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SRP170668
Rattus norvegicus
47 Downloadable Samples
NextSeq 500
Description
Sustained elevation of sympathetic activity is an important contributor to pathological cardiac hypertrophy, ventricular arrhythmias, and left ventricular contractile dysfunction in chronic heart failure. The orphan nuclear receptor NR4A2 is an immediate early response gene activated in the heart under beta-adrenergic stimulation. The goal of this study was to identify the transcriptional remodeling events induced by NR4A2 expression in cardiomyocytes, and their impact on the physiological response of those cells to sustained beta-adrenergic stimulation. Treatment of adult rat ventricular myocytes (ARVMs) with isoproterenol induced a rapid (< 4 hours) but transient (< 24 hours) increase in NR4A2 expression levels that was accompanied by increased nuclear localization of the transcription factor. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of NR4A2 modulated the expression of genes linked to adrenoceptor signaling, calcium signaling, cell growth and proliferation, and counteracted the increase in protein synthesis rate and cell surface area mediated by chronic isoproterenol stimulation. In consistence with those findings, NR4A2 overexpression also blocked the phosphorylative activation of ERK1/2, Akt, and of their downstream effector in protein synthesis p70S6K. Prominent among the transcriptional changes induced by NR4A2 was the > 7-fold up-regulation of the dual-specificity phosphatases DUSP2 and DUSP14, two known inhibitors of ERK1/2. Pre-treatment of NR4A2-overexpressing cardiomyocytes with the DUSPs inhibitor BCI prevented the inhibition of ERK1/2 and p70S6K following isoproterenol stimulation. In conclusion, our results suggest that NR4A2 acts as a novel negative feedback regulator of the beta-adrenergic receptor-mediated growth response in cardiomyocytes, and this at least partly through DUSP-mediated inhibition of ERK1/2 signaling. Overall design: Isolated adult rat ventricular myocytes (ARVMs) were transduced at 50 m.o.i. with a recombinant adenovirus containing the full-length cDNA of human NR4A2 under the transcriptional control of the CMV promoter (Vector Biolabs Ad-h-NR4A2; Cat. No: ADV-217057). ARVMs transduced with a recombinant eGFP adenovirus (Vector Biolabs Ad-GFP; Cat. No. 1060) were used as the cell transduction control. At 48 hours post transduction, total RNA was etracted. A total of six independent experiments were performed using ARVMs isolated from different Sprague Dawley rats.
Publication Title
Nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 2 inhibits activation of ERK signaling and cell growth in response to β-adrenergic stimulation in adult rat cardiomyocytes.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 6 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Increased COUP-TFII levels are found in human dilated cardiomyopathy as well as in mouse models that develop cardiomyopathy. COUP-TFII overexpression in adult mouse hearts caused ventricular dilation and compromised cardiac functions. To gain insights on COUP-TFIIs effect in hearts, we identified the molecular profile of COUP-TFII overexpressing hearts through microarray analysis. The result may shred light on molecular mechanisms that mediate development of dilated cardiomyopathy.
Publication Title
Increased COUP-TFII expression in adult hearts induces mitochondrial dysfunction resulting in heart failure.
Sample Metadata Fields
Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 15 Downloadable Samples
- IlluminaGenomeAnalyzerII
Description
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Publication Title
AlleleSeq: analysis of allele-specific expression and binding in a network framework.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Arabidopsis thaliana
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genome Array (ath1121501)
Description
Most higher organisms, including plants and animals, have developed a time-keeping mechanism that allows them to anticipate daily fluctuations of environmental parameters such as light and temperature. This circadian clock efficiently coordinates plant growth and metabolism with respect to time-of-day by producing self-sustained rhythms of gene expression with an approximately 24-hour period. The importance of these rhythms has in fact been demonstrated in both phytoplankton and higher plants: organisms that have an internal clock period matched to the external environment possess a competitive advantage over those that do not.
Publication Title
The circadian clock regulates auxin signaling and responses in Arabidopsis.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Pseudomonas aeruginosa Array (paeg1a)
Description
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) lung infection is a significant cause of mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Existing experimental data in our lab showed significantly different levels of virulence of "early" and "late" P. aeruginosa infection isolates in a C. elegans slow killing model. We wished to examine the expression profile of these isolates in order to explore genes that may be responsible for the observed differences. The expression profiles of two pairs of isolates (four isolates in total) were compared to each other using the Affymetrix P. aeruginosa PAO1 genome array, to gain insight into properties mediating virulence in these isolates. Data analysis was carried out using BIOCONDUCTOR software.
