Project description:Gene expression profiles in hearts of Lewis rats immunized with a peptide of human alpha1A-adrenergic receptor. The pathophysiological relevance of chronic autoantibodies against alpha-1A-adrenergic receptor stimulation in rats was investigated. Lewis rats were immunized using synthesized peptides of second extracellular loop of the human alpha-1A-adrenergic receptor and raised for one year. The gene expression in hearts of three immunized and three control rats were analyzed using Affymetrix Rat Genome 230 2.0 Arrays.
Project description:We investigated proteomic profiling assessed by data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS) in the rat heart primordia before and after heartbeat initiation at embryonic day 10.0, when heartbeat begins in rats, and in the primordial heart tube at embryonic day 11.0.
Project description:To unravel antihypertensive drug-induced gene expression changes that are potentially related to the amelioration of end-organ damages, we performed in vivo phenotypic evaluation and transcriptomic analysis on the heart and the kidney, with administration of antihypertensive drugs to two inbred strains of (i.e., hypertensive and normotensive) rats. We chose to use six antihypertensive classes: enalapril (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor), candesartan (angiotensin receptor blocker), hydrochlorothiazide (diuretics), amlodipine (calcium-channel blocker), carvedilol (vasodilating -blocker) and hydralazine. In the tested rat strains, four of six drugs, including two renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors, were effective for BP lowering, whereas the remaining two drugs were not. Besides BP lowering, there appeared to be some inter-drug heterogeneity in phenotypic changes, such as suppressed body weight (Bw) gain and Bw-adjusted heart weight reduction. For the transcriptomic response, a considerable number of genes showed prominent mRNA expression changes either in a BP-dependent or BP-independent manner with substantial diversity between the target organs. Noticeable changes of mRNA expression were induced particularly by RAS blockade, e.g., for genes in the natriuretic peptide system (Nppb and Corin) in the heart and for those in the RAS/ kallikrein-kinin system (Ren and rat Klk1 paralogs) and those related to calcium ion binding (Calb1 and Slc8a1) in the kidney. The heart data comprises of this submission and part of E-MTAB-9244.
Project description:The molecular mechanisms of progressive right heart failure are incompletely understood. We systematically examined transcriptomic changes occurring over months in isolated cardiomyocytes or whole heart tissues from failing right and left ventricles in rat models of pulmonary artery (PAB) or aortic banding (AOB). Detailed bioinformatics analyses resulted in the identification of gene signatures, protein, and transcription factor networks specific to ventricles and compensated or decompensated disease states. Proteomic and RNA-FISH analyses confirmed PAB-mediated regulation of key genes (including proenkephalin) and revealed spatially heterogeneous mRNA expression in the heart. Intersection of rat PAB-specific gene sets with transcriptome data sets from human patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension led to the identification of more than 50 genes whose expression levels correlated with the severity of right heart disease, including multiple matrix-regulating and secreted factors. These data define a conserved, differentially regulated genetic network associated with right heart failure in rats and humans
Project description:Transcription profiling of spontaneously hypertensive heart failure rats (SHHF) and a reference strain to identify heart failure susceptibility genes
Project description:To unravel antihypertensive drug-induced gene expression changes that are potentially related to the amelioration of end-organ damages, we performed in vivo phenotypic evaluation and transcriptomic analysis on the heart and the kidney, with administration of antihypertensive drugs to two inbred strains of (i.e., hypertensive and normotensive) rats. We chose to use six antihypertensive classes: enalapril (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor), candesartan (angiotensin receptor blocker), hydrochlorothiazide (diuretics), amlodipine (calcium-channel blocker), carvedilol (vasodilating beta-blocker) and hydralazine. In the tested rat strains, four of six drugs, including two renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors, were effective for BP lowering, whereas the remaining two drugs were not. Besides BP lowering, there appeared to be some inter-drug heterogeneity in phenotypic changes, such as suppressed body weight (Bw) gain and Bw-adjusted heart weight reduction. For the transcriptomic response, a considerable number of genes showed prominent mRNA expression changes either in a BP-dependent or BP-independent manner with substantial diversity between the target organs. Noticeable changes of mRNA expression were induced particularly by RAS blockade, e.g., for genes in the natriuretic peptide system (Nppb and Corin) in the heart and for those in the RAS/ kallikrein-kinin system (Ren and rat Klk1 paralogs) and those related to calcium ion binding (Calb1 and Slc8a1) in the kidney. This submission includes the kidney data.
