Project description:To analyze the gene expression profile of BAT in heart failure mice model, we performed whole genome microarray expression profiling using brown adipose tissue (BAT) from mice at 2 weeks after Sham or TAC operation.
Project description:To analyze the gene expression profile of BAT and gWAT from Pgam1 depletion mice, we performed whole genome microarray expression profiling using brown adipose tissue (BAT) and gonadal white adipose tissue (gWAT) from adipose tissue-specific Pgam1 knockout (KO) mice.
Project description:The hypothesis tested in the present study was that ameliorating ER stress by TUDCA could reduce the cardiac remodeling in TAC mice. Results provide important information of the genes that were up- or down-regulated in Veh-TAC operated animals in comparison to Sham, TUDCA -Sham and TUDCA-TAC mice.
Project description:In order to investigate the differentially expressed genes in Acsl4 knockout after TAC (Transverse aortic constriction) or sham surgery. The experiment was divided to four groups including sham-operated Acsl4 flox/flox mice (FS), sham-operated Acsl4 knockout mice (KS), TAC-operated Acsl4 flox/flox mice (FT), TAC-operated Acsl4 knockout mice (KT) n=3 mice/group. The heart tissue was isolated after 21 days after performing TAC or sham surgery.
Project description:We are reporting here the effects of adaptation to different ambient temperatures in the whole genome gene expression of interscapular BAT of BAT specific Akt2 knockout mice
Project description:To elucidate the sex-specific role of PGC1α in brown adipose tissue (BAT), we performed RNA-seq analysis on BAT from male and female PGC1α knockout mice. Furthermore, to investigate the effects of estrogen on BAT, we conducted RNA-seq analysis on BAT from male and female wild-type mice treated with tamoxifen.
Project description:<p>Background: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is characterized by impaired contractility and high mortality. Dysregulation of intracellular ion cycling underlies the decline in cardiac contractility. Modulation of cardiac Na+/H+ and Ca2+ handling is considered a valuable approach for restoring cardiac function; thus, an in-depth understanding of the molecular regulation is timely for the discovery of new strategies to treat HFrEF.</p><p>Methods: Cardiac tissues from HFrEF patients and mice subjected to transverse aortic constriction (TAC) were analyzed for sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1) transactivation of Sodium-hydrogen exchanger 3 (NHE3).Cardiomyocyte-specific SREBP1 transgenic (Srebp1a-Tg) and knockdown (Cre-Srebp1f/f) mice were generated. AAV9 vectors carrying Slc9a3 (encoding NHE3), Srebf1 or shRNA against Slc9a3, driven by the cardiomyocyte-specific cTnT promoter, were used to validate the role of the SREBP1-NHE3 in HFrEF. </p><p>Results: SREBP1 was activated in human hearts with HFrEF (dilated cardiomyopathy without diabetes or hyperlipidemia) and in mouse hearts with TAC-induced HFrEF. Srebp1a-Tg mice exhibited impaired cardiac contractilitywith dysregulated calcium handling in cardiomyocytes without apparent lipid accumulation. Transcriptomics analysis, ChIP-seq, ChIP assay, and promoter activity assessment showed that Slc9a3 (encoding NHE3) is a transcriptional target of SREBP1. Consistently, NHE3 was upregulated in Srebp1a-Tg mouse hearts, hearts under TAC surgery, and human failing hearts. Cardiomyocyte-specific knockdown of Srebp1 or Slc9a3 restored calcium handling and improved cardiac function in TAC hearts. In Srebp1a-Tg mice, NHE3 knockdown alleviated Na+ and Ca2+ overload and rescued cardiac systolic dysfunction. Conversely, NHE3 overexpression caused contractile impairment in both Cre-Srebp1f/f mice and controls, which offset the protective effect due to SREBP1 loss in the context of Na+ and Ca2+ overload. These resultsdemonstrate that SREBP1 upregulation of NHE3 caused cardiac dysfunction. Notably, empagliflozin downregulated NHE3 via AMP-activated protein kinase activation and inhibition of SREBP1, which ameliorated calcium overload and restored cardiac systolic function.</p><p>Conclusions: SREBP1 transactivates cardiac NHE3 expression during the progression of HFrEF, leading to dysregulatedcalcium handling and impaired contractility, suggesting a non-canonical role of SREBP1 in heart failure. Empagliflozin mitigates these detrimental effects by inhibiting the cardiac SREBP1-NHE3 axis, thus revealing a new pharmacological mechanism by which SGLT2i alleviates HF.</p>
Project description:To study the gene expression profiles of brown (BAT) and white (WAT) adipose tissues in wild type and LR11-deficeint mice. The four RNA sources, WT scWAT, Lr11 -/- scWAT, WT BAT and Lr11 -/- BAT, were prepared from subcutaneous WAT and BAT from wild-type mice and Lr11 -/- mice, respectively (n=3 each).