Project description:SNAIL, which is a key factor in EMT, has high expression levels in the gastric spheres. To investigate SNAIL-regulated genes, we knocked down this gene in the gastric cancer cell line HGC-27 and compared the gene expression of these cells with those of the parental cells by microarray.
Project description:Analysis of mouse ovarian cancer cell line HM-1 transfected with shRNA targeting Snail, an EMT inducer. Anti-tumor immuty in state of EMT remains unclear. We focused on Snail, a major EMT inducer, and explored the influence of Snail on immune ivasion into ovarian tumors by generating Snail knockdown cell line. Elucidating the mechanisms of Snail-induced immune evasion will lead to the development of novel treatment strategies for tumor undergoing EMT.
Project description:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is in the highlights as a significant role in tumor progression and invasion. Snail was known as the one of regulators of EMT in various malignant tumors. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Snail on invasiveness/migratory ability of gastric cancer cell lines and clinicopathological and prognostic significance of Snail over-expression using immunohistochemistry in tissue microarray of 314 gastric adenocarcinomas (GC). Differential gene expression in Snail over-expressed GC was investigated using cDNA microarray analysis. Silencing of Snail by ShRNA induced decreased of invasion, migration of gastric cancer cell lines. In contrast, over-expression of Snail induced increased invasiveness and migratory ability of gastric cancer cell lines in accordance increase of VEGF and MMP11. Furthermore, the over-expression of Snail (≥75% nuclear staining of Snail) was significantly associated with tumor progression (p<0.0001), lymph node metastases (p=0.002), lymphovascular invasion (p=0.002), and perineural invasion (p=0.002) in 314 GC patient. Snail over-expression was also associated with poor prognosis (shorter survival) in GC patients (p=0.023). cDNA microarray revealed 213 differential expressed genes in Snail over-expressed GC tissues, including genes related to metastasis, invasion. Based on above results, it was suggested that Snail plays a significant role in invasiveness/migratory ability of GCs. In addition, Snail might be used to predictive biomarker for evaluation of prognosis or aggressiveness in GCs.
Project description:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is in the highlights as a significant role in tumor progression and invasion. Snail was known as the one of regulators of EMT in various malignant tumors. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Snail on invasiveness/migratory ability of gastric cancer cell lines and clinicopathological and prognostic significance of Snail over-expression using immunohistochemistry in tissue microarray of 314 gastric adenocarcinomas (GC). Differential gene expression in Snail over-expressed GC was investigated using cDNA microarray analysis. Silencing of Snail by ShRNA induced decreased of invasion, migration of gastric cancer cell lines. In contrast, over-expression of Snail induced increased invasiveness and migratory ability of gastric cancer cell lines in accordance increase of VEGF and MMP11. Furthermore, the over-expression of Snail (?75% nuclear staining of Snail) was significantly associated with tumor progression (p<0.0001), lymph node metastases (p=0.002), lymphovascular invasion (p=0.002), and perineural invasion (p=0.002) in 314 GC patient. Snail over-expression was also associated with poor prognosis (shorter survival) in GC patients (p=0.023). cDNA microarray revealed 213 differential expressed genes in Snail over-expressed GC tissues, including genes related to metastasis, invasion. Based on above results, it was suggested that Snail plays a significant role in invasiveness/migratory ability of GCs. In addition, Snail might be used to predictive biomarker for evaluation of prognosis or aggressiveness in GCs. 48 primary gastric adenocarcinoma fresh frozen tissues were used for microarray. All the tissues were obtained after curative resection after pathologic confirm at Pusan National University Hospital (PNUH, Busan, Korea) and Cheonnam University Hospital (CNUH, Cheonnam, Korea). Microarray experiment and data analysis were done at Cancer research institute, PNUH, Busan, Korea.
Project description:To access oncogenic roles of TEAD4 in gastric cancer, TEAD4-regulated genes were investigated using a SNU216 cell line in which TEAD4 expression was knockdown by shRNA.
Project description:To access oncogenic roles of TEAD4 in gastric cancer, TEAD4-regulated genes were investigated using a SNU216 cell line in which TEAD4 expression was knockdown by shRNA. To compare control to TEAD4 knockdown cell, total RNA was extracted from two cell lines generated by non-silencing shRNA control and TEAD4 knockdown.
Project description:The transcription factor Snail has been proposed to mediate epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and confer mesenchymal invasive phenotype to epithelial cancer cells To analyze the molecular effects of ectopic Snail expression on an epithelial breast cancer cell line, gene expression profiles of MCF-7 cells transfected to overexpress Snail-6SA variant (MCF-7-Snail) and MCF-7 cells transfected with control plasmid (MCF-7-control) were compared. Development of the cell lines has been previously reported by Zhou et al. (PMID: 15448698).