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Hum Mol Genet ; 28(5): 842-857, 2019 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30445628

RESUMO

The mammary gland undergoes fast cell proliferation during early pregnancy, yet the mechanism to ensure genome integrity during this highly proliferative stage is largely unknown. We show that pregnancy triggers replicative stresses leading to genetic instability in mice carrying a mammary specific disruption of breast cancer associated gene-1 (BRCA1). The fast cell proliferation was correlated with enhanced expression of most genes encoding replisomes, which are positively regulated by estrogen/ERα signaling but negatively regulated by BRCA1. Our further analysis revealed two parallel signaling pathways, which are mediated by ATR-CHK1 and WEE1-MCM2 and are responsible for regulating DNA replication checkpoint. Upon DNA damage, BRCA1 deficiency markedly enhances DNA replication initiation and preferably impairs DNA replication checkpoint mediated by ATR and CHK1. Meanwhile, DNA damage also activates WEE1-MCM2 signaling, which inhibits DNA replication initiation and enables BRCA1-deficient cells to avoid further genomic instability. Finally, we demonstrated that overriding this defense by WEE1 inhibition in combination with cisplatin, which causes DNA damage, serves as a promising therapeutic approach for killing BRCA1-deficient cancer cells.


Assuntos
Proteína BRCA1/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Replicação do DNA , Estrogênios/metabolismo , Instabilidade Genômica , Componente 2 do Complexo de Manutenção de Minicromossomo/metabolismo , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/farmacologia , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Sítios de Ligação , Pontos de Checagem do Ciclo Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Estrogênios/agonistas , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Fosforilação , Gravidez , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos
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J Biol Chem ; 294(4): 1142-1151, 2019 01 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30487289

RESUMO

CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful technology widely used for genome editing, with the potential to be used for correcting a wide variety of deleterious disease-causing mutations. However, the technique tends to generate more indels (insertions and deletions) than precise modifications at the target sites, which might not resolve the mutation and could instead exacerbate the initial genetic disruption. We sought to develop an improved protocol for CRISPR/Cas9 that would correct mutations without unintended consequences. As a case study, we focused on achondroplasia, a common genetic form of dwarfism defined by missense mutation in the Fgfr3 gene that results in glycine to arginine substitution at position 374 in mice in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (Fgfr3-G374R), which corresponds to G380R in humans. First, we designed a GFP reporter system that can evaluate the cutting efficiency and specificity of single guide RNAs (sgRNAs). Using the sgRNA selected based on our GFP reporter system, we conducted targeted therapy of achondroplasia in mice. We found that we achieved higher frequency of precise correction of the Fgfr3-G374R mutation using Cas9 protein rather than Cas9 mRNA. We further demonstrated that targeting oligos of 100 and 200 nucleotides precisely corrected the mutation at equal efficiency. We showed that our strategy completely suppressed phenotypes of achondroplasia and whole genome sequencing detected no off-target effects. These data indicate that improved protocols can enable the precise CRISPR/Cas9-mediated correction of individual mutations with high fidelity.


Assuntos
Acondroplasia/terapia , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas , Marcação de Genes , Mutação , Receptor Tipo 3 de Fator de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/fisiologia , Acondroplasia/genética , Animais , Feminino , Edição de Genes , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Receptor Tipo 3 de Fator de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/genética
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J Biol Chem ; 293(22): 8315-8329, 2018 06 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29666189

RESUMO

The mammary gland is very intricately and well organized into distinct tissues, including epithelia, endothelia, adipocytes, and stromal and immune cells. Many mammary gland diseases, such as breast cancer, arise from abnormalities in the mammary epithelium, which is mainly composed of two distinct lineages, the basal and luminal cells. Because of the limitation of traditional transcriptome analysis of bulk mammary cells, the hierarchy and heterogeneity of mammary cells within these two lineages remain unclear. To this end, using single-cell RNA-Seq coupled with FACS analysis and principal component analysis, we determined gene expression profiles of mammary epithelial cells of virgin and pregnant mice. These analyses revealed a much higher heterogeneity among the mammary cells than has been previously reported and enabled cell classification into distinct subgroups according to signature gene markers present in each group. We also identified and verified a rare CDH5+ cell subpopulation within a basal cell lineage as quiescent mammary stem cells (MaSCs). Moreover, using pseudo-temporal analysis, we reconstructed the developmental trajectory of mammary epithelia and uncovered distinct changes in gene expression and in biological functions of mammary cells along the developmental process. In conclusion, our work greatly refines the resolution of the cellular hierarchy in developing mammary tissues. The discovery of CDH5+ cells as MaSCs in these tissues may have implications for our understanding of the initiation, development, and pathogenesis of mammary tumors.


