Project description:HepaCur™serum from liver humanized FRG®KO mice was obtained from Yecuris and subsequently sent to System Biosciences for Exo-NGS exosomal RNA-sequencing. Exosome isolation and subsequent RNA-sequencing were performed by System Biosciences.
Project description:To make the human liver accessible to metabolic treatments, we employed a liver-specific humanized mouse model in which approximately 50% of the mouse hepatocytes were replaced by human ones. To capture transcriptomes reflecting pathophysiology and therapeutic development of metabolic diseases, we subjected the humanized mice to dietary intervention and the key metabolic transcriptional factor agonist treatments. We then performed rna exoression profiling analysis using data obtained from nanopore direct RNA sequencing of these humanized mice.
Project description:To make the human liver accessible to metabolic treatments, we employed a liver-specific humanized mouse model in which approximately 50% of the mouse hepatocytes were replaced by human ones. For the dietary treatment, the humanized mice were allowed free access to food (AL, n=4 for donor1, n=3 for donor2) or subjected to a twenty-four hours food withdrawal (Fast, n=4 for donor1, n=3 for donor2). For the transcription factor agonist treatments, the humanized mice were injected with DMSO (n=4), fenofibrate (n=4, 50mg/kg, Sigma-Aldrich, Cat. F6020), rosiglitazone (n=4,10mg/kg, Sigma-Aldrich, Cat. R2408) and GW4064 (n=4, 30mg/kg, Sigma-Aldrich, Cat. G5172) by i.p. injection. The livers were collected after 6 hours fasting and stored in liquid nitrogen immediately after mice sacrificed.
Project description:To make the human liver accessible to metabolic treatments, we employed a liver-specific humanized mouse model in which approximately 50% of the mouse hepatocytes were replaced by human ones. To capture transcriptomes reflecting pathophysiology and therapeutic development of metabolic diseases, we subjected the humanized mice to the key metabolic transcriptional factor agonist treatments. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of these humanized mice.
Project description:We investigated the effects of per- and polyfluroralkyl substance exposure on FRG liver-chimeric humanized mice on a NOD background. These PFAS included PFOA, PFOS, and GenX. These mice were exposed to water ad libitum for 28 days to reach human relevant serum concentrations. We then performed RNA-Sequencing on isolated whole liver lysate to determine differentially expressed genes.
Project description:HuR shRNA adenoviruses were delivered into WT or humanized mice intravenously at 2 × 109 pfu/mouse for both control virus and HuR shRNA virus . After seven days, liver tissue samples were harvested after a four hours fasting and stored immediately in liquid nitrogen till further analysis.The frozen liver tissue samples were homogenized in Trizol reagent (Invitrogen) using TissueLyser LT system (Qiagen). The isolated RNA was purified by MagMAX RNA Extraction Kit (ThermoFisher) and the construction of strand specific sequencing libraries using TruSeq Stranded Total RNA Prep kit (Illumina) and the sequencing was performed at NHLBI DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core using Illumina HiSeq 3000 paired-end sequencing platform.
Project description:Background: Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) has been associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, potential sex divergence and the underlying mechanisms remain understudied. iAs is not metabolized uniformly across species, which is a limitation of typical exposure studies in rodent models. The development of a new “humanized” mouse model overcomes this limitation. In this study, we leverage this model to study sex differences in the context of iAs exposure. Objectives: The aim of this study iwas to determine if males and females exhibit different liver and adipose molecular profiles and metabolic phenotypes in the context of iAs exposure. Methods: Our study was performed on wild-type (WT) 129S6/SvEvTac and humanized arsenic +3 methyl transferase (human AS3MT) 129S6/SvEvTac mice treated with 400 ppb of iAs via drinking water ad libitum. After 1 month, mice were sacrificed and the liver and epididymales gonadal adipose depot were harvested for iAs quantification as well as sequencing-based microRNA and gene expression analysis. Serum blood was collected for fasting blood glucose, fasting plasma insulin, and HOMA-IR. Results: We detected sex divergence in liver and adipose markers of diabetes (e.g., insulin signaling pathways, fasting blood glucose, fasting plasma insulin, and HOMA-IR) only in humanized (not WT) male mice. In humanized female mice, numerous genes that promote insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in both the liver and adipose are elevated compared to humanized male mice. We also identified Klf11 as a putative master regulator of the sex divergence in gene expression in humanized mice. Discussion: Our study underscoreds the importance of future studies leveraging the humanized mouse model to study iAs-associated metabolic disease. The findings also suggest suggested that humanized females are protected from metabolic dysfunction relative to humanized males in the context of iAs exposure. Future investigations should focus on the detailed mechanisms that underlie the sex divergence, including the potential role of miR-34a and/or Klf11.