Project description:The imbalance of cellular homeostasis during oncogenesis together with the high heterogeneity of tumor-associated stromal cells have a marked effect on the repertoire of the proteins secreted by malignant cells (the secretome). Hence, the study of tumoral secretomes provides insights for understanding the cross-talk between cells within the tumor microenvironment as well as the key effectors for the establishment of the pre-metastatic niche in distant tumor sites. In this context, we performed a proteomic analysis of the secretomes derived from four cell lines: (i) a paired set of fibroblasts - Hs 895. T, a cell line obtained from a lung node metastatic site from a patient who had melanoma and Hs 895.Sk, a skin fibroblast cell line (derived from the same patient); (ii) two malignant metastatic melanoma cell lines - A375, a malignant melanoma cell line from primary source and SH-4, a cell line derived from pleural effusion of a patient with metastatic melanoma. Clustering of expression profiles together with functional enrichment revealed patterns that mirrored each cell type (skin fibroblasts, cancer-associated fibroblasts and metastatic cells). These patterns might be the result of cell-specific protein expression programs and may serve as basis for further proteomic analysis of melanoma cell lines secretomes.
Project description:To look at genes/pathways differentially expressed in metastatic and primary tumor cells we performed global gene expression profiling of the 3 sets of HNSCC lines derived from primary tumors and matched metastatic sites. Illumina HT-12 v4 BeadChip arrays were used. The data suggest that HNSCC lines derived from metastatic sites exhibit phenotypes distinct from those found in cells derived from the corresponding primary tumors. Metastatic cell lines upregulated several pathways involved in stem cell self-renewal, invasion and migration, which are well known characteristics of metastatic progression. We conclude that the cell lines derived from primary patient tumors and matched metastatic sites represent a reliable model to study HNSCC metastasis.
Project description:Comparison of single-cell transcriptomic profiles of cell lines obtained from the primary and metastatic tumor from a single patient.
Project description:Patient-derived primary HER2+ Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (Lepto) cell lines were established. RNA-seq in various breast cancer cell lines were conducted to characterize the established cell lines. Gene expression analysis clearly indicated thatt Lepto cell lines are transcriptionally different from HER2 positive and negative metastatic breast cancer cell lines such as BT474 and MDA-MB-231 cells.
