Project description:Dying pancreatic cancer cells from chemoradiation can directly stimulate repopulation of surviving cells. We used microarrays to conduct the analysis of whole transcript profiles in pancreatic cancer cells treated with X-ray radiation.
Project description:Nanostring gene expression analysis using tumors from mice treated with GLA, X-ray radiation or the combination of GLA and radiation showed that the combination of GLA and radiation has synergistic effect in modulating the tumor micronenvironment.
Project description:This dataset is composed by the transcriptomic, proteomic and phosphoproteomic profile of primary human fibroblasts exposed to two different doses of radiation: an acute X-ray radiation dose, and an accumulative X-ray radiation dose. These data were employed to apply and evaluate different computational approaches to model and infer cellular signaling processes through the combination of prior knowledge and omic data. We employed RNA-Seq and Mass Spectrometry (MS) to generate the transcriptomic and proteomic data from the RNA and protein samples, respectively.
Project description:Here, male and female B6C3F1 mice were given single or fractionated whole-body exposure(s) to a monoenergetic carbon ion radiotherapy beam at the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba, Japan, matching the radiation quality delivered to the normal tissue ahead of the tumour volume. These mice were then monitored for the remainder of their lifespan and a large number of T cell lymphomas were analysed, alongside those arising in mice exposed to equivalent doses of standard Cs137 gamma ray-irradiation. Using genome-wide DNA copy number analysis to identify genomic loci involved in radiation-induced lymphomagenesis and subsequent detailed analysis of Notch1, Ikaros, Pten, Trp53 and Bcl11b genes we compared the genetic profile of the carbon ion- and gamma ray-induced tumours. The canonical set of genes previously associated with radiation-induced T cell lymphoma was identified in both radiation groups. While the pattern of disruption of the various pathways was somewhat different between the radiation types, most notably Pten mutation frequency and loss of heterozygosity flanking Bcl11b, the most striking finding was the observation of large interstitial deletions at various sites across the genome in carbon ion-induced tumours, which were only seen infrequently in the gamma ray-induced tumours analysed. 32 unique tumours (12 gamma ray-induced, 20 carbon ion-induced) each with sex-matched reference DNA
Project description:Studies of radiation exposed populations have shown that children are at greater overall risk of radiation-induced cancer, although there is considerable debate relating to heterogeneity of the effect in different tissues. Given public concern around increasing radiation doses received by children from advanced diagnostic imaging, and the use of radiotherapy to treat childhood cancers, understanding the relationship between age-at-exposure and radiation-induced cancer risk is a priority of radiation protection research. Although tobacco smoking accounts for up to 90% of lung cancers in some countries, epidemiological studies and animal experiments show that exposure to ionizing radiation is also a risk factor for developing cancers of the lung. Female Wistar rats are susceptible to lung cancer upon thoracic X-ray irradiation, developing adenocarcinomas (AC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) similar to those seen in humans, and have been used previously to evaluate the interaction of radiation and a chemical carcinogen in neonatal, juvenile and young adult rats. In the present study, the induction of lung tumors was analyzed in female Wistar rats exposed to increasing doses of thoracic X-rays as neonates, juveniles or adults, to allow the effect of age-at-exposure to be observed in the absence of interaction with smoking. Histology was used to compare tumor subtypes between groups, and genomic DNA copy number alterations in a number of tumors arising after exposure to radiation at different ages were examined.
Project description:Here, male and female B6C3F1 mice were given single or fractionated whole-body exposure(s) to a monoenergetic carbon ion radiotherapy beam at the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba, Japan, matching the radiation quality delivered to the normal tissue ahead of the tumour volume. These mice were then monitored for the remainder of their lifespan and a large number of T cell lymphomas were analysed, alongside those arising in mice exposed to equivalent doses of standard Cs137 gamma ray-irradiation. Using genome-wide DNA copy number analysis to identify genomic loci involved in radiation-induced lymphomagenesis and subsequent detailed analysis of Notch1, Ikaros, Pten, Trp53 and Bcl11b genes we compared the genetic profile of the carbon ion- and gamma ray-induced tumours. The canonical set of genes previously associated with radiation-induced T cell lymphoma was identified in both radiation groups. While the pattern of disruption of the various pathways was somewhat different between the radiation types, most notably Pten mutation frequency and loss of heterozygosity flanking Bcl11b, the most striking finding was the observation of large interstitial deletions at various sites across the genome in carbon ion-induced tumours, which were only seen infrequently in the gamma ray-induced tumours analysed.
Project description:Radiotherapy induces a Type I interferon (TIFIN)-mediated anti-tumoral immune response that we hypothesized could be potentiated by a first-in-class ATM inhibitor leading to enhanced innate immune signaling. T1IFN expression, and sensitization to immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer. We evaluated the effects of AZD1390 or a structurally related compound AZD0156 on innate immune signaling and found that both inhibitors enhanced radiation-induced T1IFN expression via the POLIII/RIG-I/MAVS pathway. In immunocompetent syngeneic mouse models of pancreatic cancer, ATM inhibitor enhanced radiation-induced anti-tumoral immune responses and sensitized to anti-PD-L1, producing immunogenic memory and durable tumor control. Therapeutic responses were associated with increased CD8+ T cell frequency and effector function. Tumor control was dependent on CD8+ T cells as therapeutic efficacy was blunted in immunodeficient or CD8+ T cell-depleted mice. Adaptive immune responses to combination therapy provided systemic control of contralateral tumors outside of the radiation field. Taken together, we show that a clinical candidate ATM inhibitor enhances radiation-induced T1IFN leading to both innate and subsequent adaptive immune response and sensitization of otherwise resistant pancreatic cancer to immunotherapy.
Project description:Radiation therapy induces immunogenic cell death in cancer cells, whereby apoptotic cells release endogenous adjuvants that are sensed by immune cells to direct adaptive immune responses. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressed on several immune subtypes recognize these products to direct downstream responses in part via the adapter protein MyD88. Here we use lineage specific deletion of Myd88 to interrogate its contribution to the immune response to radiation therapy in distinct immune populations in pancreatic cancer. While Myd88 deletion in Itgax- and Lck-expressing immune populations had little discernable effects on response to radiation therapy, Lyz2-specific loss of Myd88 rendered tumors more susceptible to radiation therapy dependent on CD8+ T cells. scRNAseq revealed gene signatures in myeloid and dendritic cells indicative of enhanced type I and II interferon responses. Together, these data implicate MyD88 signaling in myeloid cells as a critical source of immunosuppression that hinders adaptive immune tumor control following radiation therapy.
Project description:Radiation therapy induces immunogenic cell death in cancer cells, whereby apoptotic cells release endogenous adjuvants that are sensed by immune cells to direct adaptive immune responses. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressed on several immune subtypes recognize these products to direct downstream responses in part via the adapter protein MyD88. Here we use lineage specific deletion of Myd88 to interrogate its contribution to the immune response to radiation therapy in distinct immune populations in pancreatic cancer. While Myd88 deletion in Itgax- and Lck-expressing immune populations had little discernable effects on response to radiation therapy, Lyz2-specific loss of Myd88 rendered tumors more susceptible to radiation therapy dependent on CD8+ T cells. scRNAseq revealed gene signatures in myeloid and dendritic cells indicative of enhanced type I and II interferon responses. Together, these data implicate MyD88 signaling in myeloid cells as a critical source of immunosuppression that hinders adaptive immune tumor control following radiation therapy.