Project description:Selected brain regions of mice with chronic DSS colitis and controls, and mice with colitis caused by induced, intestinal epithelial-specific Opa1 knock-out to study the impact of gut inflammation on the brain
Project description:Whole right brain hemispheres of mice with adaptive T-cell transfer colitis and controls to study the impact of gut inflammation on the brain
Project description:Whole right brain hemispheres of mice with Citrobacter rodentium infection-induced colitis and controls to study the impact of gut inflammation on the brain
Project description:Whole right brain hemispheres of mice with T-cell-driven small intestinal inflammation caused by anti-CD3 injection and controls to study the impact of gut inflammation on the brain
Project description:Whole right brain hemispheres of mice with colitis caused by induced, intestinal epithelial-specific Opa1 knock-out to study the impact of gut inflammation on the brain
Project description:L-Arginine (L-Arg) is the substrate for both inducible nitric oxide synthase and arginase, which are upregulated in human IBD and in mouse colitis models. We have found that L-Arg supplementation enhances wound restitution in vitro, and improves the clinical parameters of weight loss, survival, and colon weight/length, in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) induced murine colitis. Our aim was to further identify the potential mechanisms underlying the clinical benefit of L-Arg supplementation. 12 Total samples were analyzed, 3 samples from each of 4 groups. We generated the following pairwise comparisons: Ctrl vs Ctrl + L-Arg; Ctrl vs DSS; DSS vs DSS + L-Arg; Ctrl + L-Arg vs DSS, Ctrl + L-Arg vs DSS + L-Arg. Genes with a p-value < 0.01 and a fold-change ≥2 were selected. To identify genes that were altered in response to L-Arg, we performed the following multiple sample comparisons using a p-value < 0.01 and a fold-change ≥2: Ctrl vs DSS vs DSS + L-Arg
Project description:Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) acting as negative regulators of gene expression are differentially expressed in intestinal tissues of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Assessing the functional role of miRNAs in murine models of colitis facilitates elucidating the role of specific miRNAs in human IBD. The aim of this study was to determine the miRNA signature of murine models of colitis and to assess the influence of miR-21 on intestinal inflammation. Methods: miRNAs expression was accessed by microarray for acute and chronic murine model of colitis induced by DSS or TNBS. miR-21-deficient mouse and littermates controls were assessed in the standard DSS, TNBS and CD4+ T cell transfer models of colitis. RNAs of mouse colon and CD4+CD45RBHigh cells were analyzed by miRNA and mRNA microarray, and quantitative RT-PCR. Th1 polarization was accessed by flow-cytometry and ELISA. Results: Alterations of in miRNAs expression were identified for acute and chronic DSS colitis and TNBS colitis, receptively. The Expression of miRs-21, -142-3p and -223 was were distinct between DSS and TNBS models while overlap of numerous miRNAs was seen. Importantly, miRs-19b, -192 and -215, that are decreased in IBD, were significantly decreased in all 4 models of colitis. miR-21, which is increased in IBD, was increased in TNBS colitis but not the DSS colitis models. Further assessment of the miR-21-deficient 1-/- mice revealed that the deletion of miR-21 results in the exacerbation of both the TNBS and T cell-transfer models of colitis. Conclusions: miRNAs are differentially expressed in both human IBD and murine colitis, with overlap of several IBD-associated miRNAs. The demonstration that miR-21 deletion exacerbated CD4+ T cell-mediated models of colitis provides further evidence that miRNAs play significant roles in the pathogenesis of IBD. miRNAs expression was accesed for acute and chronic murine model of colitis induced by DSS or TNBS.Total of 20 samples with duplicates were analyed in this study.
Project description:gamma delta intraepithelial lymphocytes were isolated from the colons of DSS-treated and untreated mice. Total RNAs were isolated and compared by Affymetrix DNA microarray. Duplicate comparisons were made between DSS-treated and untreated gamma delta intraepithelial lymphocytes.
Project description:Adamts12-deficient mice undergo more severe colitis than WT mice after induction with DSS. We used microarrays to determine the gene expression differences between Adamts12-deficient and WT mice during ulcerative colitis induced with DSS (dextran sodium sulfate) Fragments of distal colon from DSS-treated (2% DSS during 7 days and 1 day of recovery) and untreated Adamts12-deficient and WT mice were obtained for RNA extraction and hybridiztion with Affymetrix microarrays