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Somatic ACE regulates self-renewal of mouse spermatogonial stem cell via MAPK signaling pathway

ABSTRACT: To further explore the mechanism involved in sACE mediated SSCs proliferation. We established microarray gene expression profiles with or without captopril treatment in cultured SSCs and identified 651 differentially expressed genes (Fold Change>2, P<0.05). Among them, 297 genes were remarkably upregulated and 354 genes were downregulated in three comparison groups after captopril treatment.Then bioinformatical analysis including GO analysis and KEGG pathway analysis were performed and both of them indicated these differentially expressed genes might be involved in regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein, ERK1 and ERK2 cascade, MAPK signaling, Jak-STAT signaling and et al. Four MAPK signaling related genes (Pla2g12b, Cacna2d1, Dusp2, Fgf3) from this signature was quantified by real-time PCR.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE101752 | GEO | 2019/01/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Extracellular senile plaques of amyloid beta (Abeta) are a pathological hallmark in brain of patients with Alzheimer`s Disease (AD). Abeta is generated by the amyloidogenic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Concomitant to Abeta load, AD brain is characterized by an increase in protein level and activity of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). ACE inhibitors are a widely used class of drugs with established benefits for patients with cardiovascular disease. However, the role of ACE and ACE inhibition in the development of Abeta plaques and the process of AD-related neurodegeneration is not clear since ACE was reported to degrade Abeta. To investigate the effect of ACE inhibition on AD-related pathomechanisms, we used Tg2576 mice with neuron-specific expression of APPSwe as AD model. From 12 months of age, substantial Abeta plaque load accumulates in the hippocampus of Tg2576 mice as a brain region, which is highly vulnerable to AD-related neurodegeneration. The effect of central ACE inhibition was studied by treatment of 12 month-old Tg2576 mice for six months with the brain penetrating ACE inhibitor captopril. At an age of 18 months, hippocampal gene expression profiling was performed of captopril-treated Tg2576 mice relative to untreated 18 month-old Tg2576 controls with high Abeta plaque load. As an additional control, we used 12 month-old Tg2576 mice with low Abeta plaque load. Whole genome microarray gene expression profiling revealed gene expression changes induced by the brain-penetrating ACE inhibitor captopril, which could reflect the neuro-regenerative potential of central ACE inhibition. Microarray gene expression profiling was performed of hippocampi isolated from aged, 18 month-old Tg2576 (APPSwe-transgenic) AD mice with high Abeta plaque load relative to age-matched Tg2576 mice, which were treated for 6 months with the centrally active ACE inhibitor captopril. Another study group consisted of 12 month-old Tg2576 mice with low Abeta plaque load. In total, three study groups were analyzed, i.e. (i) 18 month-old untreated Tg2576 mice with high Abeta plaque load, (ii) age-matched Tg2576 mice treated for 6 months with the brain-penetrating ACE inhibitor captopril (20 mg/kg body weight/day in drinking water), and (iii) untreated 12 month-old Tg2576 mice with low Abeta plaque load reflecting the time point when captopril treatment was initiated. Two biological replicates were made of each group, and total hippocampal RNA of four mice was pooled for one gene chip.

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