Project description:TRIM28 is a bromodomain protein implicated in the regulation of tumor growth. TRIM28 regulates gene expression by recruiting epigenetic writers including HDACs, SETDB1 and HP1. To determine the role of TRIM28 in melanoma cells we knocked down TRIM28 using lentiviral shRNA constructs followed by gene expression analysis using HTA 2.0 GeneChip.
Project description:Identify transcriptionnally and translationally regulated mRNA in melanoma parental and persister cells In this dataset, we include expression data of A375 melanoma drug-naïve parental cells and A375 melanoma persister cells that survived from BRAF and MEK inhibition. The expression data are studied in both total RNA and polysome-bounded RNA.
Project description:Vemurafenib is a BRAF inhibitor with specificity for the most common BRAF mutant encountered in melanomas (BRAFV600E). Vemurafenib suppresses the proliferation of BRAF mutant human melanoma cells by suppressing downstream activation of the MEK/ERK mitogen activated protein kinases. We used microarrays to examine the transcriptional response of a vemurafenib-sensitive BRAFV600E human melanoma cell line (A375) to vemurafenib in order to further delineate the mechanisms by which BRAFV600E drives cell proliferation and energy metabolism in human melanoma. BRAFV600E A375 human melanoma cells were treated with vehicle (0.1% DMSO) or 10 uM vemurafenib for 24 h after which total RNA was extracted. Cells were prepared and RNA was extracted in 3 separate batches (three different cell stocks on three separate days) providing three independent replicates (n=3). Paired replicates (prepared from the same stock of cells on the same day) are denoted by A, B and C.
Project description:Melanoma tumors are highly metastatic partly due to the ability of melanoma cells to transition between invasive and proliferative states, however, the mechanisms underlying this plasticity are still not fully understood. To identify new epigenetic regulators of melanoma plasticity, we combined data mining, tumor models, proximity proteomics, and CUT&RUN-sequencing. We focused on the druggable family of bromodomain epigenetic readers, and identified TRIM28 as a new regulator of melanoma plasticity. We found that TRIM28 promotes the expression of pro-invasive genes, and that TRIM28 controls the balance between invasiveness and growth of melanoma cells. We demonstrate that TRIM28 acts via the transcription factor JUNB, that directly regulates the expression of pro-invasive and pro-growth genes. Mechanistically, TRIM28 controls the expression of JUNB by negatively regulating its transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase II. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that a TRIM28-JUNB axis controls the balance between invasiveness and growth in melanoma tumors and suggests that the bromodomain protein TRIM28 could be targeted to reduce tumor spread.
Project description:The newly discovered dynamic N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification plays a critical role in gene expression from a post-transcriptional level. we profiled the transcriptome-wide m6A modification in mRNAs and lncRNAs in non-targeting control A375 cells(NC) and METTL3 knockdown A375 cells(shMETTL3). Methylated RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing results revealed that the RNA m6A modification is conserved. METTL3 knockdown altered the expression of RNAs m6A modified sites in A375 cells. Finally, we show that the transcriptome-wide m6A alterations occurring in mRNAs and lncRNAs following METTL3 knockdown suggest this process plays important regulatory roles during A375 growth. This study provides a framework for applying the m6A modification regulated by METTL3 to melanoma research.
Project description:BRAF-inhibitor (BRAFi)-resistance compromises long term survivorship of malignant melanoma patients, and mutant NRAS is a major mediator of BRAFi-resistance. We have employed NanoString nCounterTM transcriptomic analysis of isogenic human malignant melanoma cells that differ only by NRAS mutational status (BRAFi-sensitive A375-BRAFV600E/NRASQ61 versus BRAFi-resistant A375-BRAFV600E/NRASQ61K), identifying modulation of specific gene expression networks as a function of NRASQ61K-status.