Project description:The survival of isolated metastatic cells and expansion into macroscopic tumour has been recognized as a limiting step for metastasis formation in several cancer types yet the determinants of this process remain largely uncharacterized. In colorectal cancer (CRC), we identify a transcriptional programme in tumour-associated stromal cells, which is intimately linked to a high risk of developing recurrent disease after therapy. A large proportion of CRCs display mutational inactivation of the TGF-beta pathway but paradoxically they are characterized by high TGF-beta production. In these tumours, TGF-beta instructs a transcriptional programme in stromal cells, which confers a high risk of developing metastatic disease. We purified by FACS [CD45(+),Epcam(-)], [CD45(-) Epcam(+)] and [CD45(-) Epcam(-)] cell populations from fresh CRC samples and assessed their gene expression profiles Freshly obtained tumors from CRC patients (n=8) treated at Hospital del Mar (Barcelona, Spain) were minced and incubated with 0.1% Hyaluronidase and 0.1% Collagenase 1A. Pieces were then homogenized. Enzymatic reaction was stopped by adding 10% FBS and single cells were collected by sequential filtering. Cells were resuspended in Ammonium Chloride (0.15M) to lyse erythrocytes. Cells were stained with anti-hEpcam/TROP1-APC and anti-CD45-PE conjugated antibody. Dead cells were labeled with Propidium Iodide. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) was used to separate cells.
Project description:The survival of isolated metastatic cells and expansion into macroscopic tumour has been recognized as a limiting step for metastasis formation in several cancer types yet the determinants of this process remain largely uncharacterized. In colorectal cancer (CRC), we identify a transcriptional programme in tumour-associated stromal cells, which is intimately linked to a high risk of developing recurrent disease after therapy. A large proportion of CRCs display mutational inactivation of the TGF-beta pathway but paradoxically they are characterized by high TGF-beta production. In these tumours, TGF-beta instructs a transcriptional programme in stromal cells, which confers a high risk of developing metastatic disease. We purified by FACS [CD45(+),Epcam(-)], [CD45(-) Epcam(+)] and [CD45(-) Epcam(-)] cell populations from fresh CRC samples and assessed their gene expression profiles
Project description:The survival of isolated metastatic cells and expansion into macroscopic tumour has been recognized as a limiting step for metastasis formation in several cancer types yet the determinants of this process remain largely uncharacterized. In colorectal cancer (CRC), we identify a transcriptional programme in tumour-associated stromal cells, which is intimately linked to a high risk of developing recurrent disease after therapy. A large proportion of CRCs display mutational inactivation of the TGF-beta pathway but paradoxically they are characterized by high TGF-beta production. In these tumours, TGF-beta instructs a transcriptional programme in stromal cells, which confers a high risk of developing metastatic disease. We purified by FACS CD31(+), CD45(+), FAP(+) and Epcam(+) populations from fresh CRC samples and assessed their gene expression profiles Freshly obtained tumours from 6 CRC patients treated at Hospital del Mar or Hospital Clinic (Barcelona, Spain) were minced and incubated with Collagenase IV (100 U mL-1). Enzymatic reaction was stopped by adding 10% FBS, single cells were collected by sequential filtering and resuspended in ammonium chloride (0.15M) to lyse erythrocytes. Cells were stained with FAP unconjugated rabbit antibody. After two washes with HBSS, cells were stained with an APC conjugated anti-rabbit antibody; anti-hEPCAM/TROP1-FITC, anti-CD31-PE and anti-CD45-PE-Cy7 conjugated antibody. Dead cells were labelled with Propidium Iodide. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) was used to separate 2000 cells from each population; [CD45(+), EPCAM(-), CD31(-), FAP(-)], [CD45(-) EPCAM(+), CD31(-), FAP(-)], [CD45(-), EPCAM(-), CD31(+),FAP(-)] and [CD45(-), EPCAM(-), CD31(-), FAP(+)].
Project description:The survival of isolated metastatic cells and expansion into macroscopic tumour has been recognized as a limiting step for metastasis formation in several cancer types yet the determinants of this process remain largely uncharacterized. In colorectal cancer (CRC), we identify a transcriptional programme in tumour-associated stromal cells, which is intimately linked to a high risk of developing recurrent disease after therapy. A large proportion of CRCs display mutational inactivation of the TGF-beta pathway but paradoxically they are characterized by high TGF-beta production. In these tumours, TGF-beta instructs a transcriptional programme in stromal cells, which confers a high risk of developing metastatic disease. We purified by FACS CD31(+), CD45(+), FAP(+) and Epcam(+) populations from fresh CRC samples and assessed their gene expression profiles
Project description:We performed Next Generation Sequencing of normal human intestinal epithelial cell lines, CRC cell lines and CRC cell lines with hypoxia treatment to identify the differentially expressed non-coding RNAs.
Project description:There is a need for robust phosphopeptide enrichment methods to allow signaling network analysis in cancer cell lines and tissues with minimal fractionation. With recent instrument developments thousands of unique phosphopeptides can be detected by single-shot LC-MS/MS. However, successful phosphoproteomics experiments still rely on efficient phosphopeptide enrichment from a tryptic digest prior to LC-MS/MS analysis. Here we describe a performance assessment of HAMMOC (hydroxyl acid modified metal affinity chromatography) (Sugiyama MCP2007, Kyono, JPR 2008) combined with single shot label-free quantitation at 500 µg peptide input level. We apply the method to profile the baseline phosphorylation landscape of a panel of 8 colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines. These CRC cell lines represent the 3 CRC subtypes (CCS1, CCS2 and CCS3) as reported by large-scale transcriptome analysis. We report an analysis of the phosphoprotein network and processes enriched in the cell lines representing the poor prognosis CCS3 subtype.
Project description:There is a need for robust phosphopeptide enrichment methods to allow signaling network analysis in cancer cell lines and tissues with minimal fractionation. With recent instrument developments thousands of unique phosphopeptides can be detected by single-shot LC-MS/MS. However, successful phosphoproteomics experiments still rely on efficient phosphopeptide enrichment from a tryptic digest prior to LC-MS/MS analysis. Here we describe a performance assessment of HAMMOC (hydroxyl acid modified metal affinity chromatography) (Sugiyama MCP2007, Kyono, JPR 2008) combined with single shot label-free quantitation at 500 µg peptide input level. We apply the method to profile the baseline phosphorylation landscape of a panel of 8 colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines. These CRC cell lines represent the 3 CRC subtypes (CCS1, CCS2 and CCS3) as reported by large-scale transcriptome analysis. We report an analysis of the phosphoprotein network and processes enriched in the cell lines representing the poor prognosis CCS3 subtype.
Project description:Next Generation Sequencing of normal human intestinal epithelial cell lines, CRC cell lines and CRC cell lines with hypoxia treatment