Assuntos
Linhagem da Célula , Células Epiteliais/citologia , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala/métodos , Glândulas Mamárias Animais/citologia , Glândulas Mamárias Animais/metabolismo , Análise de Célula Única/métodos , Animais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Camundongos , Células-Tronco/citologia , Células-Tronco/metabolismo , Transcriptoma
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Commun Biol ; 6(1): 476, 2023 05 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37127734

RESUMO

Mesenchymal stem/Stromal cells (MSCs) have great therapeutic potentials, and they have been isolated from various tissues and organs including definitive endoderm (DE) organs, such as the lung, liver and intestine. MSCs have been induced from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) through multiple embryonic lineages, including the mesoderm, neural crest, and extraembryonic cells. However, it remains unclear whether hPSCs could give rise to MSCs in vitro through the endodermal lineage. Here, we report that hPSC-derived, SOX17+ definitive endoderm progenitors can further differentiate to cells expressing classic MSC markers, which we name definitive endoderm-derived MSCs (DE-MSCs). Single cell RNA sequencing demonstrates the stepwise emergence of DE-MSCs, while endoderm-specific gene expression can be elevated by signaling modulation. DE-MSCs display multipotency and immunomodulatory activity in vitro and possess therapeutic effects in a mouse ulcerative colitis model. This study reveals that, in addition to the other germ layers, the definitive endoderm can also contribute to MSCs and DE-MSCs could be a cell source for regenerative medicine.


Assuntos
Células-Tronco Mesenquimais , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes , Animais , Camundongos , Humanos , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/metabolismo , Fígado , Mesoderma
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Cancer Res ; 83(15): 2614-2633, 2023 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37227919

RESUMO

Cancer metastasis is an extremely complex process affected by many factors. An acidic microenvironment can drive cancer cell migration toward blood vessels while also hampering immune cell activity. Here, we identified a mechanism mediated by sialyltransferases that induces an acidic tumor-permissive microenvironment (ATPME) in BRCA1-mutant and most BRCA1-low breast cancers. Hypersialylation mediated by ST8SIA4 perturbed the mammary epithelial bilayer structure and generated an ATPME and immunosuppressive microenvironment with increased PD-L1 and PD1 expressions. Mechanistically, BRCA1 deficiency increased expression of VEGFA and IL6 to activate TGFß-ST8SIA4 signaling. High levels of ST8SIA4 led to accumulation of polysialic acid (PSA) on mammary epithelial membranes that facilitated escape of cancer cells from immunosurveillance, promoting metastasis and resistance to αPD1 treatment. The sialyltransferase inhibitor 3Fax-Peracetyl Neu5Ac neutralized the ATPME, sensitized cancers to immune checkpoint blockade by activating CD8 T cells, and inhibited tumor growth and metastasis. Together, these findings identify a potential therapeutic option for cancers with a high level of PSA. SIGNIFICANCE: BRCA1 deficiency generates an acidic microenvironment to promote cancer metastasis and immunotherapy resistance that can be reversed using a sialyltransferase inhibitor.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama , Microambiente Tumoral , Humanos , Feminino , Imunoterapia , Mama/patologia , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/terapia , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Sialiltransferases/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proteína BRCA1/genética
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J Clin Invest ; 132(5)2022 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35025764

RESUMO

Cancer metastasis is the cause of the majority of cancer-related deaths. In this study, we demonstrated that no expression or low expression of ATP11B in conjunction with high expression of PTDSS2, which was negatively regulated by BRCA1, markedly accelerates tumor metastasis. Further analysis revealed that cells with low ATP11B expression and high PTDSS2 expression (ATP11BloPTDSS2hi cells) were associated with poor prognosis and enhanced metastasis in breast cancer patients in general. Mechanistically, an ATP11BloPTDSS2hi phenotype was associated with increased levels of nonapoptotic phosphatidylserine (PS) on the outer leaflet of the cell membrane. This PS increase serves as a global immunosuppressive signal to promote breast cancer metastasis through an enriched tumor microenvironment with the accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and reduced activity of cytotoxic T cells. The metastatic processes associated with ATP11BloPTDSS2hi cancer cells can be effectively overcome by changing the expression phenotype to ATP11BhiPTDSS2lo through a combination of anti-PS antibody with either paclitaxel or docetaxel. Thus, blocking the ATP11BloPTDSS2hi axis provides a new selective therapeutic strategy to prevent metastasis in breast cancer patients.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama , Células Supressoras Mieloides , Segunda Neoplasia Primária , Animais , Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Feminino , Humanos , Melanoma , Camundongos , Células Supressoras Mieloides/patologia , Metástase Neoplásica/patologia , Segunda Neoplasia Primária/patologia , Paclitaxel , Fosfatidilserinas , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Microambiente Tumoral , Melanoma Maligno Cutâneo
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Nat Commun ; 13(1): 1481, 2022 03 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35304461

