High-throughput transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of mesenchymal-amoeboid transition in 3D collagen

Sci Data. 2020 May 27;7(1):160. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0499-2.

Abstract

The plasticity of cancer cell invasion represents substantial hindrance for effective anti-metastatic therapy. To better understand the cancer cells' plasticity, we performed complex transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells undergoing mesenchymal-amoeboid transition (MAT). As amoeboid migratory phenotype can fully manifest only in 3D conditions, all experiments were performed with 3D collagen-based cultures. Two previously described approaches to induce MAT were used: doxycycline-inducible constitutively active RhoA expression and dasatinib treatment. RNA sequencing was performed with ribo-depleted total RNA. Protein samples were analysed with tandem mass tag (TMT)-based mass spectrometry. The data provide unprecedented insight into transcriptome and proteome changes accompanying MAT in true 3D conditions.

Publication types

  • Dataset
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement*
  • Collagen / chemistry*
  • Fibrosarcoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness*
  • Proteome*
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Transcriptome*
  • rhoA GTP-Binding Protein

Substances

  • Proteome
  • RHOA protein, human
  • Collagen
  • rhoA GTP-Binding Protein