Project description:To investigate the role of p53 and DICER in the induction of ER stress, wildtype, p53 knockout or DICER mutant HCT116 colon cancer cells were treated with the ER stress inducers tunicamycin or brefeldin A for 24 hours. Microarray analysis was used to determine changes in gene expression associated with the induction of ER stress, and to compare this induction in wildtype, p53 knockout or DICER mutant HCT116 colon cancer cells
Project description:To investigate the role of p53 and DICER in the induction of ER stress, wildtype, p53 knockout or DICER mutant HCT116 colon cancer cells were treated with the ER stress inducers tunicamycin or brefeldin A for 24 hours. Microarray analysis was used to determine changes in gene expression associated with the induction of ER stress, and to compare this induction in wildtype, p53 knockout or DICER mutant HCT116 colon cancer cells Triplicate samples of HCT116 wildtype, HCT116 p53 knockout and HCT116 DICEREX5/EX5 cells were treated with with 0.5 mg/ml of BFA or 2 mg/ml of Tm for 24 h. Following treatment, cells were harvested and lysed in TRIzol reagent and RNA was extracted. Microarray analysis was carried out using Affymetrix HG-U133_Plus-2 arrays.
Project description:Characterization of the intra-tumoral heterogeneity between two iso-clonal human colon cancer sublines HCT116 and HCT116b on their ability to undergo metastatic colonization and survive under growth factor deprivation stress (GFDS). Microarray analysis revealed an upregulation of survival and metastatic genes in the highly metastatic HCT116 primary colon tumor cells compared to the poorly metastatic HCT116b primary colon tumor cells. Total RNA obtained from isolated primary colon tumors of HCT116 and HCT116b xenograft transplanted animals obtained using the orthotopic implantation of HCT116 and HCT116b human colon cancer xenografts in the cecum of male athymic BALB/c nude mice were compared at their gene expression level.
Project description:To elucidate which ER cargo maturation processes may be oxygen dependent, we first reasoned that the transcriptional response may be tailored specifically to counteract the mechanism of the imposed stress. Therefore, we compared the transcriptional regulation of the ERome during anoxic conditions to ER stress caused by lack of glycosylation (tunicamycin) or chaperone inactivation by calcium depletion (thapsigargin) In two cancer cell lines (colon carcinoma HCT116, and hepatocellular carcinoma Hep G2) cells were given one of 4 treatments. 24 hours of 0.0% O2 (Anoxia), 1.5 µg/ml tunicamycin or 0.3 µM thapsigargin with a control 21% O2 (Normoxia). Cells were exposed to hypoxia and anoxia in H35 and H85 HypOxystations (Don Whitley Scientific). 3 biological replicates of each experiment were carried out. Total of 24 samples.
Project description:Characterization of the intra-tumoral heterogeneity between two iso-clonal human colon cancer sublines HCT116 and HCT116b on their ability to undergo metastatic colonization and survive under growth factor deprivation stress (GFDS). Microarray analysis revealed an upregulation of survival and metastatic genes in the highly metastatic HCT116 primary colon tumor cells compared to the poorly metastatic HCT116b primary colon tumor cells.