Project description:Using heterogeneous stock (HS) rats, we have identified a region on rat chromosome 1 that maps multiple diabetic traits. We sought to use global expression analysis to determine if genes within this region are differentially expressed between HS rats with normal glucose tolerance and those with glucose intolerance
Project description:Using heterogeneous stock (HS) rats, we have identified a region on rat chromosome 1 that maps multiple diabetic traits. We sought to use global expression analysis to determine if genes within this region are differentially expressed between HS rats with normal glucose tolerance and those with glucose intolerance
Project description:Using heterogeneous stock (HS) rats, we have identified a region on rat chromosome 1 that maps multiple diabetic traits. We sought to use global expression analysis to determine if genes within this region are differentially expressed between HS rats with normal glucose tolerance and those with glucose intolerance HS rats were euthanized at 17 weeks of age and tail sample was taken. Genomic DNA was extracted from tail of 23 HS rats with glucose intolerance and 23 HS rats with normal glucose. The Affymetrix 10K SNP array was used to genotype these animals.
Project description:Using heterogeneous stock (HS) rats, we have identified a region on rat chromosome 1 that maps multiple diabetic traits. We sought to use global expression analysis to determine if genes within this region are differentially expressed between HS rats with normal glucose tolerance and those with glucose intolerance HS rats were euthanized at 17 weeks of age and liver was immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. RNA was extracted from liver of 23 HS rats with glucose intolerance and 23 HS rats with normal glucose. The Affymetrix 230_2 array was used to probe transcript abundance levels.
Project description:We measured heart gene expression in 192 heterogeneous stock rats. These animals were part of a larger cohort that were extensively phenotyped and genotyped and originally published in PMID: 23708188, although the gene expression data here were not included in that study.
Project description:We measured amygdala gene expression in 205 Heterogeneous Stock (N:HS) rats. These animals were part of a larger cohort that were extensively phenotyped and genotyped and originally published in PMID: 23708188, although the gene expression data here were not included in that study.
Project description:Wild-type and isogenic H3K37R yeast cultures were grown in medium containing 2% raffinose as carbone source. Cells were synchronized in G1 with alpha factor. To half culture (100ml), glucose (2% final concentration) and 1.3ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock) and 1.3ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock) was added. To the other half, galactose (2% final concentration) and 1.3ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock). Both flasks were incubated for further 30min at 30C, then cell were collected by centrifugation and resuspended into 100ml of 30C warmed YPA-2%Glucose or YPA-2%Galactose medium containing 25ml HU (2M stock) plus 1.2 ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock) and incubated for 1 hour and 10minutes. YPA-Glucose and YPA-Galactose cultures were immediately transferred to ice/water bath and replication was stopped by addition of NaN3 and cells were processed for DNA immunoprecipitation with anti BrdU antibody.
Project description:Endurance exercise training has been shown to decrease whole-body and skeletal muscle insulin resistance and increase glucose tolerance in conditions of both pre-diabetes and overt type 2 diabetes. However, the adaptive responses in skeletal muscle at the molecular and genetic level for these beneficial effects of exercise training have not been clearly established in an animal model of pre-diabetes. The present study identifies alterations in skeletal muscle gene expression that occur with exercise training in pre-diabetic, insulin-resistant obese Zucker (fa/fa) rats and insulin-sensitive lean Zucker (Fa/-) rats. Treadmill running for up to 4 weeks caused significant enhancements of glucose tolerance as assessed by the integrated area under the curve for glucose (AUCg) during an oral glucose tolerance test in both lean and obese animals. Using microarray analysis, a set of only 12 genes was identified as both significantly altered (>1.5-fold change relative to sedentary controls; p<0.05) and significantly correlated (p<0.05) with the AUCg. Two of these genes, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g coactivator 1a (PGC-1a) and the z-isoform of protein kinase C (PKC-z), have known involvement in the regulation of skeletal muscle glucose transport. We confirmed that protein expression levels of PGC-1a and PKC-z were positively correlated with the mRNA expression levels for these two genes. Overall, this study has identified a limited number of genes in soleus muscle of lean and obese Zucker rats that are associated with decreased insulin resistance and increase glucose tolerance following endurance exercise training. These findings could guide the development of pharmaceutical M-^Sexercise mimeticsM-^T in the treatment of insulin-resistant, pre-diabetic or overtly type 2 diabetic individuals.