Genomic profiling of normal and regenerating liver in young and old mice
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ABSTRACT: We investigated by microarray analysis the expression pattern of hepatic genes in young and old untreated mice and the differences in gene expression profile following surgical partial hepatectomy (2/3 PH).
Project description:This study demonstrated that genetic background is critical to the STAT5B-mediated lymphomagenesis probably through regulation of STAT5B activation, which results in the alteration of many tumorigenic genes. Chemopreventive compounds that can reduce STAT5B phosphorylation and/or the STAT5B signaling pathway can efficiently block lymphomagenesis, demonstrating that the NOD.Stat5bTg mouse is an excellent model for testing novel chemopreventive strategies. To elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying the activation of Stat5b upon lymphoma onset, we profiled gene expression in thymocytes of NOD.Stat5b mice, Gene expression was analyzed with the Illumina's MouseRef-8 v2.0 Expression beadchips
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of E14.5 XY germ cells (marked with Oct4-EGFP transgene) from two strain backgrounds (C57BL/6J and 129S1/SvImJ) that differ in their susceptibility to testicular teratomas. Two condition experiment. For each sample, Oct4-EGFP+ germ cells from all XY embyos within a litter were pooled. For the C57BL/6J background, n=3 pooled biological replicates were profiled, and n=2 replicates were obtained and profiled for 129S1/SvImJ.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to identify leptin target genes and subsequent pathways correlated with leptin-mediated weight loss. We utilized the microarray technology to compare two types of leptin administration: one involving a direct stimulatory effect when administered peripherally (subcutaneous: SQ) and another that is indirect, involving a hypothalamic relay that suppresses food intake when leptin is administered centrally (intracerebroventricular: ICV). We report here the impact of central and peripheral administration of leptin on food intake, body weight and body fat composition in ob/ob mice. We also report hepatic gene expression changes caused by central versus peripheral leptin administration. Keywords: comparison Leptin deficient (ob/ob) mice were continuously administered leptin over 12-days using central (intracerebroventricular) or peripheral (subcutaneous) route of administration. Liver RNA was extracted and hybridized to Illumina microarrays and gene expression data was analyzed. The global gene expression profiles were compared after the central and peripheral leptin treatments in ob/ob mice and C57BL6 mice were used for the baseline gene expression.
Project description:Autonomic nervous system is widely distributed in liver, and some reserchers have found that disruppted autonomic nerves will delay liver regeneration. We used microarrays to further highlight the regulatory role of autonomic nervous system in liver regeneration at gene transcription level. Surgical operations of rat partial hepatectomy (PH) and its operation control (OC), sympathectomy combining partial hepatectomy (SPH), vagotomy combining partial hepatectomy (VPH), and total liver denervation combining partial hepatectomy (TDPH) were performed, and the expression profiles of regenerating liver at 2h were detected using Rat Genome 230 2.0 array. Then the significantly changed genes related to liver regeneration (LR)-, injury-, splanchnic nerve-LR-, vagal nerve-LR-, and autonomic nerve-LR-related genes were identified, respectively. The relevance of gene expression profiles and biological processes was analyzed by bioinformatics and systems biology.
Project description:We performed RNA immunoprecipitation (IP) and microarray (RIP-chip) analyses to identify and compare the biological mRNA targets of two RNA-binding protein (RBP), TDP-43 and FUS, associated to cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes of motoneuronal NSC34 cells with the final aim to unravel their role in mRNA transport, stability, and translation in neuronal cells. To identify the transcripts contained and bound in the isolated RNP complexes, a chip analysis was performed using the recovered mRNAs from triplicate experimantal RIP samples (TDP-43-IP samples, the FUS-IP samples and the control IgG-IP sample).
