Project description:The functional role of tumor cell-expressed Angpt2 still remains elusive. Here, we used mouse melanoma cells which have endgeneous Angpt2 expression and invesitgated the functional role of tumor cell-derived Angpt2. Total RNA from control and Angpt2 silenced mouse melanoma cells (RET) was isolated and was further utilized for microarray analysis using Affymetrix Mouse Gene 2.0 ST array.
Project description:CELF1 was silenced in two human melanoma cell lines (SKMEL-103 and UACC-62, indicated as 9M and 17M, respectively) using short hairpin RNA (tag 114). As control scrambled non targeting shControl transduced cell were used (tag 115).
Project description:Malignant melanoma is a common and frequently lethal disease. Current therapeutic interventions have little effect on survival, emphasizing the need for a better understanding of the genetic, epigenetic, and phenotypic changes in melanoma formation and progression. We identified genes that were not previously known to be silenced by methylation in melanoma using a microarray-based screen following treatment of melanoma cell lines with the DNA methylation inhibitor 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Keywords: Expression changes following pharmacological reversal of epigenetic silencing
Project description:Malignant melanoma is a common and frequently lethal disease. Current therapeutic interventions have little effect on survival, emphasizing the need for a better understanding of the genetic, epigenetic, and phenotypic changes in melanoma formation and progression. We identified genes that were not previously known to be silenced by methylation in melanoma using a microarray-based screen following treatment of melanoma cell lines with the DNA methylation inhibitor 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Experiment Overall Design: RNA was isolated following 0 and 48 hours of 5AzadC treatment of melanocytes and six melanoma cell lines (MelJuSo, UACC 903, C8161, Neo6 C8161, WM1205, and WM35) and used for the reexpression microarray analysis.
Project description:Conduct gene profiling experiment from a melanoma cell line which silenced galectin-3 gene expression to understand different phenotypic properties observed during tumor growth. A melanoma cell line which silenced galectin-3 gene expression was obtained. This cell line was used in overexpression experiments, using a galectin-3 coding plasmid. Both galectin-3 negative and positive cells were obtained in syngeneic wild type and galectin-3 knockout mice. Altogether, we had evidence that while galectin-3 derived from the tumor cells impaired tumor growth, galectin-3 derived from stromal cells apparently favored tumor growth. Angiogenic response within tumors derived from galectin-3 expressing melanoma cells was delayed as compared to control conditions. Cells recruited to these distinct microenvironments seem to control tumor growth. Gene profiling of this tissue will allow for an integrative view of the process that was somehow orchestrated by galectin-3.