Project description:EMT is associated with profound epigenetic regualtion. 5hMC is the first product of TET-dependent DNA methylation product. chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) provide a tool to define the changes of 5hmC at the genome level. Chromatin immunoprecipitation DNA-sequencing (ChIP-seq) for 5hMC in HMLE cells.
Project description:Snail and Twist are two EMT inducer, expression of Snail or Twist will induce EMT in HMLE and MCF10A cells. By introducing Snail or Twist in HMLE and MCF10A cells, which lack the expression of these two proteins, will identify the genes are induced during EMT. We used microarray analysis to compare the gene expression profiles between the mammamry epithleial cells and the cells undergone EMT.
Project description:Twist is a key EMT inducer, expression of Twist will induce EMT in HMLE and breast tumor T47D cells By expressing Twist in HMLE and T47D cells, which lack the expression of Twist, will identify the genes regulated by Twist
Project description:Twist is a key EMT inducer, expression of Twist will induce EMT in HMLE and breast tumor T47D cells By expressing Twist in HMLE and T47D cells, which lack the expression of Twist, will identify the genes regulated by Twist Expressing Twist in HMLE and T47D cells, stable clones were selected and treated with BET inhibitor JQ1 and RNA were prepared for microarray analysis
Project description:The power of our genome-wide survey lies in that we were able to query chromatin accessibility changes concurrently with those in DNA methylation. We identified both opening and closing events, predominantly independent of DNA methylation, in both systems. Our results have powerful implications for future basic and clinical research on this developmental process and its resurfacing during cancer cell metastasis. To address epigenetic changes that mediate EMT, we used two models in the human system: EMT induced by the transcriptional repressor Twist as well as EMT induced by TGF-beta. We performed AcceSssIble on these cells at several time points through the course of the transition and identified genes that need to be repressed to allow for the process.
Project description:Grainyhead genes are involved in wound healing and developmental neural tube closure. In light of the high degree of similarity between the epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) occurring in wound healing processes and the cancer stem cell-like compartment of tumors, including TGF-β-dependence, we investigated the role of a Grainyhead gene (GRHL2) in oncogenic EMT. Grainyhead was specifically down-regulated in the claudin-low subclass of mammary tumors and in the basal-B subclass of breast cancer cell lines. Functionally, GRHL2 suppressed TGF-β-induced, Twist-induced or spontaneous EMT, enhanced anoikis-sensitivity, and suppressed mammosphere generation in mammary epithelial cells. These effects were mediated, in part, by its suppression of ZEB1 expression, through direct repression of the ZEB1 promoter. GRHL2 also inhibited Smad-mediated transcription, and up-regulated mir200b/c as well as the TGF-β receptor antagonist, BMP2. The expression of GRHL2 in the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 triggered a mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition and sensitized the cells to anoikis. These results indicate that GRHL2 is a suppressor of the oncogenic EMT. 3 biologic replicates for each cell line. Comparison of HMLE+Twist-ER cells expressing GRHL2/pMIG vs. HMLE+Twist-ER cells expressing empty pMIG.
Project description:Genomewide mapping of Drosophila Twist protein binding during embryonic development. Two consecutive timepoints (2-4 and 4-6 hrs after egg-laying) were assayed in four independent repeats each. Two different antibodies were used to precipitate the Twist protein. Additionally, preimmune-serum was used as a control. The enriched DNA was hybridized to custom designed tiling arrays optimized for assaying all E-box motifs outside repetitive or coding regions of the Drosophila melanogaster genome (average gap size = 290 bps).
Project description:We quantified protein expression changes between epithelial and mesechymal stages in immortalized human mammary epithelial cells (HMLE). Epithelial–mesenchymal transition is induced by expressing an EMT-TF, Twist.
Project description:The breast cancer cell line MCF-7 was engineered to overexpress the Twist gene resulting in the MCF-7/Twist cell line. To study which miRNA are regulated by Twist, we employed whole genome microarray expression profiling and compared miRNA expression between MCF-7/Twist and MCF-7 cells.
Project description:Genomewide mapping of D. melanogaster Twist protein binding during embryonic development. Three consecutive timepoints (2-4, 4-6, 6-8 hrs after egg-laying) were assayed in two independent repeats each. Two different antibodies were used to precipitate the Twist protein. Additionally the respective preimmune-serum was used as a control for every precipitation. The enriched DNA was hybridized to high density Affymetrix GeneChip Drosophila Tiling 1.0R array.