GSE131631
Next Generation Sequencing and differential expression analysis in stem-like vs. non-stem breast cancer cells in response to HDAC1 and HDAC7 knockdown
Purpose: We performed RNA-seq differential expression analysis after 72h HDAC1 and HDAC7 knockdown in order to evaluate the transcriptional regulation exerted by HDAC1 and HDAC7 in a stem-like (BPLER) vs. non-stem (HMLER) breast cancer (BrCa) cell model (please search for keywords "BPLER" or "HMLER" in GEO to access over 240 associated data sets). Results: HDAC7 knockdown by a pool of siRNAs resulted in altered expression of nearly three times the genes in BPLER vs. HMLER cells (2545 vs. 763), with the two cell types sharing altered expression of 328 genes.  In stem-like BPLER cells, HDAC7 knockdown caused significant alterations in gene expression (1068 down and 1477 up). Fewer genes, less than half of BPLER, were altered in non-stem HMLER cells (448 down and 315 up), with 199 repressed and 129 activated genes shared between the two cell types. In contrast, 72h HDAC1 knockdown resulted in nearly equal numbers of altered genes in BPLER vs. HMLER cells (3187 vs. 2627), with the two cell types sharing altered expression of 637 genes. Moreover, the number of repressed (1570 vs. 1307) and activated (1617 vs. 1320) gene transcripts was similar in the two cell types In HMLER cells, HDAC7 knockdown resulted in alterations of significantly fewer gene transcripts compared to HDAC1 knockdown (508 vs. 2681), in both repressed (305 vs. 1362) and activated (203 vs. 1319) transcripts. Conclusions: Cumulatively, these results highlight that HDAC7 regulates nearly three times as many genes in stem-like compared to non-stem BrCa cells. In contrast, HDAC1 regulates equal number of genes in the same cell context, suggesting a predominant association of HDAC7 with the cancer stem cell phenotype. Overall design: RNA-seq differential expression analysis in stem-like BPLER (triplicate) vs. HMLER (duplicate) cells following HDAC1 and HDAC7 knockdown.