Project description:The goal of the study was to identify the gene changes that occur in the striatum of neonatal piglets exposed to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with deep hypothermic cardiac arrest (DHCA) then recovered for 6h. To accomplish our goal, mRNA-seq was performed on RNA isolated from neonatal pigs exposed to either DHCA or sham conditions.
Project description:Prediction of neurological outcomes shortly after cardiac arrest would represent a major breakthrough. We tested the ability of gene expression profiles of blood cells to predict outcome in cardiac arrest patients. 35 consecutive cardiac arrest patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia (33°C for 24h) were included in this prospective monocentre study. Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) was determined at discharge and 6 months later. All patients had blood sampling at the end of hypothermia. Gene expression profiles of blood cells were determined using 25,000~gene microarray in two groups of patients: good outcome (CPC 1-2) and bad outcome (CPC 3-5).
Project description:Prediction of neurological outcomes shortly after cardiac arrest would represent a major breakthrough. We tested the ability of gene expression profiles of blood cells to predict outcome in cardiac arrest patients.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to detect the expression profile of tsRNA during deep hypothermia circulatory arrest, and to find possible regulatory factors according to the changes in its expression level, in the hope of providing an effective organ protection strategy for this process.Three blood samples were collected from a central veins line into ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) tubes as follows: T1 (before starting circulatory arrest), T2 (15 min after initiation of DHCA), T3 (after declamping the left common carotid artery and before rewarming). A total of 286 commonly expressed tsRNAs were identified in the T1 and T2 groups, 68 tsRNAs specifically expressed in the T1 group, and 44 tsRNAs specifically expressed in the T2 group. A total of 290 commonly expressed tsRNAs were identified in the T2 and T3 groups, 64 tsRNAs specifically expressed in the T2 group, and 43 tsRNAs specifically expressed in the T3 group. Next, four tsRNAs were selected to be verified by qRT-PCR. In summary, this study innovatively proposed the correlation between the deep hypothermic circulatory arrest process and the expression profile of tsRNA, and evaluated the expression level and regulation mode of tsRNA. A preliminary exploration of its potential biological role in the process of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest has been carried out, which can provide a better basis and a more comprehensive explanation for the organ protection mechanism of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. And in further research, we are expected to achieve targeted protection of organs by overexpressing or inhibiting the corresponding tsRNA.
Project description:Clinically translatable large animal models have become indispensable for cardiovascular research, clinically relevant proof of concept studies and for novel diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. In particular, the pig as emerged as an essential cardiovascular disease model, because its heart, circulatory system, and blood supply are anatomically and functionally similar to that of humans. Unfortunately, molecular and omics-based studies in the pig are hampered by the incompleteness of the genome and the lack of diversity of the corresponding transcriptome annotation. Here, we employed Nanopore long-read sequencing and in-depth proteomics on top of Illumina RNA-seq to enhance the pig cardiac transcriptome annotation. We assembled 15,926 transcripts, stratified into coding and non-coding, and validated our results by complementary mass spectrometry. A manual review of several gene loci, which are associated with cardiac function, corroborated the utility of our enhanced annotation. All our data are available for download and is also provided as tracks for integration in genome browsers. We deem this resource as highly valuable for molecular research in an increasingly relevant large animal model.
Project description:Background: Cardiac arrest (CA) represents the third leading cause of death worldwide. Among survivors, severe neurological sequelae are frequent but difficult to predict. Novel prognostic biomarkers would offer clinicians the possibility to deliver personalized healthcare. The potential of small circulating noncoding RNAs (microRNAs) to predict neurological outcome and survival after CA has been reported. Objective: This study aims to identify circulating circular RNAs (circRNAs) associated with clinical outcome after CA. Methods and Results: Methods and Results: Whole blood samples obtained 48h after return of spontaneous circulation from 23 sex-matched survivors and 23 deceased cardiac arrest (CA) patients were enrolled in this study. Whole transcriptome RNA sequencing identified candidate RNAs associated with neurological outcome and survival. Conclusion: We have identified candidate RNAs associated with clinical outcome after CA whose predictive value remains to be confirmed in large populations.
Project description:The goal of this study is to identify circulating microRNAs with prognostic value in a large cohort of comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We performed RNA-Seq for short RNAs in plasma, collected 48 hours after return of spontaneous circulation, of 50 cardiac arrest patients including 25 good neurological outcome at 6 months (cerebral performance category 1) and 25 poor neurological outcome including death at 6 months (cerebral performance category score 5). The sequencing generated on average 18.5 million reads per sample. After mapping the reads and counting to relevant entries in miRBase 20, we found 236 microRNAs detected in all 50 samples with TPM above or equals to 1. 11 microRNAs were differentially expressed between 2 groups with False Discovery Rate (FDR) < 5%.
Project description:This pilot study aimed to investigate serum proteome profiles from unconscious patients admitted to hospital after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest according to temperature treatment and neurological outcome.