Project description:Progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often leads to vascular invasion and intrahepatic metastasis, which correlate with recurrence after surgical treatment and poor prognosis. It is crucial to identify patients with a high risk of recurrence and develop more intensified or targeted treatment strategy to improve disease outcome.
Project description:Progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often leads to vascular invasion and intrahepatic metastasis, which correlate with recurrence after surgical treatment and poor prognosis. It is crucial to identify patients with a high risk of recurrence and develop more intensified or targeted treatment strategy to improve disease outcome. In the training set, tumor and non-tumor liver were profiled separately, and each was used to generate a prediction model which was validated with the use of independent validation set.
Project description:Abstract Aberrantly expressed signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) predicts poor prognosis primarily in estrogen receptor positive (ER(+)) breast cancers and activated STAT3 is overexpressed in luminal A subtype cells. The mechanisms contributing to the prognosis and/or subtype relevant features of *STAT3* in ER(+) breast cancers are* *through multiple interacting regulatory pathways including STAT3-MYC, STAT3-ER , STAT3-MYC-ER interactions and the direct action of activated STAT3. These results predict malignant events, treatment responses and a novel enhancer of tamoxifen resistance. The inferred crosstalk between ER and STAT3 in regulating their shared target gene-*METAP2* is partially validated in the luminal B breast cancer cell line-MCF7. Taken together, we identify a poor prognosis relevant gene set within the *STAT3* network and a robust one in a subset of patients. *VEGFA*, *ABL1*, *LYN*, *IGF2R* and* STAT3* are suggested therapeutic targets for further study based upon the degree of differential expression in our model. Keywords: STAT3 transcriptional regulatory network, prognosis, tamoxifen resistance, tumorigenesis, breast cancer.
Project description:A Minimal Subset of Seven Genes Associated with Tumor Hepatocyte Differentiation Predicts a Poor Prognosis in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Project description:We conducted a transcriptome-wide survey to identify novel hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-associated genes that have undergone aberrant alternative splicing. We revealed that the vesicle transport factor (USO1) is a major alternatively spliced target in HCC, mainly composed of a long wild-type isoform (USO1-L) and a short truncated isoform lacking exons 5 and 15 (USO1-S). A markedly increased isoform switching from USO1-L to USO1-S occurs in approximately 80% of HCCs and predicts poor clinical outcomes. USO1-L suppresses HCC cells growth and metastasis through weakening the activation of MAPK/ERK1-ELK1 signaling by interacting with phosphorylated ERK1 and anchoring it onto the Golgi apparatus to reduce its nuclear translocation; while USO1-S confers a loss-of-function effect. The splicing factor SRSF7, which is shown to be hypomethylated and upregulated in HCC, mediates the splicing of USO1-L to produce USO1-S. Notably, the loss of USO1-L in HCC cells induces their resistance to MEK inhibitors; however, restoring USO1-L through antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ASO)-mediated blockade of switching from USO1-L to USO1-S can reverse this resistance. In summary, our findings highlight the crucial role of aberrantly alternative splicing of USO1 in HCC, as well as the SRSF7-USO1-MAPK axis as a potential target for this malignancy.
Project description:We compared transcriptomic profiles of ICC tumor specimens to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specimens using Affymetrix mRNA array and the miRNA array platforms to search for unique gene signatures linked to patient prognosis. ICC and HCC share common stem-like molecular characteristics and stem-like tumor features associated with poor prognosis. Gene expression profiling of 16 intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), 7 mixed type of combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma (CHC), 2 Hepatic adenoma, 3 focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH), 5 non-tumor liver tissues, and 2 CCA cell lines were performed.
