Project description:Genome-wide expression analysis of PDPNhigh and PDPNlow subpopulations of human glioblastoma cells The aim of this expression study was to identify genes that are differentially expressed between the two populations and to determine a PDPN-associated gene signature
Project description:Expression of the membrane glycoprotein podoplanin is upregulated in several human cancers and might be associated with their malignant progression. The exact biological function and molecular targets of cancer cell-expressed podoplanin have remained unclear, however. Here, we ectopically overexpressed podoplanin in a human breast carcinoma xenograft model to study its role in cancer progression. To identify molecular mediators of podoplanin-induced effects we compared transcriptional profiles of podoplanin-overexpressing and control tumors. Keywords: comparative transcriptional profiling
Project description:Expression of the membrane glycoprotein podoplanin is upregulated in several human cancers and might be associated with their malignant progression. The exact biological function and molecular targets of cancer cell-expressed podoplanin have remained unclear, however. Here, we ectopically overexpressed podoplanin in a human breast carcinoma xenograft model to study its role in cancer progression. To identify potential molecular mediators of podoplanin-induced effects in the murine tumor stroma we compared transcriptional profiles of podoplanin-overexpressing and control tumors using mouse microarrays. Keywords: comparative transcriptional profiling
Project description:We microprepared native mammary skin resections from healthy female donors (breast size reduction) by a combination of enzymatic and mechanical treatment. The resulting suspensions of single dermal cells were then subjected to FACSorting using antibodies against the lymphovascular marker protein podoplanin and the panendothelial protein CD31 as positive and the leukocytic protein CD45 as negative markers. We aimed at separating lymphatic vascular endothelial cells (LECs) from blood vascular endothelial cells (BECs) in order to characterize their moelcular and functional phenotypes in health and disease. We found that lymphatic endothelial cells consisted of two instead of only one cell population. Their discrimination marker was high versus low expression of podoplanin surface protein, respectively. Especially, the low-podoplanin expressors were undescribed. Thus, we screened for their transcription profile using U133A. We identified specific marker genes and finally have assigned a specific function to the novel LEC subpopulation unknown up to now. Importantly, we did not use lysates from cell culture, but from ex vivo cells. Thus, there was no treatment of cells except processing the samples on ice.
Project description:Mutually exclusive KIT and PDGFRA mutations are considered to be the earliest events in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), but insufficient for their malignant progression. Here, we explored to identify driver genes and signaling pathways relevant to GIST progression. We investigated gene expression along with genetic profiles of 707 driver genes, including mutations, gene fusions, copy number gain or loss, for 65 clinical specimens of surgically dissected GISTs, consisting of 6 metastasis and 59 primary tumors from stomach, small intestine, rectum, and esophagus. Genetic alterations include oncogenic mutations and amplification-dependent expression enhancement for oncogenes (OGs), and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and expression reduction for tumor suppressor genes (TSGs). We assigned activated OGs and inactivated TSGs to 27 signaling pathways, whose activation was compared between malignant GISTs (metastasis and high-risk GISTs) and less malignant GISTs (low- and very low-risk GISTs). Integrative molecular profiling indicated that higher incidence of genetic alterations of driver genes were detected more in malignant GISTs (96%, 22 of 23) than in less malignant GISTs (73%, 24 of 33). The malignant GIST samples showed mutations, LOH, and aberrant expression dominantly in driver genes associated with signaling pathways of PI3K (PIK3CA, AKT1, and PTEN) and cell cycle (RB1, CDK4, and CDKN1B). Additionally, we identified potential PI3K-related genes, whose expression was upregulated (SNAI1 and TPX2) or downregulated (BANK1) in malignant GISTs. Based on our observations, we propose that inhibition of PI3K pathway signals might potentially be an effective therapeutic strategy against malignant progression of GISTs.
Project description:To investigate the function of podoplanin, we established CMM2 and CMM12 canine melanoma cell lines in which podoplanin has been knocked out (KO) by CRISPR/Cas9. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of control and podoplanin KO cell lines.
Project description:To determine the transcriptome changes after podoplanin was knocked down in human lymphatic endothelial cells Human lymphatic endothelial cells were transfected with control siRNA and podoplanin siRNA (N=2 for each group). After 48 hours, total RNA was isolated and processed for RNA-seq.