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. 2014 Dec;12(4):247-53.
doi: 10.5808/GI.2014.12.4.247. Epub 2014 Dec 31.

Analysis of gene expression in cyclooxygenase-2-overexpressed human osteosarcoma cell lines

Jeong A Han  1 , Ji-Yeon Kim  2 , Jong-Il Kim  3
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Analysis of gene expression in cyclooxygenase-2-overexpressed human osteosarcoma cell lines

Jeong A Han et al. Genomics Inform. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor, generally affecting young people. While the etiology of osteosarcoma has been largely unknown, recent studies have suggested that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) plays a critical role in the proliferation, migration, and invasion of osteosarcoma cells. To understand the mechanism of action of COX-2 in the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma, we compared gene expression patterns between three stable COX-2-overexpressing cell lines and three control cell lines derived from U2OS human osteosarcoma cells. The data showed that 56 genes were upregulated, whereas 20 genes were downregulated, in COX-2-overexpressed cell lines, with an average fold-change > 1.5. Among the upregulated genes, COL1A1, COL5A2, FBN1, HOXD10, RUNX2, and TRAPPC2are involved in bone and skeletal system development, while DDR2, RAC2, RUNX2, and TSPAN31are involved in the positive regulation of cell proliferation. Among the downregulated genes, HIST1H1D, HIST1H2AI, HIST1H3H, and HIST1H4C are involved in nucleosome assembly and DNA packaging. These results may provide useful information to elucidate the molecular mechanism of the COX-2-mediated malignant phenotype in osteosarcoma.

Keywords: cell proliferation; cyclooxygenase 2; invasion; migration; osteosarcoma; overexpression.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Segregation between the group of U2OS-COX-2 and the group of U2OS-pcDNA3. Unsupervised cluster analysis was done between six stable cell lines using 567 probe sets with a standard deviation > 0.5. Normalized log2-gene expression values were used for hierarchical clustering, and an unrooted tree was drawn by R package. COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Gene expression patterns of 76 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Hierarchical cluster analysis was done between six stable cell lines using 76 DEGs. Normalized log2-gene expression values were analyzed by Cluster 3.0, and the results were visualized using Java Treeview, with red being high and green indicating low.
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