Analysis of gene expression in co-culture of PBMCs with lung cancer cell lines by High-Throughput Sequencing

Objective: The goal of this study is to investigate paracrine effect of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) on lung cancer cell lines. Method: Transcription profiles of PBMCs (control) and PBMCs co-cultured with lung cancer cell lines (treatment) were generated by deep sequencing,in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq 4000. Results and Conclusions: With demonstrating of RNA sequencing approach, PBMCs has been shown the gene expression changed when co-cultured with lung cancer cell lines. The result revealed that up-regulated genes were 8,073 and 8,070 genes co-cultured with A549 and H292, respectively. In the other hand, down-regulated genes were 8,341 and 8,342 genes co-cultured with A549 and H292, respectively. Comparing the data to expression array databases from lung cancer patients, up-regulated genes were shown 29 genes co-cultured with A549 and 37 genes with H292 which, among them, there were 2 genes, ANKRD37 and BUB3, found in both treatments. Down-regulated genes were found 24 and 35 genes in the co-culture of A549 an d H292, respectively, that no similar genes found in both treatments. Transcription profiles of PBMC (control) and PBMC co-cultured with lung cancer cell lines (treatment) were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq 4000.