Project description:Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that low folate diet (control diet with 2mg folate/kg, low folate diet with 0.3mg folate/kg) can induce intestinal tumors in BALB/c mice. We used microarrays to compare MTHFR+/+ BALB/c mice fed control diet and MTHFR+/- BALB/c mice fed low folate diet. After weaning, 4 BALB/c Mthfr +/+ mice were fed with a control diet (CD, 2mg folate/kg) and 4 BALB/c Mthfr +/- mice were fed a low folate diet (FD, 0.3mg folate/kg) for 1 year. Both diets contain succinylsulfanthiozole (1%) to prevent folate synthesis by intestine microbial biota.
Project description:Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that low folate diet (control diet with 2mg folate/kg, low folate diet with 0.3mg folate/kg) can induce intestinal tumors in BALB/c mice. In addition, we reported that C57Bl/6J mice did not form tumors under the same conditions. We used microarrays to identify the genetic differences between BALB/c and C57Bl/6J mice that promote tumorigenesis in BALB/c mice. Two groups of mice will be used in the micro-array experiment. One group will consist of four BALB/c mice and the second group will consist of four C57Bl/6 mice. Both groups have mild MTHFR deficiency (Mthfr+/-) and will receive low folate diet (0.3 mg folate/kg) for one year. RNA samples will be extracted from duodenum, the first section of the small intestine where tumors were observed in BALB/c mice. Eight Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array Chips will be used in this experiment.
Project description:Quantification of acetylation stoichiometry from mitochondrial enriched proteins from mouse livers. Conditions compared include genotype, diet, and age; i.e. Sirt3 KO vs Sirt3 WT, caloric restricted (CR) diet vs control diet (CD), and 5 months old vs 25 months old.
Project description:Transcriptional Profiling of the Transition from Normal Intestine to Adenoma in the APC(Min/+) Mouse. Tissue was from male 91-days old APC(Min/+) mouse (an animal model for human colon cancer). RNA was purified using Trizol and labeled for hybridization to high density oligonucleotide Affymetrix MG_U74Av2 arrays, using manufacturer protocol. We measured the relative expression level of >12000 genes and ESTs. -----------------------------------------; Samples used in analysis:; * GSM12501: Normal intestine diet #1 sample C1_0112 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12502: Tumor diet #1 sample T1_0112 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12503: Normal intestine diet #1 sample C2_0112 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12504: Tumor diet #1 sample T2_0112 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12505: Normal intestine diet #2 sample C1_003 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12506: Tumor diet #2 sample T1_003 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12507: Normal intestine diet #2 sample C2_003 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12508: Tumor diet #2 sample T2_003 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12509: Normal intestine diet #3 sample C1_005 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12510: Tumor diet #3 sample T1_005 Dnmt+/- Min/+; * GSM12511: Normal intestine diet #3 sample C2_005 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; * GSM12512: Tumor diet #3 sample T2_005 Dnmt+/+ Min/+; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -; Comparisons were performed as described in Chen Z, Ge B, Hudson TJ and Rozen R. Gene Expression Patterns 1, 89-93, 2002. Comparing Normal intestine vs Adenoma. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -; This resulted in the identification of differentially expressed transcripts. Identified transcripts were clustered based on functional information which was publicly available at time of analysis, obtained through the NetAffx WEB portal (www.Affymetrix.com) and literature.
Project description:Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that low folate diet (control diet with 2mg folate/kg, low folate diet with 0.3mg folate/kg) can induce intestinal tumors in BALB/c mice. We used microarrays to compare MTHFR+/+ BALB/c mice fed control diet and MTHFR+/- BALB/c mice fed low folate diet.
Project description:Small intestine of a pool of three Wt mice and a pool of 3 IL-9tg mice in a balb/c backround. We demonstrated that intestinal IL-9 over expression predispose to oral antigen sensitization Keywords: TG vs WT