Project description:SChLAP1 is a novel long non-coding RNA expressed in prostate cancer. Here we performed transcriptional profiling of the prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and 22Rv1 comparing non-targeting siRNA treatment versus SChLAP1-siRNA treatment. Goal was to determine the effect of SChLAP1 knockdown on gene expression in prostate cancer. Two-condition experiment: non-targeting siRNA versus SChLAP1 siRNA treated cells. Biological replicates: 1 control replicate, 2 treatment replicates. Technical replicates: 3 replicates per SChLAP1 siRNA. Cell lines: 22Rv1 and LNCaP.
Project description:SChLAP1 is a novel long non-coding RNA expressed in prostate cancer. Here we performed transcriptional profiling of the prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and 22Rv1 comparing non-targeting siRNA treatment versus SChLAP1-siRNA treatment. Goal was to determine the effect of SChLAP1 knockdown on gene expression in prostate cancer.
Project description:SChLAP1 is a novel long non-coding RNA expressed in prostate cancer. Here we performed transcriptional profiling of the benign immortalized prostate cell line RWPE overexpressing two isoforms of the SChLAP-1 lncRNA compared with RWPE overexpressing LACZ. Our goal was to determine the effect of SChLAP1 overexpression on gene expression in prostate cells. Two-condition experiment: RWPE overexpressing SChLAP1 versus RWPE overexpressing LACZ. Biological replicates: 1 control replicate, 2 experimental replicates. Technical replicates: 2 replicates per SChLAP1 isoform. Cell lines: RWPE.
Project description:Here we performed transcriptional profiling of the prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and 22Rv1 comparing non-targeting siRNA treatment versus siRNAs targeting SWI/SNF complex proteins (SMARCA2, SMARCA4, and SMARCB1). Goal was to determine the effect of SWI/SNF knockdown on gene expression in prostate cancer. Two-condition experiment: non-targeting siRNA versus SWI/SNF-siRNA treated cells. Three SWI/SNF proteins were targeted: SMARCA2, SMARCA4, and SMARB1. Biological replicates: 1 control replicate, 2 treatment replicates per SWI/SNF protein. Technical replicates: 1 replicate per SWI/SNF protein. Cell lines: 22Rv1 and LNCaP.
Project description:Here we performed transcriptional profiling of the prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and 22Rv1 comparing non-targeting siRNA treatment versus siRNAs targeting SWI/SNF complex proteins (SMARCA2, SMARCA4, and SMARCB1). Goal was to determine the effect of SWI/SNF knockdown on gene expression in prostate cancer.
Project description:SChLAP1 is a novel long non-coding RNA expressed in prostate cancer. Here we performed transcriptional profiling of the benign immortalized prostate cell line RWPE overexpressing two isoforms of the SChLAP-1 lncRNA compared with RWPE overexpressing LACZ. Our goal was to determine the effect of SChLAP1 overexpression on gene expression in prostate cells.
Project description:The lncRNA Second Chromosome Locus Associated with Prostate 1 (SChLAP1) was previously identified as a predictive biomarker and potential driver of aggressive prostate cancer. Recent work suggests that SChLAP1 may bind the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex to promote prostate cancer metastasis, though the exact role of SWI/SNF recognition is debated. To date, there are no detailed biochemical studies of apo SChLAP1 or SChLAP1:protein complexes. Herein, we report the first secondary structure model of SChLAP1 using SHAPE-MaP in vitro, in cellulo, and ex cellulo (protein-free). Comparison of the ex cellulo and in cellulo data via ΔSHAPE identified putative protein binding sites within SChLAP1. In addition, we identified primate conserved exons of SChLAP1 as well as regions that appear to have been incorporated through retroviral insertion. In particular, we characterized a complex structural landscape in a protein binding region at the 3′-end of SChLAP1 derived from a THE1B-type retroviral insertion, suggesting a role for an exapted RNA structure in SChLAP1:protein recognition and prostate cancer progression. This work lays the foundation for future efforts to selectively target and disrupt the SChLAP1:protein interface and to develop new therapeutic avenues in prostate cancer treatment.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of LNCaP prostate cancer cells comparing control siRNA-treated LNCaP cells with LNCaP cells treated with siRNAs targeting Prostate Cancer Associated Transcript-1 (PCAT1), an uncharacterized long non-coding RNA. High-throughput sequencing of polyA+ RNA (RNA-Seq) in human cancer shows remarkable potential to identify both novel disease-specific markers for clinical uses and uncharacterized aspects of tumor biology, particularly non-coding RNA (ncRNA) species. To illustrate this approach, we employed RNA-Seq on a cohort of 102 prostate tissues and cells lines and found that aberrant expression profiles of novel tissue-specific ncRNAs distinguished benign, cancerous, and metastatic tumors. Among these, a novel prostate-cancer specific ncRNA (termed PCAT-1) defined a subset of aggressive cancers with low expression of the epigenetic regulator EZH2, a component of the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) commonly upregulated in metastatic cancers. In vitro assays for core PRC2 genes indicated that the PRC2 complex directly binds and represses PCAT-1, and that the PCAT-1 transcript reciprocally binds PRC2, suggesting a regulatory feedback mechanism. Importantly, knockdown of PCAT-1 in cells with high levels of endogenous PCAT-1 transcript showed changes in cell proliferation and transcriptional regulation of several key biological processes, including cell cycle. Finally, we showed that ncRNA expression signatures, including PCAT-1, were effective for the non-invasive detection of prostate cancer, and that high ncRNA expression signature values correlate with high-grade histology. The findings presented herein establish the utility of RNA-Seq to comprehensively identify unannotated ncRNAs that define human disease states and characterize PCAT-1 as a novel regulator of cell proliferation mechanistically linked to PRC2 and contributory to translational clinical tests for prostate cancer. Two-condition experiment: Control-siRNA-treated versus PCAT1-siRNA-treated LNCaP cells. Biological replicates: 3 control replicates, 3 treatment replicates.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of prostate tumor cells comparing cells that have CHD1 knockdown by shRNA (RWPE-1, OPCN2) or siRNA (LNCaP) with cells treated with non-targeted control. Prostate cell lines had CHD1 knockdown via shRNA or siRNA were hybridized against cells that were targeted with non-targeting control. OPCN2 and RWPE-1 RNA were dye-swapped in replicate experiments.
Project description:Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and AR downstream signalings promote prostate cancer cell proliferation. We identified androgen-regulated genes, CTBP2, FOXP1 and RUNX1. These factors interact with AR ligand dependently. In order to investigate androgen-regulated gene functions in prostate cancer cells, we performed gene expression in AR-positive prostate cancer cell lines after siRNA treatment. We also treated cells with vehicle or androgen to analyzed the effects of these genes on AR function. Observation of androgen dependent gene expression changes after treatment with siRNAs targeting FOXP1, CTBP2 and FOXA1 with microarray.