Project description:The methyltransferase Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), composed of EZH2, SUZ12, and EED subunits, is associated with transcriptional repression via tri-methylation of histone H3 on lysine 27 residue (H3K27me3). PRC2 is a validated drug target, as the EZH2 gain-of-function mutations identified in patient samples drive tumorigenesis. PRC2 inhibitors have been discovered and demonstrated anti-cancer efficacy in clinic. However, their pharmacological mechanisms are poorly understood. MAK683 is a potent EED inhibitor in clinical development. The overall goal of our study is to understand the molecular events leading to tumor regression after PRC2 inhibition. Our study revealed that multiple senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) genes, such as Gata4, Mmp2/10, Itga2 and Gbp1, are derepressed upon PRC2 inhibition and contribute to decreased Ki67+, ECM reorganization, inflammation and tumor regression even in Cdkn2a/p16 knockout tumor.
Project description:The methyltransferase Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), composed of EZH2, SUZ12, and EED subunits, is associated with transcriptional repression via tri-methylation of histone H3 on lysine 27 residue (H3K27me3). PRC2 is a validated drug target, as the EZH2 gain-of-function mutations identified in patient samples drive tumorigenesis. PRC2 inhibitors have been discovered and demonstrated anti-cancer efficacy in clinic. However, their pharmacological mechanisms are poorly understood. MAK683 is a potent EED inhibitor in clinical development. The overall goal of our study is to understand the molecular events leading to tumor regression after PRC2 inhibition. Our study revealed that BMP-ACVR1 signaling pathway as a critical component for the anti-lymphoma efficacy of PRC2 inhibitor.
Project description:The methyltransferase Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), composed of EZH2, SUZ12, and EED subunits, is associated with transcriptional repression via tri-methylation of histone H3 on lysine 27 residue (H3K27me3). PRC2 is a validated drug target, as the EZH2 gain-of-function mutations identified in patient samples drive tumorigenesis. PRC2 inhibitors have been discovered and demonstrated anti-cancer efficacy in clinic. However, their pharmacological mechanisms are poorly understood. MAK683 is a potent EED inhibitor in clinical development. The overall goal of our study is to understand the molecular events leading to tumor regression after PRC2 inhibition. Our study revealed that multiple senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) genes, such as Gata4, Mmp2/10, Itga2 and Gbp1, are derepressed upon PRC2 inhibition and contribute to decreased Ki67+, ECM reorganization, inflammation and tumor regression even in Cdkn2a/p16 knockout tumor.
Project description:The methyltransferase Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), composed of EZH2, SUZ12, and EED subunits, is associated with transcriptional repression via tri-methylation of histone H3 on lysine 27 residue (H3K27me3). PRC2 is a validated drug target, as the EZH2 gain-of-function mutations identified in patient samples drive tumorigenesis. PRC2 inhibitors have been discovered and demonstrated anti-cancer efficacy in clinic. However, their pharmacological mechanisms are poorly understood. MAK683 is a potent EED inhibitor in clinical development. The overall goal of our study is to understand the molecular events leading to tumor regression after PRC2 inhibition. Our study revealed that BMP-ACVR1 signaling pathway as a critical component for the anti-lymphoma efficacy of PRC2 inhibitor.
Project description:Panobinostat is a non-selective histone deactylase inhibitor which has been approved by FDA for treatment of mutiple myeloma. Whether and how the drug works on glioblastoma remains unclear. Here we treated mice implanted with patient derived xenograft glioblastoma G43 with DMSO or Panobinostat and harvest the tumors for microarray analysis for gene expression results.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling was conducted on RNA from 8 xenograft L2987lung tumor tissue samples to identify genes affected by treatment with a VEGFR-2 small molecule inhibitor Experiment Overall Design: Baseline and 14 days post treatement gene expression profiling was performed using 8 xenograft L2987 lung tumor tissue samples to identify genes affected by a VEGFR-2 small molecule inhibitor