Project description:To explore the distinct mechanism of KRAS G12V and G12D mutation. We used microarray to explore the distinct differences in gene expression profiles of H838 KRAS mutation isogenic cell lines
Project description:RAS-MAPK activating mutations in NRAS, KRAS and PTPN11 were present in 24/55 (44%) cases in our series of diangosis and relapsed ALL. To evaluate the specific role of RAS-MAPK activating mutations in chemotherapy resistance in ALL we used primary isogenic leukemia cells expressing either Kras wild type or a mutant oncogenic form of Kras (Kras G12D) Mechanistically, functional dissection of Kras wild type and mutant Kras (Kras G12D) isogenic ALL cells demonstrated induction of methotrexate resistance, but also improved response to vincristine, in mutant Kras-expressing ALL cells. These results pave the road for the development of tailored personalized therapies for the treatment of relapsed ALL
Project description:KRAS is one of the most frequently mutated genes across all cancer subtypes. Two of the most frequent oncogenic KRAS mutations observed in patients result in glycine to aspartic acid substitution at either codon 12 (G12D) or 13 (G13D). Although the biochemical differences between these two predominant mutations are not fully understood, distinct clinical features of the resulting tumors suggest involvement of disparate signaling mechanisms. When we compared the global and phosphotyrosine proteomic profiles of isogenic colorectal cancer cell lines bearing either G12D or G13D KRAS mutation, we observed both shared as well as unique signaling events induced by the two KRAS mutations.
Project description:Since both KRAS mutations and LKB1 inactivating alterations affect cellular metabolism, it seems propitious to discern metabolic effects induced by the single oncogenic events from those elicited by their co-occurrence, with the ultimate aim to potentially exploit metabolic dependencies for novel therapeutic modalities. With these considerations in mind, we knocked-out the LKB1 gene in well-characterized NSCLC cell clones harboring KRAS WT or mutant G12C proteins (13,30). We obtained an isogenic system in which KRAS mutation and LKB1 inactivation were individually or concomitantly present. The effects of the genetic lesions individually or together on cell metabolism were investigated in these isogenic NSCLC cells by means of an integrated survey of proteomics, stable and dynamic metabolomics and functional in-vitro strategies.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression in murine Kras mutant (LLC, AE17, MC38, FULA1) and Kras wildtype cell lines (B16F10, PANO2, CULA). First gene expression of benign cells and tissue ( BMDM, TEC, LUNG, BMMC) was subtracted from both Kras mutant or Kras wildtype gene expression profiles. Second Kras mutant gene expression was compared to Kras wildtype gene expression. Cell lines expressing genetically modified Kras gene were included in the analysis. Genetic modification was either done by overexpression of mutant KRAS harboring a G12C mutation or silencing with shRNA targeting Kras. shControl cell lines were used also as wildtype samples in different analysis presented in the manuscript except MC38 ( run on chip MoGene_1.0).
Project description:The cytokine IL-22 promotes tumor progression in murine models of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the clinical significance of IL-22 in human CRC remained unclear. Using a rigorous discovery/verification analysis of tumor gene expression from over 1,000 patients, we discovered that among CRC patients with high expression of either or both subunits of the heterodimeric IL-22 receptor, KRAS mutation confers poor prognosis. Analysis of human CRC cell lines and primary tumor organoids, including a DLD-1 isogenic cell line pair that differed only in KRAS mutation status, showed that IL-22 and mutant KRAS cooperatively enhance cancer cell proliferation. The purpose of this study was to identify unique mechanisms of interaction between IL-22 signaling and mutant KRAS. Taking advantage of the DLD-1 isogenic pair with match IL-22 receptor expression, differing only in the presence or absence of mutant KRAS global transcriptomic changes were explored in an unbiased manner following IL-22 stimulation. RNA-sequencing was performed on DLD-1 isogenic cells stimulated with 10ng/mL IL-22 for 2h to identify early transcriptional changes and after 24h to explore late changes. Given that IL-6 receptor expression does not interact with mutant KRAS in a prognostically significant manner, nor did it enhance proliferation in KRAS mutant versus WT cells, DLD-1 isogenic cells were also stimulated with 10ng/mL IL-6 for 2 and 24h to identify pathways uniquely regulated by IL-22 and not IL-6.
Project description:The goal of this study was to determine genes affected by expressing KRAS mutation (G12V) in NCI-H1703 cells This data was used in Meng Wang et. al. Cancer Research 2016 to determine the alterations of gene expression profiling associated with expression of KRAS mutation (G12V). The experiment uses a pBABE-Puro vector encoding KRAS G12V and a corresponding empty vector control.