PASCAL

Pax8 as a marker of Ovarian cancer Originating in the Fallopian tube

 Coordinatore THE HEALTH CORPORATION - RAMBAM 

 Organization address address: HAALIYA 8
city: HAIFA
postcode: 31096

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Gal
Cognome: Akiri
Email: send email
Telefono: +972 4 7771741

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Israel [IL]
 Totale costo 100˙000 €
 EC contributo 100˙000 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG
 Funding Scheme MC-CIG
 Anno di inizio 2014
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2014-12-01   -   2018-11-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    THE HEALTH CORPORATION - RAMBAM

 Organization address address: HAALIYA 8
city: HAIFA
postcode: 31096

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Gal
Cognome: Akiri
Email: send email
Telefono: +972 4 7771741

IL (HAIFA) coordinator 100˙000.00

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reveal    serous    marker    model    invasive    lineage    binding    transformation    transcription    hgsc    ftsec    benign    epithelial    thereby    ft    critical    then    lines    cell    cells    tube    fallopian    pax    additional    conserved    ovary   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Epithelial ovarian cancer is a disease with grim prognosis and high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is its most common subtype. Recent literature suggests that HGSC arises in the fallopian tube (FT) epithelium, rather then in the ovary, and metastasizes to the ovary early on in the process of transformation. This hypothesis is based, among other findings, on common morphologic and immunophenotypic traits between HGSC and the fallopian tube secretory epithelial cell (FTSEC). One of the shared markers between HGSC and FTSEC is the transcription factor PAX8. PAX8 is known to play a critical role in FT organogenesis and as we have shown it is highly conserved in HGSC. I propose to study the role of PAX8 in FTSEC and in HGSC, thereby establishing its role as an essential lineage marker. In Aim 1 I will investigate whether PAX8 is a critical factor in cells of the FTSEC lineage. For this purpose we will use PAX8 knock down in HGSC cell lines and immortalized FTSEC lines to reveal PAX8’s activity in benign and malignant cells. As part of this aim (Aim 1b) we will test whether BCL2 is a target gene of PAX8 and a direct mediator of PAX8’s anti apoptotic role in FTSEC and HGSC. I will then use expression profiling to suggest and validate additional mediators of PAX8’s activity, thereby defining additional serous determinants. In Aim 2 I will reveal the genomic binding locations of PAX8 in benign, non-invasive and invasive carcinomas. Towards this aim we will use our unique genetically engineered mouse model of HGSC arising from the FTSEC. We will study PAX8 as a model to ask whether a transcription factor lineage marker, which is conserved throughout transformation, preserves its DNA binding profile, its target genes and its transcriptional regulatory network. Taken together, the results generated in this study will allow better understanding of the role of PAX8 in FT transformation, and will clarify the role of a transcription factor lineage marker during transformation.'

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