Project description:Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of death among all gynecological malignancies due to high rate of disease relapse. Disease relapse in cancer patients after clinical remission are often referred to tumor dormancy. Here we identify the RNA polymerase II transcriptional Mediator subunit 12 (MED12) as an important molecular regulator of tumor dormancy. We found that MED12 knock-out (KO) could induce dormancy of EOC cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, microarray analysis showed that MED12 KO decreased the expression of EGFR. Hierarchical cluster assays of the differentially expressed genes between MED12 WT and KO single clones of SKOV3 and HO8910 cells.
Project description:Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of death among all gynecological malignancies due to high rate of disease relapse. Disease relapse in cancer patients after clinical remission are often referred to tumor dormancy. Here we identify the RNA polymerase II transcriptional Mediator subunit 12 (MED12) as an important molecular regulator of tumor dormancy. We found that MED12 knock-out (KO) could induce dormancy of EOC cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, microarray analysis showed that MED12 KO decreased the expression of EGFR. Hierarchical cluster assays of the differentially expressed genes between SKOV3 KO1#_Vector and SKOV3 KO1#_MED12 cells
Project description:Background: Loss of RNA Pol II transcription Mediator components like CCNC, MED12 led to improved survival of PARPi-treated and untreated BRCA2-depleted cells. Mediator is best known for its function with RNA Pol II in regulating gene transcription, we performed total mRNA-Seq with control and BRCA2-depleted CCNC- and MED12-KO cells. The aim of the present prospective study was to reveal how the gene expression is altered in both parental and BRCA2-depleted CCNC- and MED12-KO cells which might contribute to the PARPi resistance in BRCA2 depleted cells. Methods: HEK293A BRCA2 CKI mAID-EGFP WT, CCNC-KO, and MED12-KO with or without BRCA2 depletion cells (each with two biological replicates) were collected and total RNA was extracted and subjected to RNA-seq at HiSeq3000 (Illumina). Results: Based on the transcriptomic data, we examined differentially expressed genes and performed KEGG pathway enrichment analysis.The results suggested that in both control and BRCA2-depleted CCNC- and MED12-knockout cells, several signaling pathways like the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta signaling pathway and extracellular matrix (ECM)-receptor interaction pathway et al were activated which probably facilitate cell proliferation upon BRCA2 loss. Conclusions: Our results imply that TGF-beta signaling and other signaling pathways such as the ECM-receptor interaction pathway which play roles in the regulation of cellular functions such as proliferation, adhesion, apoptosis, differentiation and migration, may together contribute to the involvement of CCNC and MED12 in drug resistance.
Project description:mRNAseq and proteomic data set of one week old WT (Chop wt/wt CkmmCre wt/wt Dars2 fl/fl), Chop KO (Chop ko/ko CkmmCre wt/wt Dars2 fl/fl), Dars2 KO (Chop wt/wt CkmmCre tg/wt Dars2 fl/fl) and DKO (Chop ko/ko CkmmCre tg/wt Dars2 fl/fl) mice
Project description:PPARg is a nuclear receptor that plays an important role in lipid metabolism, homeostasis and immunity. Microarray analysis of gene expression was performed in macrophages from WT and PPARg KO mice. Differentially expressed genes were selected for further analysis. RNA from WT and PPARg KO macrophages was purified for hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. Peritoneal macrophages were harvest from WT and PPARg KO mice 3 days after intraperitoneal injection of 2.5ml of 3% thioglycollate.
Project description:Fezf2 is highly and specifically expressed in mTECs in mouse thymus and Fezf2 deficiency (Fezf2 KO) in the thymus leads to autoimmunity. However, it is unclear how Fezf2 contributes to thymic gene expression. We collected WT and Fezf2 KO mTECs by FACS, and performed microarrays to determine genes regulated by Fezf2. mTECs were subjected to RNA extraction (from WT or Fezf2 KO mTECs) and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells were studied to profile the expression of wild type (WT, Cisplatin Susceptible) cells and Cisplatin Resistant (CR) cells. The goal was to gain insights or to build hypotheses into the mechanisms of Cisplatin resistance in this cell-based model.