Project description:Colonic samples of Opa1KO mice and WT control. Mice were injected with tamoxifen for 5 days to knock out Opa1 in intestinal epithelial cells. Mice exhibited extensive epithelial damage and intestinal inflammation. On day 24, mice were sacrificed and colon was collected for RNAseq.
Project description:To assess the role of LSD1 in mouse small intestinal epithelium, we isolated small intestinal crypts and villus from wild type (WT) (Villin-Cre -; Lsd1f/f) and intestinal-epithelial-specific knock-out (cKO) (Villin-Cre+; Lsd1f/f) mice. This experiment uses a new Cre strain with 100% deletion efficiency. RNA was directly isolated from intestinal crypt and villus, and this was used for RNAseq. Gene expression analysis of cKO derived crypt and villus provides a spatially restricted outlook on the maturation status of the intestinal epithelium in the villi and the absence of Paneth cells in the crypt.
Project description:To assess the role of LSD1 in mouse small intestinal epithelium, we isolated small intestinal crypts and villus from wild type (WT) (Villin-Cre -; Lsd1f/f) and intestinal-epithelial-specific knock-out (cKO) (Villin-Cre+; Lsd1f/f) mice. This experiment uses a new Cre strain with 100% recombination efficiency. RNA was directly isolated from the crypt and villus, and this was used for RNAseq. Gene expression analysis of cKO derived crypt and villus provides a spatially restricted outlook on the maturation status of the intestinal epithelium in the villi and the absence of Paneth cells in the crypt. Additionally, these mice were treated with antibiotics to study epithelium intrinsic changes related to LSD1 deletion but independent of the bacterial microbiome.
Project description:STAT3 is a pleiotropic transcription factor with important functions in cytokine signalling in a variety of tissues. However, the role of STAT3 in the intestinal epithelium is not well understood. Here we demonstrate that development of colonic inflammation is associated with the induction of STAT3 activity in intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). Studies in genetically engineered mice showed that epithelial STAT3 activation in DSS colitis is dependent on IL-22 rather than IL-6. IL-22 was secreted by colonic CD11c+ cells in response to Toll-like receptor stimulation. Conditional knockout mice with an IEC specific deletion of STAT3 activity were highly susceptible to experimental colitis, indicating that epithelial STAT3 regulates gut homeostasis. STAT3IEC-KO mice, upon induction of colitis, showed a striking defect of epithelial restitution. Gene chip analysis indicated that STAT3 regulates the cellular stress response, apoptosis and pathways associated with wound healing in IEC. Consistently, both IL-22 and epithelial STAT3 were found to be important in wound-healing experiments in vivo. In summary, our data suggest that intestinal epithelial STAT3 activation regulates immune homeostasis in the gut by promoting IL-22-dependent mucosal wound healing. 4 samples of colon epithelium were analyzed from 4 mice (2 per group Stat3flfl VillinCre- and Stat3flfl VillinCre+, respectively) after they had been treated with DSS (2.5%) for 5 days
Project description:Caspase-8 is a cystein protease involved in regulating apoptosis. The function of caspase-8 was studied in the intestinal epithelium, using mice with an intestinal epithelial cell specific deletion of caspase-8. We used microarrays to investigate the difference of the global programme of gene expression in intestinal epithelial cells of control and caspase-8 deficient mice. Intestinal epithelial cells were isolated from 3 control mice and 3 mice with a conditional deletion of caspase-8 in the intestinal epithelium. RNA was isolated and subjected to Affymetrix gene chip analysis.
Project description:The goal of this study was to determine differences in gene expression profiles in colonic tumors of AOM/DSS treated mice with a total (Tyk2KO) or conditional deletion of Tyk2 in the intestinal epithelium (Tyk2DIEC).
Project description:To study the epigenetic regulation of intestinal epithelium we focus on the role of chromatin modulators. Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1a (KDM1A, LSD1) is one of the enzymes that can erase the H3K4me1/2 mark. To assess the role of LSD1 in intestinal epithelium we studied wild type (WT) (Villin-Cre -; Lsd1f/f) and intestinal-epithelial-specific knock-out (KO) (Villin-Cre+; Lsd1f/f) mice. We found that KO mice completely lack Paneth cells, and have altered stem cell characteristics compared to WT littermates. To assess genome-wide ATAC levels in WT and KO small intestines, we isolated intestinal epithelium tissue from wild type mice and LSD1 KO mice. This tissue was digested to single cells and performed ATAC seq as described in the protocols.
Project description:To investigate the specific role of Ecsit in intestinal homeostasis, we generated Ecsit floxed/Vil1-Cre-ERT2 mouse model, and injected tamoxifen (3mg) intraperitoneally for 5 consecutive days to achieve conditional deletion of Ecsit in the intestinal epithelium at a specific time. These Ecsit fl/fl Vil1-Cre-ERT2 mice (Ecsit cKO) and Control mice (Ecsit fl/fl) mice were euthanized 12 days after the last injection for single cell RNA-seq on small intestinal and colonic epithelium.
