Project description:We report the presence of pathologic states of epithelial, mesenchymal and vascular endothelial cells and molecular programs involved in immunopathological progression. We also report the transcriptionally functional diversity of neutrophils and identify a previously undetected neutrophil subset undergoing transdifferentiated process. Cell–cell interaction analysis reveal vascular mural cells as potential crosstalk hubs in pulmonary communication network.
Project description:Ricin is a potential bioweapon because of its toxicity, availability, and ease of production. When delivered to the lungs, ricin causes severe pulmonary damage with symptoms that are similar to those observed in acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome. The airway epithelium plays an important role in the pathogenesis of many lung diseases, but its role in ricin intoxication has not been elucidated. Exposure of cultured primary human airway epithelial cells to ricin resulted in the activation of stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs) and NF-κB and in the increased expression of multiple proinflammatory molecules. Among the genes upregulated by ricin and identified by microarray analysis were those associated with transcription, nucleosome assembly, inflammation, and response to stress. Sequence analysis of the promoters of these genes identified NF-κB as one of the transcription factors whose binding sites were over-represented. Although airway cells secrete TNF-α in response to ricin, blocking TNF-α did not prevent ricin-induced activation of NF-κB. Inhibition of p38 MAPK by a chemical inhibitor and NF-κB by short interfering RNA resulted in a marked reduction in the expression of proinflammatory genes, demonstrating the importance of these two pathways in ricin intoxication. Therefore, the p38 MAPK and NF-κB pathways are potential therapeutic targets for reducing the inflammatory consequences of ricin poisoning. Experiment Overall Design: Control RNA from untreated primary human airway cells was compared to RNA from ricin-treated airway cells
Project description:Rat model of ARDS was induced by saline lavage and mechanical ventilation. miRNA from rat lungs were used for dual color DNA microarray hybridization with 3DNA 50 kit version 2. Two-condition experiment, CON vs. ARDS lung tissues. replicates: 6 control, 6 ARDS. One replicate per array.
Project description:Rat model of ARDS was induced by saline lavage and mechanical ventilation. Total RNA from rat lungs were used for dual color DNA microarray hybridization with 3DNA 50 kit version 2. Two-condition experiment, CON vs. ARDS lung tissues. replicates: 5 control, 7 ARDS. One replicate per array.
Project description:The goal of this study is to explore the alterations in gene expression in lungs of mice 48 hours after exposure to low-dose ricin compared to lungs of naive mice, in order to provide a framework for comparative investigation of genes and mechanisms that may contribute to the developing lung disease. Methods: Total RNA was extracted from lungs of naive or ricin intoxicated mice (intranasally exposure to 1.7 µg/kg ricin), using the RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen). RNA-seq libraries were constructed and sequencing of 100bp paired-end was performed on the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 system. Sequencing yielded about 21M reads per sample that were mapped to the mouse genome. The expression of the infected sample was compared to mock sample, and RNA ratios were clustered using partitioning clustering. We next carried out GO term enrichment analysis. Results: Principal component analysis revealed distinct transcriptional signatures between naïve and ricin mice. We found 8545 differentially expressed genes in the ricin group, including 4394 upregulated and 4151 downregulated genes.
Project description:Ricin is a potential bioweapon because of its toxicity, availability, and ease of production. When delivered to the lungs, ricin causes severe pulmonary damage with symptoms that are similar to those observed in acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome. The airway epithelium plays an important role in the pathogenesis of many lung diseases, but its role in ricin intoxication has not been elucidated. Exposure of cultured primary human airway epithelial cells to ricin resulted in the activation of stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs) and NF-κB and in the increased expression of multiple proinflammatory molecules. Among the genes upregulated by ricin and identified by microarray analysis were those associated with transcription, nucleosome assembly, inflammation, and response to stress. Sequence analysis of the promoters of these genes identified NF-κB as one of the transcription factors whose binding sites were over-represented. Although airway cells secrete TNF-α in response to ricin, blocking TNF-α did not prevent ricin-induced activation of NF-κB. Inhibition of p38 MAPK by a chemical inhibitor and NF-κB by short interfering RNA resulted in a marked reduction in the expression of proinflammatory genes, demonstrating the importance of these two pathways in ricin intoxication. Therefore, the p38 MAPK and NF-κB pathways are potential therapeutic targets for reducing the inflammatory consequences of ricin poisoning. Keywords: Comparative genomic hybridization
Project description:Clinical study of critically ill patients with sepsis and sepsis-related ARDS with whole blood RNA collected within the first 24 hours of admission Goal of the study was to determine whether biologically relevant genes were identified to be differentially expressed genes in patients with sepsis alone and sepsis with ARDS Prospective observational study, case cohort design