Project description:The goal of this study was to determine differentially regulated pathways in neuroendocrine cells (SK-N-SH, BON-1, QGP-1) that over-expressed full length or exon 1 deleted MAML3 compared with vector control.
Project description:To identify novel regulators of the Hippo pathway, we performed affinity purification-mass spectrometry (AP-MS) using Drosophila embryos overexpressing Yki-EGFP with a ubiquitous driver da-GAL4, as well as cultured S2 cells expressing Yki-SBP. We identified the core Hippo pathway components, multiple Hippo pathway regulators and functional groups, and several putative Yki interactors including Bonus (Bon). To identify additional cofactors that are recruited by Bon, we performed AP-MS using Bon-SBP expressed in Drosophila S2 cells. Further genetic tests revealed the involvement of Bon interactors, HDAC1, Su(var)2-10, and Hrb27C, in the Drosophila eye specification that is regulated by the Yki-Bon complex.
Project description:BON-1 cells were co-cultured with different amounts of CAFs. BON-1 cells were then isolated from the co-culture system by flow cytometry. RNA-seq analyses were performed to examine the expression profile.
Project description:Hyperosmotic stress caused by drought and salinity is a significant environmental threat that limits plant growth and agricultural productivity. Osmotic stress induces diverse responses in plants including Ca2+ signaling, accumulation of the stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA), reprogramming of gene expression, and altering growth. Despite intensive investigation, no global regulators of all of these responses have been identified. Here, we show that the Ca2+-responsive phospholipid binding BONZAI (BON) proteins are critical for all of these osmotic stress responses. A Ca2+-imaging-based forward genetic screen identified a loss-of-function bon1 mutant with a reduced cytosolic Ca2+ signal in response to hyperosmotic stress. The loss-of-function mutants of the BON1 gene family, bon1bon2bon3, are impaired in the induction of gene expression and ABA accumulation in response to osmotic stress. In addition, the bon mutants are hypersensitive to osmotic stress in growth inhibition. BON genes have been shown to negatively regulate plant immune responses mediated by intracellular immune receptor NLR genes including SNC1. We found that the defects of the bon mutants in osmotic stress responses were suppressed by mutations in the NLR gene SNC1 or the immunity regulator PAD4. Our findings indicate that NLR signaling represses osmotic stress responses and that BON proteins suppress NLR signaling to enable global osmotic stress responses in plants.
Project description:Mechanisms of neuroendocrine tumor (NET) proliferation are poorly understood and therapies that effectively control NET progression and metastatic disease are limited. We found amplification of a putative oncogene, RABL6A, in primary human pancreatic NETs (PNETs) that correlated with high level RABL6A protein expression. Consistent with those results, stable silencing of RABL6A in cultured BON-1 PNET cells revealed that it is essential for their proliferation and survival. Cells lacking RABL6A predominantly arrested in G1 phase with a moderate mitotic block. Pathway analysis of microarray data suggested activation of the p53 and retinoblastoma (Rb1) tumor suppressor pathways in the arrested cells. Specific inactivation of p53 had no effect on the RABL6A knockdown phenotype, indicating RABL6A functions independent of p53 in this setting. By comparison, Rb1 inactivation restored G1 to S phase progression in RABL6A knockdown cells although it was insufficient to override the mitotic arrest and cell death caused by RABL6A loss. Thus, RABL6A promotes G1 progression in PNET cells by inactivating Rb1, an established suppressor of PNET proliferation and development. This work identifies RABL6A as a new negative regulator of Rb1 that is essential for PNET proliferation and survival. We suggest RABL6A is a new potential biomarker and target for anticancer therapy in PNET patients. Total RNA obtained from human BON-1 PNET cells with RABL6A shRNA knockdown compared to BON-1 cells expressing control vector.
Project description:Purpose: ASA404 (Vadimezan) belongs to a class of agents with disrupting properties against tumor vasculature, which is partly mediated by TNFM-NM-1-signaling. Our aim was to investigate the potential therapeutic applicability of ASA404 against endocrine tumors. Experimental Design: We determined anti-tumoral effects in preclinical models of neuroendocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system [1] and adrenocortical cancer (NCI-H295R) by histology and immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, we characterized these models with their clearly different responsiveness regarding TNFM-NM-1 synthesis and signaling. Results: Upon treatment of tumor bearing mice significant anti-tumoral effects, an increase in TNFM-NM-1 as well as TNFM-NM-1-specific activation of downstream signaling were evident in the BON tumor model while no comparable effects were detectable for NCI-H295R. Two important modulator of TNFM-NM-1-signaling, toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR-4) and its adaptor protein LY96 were found highly expressed in BON tumors and transgenic expression in NCI-H295R partly restored TNFM-NM-1 responsiveness. Furthermore, expression of IRAK2-kinase, which has recently been linked to TLR-4-signaling as a mediator of sustained TNFM-NM-1 release was induced upon TNFM-NM-1-treatment in BON, but not in NCI-H295R cells. Finally, we identified TNFAIP3/A20, a member of an inhibitory feedback-loop downstream of both investigated signaling cascades, as overexpressed in the adrenocortical carcinoma tumor model. Subsequent analyses of clinical patient samples confirmed a correlation between tumor TNFAIP3 expression levels and overall survival in patients with ACC. Conclusions: Taken together our findings provide evidence that modulation of TNFM-NM-1-signaling could be of relevance both for the clinical course of ACC patients and as a marker of treatment response. BON or NCI-H295R tumor cells were treated in-vitro with TNFalpha and compared to unstimulated cells
Project description:H3K27me3 ChIP-seq was performed on: 1) untreated SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells (day 0) 2) vincristine-treated SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells (7 days of treatment - day 7) 3) vincristine-treated SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells (7 days of treatment + 7 days of recover - day 14)
Project description:The canonical function of the Hippo signaling pathway is the regulation of organ growth. How this pathway controls cell fate determination is less well understood. Here, we identify a function of the Hippo pathway in cell fate decisions in the developing Drosophila eye, exerted through the interaction of Yorkie (Yki) with the transcriptional regulator Bonus (Bon), an ortholog of mammalian Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1/tripartite motif (TIF1/TRIM) family proteins. Instead of controlling tissue growth, Yki and Bon promote epidermal and antennal fates at the expense of the eye fate. Proteomic, transcriptomic, and genetic analyses reveal that Yki and Bon control these cell fate decisions by recruiting transcriptional and post-transcriptional co-regulators, and by repressing Notch target genes and activating epidermal differentiation genes. Our work expands the range of functions and regulatory mechanisms under Hippo pathway control.
Project description:We analyzed the chromatin occupancies of active (H3K27ac and H3K4me3) and repressive (H3K27me3) histone marks in adrenergic (SH-SY5Y parental) and mesenchymal (SH-SY5Y LDK-resistant and SH-EP) neuroblastoma cells.