulate transcription in ovarian cancer cells and that this transcriptional response is involved in apoptosis regulation. We also provide the proof-of-concept that the identified genes might be targeted to either increase the efficacy of chemotherapeutics or revert chemotherapy resistance.
Project description:To investigate the main mechanism underlying cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer, A2780/CDDP and SKOV3/CDDP cell lines were treated with both maggot extracts and cisplatin. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of A2780 and A2780/CDDP cells.
Project description:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and its treatment is based in chemotherapy using platinum containing compounds, mainly cisplatin (CDDP). Many patients show resistance to CDDP leading to treatment failure. To understand the mechanisms involved in CDDP resistance in lung cancer, we used CDDP-sensitive (A549) and –resistant (A549/CDDP) cells to identify newly synthesized proteins in response to CDDP treatment using BONCAT technique. In addition the steady-state proteome of A549 and A549/CDDP cells was also evaluated. It was identified 70 and 69 proteins upregulated by CDDP in A549 and A549/CDDP cells, respectively. The set of proteins upregulated by CDDP in both cells are associated to GO terms related to proteostasis, telomere maintenance cell, RNA processing, cytoskeleton and response to oxidative stress. Interestingly, the profile of biological processes enriched in A549 cells after CDDP treatment is very similar to those identified in the steady-state proteome of A549/CDDP cells, suggesting their positive selection in CDDP-resistant cells development. Therefore, this study of proteomic response to CDDP is relevant to the identification of potential protein targets to development of therapeutic strategies to block drug resistance pathways.
Project description:The transcriptional response to CDDP of three ovarian cancer cell lines was studied. These lines show different genetic profiles and display different susceptibilities to CDDP. The time and doses that resulted in the apoptotic death of each cell line was identified and used to study the expression profiles associated to CDDP-induced cell death in each cell line. CDDP: cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) In order to elucidate the mechanism of CDDP dependent cell susceptibilities to drugs, the transcriptional response of the three ovarian cancer cell lines to CDDP were studied by microarray based transcription profiling
Project description:This experiment is designed to screen miRNAs that are deregulated during chemoresistance-associated metastasis of lung cancer cells. Chemoresistant metastatic in vivo tumor model of A549-luc-Vector cells was established after four rounds of cisplatin (CDDP) treatments compared to corresponding control solvent treatments. Upon examining profiles of miRNA expression differential between tumor-derived cultured cells from the Ctrl-4th and CDDP-4th treatments, most markedly upregulated and downregulated miRNAs in chemoresistant, metastatic A549-luc-CDDP-4th cells were identified. In order to establish a chemoresistant in vivo tumor model, after inoculation of A549-luc-Vector cells, cisplatin (CDDP) or control solvent was intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected six rounds in a two-week period and cells were isolated from corresponding resultant tumors, cultured and re-transplanted into syngeneic mice to receive the next round of treatment. In our experimental model, human lung cancer xenografts developed chemoresistance in the third round of CDDP treatment (CDDP-3rd) and chemoresistance-associated metastases following the fourth round of treatment. Tumor-derived cultured cells from Ctrl-4th and CDDP (cisplatin)-4th treatment were subjected to miRNA array (Agilent-031181 human miRNA (8*60k) V16.0) analysis, with two biological replications for each treatment.
Project description:HGF sensitizes ovarian cancer cells to chemotherapeutics, e.g. cisplatin (CDDP), through a signaling cascade activated by its MET oncogene encoded receptor and transduced by the p38MAPK. This cascade results in the regulation of a common set of transcripts in three ovarian cancer cell lines, with different genetic profiles and susceptibility to drugs.
Project description:Combination of platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation is currently the standard treatment for locally advanced lung cancer patients. However, therapeutic resistance to these therapies may arise from the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs). To investigate the CSCs hypothesis of chemo-radiation resistance, we used microarray assay to profile CSCs-like cisplatin-resistant lung cancer cells (CDDP-R) versus its parental cells. CDDP-R cells were established by exposing H460 lung cancer cells to 3µM cisplatin for 7 days, followed by 0.8% methylcellulose selection over 14 consecutive days. We found that CDDP-R cells expressed higher levels of stem cell markers, including CD133 and ALDH. They are more resistant to cisplatin- and etoposide-induced apoptosis and to high radiation dose (20Gy). Clonogenic assays suggest that CDDP-R cells were more resistant to radiation than parental H460 cells (DER=1.21, p<0.01). Xenograft studies suggest that CDDP-R cells were more tumorigenic (p<0.001). Microarray and comprehensive protein interaction networks analyses revealed IGFBP3 as a highly ranked hub protein which plays an important role in the mechanism of cisplatin resistance. We found reduced level of IGFBP3 and enhanced IGFR-1 activation upon IGF stimulation in CDDP-R cells. The specific targeting of IGF-1R using siRNA resulted in significant sensitization of CDDP-cells (DER=1.17, p<0.05) to radiation compared with the parental H460 cells. Our findings suggest that CDDP-R cells have the characteristics of CSCs and constitute a “suitable” model to study lung CSCs. Profiling of CSCs-like H460 cells led to the identification of IGF as an important pathway for chemo- and radiotherapy resistance in lung cancer. gene expression comparison of two groups
Project description:DUSP1 is involved in different cellular pathways including cancer cell proliferation, angiogenesis, invasion and resistance to chemotherapy. To gain insight into the cellular signaling pathways involving DUSP1 actions and the response to Cisplatin (CDDP) in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we have used a double strategy that combines microarray and SiRNA technology. This strategy provided a differential expression profile of genes involved in CDDP response in NSCLC cell line regulated by DUSP1 using H460 and H460cri and a time course to CDDP. KEYWORDS: Expression profiling by array in cells with genetic modification in response to CCDP treatment