Project description:The gradual decline of tissue functionality is the main reason why humans suffer from age-related diseases. The prevalence for cardiovascular diseases increases with increasing age. In order to prevent age-related cardiac diseases, it is of importance to understand the respective age-associated risk factors. We have therefore compared the ventricular transcriptome of old and young hearts of the model organism zebrafish. We identified the immune system as activated in the old and found muscle organization to deteriorate upon aging. We show an accumulation of immune cells, mostly macrophages, in the old zebrafish ventricle.
Project description:Brains are sexually dimorphic in adult zebrafish. We dissected brains from young and old, adult zebrafish, from both males and females. Brains are not pooled but analyzed as indivual samples.
Project description:Brains are sexually dimorphic in adult zebrafish. We dissected brains from young and old, adult zebrafish, from both males and females. Brains are not pooled but analyzed as indivual samples. Four groups of wild-type zebrafish (AB strain) were used for this study: young (7.5-8.5 months old) male and female and old (31-36 months old) male and female. There were three animals per group for a total of 12 animals in the study.
Project description:Mass spectrometry was performed with an Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific) interfaced with an UltiMate 3000 Binary RSLCnano System (Dionex). Proteome Discoverer v.1.4 (Thermo Scientific) with SEQUEST HT search engines was used for the spectra-preprocessing and HCD MS2 spectra were used for peptide identification and quantitation based on TMT reporter ions. TMT isobaric comparison of old versus young haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Young 1 and Young 2 are samples 126 and 128 of dataset UTH_1. Old 1 and Old 2 are samples 129 and 130 of UTH_1. Young 3 is sample 131 and Old 3 is sample 130 of dataset UTH_4.
Project description:Purpose: We investigated the transcriptomic change in brown fat of young and old mice (wild type) through high-throughput RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) analysis when the mice were exposed to cold room or room temperatur. Methods: We prepared 10 of young (3 months) mice and 9 of old (24 months) mice, and kept them in cold room (4°c) or room temperature (24°c) for 24 hours. Then, we sacrified mice and extracted RNA from brown fat tissue (BAT) for RNA-seq experiment. Results: BAT of Young mice showed increased carbohydrate metabolism and glycolytic flux during cold exposure Conclusions: The thermogenesis function of BAT is accelerated on cold exposure.
Project description:The goal of this study is to compare changes in gene expression between young (5 days old) and old (45 days old) flies posterior midguts.
Project description:The choroid plexus produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by transport of electrolytes and water from the vasculature to the brain ventricles. The choroid plexus plays additional roles in brain development and homeostasis by secreting neurotrophic molecules, and by serving as a CSF-blood barrier and immune interface. Prior studies have identified transporters on the epithelial cells that transport water and ions into the ventricles and tight junctions involved in the CSF-blood barrier. Yet, how the choroid plexus epithelial cells maintain the brain ventricle system and control brain physiology remain unresolved. To provide novel insights into the physiological roles of the choroid plexus, we use juvenile and adult zebrafish as model systems. Upon histological and transcriptomic analyses, we first identified that the zebrafish choroid plexus is highly conserved with the mammalian choroid plexus and that it expresses all transporters necessary for CSF secretion. Using novel genetic lines, we also identified that the choroid plexus secretes proteins into the CSF. Next, we generated a transgenic line allowing us to ablate specifically the epithelial cells in the choroid plexus. Using the ablation system, we identified a reduction of the ventricular sizes, but no alterations of the CSF-blood barrier. Altogether, our findings identified that the zebrafish choroid plexus is evolutionarily conserved and critical for maintaining the size and homeostasis of the brain ventricles.