Project description:ddMS2 run of mouse lung tissue and plasma extract using C8 column in 7.5-minute gradient and positive polarity mode in Q Exactive plus.
Project description:ddMS2 run of mouse lung tissue and plasma extract using C8 column in 7.5-minute gradient and positive polarity mode in Q Exactive plus.
Project description:Metabolites (aqueous & organic) were extracted from mouse tissues and tissues' contents (SI duodenum, SI jejunum, SI ileum, cecum, large intestine, small intestine, contents, cecum contents, large intestine content, heart, Liver, quad ) and were run by LC-MS, C8 in positive mode.
Project description:Metabolites (aqueous & organic) were extracted from mouse tissues and tissues' contents (SI duodenum, SI jejunum, SI ileum, cecum, large intestine, small intestine, contents, cecum contents, large intestine contents, heart, liver, and quad) and were run by LC-MS, C8 in positive mode.
Project description:We apply scRNA-seq to identify shared patterns of gene expression related to fatty acid oxidation, across stem cells from the proximal small intestine, distal small intestine, and colon
Project description:Exposure to high-dose radiation causes life-threatening serious intestinal damage. Histological analysis is the most accurate method for judging the extent of intestinal damage after death. However, it is difficult to predict the extent of intestinal damage to body samples. Here we focused on extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) released from cells and investigated miRNA species that increased or decreased in serum and feces using a radiation-induced intestinal injury mouse model. A peak of small RNA of 25–200 nucleotides was detected in mouse serum and feces 72 h after radiation exposure, and miRNA presence in serum and feces was inferred. MiRNAs expressed in the small intestine and were increased by more than 2.0-fold in serum or feces following a 10 Gy radiation exposure were detected by microarray analysis and were 4 in serum and 19 in feces. In this study, miR-375-3p, detected in serum and feces, was identified as the strongest candidate for a high-dose radiation biomarker in serum and/or feces using a radiation-induced intestinal injury model.
Project description:To understand the gene response during the glucose to acetate diauxic transition, we grew E. coli in minimal media with acetate and a small amount of glucose. Cells were collected and RNA was purified at different time points during the growth transition, including pre-shift (growth on glucose), 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 60 minutes and 120 minutes after glucose run-out, and steady state growth on acetate (post-shift).
Project description:Cdc42 is a key regulator of cell polarity that modulates cytoskeletal dynamics, morphology, and directional movement and plays a important role in maintaining epithelial integrity. Loss of Cdc42 in the small intestine causes disrupted polarity, hyperplasia, and mislocalization and expansion of transit-amplifying (TA) cells at the expense of intestinal stem cells (ISCs). KRAS, on the other hand, is essential for intestinal cell proliferation and differentiation, and oncogenic KRAS mutations can lead to disrupted epithelial homeostasis and contribute to gastrointestinal transformation. A human cancer database analysis suggests that loss of polarity mutations and oncogenic KRAS mutations are mutually exclusive in colon cancer patients. We found that intestinal epithelium-specific deletion of Cdc42 combined with oncogenic Kras expression in inducible Villin-CreER mice causes severe defects in the small intestine leading to lethality. Mice with Cdc42 deletion and oncogenic Kras expression in the intestinal epithelium exhibited reduced weight, disrupted villous mucosal structure, altered tight junction protein expression, reduced proliferation, loss of ISCs, inflammation, and enterocyte necrosis. These defects resemble Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC), a severe gastrointestinal disorder affecting preterm infants characterized by inflammation and necrosis of the small intestine epithelial cells. Single cell RNAseq analyses revealed that Cdc42 loss combined with oncogenic Kras expression resulted in disrupted intestinal polarity machinery with altered hippo signaling, exacerbated inflammation highlighted with elevated IL1 expression, and necroptosis. Targeted inhibition of necroptosis, IL-1 receptor, or YAP signaling rescues NEC-like defects. Additionally, ISCs-specific deletion of Cdc42 and oncogenic Kras expression induced by an intestinal stem cell driver, Omlf4-CreER, led to similar NEC-like defects in the mouse intestinal epithelium. These findings present a mechanism involving YAP-IL1-necroptosis signaling by combined disruption of polarity and oncogenic cues such as Kras in intestine function and provide insights into the effects of hyperactivation of these pathways in disrupting intestinal epithelia.