Project description:Epithelial cells and differentiated fiber cells represent distinct compartments in the ocular lens. While previous studies have revealed proteins that are preferentially expressed in epithelial vs. fiber cells, a comprehensive proteomics library comparing the molecular composition of epithelial vs. fiber cells is essential for understanding lens formation, function, disease and regenerative potential, and for efficient differentiation of pluripotent stem cells for modeling of lens development and pathology in vitro. To compare protein composition between the lens epithelium and fibers, we employed tandem mass spectrometry (2DLC/ MS) analysis of micro-dissected mouse P0.5 lenses. Functional classifications of the top 525 identified proteins into gene ontology categories by molecular process and subcellular localization, were adapted for lens. Expression levels of both epithelial and fiber proteomes were compared with their temporal and spatial mRNA levels using E14.5, E16.5, E18.5, and P0.5 RNA-Seq data sets. During this developmental time window, multiple complex biosynthetic and catabolic processes generate the molecular and structural foundation for lens transparency. As expected, crystallins showed a high correlation between their mRNA and protein levels. Comprehensive data analysis confirmed and/or predicted roles for transcription factors (TFs), RNA-binding proteins, translational apparatus including ribosomal heterogeneity and initiation factors, microtubules, cytoskeletal and membrane proteins in lens formation and maturation. Our data highlighted many proteins with unknown function in the lens that were preferentially enriched in epithelium or fibers, setting the stage for future studies to further dissect the roles of these proteins in fiber cell differentiation vs. epithelial cell maintenance. In conclusion, the present proteomic datasets established reference mouse lens epithelium and fiber cell proteomes, provided quantitative analyses of protein and RNA-Seq data, and probed the major proteome remodeling required to form the mature lens fiber cells.
Project description:We adopted an omics (transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome) approach to characterize the lens fiber cells extracted from control (CT) and cigarette smoke (CS) exposed mouse (C57BL/6) eyes. The eight pregnant female mice (gestation days 19-20) were placed in a whole-body exposure smoking chamber and served as a CS-exposed group. The mothers and newborn pups were exposed to CS for five hours/day, five days/week for 110 days. In parallel, age-matched mice were kept in normal cages and served as a control group. The ophthalmic examination revealed no sign of cataracts in CS-exposed and aged-matched CT mice. The ocular lenses were extracted and fiber cells (FC) were separated from the lens epithelium under a microscope. The CT and CS fiber cells were maintained in four biological replicates each consisting of a pool of lens fiber cells from four eyes. The eight biological replicates including four CT and four CS-exposed fiber cells were used for the next-generation-based transcriptome (RNA-Seq), mass-spectrometry-based proteome, and metabolome profiling. RNA-Seq analysis identified the expression (≥1.0 FPKM) of 9,590 and 9,531 genes in CT and CS-exposed fiber cells, respectively. The analysis identified 348 differentially expressed genes, including 186 downregulated and 162 upregulated genes in CS-exposed fiber cells. Proteome profiling revealed a total of 2,424 proteins in CT and CS exposed fiber cells. The analysis identified 42 downregulated and 59 upregulated proteins in CS exposed fiber cells. Metabolome profiling identified a total of 280 metabolites, marked with decreased levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)-related metabolites in CS exposed fiber cells. In conclusion, we have established a comprehensive omics profile of fiber cells from CS-exposed mice. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report investigating a comprehensive omics profile of fiber cells from CS-exposed mice.
Project description:We adopted an omics (transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome) approach to characterize the lens fiber cells extracted from control (CT) and cigarette smoke (CS) exposed mouse (C57BL/6) eyes. The eight pregnant female mice (gestation days 19-20) were placed in a whole-body exposure smoking chamber and served as a CS-exposed group. The mothers and newborn pups were exposed to CS for five hours/day, five days/week for 110 days. In parallel, age-matched mice were kept in normal cages and served as a control group. The ophthalmic examination revealed no sign of cataracts in CS-exposed and aged-matched CT mice. The ocular lenses were extracted and fiber cells (FC) were separated from the lens epithelium under a microscope. The CT and CS fiber cells were maintained in four biological replicates each consisting of a pool of lens fiber cells from four eyes. The eight biological replicates including four CT and four CS-exposed fiber cells were used for the next-generation-based transcriptome (RNA-Seq), mass-spectrometry-based proteome, and metabolome profiling. RNA-Seq analysis identified the expression (≥1.0 FPKM) of 9,590 and 9,531 genes in CT and CS-exposed fiber cells, respectively. The analysis identified 348 differentially expressed genes, including 186 downregulated and 162 upregulated genes in CS-exposed fiber cells. Proteome profiling revealed a total of 2,424 proteins in CT and CS exposed fiber cells. The analysis identified 42 downregulated and 59 upregulated proteins in CS exposed fiber cells. Metabolome profiling identified a total of 280 metabolites, marked with decreased levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)-related metabolites in CS exposed fiber cells. In conclusion, we have established a comprehensive omics profile of fiber cells from CS-exposed mice. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report investigating a comprehensive omics profile of fiber cells from CS-exposed mice.
