Project description:Acetylation is the PTM that strongly interlinked with glucose metabolism, so we performed Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to detect acetylated proteins in RABV-infected mouse brains to further investigate the reason how Rabies virus (RABV) infection promotes glucose uptake. To reveal the changes in lysine acetylation due to RABV infection, the brains of mice infected with different RABV strains were harvested for a quantitative proteomic assay.
Project description:The extracellular matrix (ECM) components present within all tissues and organs help to maintain the cytoskeletal architecture and tissue morphology. Although the ECM plays a role in cellular events and signaling pathways, it has not been well studied due its insolubility and complexity. Brain tissue has a higher cell density and weaker mechanical strength than other tissues in the human body. When removing cells using a general decellularization method to produce scaffolds and obtain ECM proteins, various problems must be considered because tissues are easily damaged. To retain the brain shape and ECM components, we performed decellularization in combination with polymerization. We immersed mouse brains in oil for polymerization and decellularization via O-CASPER (Oil-Based Clinically and Experimentally Applicable Acellular Tissue Scaffold Production for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine) and then isolated ECM components using sequential matrisome preparation reagents (SMPRs), namely, RIPA, PNGase F, and concanavalin A. Adult mouse brains were preserved with our decellularization method. Western blot and LC-MS/MS analyses revealed that ECM components, including collagen and laminin, were isolated more efficiently from decellularized adult mouse brains than from embryonic and neonatal mouse brains using SMPRs. Our method will be useful to obtain matrisomal data and perform functional studies using adult mouse brains and other tissues.
Project description:A compairson of gene expression in the brains of P0 Gtf2ird1-/- and wildtype mice using the GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (Affymetrix)
Project description:Brain of the foxf2 mutant mouse embryo shows microvascular aneurysm, underdeveloped blood brain barrier and also significant defects in the tissue integrity. Foxf2 expresses in the pericytes of the brain and seem to play an important role in proper development of the BBB. Brains of E18.5 wt and foxf2 mutant mouse embryos dissected and RNA extracted from the brains using Sigma mammalian total RNA extraction kit. The RNA then been sent to th core facility for hybridization.
Project description:Mutations in the DJ-1 (Park7) gene cause autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease in humans, but the function of the DJ-1 protein is poorly characterized. In an effort to understand more about the biology of DJ-1, we performed iTRAQ analyses on subcellular fractions enriched from DJ-1 knockout rat and mouse brains. We generated iTRAQ datasets for mitochondria and cytosol enriched fractions from 6-month-old rat brains, and the cytosol enriched fraction from 14-15-month old mouse brains. Our subsequent analyses of these datasets led to our discovery that the Hexokinase 1 protein was increased in the cytosol components of both DJ-1 knockout species.
