Project description:To compare the microRNAs (miRNAs) expression profile in the innervated soleus muscle and L4-L6 DRG neuronsafter sciatic nerve entrapment with a non-constrictive silastic tube, subsequent surgical decompression, and denervation injury. The experimental soleus muscles and dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) from each experimental group (sham control, denervation, entrapment, and decompression) were analyzed with an Agilent® rat miRNA array to detect dysregulated miRNAs Three-condition experiment, DRGs and soleus muscles of the rats receiving sciatic nerve denervation 6 months, sciatic nerve entrapment 6 months, and sciatic nerve entrapment 6 months then decompression for 3 months v.s. soleus muscle (sham control), Biological replicates: 1 control replicates, 3 experiment replicates
Project description:To compare the microRNAs (miRNAs) expression profile in the innervated soleus muscle and L4-L6 DRG neuronsafter sciatic nerve entrapment with a non-constrictive silastic tube, subsequent surgical decompression, and denervation injury. The experimental soleus muscles and dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) from each experimental group (sham control, denervation, entrapment, and decompression) were analyzed with an Agilent® rat miRNA array to detect dysregulated miRNAs
Project description:Knee osteoarthritis (KOA), as a degenerative multifactorial disease, affects the quality of life and mental health of patients, and also brings a huge socioeconomic burden. Treating synovitis have shown promise as anti-inflammatory therapeutics in mitigating OA symptoms and disease progression. Here, by analysing synovial single-cell sequencing (scRNA-seq) data from KOA, we found that synovial fibroblasts (FLS) in OA synovium showed a distinct pro-inflammatory phenotype. We collected synovial tissue from patients with clinical OA as well as from healthy donors, and histological examination was consistent with findings in scRNA-seq. Inspired by recent cross-tissue fibroblast lineage studies, we identified by sequencing that healthy FLS in synovial tissues share transcriptome-level similarities with dermal fibroblasts (DFb). Subsequently, we revealed the local as well as systemic distribution of intra-articular injected DFbs by constructing/extracting two types of rat fibroblasts (luciferase DFbs as well as GFP DFbs). The results demonstrate that DFbs can be locally retained in the synovium for up to three weeks following targeted engrafting on it. And intra-articular injection does not result in DFbs migration to vital organs or the occurrence of histological changes in these organs. A rat model of KOA was constructed by anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) in order to study the therapeutic effect of DFbs on KOA. After injection, the rats showed improvement in painful gait. In addition, histological as well as imaging results showed reduced synovitis and improvement in articular cartilage. Finally we verified the protective effect of DFbs on cytokine-stimulated chondrocytes in a co-culture system.
Project description:Analysis of LBNF1 rat testes from controls, containing both somatic and all germ cell types and from irradiated rats in which all cells germ cells except type A spermatgogonia are eliminated. Results provide insight into distinguishing germ and somatic cell genes and identification of somatic cell genes that are upregulated after irradiation.
Project description:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were used to establish exhausted-exercise model by motorized rodent treadmill. Yu-Ping-Feng-San at doses of 2.18 g/kg was administrated by gavage before exercise training for 10 consecutive days. Quantitative proteomics was performed for assessing the related mechanism of Yu-Ping-Feng-San.