Project description:Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is a peptide hormone coded by the Avp gene, synthesized in the hypothalamus and secreted by the posterior pituitary. Dysregulation of AVP secretion contributes to a variety of human diseases. Previous studies of functional roles of AVP have been largely dependent on the use of Brattleboro rats, which manifest a spontaneous mutation in the Avp gene and lack circulating AVP. Despite their utility, Brattleboro rats are difficult to breed owing largely to the fixed nature of the Avp mutation, resulting in increased neonatal death and behavioral effects in the adults. Consequently, commercial breeders have ceased production, despite a continued need. Therefore, the main goal of this project is to create an effective experimental Avp knockout mouse model that could be used in renal and neuroendocrine research to study the control of water balance by AVP. We employed CRISPR/Cas9 to flox a portion of exon 2 of the Avp gene. Successful insertion of the two loxP sites was confirmed by PCR using primers flanking the targeted regions. Mice harboring the floxed allele were mated to B6.Cg-Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1*)5Amc/J mice that globally express a tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase. The resultant inducible Avp knockout mice (Cre+Avpflx/flx) show no signs of polydipsia or polyuria prior to induction, indicating that the floxed gene maintains its wild-type function. The administration of an exogenous inducer like tamoxifen to (8-10) week-old mice, induced Cre-mediated recombination that resulted in a decrease in urine osmolality from 2076 ± 138 to 122 ± 6 mOsm/kgH2O on day 31 after induction. Sanger sequencing demonstrated the expected 1245 bp deletion at the Avp locus. Immunoblotting of AQP2 in the inner medulla showed a significant decrease in AQP2 band density in (Cre+Avpflx/flx) mice to 27 ±1 4 % of values in Cre- floxed control mice. This inducible Avp knockout mouse model provides researchers with a valuable tool to investigate the consequences of Avp gene deletion in a controlled and inducible manner.
Project description:Vasopressin, the antidiuretic hormone, acts on the renal collecting duct. In this experiment both vasopressin (AVP) and the V2R specific agonist dDAVP were infused into Aquaporin 1 knockout animals for 7 days. The aim of the experiment was to identify genes increased by vasopressin receptors in the renal medullary collecting ducts, in the absence of an increase in renal medullary osmolarity (the AQP1 knockouts are concentrating mechanism knockouts). All experiments used inner medulla tissue for the RNA isolation. Hybridizations were performed that compared kidney inner medulla total RNA from three control mice against kidney medulla total RNA from 3 mice infused with either arginine vasopressin (AVP) or des-amino-D-arginine vasopressin (dDAVP).
Project description:We found that neutrophils were homing back to bone marrow and induced myelopoiesis after AVP treatment.This study investigated how neutrophils promoted HSC differentiation by comparing the expression of genes between control and AVP treatment neutrophils.We demonstrated that AVP treatment increased the expression of a variety of cytokine genes, especially IL36G, and the augmentation of bone marrow myelopoiesis involves IL36G-IL1RL2 axis.
Project description:In order to identify the effects of the induction of the gene of interest on the mouse ES transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the inducible not-tagged cell line. Transcriptome analysis of the inducible transgenic mouse ES cell line. The E13 inducible cell lines derived from parental EB3 cell line. The cell line EB3 was obtained from the laboratory of Dr Hitoshi Niwa as previously described in (Masui S et al., 2005). Tthe specific mouse gene is E130012A19Rik.
Project description:Vasopressin, the antidiuretic hormone, acts on the renal collecting duct. In this experiment both vasopressin (AVP) and the V2R specific agonist dDAVP were infused into Aquaporin 1 knockout animals for 7 days. The aim of the experiment was to identify genes increased by vasopressin receptors in the renal medullary collecting ducts, in the absence of an increase in renal medullary osmolarity (the AQP1 knockouts are concentrating mechanism knockouts). All experiments used inner medulla tissue for the RNA isolation. Keywords: Vasopressin treatment study
Project description:Many studies investigated the mechanisms that control enteroendocrine cell (EEC) fate determination; however, regulation of EEC development and function are still unclear. Here, We performed RNA-Sequencing analyses on the small intestinal crypts of tamoxifen-inducible intestinal epithelium-specific knockout of PRMT1 and wildtype mice. Our finding for the first time revealed that the epigenetic enzyme PRMT1 controls mouse enteroendocrine cell differentiation, which probably via inhibition of Neurogenin 3-mediated commitment to the EEC lineage.
Project description:In order to identify the effects of the induction of the gene of interest on the mouse ES transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the inducible not-tagged cell line. Transcriptome analysis of the inducible transgenic mouse ES cell line. The E13 inducible cell lines derived from parental EB3 cell line. The cell line EB3 was obtained from the laboratory of Dr Hitoshi Niwa as previously described in (Masui S et al., 2005). Tthe specific mouse gene is E130012A19Rik. For the analysis on the inducible not-tagged cell line, total RNA was extracted from three biological replicates grown in medium deprived of Tetracycline for 48 hours; RNA extracted from un-induced clones was used as control.
Project description:In order to identify the effects of the induction of the gene of interest (WBSCR1) on the mouse ES transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the inducible not-tagged cell line Transcriptome analysis of the inducible transgenic mouse ES cell line overexpressing WBSCR1
Project description:In order to identify the effects of the induction of the gene of interest (GTF2I) on the mouse ES transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the inducible not-tagged cell line Transcriptome analysis of the inducible transgenic mouse ES cell line overexpressing the human isorofm of the gene GTF2I