Project description:We found out that bile acid pathways were deeply altered in cachectic mice bearing ectopic tumor, leading to an increase in portal and liver conjugated bile acid levels. Counteracting this increased level in conjugated bile acids using cholestyramine, a bile acid sequestrant, reduced hepatic inflammation in cachectic mice with no impact on steatosis and minor effects on thermogenesis. Hepatic whole transcriptome analysis identified 16 pathways altered in cachectic mice which were counteracted by cholestyramine, pointing out the large contribution of bile acids to hepatic disturbances occurring in cancer cachexia.
Project description:Using this approach the dasatinib-oligonucleotide conjugates was applied to planar arrays of >9,000 human proteins spotted in two technical replicates. All proteins in the commercially available ProtoArray® Human Protein MicroArray (Thermo Fisher Scientific) have been purified and arrayed under native conditions to allow such studies. We adopted this format for investigation of the binding profiles of the drug-oligonucleotide conjugates. Fluorophore-labeled drugs have previously been used to measure binding in protein arrays. The oligonucleotide-conjugated constructed allowed for locally amplified detection via RCA. Circularizing oligonucleotides (padlock probes) were designed with 5’ and 3’ ends complementary to adjacent segments of the oligonucleotides conjugated to the drug molecules. Once converted to oligonucleotide circles by ligation, the probes were replicated through localized RCA, primed by the drug-conjugated oligonucleotides, and visualized using fluorescence-labeled hybridization probes to the repeated sequence of the RCA products. RCA offers a signal enhancement of several hundredfold over singly fluorophore labeled compounds, permitting visualization of even single bound drug probes
Project description:Screening of 22 novel proteins derived from Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168 identified prior via screening of cDNA libraries. The full-length proteins were attached using a specific HaloTag to their corresponding ligand surface, HaloLink. Screening was performed using three different polyclonal antibodies to Campylobacter jejuni and detection was achieved by goat polyclonal antibody to rabbit IgG conjugated with Chromeo-546. In order to assess their potential immungenic nature and rank the proteins investigated, comparative analysis using already described antigens from C. jejuni were used in the assay.
Project description:Screening of 14 novel proteins derived from Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 identified prior via screening of cDNA libraries. The full-length proteins were attached using a specific HaloTag to their corresponding ligand surface, HaloLink. Screening was performed using two different polyclonal antibodies to Klebsiella pneumoniae (Acris AP00792PU-N and Abcam ab20947) and detection achieved by Goat polyclonal to rabbit IgG conjugated with Chromeo-546 (Abcam ab60317). In order to assess their potential immungenic nature and rank the proteins investigated, comparative analysis using already described antigens from K. pneumoniae were used in the assay.