Publication Title
Modulation of gene expression by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during chronic infection in the adult cystic fibrosis lung.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Arabidopsis thaliana
- 46 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genome Array (ath1121501)
Description
The hypocotyl of Arabidopsis seedlings shows rhythmic periods of elongation. The patterns of elongation are controlled by a combination of internal factors, such as the circadian clock, and external factors such as light. In a previous study we had found that two transcription factors, PIF4 and PIF5 are important integrators of clock and light signals for the control of elongation. Here we use microarrays to find genes that are correlated with elongation and that are controlled by PIF4 and/or PIF5.
Publication Title
Genomic analysis of circadian clock-, light-, and growth-correlated genes reveals PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR5 as a modulator of auxin signaling in Arabidopsis.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 324 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina MiSeq, Illumina HiSeq 2500, Illumina HiSeq 4000
Description
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) show pronounced heterogeneity across and within vascular beds, with direct implications for their function in injury response and atherosclerosis. Here we combine single-cell transcriptomics with lineage tracing to examine VSMC heterogeneity in healthy mouse vessels. The transcriptional profiles of single VSMCs consistently reflect their region-specific developmental history and show heterogeneous expression of vascular disease-associated genes involved in inflammation, adhesion and migration. We detect a rare population of VSMC-lineage cells that express the multipotent progenitor marker Sca1, progressively downregulate contractile VSMC genes and upregulate genes associated with VSMC response to inflammation and growth factors. We find that Sca1 upregulation is a hallmark of VSMCs undergoing phenotypic switching in vitro and in vivo, and reveal an equivalent population of Sca1-positive VSMC-lineage cells in atherosclerotic plaques. Together, our analyses identify disease-relevant transcriptional signatures in VSMC-lineage cells in healthy blood vessels, with implications for disease susceptibility, diagnosis and prevention. Overall design: This entry contains data from the following analyses: (1) Bulk RNA-seq of mouse VSMCs isolated from aortic arch (AA) and descending thoracic aorta (DT) regions in triplicates. (2) Pooled RNA-seq of mouse Sca1- VSMCs and Sca1- or Sca1+ adventitial cells in triplicates. (3) Single-cell RNA-seq of VSMCs from the AA and DT regions (143 cells). (4) VSMC lineage label positive and negative cells isolated from the medial layer of mouse aorta, which expressed or did not express the Sca1 protein (155 cells). (5) 10X single-cell RNA-seq analysis of: lineage positive plaque cells isolated from mice following 14 or 18 weeks of high fat diet feeding, cells isolated from the whole aorta and lineage positive VSMCs from the medial layer.
Publication Title
Disease-relevant transcriptional signatures identified in individual smooth muscle cells from healthy mouse vessels.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- IlluminaHiSeq2500
Description
High uniform fluid shear stress (FSS) is atheroprotective and preserves the endothelial phenotype and function through activation of downstream mediators such as MAPK7 (Erk5). Endothelial cells respond to FSS thanks to mechanotransduction. However, how the resulting signaling is integrated and resolved at the epigenetic level, remains elusive. We hypothesized that Polycomb methyltransferase EZH2 is involved in the effects of FSS in human endothelial cells. We showed that FSS decreases the expression of the Polycomb methyltransferase EZH2. Despite simultaneous activation of MAPK7, MAPK7 pathway does not directly influence the transcription of EZH2. Interestingly though, the knock down of EZH2 activates the protective MAPK7 signaling in endothelial cells, even in the absence of FSS. To understand the influence of the FSS-decreased expression of EZH2 on endothelial transcriptome, we performed RNA-seq and differential gene expression analysis. We identified candidate groups of genes dependent on both EZH2 and FSS. Among those, Gene Ontology overrepresentation analysis revealed highly significant enrichment of the cell cycle-related genes, suggesting changes in proliferation. Indeed, the depletion of EZH2 strongly inhibited endothelial proliferation, indicating cell cycle arrest. The concomitant decrease in CCNA expression suggests the transition of endothelial cells into a quiescent phenotype. Further bioinformatical analysis suggested TXNIP as a possible mediator between EZH2 and cell cycle-related