ABSTRACT: To further understand the molecular complexity of fracture repair, we investigated miRNA profiling during the first 14 days post fracture. miRNA expression was investigated at post-fracture days 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 14 as well as in intact (unfractured bone).
Project description:Profiling of miRNA expressions comparing standard fracture healing models with nonunion models in rats 12w, male, Sprague–Dawley rats were used in this study. Animals were randomized to receive either a surgical treatment that has been shown to produce a nonunion or to a standard stabilized closed femoral shaft fracture that is known to successfully heal. The details of these procedures have been previously described. Briefly, to produce standard healing models, a 1.2-mm diameter K-wire was inserted retrograde into the right femoral intramedullary canal and a closed transverse femoral shaft fracture was produced using a three-point bending apparatus with a drop weight . To produce the nonunion, the fractured site was additionally exposed, and the periosteum was cauterized circumferentially for a distance of 2 mm on each side of the fracture . Five animals from each group were euthanized on post-fracture day 14 for microarray analysis.
Project description:Sprague-Dawley rats were placed on an ethanol-containing or pair-fed Lieber and DeCarli diets for 4 wks prior to surgical fracture. Following insertion of a medullary pin, a closed mid-diaphyseal fracture was induced using a Bonnarens and Einhorn fracture device. At 3 days post-fracture, the region of the fracture calluses were harvested from the right hind-limb. RNA was extracted and microarray analysis was conducted against the entire rat genome to study the effects of alcohol-consumption on the fracture healing. The experiments were on four rat subjects, i.e., pair-fed rats with subsequent surgical fracture or no surgical fracture, and alcohol-fed rats with subsequent surgical fracture or no surgical fracture. Each rat subject described above has three replicates so 6 kinds of pairing can be made and each pairing has a dye-swap replicate (thus, a total 12 array experiments). The focus of this study is on the pair-fed fracture subject vs. alcohol-fed fracture subject.
Project description:Time-point expression analysis of fractures calluses at 1, 3, and 5 days post-fracture in young and old BALB/c mice. Femur fractures were generated on female c57BI6 mice in triplicate: 8 month old retired breeders (old mice) and 6 week old mice (young mice) were used. 1, 3, and 5 days post-fracture, fracture calluses were dissected and total RNA isolated. Expression profiling was performed using Affymetrix's Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array.
Project description:Genome-wide comparative gene expression analysis of callus tissue of osteoporotic mice (Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/-) and wild-type were performed to identify candidate genes that might be responsible for the impaired fracture healing observed in Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/- mice. To investigate bone healing in osteoporosis, we performed fracture healing studies in wild-type mice (C57BL/6 genetic background) and the low bone mass strains Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/- (Schulze et al., 2010; Kato et al., 2002). Osteotomy was set in femora of female mice and stabilized by a semi-rigid fixator to allow fast bone healing (RM-CM-6ntgen et al., 2010). 21 days post surgery we analyzed the fracture calli by biochemical/histological methods, as well as micro-computed tomography, and observed impaired fracture healing in Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/- mice in comparison to wild-type. To identify genes that may be responsible for the impaired healing in osteoporotic mice, we performed microarray analysis of three independent callus samples of each genotype. The callus tissue was taken 10 days after surgery, because extensive bone formation took place at this point.
Project description:mRNA gene expression was measured in intact female Sprague-Dawley rats at 6 (young), 26 (adult) and 52 (older) weeks of age at the time of fracture. Samples were collected at 0, 0.4, 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after fracture. RNA from two rats were pooled for each Affymetrix Rat U34A array. Mid-shaft, simple, transverse left femoral fractures were induced after retrograde intramedullary rod fixation with a Bonnarens and Einhorn device. Samples were collected from one third of the femoral length, centered on the fracture site, including the external callus, cortical bone, and marrow elements. Keywords = rat Keywords = fracture Keywords = age Keywords = time Keywords = femur Keywords: other
Project description:To further understand the molecular complexity of fracture repair, we investigated miRNA profiling during the first 14 days post fracture.
Project description:Chemoresistance is a major cause of poor prognosis of breast cancer.More and more mRNAs and lncRNAs are reported to upregulate chemoresistance in breast cancer.To explore the how mRNAs and lncRNAs involved in chemoresistance of breast cancer,we sceened upregulated mRNAs and lncRNA from parental MCF-7 , chemoresistant MCF-7 cells as well as 4 breast cancer tissue sensitive to chemotherapy and 4 resistant to chemotherapy . Total RNA was extracted using Trizol reagent. Agilent Human lncRNA Microarray V6 (4*180K) was used to analyze the global profiling of human lncRNAs and protein-coding transcripts in these samples. The microarray contains 83,835 lncRNAs and 27,233 coding genes.
Project description:Mid-shaft fracture stimulates bone lengthening by increasing linear growth at the growthplate. This project studied changes in mRNA in the proximal growthplate after a mid-shaft fracture in a rat model. Experiment Overall Design: Study of rat proximal femoral growthplate after mid-shaft fracture in 4 week old Sprague-Dawley female rats. RNA from two rats were pooled for each sample. Proximal femoral growthplate was studied from the fractured femora and the intact contralateral femora.
Project description:A study of rat femoral fracture healing in young (6 weeks old at fracture), adult (26 weeks old at fracture), and old (52 weeks old at fracture) rats. Samples were collected at time of surgery (intact controls) and at 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks after fracture. Samples were the mid third of the femoral length including the external callus, cortical bone and marrow elements. Fracture was stabilized with an intramedullary rod prior to fracture with a Bonnarens and Einhorn device.
Project description:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a leading cause of cancer deaths, represents a heterogeneous group of neoplasms, mostly comprising squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), adenocarcinoma (AC) and large-cell carcinoma (LCC). The aim of this study was to gain a systems biology insight into the current clinical classification. Patients and Methods: Comparative genomic hybridization followed by mutational analysis, gene expression and miRNA microarray profiling were performed on 123 paired tumor and non-tumor tissue samples from patients with NSCLC. Using integrated systems biology approaches, we sought to find out if combining data types from different levels of biology would improve clinical assessment of NSCLC. Results: At both DNA, RNA and miRNA levels we could identify molecular markers that discriminated significantly between the various clinicopathological entities of NSCLC. Conclusions: We report proofs of distinct molecular profiles that contribute to distinguishing NSCLC tumor subtypes even in small biopsies. The 121 CGH experiments have been made in dual color with long oligo Agilent Human Genome CGH 244K arrays (design 014693) with a sex apparied DNA reference (Promega). 10 profiles have been discarded due to too much noise.Only 111 profiles have been used in the analysis.