Project description:Analysis of non-differentiated Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cell line treated with polydextrose fermentation metabolites fermented for 48 hours in 4-stage in vitro colon simulator, in which the conditions mimic the human proximal, ascending, transverse and distal colon in sequence , as well as with medium, 100 mM NaCl and 5 mM butyrate. Polydextrose, a soluble fiber fermented in colon, was fermented with the in vitro colon simulator in three amounts of 0%, 1% and 2%. Results provide insight into the mechanisms underlying colon cancer cells and a comparison of a complex fiber metabolome to 5 mM butyrate and 100 mM NaCl. Furthermore, the results give insight of dosage effect of increasing the concentration of fiber. High level of dietary fiber has been epidemiologically linked to protection against the risk for developing colon cancer. The mechanisms of this protection are not clear. Fermentation of dietary fiber in the colon results in production of for example butyrate that has drawn attention as a chemopreventive agent. Polydextrose, a soluble fiber that is only partially fermented in colon, was fermented in an in vitro colon simulator, in which the conditions mimic the human proximal, ascending, transverse and distal colon in sequence. The subsequent fermentation metabolome were applied on colon cancer cells, and the gene expression changes studied. Polydextrose fermentation down-regulated classes linked with cell cycle, and affected number of metabolically active cells. Further, up-regulated effects on classes linked with apoptosis implicate that polydextrose fermentation plays a role in induction of apoptosis in colon cancer cells. The up-regulated genes involved also key regulators of lipid metabolism, such as PPARg and PGC-1α. These results offer hypotheses for the mechanisms of two health benefits linked with consumption of dietary fiber, reducing risk of development of colon cancer, and dyslipidemia. Non-differentiated Caco-2 cells were treated with polydextrose fermentation metabolites from the vessels representing different parts of the colon, or with 100 mM NaCl or with 5 mM butyrate for 24 hours. For polydextrose fermentation three concentrations of polydextrose were used: 0%, 1% and 2% for a simulation that lasted for 48 hours. Polydextrose fermentation samples from total of 12 vessels, as well as from medium sample, 5 mM butyrate and 100 mM NaCl were analysed as single replica.
Project description:Analysis of non-differentiated Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cell line treated with polydextrose fermentation metabolites fermented for 48 hours in 4-stage in vitro colon simulator, in which the conditions mimic the human proximal, ascending, transverse and distal colon in sequence , as well as with medium, 100 mM NaCl and 5 mM butyrate. Polydextrose, a soluble fiber fermented in colon, was fermented with the in vitro colon simulator in three amounts of 0%, 1% and 2%. Results provide insight into the mechanisms underlying colon cancer cells and a comparison of a complex fiber metabolome to 5 mM butyrate and 100 mM NaCl. Furthermore, the results give insight of dosage effect of increasing the concentration of fiber. High level of dietary fiber has been epidemiologically linked to protection against the risk for developing colon cancer. The mechanisms of this protection are not clear. Fermentation of dietary fiber in the colon results in production of for example butyrate that has drawn attention as a chemopreventive agent. Polydextrose, a soluble fiber that is only partially fermented in colon, was fermented in an in vitro colon simulator, in which the conditions mimic the human proximal, ascending, transverse and distal colon in sequence. The subsequent fermentation metabolome were applied on colon cancer cells, and the gene expression changes studied. Polydextrose fermentation down-regulated classes linked with cell cycle, and affected number of metabolically active cells. Further, up-regulated effects on classes linked with apoptosis implicate that polydextrose fermentation plays a role in induction of apoptosis in colon cancer cells. The up-regulated genes involved also key regulators of lipid metabolism, such as PPARg and PGC-1α. These results offer hypotheses for the mechanisms of two health benefits linked with consumption of dietary fiber, reducing risk of development of colon cancer, and dyslipidemia.
2011-04-22 | GSE28792 | GEO
Project description:mRNA sequence of mouse colon tissues
Project description:E12.5 mouse lens epithelium and fiber cells were collected using Leica LMD 6000 Laser microdissection system. Total RNA was isolated from epithelium and fiber cells using Qiagen RNeasy kit