Project description:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) respond to biomechanical stretch with specific changes in gene expression which govern the phenotype of these cells. The mechanotransducer zyxin is a potential candidate for regulating the expression of such genes. Using microarrays, we compared stretch-induced gene expression in wild type and zyxin-null VSMCs to define such changes in detail.
Project description:Oxidative stress-dependent genes are defined as those induced or suppressed by H2O2 treatement in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. JNK-induced genes in rat vascular smooth muscle cells are defined as those induced by adenoviruses encoding constitutively active MKK7 (caMKK7) + wild type JNK1 (wtJNK1) and suppressed by adenovirus encoding dominant negative JNK1 (APF). JNK-suppressed genes in rat vascular smooth muscle cells are defined as those suppressed by adenoviruses encoding constitutively active MKK7 (caMKK7) + wild type JNK1 (wtJNK1) and induced by adenovirus encoding dominant negative JNK1 (APF). Adenovirus encoding nuclear localizing GFP was used as a control.
Project description:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) respond to biomechanical stretch with specific changes in gene expression which govern the phenotype of these cells. The mechanotransducer zyxin is a potential candidate for regulating the expression of such genes. Using microarrays, we compared stretch-induced gene expression in wild type and zyxin-null VSMCs to define such changes in detail. Wild type (WT) and zyxin-null VSMCs were stretched at 10% cyclic elongation for 6 hours and the changes in gene expression were compared under static and stretched conditions. Up to 3 biological replicates were used for each of the 4 sample types.
Project description:Oxidative stress-dependent genes are defined as those induced or suppressed by H2O2 treatement in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. JNK-induced genes in rat vascular smooth muscle cells are defined as those induced by adenoviruses encoding constitutively active MKK7 (caMKK7) + wild type JNK1 (wtJNK1) and suppressed by adenovirus encoding dominant negative JNK1 (APF). JNK-suppressed genes in rat vascular smooth muscle cells are defined as those suppressed by adenoviruses encoding constitutively active MKK7 (caMKK7) + wild type JNK1 (wtJNK1) and induced by adenovirus encoding dominant negative JNK1 (APF). Adenovirus encoding nuclear localizing GFP was used as a control. Keywords = vascular smooth muscle Keywords = hydrogen peroxide Keywords = c-Jun N-terminal kinase Keywords = JNK Keywords = adenovirus Keywords = oxidative stress Keywords: repeat sample