Project description:High-throughput phenotype-based screening of large libraries of compounds can identify small molecules that elicit a desired cellular response, but additional approaches are required to find and characterize their targets and mechanisms of action. Here we show that a compound termed lung cancer screen 3 (LCS3), previously selected for its ability to impair the growth of human lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) cell lines, but not normal lung cells, induces oxidative stress and activates the NRF2 signaling pathway by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) in sensitive LUAD cell lines. To identify the effector that mediates this effect, we applied thermal proteome profiling (TPP) and uncovered the disulfide reductases GSR and TXNRD1 as LCS3 targets. Through enzymatic assays using purified protein, we confirmed that LCS3 inhibits disulfide reductase activity through a reversible, uncompetitive mechanism. Further, we demonstrate that LCS3-sensitive LUAD cells are correspondingly sensitive to the synergistic inhibition of glutathione and thioredoxin pathways. Lastly, a genome-wide CRISPR screen identified the loss of NQO1 as a mechanism of LCS3 resistance. This work highlights the power of TPP to uncover targets of small molecules identified by high-throughput screens and demonstrates the potential utility of inhibiting disulfide reductases in treatment of LUAD.
Project description:Circ101093 was knocked down in A549 LUAD cell lines, and overexpressed in H1975 LUAD cell lines. Then, downregulated proteins in A549 cell lines and upregulated proteins in H1975 cell lines were analyzed.
Project description:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of regulatory molecules whose role in lung carcinogenesis is poorly understood. In this study, we profiled lncRNA expression in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) cell lines, compared their expression to that of purified alveolar epithelial type II cells (the purported cell of origin for LUAD), cross-referenced these with lncRNAs altered in primary human tumors, and interrogated for lncRNA whose expression correlated with patient survival. We identified LINC00261, a lncRNA with unknown function in LUAD, adjacent to the pioneering transcription factor FOXA2. Loss of LINC00261 was observed in multiple tumor types, including liver, breast, and gastric cancer. Reintroduction of LINC00261 into human LUAD cell lines inhibited cell migration and slowed proliferation by inducing a G2/M cell cycle arrest while upregulating DNA damage pathway genes and inducing phosphorylation-mediated activation of components of the DNA damage pathway. FOXA2 was able to induce LINC00261 expression, and the entire locus underwent hypermethylation in LUAD, leading to loss of expression. We have thus identified an epigenetically deregulated lncRNA, whose loss of expression in LUAD promotes the malignant phenotype and blocks activation of the DNA damage machinery, predisposing lung cells to cancer development.
Project description:<p><a href="https://cptac-data-portal.georgetown.edu/study-summary/S056" target="_blank">Proteogenomics of Lung Adenocarcinoma, Gillette et al., 2020 publication is here</a><br><br>Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in the United States and in 2019 it is estimated that there will be over 228,000 new cases (<a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/non-small-cell-lung-cancer/about/key-statistics.html" target="_blank">American Cancer Society</a>). There are two main types, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A majority of patients (85%) have NSCLC, with a significant portion of those individuals having a histological subtype lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364287" target="_blank">Herbst et al., 2018 Nature</a>. To advance the proteogenomic understanding of LUAD, the CPTAC program has investigated 111 tumors, (with 102 tumors paired with normal adjacent tissue samples) and subjected these samples to global proteome and phosphoproteome analysis. An optimized workflow for mass spectrometry of tissues using isobaric tags (TMT (tandem mass tags)-10) was used (<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988108" target="_blank">Mertins et al., Nature Protocols 2018</a>). Proteome and phosphoproteome data from the LUAD discovery cohort is available below along with peptide spectrum matches (PSMs) and protein summary reports from the CPTAC common data analysis pipeline (CDAP).</p><p><em>Clinical Data</em> for LUAD tumors are provided below. Updates will be available as the LUAD cohort characterization proceeds.<br><em>Genomic Data</em> for LUAD tumors is available from the NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC), <a href="https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov/projects/CPTAC-3" target="_blank">here</a><br><em>Imaging Data</em> for LUAD tumors is available from NCI, The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), <a href="https://wiki.cancerimagingarchive.net/display/Public/CPTAC-LUAD" target="_blank">here</a><br>This release includes over 4500 files and 914 GB of data.</p>
<ul><li>Dataset imported into MassIVE from <a href="https://cptac-data-portal.georgetown.edu/study-summary/S046">https://cptac-data-portal.georgetown.edu/study-summary/S046</a> on 01/29/21</li></ul>
Project description:Despite being the leading cause of lung cancer death, the underlying molecular mechanisms driving metastasis progression are still not fully understood. tRNAs can generate a group of 18-40nt small RNA fragments named tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs) or tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs). Transfer RNA-derived fragments (tRFs) have been implicated in various biological processes in cancer. However, the role of tRFs in the development and progression of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains unclear. In the present study, we hypothesized that certain tRFs might become induced during LUAD metastatic progression. In this study, micropapillary and solid component was defined as high-risk, other component was defined as low-risk and adjcent tissue was defined as normal control. Our data revealed a series of dysregulated tRFs in 3 paired LUAD high-risk tissues, low-risk tissues and normal controls.
Project description:To plot the R-loop landscape of LUAD cells, we conducted DRIP-seq using S9.6, an anti-DNA/RNA hybrid antibody.We next tested the effect of FANCI deficiency on R-loop distribution and found that FANCI knockout clearly altered the R-loop landscape, showing a strong loss trend.Our analysis revealed that changes in R-loop distribution mediated by FANCI deficiency blocks the activity of the Ras signaling pathway, thereby suppressing tumor-cell proliferation and dissemination. Importantly, our study highlights the causal role of FANCI-mediated changes in R-loop distribution that leads to LUAD development