Project description:We would like to know the gene expression pattern in absence of transcription factor GATA2 in adult renal collecting duct We used Gata2 flox::Pax8-rtTA::Tet-Cre to make a doxycycline induced Gata2 renal tubule cell specific knockout mice We performed microarray analyses using DBA-lectin and magnetic beads purifed collecting duct cells from WT (n=3) or Gata2 CKO mice (n=3) at 4-weeks after doxycycline induction
Project description:We would like to know the gene expression pattern in absence of transcription factor GATA2 in adult renal collecting duct We used Gata2 flox::Pax8-rtTA::Tet-Cre to make a doxycycline induced Gata2 renal tubule cell specific knockout mice
Project description:Grb2 is a small SH2-SH3 adaptor molecule that interacts with activated tyrosine kinase receptors (RTKs), providing a crucial link towards downstream activation of pro-proliferative and pro-survival ERK and Akt signaling pathways. Ret and FGFR2, two RTKs that interact with Grb2, play important roles in ureteric branching and the proper establishment of the renal collecting duct system, but it is unclear whether Grb2 is required in this process. In this study, we selectively ablated a conditional floxed allele of the Grb2 gene within the ureteric epithelial lineage in mice and demonstrate that Grb2 signaling is essentially required for proper collecting duct development. Ureteric Grb2 deficiency results in perinatal lethality and severe renal hypodysplasia closely reminiscent of the rudimentary kidney phenotypes observed in Ret-null mutant mice. Grb2 loss attenuates ERK and Akt activation in the ureteric epithelia resulting in pronounced impairment of ureteric branching. Gene expression analysis reveals that Grb2 deficiency results in defective induction of genes implicated in both ureteric branching and reciprocal mesenchymal metanephric induction. Our findings therefore strongly indicate that Grb2 is a physiologically-relevant major RTK signaling relay partner that promotes renal branching morphogenesis and the proper development of the collecting duct system and the urogenital tract. Microarray was used to profile and compare the transcriptomes of developing kidneys of E14.5 Grb2 conditional knockout (ureteric-bud specific) and wild-type embryos
Project description:Analysis of expression changes in renal collecting duct epithelial cells by adenoviral mediated Krüppel like transcription factor 5 (KLF5) overexpression. KLF5 is a key regulator of static and inflammatory stage in renal collecting duct epithelial cells. We thought these results provide insights into downstream genes of KLF5 in renal collecting duct epithelial cells.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of new born mouse kidney collecting duct (CD) cells comparing the infuence of gestational high salt stress on gene expression remolding of BdkrB2 receptor knockout CD cells with that of BdkrB2 receptor wild type CD cells. The BdkrB2 receptor has been shown to be playing a role in renal vascular tone, kidney secretion and reabsorption function, normal kidney development, while impaired BdkrB2 receptor in kidney shown being associated with renal agenesis and renal dysplasia. Goal was to determine the effects of BdkrB2 receptor knockout together with gestational high salt stress on collecting duct gene expression pattern.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of new born mouse kidney collecting duct (CD) cells comparing the infuence of gestational high salt stress on gene expression remolding of BdkrB2 receptor knockout CD cells with that of BdkrB2 receptor wild type CD cells. The BdkrB2 receptor has been shown to be playing a role in renal vascular tone, kidney secretion and reabsorption function, normal kidney development, while impaired BdkrB2 receptor in kidney shown being associated with renal agenesis and renal dysplasia. Goal was to determine the effects of BdkrB2 receptor knockout together with gestational high salt stress on collecting duct gene expression pattern. Single color microarray experiment, BdkrB2 knockout new born mouse CD cells vs. BdkrB2 WT mosue CD cells with both on gestational high salt stress. Biological replicates: 3 BdkrB2 null replicates, 3 BdkrB2 WT replicates. Expression level of each sample was normalized to WT1 replicate.
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:Analysis of expression changes in renal collecting duct epithelial cells by adenoviral mediated Krüppel like transcription factor 5 (KLF5) overexpression. KLF5 is a key regulator of static and inflammatory stage in renal collecting duct epithelial cells. We thought these results provide insights into downstream genes of KLF5 in renal collecting duct epithelial cells. Total RNAs were isolated from adenovirally-mediated KLF5 over expressed cultured mIMCD-3 cells or control adenovirus infected mIMCD-3. We analyzed these two gene expression profiles after 24 hours after infection.
Project description:Mutations of the transcription factor TFAP2A are associated with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract in humans. In mice, deficiency of its ortholog Tfap2a in collecting duct cells causes widened epithelial tubules in the outer medulla of the adult kidney, but the molecular mechanisms of this phenotype are unknown. In this study, we identified gene regulatory networks controlled by Tfap2a in mouse kidney collecting ducts by combining gene knockout and transcriptomics. Integrated analyses of single-nucleus and bulk RNA-sequencing data from kidneys of adult Tfap2a knockout and control mice indicated deregulated expression of genes associated with cell adhesion and Wnt signaling pathways. Validation studies revealed that Tfap2a controls Wnt9b and Alcam, known regulators of kidney tubule morphogenesis. Our data provide novel insights into kidney epithelial gene regulatory networks controlled by Tfap2a and its potential functional role in congenital renal disease.
Project description:Mutations of the transcription factor TFAP2A are associated with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract in humans. In mice, deficiency of its ortholog Tfap2a in collecting duct cells causes widened epithelial tubules in the outer medulla of the adult kidney, but the molecular mechanisms of this phenotype are unknown. In this study, we identified gene regulatory networks controlled by Tfap2a in mouse kidney collecting ducts by combining gene knockout and transcriptomics. Integrated analyses of single-nucleus and bulk RNA-sequencing data from kidneys of adult Tfap2a knockout and control mice indicated deregulated expression of genes associated with cell adhesion and Wnt signaling pathways. Validation studies revealed that Tfap2a controls Wnt9b and Alcam, known regulators of kidney tubule morphogenesis. Our data provide novel insights into kidney epithelial gene regulatory networks controlled by Tfap2a and its potential functional role in congenital renal disease.