Project description:The RNA-seq analysis continues our work profiling the the gastrointestinal tract of the UC Davis Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (UCD-T2DM) Rat. Male UCD-T2DM rats (age ~170 days) were included in this study if either recently diagnosed as diabetic (n=6, RD, nonfasting glucose > 300 mg/dl) or 3-month post-onset of diabetes (n=6, D3M). A set of younger non-diabetic UCD-T2DM rats were also studied as a non-diabetic comparison (n=6, ND, age ~70 days).
Project description:This study aims to identify changes in non-esterified fatty acid (NEFAs) in the plasma with triphenyl phosphate (TPP) exposure. UC Davis type 2 diabetes mellitus (UCD-T2DM) rats were treated with TPP or not treated. Each group was analyzed for non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) changes to investigate alterations in NEFAs due to TPP exposure. Targeted analysis of NEFA in rat plasma samples was performed by the Newman lab.
Project description:This study aims to identify changes in lipid mediators in the hypothalamus with triphenyl phosphate (TPP) exposure. UC Davis type 2 diabetes mellitus (UCD-T2DM) rats were treated with TPP (n=8 per group) or not treated (n=8 per group). Each group was analyzed for oxylipin, nitro lipids, endocannabinoid, and endocannabinoid-like monoacylglycerol and N-acylethanolamide changes to investigate alterations in lipid mediator signaling due to TPP exposure. Targeted metabolomic analysis of lipid mediators in rat hypothalamus samples was performed by the Newman lab.
Project description:This study aims to identify changes in lipid mediators in the hypothalamus with triphenyl phosphate (TPP) exposure. UC Davis type 2 diabetes mellitus (UCD-T2DM) rats were treated with TPP (n=8 per group) or not treated (n=8 per group). Each group was analyzed for oxylipin, nitro lipids, endocannabinoid, and endocannabinoid-like monoacylglycerol and N-acylethanolamide changes to investigate alterations in lipid mediator signaling due to TPP exposure. Targeted metabolomic analysis of lipid mediators in rat hypothalamus samples was performed by the Newman lab.
Project description:This is a transcriptomics analysis contributing to a bigger project that tries to shed light on the role of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) as a risk factor for colon cancer (CC). Here we present a gene expression screening of 7 colon tumor xenograft samples, 2 with diabetic mice and 5 with normal blood glucose levels. For xenograft model details see: Prieto I, et al. (2017) Colon cancer modulation by a diabetic environment: A single institutional experience. PLoS One 12(3):e0172300
Project description:Background and aims: Mucosal abnormalities are potentially important in the primary pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC). We investigated the mucosal transcriptomic expression profiles of biopsies from patients with UC and healthy controls (HC), taken from macroscopically non-inflamed tissue from the terminal ileum and three colonic locations with the objective of identifying abnormal molecules that might be involved in disease development. Methods: Whole-genome transcriptional analysis was performed on intestinal biopsies taken from 24 UC, 26 HC and 14 patients with CrohnM-bM-^@M-^Ys disease. Differential gene expression analysis was performed at each tissue location separately and results were then meta-analysed using FisherM-bM-^@M-^Ys method. Significantly differentially expressed genes were validated using qPCR. Gene location within the colon was determined using immunohistochemistry, subcellular fractionation, electron and confocal microscopy. DNA methylation was quantified by pyrosequencing. Results: Seven probes were abnormally expressed throughout the colon in UC patients with Family with sequence similarity member 5 C (FAM5C) being the most significantly underexpressed. Attenuated expression of FAM5C in UC was independent of inflammation, unrelated to phenotype or treatment, and remained low at rebiopsy approximately 23 months later. FAM5C is localised to the brush border of the colonic epithelium and expression is influenced by DNA methylation within its promoter. Conclusion: Genome-wide expression analysis of non-inflamed mucosal biopsies from UC patients identified FAM5C as significantly under-expressed throughout the colon in a major sub-set of patients with UC. Low levels of this gene could predispose to or contribute to the maintenance of the characteristic mucosal inflammation seen in this condition. Total RNA was extracted from the intestinal biopsies taken from macroscopically normal mucosa in the rectum, descending colon, ascending colon and terminal ileum in clinically quiescent Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients and compared to healthy controls. Normalized data for 26,261 probes out of 47,323 only. Criteria for inclusion not specified. The non-normalized matrix contains the complete non-normalized data for all probes.
Project description:The understanding of protein alterations in the diabetic heart is of vital importance because of increased risk of cardiovascular co-morbidities. The study aims at elucidating metabolic pathways in the diabetic rat heart during development of Type 2 diabetes mellitus using MS based proteomics.
