Skeletal muscle biopsies from DM1, DM2, idiopathic DM (DMx), and non-DM NMD patients were compared to those from normal individuals, with focus on MEF2 and MEF2-related genes.
Altered MEF2 isoforms in myotonic dystrophy and other neuromuscular disorders.
Sex
View SamplesTo dissect the molecular mechanisms of PEA-15-mediated paclitaxel sensitization in ovarian cancer cells, we performed cDNA microarray analysis using SKOV3.ip1-S116A cells (Ser116 of PEA-15 substituted with alanine) and SKOV3.ip1-S116D cells (Ser116 of PEA-15 substituted with aspartic acid). cDNA microarray data analysis showed that SCLIP (SCG10-like protein), also known as STMN3, was highly expressed in SKOV3.ip1-S116D cells and was involved in pPEA-15-mediated paclitaxel sensitization in ovarian cancer cells.
Bisphosphorylated PEA-15 sensitizes ovarian cancer cells to paclitaxel by impairing the microtubule-destabilizing effect of SCLIP.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesIn this study, we use pre-malignant cells from different Cebpa mutant acute myeloid leukemia (AML) models. We have used conditional KO models (CreLoxP) and isolated hematopoietic cells shortly after induction of recombination, in order to look at pre-leukemic cells, which have acquired the first hit, but not yet undergone full malignant transformation.
Lack of the p42 form of C/EBPα leads to spontaneous immortalization and lineage infidelity of committed myeloid progenitors.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesCancer sequencing studies have implicated regulators of pre-mRNA splicing as important disease determinants in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), but the underlying mechanisms have remained elusive. We hypothesized that “non-mutated” splicing regulators may also play a role in AML biology and therefore conducted an in vivo shRNA screen in a mouse model of CEBPA mutant AML. This led to the identification of the splicing regulator RBM25 as a novel tumor suppressor, and down-regulation of RBM25 increased proliferation and decreased apoptosis in human leukemic cell lines. Mechanistically, we could show that RBM25 controlled the splicing of key genes, including those encoding the apoptotic regulator BCL-x and the MYC inhibitor BIN1. Specifically, we demonstrated that RBM25 acts as a regulator of MYC activity and sensitizes cells to increased MYC levels. This mechanism also appears to be operative in human AML patients where RBM25 levels correlative inversely with MYC activity and clinical outcome. Overall design: Examined transcriptome from U937 cells in biological triplicates.
The splicing factor RBM25 controls MYC activity in acute myeloid leukemia.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
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Loss of TET2 in hematopoietic cells leads to DNA hypermethylation of active enhancers and induction of leukemogenesis.
Specimen part
View SamplesDNA methylation is tightly regulated throughout mammalian development and altered DNA methylation patterns are a general hallmark of cancer. The methylcytosine dioxygenase TET2 is frequently mutated in hematological disorders, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and has been suggested to protect CpG islands and promoters from aberrant DNA methylation. In this study, we present a novel Tet2-dependent leukemia mouse model that closely recapitulates gene expression profiles and hallmarks of human AML1-ETO induced AML. Using this model, we show that the primary effect of Tet2 loss in pre-leukemic hematopoietic cells is progressive and widespread DNA hypermethylation affecting up to 25% of active enhancer elements. In contrast, CpG island and promoter methylation does not change in a Tet2-dependent manner, but increase relative to population doublings. We confirm this specific enhancer hypermethylation phenotype in human AML patients with TET2 mutations. Analysis of immediate gene expression changes reveals rapid deregulation of a large number of genes implicated in tumorigenesis, including many downregulated tumor suppressor genes. Hence, we propose that TET2 prevents leukemic transformation by protecting enhancers from aberrant DNA methylation, and that it is the combined silencing of several tumor suppressor genes in TET2-mutated hematopoietic cells that contribute to increased stem cell proliferation and leukemogenesis.
Loss of TET2 in hematopoietic cells leads to DNA hypermethylation of active enhancers and induction of leukemogenesis.
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View SamplesWe isolated hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from AML patients by FACS.
Cellular origin of prognostic chromosomal aberrations in AML patients.
Specimen part
View SamplesIn this study, we use a conditional mouse model for Cebpa to investigate the significance of C/EBP in HSCs. The frequency of HSCs is unaltered following deletion of C/EBP, however, upon serial transplantations of either full BM or purified HSCs, the stem cells and stem cell activity is lost. This is not due to increased proliferation, but rather caused by a shift from quiescence to apoptosis with a resultant exhaustion of the stem cell pool. We identify direct C/EBP target genes by combining genome-wide C/EBP ChIP-seq analysis in stem and progenitor cells with gene expression data from HSC with and without C/EBP. Furthermore, we explore the impact of C/EBP on active and repressive histone modifications by doing functional genome-wide ChIP-seq analysis of H3K4Me3 and H3K27Me3 in stem and progenitor cells with and without C/EBP.
C/EBPα is required for long-term self-renewal and lineage priming of hematopoietic stem cells and for the maintenance of epigenetic configurations in multipotent progenitors.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesThe biphasic epithelioid (E-) and sarcomatoid(S-) components of sarcomatoid RCC and epithelioid (E-) and rhabdoid (R-) components of rhabdoid RCC shared a similar transcriptomic signature, despite morphologic differences; by contrast, the transcriptome of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid RCC was sharply distinct from non-sarcomatoid RCC. Overall design: Total RNA was processed for RNA-seq from the following patient samples: 7 sarcomatoid RCC (E- and S- pairs), 4 rhabdoid RCC (E- and R- pairs) and 15 non-sarcomatoid RCC.
Biphasic components of sarcomatoid clear cell renal cell carcinomas are molecularly similar to each other, but distinct from, non-sarcomatoid renal carcinomas.
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View SamplesWe used microarray to create a normal cell landscape for the myeloid arm of the hematopoietic system.
Comparing cancer vs normal gene expression profiles identifies new disease entities and common transcriptional programs in AML patients.
Specimen part
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