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Cell-Cycle-Targeting MicroRNAs as Therapeutic Tools against Refractory Cancers.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesCyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are hyperactivated in nearly all human tumor types. To identify new approaches for interfering with cyclins/CDKs, we systematically searched for microRNAs (miRNAs) regulating these proteins. We uncovered a group of miRNAs that target nearly all cyclins and CDKs, and demonstrated that these miRNAs are very effective in shutting off cancer cell expansion. By profiling the response of over 120 human cancer cell lines representing 12 tumor types to these cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs, we identified miRNAs particularly effective against triple-negative breast cancers and KRAS-mutated cancers. We also derived expression-based algorithm that predicts response of primary tumors to cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs. Using systemic administration of nanoparticle-formulated miRNAs, we halted tumor progression in seven mouse xenograft models, including three highly aggressive and treatment-refractory patient-derived tumors, without affecting normal tissues. Our results highlight the utility of using cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs for treatment of refractory cancer types. Overall design: RNA-seq for SW900 cells transfected with 25 nM of miR-193a-3p mimic or 25 nM of negative miRNA control (Negative control #2, Ambion).
Cell-Cycle-Targeting MicroRNAs as Therapeutic Tools against Refractory Cancers.
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View SamplesCyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are hyperactivated in nearly all human tumor types. To identify new approaches for interfering with cyclins/CDKs, we systematically searched for microRNAs (miRNAs) regulating these proteins. We uncovered a group of miRNAs that target nearly all cyclins and CDKs, and demonstrated that these miRNAs are very effective in shutting off cancer cell expansion. By profiling the response of over 120 human cancer cell lines representing 12 tumor types to these cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs, we identified miRNAs particularly effective against triple-negative breast cancers and KRAS-mutated cancers. We also derived expression-based algorithm that predicts response of primary tumors to cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs. Using systemic administration of nanoparticle-formulated miRNAs, we halted tumor progression in seven mouse xenograft models, including three highly aggressive and treatment-refractory patient-derived tumors, without affecting normal tissues. Our results highlight the utility of using cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs for treatment of refractory cancer types.
Cell-Cycle-Targeting MicroRNAs as Therapeutic Tools against Refractory Cancers.
Specimen part
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c-Jun promotes cell migration and drives expression of the motility factor ENPP2 in soft tissue sarcomas.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesAffymetrix exon arrays to identify genes that were differentially expressed after c-Jun inhibition in LPS cell line with and with no Jun amplification.
c-Jun promotes cell migration and drives expression of the motility factor ENPP2 in soft tissue sarcomas.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesWe assayed the effect of c-Jun overexpression on gene expression in the three DDLPS cell lines using RNA-Seq (Illumina). Overall design: 141, LPS12 and 510 has been overexpressed with c-Jun or control c-DNA and results were analyzed in high-througput sequencing metadata.
c-Jun promotes cell migration and drives expression of the motility factor ENPP2 in soft tissue sarcomas.
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View SamplesThe retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (Rb) regulates early G1 phase checkpoints, including the DNA damage response, as well as cell cycle exit and differentiation. The widely accepted model of G1 cell cycle progression proposes that cyclin D:Cdk4/6 partially inactivates the Rb tumor suppressor during early G1 phase by progressive multi-phosphorylation, termed hypo-phosphorylation, resulting in release of E2F transcription factors. However, this model remains largely unproven biochemically and the biologically active form(s) of Rb remains unknown. Here we find that Rb is un-phosphorylated in G0 cells and becomes exclusively mono-phosphorylated throughout all of early G1 phase by cyclin D:Cdk4/6. Early G1 phase mono-phosphorylated Rb is composed of 14 independent isoforms that are all targeted by the E1a oncoprotein, but each shows a preferential binding pattern to specific E2F1-4 transcription factors. At the late G1 Restriction Point, cyclin E:Cdk2 inactivates Rb by a quantum hyper-phosphorylation (>12 phosphates/Rb). Cells undergoing a DNA damage response activate cyclin D:Cdk4/6 to generate mono-phosphorylated Rb that regulates global transcription. In contrast, a non-phosphorylatable ?Cdk-Rb allele was non-functional for regulating a DNA damage response, but functional for driving cell cycle exit and differentiation during myogenesis. These observations fundamentally change our understanding of G1 cell cycle progression and show that there is no progressive multi-phosphorylation or hypo-phosphorylation inactivation of Rb during early G1 phase by cyclin D:Cdk4/6. Instead, cyclin D:Cdk4/6 generates functionally active, mono-phosphorylated Rb that is the only Rb isoform present in cells during early G1 phase.
Cyclin D activates the Rb tumor suppressor by mono-phosphorylation.
Specimen part
View SamplesGene expression (mRNA profiling) of U2OS osteosarcoma cells treated with 1 mM of the CDK4/6-specific inhibitor, PD0332991, versus vehicle (DMSO) for 4 hours
A systematic screen for CDK4/6 substrates links FOXM1 phosphorylation to senescence suppression in cancer cells.
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesWe performed a genome-scale CRISPR screen in a KRAS-mutant pancreatic cancer cell line treated with the MEK inhibitor trametinib, and found that loss of the transcriptional repressor CIC confers resistance to MEK inhibition. We determined that CIC loss also confers resistance to MEK or BRAF inhibition in lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and melanoma cell lines with mutant RAS or BRAF. CIC is a transcriptional repressor that is phosphorylated and inhibited by the MAPK pathway. We hypothesized that inhibition of the MAPK pathway would lead to activation of CIC and repression of CIC target genes. Loss of CIC would therefore restore expression of these genes, conferring drug resistance. To identify the relevant CIC target genes that mediate trametinib resistace, we generated 4 Cas9-expressing cell lines from different lineages and with different RAS or RAF mutations, and generated control (gGFP) or CIC-knockout (gCIC) cell lines. We treated cells with DMSO or trametinib for 24 hours, and performed NRA-seq. We found that trametinib treatment reduces expression of at least one member of the PEA3 family of ETS transcription factors (ETV1, ETV4, and ETV5) in all cell lines assessed, and that loss of CIC results in maintained expression of these genes despite MEK inhibition. We further validated that ETV1, 4, and 5 expression was necessary for resistance mediated by CIC loss; and that ETV1, 4, or 5 expression was sufficient to confer trametinib resistance. Overall design: 4 Cas9-expressing human cancer cell lines (A549, CALU1, HCT116, PATU8902) were used to generate 3 isogenic cell lines with intact CIC (gGFP-1) or knocked out CIC (gCIC-1 or gCIC-2). Each of these 12 cell lines were treated with DMSO or trametinib for 24 hours (duplicates)
ATXN1L, CIC, and ETS Transcription Factors Modulate Sensitivity to MAPK Pathway Inhibition.
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The requirement for cyclin D function in tumor maintenance.
Specimen part, Cell line
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