Project description:To further understand expression patterns of musashi1 overexpression (DTG) in mouse skin,we have employed microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify different genes expression with DTG mouse and Control mouse. Comparision with Control mouse,upgene is 3772 in DTG mouse, downgene is 5529. mTOR pathway, RAS pathway, PI3K-AKT pathway,IL6-JAK-Stat3 pathway and so on are activated, WNT Pathway is inhibited.
Project description:Many biological processes involve post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Here, we show that an alternative splicing factor SRSF6 affects tissue homeostasis of the skin. In this dataset, we study effects on gene expression and alternative splicing upon SRSF6 overexpression (+doxycycline) in mouse skin using inducible R26-rtTA+/-, ColA1-TREtight-SRSF6+/- transgenic mice 4 mixed-background strain samples (2 SRSF6-induced skin samples and 2 uninduced skin control samples)
Project description:Many biological processes involve post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Here, we show that an alternative splicing factor SRSF6 affects tissue homeostasis of the skin. In this dataset, we study effects on gene expression and alternative splicing upon SRSF6 overexpression (+doxycycline) in mouse skin using inducible R26-rtTA+/-, ColA1-TREtight-SRSF6+/- transgenic mice
Project description:A study of the effects of Hoxc13 overexpression in skin using Hoxc13 transgenic mice (GC13) known to develop severe hair growth defects and alopecia. Total skin from GC13 mice 5 dpn is compared to total skin from normal FVB mice 5 dpn using Affymetrix HG-U74Av2 GeneChips. Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:During epithelial tissue morphogenesis, developmental progenitor cells undergo dynamic adhesive and cytoskeletal remodeling to trigger proliferation and migration. Transcriptional mechanisms that restrict such mild form of epithelial plasticity to maintain lineage-restricted differentiation in committed epithelial tissues are poorly understood. Here we report that simultaneous ablation of transcriptional repressor-encoding Ovol1 and Ovol2 results in expansion and blocked terminal differentiation of embryonic epidermal progenitor cells. Conversely, mice overexpressing Ovol2 in their skin epithelia exhibit precocious differentiation accompanied by smaller progenitor cell compartments. We show that Ovol1/2-deficient epidermal cells fail to undertake alpha-catenin–driven actin cytoskeletal reorganization and adhesive maturation, and exhibit changes that resemble epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Remarkably, these alterations as well as defective terminal differentiation are reversed upon depletion of EMT-promoting transcriptional factor Zeb1. Collectively, our findings reveal Ovol-Zeb1-a-catenin sequential repression and highlight novel functions of Ovol as gatekeepers of epithelial adhesion and differentiation by inhibiting progenitor-like traits and epithelial plasticity. Skin from control and Ovol2 overexpression (Ovol2 BT) were physically isolated for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. In order to identify primary changes, we analyzed skin from E16.5 mice, when morphological differences between control and Ovol2 overexpression were still minimal.
Project description:We found Shh overexpression in epidermis can induce hair follicle neogenesis in wounded skin. We analyzed gene expression profile in dermis and epidermis of WT (control), LSL-Shh (Shh overexpression in epidermis) and E14.5d skin
Project description:Resveratrol (RESV) is a plant polyphenol, which is thought to have beneficial metabolic effects in laboratory animals as well as in humans. Following oral administration, RESV is immediately catabolized, resulting in low bioavailability. This study compared RESV metabolites and their tissue distribution after oral uptake and skin absorption. Metabolomic analysis of various mouse tissues revealed that RESV can be absorbed and metabolized through skin. We detected sulfated and glucuronidated RESV metabolites, as well as dihydroresveratrol. These metabolites are thought to have lower pharmacological activity than RESV. Similar quantities of most RESV metabolites were observed 4 h after oral or skin administration, except that glucuronidated RESV metabolites were more abundant in skin after topical RESV application than after oral administration. This result is consistent with our finding of glucuronidated RESV metabolites in cultured skin cells. RESV applied to mouse ears significantly suppressed inflammation in the TPA inflammation model. The skin absorption route could be a complementary, potent way to achieve therapeutic effects with RESV. </p> One mg of RESV dissolved in ethanol was applied directly (Et) or mixed with hydrophilic ointment (HO), macrogol (Ma) or CMC gel (CMC), and swabbed on mouse dorsal skin. After 4 h mice were sacrificed, metabolites were extracted from tissues and analyzed by LC-MS. Peak areas of metabolites were normalized using peak areas of spiked internal standards (10 nmol 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) and piperazine-N,N’-bis(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (PIPES).
Project description:We have found the existence of two independent populations contributing to the skin-resident macrophage pool based on their different origin. We have analyzed their gene profile by deep-sequencing (RNA-Seq). Analysis of RNA-Seq data revealed a differential expression signature between both subsets of skin macrophages for 744 of 17741 genes compiled (198 of them showing similar normalized expression levels across replicates). We have further characterized their specialized functions related to their different gene profiles.