RESUMO

Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is a powerful approach for cancer therapy although good responses are only observed in a fraction of cancer patients. Breast cancers caused by deficiency of breast cancer-associated gene 1 (BRCA1) do not have an improved response to the treatment. To investigate this, here we analyze BRCA1 mutant mammary tissues and tumors derived from both BRCA1 mutant mouse models and human xenograft models to identify intrinsic determinants governing tumor progression and ICB responses. We show that BRCA1 deficiency activates S100A9-CXCL12 signaling for cancer progression and triggers the expansion and accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), creating a tumor-permissive microenvironment and rendering cancers insensitive to ICB. These oncogenic actions can be effectively suppressed by the combinatory treatment of inhibitors for S100A9-CXCL12 signaling with αPD-1 antibody. This study provides a selective strategy for effective immunotherapy in patients with elevated S100A9 and/or CXCL12 protein levels.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama , Células Supressoras Mieloides , Animais , Proteína BRCA1/genética , Proteína BRCA1/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/terapia , Calgranulina B/genética , Calgranulina B/metabolismo , Quimiocina CXCL12/genética , Quimiocina CXCL12/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoterapia , Camundongos , Oncogenes , Microambiente Tumoral/genética
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Oncogene ; 40(47): 6479-6493, 2021 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34611310

RESUMO

Androgen receptor (AR) plays a central role in driving prostate cancer (PCa) progression. How AR promotes this process is still not completely clear. Herein, we used single-cell transcriptome analysis to reconstruct the transcriptional network of AR in PCa. Our work shows AR directly regulates a set of signature genes in the ER-to-Golgi protein vesicle-mediated transport pathway. The expression of these genes is required for maximum androgen-dependent ER-to-Golgi trafficking, cell growth, and survival. Our analyses also reveal the signature genes are associated with PCa progression and prognosis. Moreover, we find inhibition of the ER-to-Golgi transport process with a small molecule enhanced antiandrogen-mediated tumor suppression of hormone-sensitive and insensitive PCa. Finally, we demonstrate AR collaborates with CREB3L2 in mediating ER-to-Golgi trafficking in PCa. In summary, our findings uncover a critical role for dysregulation of ER-to-Golgi trafficking expression and function in PCa progression, provide detailed mechanistic insights for how AR tightly controls this process, and highlight the prospect of targeting the ER-to-Golgi pathway as a therapeutic strategy for advanced PCa.


Assuntos
Androgênios/farmacologia , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica/metabolismo , Retículo Endoplasmático/patologia , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Complexo de Golgi/patologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Receptores Androgênicos/metabolismo , Animais , Apoptose , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Proliferação de Células , Retículo Endoplasmático/efeitos dos fármacos , Retículo Endoplasmático/metabolismo , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Complexo de Golgi/efeitos dos fármacos , Complexo de Golgi/metabolismo , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Prognóstico , Neoplasias da Próstata/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias da Próstata/genética , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Receptores Androgênicos/genética , Análise de Célula Única/métodos , Taxa de Sobrevida , Transcriptoma , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto
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Theranostics ; 11(20): 9967-9987, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34815798

RESUMO

Background: BRCA1 plays critical roles in mammary gland development and mammary tumorigenesis. And loss of BRCA1 induces mammary tumors in a stochastic manner. These tumors present great heterogeneity at both intertumor and intratumor levels. Methods: To comprehensively elucidate the heterogeneity of BRCA1 deficient mammary tumors and the underlying mechanisms for tumor initiation and progression, we conducted bulk and single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) on both mammary gland cells and mammary tumor cells isolated from Brca1 knockout mice. Results: We found the BRCA1 deficient tumors could be classified into four subtypes with distinct molecular features and different sensitivities to anti-cancer drugs at the intertumor level. Whereas within the tumors, heterogeneous subgroups were classified mainly due to the different activities of cell proliferation, DNA damage response/repair and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Besides, we reconstructed the BRCA1 related mammary tumorigenesis to uncover the transcriptomes alterations during this process via pseudo-temporal analysis of the scRNA-seq data. Furthermore, from candidate markers for BRCA1 mutant tumors, we discovered and validated one oncogene Mrc2, whose loss could reduce mammary tumor growth in vitro and in vivo. Conclusion: Our study provides a useful resource for better understanding of mammary tumorigenesis induced by BRCA1 deficiency.


