Project description:Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, secretes three toxin proteins: protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF). PA is a transporter of LF and EF into host cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. LF is a metalloprotease that cleaves mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinases (MKK), while EF is an adenylate cyclase, which converts ATP to cAMP. We used microarrays to decipher the specific gene regulation in edema toxin (ET), the complex of EF and PA, treated mouse bone marrow derived macrophages. Experiment Overall Design: BMDM were treated with 1 mg/ml of ET and the RNAs were purified at 0, 2, and 4h after toxin treatment.
Project description:Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, secretes three toxin proteins: protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF). PA is a transporter of LF and EF into host cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. LF is a metalloprotease that cleaves mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinases (MKK), while EF is an adenylate cyclase, which converts ATP to cAMP. We used microarrays to decipher the specific gene regulation in edema toxin (ET), the complex of EF and PA, treated mouse bone marrow derived macrophages. Keywords: Time course
Project description:We found that intrathecal injection of anthrax edema toxin (ET), causes analgesia in adult B6J mice. In order to determine if DRG neuron transcriptional responses play a role in pain blockade, we performed a bulk RNA-seq experiment on dissected mouse DRG neurons. We report that anthrax edema toxin causes transcriptional responses in DRG neurons 2h after in vivo administration
Project description:Edema toxin (EdTx), which is a combination of edema factor and a binding moiety (protective antigen), is produced by Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax. EdTx is an adenylyl cyclase enzyme that converts adenosine triphosphate to adenosine-3’,5’-monophosphate, resulting in interstitial edema seen in anthrax patients. We used GeneChip analysis to examine global transcriptional profiles of EdTx-treated RAW 264.7 murine macrophage-like cells at 3 and 6 hr. Keywords: Toxin response
Project description:Human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC) treated with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Antrhax Edema Toxin (ET), or the Epac activator, 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP (8CPT) Human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC) were treated with VEGF alone or VEGF in combination with either the the Epac-specific cAMP-mimetic, 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP (8CPT), or anthrax edema toxin (ET), an adenylyl cyclase. ET or 8CPT can inhibit VEGF-mediated chemotaxis and angiogenesis. The goal of the study was to identify genes regulated by cAMP production (ET) or by activation of Epac/Rap (8CPT) that may mitigate the effects of VEGF treatment.
Project description:Edema toxin (EdTx), which is a combination of edema factor and a binding moiety (protective antigen), is produced by Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax. EdTx is an adenylyl cyclase enzyme that converts adenosine triphosphate to adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate, resulting in interstitial edema seen in anthrax patients. We used GeneChip analysis to examine global transcriptional profiles of EdTx-treated RAW 264.7 murine macrophage-like cells at 3 and 6 hr. Experiment Overall Design: RAW 264.7 cells were treated with EdTx (2.5 µg/ml of protective antigen and 0.625 µg/ml of Edema factor), PA (2.5 µg/ml), or LPS (1 ng/mL) for 0, 3, and 6 hr. Each experiment was performed in triplicate, generating a total of 21 arrays (biological replciates).
Project description:murine p16ink4a deficient (p16ko) and control (p16wt) bone marrow cells were either differentiated with normal LCM-supplemented differentiation medium to obtain bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDM) or supplemented with Interleukin 4 during differeniation to obtain M2 polarized p16wt and p16ko BMDM.
Project description:Human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC) treated with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Antrhax Edema Toxin (ET), or the Epac activator, 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP (8CPT); Human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC) were treated with VEGF alone or VEGF in combination with either the the Epac-specific cAMP-mimetic, 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP (8CPT), or anthrax edema toxin (ET), an adenylyl cyclase. ET or 8CPT can inhibit VEGF-mediated chemotaxis and angiogenesis. The goal of the study was to identify genes regulated by cAMP production (ET) or by activation of Epac/Rap (8CPT) that may mitigate the effects of VEGF treatment. Experiment Overall Design: Gene expression was measured 4 hours after treatment with VEGF, VEGF + 8CPT, VEGF + ET or mock treatment. Each sample contained one replicate.
Project description:Unstimulated murine bone marrow derived macrophages cultured in L92 media from WT (4 biological replicates), Nrf2 KO (3 biological replicates) and Keap1 KD BMDM (3 biological replicates) were processed and analysed utilising DIA (label free) proteomic analysis. The Nrf2 KO mouse (DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6943 ) and Keap1 KD mouse ( DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01591-09) were previously published as noted.
Project description:To get insight into TRIM33 functions, TRIM33 ChIP-seq was carried out in murine macrophage cell line (RAW) and in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM). The results showed that, in addition to its role in hematopoietic differentiation, TRIM33 may modulate PU.1 transcriptional activity during macrophage development and/or activation.To characterize the role of TRIM33 in macrophages, we bred TRIM33fl/fl mice with Lyz-Cre mice where the Cre recombinase gene is under the regulatory sequences of the Lyz gene that is expressed only in mature myeloid cells. Bone marrow cells from LyzCre/Trim33+/+ mice and LyzCre/Trim33flox/flox mice were differentiated in macrophages and treated during 0h, 4h, 12h and 24h with LPS. Using ChIP-seq, we provide a link between TRIM33 binding and H3K4me3 spreading on inflammatory genes in macrophages. Chromatin immunoprecipitations of TRIM33 and H3K4Me3 followed by multiparallel sequencing performed in murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM).
