Differential gene expression analysis of PTGS2-inducing and PTGS2-non-inducing oropharyngeal carcinoma cell lines.

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is a powerful immunomodulator synthesized by the COX2 enzyme, coded by human gene PTGS2. PGE2 is known to possess angiogenic, protumor and immunosuppressive functionality in the microenviornment of oropharyngeal carcinomas (OPC). Differential induction of PTGS2 in infiltrating myeloid-derived immunocytes has been observed with media conditioned by cultured OPC biopsies and OPC-derived cell lines alike. To identify PTGS2-inducing, OPC-derived gene products, we utilized bluk RNA sequencing on 4 OPC-derived cell lines to compare expression profiles of PTGS2-inducing (SCC154, SCC25) with that of PTGS2-non-inducing (2A3, SCC152) cell lines. Interleukin-1α (IL-1α) was among the differentially expressed candidates between cell lines. Comparative gene expression profiling analysis of RNA-seq data of 2A3 and SCC152 vs. SCC154 and SCC25 cell lines.