Assuntos
Proteína BRCA1/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Carcinogênese/genética , Animais , Proteína BRCA1/metabolismo , Mama/patologia , Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/genética , Transformação Celular Neoplásica/genética , Reparo do DNA/genética , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética , Feminino , Expressão Gênica/genética , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/genética , Genes BRCA1/fisiologia , Heterogeneidade Genética , Humanos , Neoplasias Mamárias Animais/genética , Neoplasias Mamárias Animais/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos da Linhagem 129 , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Análise de Sequência de RNA/métodos , Análise de Célula Única/métodos , Transcriptoma/genética
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Theranostics ; 11(19): 9415-9430, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34646378

RESUMO

The feasibility of personalized medicine for cancer treatment is largely hampered by costly, labor-intensive and time-consuming models for drug discovery. Herein, establishing new pre-clinical models to tackle these issues for personalized medicine is urgently demanded. Methods: We established a three-dimensional tumor slice culture (3D-TSC) platform incorporating label-free techniques for time-course experiments to predict anti-cancer drug efficacy and validated the 3D-TSC model by multiphoton fluorescence microscopy, RNA sequence analysis, histochemical and histological analysis. Results: Using time-lapse imaging of the apoptotic reporter sensor C3 (C3), we performed cell-based high-throughput drug screening and shortlisted high-efficacy drugs to screen murine and human 3D-TSCs, which validate effective candidates within 7 days of surgery. Histological and RNA sequence analyses demonstrated that 3D-TSCs accurately preserved immune components of the original tumor, which enables the successful achievement of immune checkpoint blockade assays with antibodies against PD-1 and/or PD-L1. Label-free multiphoton fluorescence imaging revealed that 3D-TSCs exhibit lipofuscin autofluorescence features in the time-course monitoring of drug response and efficacy. Conclusion: This technology accelerates precision anti-cancer therapy by providing a cheap, fast, and easy platform for anti-cancer drug discovery.


Assuntos
Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais/métodos , Medicina de Precisão/métodos , Cultura Primária de Células/métodos , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , China , Descoberta de Drogas/métodos , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala/métodos , Humanos , Camundongos , Neoplasias/terapia , Imagem Óptica/métodos , Imagem com Lapso de Tempo/métodos , Microambiente Tumoral/efeitos dos fármacos
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Bio Protoc ; 10(13): e3667, 2020 Jul 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33659337

RESUMO

For years, the mammary gland serves as a perfect example to study the self-renew and differentiation of adult stem cells, and the regulatory mechanisms of these processes as well. To assess the function of given genes and/or other factors on stemness of mammary cells, several in vitro assays were developed, such as mammospheres formation assay, detection of stem cell markers by mRNA expression or flow cytometry and so on. However, the capacity of reconstruction of whole mount in the cleared fat pad of recipient female mice is a golden standard to estimate the stemness of the cells. Here we described a step-by-step protocol for in vivo mammary gland formation assay, including preparation of "cleared" recipients and mammary cells for implantation, the surgery process and how to assess the experimental results. Combined with manipulation of mammary cells via gene editing and /or drug treatment, this protocol could be very useful in the researches of mammary stem cells and mammary development.

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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 4875, 2020 09 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32978388

RESUMO

Single-cell whole-exome sequencing (scWES) is a powerful approach for deciphering intratumor heterogeneity and identifying cancer drivers. So far, however, simultaneous analysis of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and copy number variations (CNVs) of a single cell has been challenging. By analyzing SNVs and CNVs simultaneously in bulk and single cells of premalignant tissues and tumors from mouse and human BRCA1-associated breast cancers, we discover an evolution process through which the tumors initiate from cells with SNVs affecting driver genes in the premalignant stage and malignantly progress later via CNVs acquired in chromosome regions with cancer driver genes. These events occur randomly and hit many putative cancer drivers besides p53 to generate unique genetic and pathological features for each tumor. Upon this, we finally identify a tumor metastasis suppressor Plekha5, whose deficiency promotes cancer metastasis to the liver and/or lung.


Assuntos
Proteína BRCA1/genética , Proteína BRCA1/metabolismo , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/metabolismo , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/genética , Animais , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Heterogeneidade Genética , Humanos , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/genética , Fígado/patologia , Pulmão/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Mutação , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/patologia , Transcriptoma
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