Project description:The distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and the cortical collecting ducts (CCD) are portions of renal tubule that are partly responsible for maintaining the systemic concentrations of potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium. Despite being structurally similar, DCT and CCD cells have different transport capabilities due to a variety of different membrane-associated transport proteins. However, DCT and CCD cells appear to be modulated via the same hormones. The objective of this study was assess the differential response of DCT and CCD cells to long-term exposure to the hormones vasopressin or angiotensin II, both of which modulate DCT and CCD cells differently. Mass spectrometry based quantitative proteomics was used to profile the differential proteome between DCT and CCD.
Project description:We would like to know the gene expression pattern in absence of transcription factor GATA2 in adult renal collecting duct We used Gata2 flox::Pax8-rtTA::Tet-Cre to make a doxycycline induced Gata2 renal tubule cell specific knockout mice We performed microarray analyses using DBA-lectin and magnetic beads purifed collecting duct cells from WT (n=3) or Gata2 CKO mice (n=3) at 4-weeks after doxycycline induction
Project description:Tissue wide RNA-Seq profiles were generated using Illumina Genome Analyser IIA. RNA was extracted from 7-day old adult fly tissues which were eventually to get 9ug of total RNA for each run.
Project description:The mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone controls sodium reabsorption and blood pressure largely by regulating the cell-surface expression and function of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC in target kidney tubules. Part of the stimulatory effect of aldosterone on ENaC is mediated by the induction of SGK1, a kinase that interferes with the ubiquitylation of ENaC by ubiquitin-protein ligase Nedd4-2. We performed a microarray study in order to investigate which other gene products are rapidly regulated by aldosterone in target cells that participate to the control of Na+ reabsorption and K+ secretion.
Project description:The venom of cone snails is highly variable both between and within species, as well as spatially along the venom duct. However, defferences of defensive and predatory venoms in "hook-and-line" fish hunting clades and their venom duct origins has not been investigated. In this study a combination of proteomics and transcriptomic approaches were used to decode the venom profiles of C. striatus from the Pionoconus clade. The raw data files obtained from the reduced alkylated and digested venom duct sections (distal, central and proximal), injected predatory and defensive induced venoms are submitted here.
Project description:This is an affymetrix array experiment comparing the transcriptome of the Malpighian tubule (or renal tubule) of 7-day adult Oregon R strain Drosophila melanogaster with matched whole fly samples. It is described in:,Wang, J., Kean, L., Yang, J., Allan, A. K., Davies, S. A., Herzyk, P. and Dow, J. A. T. (2004). Function-informed transcriptome analysis of Drosophila renal tubule. Genome Biol. In press.,There are five tubule samples (each derived from approx 1000 tubules (!)), and 5 matched whole-fly samples. i.e. tubule 2 is dissected from the same vial as WholeFly2.,As the tubule is probably the premier tissue for true physiology in Drosophila, the dataset can usefully be interrogated in conjunction with the detailed physiological understanding of the tissue: see,http://fly.to/tubules
Project description:The aim is to characterize rat liver fibrosis induced by bile duct ligation (BDL). To induce hepatic fibrosis, Male Sprague Dawley rats (9-12 weeks of age and 380-420 g of weight upon arrival, supplied by Beijing Vital River laboratory animal Co., Ltd.) underwent surgery of bile duct ligation (BDL). The bile ducts of Sprague-Dawley rats were ligated after 12 hours of fasting and water deprivation. Rat liver samples were collected from three groups of rats at week 1, 2 and 5 after BDL surgery. Three control groups of rats underwent sham operation, including bile duct mobilization, but without BDL. Three biological replicates were used for each group.
Project description:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a potent mitogenic agent promoting cell differentiation, proliferation, and growth. The kidney thick ascending limb of Henle’s loop and distal convoluted tubule were identified as major sites of EGF synthesis. As expected, EGF can modulate the functioning of kidney collecting duct including osmotic water permeability (Pf). Here, we found that EGF (0.1 uM) reduced the vasopressin-stimulated Pf by 26% in isolated perfused rat inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD). Immunoblotting using IMCD suspensions prepared in similar condition showed that EGF significantly reduced phosphorylation of AQP2 at Ser264 and Ser269 but had not affected on Ser256 or proline-directed Ser261 site. Quantitative phosphoproteomics was carried out to investigate other effects of EGF. Rat IMCD suspensions were treated with 1 M of EGF or vehicle for 30 min. Samples from three replicates of experiment were analyzed by TMT isobaric labeling quantitative protein mass spectrometry. We identified 23859 phosphopeptides with unique phosphorylation sites in EGF-treated rat IMCD samples, with 25 proteins increased and 100 proteins decreased in phosphorylation as determined by dual statistical analysis. EGF induced phosphorylation of multiple residues at the C-terminus of EGF receptor, EGFR or Erbb1, and mildly activated the classical MAPK pathway, RAF-MEK-ERK. EGF also affected phosphorylation of several proteins in PI3K/Akt pathway involved in cap-dependent translation initiation (Eif4ebp1, Gigyf2, Eif3b, Eif4g3, Pdcd4) and translation elongation (Eef2k, Eef2), predicted an overall translation repression. In comparison with a dDAVP-induced phosphoproteome, we found that the majority of proteins had phosphorylation change on specific site by either EGF or dDAVP but not both, suggesting a highly selectivity of phosphorylation modification induced by these two agents. Among the 25 peptides that had phosphorylation change on the same site by both EGF and dDAVP, AQP2 at Ser264/Ser269 was changed in opposite direction. We concluded that the short-term effect of EGF is insufficient to cause an effect on Ser261 phosphorylation of AQP2 in normal rat IMCD.