Project description:The main goal of this study was to analyze transcriptional differences between AKP CRC organoids treated or not with chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) by RNA-seq.
Project description:We profiled CRC organoids engineered with different combinations of driver mutations. All organoids were derived from one mouse and then mutations were sequentially introduced by CRISPR Cas9
Project description:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a commonly occurring cancer worldwide. Metastasis and recurrence are the major causes of cancer-related death. CRC progression is a multistep process, and extensive efforts have been made to identify the genomic and transcriptomic alterations that occur during this process. However, whether primary tumors and metastatic lesions possess distinct biological features remains unclear. We established 74 patient-derived organoids (PDOs) from primary tumors and patient-matched metastatic and recurrent lesions.
Project description:Cytotoxic chemotherapy is used to treat many thousands of patients across many cancer types annually. Recent studies have demonstrated that chemotherapy causes systemic response that can be exploited to promote cancer cell survival and dissemination, termed “chemotherapy-induced metastasis. However, there have been no studies investigating how chemotherapy alters the extracellular matrix of breast tumors, or if those changes might help to support metastatic dissemination. Here, we report the first characterization of the chemotherapy-treated breast cancer matrisome using the MMTV-PyMT transgenic mouse model of breast cancer. We identify distinct changes induced by different cytotoxic chemotherapies. In particular, we identify collagen IV as significantly associated with taxane-based chemotherapy treatment. Biological validation confirmed collagen IV as chemotherapy-associated and identified collagen IV-driven Src and FAK signaling as important mediators of invasion in the post-chemotherapy tumor microenvironment.
Project description:Metastasis accounts for 90% of cancer-related deaths, yet the mechanisms by which cancer cells colonize secondary organs remain poorly understood. For breast cancer patients, metastasis to the liver is associated with poor prognosis and a median survival of 6 months. Standard of care is chemotherapy, but recurrence occurs in 30% of patients. Systemic chemotherapy has been shown to induce hepatotoxicity and fibrosis, but how chemotherapy impacts the composition of the liver extracellular matrix (ECM) remains unknown. Individual ECM proteins drive tumor cell proliferation and invasion, features that are essential for metastatic outgrowth in the liver. Here, we characterize the liver ECM of tumor-bearing mice treated with and without chemotherapy using the MMTV-PyMT transgenic model of breast cancer. We identify distinct drug-specific changes induced by commonly used cytotoxic chemotherapies. We identify Collagen V as an ECM protein that is more abundant in livers isolated from paclitaxel-treated mice and identify mechanisms of Collagen V driven invasion via ECM organization and signaling through α1β1 integrins.
Project description:The aim of the experiment is to elucidate changes in tumor heterogeneity upon chemotherapy treatment. The experiment includes non-treated samples, samples right after chemotherapy treatment (FOLFIRI) and organoids recovered from FOLFIRI. It was conducted in two different genetic backgrounds, AKP (Apc KO, KrasG12D and P53 KO) and APS (Apc KO, P53 and Smad4KO). In addition to that, the organoids carry an inducible Cre-ERT2 knock-in allele in the mex3a locus. Upon 4-OH-Tamoxifen induction, Mex3a cells will recombine the tracing allele stop-TdTomato, enabling the tracing of this subpopulation. To understand the fate of the traced cells, samples right after chemotherapy and in the recovery setting were sorted based on their tomato expression. This enables a single cell tracing experiment.
Project description:We performed RNA-Seq on wildtype or PDK2-null human kidney organoids treated with various concentration of QNZ or control. For WT organoid we started QNZ treatment on day8 and harvested the samples on day28. For PKD2 null organoids we started treatment on day13 and harvested the samples on day20 We performed RNA-Seq on PDK2-null human organoid derived cysts treated with various concentration of QNZ or control. We started QNZ treatment on day3 and harvest on day9.