Chronic tendon injuries, also known as tendinopathy, are common among professional and recreational athletes. These injuries result in a significant amount of morbidity and health care expenditure and yet little is known about the molecular mechanism leading to tendinopathy. We have used histological evaluation and molecular profiling to determine the gene expression changes in 23 human patients undergoing surgical procedures for the treatment of chronic tendinopathy. Diseased tendons have altered extracellular matrix, fiber disorientation, increased cellular content and vasculature and the absence of inflammatory cells. Global gene expression profiling identified 1783 transcripts with significant different expression patterns in the diseased tendons. Global pathway analysis further suggests altered expression of extracellular matrix proteins and the lack of an appreciable inflammatory response. We have identified pathways and genes regulated in tendinopathy samples that will help contribute to the understanding of the disease towards the development of novel therapeutics.
Regulation of gene expression in human tendinopathy.
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View SamplesWhile the existence of intestinal epithelial stem cells (IESCs) has been well established, their study has been limited due to the inability to isolate them. Previous work has utilized side population (SP) sorting of the murine small intestinal mucosa to isolate a viable fraction of cells enriched for putative IESCs. We have used microarray analyses to characterize the molecular features of this potential stem cell population.
Molecular properties of side population-sorted cells from mouse small intestine.
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View SamplesAdipocytes arise from commitment and differentiation of adipose precursors in white adipose tissue (WAT). In studying adipogenesis, precursor markers, including Pref-1 and PDGFRa, are used to isolate precursors from stromal vascular fraction of WAT, but the relationship among the markers is not known. Here, we used Pref-1 promoter-rtTA system in mice for labeling Pref-1+ cells and for inducible inactivation of Pref-1 target, Sox9. We show requirement of Sox9 for maintenance of Pref-1+ proliferative, early precursors. Upon Sox9 inactivation, these Pref-1+ cells become PDGFRa+ cells that express early adipogenic markers. Thus, we show for the first time that Pref-1+ cells precede PDGFRa+ cells in the adipogenic pathway and that Sox9 inactivation is required for WAT growth and expansion. Furthermore, we show that, in maintaining early adipose precursors, Sox9 activates Meis1 which prevents adipogenic differentiation. Our study also demonstrates the Pref-1 promoter-rtTA system for inducible gene inactivation in early adipose precursor population. Overall design: RNA-Sequencing for differentially expressed genes (more than 2-fold) between GFP+ (Pref-1+) ingWAT SVF cells from floxed and Sox9 PreASKO mice (n=6 pooled).
Sox9-Meis1 Inactivation Is Required for Adipogenesis, Advancing Pref-1<sup>+</sup> to PDGFRα<sup>+</sup> Cells.
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Sox9-Meis1 Inactivation Is Required for Adipogenesis, Advancing Pref-1<sup>+</sup> to PDGFRα<sup>+</sup> Cells.
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View SamplesBoth the mechanism of action and the factors determining the behavioral response to antidepressants are unknown. It has been shown that antidepressant treatment promotes the proliferation and survival of hippocampal neurons via enhanced serotonergic signaling, but it is still unclear whether hippocampal neurogenesis is responsible for the behavioral response to antidepressants. Furthermore, a large subpopulation of patients fails to respond to antidepressant treatment due to presumed underlying genetic factors. In the present study, we have used the phenotypic and genotypic variability of inbred mouse strains to show that there is a genetic component to both the behavioral and neurogenic effects of chronic fluoxetine treatment, and that this antidepressant induces an increase in hippocampal cell proliferation only in the strains that also show a positive behavioral response to treatment. The behavioral and neurogenic responses are associated with an upregulation of genes known to promote neuronal proliferation and survival. These results suggest that inherent genetic predisposition to increased serotonin-induced neurogenesis is a determinant of antidepressant efficacy.
Genetic regulation of behavioral and neuronal responses to fluoxetine.
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View SamplesTrastuzumab (Herceptinâ„¢), a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the extracellular domain of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2), is one of the most successful examples of targeted therapies for HER2-positive breast cancer. However, drug resistance remains daunting challenges. New combinatorial regimen of CDK4/6 inhibitors plus trastuzumab is currently under active clinical investigations. In this study, we seek to prospectively model the in vivo response to CDK4/6 inhibitor Palbociclib (Pal) plus trastuzumab (Ab) using transgenic Her2/Neu mouse model in parallel with the current clinical trial scenario. We performed single cell RNA-seqencing (Drop-seq) to profile and compare tumor cells and infiltrated immune cells derived from control, Ab+Pal sensitive/residual (APS) and resistant/progressive (APR) tumors. We revealed that although Ab+Pal treatment enhanced antigen processing, presentation and interferon signaling on tumor cells, a distinct immunosuppressive immature myeloid cells (IMCs) infiltrated in the resistant tumor microenvironment to promote resistant phenotype. Based on single cell gene set enrichment analysis (profiling) guided drug screening, we identified and evaluated a combinatorial immunotherapy regimen. We found that combinatorial immunotherapy with receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor Cabozantinib and immune checkpoint blockades overcome Ab+Pal resistance by inhibiting IMCs and enhancing anti-tumor immunity. Moreover, our rationally designed sequential combinatorial regimens enabled durable response and sustained controlling of the emergence of acquired resistance, thus significantly improved outcomes of rapidly evolving Her2/Neu positive breast cancers. Our results implicate that single-cell RNA sequencing profiling guided combinatorial immunotherapy as a strategy to mitigate the emergence of resistance and to achieve long-term therapeutic benefit merits clinical translation. Overall design: Drop-seq of tumor cells and tumor infiltrating immune cells derived from FVB/N MMTV-neu202Mul mice with different treatment/phenotypes (sensitive and resistant tumors).
