Project description:The zinc finger factor Insm1 is known to regulate differentiation of pancreatic ? cells during development, Here we show that Insm1 is essential for the maintenance of functionally mature pancreatic ? cells in mice. We used microarrays to analyse the global gene expression after deletion of insm1 in adult pancreatic ? cells and identified functional important genes and immature islets releated genes deregulated in the mutatant islets. We used 8 mutant and 8 litter matched control mice for the islets preparation.
Project description:Nkx6.1 target genes were identified in mature pancreatic islets by comparing gene expression in conditional Nkx6.1-ablated islets versus control islets using microarray analysis. Nkx6.1 was conditionally ablated in mature pancreatic islets by recombination of a Nkx6.1-flox allele using the tamoxifen-inducible Pdx1-CreERTM allele (Gu et al 2002). Mice were injected with 2 mg/25 g tamoxifen in corn oil four times between 4 and 6 weeks of age. Islets were isolated after the final tamoxifen injection. Total RNA was isolated and pooled from pancreata of 6 week old Nkx6.1fl/-;Pdx1-CreERTM (mutant) versus Nkx6.1fl/+;Pdx1-CreERTM (control) littermates for 3 biological replicates.
Project description:To gain insights into how pancreatic cells are programmed in vivo, we profiled Ring1b in embryonic stem cells and pancreatic islets
Project description:In this study, we achieved integrated transcriptomic and proteomic profiles of GK islets in a time-course fashion at different stages of T2D. Subsequent bioinformatics analysis revealed the chronological order of T2D-related molecular events during the deterioration of pancreatic islets. Our large quantitative dataset provide a valuable resource to obtain a comprehensive picture of the mechanisms responsible for islet dysfunction and to identify potential interventions to prevent beta-cell failure in human T2D.
Project description:To gain insights into how pancreatic cells are programmed in vivo, we profiled RNA expression in pancreatic islets of pancreatic Ring1b conditional KO mice (conditional using a pancreas specfic Cre; Pdx1-Cre) and their littermate controls
Project description:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of Exendin-4 on isolated pancreatic islets allowing for the elucidation of the various transcriptional programs initiated by this multifunctional peptide hormone. Islets were treated with Exendin-4 for 30 and 180 minutes. After these time points, RNA was isolated and used for hybridization against matched control islets using the Mouse PancChip 6.
Project description:Gene expression differences between wild-type, pancreas-specific Hnf4alpha knockout (Hnf4a-pKO), heterozygous Hnf1alpha (Tcf1) (Hnf1aHET), and double mutant (Hnf4a-pKO;Hnf1aHET) mouse pancreatic islets were assesed using amplified RNA samples from islets of matched quality and endocrine purity, obtained from 60-75 day-old control and genetically modified male mice after 48 hours in culture. RNA was amplified using the Affymetrix GeneChIP two-cycle protocol and hybridized to Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays [Mouse430_2].
