Project description:Intestinal fibroblasts from the colons of C57BL/6 wild-type mice were grown in the presence or absence of IL-36ÉŁ (30 ng/ml) for 4 hours. The experimental setup included 6 samples from 3 colons in a pairwise design (3 stimulated vs 3 unstimulated). Profiling of whole-genome transcriptomic patterns was performed with 1.2 Âľg high quality total RNA per sample by RNA-seq at the Next Generation Sequencing core unit of the university hospital Erlangen. The sequencing platform was Illumina HiSeq-2500 with high output mode and single-end 100bp fragments. The sequencing library was NuGEN Ovation RNA-Seq Library Prep-Kit. Demultiplexed reads were corrected regarding rRNAs, tRNAs, mt-rRNAs and mt-tRNAs. Alignment against the mus musculus reference genome (Ensemble version 75 for GRCm38) was performed with RNAseq aligner STAR (version 2.4.0.i) and quantification (HTseq count) was done of unique mappings.
Project description:The objective was to determine the transcriptional effect of IL-17A on primary colonic epithelial cells in various differentiation states in vitro. The three states included 1) stem/progenitor cell spheroids grown in 50% L-WRN media as described in our previous publication (PMID: 24232249), 2) differentiating colonic epithelial spheroids (DM) placed in differentiation media without L-WRN for 24 hours, 3) terminally differentiated colonocyte spheroids placed in differentiation media without L-WRN for 48 hours as described in our previous publication (PMID: 27264604). Each condition was cultured with or without 20ng/ml recombinant mouse IL-17A for the final 24 hours.
Project description:Previous stimulation experiments of stimulated primary murine colonic fibroblasts with IL-36R ligands for 4h in vitro showed an upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines e.g. IL-6, IL-1b and chemokines e.g. CXCL1, CCL2 indicating an important role for IL-36 in inflammation. We were interested in analyzing long-term stimulation (9 days) of intestinal fibroblasts to identify a putative differential expression profile. The experimental setup included 6 samples from 3 colons in a pairwise design (3 stimulated vs 3 unstimulated).
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE40560: Transcriptome analysis in primary fibroblasts from HOIL-1-deficient patients upon TNF-alpha or IL-1beta stimulation GSE40561: Transcriptional analysis of whole blood in patients with auto-inflammatory disorders GSE40838: Transcriptome analysis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from HOIL-1-deficient patients upon TNF-alpha or IL-1beta stimulation Refer to individual Series
Project description:IRAK-4 is an essential component of the signal transduction complex downstream of the IL-1- and Toll-like receptors. Though regarded as the first kinase in the signaling cascade, the role of IRAK-4 kinase activity versus its scaffold function is still controversial. In order to investigate the role of IRAK-4 kinase function in vivo, knock-in mice were generated by replacing the wild type IRAK-4 gene with a mutant gene encoding kinase deficient IRAK-4 protein (IRAK-4 KD). Analysis of embryonic fibroblasts and macrophages obtained from IRAK-4 KD mice with a number of experimental techniques demonstrated that they greatly lack responsiveness to stimulation with IL-1b or a Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonist. One of the techniques used, microarray analysis, identified IRAK-4 kinase-dependent IL-1b response genes in mouse embryonic fibroblasts and revealed that the induction of IL-1b-responsive mRNAs was largely ablated in IRAK-4 KD cells. In summary, our results suggest that IRAK-4 kinase activity plays a critical role in IL-1R/TLR7-mediated induction of inflammatory responses. Experiment Overall Design: The response of mouse embryonic fibroblasts from WT and IRAK4 kinase dead animals to stimulation with IL-1b at two time points was determined. There were 12 samples in total, 6 from WT and 6 from IRAK4 kinase dead cells; for each strain there were 3 conditions: growth for 4 hours without stimulation (the strain-specific control), growth for 1 hour with stimulation, and growth for 4 hours with stimulation; for each condition there were two biological replicates.
Project description:IRAK-4 is an essential component of the signal transduction complex downstream of the IL-1- and Toll-like receptors. Though regarded as the first kinase in the signaling cascade, the role of IRAK-4 kinase activity versus its scaffold function is still controversial. In order to investigate the role of IRAK-4 kinase function in vivo, ‘knock-in’ mice were generated by replacing the wild type IRAK-4 gene with a mutant gene encoding kinase deficient IRAK-4 protein (IRAK-4 KD). Analysis of embryonic fibroblasts and macrophages obtained from IRAK-4 KD mice with a number of experimental techniques demonstrated that they greatly lack responsiveness to stimulation with IL-1b or a Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonist. One of the techniques used, microarray analysis, identified IRAK-4 kinase-dependent IL-1b response genes in mouse embryonic fibroblasts and revealed that the induction of IL-1b-responsive mRNAs was largely ablated in IRAK-4 KD cells. In summary, our results suggest that IRAK-4 kinase activity plays a critical role in IL-1R/TLR7-mediated induction of inflammatory responses. Keywords: genetic modification, strain comparison, cell stimulation, time course, inflammatory response
Project description:Mouse embryonic fibroblasts stimulated with varying doses of FGF2 in conventional hES cell medium were analysed on whole-genome expression chips to reveal altered expression of genes encoding secreted proteins. Keywords: Growth factor stimulation experiment
Project description:Mouse embryonic fibroblasts stimulated with 40 ng/ml of FGF2 in conventional hES cell medium were analysed on whole-genome expression chips to reveal altered expression of genes encoding secreted proteins. Keywords: Growth factor stimulation experiment
Project description:Mouse embryonic fibroblasts stimulated with 40 ng/ml of FGF2 in conventional hES cell medium were analysed on whole-genome expression chips to reveal altered expression of genes encoding secreted proteins. Keywords: Growth factor stimulation experiment