The NAT enzymes are polymorphic xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes that catalyze the transfer of an acetyl moiety from acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) to the nitrogen or oxygen atom of primary arylamines, hydrazines, and their N-hydroxylated metabolites. NATs therefore play an important role in the detoxification and/or activation of arylamine drugs and carcinogens. The involvement of acetyl-CoA in energy metabolism suggests that there may be relationships between NAT activity and energy metabolism. Previous studies have suggested a role for NAT2 in insulin sensitivity that is exacerbated on high fat diet, using Nat1 knockout mice. To study mice with no NAT activity at all, we used a Nat1/Nat2 double-KO model, with animals fed either a regular chow or high fat/high sugar diet for 12 weeks. Analysis of basal parameters suggested a decrease in fatty-acid oxidation and hepatic gluconeogenesis. To further evaluate the cause of this, RNA was isolated and processed using Affymetrix Mouse Gene 2.0 microarrays.
A readout of metabolic efficiency in arylamine N-acetyltransferase-deficient mice reveals minor energy metabolism changes.
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View SamplesWe have undertaken a screen of mouse limb tendon cells in order to identify molecular pathways involved in tendon development. Mouse limb tendon cells were isolated based on Scleraxis (Scx) expression at different stages of development: E11.5, E12.5 and E14.5
Transcriptomic analysis of mouse limb tendon cells during development.
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View SamplesCanonical Hedgehog (Hh) signaling regulates the expression of genes that are critical to the patterning and development of a variety of organ systems. In adult, both ligand-dependent and ligand-independent Hh pathway activation are known to promote tumorigenesis. Recent studies have shown that in tumors promoted by Hh ligand, activation occurs within the stromal microenvironment (Yauch et al., 2009). In situ hybridization of the pathway target gene, Ptch1, shows that signaling is located at stromal perivascular fibroblast-like cells in xenograft tumor sections derived from Hh-expressing colorectal cancer cell lines.
Canonical hedgehog signaling augments tumor angiogenesis by induction of VEGF-A in stromal perivascular cells.
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesThe Bmi1 Polycomb protein is involved in the epigenetic repressive control of self renewal and survival of cancer initiating cells. In Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), bmi1 expression increases gradually as the disease progresses from a chronic latent phase to a deadly blast crisis. We developped an inducible shRNA system to silence Bmi1 in the human K562 chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cell line in order to identify new Bmi1-target genes.
The BMI1 polycomb protein represses cyclin G2-induced autophagy to support proliferation in chronic myeloid leukemia cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesWe sequenced total RNAs that were extracted from Osr1-expressing cells isolated by FACS-sorting from E13.5 limbs of two heterozygous (Osr1 GCE/+) and two homozygous (Osr1 GCE/GCE) mouse embryos. Overall design: Gene expression profiling of Osr1-expressing cells at E13.5
Odd skipped-related 1 identifies a population of embryonic fibro-adipogenic progenitors regulating myogenesis during limb development.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesCXXC5 inhibits the canonical Wnt signaling pathway
Downregulation of the Wnt inhibitor CXXC5 predicts a better prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesMost cancer deaths are caused by metastases, which are the end-results of circulating tumor cells (CTC) that detach from the cancer primary and succeed to survive in distant organs. The aim of the present study was to develop a gene signature of CTC and to assess its prognostic relevance after surgery for pancreatic ductaladenocarcinoma (PDAC).
Pancreatic cancer circulating tumour cells express a cell motility gene signature that predicts survival after surgery.
Sex, Age, Disease stage
View SamplesFollowing our initial transcriptomic analyses of the male gametophyte development (Honys and Twell, Genome Biol 5:R85, 2004), we identified several candidate genes for the function of transcriptional regulators of the male gametophyte development.
AtbZIP34 is required for Arabidopsis pollen wall patterning and the control of several metabolic pathways in developing pollen.
Specimen part
View SamplesDomestic broiler chickens rapidly accumulate adipose tissue due to intensive genetic selection for rapid growth and are naturally hyperglycemic and insulin resistant, making them an attractive addition to the suite of rodent models used for studies of obesity and type 2 diabetes in humans. Furthermore, chicken adipose tissue is considered as poorly sensitive to insulin and lipolysis is under glucagon control. Excessive fat accumulation is also an economic and environmental concern for the broiler industry due to the loss of feed efficiency and excessive nitrogen wasting, as well as a negative trait for consumers who are increasingly conscious of dietary fat intake. Understanding the control of avian adipose tissue metabolism would both enhance the utility of chicken as a model organism for human obesity and insulin resistance and highlight new approaches to reduce fat deposition in commercial chickens.
Transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling of chicken adipose tissue in response to insulin neutralization and fasting.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe used a smooth muscle cell-specific mineralocorticoid receptor knockout mouse to generate young and aged MR-intact and SMC-MR-KO aortic mRNA to examine the effect of age on vascular mRNA alterations in the presence and absence of SMC-MR.
Smooth Muscle Cell-Mineralocorticoid Receptor as a Mediator of Cardiovascular Stiffness With Aging.
Sex, Specimen part
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