Project description:PURPOSE: To provide a detailed gene expression profile of the normal postnatal mouse cornea. METHODS: Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was performed on postnatal day (PN)9 and adult mouse (6 week) total corneas. The expression of selected genes was analyzed by in situ hybridization. RESULTS: A total of 64,272 PN9 and 62,206 adult tags were sequenced. Mouse corneal transcriptomes are composed of at least 19,544 and 18,509 unique mRNAs, respectively. One third of the unique tags were expressed at both stages, whereas a third was identified exclusively in PN9 or adult corneas. Three hundred thirty-four PN9 and 339 adult tags were enriched more than fivefold over other published nonocular libraries. Abundant transcripts were associated with metabolic functions, redox activities, and barrier integrity. Three members of the Ly-6/uPAR family whose functions are unknown in the cornea constitute more than 1% of the total mRNA. Aquaporin 5, epithelial membrane protein and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) omega-1, and GST alpha-4 mRNAs were preferentially expressed in distinct corneal epithelial layers, providing new markers for stratification. More than 200 tags were differentially expressed, of which 25 mediate transcription. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to providing a detailed profile of expressed genes in the PN9 and mature mouse cornea, the present SAGE data demonstrate dynamic changes in gene expression after eye opening and provide new probes for exploring corneal epithelial cell stratification, development, and function and for exploring the intricate relationship between programmed and environmentally induced gene expression in the cornea. Keywords: other
Project description:Since normal brain function depends upon continuous oxygen delivery and short periods of hypoxia can precondition against subsequent ischemia, this study examined the effects of brief hypoxia on the whole genome transcriptional response in adult mouse brain. Genomic expression profiling was perfromed for individual brain regions of the adult mice following the entire time course of hypoxia preconditioning.
Project description:Since normal brain function depends upon continuous oxygen delivery and short periods of hypoxia can precondition against subsequent ischemia, this study examined the effects of brief hypoxia on the whole genome transcriptional response in adult mouse brain. Genomic expression profiling was perfromed for individual brain regions of the adult mice following the entire time course of hypoxia preconditioning. Adult C57BL/6 male mice were exposed to systemic preconditioning hypoxia (8% O2 ) for 3 hr and allowed to recover in normoxia for 24 hr. The mouse brains were removed and dissected into individual brain regions at multiple time points during the 3hr hypoxia and subsequent 24hr reoxygenation periods. Total RNA was purified from the human whole blood or individual mouse brain regions. Genomic scale gene expression was then measured with Affymetrix Mouse Expression 430 2.0 arrays.
Project description:SILAC based protein correlation profiling using size exclusion of protein complexes derived from seven Mus musculus tissues (Heart, Brain, Liver, Lung, Kidney, Skeletal Muscle, Thymus)
Project description:Recombinant insect baculoviral vectors (BV) efficiently transduce several types of cells in the brain and can possibly be used for gene therapy for brain disorders. To verify the suitability of using these viral vectors to develop gene therapy strategies in the brain, and to evaluate our method of virus purification, we evaluated immune reactions upon acute administration of BV that were purified by ion-exchange membrane chromatography with high-speed centrifugation or high-speed centrifugation alone into the mouse brain using microarray global gene expression profiling. Adult male mice (Mus musculus) were administered with baculoviral vectors purified by membrane chromatography with high-speed centrifugation (MC+HS) or baculoviral vectors purified by high-speed centrifugation (HS) alone into the brain. We sought to compare the gene expression changes in the brain triggered by MC+HS-purified and HS-purified baculoviral vectors.