Project description:Understanding the molecular bases of neurological and psychiatric conditions is hampered by a lack of suitable patient-derived cellular models. The olfactory mucosa is a continually regenerating neural tissue that contains multipotent neural stem cells which are accessible and expandable in vitro as neurospheres. Here we demonstrate disease-specific differences in neurosphere-derived cell lines from patients with two unrelated neurological conditions. Lines derived from donors with schizophrenia exhibited significant dysregulation of neurodevelopmental pathways whereas those obtained from donors with Parkinson's disease demonstrated significant dysgregulation in mitochondrial function, oxidative stress and xenobiotic metabolism. Our model supports the hypothesis that diseases with multiple genetic and environmental risk factors are revealed in convergent cellular and molecular pathways in olfactory neurosphere-derived cells taken from patient cohorts. These patient-derived cells provide informative models that provide insights into neurobiological correlates of neurological and psychiatric disorders that may be useful for many neuropsychiatric/neurodegenerative conditions and for drug discovery
Project description:Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) play crucial roles in tumor initiation, metastasis and resistance to anticancer therapies. These cells rely for their properties on complex interactions with the tumor microenvironment through networks of cytokines and growth factors. In this study, we investigated how leptin, as a mediator of tumor-stromal interactions, may affect BCSC activity using breast cancer cell lines and patient-derived samples. Microarray analyses revealed a similar expression profile of genes involved in stem cell biology in mammosphere cells treated with stromal cell-CM and leptin.
Project description:The Muscleblind-like (Mbnl) family of RNA-binding proteins plays important roles in muscle and eye development and in Myotonic Dystrophy (DM), where expanded CUG or CCUG repeats functionally deplete Mbnl proteins. We identified transcriptome-wide functional and biophysical targets of Mbnl proteins in brain, heart, muscle, and myoblasts using RNA sequencing and crosslinking/immunoprecipitation-sequencing approaches. This analysis identified several hundred splicing events whose regulation depended on Mbnl function, in a pattern indicative of functional interchangeability between Mbnl1 and Mbnl2. A nucleotide resolution RNA map associated repression or activation of exon splicing with Mbnl binding near either 3' splice site or near the downstream 5' splice site, respectively. Transcriptomic analysis of sub-cellular compartments uncovered a global role for Mbnls in regulating localization of mRNAs encoding membrane, synaptic and other proteins in both mouse and Drosophila cells, and Mbnls also contribute to protein secretion. These findings hold several new implications for DM pathogenesis. To assess global functions of Muscleblind proteins, RNA-Seq was performed using WT and Mbnl1 KO brain, heart, and muscle (5 mice each). Additionally, C2C12 mouse myoblasts were depleted of Mbnl1, Mbnl2, or both. Subcellular fractionation experiments were performed to analyze mRNA localization following depletion of Mbnl1 and Mbnl2 in C2C12 mouse myoblasts, and following depletion of Mbnl in Drosophila S-2R+ cells. CLIP-Seq was also performed against Mbnl1 in mouse brain, heart, muscle, and C2C12 myoblasts. Finally, ribosome footprinting was performed with C2C12 mouse myoblasts that were depleted of Mbnl1, Mbnl2, or both.
Project description:In this study, we compared gene expression profiles of c-kit+Sca-1+ cells generated in vitro from mouse ESCs using static and bioreactor-based cultures with native HSCs isolated from mouse fetal liver (FL) or bone marrow (BM). total RNA obtained from ckit+Sca-1+ cells isolated from mouse embryonic stem cells (ES) differentiated for 7 days in Static, Spinner flask and Synthecon compared to RNA isolated from ckit+Sca-1+ cells from mouse bone marrow, mouse fetal liver and mouse ES cells undifferentiated.
Project description:Oral epithelial dysplasias are believed to progress through a series of histopathological stages; from mild to severe dysplasia, to carcinoma in situ, and finally to invasive OSCC. Underlying this change in histopathological grade are gross chromosome alterations and changes in gene expression of both protein-coding genes and non-coding RNAs. Recent papers have described associations of aberrant expression of microRNAs, one class of non-coding RNAs, with oral cancer. However, expression profiling of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) has not been reported. Long non-coding RNAs are a novel class of mRNA-like transcripts with no protein coding capacity, but with a variety of functions including roles in epigenetics and gene regulation. In recent reports, the aberrant expression of lncRNAs has been associated with human cancers, suggesting a critical role in tumorigenesis. Here, we present the first long non-coding RNA expression map for the human oral mucosa. We describe the expression of 325 long non-coding RNAs, suggesting lncRNA expression contributes significantly to the oral transcriptome. Intriguingly, 60% of the detected lncRNAs show aberrant expression in oral premalignant lesions. A number of these lncRNAs have been previously associated with other human cancers. A total of six normal oral samples and ten oral premalignant lesions were used to construct SAGE libraries which were then queried for long non-coding RNA expression profiles. The six normal oral samples were previously deposited as GSE8127.