Neonatal Hydrocephalus: Saline Control vs. Kaolin-Induced
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ABSTRACT: Transcriptional profiling of the parietal cortex was performed in postnatal day 22 rats with obstructive hydrocephalus. An intracisternal injection of kaolin was done on postnatal day one, and severe hydrocephalus developed over 3 weeks. Hydrocephalic animals were compared to age-matched saline controls. The goal was to determine the effects of kaolin-induced neonatal hydrocephalus on gene expression. Two-condition experiment: kaolin-induced vs. saline-injected controls. Replicates: 5 treatment samples and 5 saline controls.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of the parietal cortex was performed in postnatal day 22 rats with obstructive hydrocephalus. An intracisternal injection of kaolin was done on postnatal day one, and severe hydrocephalus developed over 3 weeks. Hydrocephalic animals were compared to age-matched saline controls. The goal was to determine the effects of kaolin-induced neonatal hydrocephalus on gene expression.
Project description:We performed RNA microarray in a low protein diet (LPD) model of IUGR at three key time points of alveolarization process. IUGR and control rat pups had been studied for each time point considered: on postnatal day 4 (P4) before beginning of the alveolarization process, on P10, peak of alveolarization process and on P21 at the end of it. A twelve chip study using total RNA extracted from 14 whole lungs intrauterine growth restricted rat pups compared to 15 controls. RNA was extracted at three key time points of alveolarization in postnatal life. RNA was pooled by groups of 2 ou 3 before analysis.
Project description:Objective: Postnatal glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely used in the prevention of chronic lung disease in premature infants. However, their use is associated with neurodevelopmental delay and cerebral palsy. We hypothesized that postnatal dexamethasone or betamethasone in high-dose, but not low-dose, would induce hypomyelination, astrogliosis, and motor impairment in premature rabbit pups. Additionally, these effects would be mediated by glucocorticoid receptors (GRs). Methods: Preterm rabbit pups, delivered by C-section at E29 (term=32d), were treated with a high dose of dexamethasone or vehicle. Myelin basic protein (MBP), glial fibrillary basic protein (GFAP), oligodendrocyte proliferation and maturation, and alteration of transcriptomic profile were evaluated in these pups. Neurobehavioral assessments were performed at 14d. Results: High-dose dexamethasone treatment reduced MBP expression and induced motor-impairment compared with controls. High-dose dexamethasone induced astrogliosis and altered genes associated with myelination, cell-cycle, GR, and MAP-Kinase signaling. Interpretation: High-dose postnatal dexamethasone arrested maturation of oligodendrocytes, and induced hypomyelination, gliosis and motor deficits. GC treatment reduced myelination by genomic GR-dependent mechanisms, and caused astrogliosis by non-genomic mechanisms. Two-condition experiment: forebrains of HDD (high dose dexamethasone) vs. CTR (PBS) post-natally expossed rabbit pups. Biological replicates: 4 CTR replicates, 4 HDD replicates.
Project description:Neonates born pre-term or/and at low weight often suffer from defective lung function where PPAR-gamma cascades play an important role. Curcumin is a PPAR gamma agonist at postnatal day 11
Project description:Inflammatory processes play an important role in regulation of ovarian development, in particularly early in life. Neonatal immune challenge by administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been previously demonstrated to result in diminished ovarian reserve and altered reproductive lifespan. In this study we aimed to characterise the cellular mechanisms that may underpin impaired ovulatory capacity and reduced oocyte development, induced by LPS treatment. Rat pups were administered with LPS or saline on postnatal days 3 and 5. Ovaries were obtained on postnatal day 7 to examine the effect of LPS administration on the ovarian transcriptome. Rat pups were administered intraperitoneally either 0.05mg/kg of LPS (Salmonella Enteritidis) or an equivalent volume of non-pyrogenic saline on postnatal days (PNDs) 3 and 5, and ovaries were obtained on PND 7 for RNA extraction and hybridization on an Agilent-028279 SurePrint G3 Rat GE 8x60K Array platform.
