title: Genome-wide transcriptome profile of the human osteosarcoma Sa OS and U-2 OS cell lines.
abstract: With the use of genome-wide cDNA microarrays, we investigated the transcriptome profile of the human osteosarcoma Sa OS and U-2 OS cell lines. In all, 1,098 chip entries were differentially regulated in the two cell lines; of these, 796 entries corresponded to characterized mRNAs. The identified genes are mostly expressed in epithelial tissues and localize on chromosomes 1, 10, and 20. Furthermore, signaling cascades for cell cycle, glycolysis, and gluconeogenesis, the p53 pathway, cell communication, and focal adhesion were found to be differently regulated in the two cell lines. The transcriptome profiles reported here provide novel information about the considerable molecular differences between these two widely used human osteosarcoma cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology & Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, Athens 15784, Greece. itrougakos@biol.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Ioannis P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Trougakos
authors.forename: Niki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chondrogianni
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Amarantos
authors.forename: Jonathon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwager
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wirkner
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ansorge
authors.forename: Efstathios S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gonos
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger