Project description:RATIONALE: Measuring levels of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) in the blood of patients with epithelial cancers (head and neck, lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate) may help doctors predict how patients will respond to treatment with radiation therapy.
PURPOSE: This research study is measuring levels of TGF-beta in patients with epithelial cancers who are undergoing radiation therapy.
Project description:We have previously demonstrated that TNF-α, a proinflammatory cytokine, enhances TGF-β-mediated EMT in A549 human lung cancer cells. RNA-sequencing analysis on CMT64 cells following TGF-β and/or TNF-α treatment revealed a subset of genes possibly regulated by TGF-β and/or TNF-α.
Project description:Time Course of TGF-beta treatment of A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line on Affymetrix HG_U133_plus_2 arrays; triplicate experiments. The goal of the experiment is to profile temporal gene expression changes during TGF-beta-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). During EMT cancer cells loose their epithelial specifc proteins and gain mesenchymal proteins to acquire migratory and invasive phenotype essential for metastasis. Human A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line was treated with 5 ng/mL TGF-beta for 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 72 h to induce EMT. The experiment was repeated 3 times. Samples were assayed using Affymetrix HG_U133_plus_2 arrays with 54675 probe-sets, using standard techniques. We provide the raw .CEL files and a supplementary Excel spreadsheet with log-transformed data and selected results from a statistical analysis. Experiment Overall Design: Human A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line was treated with 5 ng/mL TGF-beta for 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 72 h. The experiment was repeated 3 times. Samples were assayed using Affymetrix HG_U133_plus_2 arrays with 54675 probe-sets, using standard techniques. The 2 h sample of the third experiment was not run on an array due to poor RNA, so that only 26 arrays were run.
Project description:In this project we evaluated the proteomic profiling with TGF-β stimuli at 24h in a CRISPR-Cas9 model for ALMS1 gene in hTERT-BJ-5ta cells. Proteomic results showed a majority inhibition of downstream regulated pathways by the TGF-β, associating the protein coding genes (PCG) with processes like TGF- β matrix regulation, epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT), PI3K/AKT or P53. In conclusion, seems that the depletion of ALMS1 could be inhibiting the signals transduction through the TGF -β and the routes regulated downstream.
Project description:Time Course of TGF-beta treatment of A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line on Affymetrix HG_U133_plus_2 arrays; triplicate experiments. The goal of the experiment is to profile temporal gene expression changes during TGF-beta-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). During EMT cancer cells loose their epithelial specifc proteins and gain mesenchymal proteins to acquire migratory and invasive phenotype essential for metastasis. Human A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line was treated with 5 ng/mL TGF-beta for 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 72 h to induce EMT. The experiment was repeated 3 times. Samples were assayed using Affymetrix HG_U133_plus_2 arrays with 54675 probe-sets, using standard techniques. We provide the raw .CEL files and a supplementary Excel spreadsheet with log-transformed data and selected results from a statistical analysis.
Project description:We identified RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47) as a target gene of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta in mammary gland epithelial cells (NMuMG cells) that have undergone the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). TGF-beta repressed RBM47 expression in NMuMG cells and lung cancer cell lines. Expression of RBM47 correlated with good prognosis in patients with lung, breast, and gastric cancer. RBM47 suppressed the expression of cell metabolism-related genes, which were the direct targets of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2; also known as NFE2L2). RBM47 bound to KEAP1 and Cullin3 mRNAs, and knockdown of RBM47 inhibited their protein expression, which led to enhanced binding of Nrf2 to target genomic regions. Knockdown of RBM47 also enhanced the expression of some Nrf2 activators, p21/CDKN1A and MafK induced by TGF-beta. Both mitochondrial respiration rates and the side population cells in lung cancer cells increased in the absence of RBM47. Our findings, together with the enhanced tumor formation and metastasis of xenografted mice by knockdown of the RBM47 expression, suggested tumor suppressive roles for RBM47 through the inhibition of Nrf2 activity. Effect of shRNA for RBM47 and TGF-beta on gene expression was evaluated by RNA-seq and RBM47-bound RNAs were identified by RIP-seq in A549 cells.
Project description:Control, 0.5 mM extracellular ATP and 10 ng/ml TGF-beta were used to treated 5 million A549 lung cancer cells in vitro for 2, 6 and 12 hours. The untargeted metabolomics analysis was performed on the cell lysates. The main objective of the study was to determine changes in metabolite abundances in lung cancer after treatment with extracellular ATP and TGF-beta (a known EMT inducer).
Project description:TGF-beta is one of the key cytokines implicated in various disease processes including cancer. TGF-beta inhibits growth and promotes apoptosis in normal epithelial cells and in contrast, acts as a pro-tumour cytokine by promoting tumour angiogenesis, immune-escape and metastasis. It is not clear if various actions of TGF-beta on normal and tumour cells are due to differential gene regulations. Hence we studied the regulation of gene expression by TGF-beta in normal and cancer cells. Results: Using human 19 K cDNA microarrays, we show that 1757 genes are exclusively regulated in A549 cells in contrast to 733 genes exclusively regulated in HPL1D cells. In addition, 267 genes are commonly regulated in both the cell lines. Semi quantitative and real-time qRT-PCR analysis of some genes agrees with the microarray data. Conclusion: These data suggest major differences with respect to TGF-beta mediated gene regulation in normal and transformed cells. Keywords: cell type comparison in response to TGF-beta
Project description:Analysis of TGF-β induced mesenchymal type of lung cancer compared with control A549 lung cancer cell at gene expression level. In order to investigate the characteristics of mesenchymal like lung cancer cell, we established mesenchymal type of lung cancer cell (TD) with chronic exposure with TGF-β. After we established TD cell line, RNA-seq was performed with total RNA extracted from TD and parental A549 cells.