Single-cell profiling guided combinatorial immunotherapy for fast-evolving CDK4/6 inhibitor-resistant HER2-positive breast cancer.
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View SamplesThese data are from the brains (amygdala and hippocampus) of mice originally derived from a cross between C57BL/6J and A/J inbred strains. We used short-term selection to produce outbred mouse lines with differences in contextual fear conditioning, which is a measure of fear learning. We selected for a total of 4 generations. Fear learning differed in the selected lines and this difference was stronger with each successive generation of selection. We identified several QTLs for the selection response, including a highly significant QTL at the tyr locus (p < 9.6(-10)). We used Affymetrix microarrays to identify many differentially expressed genes in the amygdala and hippocampus of mice from the final generation of selection. Amygdala and hippocampus samples were rapidly dissected out of experimentally nave mice from each selected line. Three samples were pooled and hybridized to each array. Experimentally nave mice were used because the behavior of the mice can be reliably a nticipated due to their lineage. Thus these gene expression differences are not due to the response to human handling, foot shock or fear-inducing conditioned stimuli. We have a second similar study that focuses on a different selected population that was based on C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice (see GES4035).
Rapid selection response for contextual fear conditioning in a cross between C57BL/6J and A/J: behavioral, QTL and gene expression analysis.
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View SamplesPurpose:We have the first-reported set of glial-specific transcripts utilizing the Ribotag model. We use this model to explore glial changes in DNBS-induced inflammation and neurokinin-2 receptor (NK2R) antagonism. Methods: Actively translated mRNA profiles of the distal colon myeneteric plexi of Rpl22(+/-)Sox10(+/-) male and female mice 8-10 weeks old were obtained utilizing the HA-tagged ribosomal immunoprecipitation and downstream RNA extraction. Samples meeting RNA quality standards by 18S and 28S rRNA peaks by 2100 Bioanalyzer and RNA 6000 Nano LabChip Kit (Agilent) were deep sequenced with the Illumina HiSeq 4000. Results: We mapped approximately 30-50 millions reads per sample to the mouse genome (v88) and identified approximately 100K ribosome-associated transcripts, with Tuxedo workflow, in distal colon glial cells with DNBS-induced inflammation and NK2R antagonism and their respective controls. Of these transcripts, changes in biological processes associated with inflammation and other important enteric nervous system communications between samples have been identified. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates the first use of the Ribotag model to provide glial cell-specific actively-translated mRNA changes in DNBS-induced inflammation with and without functional NK2R signalling. Overall design: Distal colon glial mRNA samples from Ribotag Rpl22(+/-)Sox10(+/-) mice administered either saline or DNBS and DMSO vehicle or NK2R antagonism.
Communication Between Enteric Neurons, Glia, and Nociceptors Underlies the Effects of Tachykinins on Neuroinflammation.
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View SamplesMaize transgenic event MON810, grown and commercialised worldwide, is the only cultivated GM event in EU. Maize MON810, variety DKC6575, and the corresponding near-isogenic Tietar were studied in different growing conditions, to assess their behaviour in response to drought. Profiling gene expression in water deficit regimes and in generalised water stress showed an up-regulation of different stress- responsive genes. A greater number of differentially expressed genes was observed in Tietar rather than in DKC6575, with genes belonging to transcription factor families and genes encoding HSPs, LEAs and detoxification enzymes. Since these genes have been from literature, indicated as typical of stress responses, their activation in Tietar rather than in DKC6575 may be reminiscent of a more efficient water stress response. DKC6575 was also analysed for the expression of the transgene CryIAb (encoding for the delta-endotoxin insecticidal protein) in water limiting conditions. In all the experiments the CryIAb transcript was not influenced by water stress, but expressed at a constant level. This suggests that though a different pattern of sensitivity to stress, the transgenic variety maintains the same expression level for the transgene.
Comparison of drought stress response and gene expression between a GM maize variety and a near-isogenic non-GM variety.
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View SamplesComparison of transcriptome between control, Tcf1 long isoform (p45)-deficient, complete Tcf1-deficient DN3 thymoctyes Overall design: lineage-negative, CD4-, CD8-, CD44 low and CD25 high (DN3) thymocytes were sorted from control mice or those are deficient for either Tcf1 long isoforms (p45) or all Tcf1 proteins. Lck-Cre was used to ablate all Tcf1 proteins
Cutting Edge: β-Catenin-Interacting Tcf1 Isoforms Are Essential for Thymocyte Survival but Dispensable for Thymic Maturation Transitions.
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