Project description:To investigate the functions of ncRNAs in temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis, we established temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis model induced by unilateral anterior crossbite. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of condylar cartilage at 8 weeks of modeling.
Project description:To investigate the functions of ncRNAs in temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis, we established temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis model induced by unilateral anterior crossbite. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of condylar cartilage at 8 weeks of modeling.
Project description:Epithelial tumors can progress from a benign tissue overgrowth (hyperplasia) to a malignant neoplastic tumor, which is characterized by an increase in motility and invasiveness. The Cohen laboratory has developed an epithelial tumor model in which overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) leads to benign tissue hyperplasia. When combined with other cooperating factors, EGFR overexpression can lead to neoplasia and malignant metastasis. Microarray analysis were performed in normal epithelia, hyperplastic, and neoplastic tumors collected from Drosophila wing imaginal discs to identify genes whose misexpression correlates with tumor progression
Project description:Placenta hyperplasia is commonly observed in cloned animals and is believed to impede the proper development of cloned embryos. However, the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is largely unknown. Here we show that placenta hyperplasia of cloned mouse embryos occurs in both middle and late gestation. Interestingly, restoring paternal-specific expression of an amino acid transporter Slc38a4, which loses maternal H3K27me3-dependent imprinting and becomes bi-allelically expressed in cloned placentae, rescued the overgrowth of cloned placentae at late gestation. Molecular analyses reveal that loss of Slc38a4 imprinting leads to over activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway in cloned placentae, which is likely due to the increased amino acids transportation by SLC38A4. Collectively, our study not only reveals loss of Slc38a4 imprinting is responsible for overgrowth of cloned placentae at late gestation, but also suggests the underlying mechanism involves increased amino acid transportation and over activation of mTORC1.
Project description:Mandibular condylar cartilage (MCC) has many distinctive features reviewed in the literature, hence it would be expected that the genetic regulation of the biological process in the MCC to be different from those of other articular hyaline cartilages and epiphyseal growth cartilages. In addition, The MCC is a multi-zonal fibrocartilage containing different types of cells, which are well characterized histomorphologically, but the factors governing their morphological transition across the zones are not fully understood. Therefore, we can speculate that unique genetic profiles in vivo might exist within the four zones of MCC. We used microarrays to obtain new insights into the MCC cells by performing a comprehensive zone-specificgene expression profile analysis for each zone of the MCC isolated from 5-week-old rats using LCM technology and compare it to femoral condylar cartilage (FCC) profiles.
Project description:An organoid culture system can better recapitulate the cellular structure, function, and interaction between cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) than the traditional two-dimensional (2D) culture system. We here constructed a condylar cartilage organoid and utilized it to explore the regulatory role of primary cilia at the organoid level. RNA sequencing unveiled the differences of transcriptomics between the condylar cartilage organoid and 2D culture chondrocytes.
Project description:Objective The purpose of this study was to find the key regulatory genes and proteins in condylar ossification of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) by transcriptomics and proteomics in porcine embryos. Method A total of 12 miniature pig embryos (6 in each group) at E45 and E85 days were used in this study. Six embryos for tissue sections (3 in each group) . The remaining six embryos were cut down the condyle along the parallel line between the lowest point of the sigmoid notch and the highest point of the condyle, and each condylar tissue sample was divided into two parts averagely. After RNA extraction, library construction and sequencing, one part tissue was analyzed by mapping to compare the differential expression of mRNA before and after ossification of embryonic condylar tissue. Another tissue was analyzed by protein extraction, enzymolysis and mass spectrometry to compare the differential expression of protein before and after ossification of embryonic condylar tissue. Finally, the differential genes and proteins were analyzed by GO and KEGG enrichment analysis. The differentially expressed genes in transcriptome and proteomic analysis were verified by QPCR. Result A total of 25322 genes were detected by transcriptome analysis, and there were 19584 differential genes between E85 days and E45 days. There are 1592 differential genes were screened to meet the Fold change≥2 or ≤0.5 of which 1086 genes were up-regulated and 506 genes were down-regulated in E85 days compared with E45 days. A total of 4613 proteins were detected by proteomic analysis, there were 419 differential proteins between E85 and E45 days, including 313 up-regulated proteins and 106 down-regulated proteins. A total of 37 differentially expressed genes/proteins were found by cross transcriptome and proteomic analysis. QPCR analysis showed that 13 of 15 genes were consistent with transcriptome analysis. Conclusion Condylar transcriptome and proteomic analysis during the development of temporomandibular joint in miniature pigs revealed the regulatory genes/proteins of condylar ossification. These regulatory genes/proteins can provide basic data for human TMJ development research and disease treatment.
Project description:EVs contain mitochondria that are transferred to condylar DCs. This action triggers ERK1/2/FoxO1/ autophagy pathway internalization of phagocytosed mitochondria by mitochondrial recipient cells, which subsequently affect fatty acid metabolism in DCs to metabolically reprogram them. Thus, DCs changed from an activation state to a tolerance state. Taken together, our findings suggested that EVs reprogram the states of condylar DCs by transferring functional mitochondria into them and affecting their fatty acid metabolism, which highlights the therapeutic value of EVs for TMJOA.
Project description:Gamma knife surgery (GKS) is used for treatment of various brain disorders. The effects of gamma irradiation to targeted and un-targeted regions were evaluated by monitoring gene expression changes in the unilateral irradiated (60 Gy) and contralateral un-irradiated striata in the rat. Striata of irradiated and control brains were dissected 16 h post-irradiation for analysis by rat whole genome 44K DNA oligo microarray. Results revealed 230 induced and 144 repressed genes in the irradiated striatum and 432 induced and 239 repressed genes in the un-irradiated striatum. The number of altered genes in un-irradiated striatum was more than that in irradiated striatum. Results of RT-PCR and western analyses suggested that gamma-irradiation caused cellular damage, including oxidative stress, in both striata of both hemispheres. Our present results indicate that unilateral irradiation during GKS produce bilateral effects as early as 16 h, the time-period analyzed, and these molecular changes in the un-irradiated striatum are ample proof.