Transcription profiling of mouse B6 and A/J mouse strains
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ABSTRACT: A cDNA variability comparison between B6 and A/J mouse strains. This is a technical replicate flip design experiment, where each RNA will have 3 separate cDNA syntheses for a total of 6 slides.
Project description:This experiement was done to compare gene expression in muscular tissue in two different strains. The experiment was a 6 slide loop dye-flip experiment using muscle RNA from 3 biological replicates for B6 and tub/tub mice strains.
Project description:Retinal damage causes proliferation of Muller glia, but the degree of proliferation depends on mouse strains. Muller glial proliferation was significantly promoted by the addition of GSK3 inhibitor in 129, but not in B6. We used retinal explant culture as a model for retinal damage which caused preferential photoreceptor death in a few days. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression regulating the proliferative potential of Muller glia after retinal damage.
Project description:Purpose: To analyze gene expression in calcific (C3H) and non-calcific (B6) hearts Methods: B6 and C3H mice were induced cardiac injury by rapid freeze thaw of cardiac tissue (cryo-injury). A left thoracotomy was performed at the level of 2nd intercostal space and the exposed beating heart was frozen for 10 seconds by gently pressing a pre-cooled steel rod of 1mm diameter in dry ice. Freezing of cardiac tissue was confirmed by the rapid discoloration of the tissue. Seven days after injury, injured and uninjured regions from same heart were used for RNA sequence. Results: In contrast to only 70 odd genes that were differentially upregulated following injury in non-calcified mouse hearts (B6) about 960 genes were upregulated in C3H hearts following injury induced calcification. Out of the 960 differentially upregulated genes, only 35 were found to be common or upregulated in both C3H and B6 hearts after injury illustrating of the overlapping but dramatically different magnitude of the injury response. Families of genes regulating diverse aspects of an injury response including inflammation, extracellular matrix proteins, cell proliferation and collagen production were differentially expressed between the calcific and non-calcific hearts after injury. The mean expression of osteogenic genes (osteogenic signature) was significantly higher in injured C3H hearts compared to uninjured C3H hearts. The osteogenic signature was not higher in injured B6 hearts compared to control uninjured B6 hearts. Conclusions: Calcific hearts compared to non-calcific hearts responded to injury with a dramatically different transcriptional program.
Project description:human bronchial smooth muscle cells were infected with adenoviral constructs containing either the phosphorylation mutant form of HSP27 (HSP27-3A) or the wild type form (HSP27-WT) at 40 MOI for 4 days. All sets were stimulated with a cytokine mixture containing 10 ng/ml IL-1beta, TNF-alfa, and gamma-IFN for 20 hours prior to harvest. This series represents 4 separate preparations of cells and RNA, with each set being subjected to a dye flip and hybridized to 2 different slides. Keywords: parallel sample