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RNA-seq of mouse brain tissue to investigate the integrity of the blood brain barrier to trimethylamine N-oxide

ABSTRACT: In vivo work done to determine how trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) affects integrity of the blood-brain barrier. Wild-type male C57Bl/6 mice were injected with saline or TMAO (1.8 mg/kg in saline), and killed 2 h after injection. Mice were transcardially perfused with 0.9% saline at 4 °C to remove circulating blood, and brains were removed and collected into RNAlater. Whole brain total RNA was extracted using a PureLink RNA Mini Kit. RNA samples (n=3 TMAO, n=3 control) were sent to Macrogen Inc. (Republic of Korea) where they were subject to quality checks (RIN analysis), library prep and sequencing [TruSeq Stranded mRNA LT Sample Prep Kit; paired-end (2x 100 nt) sequencing; Illumina HiSeq 4000].

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 4000

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Lesley Hoyles

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-9869 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Project description:Background: Cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury is a common secondary effect of cardiac arrest which is largely responsible for postresuscitative mortality. Therefore development of therapies which restore and protect the brain function after cardiac arrest is essential. Methylene blue (MB) has been experimentally proven neuroprotective in a porcine model of global ischemia-reperfusion in experimental cardiac arrest. However, no comprehensive analyses have been conducted at gene expression level. Methods: Pigs underwent either untreated cardiac arrest (CA) or CA with subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) accompanied with an infusion of saline or an infusion of saline with MB. Genome-wide transcriptional profiling using the Affymetrix porcine microarray was performed to 1) gain understanding of delayed neuronal death initiation in porcine brain during ischemia and after 30, 60 and 180 min following reperfusion, and 2) identify the mechanisms behind the neuroprotective effect of MB after ischemic injury (at 30, 60 and 180 min). Results: Our results show that restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) induces major transcriptional changes related to stress response, inflammation, apoptosis and even cytoprotection. In contrast, the untreated ischemic and anoxic insult affected only few genes mainly involved in intra-/extracellular ionic balance. Furthermore, our data show that the neuroprotective role of MB is diverse and fulfilled by regulation of the expression of soluble guanylate cyclase and biological processes accountable for inhibition of apoptosis, modulation of stress response, neurogenesis and neuroprotection. Conclusions: Our results support that MB could be a valuable intervention and should be investigated as a therapeutic agent against neural damage associated with I/R injury induced by cardiac arrest. One group of pigs underwent cardiac arrest (CA) without subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the brain of the animals was removed after 5, 20 or 30 min post CA for genome-wide expression study. Two groups of pigs underwent first CA for 12 min with a subsequent 8 min-long CPR and received either an infusion of saline or an infusion of saline with MB from one minute after the start of CPR until 50 min after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). In both latter groups the brains were removed for microarray analysis at the following time points: 30, 60, 180 min.

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RNA-seq of mouse brain tissue to investigate the integrity of the blood brain barrier to trimethylamine N-oxide

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