Project description:Liver gene transcripts patterns were used to characterize toxicity from exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), flame retardant components. In this study, Wistar Han dams were exposed by gavage to the PBDE mixture (DE71) starting at gestation day 6 (GD 6) and continuing to weaning on postnatal day 21 (PND 21). Offspring from the dams began PBDE direct dosing on PND 12 and were dosed daily through PND 21. After weaning, they were dosed 5 days per week for another 13 weeks. Liver samples were collected at PND 22 and week 13 for liver gene expression analysis and interrogated with the Affymetrix Rat Genome 230 2.0 Array. PBDE treatment induced 1,066 liver gene transcript changes in females and 1,200 transcriptional changes in males at PND 22 (false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.01), but only 263 liver transcriptional changes at 13 weeks in male rats (FDR <0.05). No significant differences in dose response were found between male and female pups. There were a total of 6 groups and 5x replication for each group, for 30 total samples that were analyzed. The groups were (1) pup-male-CTL, (2) pup-female-CTL, (3) pup-male-PBDE, (4) pup-female-PBDE, (5) rat-male-CTL, (6) rat-male-PBDE. We generated the following pairwise comparisons using R/maanova: malePups(PBDE vs CTL), femalePups(PBDE vs CTL), maleRats(PBDE vs CTL), CTLpups(male vs female), PBDEpups(male vs female). We also performed ANOVA test for SEX-by-DOSE (pups) and AGE-by-DOSE (males). For pups, genes with an FDR≤1% were selected; for rats, genes with FDR < 5% were selected.
Project description:Behavioral transitions Young infant rats paradoxically prefer odors paired with shock but older pups learn aversions. This transition is amygdala- and corticosterone-dependent. Microarray results showed downregulated dopaminergic presynaptic function in the amygdala with preference learning. Corticosterone injected 8-day-old pups and untreated 12-day-old pups learn aversions and had dopaminergic upregulation in the amygdala. 8 day saline or corticosterone treated- or 12 day old untreated rat pups were trained with odor-shock pairings. Immediately after training pups were sacrificed and the amygdala dissected out. Controls were unpaired shock-odor groups.Paired and unpaired groups were processed together for each experimental condition. Paired and unpaired data were compared by ranked products.
Project description:Gene expression changes induced by alpha-secretase cleaved amyloid precursor protein (sAPPalpha) in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures of male, postnatal day 15 mice (C57B6/SJL). Hippocampal slice cultures were treated with phosphate buffered saline (GSM26700, GSM26701, GSM26702) or 1 nM sAPPalpha (GSM26703, GSM26704, GSM26705) for 24 h. Each sample consists of total RNA isolated from 8-12 slices from 4 mice. Data were analyzed with MAS 5.0 and scaled to 2500. sAPPalpha induces the amyloid sequestration protein transthyretin, insulin-like growth factor 2, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2, and other genes involved in protective pathways such as apoptosis inhibition, detoxification, and retinol transport. See Stein, TD, Anders, NJ, DeCarli, C, Chan, SL, Mattson, MP, and Johnson JA. Neutralization of transthyretin reverses the neuroprotective effects of secreted APP in APPSw mice resulting in tau phosphorylation and loss of hippocampal neurons: support for the amyloid hypothesis. J Neurosci. in press.
Project description:The developing brain is particularly sensitive to ethanol during the brain growth spurt or synaptogenesis (third human trimester equivalent). This has been shown to lead to abnormal brain development and behavioural changes in the adult mouse that are relevant to those seen in humans with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). We evaluated the acute (4h post-treatment) gene expression changes that occur in the brain due to ethanol exposure during synaptogenesis (postnatal day 7). We used microarray analyses to evaluate the changes in brain gene expression at postnatal day 7 that occur due to ethanol treatment at postnatal day 7 (synaptogenesis). To generate samples, C57BL/6J pups were injected with ethanol (experimental) or saline (control) at postnatal day 7 (2 x 2.5 g/kg at 0h and 2h). Pups were sacrificed 4 hours following the initial injection. Total RNA was extracted from whole brain tissue and RNA from three male mice from three different litters were pooled as one biological replicate. Each male ethanol-treated mouse represented in a sample was matched by a control littermate present in a control sample. This study consists of two experimental (ethanol-treated) biological replicates and four control (saline vehicle-treated) replicates (total mice used was n=18).