Project description:MYC-amplified medulloblastomas are highly lethal tumors. BET bromodomain inhibition was recently described to downregulate MYC-associated transcriptional activity in various cancer subtypes. To investigate whether JQ1, a BET bromodomain inhibitor is downregulation MYC and MYC-associated transcriptional activity, we performed global gene expression profiling of five medulloblastomas MYC-amplified patient-derived cell lines treated by JQ1 and the inactive form of JQ1.
Project description:MYC-amplified medulloblastomas are highly lethal tumors. BET bromodomain inhibition was recently described to downregulate MYC-associated transcriptional activity in various cancer subtypes. To investigate whether JQ1, a BET bromodomain inhibitor is downregulation MYC and MYC-associated transcriptional activity, we performed global gene expression profiling of five medulloblastomas MYC-amplified patient-derived cell lines treated by JQ1 and the inactive form of JQ1. Five medulloblastomas patient-derived MYC-amplified cell lines were treated with the active and the inactive form of the drug (JQ1S or JQ1R, respectively, 1μM for 24 hours) followed by RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays
Project description:Three triple negative breast cancer cell lines (MDAMB231, SUM159, and HCC1806) were treated with small molecule inhibitors (JQ1, BET bromodomain inhibitor; GSK2801, BAZ2A/B bromodomain inhibitor) or BAZ siRNA alone and in combination with JQ1 for 48 hours
Project description:ChIP-Seq of RNA Polymerase II, and transcriptional regulators in multiple myeloma (MM.1S), glioblastoma (U87-MG), and small cell lung carcinoma (H2171) treated with the BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1. Cell lines (MM.1S, U87-MG, and H2171) representing multiple myeloma, glioblastoma, and small cell lung carcinoma, were treated with varying concentrations (5nM to 5µM) of the BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 followed by ChIP-Seq for RNA Polymerase II and transcriptional regulators. Other datasets from this series of experiments have been release as a part of GSE42355.
Project description:Three triple negative breast cancer cell lines (MDAMB231, SUM159, and HCC1806) were treated with small molecule inhibitors (JQ1, BET bromodomain inhibitor; GSK2801, BAZ2A/B bromodomain inhibitor) alone and in combination for 72 hours
Project description:BET bromodomain inhibitors are known to block prostate cancer cell survival through suppression of c-Myc and androgen receptor (AR) function. However, little is known about other transcriptional modulators whose function is blocked by these drugs and the anti-tumor activity of BET bromodomain inhibition in AR-independent castration-resistant prostate cancers (CRPC), whose frequency may be increasing. In this study we determined that BET bromodomain inhibition suppresses survival of a diverse set of CRPC cell models, including those that do not express the AR or in which c-Myc is not suppressed. To identify additional transcriptional regulators whose suppression contributes to the anti-tumor effects of BET bromodomain inhibition, we treated multiple CRPC cell lines with the BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1, measured genome-wide gene expression changes, and then used the Master Regulator Inference Algorithm (MARINa). This approach identified transcriptional regulators whose function is blocked by JQ1 and whose suppression recapitulates the effects of BET bromodomain inhibition. High Expression of these Master Regulators in aggressive human CRPC demonstrates their clinical relevance.
Project description:Two human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines were treated with a BET bromodomain inhibitor that blocks BET association with chromatin. These cell lines, MHH-CALL4 and MUTZ-5, each carry translocation of the CRLF2 gene into the IgH locus, and their growth was found to be susceptible to BET inhibition. Gene expression changes were analyzed in each cell line versus vehicle control. Cell were treated for 8 hours with either DMSO or 500nM of the BET bromodomain inhbitor JQ1. Three samples for each treatment were taken and analyzed for each cell line. CEL files were analyzed at both the core and extended gene level by RMA with the Affymetrix Expression Console software.
Project description:Bromodomain and extra terminal domain (BET) inhibition reduces occupancy of BET-family proteins at promoter and enhancer sites resulting in changes in the transcription of specific genes. We used microarray profiling to investigate the transcriptional changes induced by BET inhibitor JQ1 treatment in DV90 cells to identify the underlying changes of gene regulation that lead to JQ1 sensitivity. DV90 cells (JQ1 sensitive non-small cell lung cancer cell line) were treated with 135 nM (IC50) or 785 nM (IC90) of JQ1 for 4h and 24h. DMSO treated controls served as reference and at least four replicates per condition were collected. RNA was extracted and hybridized to Affymetrix HuGene-2.1ST microarrays to identify treatment induced transcriptional changes.
Project description:The BET (bromodomain and extra terminal) protein family members including BRD4 bind to acetylated lysines on histones and regulate the expression of important oncogenes, e.g., MYC and BCL2. Here we demonstrate the sensitizing effects of the histone hyperacetylation inducing pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDI) panobinostat (PS) on human AML blast progenitor cells (BPCs) to the BET protein inhibitor JQ1. Treatment with JQ1 but not its inactive enantiomer (R-JQ1) was highly lethal against AML BPCs expressing mutant NPM1c+ with or without co-expression of FLT3-ITD, or AML expressing MLL fusion oncoprotein. JQ1 treatment reduced binding of BRD4 and RNA polymerase II to the DNA of MYC and BCL2, and reduced their levels in the AML cells. Co-treatment with JQ1 and the HDAC inhibitor panobinostat (PS) synergistically induced apoptosis of the AML BPCs, but not of normal CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells. This was associated with greater attenuation of MYC and BCL2, while increasing p21, BIM and cleaved PARP levels in the AML BPCs. Co-treatment with JQ1 and PS significantly improved the survival of the NOD/SCID mice engrafted with OCI-AML3 or MOLM13 cells (p < 0.01). These findings highlight co-treatment with a BRD4 antagonist and an HDI as a potentially efficacious therapy of AML. Two samples were analyzed (untreated cells, cells treated with JQ1)
