Microarray analyses of mouse dorsal root ganglia tissue for six different pain models
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ABSTRACT: Six different mouse pain models were studied: (1) tumour-injection model for bone cancer pain; (2) partial sciatic nerve ligation (PSL) for neuropathic pain; (3) mechanical joint loading for osteoarthritis pain; (4) oxaliplatin-induced painful neuropathy for chemotherapy-induced pain; (5) hyperalgesic priming model for chronic muscle pain; and (6) complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA)-injection for inflammatory pain. Transcriptomic microarray analyses were performed using RNA isolated from dorsal root ganglia.
Project description:Bone marrow lesions (BML) are well described in osteoarthritis (OA) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and associate with pain however, little is known about their role in disease process and pattern of gene expression within the lesions. This study evaluated the gene expression profile of OA BML (n=14) in comparison to normal bone (n=10) by microarray profiling. MR imaging and the MOAKS scoring was used to locate lesions and the scaled axial images were used to sample BMLs. The bone tissue controls were harvested from participants undergoing surgery following trauma.
Project description:Background: Results obtained from our previous study using a label-free quantitation (LF) proteomic approach in which dynamic range compression was used to profile lower abundance proteins, demonstrated few proteins that were differentially abundant within the synovial fluid (SF) when comparing Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) responders and non-responders at baseline (1). This study builds upon our previous findings by assessing higher abundance proteins within these SFs; providing a more global proteome analysis from which we can understand more fully the biology underlying ACI success or failure. Methods: Isobaric tagging for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomics was used to assess SFs from ACI responders (mean Lysholm improvement of 33; n=14) and non-responders (mean Lysholm decrease of 14; n=13) at the two stages of surgery (cartilage harvest and chondrocyte implantation). Differentially abundant proteins were investigated using pathway analyses and the iTRAQ proteomic dataset was combined with our published proteomic dataset of dynamically compressed SFs, from which an interactome network model of systemic protein interactions was generated. Results: iTRAQ proteomics has confirmed our previous finding that there is a marked proteome shift in response to cartilage harvest (70 and 54 proteins demonstrating ≥2.0 fold change between Stages I and II in responders and non-responders, respectively) and has highlighted 28 proteins that were differentially abundant between responders and non-responders to ACI, that were not found in the LF study; 16 of which were altered at baseline. Two protein abundance changes (Complement C1S subcomponent and Matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3), have been biochemically validated. Combination of the iTRAQ and LF proteomic datasets has generated in-depth SF proteome information that has been used to generate interactome networks representing ACI success or failure, from which functional pathways that are dysregulated in ACI non-responders have been identified. Conclusions: Several candidate biomarkers for baseline prediction of ACI outcome have been identified. A holistic overview of the SF proteome in responders and non-responders to ACI has been profiled providing a better understanding of the biological pathways underlying clinical outcome, particularly the differential response to cartilage harvest in non-responders.
Project description:Osteoarthritis was induced in male wild-type and ColIITgcog (c/c) mice by destabilisation of the medial meniscus (DMM). c/c mice have increased ER stress in chondrocytes via the collagen II promoter driven expression of a misfolding protein, the cog form of thyroglobulin. RNA-sequencing of laser micro-dissected cartilage was performed at 2 weeks post-surgery (n=3/group).
Project description:The study pursued dual goals: To advance mRNA-seq bioinformatics towards unbiased transcriptome capture and to demonstrate its potential for discovery in neuroscience by applying the approach to an in vivo model of neurological disease. We found that 12.4% of known genes were induced and 7% were suppressed in the dysfunctional (but anatomically intact) L4 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) 2 weeks after L5 spinal Nerve Ligation (SNL). A new algorithm for agnostic mapping of pre-mRNA splice junctions (SJ) achieved a precision of 97%. mRNA-seq of L4 DRG 2 weeks and 2 months after L5 spinal nerve ligation. CONTROL and SNL were used to identify differential gene expression between chronic pain and standard conditions in Rattus norvegicus. CONTROL and SNL and PILOT were used to perform 'agnostic splice site discovery' in the nervous system transcriptome in Rattus norvegicus
Project description:Lipids play a crucial role in signalling and metabolism, regulating the development and maintenance of the skeleton. Membrane lipids have been hypothesised to act as intermediates upstream of orphan phosphatase 1 (PHOSPHO1), a major contributor to phosphate generation required for bone mineralisation. Here, we spatially resolve the lipid atlas of the healthy mouse knee and demonstrate the effects of PHOSPHO1 ablation on the growth plate lipidome. Lipids spanning 17 subclasses were mapped across the knee joints of healthy juvenile and adult mice using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI-IMS), with annotation supported by shotgun lipidomics. Multivariate analysis identified 96 and 80 lipid ions with differential abundances across joint tissues in juvenile and adult mice respectively. In both ages, marrow was enriched in phospholipid platelet activating factors (PAFs) and related metabolites, cortical bone had a low lipid content, while lysophospholipids were strikingly enriched in the growth plate, an active site of mineralisation and PHOSPHO1 activity. Spatially-resolved profiling of PHOSPHO1-knockout (KO) mice across the resting, proliferating, and hypertrophic growth plate zones revealed 272, 306, and 296 significantly upregulated, and 155, 220 and 190 significantly downregulated features, respectively, relative to wild type (WT) controls. Of note, phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin, lysophosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylethanolamine derived lipid ions were upregulated in PHOSPHO1-KO versus WT. Our imaging pipeline has established a spatially-resolved lipid signature of joint tissues and has demonstrated that PHOSPHO1 ablation significantly alters the growth plate lipidome, highlighting an essential role of the PHOSPHO1-mediated membrane phospholipid metabolism in lipid and bone homeostasis.
