Project description:To further identify the downstream target of CD44-dependent lamellipodia formation during luminal type BrCa progression, we firstly established a stable cell line by transfection of CD44 cDNA into MCF7 cells which expresses low level of CD44. Then we used RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) to compare mRNA expression profiles between the MCF7vector and MCF7CD44 cells.
Project description:Desmocollin-1 (DSC1) is a desmosomal transmembrane glycoprotein that maintains cell-to-cell adhesion. DSC1 was previously associated with lymph node metastasis of luminal A breast tumors and was found to increase metastatic potential of MCF7 cells in vitro. To delineate DSC1 role in breast cancer metastasis and evaluate possibilities of DSC1 modulation, we investigated the effect of DSC1 overexpression on morphology, cell survival, transcriptome, proteome and interactome of MCF7 cells, a luminal A breast cancer model, stably transduced with lentiviral vector carrying DSC1 gene (MCF7-DSC1-GFP). We moreover identified inhibitor parthenolide to decrease DSC1 protein levels and to modulate the molecular mechanisms associated with DSC1 in MCF7 cells. This PRIDE project includes quantitative analysis results for the total proteome LC-DIA-MS/MS experiment evaluating DSC1 overexpression and parthenolide treatment in MCF7 breast cancer cell line, and results of pulldown analysis of DSC1-interacting proteins in MCF7 cells with and without parthenolide treatment.
Project description:To better understand the tumour-modelling efficacy of cell lines, we performed RNA-seq analyses on 2D and 3D cultures of tumourigenic MCF7 and non-tumourigenic MCF10A and augmented our data with published datasets. To our knowledge, this was the first RNA-seq dataset comprising 2D and 3D cultures of MCF7 and MCF10A within the same experiment. We then compared tumourigenesis within cell lines (MCF7-vs-MCF10A) and tumourigenesis within clinical tissues (Luminal A-vs-Normal) from the TCGA-BRCA dataset and considered whether the same cancer-related processes could be observed.
Project description:The MCF7 cell line represents a typical epithelial cell line and corresponds to luminal A breast cancer (estrogen-responsive). Overexpression of HAX1 was demonstrated in MCF7 cell line as well as in breast cancer samples, suggesting a role of HAX1 in breast cancer progression. HAX1 is a 32-kDa protein of unknown structure, involved in the regulation of apoptosis, cell migration and calcium homeostasis. It was also shown to bind mRNA. Scarcity of structural elements and the presence of a disordered region, inferred from HAX1 sequence, suggests that HAX1 is intrinsically disordered, and may have many protein-protein interactions. So far about 40 different proteins were characterized as HAX1 protein partners. In the present work, applying immunoaffinity chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, we identified new candidates for HAX1 binding partners in breast cancer cells. Newly identified proteins may be divided into three, partially overlapping groups: cytoskeleton-associated proteins, GTP-ase associated proteins and RNA-binding proteins. These results imply that HAX1 has more protein partners than hitherto described. Subsequent analysis of these interactions may shed some light into molecular mechanisms of HAX1 functions.
Project description:two luminal cell lines were added, MCF7 and BT-474 two TNBC cell line were added, MB231 and BT-549 microRNA expression profiles were conpared between the luminal group and the TNBC group
Project description:Nuclear LASP-1 has a direct correlation with the overall survival of breast cancer patients. Gene expression analysis of MCF7 human breast cancer cells cultured in 3D-Matrigel was performed. Up regulation of cell junction proteins, extracellular matrix proteins and down regulation of MMP 9 and 2 were observed. This corroborates well with the involvement of LASP-1 in cell migration and chemotaxis. Non-silencing (control) and LASP-1 knock down MCF7 cells were cultured on 3D-Matrigel, total RNA was extracted and anlyzed - 4 biological replicates each. The first biological replicate was done as a pilot. Biological replicates 2-4 were run as a second set after pilot.
Project description:Nuclear LASP-1 has a direct correlation with the overall survival of breast cancer patients. Gene expression analysis of MCF7 human breast cancer cells cultured in 3D-Matrigel was performed. Up regulation of cell junction proteins, extracellular matrix proteins and down regulation of MMP 9 and 2 were observed. This corroborates well with the involvement of LASP-1 in cell migration and chemotaxis.
Project description:The telomeric amplicon at 8p12 is common in oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers. Array-CGH and expression analyses of 1172 primary breast tumours revealed that ZNF703 was the single gene within the minimal amplicon and was amplified predominantly in the Luminal B subtype. Amplification was shown to correlate with increased gene and protein expression and was associated with a distinct expression signature and poor clinical outcome. ZNF703 transformed NIH 3T3 fibroblasts, behaving as a classical oncogene, and regulated proliferation in human luminal breast cancer cell lines and immortalized human mammary epithelial cells. Manipulation of ZNF703 expression in the luminal MCF7 cell line modified the effects of TGFβ on proliferation. Overexpression of ZNF703 in normal human breast epithelial cells enhanced the frequency of in vitro colony-forming cells from luminal progenitors. Taken together, these data strongly point to ZNF703 as a novel oncogene in Luminal B breast cancer.