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A profibrotic gene expression program induced by Egr-1 in skin fibroblasts

ABSTRACT: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by vascular damage, autoimmunity and fibrosis and is associated with highly variable clinical presentation and disease course. Aberrant transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß) signaling via the early immediate transcription factor Egr-1 is implicated in the pathogenesis of SSc. To shed light on the role of Egr-1 in fibrosis, regulation of gene expression in human skin fibroblasts overexpressing Egr-1 was examined by genome-wide expression analysis. Over 600 genes were found to be regulated by Egr-1. The Egr-1-responsive gene signature is largely comprised of genes involved in cell proliferation, TGF-ß signaling, wound healing, extracellular matrix synthesis and vascular development. Expression of the Egr-1 responsive genes was evaluated in a microarray dataset comprising skin biopsies from 17 patients with scleroderma and six healthy controls (GEO GSE9285; PMID 18648520). The “Egr-1 responsive gene signature” was enriched in the ‘diffuse-proliferation’ subset of skin biopsies in the patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc), but was not associated with other forms of scleroderma, or with healthy controls. Skin biopsies from patients with scleroderma can provide more insights into the relevant pathological processes in the subset of disease and could be developed into a diagnostic tool for identifying a subset of diffuse scleroderma patients who may be responsive to Egr-1 therapy.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE27165 | GEO | 2011/10/26

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA137379

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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A profibrotic gene expression program induced by Egr-1 in skin fibroblasts

Project description:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by vascular damage, autoimmunity and fibrosis and is associated with highly variable clinical presentation and disease course. Aberrant transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß) signaling via the early immediate transcription factor Egr-1 is implicated in the pathogenesis of SSc. To shed light on the role of Egr-1 in fibrosis, regulation of gene expression in human skin fibroblasts overexpressing Egr-1 was examined by genome-wide expression analysis. Over 600 genes were found to be regulated by Egr-1. The Egr-1-responsive gene signature is largely comprised of genes involved in cell proliferation, TGF-ß signaling, wound healing, extracellular matrix synthesis and vascular development. Expression of the Egr-1 responsive genes was evaluated in a microarray dataset comprising skin biopsies from 17 patients with scleroderma and six healthy controls (GEO GSE9285; PMID 18648520). The “Egr-1 responsive gene signature” was enriched in the ‘diffuse-proliferation’ subset of skin biopsies in the patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc), but was not associated with other forms of scleroderma, or with healthy controls. Skin biopsies from patients with scleroderma can provide more insights into the relevant pathological processes in the subset of disease and could be developed into a diagnostic tool for identifying a subset of diffuse scleroderma patients who may be responsive to Egr-1 therapy. Cultures of primary fibroblasts from neonatal foreskin treated by Egr1 and Tgfb1 were measured at 24 and 48 hours. Control samples without any treatment were also measured at the same time points. Two biological replicates per condition/time point were measured using the Illumina HumanRef-8 V2 Expression BeadChip.

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Real-time quantitative PCR analysis of 88 microRNAs involved in human cell differentiation and development in normal fibroblasts stimulated with exogenous TGF-β1 and systemic sclerosis (SSc) dermal fibroblasts

Project description:Normal fibroblasts and SSc fibroblasts between the third and six subpassages were used for experiments. Normal and scleroderma fibroblasts were serum-starved for 24 hours and incubated in the presence or absence of TGF-β1 (2ng/ml) for 6 hours. Total RNA was extracted from culture cells with ISOGEN (Nippon Gene, Tokyo, Japan). MicroRNA isolation from total RNA was performed using RT2 qPCR-Grade miRNA Isolation Kit (SA Bioscience). For RT2 Profiler PCR Array (SABioscience), microRNAs were reverse-transcribed into first strand cDNA using RT2 miRNA First Strand Kit (SABiosciences). A mixture of equal amounts of cDNAs from 5 normal fibroblasts or 5 SSc fibroblasts was prepared. The cDNA was mixed with RT2 SYBR Green/ROX qPCR Master Mix and the mixture was added into a 96-well RT2 miRNA PCR Array (SABiosciences) that included primer pairs for 88 human microRNAs. Human dermal fibroblasts were obtained by skin biopsy from the affected areas (dorsal forearm) of 5 patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc and <2 years of skin thickening. Control fibroblasts were obtained by skin biopsies from 5 healthy donors. Control donors were each matched with a SSc patient for age, sex, and biopsy site.

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