Project description:Genome wide methylation profiling of SUM159PT NNMT WT, KOs and KOd cells. The Illumina human Infinium Methylation EPIC BeadChip was used to measure global DNA methylation on CpG from 850 k probes. Samples include three experimental replicates from each cell line.
Project description:The cellular heterogeneity within a tumor can be determined by core genetic and epigenetic programs that operate in certain cells (tumor initiating cells – TICs), providing them with the degree of plasticity needed for induction of metastasis and resistance to therapy. Here we show that the metabolic enzyme nicotinamide N-methyl transferase (NNMT) promotes TIC plasticity in Estrogen Receptor (ER) alpha negative breast cancer. NNMT downregulation delays tumor formation and its full depletion impairs metastasis formation in mice. Mechanistically, NNMT loss increases deposition of H3K9-me2/3 and H3K27-me3 at the promoter of genes involved in stem cell regulation, shutting down their expression and upregulating luminal differentiation genes. This study reveals a major function of NNMT in maintaining core epigenetic programmes that promote TIC self-renewal and metastasis and that repress luminal differentiation.
Project description:RNAseq was performed by to compare gene expression between wildtype and Smchd1 KO ES cells, the gene expression pattern in Dux KO mutants , Double KO mutant Tet-TKO mutants and Tet TKO plus SMCKHD1 KO mutants were analyzed by RNAseq.
Project description:Analysis of gene expression in human CAFs with control (shCtrl) or shRNA against NNMT (shNNMT) expression or normal fibroblasts expressing control (Ctrl) or NNMT overexpression (NNMT) constructs. Cells were infected with lentivirus to express the indicated shRNA construct. Hypothesis is that knockdown of NNMT will affect expression of genes via regulation of histone methylation status.