Project description:We aimed to identify gene variants associated with heart failure by using a rat model of the human disease. We performed invasive cardiac hemodynamic measurements in F2 crosses between spontaneously hypertensive heart failure rats (SHHF) and reference strains. We combined linkage analyses with genome-wide expression profiling .
Project description:Deterioration of functional islet β-cell mass is the final step in progression to Type 2 diabetes. We previously reported that overexpression of Nkx6.1 in rat islets has the dual effects of enhancing glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and increasing β-cell replication. Here we show that Nkx6.1 strongly upregulates the prohormone VGF in rat islets and that VGF is both necessary and sufficient for Nkx6.1-mediated enhancement of GSIS. Moreover, the VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21 potentiates GSIS in rat and human islets and improves glucose tolerance in vivo. Chronic injection of TLQP-21 in pre-diabetic ZDF rats preserves islet mass and slows diabetes onset. TLQP-21 prevents islet cell apoptosis by a pathway similar to that used by GLP-1, but independent of the GLP-1, GIP, or VIP receptors. Unlike GLP-1, TLQP-21 does not inhibit gastric emptying or increase heart rate. We conclude that a TLQP-21 is a novel agent for enhancing islet β-cell survival and function. We utilized a “sample x reference” experimental design strategy in which RNA extracted from rat pancreatic islets was hybridized to the microarray slide in the presence of labeled rat reference RNA (RRR, Stratagene, LaJolla, CA). Cultures were treated with adenoviruses expressing either the hamster form of Nkx6.1, the mouse form of Pdx1, or the beta-galactosidase enzyme. 3-5 biological replicates each representing independent islet isolations were used for microarray analysis. Briefly, five hundred nanograms of total RNA were used for gene expression profiling following reverse transcription and T-7 polymerase-mediated amplification/labeling with Cyanine-5. Labeled subject cRNA was co-hybridized to Operon rat 27K oligonucleotide arrays with equimolar amounts of Cyanine-3 labeled RRR. Slides were hybridized, washed, and scanned on a Gene Pix 5000 microarray scanner.
Project description:Background Digital gene expression (DGE) profiling has become an established tool to study RNA expression. Here, we provide an in-depth analysis of small RNA DGE profiles from two different rat strains (BN-Lx and SHR) from six different rat tissues (spleen, liver, brain, testis, heart, kidney). We describe the expression patterns of known and novel micro (mi)RNAs and piwi-interacting (pi)RNAs. We confirmed the expression of 589 known miRNAs and identified 56 miRNAs homologous to known human or mouse miRNAs, as well as 45 new rat miRNAs. Furthermore, we confirmed specific A to I editing in brain for mir-376a/b/c and identified mir-377 as a novel editing target. In accordance with earlier findings, we observed a highly tissue-specific expression pattern for all tissues analyzed. The brain was found to express the highest number of tissue-specific miRNAs, followed by testis. Notably, our experiments also revealed robust strain-specific differential miRNA expression in the liver that is caused by genetic variation between the strains. Finally, we identified two types of germline-specific piRNAs in testis, mapping either to transposons or in strand-specific clusters. Taken together, the small RNA compendium described here advances the annotation of small RNAs in the rat genome. Strain and tissue-specific expression patterns furthermore provide a strong basis for studying the role of small RNAs in regulatory networks as well as biological process like physiology and neurobiology that are extensively studied in this model system. Small RNAs from 6 tissues were cloned and sequenced. Tissues included whole brain, liver, spleen, heart, testis, kidney. Tissues were sequenced from 2 rats: one BN-Lx rat and one SHR rat. For strain-specific miRNA expression we included 4 replicate whole livers, i.e. from 2 BN-Lx rats and 2 SHR rats.