Project description:This project aims to assess the transcriptomic signature in the dorsal hippocampus associated with physiological ageing. For this we extracted total RNA from dorsal hippocampal tissues from 3- and 18-month-old mice (n=4) and analzed the differential expressed genes.
Project description:To investigate ageing-related changes in cardiac transcriptome of FVB mice we performed differential gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of five life time points (4-, 8-, 10-, 12-, 14 months) by comparing older FVB mice (8-, 10-, 12-, 14 months) to young 4-month-old FVB mice (FVB vs. FVB analysis). Genes that were differentially expressed in FVB vs. FVB analysis were also annotated to the respective biological processes based on Gene Ontology database, assessed for their overrepresentation to indicate processes involved in cardic ageing process in FVB mice. To investigate heart failure-related as well as ageing-related changes in cardiac transcriptome of Tgαq*44 mice we performed differential gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of five life time points (4-, 8-, 10-, 12-, 14 months) by comparing Tgαq*44 to age-matched FVB mice (Tgαq*44 vs. FVB analysis). Genes that were differentially expressed in Tgαq*44 vs. FVB analysis were also annotated to the respective biological processes based on Gene Ontology database, assessed for their overrepresentation to indicate processes iniciated along heart failure development as well as cardiac ageing process in Tgαq*44 mice. To investigate early activated ageing-related changes in cardiac transcriptome of Tgαq*44 mice during entire heart failure development we searched for the presence of ageing-related genes (those identified in cardiac transcriptome of older FVB mice) among genes which were differentially expressed commonly at each measured time points in Tgαq*44 vs. FVB analysis. To investigate early activated aging-related biological processes in cardiac transcriptome of Tgαq*44 mice during entire heart failure development, we searched for the presence of ageing-related processes (those identified in cardiac transcriptome of older FVB mice) among processes which were overrepresented commonly at each measured time points in Tgαq*44 vs. FVB analysis.
Project description:Equine cartilage from young and old donors was used for RNA-Seq analysis. The aim of the study was to identify differentially expressed cartilage transcripts in ageing in order to to characterize molecular mechanisms associated with age-related changes in
Project description:A comprehensive landscape of epigenomic events regulated by the Reelin signaling through activation of specific cohort of cis-regulatory enhancer elements (LRN-enhancers), which involves the proteolytical processing of the LRP8 receptor by the gamma-secretase activity and is required for learning and memory behavior All RNA-Seq experiments were designed to evaluate the transcriptional program regulated by the Reelin-LRP8 signaling pathway in neuronal cells
Project description:A comprehensive landscape of epigenomic events regulated by the Reelin signaling through activation of specific cohort of cis-regulatory enhancer elements (LRN-enhancers), which involves the proteolytical processing of the LRP8 receptor by the gamma-secretase activity and is required for learning and memory behavior All RNA-Seq experiments were designed to evaluate the transcriptional program regulated by the Reelin-LRP8 signaling pathway in neuronal cells
Project description:Low-grade inflammation is a hallmark of old age and a central driver of ageing-associated impairment and disease. Multiple factors can contribute to ageing-associated inflammation, however the molecular pathways transducing aberrant inflammatory signalling and their impact in natural ageing remain poorly understood. Here we show that the cGAS-STING signalling pathway, mediating immune sensing of DNA, is a critical driver of chronic inflammation and functional decline during ageing. Blockade of STING suppresses the inflammatory phenotypes of senescent human cells and tissues, attenuates ageing-related inflammation in multiple peripheral organs and the brain in mice, and leads to an improvement in tissue function. Focusing on the ageing brain, we reveal that activation of STING triggers reactive microglia transcriptional states, neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Cytosolic DNA released from perturbed mitochondria elicits cGAS activity in old microglia defining a mechanism by which cGAS-STING signalling is engaged in the ageing brain. Single-nuclei RNA-sequencing (snRNA-seq) of microglia and hippocampi of a newly developed cGAS gain-of-function mouse model demonstrates that engagement of cGAS in microglia is sufficient to direct ageing-associated transcriptional microglia states leading to bystander cell inflammation, neurotoxicity and impaired memory capacity. Our findings establish the cGAS-STING pathway as a critical driver of ageing-related inflammation in peripheral organs and the brain, and reveal blockade of cGAS-STING signalling as a potential strategy to halt (neuro)degenerative processes during old age.