Project description:We employed isobaric labeled peptides to do bottom-up proteomics to quantify both non-enriched total peptides and enriched phospho-peptides obtained from hearts of control mice expressing wild-type cardiac troponin I and transgenic mice expressing the truncated N-terminal cardiac troponin I.
Project description:Stat5 is a latent transcription factor that regulates essential growth and survival functions in normal cells. Constitutive activity of Stat5 and the involvement of its C-terminally truncated variant have been implicated in blood cell malignancies and mammary or breast cancer. To distinguish the individual contributions of the Stat5 variants to mammary tumorigenesis, global gene-expression profiling was performed on transgenic STAT5-induced tumors.
Project description:The HMGA2 gene is frequently deranged by translocation and/or amplification in mesenchymal tumours, generally leading to over-expression of shorted transcripts and a truncated protein. In this experiment we have over-expressed wild type and truncated HMGA2 protein in an immortalized mesenchymal stem-like cell line and investigated their effects on gene expression patterns.
Project description:Analysis of genome-wide chromatin binding upon overexpression of full length (FL) or C-terminal truncated (dC) HMR in Drosophila SL2 cells
Project description:Stat5 is a latent transcription factor that regulates essential growth and survival functions in normal cells. Constitutive activity of Stat5 and the involvement of its C-terminally truncated variant have been implicated in blood cell malignancies and mammary or breast cancer. To distinguish the individual contributions of the Stat5 variants to mammary tumorigenesis, global gene-expression profiling was performed on transgenic STAT5-induced tumors. Experiment Overall Design: Mammary tumors derived from transgenic mice carrying one of two Stat5 variants were collected for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix GeneChip® Mouse Genome 430A 2.0 array.
Project description:In this study, small RNA sequencing was performed on plasma samples from 10 polytraumatized patients (Injury Severity Score, ISS ≥ 16), who were stratified into two groups based on their initial Troponin T (TnT) levels at the emergency room. The high TnT group (n = 5) included patients with TnT concentrations > 50 pg/mL, while the low TnT group (n = 5) included those with TnT concentrations < 12 pg/mL. The aim of this dataset is to identify differentially expressed miRNAs associated with elevated TnT levels, a marker of cardiac injury in trauma patients. Differential expression analysis revealed several candidate miRNAs that may serve as potential biomarkers for cardiac dysfunction. This dataset highlights the diagnostic potential of miRNAs in post-trauma cardiac injury.
Project description:INSC94Y transgenic pigs serve as a valuable model for permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus. Through genetically engineered modifications in the insulin (INS) gene, this model presents with impaired insulin secretion, resulting elevated fasting blood-glucose levels (hyperglycemia) [1].One of the severe complications of diabetes mellitus are hypoglycemia-mediated morphological abnormalities in the retina, also described as diabetic retinopathy (DR). Adjacent to the retina lies the vitreous, a gelatinous, highly hydrated matrix, which is important for ocular function and retinal physiology. It contains variety of proteins and signaling molecules, which are useful for the characterization of the biological activity of the vitreous itself, and may help to elucidate molecular processes occurring in the retina, especially under pathophysiological conditions and in disease. To gain insight into the proteomic profile of porcine vitreous and detect possible differences relevant to DR pathogenesis, we used discovery proteomics for analysis of INSC94Y vitreous compared to wild-type controls. Reference: [1] Renner, S.; Braun-Reichhart, C.; Blutke, A.; Herbach, N.; Emrich, D.; Streckel, E.; Wunsch, A.; Kessler, B.; Kurome, M.; Bahr, A.; et al. Permanent neonatal diabetes in INS(C94Y) transgenic pigs. Diabetes 2013, 62, 1505-1511, doi:10.2337/db12-1065.
Project description:Purpose:We found that fat-1 transgenic bovine fetal fibroblasts have changes in the expression of energy metabolism-related genes compared with wild-type, so whether this change is due to changes in DNA methylation needs to be determined. Methods:Total DNA was extracted using QIAamp Fast DNA Tissue Kit (Qiagen, Dusseldorf, Germany) following the manufacturer's procedure. The quantity of DNA was measured by reading A260/280 ratios by spectrophotometer. When A260/280 ratios located range 1.8 to 2.0, DNA was available. The fragmented DNA samples by using sonication were subjected to bisulfite conversion. The Accel-NGS Methyl-Seq DNA Library Kit (Swift, MI, USA) was utilized for attaching adapters to single-stranded DNA fragments. Briefly, the Adaptase step is a highly efficient, proprietary reaction that simultaneously performs end repair, tailing of 3 ends, and ligation of the first truncated adapter complement to 3 ends. The Extension step is used to incorporate truncated adapter 1 by a primer extension reaction. The Ligation step is used to add the second truncated adapter to the bottom strand only. The Indexing PCR step increases yield and incorporates full length adapters. Bead-based SPRI clean-ups are used to remove both oligonucleotides and small fragments, as well as to change enzymatic buffer composition. Finally, we performed the pair-end 2 150bp sequencing on an illumina Hiseq 4000 platform housed in the LC Sciences. Results:The results showed Genome-wide DNA-methylation analysis also showed differences between the two groups. KEGG analysis revealed that approximately 80% of the differential genes were enriched in metabolic pathways, and significant changes occurred in DNA methylation of genes related to thermogenesis, fatty acid elongation, TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation between FT and WT cells。 Conclusions:There are indeed differences between fat-1 transgenic bovine fetal fibroblasts and wild-type in genome-wide DNA methylation detection, and 80% of these differences are related to metabolism.