Project description:P. aeruginosa bacteremia in cancer and bone marrow transplant patients transpires when P. aeruginosa colonizes the GI tract and translocates when the host undergoes immunosuppression. We used microarrays to analyze gene expression when P. aeruginosa transitions from being in the drinking water to when it colonizes the murine GI tract. to analyze gene expression changes in P. aeruginosa as it transitions from living in the drinking water to when it colonizes the murine GI tract. P. aeruginosa was recovered from the drinking water administered to adult C3H/HeN mice and also from murine cecums, and RNA was extracted and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) can colonize the human vaginal tract leading to both superficial and serious infections in adults and neonates. To study bacterial colonization of the reproductive tract in a mammalian system, we employed a murine vaginal carriage model. Using RNASeq, the transcriptome of GBS growing in vivo during vaginal carriage was determined. Over one-quarter of the genes in GBS were found to be differentially regulated during in vivo colonization as compared to laboratory cultures. A two-component system (TCS) homologous to the staphylococcal virulence regulator SaeRS was identified as being up-regulated in vivo. One of the SaeRS targets, pbsP, a proposed GBS vaccine candidate, was shown to be important for colonization of the vaginal tract. A component of vaginal lavage fluid acted as a signal to turn on pbsP expression via SaeRS. These data demonstrate the ability to quantify RNA expression directly from the murine vaginal tract and identify novel genes involved in vaginal colonization by GBS. They also provide more information about the regulation of an important virulence and colonization factor of GBS, pbsP, by the TCS SaeRS.
Project description:P. aeruginosa bacteremia in cancer and bone marrow transplant patients transpires when P. aeruginosa colonizes the GI tract and translocates when the host undergoes immunosuppression. We used microarrays to analyze gene expression when P. aeruginosa transitions from being in the drinking water to when it colonizes the murine GI tract. to analyze gene expression changes in P. aeruginosa as it transitions from living in the drinking water to when it colonizes the murine GI tract.
2010-07-03 | GSE22665 | GEO
Project description:GBS TnSeq during murine bloodstream infection
Project description:Reconstitution of stem cells and enhancement of the barrier function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is critical to the resolution of intestinal acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD). Previously, our group has shown in murine models that type II innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) cells generate proteins in the GI tract that enhanced GI tract barrier function and diminished the expansion and function of pro-inflammatory donor cells when given to allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Therefore, the infusion of donor ILC2 cells could treat or prevent GI tract acute GvHD, but for this approach to be clinically applicable, robust expansion of a homogenous population of human ILC2 cells is needed. Here, we describe a method for the rapid expansion of a uniform population of human ILC2 cells which decrease GvHD in (NOD scid gamma mouse) NSG mice. The addition of IL-4 to the culture was critical to prevent the expansion of pro-inflammatory ILC1-like cells. Our approach should allow for the evaluation of human ILC2 cells to treat therapy-resistant GI tract acute GvHD.
Project description:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a pervasive perinatal pathogen, yet factors driving GBS dissemination in utero are poorly defined. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a complication marked by dysregulated immunity and maternal microbial dysbiosis, increases risk for GBS perinatal disease. We interrogated host-pathogen dynamics in a novel murine GDM model of GBS colonization and perinatal transmission. GDM mice had greater GBS in utero dissemination and subsequently worse neonatal outcomes. Dual-RNA sequencing revealed differential GBS adaptation to the GDM reproductive tract, including a putative glycosyltransferase (yfhO), and altered host responses. GDM disruption of immunity included reduced uterine natural killer cell activation, impaired recruitment to placentae, and altered vaginal cytokines. Lastly, we observed distinct vaginal microbial taxa associated with GDM status and GBS invasive disease status. Our translational model of GBS perinatal transmission in GDM hosts recapitulates several clinical aspects and enables discovery of host and bacterial drivers of GBS perinatal disease.
Project description:Reconstitution of stem cells and enhancement of the barrier function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is critical to the resolution of intestinal acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD). Previously, our group has shown in murine models that type II innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) cells generate proteins in the GI tract that enhanced GI tract barrier function and diminished the expansion and function of pro-inflammatory donor cells when given to allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Therefore, the infusion of donor ILC2 cells could treat or prevent GI tract acute GvHD, but for this approach to be clinically applicable, robust expansion of a homogenous population of human ILC2 cells is needed. Here, we describe a method for the rapid expansion of a uniform population of human ILC2 cells which decrease GvHD in (NOD scid gamma mouse) NSG mice. The addition of IL-4 to the culture was critical to prevent the expansion of pro-inflammatory ILC1-like cells. Our approach should allow for the evaluation of human ILC2 cells to treat therapy-resistant GI tract acute GvHD.
Project description:Profiling of the murine peptidome along the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas in vertical sleeve gastrectomy and sham operated mice. The study compares the peptidome of various portions of the GI tract using intact mass spectrometry and database searching. These peptides included most gut hormones including proglucagon derived peptides, PYY, GIP, somatostatin, neurotensin amongst others.
Project description:Enteric neurons are present throughout the GI tract where they integrate local and external signals to regulate GI function and are key modulators of multiple GI diseases. Here, we dissected each layer of the enteric nervous system along the GI tract, and used single nucleus sequencing to identify and characterize neuronal populations.