Project description:It is well established that the expression profiles of multiple and possibly redundant matrix remodeling proteases (e.g. collagenases) strongly differ in health, disease and development. Although enzymatic redundancy might be inferred from their close similarity in structure, their in-vivo activity can lead to extremely diverse tissue-remodeling outcomes. We observed that proteolysis of collagen-rich natural extracellular matrix (ECM), generated uniquely by individual homologous proteases, leads to specific combinatorial events, which eventually affects overall ECM topography, visco-elastic properties and composition. We reveal striking differences in the movement and signaling patterns, morphology, and gene expression profiles of cells interacting with natural collagen-rich ECM degraded by different collagenases. Thus, unlike envisioned before matrix-remodeling systems are not redundant and give rise to precise ECM-cell crosstalk. As ECM proteolysis is an abundant biochemical process critical to tissue homoeostasis, these results improve our fundamental understanding of combinatorial factors dictating cell behavior.
Project description:It is well established that the expression profiles of multiple and possibly redundant matrix remodeling proteases (e.g. collagenases) strongly differentiates in disease and development. Although enzymatic redundancy might be inferred from their close similarity in structure, their in-vivo activity can lead to extremely diverse tissue-remodeling outcomes. We observed that proteolysis of collagen, generated uniquely by individual homologous proteases, leads to a specific cascade of combinatorial events, which eventually affects overall extracellular matrix (ECM) topography, visco-elastic properties and composition. We reveal striking differences in the migratory and signaling patterns, morphology, and gene expression profiles of cells interacting with native collagen-rich ECM matrix degraded by different collagenases. Thus unlike envisioned before degradative matrix remodeling systems are not redundant and give rise to precise ECM-cell crosstalk. As ECM proteolysis is an abundant biochemical process critical to tissue homeostasis these results improve our fundamental understanding of systemic factors dictating cell behavior.
Project description:Inflammation is a key component of pathological angiogenesis. Here we induce cornea neovascularisation using sutures placed into the cornea, and sutures are removed to induce a regression phase. We used whole transcriptome microarray to monitor gene expression profies of several genes
Project description:The study determined whether there were gender differences in the <br>expression of hippocampal genes in adult rats in association with dissimilarity <br>in their behavior, and how these were affected by prenatal stress. Pregnant <br>Wistar rats were subjected to varied stress once daily on days 14-20 of <br>gestation.<br>
