Metabolomics,Unknown,Transcriptomics,Genomics,Proteomics

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Dowling-Meara experiment 2

ABSTRACT: Dowling-Meara type epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS-DM) is a severe blistering disease, caused by dominant mutations in either the keratin-5 (K5) or keratin-14 (K14) gene. K5 and K14 are the major components of the intermediate filament (IF) network in basal keratinocytes. Due to the dominant nature of EBS-DM, misfolded K5 or K14 proteins are incorporated into intermediate filaments, rendering them sensitive to mechanical stress. Upon trauma, these filaments disrupt and the keratinocytes lyse, leading to intra-epidermal blistering.The dominant nature of K5 and K14 mutations in EBS-DM represents a challenge to gene-therapeutic approaches. Therefore, we investigated the gene expression profile of a K14 mutant keratinocyte cell line (EBDM1) and compared it to the gene expression profile of a wild-type keratinocyte cell line (NEB1). The aim of this study was to identify differentially regulated genes as potential therapeutic targets for the development of new therapies.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Thomas Lettner

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1641 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Project description:Development of a suitable mouse model would facilitate the investigation of pathomechanisms underlying human psoriasis and would also assist in development of therapeutic treatments. However, while many psoriasis mouse models have been proposed, no single model recapitulates all features of the human disease, and standardized validation criteria for psoriasis mouse models have not been widely applied. In this study, whole-genome transcriptional profiling is used to compare gene expression patterns manifested by human psoriatic skin lesions with those that occur in five psoriasis mouse models (K5-Tie2, imiquimod, K14-AREG, K5-Stat3C and K5-TGFbeta1). While the cutaneous gene expression profiles associated with each mouse phenotype exhibited statistically significant similarity to the expression profile of psoriasis in humans, each model displayed distinctive sets of similarities and differences in comparison to human psoriasis. For all five models, correspondence to the human disease was strong with respect to genes involved in epidermal development and keratinization. Immune and inflammation-associated gene expression, in contrast, was more variable between models as compared to the human disease. These findings support the value of all five models as research tools, each with identifiable areas of convergence to and divergence from the human disease. Additionally, the approach used in this paper provides an objective and quantitative method for evaluation of proposed mouse models of psoriasis, which can be strategically applied in future studies to score strengths of mouse phenotypes relative to specific aspects of human psoriasis. Global transcriptional profiling was utilized to evaluate the similarity between human psoriasis and the psoriasis-like phenotypes that develop in five mouse models (K5-Tie2, IMQ, K14-AREG, K5-Stat3C, K5-TGFbeta1) Expression patterns associated with mouse phenotypes were evaluated by comparing lesional skin from transgenic or IMQ-treated mice (n = 2-3) with normal skin obtained from control mice (n = 2-3).

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Dowling-Meara experiment 2

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