Project description:The proximal small intestine of humans and rats contain a distinct cell type not represented in mouse intestine. We used scRNA-seq to analyze the transcriptional profile of CFTR High Expressers (CHEs) from adult male Sprague Dawley rat jejunal epithelium compared to other cells that arise from the secretory lineage.
Project description:Duplicate testes lined in series were observed in the right scrotum of a 6-week-old Sprague-Dawley rat in a single-dose toxicity study. Of the two right testicles, one was spherical and less than half the size of a normal testis. The other was oval-shaped, slightly smaller than a normal testis, and possessed clear, tortuous blood vessels similar to those of a normal testis. Each right testis was grossly separated but faced the intertesticular adipose tissue and was sparsely joined by thin cord-like structures. Only one epididymis covered or encompassed the two right testes. The caput epididymis was attached to the smaller spherical testis, whereas the cauda epididymis was attached to the oval testis. Histopathological examination revealed that the smaller spherical testis on the right side and the testis on the left side were normal. The oval-shaped testis on the right exhibited markedly dilated degenerative seminiferous tubules with one to two layers of Sertoli or germ cells, and almost no spermatogenesis was observed. Multinucleated germ cells were observed in the lumen of the degenerated seminiferous tubules. The right epididymis was morphologically normal and contained few sperm in the epididymal duct of the tail. The cord-like structures between duplicate testes comprised fibrous and adipose tissues. Single efferent ductules, ectopic cartilage, and skeletal muscle tissues were buried in the adipose tissue. To our knowledge, this is the first report of spontaneous polyorchidism in a rodent.
Project description:We applied Solexa sequencing technology to identify rat microRNA genes in proximal sciatic nerve following sciatic nerve resection. Using Solexa sequencing, computational analysis and Q-PCR verification, 93 novel miRNAs in rats were discovered and identified, of which 42 novel miRNAs were first reported in proximal sciatic nerve of rat and 51 novel miRNAs were produced at days 1, 4, 7 and 14 after sciatic nerve resection. These data provide an important resource relating to the role and regulation of miRNAs for future studies relating to peripheral nerve injury and regeneration. Keywords: Small RNA sequencing
Project description:We applied Solexa sequencing technology to identify rat microRNA genes in dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) following sciatic nerve resection. Using Solexa sequencing, computational analysis and Q-PCR verification, 114 novel miRNAs in rats were discovered and identified, of which 52 novel miRNAs were first reported in rat DRGs and 62 novel miRNAs were produced at days 1, 4, 7 and 14 after sciatic nerve resection. These data provide an important resource relating to the role and regulation of miRNAs for future studies relating to peripheral nerve injury and regeneration.
Project description:Lung transcriptome sequencing anlysis in LPS-induced ALI model rats (Male Sprague-Dawley rats) after treatment with Ma Xing Shi Gan Decoction, In summary, our study suggests that MXSG inhibits viral invasion, proliferation, and mitigation of virus-induced lung injury, which may be a key mechanism of its therapeutic effect on COVID-19. These results provide experience for the treatment of infectious diseases and lung injury. we dissected the chemical components of MXSG by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) and analyzed the intervention pathways of MXSG based on components detected through network pharmacology. At the same time, the therapeutic effect of MXSG on COVID-19 was explained through published articles, and the relevant regulatory mechanism was proposed. Then, in this study, the regulatory effect of MXSG on inflammatory lung injury was explorated through transcriptome results.
Project description:We applied Solexa sequencing technology to identify rat microRNA genes in dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) following sciatic nerve resection. Using Solexa sequencing, computational analysis and Q-PCR verification, 114 novel miRNAs in rats were discovered and identified, of which 52 novel miRNAs were first reported in rat DRGs and 62 novel miRNAs were produced at days 1, 4, 7 and 14 after sciatic nerve resection. These data provide an important resource relating to the role and regulation of miRNAs for future studies relating to peripheral nerve injury and regeneration. 18-30 nt small RNAs from 30 Thirty Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were sequenced at one Solexa lane
Project description:We applied Solexa sequencing technology to identify rat microRNA genes in proximal sciatic nerve following sciatic nerve resection. Using Solexa sequencing, computational analysis and Q-PCR verification, 93 novel miRNAs in rats were discovered and identified, of which 42 novel miRNAs were first reported in proximal sciatic nerve of rat and 51 novel miRNAs were produced at days 1, 4, 7 and 14 after sciatic nerve resection. These data provide an important resource relating to the role and regulation of miRNAs for future studies relating to peripheral nerve injury and regeneration. Keywords: Small RNA sequencing 18-30 nt small RNAs from proximal sciatic nerve of 30 Thirty Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were sequenced at one Solexa lane
Project description:Neuropathic pain is an apparently spontaneous experience triggered by abnormal physiology of the peripheral or central nervous system, which evolves with time. Neuropathic pain arising from peripheral nerve injury is characterized by a combination of spontaneous pain, hyperalgesia and allodynia. There is no evidence of this type of pain in human infants or rat pups; brachial plexus avulsion, which causes intense neuropathic pain in adults, is not painful when the injury is sustained at birth. Since infants are capable of nociception from before birth and display both acute and chronic inflammatory pain behaviour from an early neonatal age, it appears that the mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain are differentially regulated over a prolonged postnatal period. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying the differences in nerve injury between along the postnatal development and identified distinct classes of regulated genes during the injury Experiment Overall Design: We have performed a microarray analysis of the rat L4/L5 dorsal root ganglia, 7 days post spared nerve injury, a model of neuropathic pain. Genes that are regulated in adult rats displaying neuropathic behaviour were compared to those regulated in young rats (10 days old) that did not show the same neuropathic behaviour.