Advanced prostate cancer (PCa) is a clinical challenge as this state of the disease lacks of curative therapeutic. We exploited human datasets as well as mouse models to decipher mechanisms able to constrain cancer evolution in response to genetic alteration that occurs in PCa. Careful analysis of transcriptomic signature of various PCa datasets reveals activation of the LXR target gene signature. This LXR signature is tightly correlated to PTEN-loss in human. Causal LXR deregulation has been confirmed using prostate mouse carcinomas from Pten-null mutant. Protective role of LXR has been demonstrated by their deletions in a Pten-null context in mouse prostate, thus results in an increase of PCa invasiveness and metastatic dissemination. PTEN deletion governs LXR transcriptional activity through deregulation of cholesterol de novo synthesis that leads to the accumulation of LXR ligands. According to these observations, pharmacological inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis using statins abolishes LXR target gene expression in response to PTEN-loss. LXR deletion triggers an increased in the epithelial mesenchymal transition process and matrix metalloproteinase accumulations that could explain metastatic spreading. This work highlights LXRs as metabolic sensors that act as gatekeeper able to constrain carcinoma progression.
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Specimen part
View SamplesWe demonstrate that PKA signalling drives zonal conversion within adult adrenocortical lineage in a sexually dimorphic manner. Our data establish that Prkar1a genetic ablation (leading to constitutive PKA activation) in the adult adrenocortical lineage leads to endocrine hyperactivity and accelerates adrenal cortex renewal. This results in increased zona fasciculata differentiation and final conversion into reticularis-like zone. This phenomenon relies partly on sex-dependent mechanisms of cortical renewal, on which the male androgenic milieu exerts a repressive action through induction of WNT signalling, which in turn antagonizes PKA signalling and cortical cell turnover.
PKA signaling drives reticularis differentiation and sexually dimorphic adrenal cortex renewal.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesSymptoms of the dopamine dysregulation syndrome in patients with Parkinsons disease (PD) are close to those observed in psychostimulant addiction. This suggests that dopamine replacement therapy shares some properties with potentially addictive drugs. A remaining challenge is to understand the neuroadaptations leading to compulsive dopaminergic medication use.
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Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesTemporal changes of the expression levels of the complete human transcriptome during the first 24 hours following infection of IFN-pre-treated macrophages. This approach has allowed us to identify genes involved in the IFN signaling that have an impact on HIV-1 infection of macrophages
TRAF6 and IRF7 control HIV replication in macrophages.
Specimen part, Time
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Nuclear mTOR acts as a transcriptional integrator of the androgen signaling pathway in prostate cancer.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesWhether the nuclear fraction of mTOR plays a role in prostate cancer (PCa) and can participate in direct transcriptional crosstalk with the androgen receptor (AR) is as yet unknown. The intersection of gene expression, DNA binding-events, and metabolic studies uncovered the existence of a nuclear mTOR-AR transcriptional axis dictating the metabolic rewiring and nutrient usage of PCa cells. In human clinical specimens, nuclear localization of mTOR was significantly associated with metastasis and castration-resistant PCa (CRPC), correlating with a sustained metabolic gene program governed by mTOR in that context. This study thus uncovers an unexpected function of mTOR and underscores a paradigm shift from AR to mTOR as being the master transcriptional regulator of cell metabolism during PCa progression.
Nuclear mTOR acts as a transcriptional integrator of the androgen signaling pathway in prostate cancer.
Cell line
View SamplesThe objective of this analysis was to identify the genes that are differentially expressed between preadipocytes with low or high adipogenic capability
Amplification of Adipogenic Commitment by VSTM2A.
Specimen part
View SamplesBiofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa relies on specific changes in gene expression. Some of these genes, for instance, control antibiotic resistance.
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Time
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The PGC-1α/ERRα Axis Represses One-Carbon Metabolism and Promotes Sensitivity to Anti-folate Therapy in Breast Cancer.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesAnalysis of a SigX knockout mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa H103 strain in LB.
The absence of SigX results in impaired carbon metabolism and membrane fluidity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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