Project description:Obstruction in any part between the outlet of the bladder and the external urethra is called partial Bladder outlet obstruction (pBOO), which is a common disease in urology, which may cause bladder dysfunction. We have comfirmed that human urine-derived stem cells (hUSCs) could improve the bladder function of pBOO rats in our previous study. We thus explored the role of miRNAs in pBOO rats before and after treatment of hUSCs, and revealed that they could serve as effective prevention and treatment therapeutic targets. Rat bladder tissues were used for circRNA, lncRNA and mRNA sequencing.
Project description:Obstruction in any part between the outlet of the bladder and the external urethra is called partial Bladder outlet obstruction (pBOO), which is a common disease in urology, which may cause bladder dysfunction. We have comfirmed that human urine-derived stem cells (hUSCs) could improve the bladder function of pBOO rats in our previous study. We thus explored the role of miRNAs in pBOO rats before and after treatment of hUSCs, and revealed that they could serve as effective prevention and treatment therapeutic targets. Rat bladder tissues were used for miRNA sequencing. We identified 8 differentially expressed miRNAs in the pBOO rats before and after treatment of hUSCs.
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:In order to establish a rat embryonic stem cell transcriptome, mRNA from rESC cell line DAc8, the first male germline competent rat ESC line to be described and the first to be used to generate a knockout rat model was characterized using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis.
Project description:Prostatic inflammation plays a role in the progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Eviprostat is an antiinflammatory and antioxidant phytotherapeutic agent widely used to treat lower urinary tract symptoms in BPH. However, because Eviprostat is a mixture of compounds from multiple natural sources, its mechanism of action has been difficult to investigate. In this study, we used oligonucleotide microarrays to identify changes in gene expression that occur in the prostate of rats with surgically induced partial bladder outlet obstruction and the effect of Eviprostat on those changes. Male rats were divided into four groups of five or six animals each. The rats in groups 1 and 2 underwent a sham operation. Five days after the sham operation, group 1 was treated twice a day with vehicle (0.1% (w/v) Tween 80; sham/vehicle group) and group 2 was treated twice a day with 18 mg/kg Eviprostat (36 mg/kg daily; sham/Eviprostat group). The rats in groups 3 and 4 underwent surgical partial bladder outlet obstruction. Briefly, with the rat in the supine position, a midline suprapubic incision was made and the bilateral prostate was retracted to expose the neck of the bladder and the urethra, care being taken not to damage the bladder. The loose connective tissue at the base of the bladder was dissected away from the proximal urethra. A rubber ring was cut open and placed around the proximal urethra, and a 4-0 silk ligature was tied around the rubber ring. From the day after the operation, group 3 was treated twice a day for five days with vehicle (operated/vehicle group) and group 4 was treated twice a day for five days with 18 mg/kg Eviprostat (36 mg/kg daily; operated/Eviprostat group). On the sixth day, 2 h after the last administration, the rats were sacrificed and the prostate was rapidly removed.
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.