Project description:Six rats (treatment group) underwent a 13-week downhill treadmill running exercise programme and six rats (control group) were studied in this experiments. The RNAs were extracted from rat Achille's tendon tissue and sequenced using Illumina Hiseq platform.
Project description:Tendons play fundamental role in the musculoskeletal system and locomotion by transferring forces generated by muscles to the skeleton. Chronic tendon injuries and diseases are among the leading causes of musculoskeletal disability. For many types of tendinopathies, women have worse clinical outcomes than men. It is possible that tendon sex-based differences in protein composition are related to an altered injury response. The aim of this study was to compare the proteome of male and female tendon using label-free protein quantification. These data could provide new insight into pathways which may beinvolved in tendinopathies, and potentially in the differential injury response of female tendon.
Project description:Microarray of exercised (degenerated) rat supraspinatus versus non-exercised (normal) rats were subjected to exercise that consisted of running on a 10Ë decline at 17m/min for 1 hour per day, 5 days per week. This regimen equates to approximately 7500 strides per day. After four weeks of running, rats were sacrificed by CO2 inhalation and both supraspinatus tendons were collected. 12 non-exercised rats were used as controls.
Project description:Open tenotomy of the Achilles tendon of 6 rats was performed. The animals were divided into two groups according to exposure of PM2.5 (particulate matter less than 2.5 µm): control group (Non-PM group) or PM exposure group (PM group). After 6 weeks of PM exposure, the tendon RNA was extracted and anlyzed.
Project description:Adult tendon stem/progenitor cells (TSPCs) are essential for tendon maintenance, regeneration, and repair, yet they become susceptible to senescence with age, impairing the self-healing capacity of tendons. In this study, we employ a recently developed deep-learning-based efficacy prediction system to screen potential stemness-promoting and senescence-inhibiting drugs from natural products using the transcriptional signatures of stemness. The top-ranked candidate prim-O-glucosylcimifugin (POG), a saposhnikovia root extract, could ameliorate TPSC- senescent phenotypes caused by long-term passage and natural aging in rats and humans, as well as restore self-renewal and proliferation capacities, and tenogenic potential of aged TSPCs. In vivo, the systematic administration of POG or the local delivery of POG nanoparticles functionally rescues endogenous tendon regeneration and repair capacity in aged rats to levels similar to normal animals. Mechanistically, POG protects TSPCs against functional impairment during both passage-induced and natural aging by simultaneously suppressing nuclear factor-κB and downregulating mTOR signaling with induction of autophagy. Together, the strategy by pharmacological intervention with deep learning-predicted compound POG could rejuvenate aged TSPCs and improve the regenerative capacity of aged tendons. We performed mRNA microarray analyses of DMSO-treated and POG-treated TSPCs from 18-month-old rats and identified meaningful genes in down-regulated and up-regulated group
Project description:We report RNA sequencing data from the plantaris tendons of 3-month old Sprague Dawley rats that were treated with vehicle or GSK2894631A to inhibit the HPGDS enzyme. Rats underwent a bilateral plantaris tendon tear followed by immediate repair, and samples were obtained either 7 or 21 days after surgical intervention.
Project description:Open tenotomy of the Achilles tendon of 6 rats was performed. The animals were divided into two groups according to exposure of PM2.5 (particulate matter less than 2.5 µm): control group (Non-PM group) or PM exposure group (PM group). After 6 weeks of PM exposure, the tendon DNA was extracted and anlyzed. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles were determinen. DNA amplicons were prepared using Differential Methylation Hybridization (DMH) method, subsequently hybridized on to the Customized Agilent Rat CpG island Microarray. The goal was to unravel the DNA methylation patterns in different subgropus of tendon tissue according to partciulate matter exposure.
Project description:Adhesion formation after flexor tendon repair remains a clinical problem. Early postoperative motion after tendon repair has been demonstrated to reduce adhesion formation while increasing tendon strength. It is hypothesized that during mobilization, tendon cells experience mechanical shear forces that alter their biology in a fashion that reduces scar formation but also activates key genes involved in tendon healing. To test this hypothesis, primary intrinsic tenocyte cultures were established from flexor tendons of 20 Sprague-Dawley rats and sheared at 50 rpm (0.41 Pa) using a cone viscometer for 6 and 12 hours. Total RNA was harvested and compared with time-matched unsheared controls using cDNA microarrays and Northern blot analysis. Microarray analysis demonstrated that mechanical shear stress induced an overall "antifibrotic" expression pattern with decreased transcription of collagen type I and collagen type III. Shear stress down-regulated profibrotic molecules in the platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, and fibroblast growth factor signaling pathways. In addition, shear stress induced an overall decrease in transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta signaling pathway molecules with down-regulation of TGF-beta2, TGF-beta3, TGF-RI, and TGF-RII expression. Moreover, sheared tendon cells increased expression of matrix metalloproteinases and decreased expression of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase, an expression pattern consistent with an antifibrotic increase in extracellular matrix degradation. However, up-regulation of genes implicated in tendon healing, specifically, vascular endothelial growth factor-A and several bone morphogenetic proteins. Interestingly, the known mechanoresponsive gene, TGF-beta1, also implicated in tendon healing, was differentially up-regulated by shear stress. Northern blot validation of our results for TGF-beta1, TGF-beta2, TGF-beta3, and collagen type I demonstrated direct correlation with microarray data. Groups of assays that are related as part of a time series. Computed
Project description:Adult tendon stem/progenitor cells (TSPCs) are essential for tendon maintenance, regeneration, and repair, yet they become susceptible to senescence with age, impairing the self-healing capacity of tendons. In this study, we employ a recently developed deep-learning-based efficacy prediction system to screen potential stemness-promoting and senescence-inhibiting drugs from natural products using the transcriptional signatures of stemness. The top-ranked candidate prim-O-glucosylcimifugin (POG), a saposhnikovia root extract, could ameliorate TPSC- senescent phenotypes caused by long-term passage and natural aging in rats and humans, as well as restore self-renewal and proliferation capacities, and tenogenic potential of aged TSPCs. In vivo, the systematic administration of POG or the local delivery of POG nanoparticles functionally rescues endogenous tendon regeneration and repair capacity in aged rats to levels similar to normal animals. Mechanistically, POG protects TSPCs against functional impairment during both passage-induced and natural aging by simultaneously suppressing nuclear factor-κB and downregulating mTOR signaling with induction of autophagy. Together, the strategy by pharmacological intervention with deep learning-predicted compound POG could rejuvenate aged TSPCs and improve the regenerative capacity of aged tendons. We performed mRNA microarray analyses of DMSO-treated and POG-treated Passage 12 TSPCs and identified meaningful genes in down-regulated and up-regulated group