Mucin 1 knockdown in EMM myeloma cells

The sialic glycoprotein, Mucin1, is known to be involved in the pathogenesis of various types of cancers. In a fraction of patients with multiple myeloma, their myeloma cells have high Mucin1 expression. We established a myeloma cell line designated EMM1 from a myeloma patient whose myeloma cells have high Mucin1 expression. Then we performed knockdown of Mucin1 to elucidate the role of the high Mucin1 expression. we performed knockdown of Mucin1 to elucidate the role of the high Mucin1 expression. Knockdown of MUC1 in EMM1 cells induced cell cycle arrest during S phase and apoptosis in EMM1 cells. To elucidate the role of Mucin1 in EMM1 cells, we generated EMM1 cells lines expressing shMucin1 or control shRNA and performed RNA-seq analysis of the two cell lines and compared the differences in gene expressions.