Project description:Maternally Expressed Gene 3 (MEG3) encodes a lncRNA which is suggested to function as a tumor suppressor. MEG3 functions as a tumor suppressor in hepatoma cells, whose action is mediated by interaction with p53 protein to activate p53-mediated transcriptional activity and influence the expression of partial p53 target genes. Total RNA was isolated from hepatoma cells (HepG2 and SK-Hep-1) transfected with either control or MEG3 overexpression/knockdown constructs for global expression analysis.
Project description:Recent studies have revealed that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) participate in all steps of cancer initiation and progression by regulating protein coding genes at the epigenetic, transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. LncRNAs are in turn regulated by other genes, forming a complex regulatory network. The regulation networks between the p53 tumor suppressor and lncRNAs in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remain unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the regulatory roles of the TP53 gene in regulating lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles in NPC cell line HNE2. p53 induced gene expression in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line HNE2 was measured at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours after transfected by pCMV-p53 plasmid.
Project description:Maternally Expressed Gene 3 (MEG3) encodes a lncRNA which is suggested to function as a tumor suppressor. MEG3 functions as a tumor suppressor in hepatoma cells, whose action is mediated by interaction with p53 protein to activate p53-mediated transcriptional activity and influence the expression of partial p53 target genes.
Project description:p53 is a pivotal tumor suppressor and a major barrier against cancer. We now report that silencing of the Hippo pathway tumor suppressors LATS1 and LATS2 in non-transformed mammary epithelial cells reduces p53 phosphorylation and increases its association with the p52 NF-κB subunit. Moreover, it partly shifts p53’s conformation and transcriptional output towards a state resembling cancer-associated p53 mutants, and endow p53 with the ability to promote cell migration. Notably, LATS1 and LATS2 are frequently downregulated in breast cancer; we propose that such downregulation might benefit cancer by converting p53 from a tumor suppressor into a tumor facilitator.
Project description:Recent studies have revealed that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) participate in all steps of cancer initiation and progression by regulating protein coding genes at the epigenetic, transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. LncRNAs are in turn regulated by other genes, forming a complex regulatory network. The regulation networks between the p53 tumor suppressor and lncRNAs in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remain unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the regulatory roles of the TP53 gene in regulating lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles in NPC cell line HNE2.
Project description:The p53 pathway is a universal tumor suppressor mechanism but the differences of the p53 transcriptional response to oncogenic stress across different tumor types are poorly understood. Using a panel of murine cancer cell lines, we observed that the majority of p53-bound sites were tumor type-specific. Analysis of common p53 targets defined a small but robust core signature and revealed a senescence-specific repression geneset. Characterization of novel transcripts identified p53-induced lncRNAs, which frequently associated with chromatin and regulated their neighboring mRNAs. These findings shed light on the unique and shared p53 transcriptional signatures across different contexts and clarify the contributions of lncRNAs to the p53 transcriptome.