Project description:To investigate maternal whole blood gene expression profiles associated with spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB, <37 weeks) in asymptomatic pregnant women. The ‘All Our Babies’ (AOB) community based cohort in Calgary recruited pregnant women between May 2008 and December 2010.
Project description:Exposure to high-dose radiation causes life-threatening serious intestinal damage. Histological analysis is the most accurate method for judging the extent of intestinal damage after death. However, it is difficult to predict the extent of intestinal damage to body samples. Here we focused on extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) released from cells and investigated miRNA species that increased or decreased in serum and feces using a radiation-induced intestinal injury mouse model. A peak of small RNA of 25–200 nucleotides was detected in mouse serum and feces 72 h after radiation exposure, and miRNA presence in serum and feces was inferred. MiRNAs expressed in the small intestine and were increased by more than 2.0-fold in serum or feces following a 10 Gy radiation exposure were detected by microarray analysis and were 4 in serum and 19 in feces. In this study, miR-375-3p, detected in serum and feces, was identified as the strongest candidate for a high-dose radiation biomarker in serum and/or feces using a radiation-induced intestinal injury model.
Project description:Fecal and amniotic fluid samples were collected from 25 pregnant women undergoing elective Caesarean section delivery after a term pregnancy at Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) were isolated from both sample types and their protein cargo analyzed using LC-ESI-MS/MS.
Project description:D-galactose orally intake ameliorate DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis by modulating microbiota composition and quorum sensing. The increased abundance of bacteroidetes and decreased abundance of firmicutes was confirmed. By D-galactose treatment, Bacteroides population was increased and prevotella, ruminococcus was decreased which is related to atopic dermatitis.
Project description:<p>Maternal folic acid intake is crucial for the development of the offspring's nervous system, and folic acid metabolism disorders during pregnancy lead to neural tube defects (NTDs) in the fetus. Folic acid and vitamins biosynthesis is a major biochemical feature of gut microbiota. The complex and diverse microbial ecosystem residing within maternal host contributes critically to these intergenerational impacts. However, the mechanisms still require further investigation. In this study, we found that the low folate diets combined MTX-induced changed the structure/composition of the gut microbiota and substantially altered the fecal metabolic phenotype of pregnant mice, including central carbon metabolism in cancer and vitamin digestion & absorption. We demonstrated that the correlation betweent gut microbiota of pregnant mice and the brain metabolic profiles of NTDs fetal mice. According to our data, the Lactobacillales and Bifidobacteriales abundances in pregnant mice gut were positively correlated with the abundances of lipid metabolites in fetal mice brain. The abundances of Enterobacterales and Clostridiales were negatively correlated with those lipid metabolites. Interestingly, the abundance of Inosine, Uridine, L-Carnitine and Glycerophosphocholine were down-regulated synchronously in pregnant feces and NTDs fetal mice brain. This was probably the intergenerational microbial-metabolism biomarkers of NTDs. Our study provides evidence for how perinatal microecological factors shape fetal neural tube development.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Feces metabolomics</strong> is reported in the current study <a href='https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metabolights/MTBLS4893' rel='noopener noreferrer' target='_blank'><strong>MTBLS4893</strong></a>.</p><p><strong>Brain tissue metabolomics</strong> is reported in <a href='https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metabolights/MTBLS4894' rel='noopener noreferrer' target='_blank'><strong>MTBLS4894</strong></a>.</p>