Project description:This study is designed to understand whether Pravastatin (Pra) treatment alters the transcriptome of small intestine after radiation injury. RNA was extracted from 15 Gy abdominal irradiated Gottingen minipigs with PS treatment. A cDNA library was generated using a TruSeq Stranded mRNA sample prep kit (Illumina, San Diego, CA), and transcriptome sequencing was performed using a TruSeq 3000/4000 SBS kit and Illumina sequencer with 101 bp paired-end reads per sample (Macrogen, Seoul, Korea).
Project description:The present work identified gene expression changes in response to total body irradiation (TBI) in heart, lungs, and liver tissue in Gottingen minipigs. Animals were exposed to 1.7 Gy, 1.9 Gy, 2.1 Gy and 2.3 Gy of TBI and were followed for 45 days. Organ samples were collected at the end of 45 days or sooner if the animal displayed morbidity necessitating euthanasia. RNA was extracted and gene expression profiling studied using Agilent arrays.
Project description:Gottingen minipigs mirror the physiological radiation response observed in humans and hence make an ideal candidate model for studying radiation biodosimetry for both limited-sized and mass casualty incidents. We examined the whole blood gene expression profiles at day 1, 3 and 7 after total-body irradiation with 1.7, 1.9, 2.1 and 2.3 Gy doses of gamma-rays. Blood taken one day prior to radiation served as control. Six animals per dose group were used The minipigs were monitored for up to 45 days or time to euthanasia necessitated by radiation effects. Survival correlative signatures were identified from the data.
Project description:<p>The Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) study is a long-term effort to identify genetic variants that predispose to type 2 diabetes (T2D) or that impact the variability of T2D-related quantitative traits (QTs). Skeletal muscle and adipose are major insulin target tissues and play key roles in insulin resistance. We hypothesize that a subset of T2D and related QT variants alter gene expression in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. For this FUSION Tissue Biopsy Study, we have obtained and are analyzing RNA-Seq, microRNA (miRNA)-Seq, and DNA methylation (methyl)-Seq data on biopsy samples from 331 individuals from across the range of glucose tolerance: 124 normal glucose tolerance (NGT), 77 impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), 44 impaired fasting glucose (IFG), and 86 newly-diagnosed T2Ds. Participants completed two study visits, two weeks apart. First visits comprised most of the clinical phenotyping, including four-point OGTT (fasting, and 30, 60, and 120 minute post-load); BMI, WHR; lipids; blood pressure; and many other variables. Participants also completed FUSION health history, medication, and lifestyle questionnaires. At second visit, we obtained ~250mg <i>vastus lateralis</i> skeletal muscle, ~750mg abdominal subcutaneous adipose, and a ~5x15mm section of abdominal skin. Visits were completed in March 2013. RNA isolation is ongoing in the Collins laboratory at the NIH, RNA and miRNA sequencing at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), and genotyping at the Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR). Individual-level data is available here for the 306 individuals who consented to data deposit.</p> <p>To focus on evaluation of gene expression and its regulation in skeletal muscle, we analyzed mRNA extracted from <i>vastus lateralis</i> skeletal muscle obtained from 271 of the 331 individual subjects from Finland, along with genome-wide genotypes. Individual-level data is available here for the 250 subjects who reconsented to the use of their data. Release phs001048.v2.p1 adds muscle data for an additional 42 subjects and data from adipose tissue for 276 subjects. Total RNA was isolated using Trizol extraction in the Collins laboratory at the NIH. The mRNA was poly-A selected, 24-plex libraries were generated using the Illumina TruSeq directional mRNA-seq library protocol and RNA sequencing was performed on HiSeq2000 sequencers using 101bp paired-end reads at NISC. miRNA libraries were prepared from total RNA from 296 muscle and 270 adipose samples, pooled and sequenced 50bp single-end reads on Illumina HiSeq2500. Data for 272 muscle and 251 adipose samples are available here for individuals with consent for data deposit. DNA was extracted from blood in the Collins laboratory, and genotyping on the Illumina Omni2.5M array was performed at CIDR. Genotypes were imputed using the HRC 2016 reference panel. In order to assess regions of open chromatin in skeletal muscle, we obtained muscle tissue from a commercial provider to perform ATAC-seq; these samples were sequenced at the University of Michigan DNA Sequencing Core.</p> <p>Greater than 90% of the approximately 80 loci associated with T2D and the 100s of loci associated with T2D-related traits (glucose and insulin, anthropometrics, lipids) through genome-wide association studies occur in non-coding regions, suggesting a strong regulatory component to disease susceptibility. Regulatory element activity is often tissue-specific, which further complicates discovery of the causal/functional variation. Therefore, there is a critical need to understand the full spectrum of genetic variation and regulatory element usage in T2D-relevant tissues. To that end, this study contains whole genome sequence and whole genome bisulfite sequence, and/or Illumina MethylationEPIC Array data, of two tissues relevant to T2D: skeletal muscle and adipose tissue from individuals with glucose tolerance categories ranging from normal to T2D, providing a comprehensive survey of both individual genetic variation as well as DNA methylation across different tissues from multiple individuals.</p>
Project description:Histones were isolated from brown adipose tissue and liver from mice housed at 28, 22, or 8 C. Quantitative top- or middle-down approaches were used to quantitate histone H4 and H3.2 proteoforms. See published article for complimentary RNA-seq and RRBS datasets.
Project description:Purpose:to reveal the changes in small RNA, esp. microRNA to correlate with transcriptome changes occuring due to EC-AGO1-KO and further explain the observed phenotype. Methods: Subcutaneous adipose tissue were harvested.Small RNA library was prepared and for sequencing. Results: We found substantial changes in miRNA due to EC-AGO1-KO. Conclusions: Our study represents the detailed analysis of Ago1 regulated small RNA transcriptomes in subcutaneous adipose tissue between WT and KO mice. We conclude that small RNA-seq based transcriptome characterization would expedite genetic network analyses and permit the dissection of complex biologic functions.
Project description:White adipose tissue (WAT) harbors functionally diverse subpopulations of adipose progenitor cells that differentially impact tissue plasticity in a sex- and depot-dependent manner. To date, the molecular basis of this cellular heterogeneity has not been fully defined. Here, we describe a multilayered omics approach to dissect adipose progenitor cell heterogeneity from in three dimensions: progenitor subpopulation, sex, and anatomical localization. We applied state-of-the-art mass spectrometry methods to quantify 4870 proteins in eight different stromal cell populations from perigonadal and inguinal WAT of male and female mice and acquired transcript expression levels of 15477 genes using RNA-seq. Notably, our data highlight the molecular signatures defining sex differences in PDGFR+ preadipocyte differentiation and identify regulatory pathways that functionally distinguish adipose tissue PDGFRb+ subpopulations. The data are freely accessible as a resource at "Pread Profiler. Together, the multilayered omics analysis provides unprecedented insights into adipose stromal cell heterogeneity.