Project description:Social experience influences multiple behaviors of many animal species, including aggression. Social isolation often increases aggressiveness. To investigater the molecular basis of social influences on aggressiveness, we performed comparative gene expression profiling on heads from 6-day-old, single-housed, more aggressive and group-housed, less aggressive male flies. Keywords: social experience
Project description:Dendritic cell immunoreceptor (DCIR; Clec4a2), a member of the C-type lectin receptor family, plays important roles in homeostasis of the immune and bone systems. However, the intestinal role of this molecule is unclear. Here, we show that dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)–induced colitis and azoxymethane-DSS–induced intestinal tumors are reduced in Clec4a2–/– mice independent of intestinal microbiota. STAT5 phosphorylation and expression of Csf2 and tight junction genes are enhanced, while Il17a and Cxcl2 is suppressed in the Clec4a2–/– mouse colon, which exhibits reduced infiltration of neutrophils and myeloid-derived suppressor cells. GM-CSF administration ameliorates DSS colitis associated with reduced Il17a and enhanced tight junction gene expression, whereas anti–GM-CSF exacerbates symptoms. Furthermore, anti-NA2, a ligand for DCIR, ameliorates colitis and prevents colorectal tumors. These observations indicate that blocking DCIR signaling ameliorates colitis and suppresses colonic tumors, suggesting DCIR as a possible target for the treatment of these diseases
Project description:The immune system of SPF mice is dominated by naïve phenotype immune cells, especially within the T cell compartment, and resembles that of neonatal humans (Beura et al., 2016; Reese et al., 2016). Sequential infection of SPF-housed laboratory mice with common experimental pathogens, such as MHV, MCMV, Listeria monocytogenes, LCMV, and influenza A virus (Berton et al., 2022; Reese et al., 2016), or cohousing (CoH) SPF mice with pet store mice carrying multiple pathogenic and commensal bacteria, viruses, and/or fungi (Beura et al., 2016) induces immune system alterations and maturations that more closely resemble the adult human immune system. Such microbial exposure drastically alters the composition and function of the immune system of laboratory mice, which can significantly influence the overall outcome (and survival) to subsequent infection. Here we report CD11b+ CD115+ monocytes sorted from female specific pathogen-free (SPF) C57BL/6N (B6) mice co-housed with petstore mice for 60 days are transcriptionally different than SPF CD11b+ CD115+ monocytes
Project description:We found that mainstream cigarette smoking (4 cigarettes/day, 5 days/week for 2 weeks using Kentucky Research Cigarettes 3R4F) resulted in >20% decrease in the percentage of normal Paneth cell population in Atg16l1 T300A mice but showed minimal effect in wildtype littermate control mice, indicating that Atg16l1 T300A polymorphism confers sensitivity to cigarette smoking-induced Paneth cell damage. We performed cohousing experiments to test if Paneth cell phenotype is horizontally transmissible as is microbiota. Atg16l1 T300A and littermate controls that were exposed to cigarette smoking were used as microbiota donors, and these donor mice were exposed to smoking for 2 weeks prior to cohousing. Separate groups of Atg16l1 T300A and littermate controls that were not exposed to cigarette smoking were used as microbiota recipients. The microbiota recipients were co-housed with microbiota donors of the same genotype for 4 weeks, during this period the donors continued to be exposed to cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking was performed using smoking chamber with the dosage and schedule as described above. At the end of the experiment, the fecal microbiota composition was analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing.
Project description:In summary, we present the first proteome characterization of used nesting material from group housed male mice. It is commonly suggested to preserve used nesting material throughout cage changes to preserve the cage level olfactory environment and this study provides quantitative evidence to support this practice. Used material contains a large assortment of proteins, many of which contain identification information. Maintaining these important cues as mice are placed into new environments gives them a sense of familiarity and may promote positive social interactions throughout the life of the cage.
Project description:Mouse platelets were collected following 4 days of exercise or standard-housing from 8-week-old C57BL/6J mice and mass spectrometry performed (5 mice per group). The analysis revealed differences in the proteomic content of platelets isolated from standard-housed and exercising mice.
Project description:Platelets were isolated from standard-housed and exercising (4 days and 28 days) 18-month-old C57BL/6J mice and mass spectrometry performed. This analysis revealed differential proteomic signatures between platelets from exercsising and standard-housed mice.
Project description:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized systems-based analysis of cellular pathways. The goal of this study is to reveal functional and phenotypic diversity of control group and IL34-overexpresion group.
Project description:We performed a multi-omic analysis of each group of ILCs to decipher ILC ontogenesis Gene expression of ILCs was assessed by performing RNA-sequencing on splenic NK cells, ex vivo expended ILC2s and MNK3 cell line
