ABSTRACT: Characterization of genome-wide transcriptional changes in liver and adipose tissues of ZDF (fa/fa) rats fed R-α-lipoic acid by next-generation sequencing
Project description:Characterization of genome-wide transcriptional changes in liver and adipose tissues of ZDF (fa/fa) rats fed R-α-lipoic acid by next-generation sequencing
Project description:Chromosome 2 introgression from normotensive Brown Norway (BN) rats into hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) background (consomic S2B) reduced blood pressure (BP) and vascular inflammation under normal salt diet (NSD). We hypothesized that BN chromosome 2 contains anti-inflammatory genes that could reduce BP elevation and vascular inflammation in rats fed NSD and high salt diet (HSD). We used chromosome 2 fragment substitutions to map chromosome 2 portion associated with vascular inflammation changes and next generation sequencing (NGS) to profile microRNAs in thoracic descending aorta of SS and congenic rats fed NSD or HSD.
Project description:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is strongly affected by diet, with red and processed meat increasing risk. To understand the role of microbiome in this phenomenon and to identify specific microbiome/metabolomics profiles associated with CRC risk, will be studied: 1) healthy volunteers fed for 3 months with: a high-CRC risk diet (meat-based MBD), a normalized CRC risk diet (MBD plus alpha-tocopherol, MBD-T), a low-CRC risk diet (pesco-vegetarian, PVD). At the beginning and at the end of the intervention, gut microbiome profiles (metagenomics and metabolomics), and CRC biomarkers (genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, peroxidation in faecal water; lipid/glycemic indexes, inflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress), 2) Colon carcinogenesis: the same diets will be fed (3 months) to carcinogen-induced rats or to Pirc rats, mutated in Apc, the key gene in CRC; faecal microbiome profiles, will be correlated to carcinogenesis measuring preneoplastic lesions, colon tumours, and faecal and blood CRC biomarkers as in humans; 3) To further elucidate the mechanisms underlying the effect of different microbiomes in determining CRC risk, faeces from rats fed the experimental diets will be transplanted into carcinogen-induced germ-free rats, measuring how microbiome changes correlate with metabolome and disease outcomes. The results will provide fundamental insight in the role of microbiome in determining the effect of the diet, in particular red/processed meat intake, on CRC risk
Project description:Chromosome 2 introgression from normotensive Brown Norway (BN) rats into hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) background (consomic S2B) reduced blood pressure (BP) and vascular inflammation under normal salt diet (NSD). We hypothesized that BN chromosome 2 contains anti-inflammatory genes that could reduce BP elevation and vascular inflammation in rats fed NSD and high salt diet (HSD). We used chromosome 2 fragment substitutions to map chromosome 2 portion associated with vascular inflammation changes and next generation sequencing (NGS) to profile messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in thoracic descending aorta of SS and congenic rats fed NSD or HSD.
Project description:We analyze the contribution of alternative splicing to the transcriptional complexity in adipose tissue and the development of diet-induced obesity. We use Next generation sequencing analysis of mice fed with a control chow diet or a high fat diet.
Project description:We analyze the contribution of alternative splicing to the transcriptional complexity in adipose tissue and the development of diet-induced obesity. We use Next generation sequencing analysis of eWAT from control and Nova1 and Nova2-deficient mice fed with a control diet
Project description:We analyze the contribution of alternative splicing to the transcriptional complexity in adipose tissue and the development of diet-induced obesity. We use Next generation sequencing analysis of eWAT from control and Nova1 and Nova2-deficient mice fed with a high fat diet.
Project description:To study the changes in the proteomics profile of of subcutaneous adipose tissue of growing high-fat diet–fed rats, TMT was used as the labeling strategy for comparative quantitative proteomic analysis.
Project description:We report on the characterization of lipogenic tissue transcriptional networks that support physiological responses of obese rats to a lipid-lowering bioactive food compound, R-a-lipoic acid (LA). Nine-week old male ZDF (fa/fa) rats were fed a chow diet supplemented with 3 g LA per kg diet or pair fed for two weeks. At the end of the trial, high-quality RNA was extracted from the liver and epididymal fat and subjected to transcriptome analysis using RNA-Seq technology. Results showed a substantially higher number of differentially expressed genes (DEG, q ⤠0.05 and absolute log2(fold change) ⥠1) in liver (110 genes) vs. epididymal fat (10 genes). Most epididymal fat DEG were also differentially expressed in liver and shared directionality of change. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis of these transcripts revealed significant enrichment of GO categories related to immune response, stress response, lipid metabolism, and carboxylic acid metabolic processes. Of interest interferon-related genes involved in defense against microorganism and innate immune response were induced by LA. Lipid metabolism-related transcript changes observed in LA-fed animals included downregulation of lipogenic genes (Pnpla3, Pnpla5, Elov6, Acly, Gpam, and Aacs) and concomitant upregulation of short-, medium- and long-chain fatty acid metabolic processes (Acot1, Acot2, Acsf2, and Crat). Transcriptional changes were accompanied by the lowering of abdominal adiposity and blood triacylglycerol levels. We conclude that LA dietary supplementation induces prominent gene expression changes in liver in support of significant improvement of whole-body lipid status For each tissue and feed combination (liver/LA+, liver/LA-, adipose/LA+, and adipose/LA-) the transcriptome was sequenced with 4 biological replicates.