Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human OCI-AML3 cells stably expressing inducibly Atg5 shRNA or NPM1-shRNA Goal was to determine the effects of knockdown of Atg5 or NPM1 on global ES gene expression of human Leukemia OCI-AML3 cells.
Project description:We knock down HOXB-AS3 with shRNA in OCI/AML3 cell line to investigate the downstream pathways of HOXB-AS3 in the cell proliferation.
Project description:Homeobox (HOX) proteins and the receptor tyrosine kinase FLT3 are frequently highly expressed and mutated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Aberrant HOX expression is found in nearly all AMLs that harbor a mutation in the Nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene, and FLT3 is concomitantly mutated in approximately 60% of these cases. Little is known how mutant NPM1 (NPM1mut) cells maintain aberrant gene expression. Here, we demonstrate that the histone modifiers MLL1 and DOT1L control HOX and FLT3 expression and differentiation in NPM1mut AML. Using a CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing domain screen, we show NPM1mut AML to be exceptionally dependent on the menin binding site in MLL1. Pharmacological small-molecule inhibition of the menin-MLL protein interaction had profound anti-leukemic activity in human and murine models of NPM1mut AML in vitro and in vivo. Combined pharmacological inhibition of menin-MLL and DOT1L resulted in dramatic suppression of HOX and FLT3 expression, induction of differentiation, and superior activity against NPM1mut leukemia. Together, MLL1 and DOT1L are chromatin regulators that control HOX, MEIS1 and FLT3 expression and are therapeutic targets in NPM1mut AML. Combinatorial small-molecule inhibition has synergistic on target activity and constitutes a novel therapeutic concept for this common AML subtype. RNA sequencing data of the human AML cell lines OCI-AML2 and OCI-AML3 comparing EPZ004777 [10µM] drug treatment versus DMSO vehicle control; experiments performed in biological triplicates.
Project description:OCI-AML3, a human acute myeloid leukemia cell line, was inoculated into NOD/SCID/IL-2rγnull (NSG) mice. After engraftment and leukemic expansion were documented, mice were divided into 3 groups: control, or treatment for 24 or 72 hours with daily injections of LY2510294, a CXCR4-inhibitory peptide. OCI-AML3 cells were isolated from peripheral blood (PB), bone marrow (BM), or spleen (SP) for gene expression profiling (GEP).
Project description:Gene expression changes in human OCI-AML3 cells treated with DMSO (vehicle control), the BET inhibitor CPI-203, the MDM2 inhibitor Nutlin-3a, or a combination of both drugs, were compared. Method: poly-A mRNA from the OCI-AML3 cell line treated for 24 hrs with either DMSO, CPI-203, Nutlin-3a or a combination of both drugs was extracted, in triplicate, then sequenced with an Illumina NextSeq500 sequencer. Sequence reads passing the quality control filters were aligned using Tophat2 and then analysed with Cufflinks.
Project description:BRD4 chromatin occupancy changes in human OCI-AML3 cells treated with DMSO (vehicle control), the BET inhibitor CPI-203, the MDM2 inhibitor Nutlin-3a, or a combination of both drugs, were compared. Method: Genomic DNA from the OCI-AML3 cell line treated for 24 hrs with either DMSO, CPI-203, Nutlin-3a or a combination of both drugs was extracted, BRD4-bound chromatin was immunoprecipitated, then DNA was sequenced with an Illumina NextSeq 500 sequencer. Sequence reads passing the quality control filters were aligned using Bowtie2 and then analysed with SICER.
Project description:p53 chromatin occupancy changes in human OCI-AML3 cells treated with DMSO (vehicle control), the BET inhibitor CPI-203, the MDM2 inhibitor Nutlin-3a, or a combination of both drugs, were compared. Method: Genomic DNA from the OCI-AML3 cell line treated for 24 hrs with either DMSO, CPI-203, Nutlin-3a or a combination of both drugs was extracted, p53-bound chromatin was immunoprecipitated, then DNA was sequenced with an Illumina NextSeq 500 sequencer. Sequence reads passing the quality control filters were aligned using Bowtie2 and then analysed with MACS.
Project description:Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is frequently associated with mutations of NPM1 (NPM1c+) and even if considered to be of better prognosis for younger patients, relapse is frequent and outcome remains poor for elder patients with a need for novel treatment strategies. Differentiation-based therapy by all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) combined with arsenic trioxide (ATO) induce proteasomal degradation of NPM1c protein, NPM1 nuclear re localization, differentiation and apoptosis in NPM1c+ cells and blast clearance in relapsed/refractory AML patients. In line, the XPO1 inhibitor Selinexor showed similar results in vitro associated with down regulation of a specific HOX gene signature. BET inhibitors (BETi) OTX015 (MK-8628) and JQ1 yield antileukemic activity and here we demonstrate their effects in NPM1c+ leukemia cells compared to ATO+ATRA and Selinexor. Compared to ATO+ATRA and Selinexor, BRDi induced TP53 independent apoptosis, differentiation, proteasomal NPM1c degradation and nuclear relocalization in NPM1c+ OCI-AML3 cell line and to different extend in patient derived blast cells. As ATO+ATRA and Selinexor had significant biological activity in NPM1c+ cell line IMS-M2, these cells were resistant to BETi exposure, except for nuclear re localization of NPM1 which is a general phenomenon upon treatment with all three drug types. Gene profiling revealed that BRDi downregulate a BRD specific core gene signature in OCI-AML3 and IMS-M2 cells but IMS-M2 cells yield a transcriptional resistance signature including upregulation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. HOX gene clusters in OCI-AML3 cells and IMS-M2 cells are heterogeneously regulated by BETi and are down regulated by ATO+ATRA in line with results reported for Selinexor treatment. Taken together, our preclinical results encourage clinical testing of ATO+ATRA, Selinexor and BRDi in NPM1c+ AML patients.
Project description:Human acute myeloid leukemia cell lines OCI-AML2 and OCI-AML3 were used in a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated approach to specifically target DDX3X’s gene sequences encoding the RNA binding domain of the helicase. DDX3X RNA binding domain is bipartite in the two halves of the helicase core. sgRNAs were designed to target both halves of the domain (named RNA binding domain A and B – RBDA and RBDB). We performed RNA-seq to observe the gene expression changes in both OCI-AML2 and OCI-AML3 cell lines following the not-combined CRISPR/Cas9 –mediated targeting of both regions of the DDX3X RNA binding domain. Control CRISPR/Cas9 performed with no sgRNA expressing vector (named “empty vector”) was performed in both cell lines. The latter condition was used as a control for gene expression changes analysis, for each cell line.
Project description:To identify molecular effects of the dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor omipalisib (GSK2126458), we applied gene expression profiling in human leukemic cell lines OCI-AML3 using Whole Transcriptome Shotgun Sequencing (RNA-seq). After OCI-AML3 cell were treated with 50 nM omipalisib for 24 h, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of 1245 genes upregulated and 811 were downregulated were found compared with vehicle group. Down-regulated genes enriched in cell cycle, DNA metabolic process, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling, MYC pathway, E2F pathway, Gly, Ser and Thr metabolism, Cys and Met metabolism, carbon metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial biogenesis and respiratory electron transporter chain.