gene network. Our data show that EZH2 is a FSS-responsive gene. Decreased EZH2 levels enhance the activation of the atheroprotective MAPK7 signaling. Decrease in EZH2 under FSS mediates the decrease in the expression of the network of cell cycle-related genes, which allows the cells to enter quiescence. EZH2 is therefore important for the protective effects of FSS in endothelium. Overall design: Puromycin-selected HUVEC (Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, Lonza, Switzerland) cells, expressing either scrambled control (SCR) or anti-EZH2 short-hairpin (shEZH2) constructs (at total 7 days after the first viral transduction), were used in FSS experiments (72h of control static culture or exposure to 20 dynes/cm2 of fluid shear stress, using Ibidi pump system (in µ-Slides I 0.4 Luer, Ibidi, Planegg/Martinsried, Germany)). Each replicate experiment consisted of viral transductions and puromycin selection of a separate HUVEC batch, followed by the FSS experiment. Two FSS experimental sets of the same HUVEC batch were run every time in parallel and lysed at the same end time point, one in RNAse-free conditions with RNA-Easy Mini Plus kit RLT Plus lysis buffer (QIAGEN, Venlo, The Netherlands), and one with RIPA buffer. The RIPA-lysates were analyzed with Western blotting and confirmed the complete (no protein present) knock-down of EZH2. From the RNA-lysates, RNA was isolated using the RNA-Easy Mini Plus kit (QIAGEN, Venlo, The Netherlands). High quality RNA samples (pre-assessed by Nanodrop measurements) were further processed in the Genome Analysis Facility of the University Medical Center Groningen. The RNA quality and integrity were verified using PerkinElmer Labchip GX with a cut-off value of 9 (scale 1 to 10, where 9 is very high quality RNA). RNA library was created in accordance with the TruSeqTM RNA Sample Preparation v2 Guide (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA), using the PerkinElmer Sciclone liquid handler, resulting in 330bp cDNA fragments. The paired-end sequencing (100bp reads) was performed using the Illumina HiSeqTM 2500. (Quoted from the Materials and Methods of the related manuscript, with adjustments).
Publication Title
The decrease in histone methyltransferase EZH2 in response to fluid shear stress alters endothelial gene expression and promotes quiescence.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Type I IFN-signaling suppresses an excessive IFN-{gamma} response and prevents lung damage and chronic inflammation following Pneumocystis (PC)-infection and clearance in CD4 T cell-competent mice.
Publication Title
Type-I IFN signaling suppresses an excessive IFN-gamma response and thus prevents lung damage and chronic inflammation during Pneumocystis (PC) clearance in CD4 T cell-competent mice.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
RNA sequencing of wild-type or Interferon Alpha receptor 1 Knockout MEF cells treated with DMSO or the Caspase Inhibitor Q-VD-OPh. The mechanism by which cells undergo death determines whether dying cells trigger inflammatory responses or remain immunologically silent. Mitochondria play a central role in the induction of cell death, as well as in immune signaling pathways. Here, we identify of a mechanism by which mitochondria and downstream pro-apoptotic caspases regulate the activation of antiviral immunity. In the absence of active caspases, mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization by Bax and Bak results in the expression of type I interferons (IFNs). This induction is mediated by mitochondrial DNA-dependent activation of the cGAS/STING pathway and results in the establishment of a potent state of viral resistance. Our results show that mitochondria have the capacity to simultaneously expose a cell-intrinsic inducer of the IFN response, and to inactivate this response in a caspase-dependent manner. This mechanism provides a dual control, which determines whether mitochondria initiate an immunologically silent or a pro-inflammatory type of cell death. In order to determine whether the pharmacological inhibition of caspases could activate the type I interferon response, we treated WT MEFs with the caspase inhibitor Q-VD-OPH. The inhibitor induced an increased expression of ISGs, which was dependent on type I IFN receptor (IFNAR1) signaling. Overall design: RNA was extracted from duplicate samples and libraries generated for sequencing using the directional RNA-Seq library prep at the Yale Center for Genome Analysis. Libraries were sequenced using a Hiseq2500 sequencer to generate 76bp single-end reads. Duplicate samples were analyzed for each condition.
Publication Title
Apoptotic caspases prevent the induction of type I interferons by mitochondrial DNA.
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No sample metadata fields
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