Project description:Radioactive materials have been widely used in industry, medicine, science, the military and nuclear facilities, which has significantly increased the potential of large-scale, uncontrolled exposure to radiation. The skin is one of the radiosensitive organ systems and radiation-induced skin injury remains a serious concern after ionizing radiation exposure. This study aims to illustrate the early response (mRNA profiles) of skin tissues following radiation and find targets against radiation-induced skin injury.
Project description:This study aims to compared mRNA expression between radiation-induced fibrotic skin and adjacent normal tissues of rats by RNA-Seq. Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats (4 weeks old) were irradiated with a single 45-Gy dose of irradiation was administered to the treatment area at a rate of 750 cGy/min using a 6-MeV electron beam accelerator (Clinac 2100EX, Varian Medical Systems, Inc., CA). Skin tissues from nonirradated skin areas and irradietd areas were collected and subjected to mRNA expression analysis.
Project description:The goal of this study was to compare the skin transcriptomes of non-irradiated and 30 Gy irradiated Pelophylax nigromaculatus and to find the polypeptide sequences that were changed before and after irradiation. Skin mRNA profiles of non-irradiated and 30Gy irradiated Pelophylax nigromaculatus were generated by deep sequencing,using Illumina HiSeq.The sequenced sequences were assembled into transcripts, and the transcripts were hierarchically clustered using the Corset program. Subsequent analysis was performed using the clustered sequences as references:CDS prediction, SNP and InDel analysis, gene expression level analysis, SSR analysis, RNA-seq overall quality assessment, differential expression analysis, differential gene GO enrichment analysis and KEGG enrichment analysis.Through differential analysis, 875 down-regulated mRNAs and 536 up-regulated mRNAs were identified, and 271 significant changes in peptides were found through the rank sum test, which provided the basis for the next study.
Project description:This study aims to compared RNA expression profiles between the skin tissues of IRF1 knockout (IRF-/-) mice and wild-type mice by microarray analysis. Male IRF1 knockout (IRF-/-) mice and wild-type mice (8 weeks old) were irradiated with a single 35-Gy dose of irradiation was administered to the treatment area at a rate of 750 cGy/min using a 6-MeV electron beam accelerator (Clinac 2100EX, Varian Medical Systems, Inc., CA). Skin tissues from irradiated areas were collected and subjected to RNA expression analysis.
Project description:To further study and understand the DNA damage responses, we developed aniFOUND, a new method for capturing under native conditions the repaired DNA and the proteins associated with it after UVC irradiation. hTert-immortalised human skin fibroblasts were irradiated with 20 J/m2 UVC and the nascent DNA that resulted from the Unscheduled DNA Synthesis was specifically labeled with nucleotide analogues (EdU). This newly repaired/synthesized DNA together with the bound proteins were pulled-down with streptavidin beads. For negative controls we used both irradiated, but non-labelled samples (+UV/-EdU) and labelled, but not irradiated cells (-UV/+EdU). The pulldowns were eluted from the beads by boiling in 0.1 % SDS.
Project description:Terahertz (THz) technology has emerged for biomedical applications such as scanning, molecular spectroscopy, and medical imaging. However, the biological effect of THz radiation is not fully understood. Non-thermal effects of THz radiation were investigated by applying a femtosecond-terahertz (fs-THz) pulse to mouse skin. Analysis of the genome-wide expression profile in fs-THz-irradiated skin indicated that wound responses were predominantly through NF?B1- and Smad3/4-mediated transcriptional activation. Repeated fs-THz radiation delayed the closure of mouse skin punch wounds due to up-regulation of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-?). These findings suggest that fs-THz radiation provokes a wound-like signal in skin with increased expression of TGF-? and activation of its downstream target genes, which perturbs the wound healing process in vivo. To identify non-thermally induced in vivo mode action of THz radiation, gene expression profile of fs-THz-irradiated skin (at post 24-hours after 1 hour exposure) was explored. Purified total RNAs from independent 3 mice of each sham and THz group were labeled and hybridized on the Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA), according to manufacturer's standard protocol. Statistically filtered THz-responsive genes were examined for possible interactions with other molecules, canonical signaling pathways, and bio-functions.
Project description:We report the transcriptomic analysis of single cells derived from irradiated and naive murine whole skin. The aim of the study was to elucidate the molecular and cellular drivers of irradiation-induced alopecia and dermatitis (IRIAD), two of the most visually recognized complications of radiotherapy treatments in human cancer patients.