Project description:This study evaluated transcriptional effects of particles smaller than 100 nm of TiO2 and ZnO. Based on previous data in colon cancer cells (GSE14910), we evaluated HaCaT and Sk Mel-28 cells for transcriptional responses to 1 and 5 ug/cm2 ZnO, or 5 and 10 ug/cm2 TiO2. No particle controls were also included. Again, the most pronounced transcriptional response resulted from ZnO treatement with little responses to TiO2. We identified increased protein stress responses, decreased regulation of transcription, and responses to Zn ions. We did not observe the protein stress response and regulation of transcription with soluble Zn. Keywords: skin-derived cancer cells - response to ZnO nanoparticulate Two skin-derived cancer cell types (HaCaT and SK Mel-28) were treated with media containing the nanoparticulate, ZnCl2, or ZnO separated from the HaCaTs by a Transwell insert, and RNA was collected after 4 hrs. Generally, the RNA from 4 independent samples were combined for one microarray.
Project description:This study evaluated transcriptional effects of particles smaller than 100 nm of TiO2 and ZnO. Based on previous data in colon cancer cells (GSE14910), we evaluated HaCaT and Sk Mel-28 cells for transcriptional responses to 1 and 5 ug/cm2 ZnO, or 5 and 10 ug/cm2 TiO2. No particle controls were also included. Again, the most pronounced transcriptional response resulted from ZnO treatement with little responses to TiO2. We identified increased protein stress responses, decreased regulation of transcription, and responses to Zn ions. We did not observe the protein stress response and regulation of transcription with soluble Zn. Keywords: skin-derived cancer cells - response to ZnO nanoparticulate
Project description:This study evaluated transcriptional effects of particles smaller than 100 nm of carbon black, SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, ZnO and Fe203. Since there is concern that inflammation may increase the uptake and/or toxicity of ultrafine particles, we evaluated the transcriptional responses without or with a TNFα pretreatment to mimic an inflammatory state. The most pronounced transcriptional response resulted from ZnO treatement, another response was to TNFα pre-treatment. We identified stress responses, responses to Zn ions, but did not observe a consistent proinflammatory response as evaluated by Gene Ontology of the genes that altered expression most as identified by significance analysis. Keywords: colon cancer cells - response to distinct nanoparticulate Two colon cancer cell types (RKO and CaCo-2) were pretreated with 100 ng/ml BSA or TNFα for 1 hr, the media was exchanged and with media containing the nanoparticulate, and RNA was collected after 4 hrs. Generally, the RNA from 4 independent samples were combined for one sample on the microarray, the exceptions were the TNFα treated controls where 6 independent samples were combined in 2 sets of 3 for the microarray labeling and hybridizations.
Project description:This study evaluated transcriptional effects of particles smaller than 100 nm of carbon black, SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, ZnO and Fe203. Since there is concern that inflammation may increase the uptake and/or toxicity of ultrafine particles, we evaluated the transcriptional responses without or with a TNFα pretreatment to mimic an inflammatory state. The most pronounced transcriptional response resulted from ZnO treatement, another response was to TNFα pre-treatment. We identified stress responses, responses to Zn ions, but did not observe a consistent proinflammatory response as evaluated by Gene Ontology of the genes that altered expression most as identified by significance analysis. Keywords: colon cancer cells - response to distinct nanoparticulate
Project description:Analysis of ex vivo isolated lymphatic endothelial cells from the dermis of patients to define type 2 diabetes-induced changes. Results preveal aberrant dermal lymphangiogenesis and provide insight into its role in the pathogenesis of persistent skin inflammation in type 2 diabetes. The ex vivo dLEC transcriptome reveals a dramatic influence of the T2D environment on multiple molecular and cellular processes, mirroring the phenotypic changes seen in T2D affected skin. The positively and negatively correlated dLEC transcripts directly cohere to prolonged inflammatory periods and reduced infectious resistance of patients´ skin. Further, lymphatic vessels might be involved in tissue remodeling processes during T2D induced skin alterations associated with impaired wound healing and altered dermal architecture. Hence, dermal lymphatic vessels might be directly associated with T2D disease promotion. Global gene expression profile of normal dermal lymphatic endothelial cells (ndLECs) compared to dermal lymphatic endothelial cells derived from type 2 diabetic patients (dLECs).Quadruplicate biological samples were analyzed from human lymphatic endothelial cells (4 x diabetic; 4 x non-diabetic). subsets: 1 disease state set (dLECs), 1 control set (ndLECs)
Project description:Increasing evidence indicates heterogeneity in functional and molecular properties of oligodendrocyte lineage cells both during development and under pathologic conditions. In multiple sclerosis, remyelination of grey matter lesions exceeds that in white matter. Here we used cells derived from grey matter versus white matter regions of surgically resected human brain tissue samples, to compare the capacities of human A2B5-positive progenitor cells and mature oligodendrocytes to ensheath synthetic nanofibers, and relate differences to the molecular profiles of these cells. For both cell types, the percentage of ensheathing cells was greater for grey matter versus white matter cells. For both grey matter and white matter samples, the percentage of cells ensheathing nanofibers was greater for A2B5-positive cells versus mature oligodendrocytes. Grey matter A2B5-positive cells were more susceptible than white matter A2B5-positive cells to injury induced by metabolic insults. Bulk RNA sequencing indicated that separation by cell type (A2B5-positive vs mature oligodendrocytes) is more significant than by region but segregation for each cell type by region is apparent. Molecular features of grey matter versus white matter derived A2B5-positive and mature oligodendrocytes were lower expression of mature oligodendrocyte genes and increased expression of early oligodendrocyte lineage genes. Genes and pathways with increased expression in grey matter derived cells with relevance for myelination included those related to responses to external environment, cell-cell communication, cell migration, and cell adhesion. Immune and cell death related genes were up-regulated in grey matter derived cells. We observed a significant number of up-regulated genes shared between the stress/injury and myelination processes, providing a basis for these features. In contrast to oligodendrocyte lineage cells, no functional or molecular heterogeneity was detected in microglia maintained in vitro, likely reflecting the plasticity of these cells ex vivo. The combined functional and molecular data indicate that grey matter human oligodendrocytes have increased intrinsic capacity to myelinate but also increased injury susceptibility, in part reflecting their being at a stage earlier in the oligodendrocyte lineage.