Project description:Some patients develop persistent eye pain after refractive surgery, but the factors that cause or sustain pain are unknown. We tested whether tear proteins of patients with pain 3 months after surgery differ from patients without pain. Patients undergoing refractive surgery (LASIK or PRK) were recruited from 2 clinics and tears were collected 3 months after surgery. Participants rated their eye pain using a numerical rating scale (NRS, 0 – 10; no pain – worst pain) at baseline, 1 day, and 3 months after surgery. Using tandem mass tag (TMT) proteomic analysis, we examined tears from participants with NRS > 3 at 3 months (n=16) and a comparator group with NRS < 1 at 3 months after surgery (n=32). A subset of proteins (83 of 2748 detected, 3.0%) were associated with pain 3 months after surgery. High-dimensional statistical models showed that magnitude of differential expression was not the only important factor in classifying tear samples from pain patients. Models utilizing 3 or 4 proteins had better classification performance than single proteins and represented differences in both directions (higher or lower in pain). Thus, patterns of protein differences may serve as biomarkers of post-surgical eye pain as well as potential therapeutic targets.
Project description:We compared genome-wide gene expression profiles of articular cartilage derived from 4 Kashin-beck disease patients and 4 Primary osteoarthritis. Total RNA was isolated from cartilage samples following by being amplified, labeled and hybridized to Agilent Human 4M-W44k Whole Genome microarray (G4112F).
Project description:The purpose of this study was to characterize the histologic development of OA in a mouse model where OA is induced by destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM model) and to identify genes regulated during different stages of the disease, using RNA isolated from the joint M-bM-^@M-^\organM-bM-^@M-^] and analyzed using microarrays.427 genes from the microarrays passed consistency and significance filters. There was an initial up-regulation at 2 and 4 weeks of genes involved in morphogenesis, differentiation, and development, including growth factor and matrix genes, as well as transcription factors including Atf2, Creb3l1, and Erg. Most genes were off or down-regulated at 8 weeks with the most highly down-regulated genes involved in cell division and the cytoskeleton. Gene expression increased at 16 weeks, in particular extracellular matrix genes including Prelp, Col3a1 and fibromodulin.The results support a phasic development of OA with early matrix remodelling and transcriptional activity followed by a more quiescent period that is not maintained. A group of 9 mice was used for collection of RNA at time 0 (before surgery) when the animals were 12 weeks old. For the other time points, 9 DMM and 9 sham controls were sacrificed at 2, 4, 8, and 16 weeks after surgery for RNA isolation. The tissue included tibial plateau and femoral condyle articular cartilage, subchondral bone with any osteophytes, meniscus, and the joint capsule with synovium was used for RNA isolation. The tissue was treated with RNAlaterM-BM-. (Invitrogen) prior to freezing and storage at -800 C. RNA was extracted by homogenization using the Precellys 24 tissue homogenizer (Bertin Technologies purchased from MO BIO) and the amount and quality of the RNA was determined using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer. RNA was pooled prior to microarray analysis such that 3 randomly selected samples from each surgical group and time point were pooled to create each biological replicate. Because 9 mice were used for each experimental group, a total of three biological replicates per group were analyzed using the Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 oligonucleotide arrays as described. One replicate pool, which was from week two DMM mice, did not meet the RNA integrity level needed for microarray analysis; thus, this pool was not analyzed further, leaving two pools for the week two DMM mice.
Project description:The phosphorylomics data of liver tissue of 16-week-old HFHC-induced mice treated with saline or breviscapine for 8 weeks. The mice fed with high fat and high cholesterol were also divided into two groups. The control group was treated with normal saline for 8W, and the drug group was treated with breviscapine for 8W n=3.