R-spondin (Rspo) signaling is crucial for stem cell renewal and tissue homeostasis in the gastrointestinal tract. In the stomach, Rspo is secreted from myofibroblasts and controls epithelial gland regeneration by inducing proliferation of Wnt-responsive Axin2+ cells in the isthmus of the gland. Infection with H. pylori results in increased expression of stromal Rspo, leading to an expansion of Axin2+ isthmus stem cells and gland hyperplasia. Lgr5+ cells in the gland base are exposed to Rspo3 but the effects of this are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that apart from its activity as a mitogen, endogenous Rspo3 regulates gene expression of Lgr5+ cells in the gastric gland base. Surprisingly, Rspo3 induces differentiation within the Lgr5+ compartment towards secretory deep mucous cells. Moreover, the Rspo3-Lgr5 axis turns out to be a stimulus of epithelial antimicrobial defense. Infection with H. pylori induces a strong antimicrobial response, with Lgr5+ cells expressing antimicrobial compounds that are secreted into the lumen in an Rspo3-dependent manner. Depletion of Lgr5+ cells or knockout of Rspo3 in myofibroblasts leads to hyper-colonization of gastric glands, including the stem cell compartment, whereas systemic application of recombinant Rspo clears H. pylori from the glands. We provide an intriguing, unexpected feature of the Rspo3-Lgr5 axis in the stomach, exhibiting antimicrobial self-protection of the gland to protect the stem cell compartment from invading pathogens. Overall design: Lgr5eGFP reporter mice were infected with H. pylori for 2 months, uninfected mice served as controls. Mice were sacrificed and isolated, sorted Lgr5eGFP+ cells from the stomach antrum were used for single cell RNAseq using the 10x genome platform.
R-spondin-3 induces secretory, antimicrobial Lgr5<sup>+</sup> cells in the stomach.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesWe assessed the apoptotic and antiproliferative effects of resveratrol, pycnogenol and its metabolites on HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cells in vitro. Viability, apoptosis and necrosis were quantified by FACS analysis (Propidiumiodide/AnnexinV staining). Gene expression was analysed by RNA-Microarray. Cell proliferation was analysed by BrdU ELISA assay.
Resveratrol induces apoptosis and alters gene expression in human fibrosarcoma cells.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesThe quintuple jaz mutant jazQ and the triple myc mutant mycT affect plant defense and growth. We used RNA-sequencing to query the transcriptomes of jazQ and mycT, as well as the combined jazQ mycT octuple mutatant, and examined how these mutations alter the expression of genes mis-regulated in jazQ. The data highlight how jasmonate signaling pathways are largely governed by MYC transcription factors, but also highlight some MYC-independent expression patterns. Overall design: Analysis of Col-0 (wildtype), jazQ, mycT, and jazQ mycT (four genotypes), with three biological replicates per genotype - 12 total samples. This series contains the re-use of 6 samples from GSE79012 (Col-0 and jazQ).
Regulation of growth-defense balance by the JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN (JAZ)-MYC transcriptional module.
Age, Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesDietary restriction (DR) and loss of the genes rsks-1 and daf-2 increase longevity in C. elegans. Polysome profiling allows actively translated mRNA bound by multiple ribosomes to be isolated and compared to the total mRNA present. In this project, we differentiate transcriptional and translational changes in gene expression in C. elegans by combining polysome profiling and mRNA-sequencing. By comparing gene abundance between the two RNA pools, genes with altered translational regulation under DR and in the mutant can be identified. Overall design: Total and polysome bound RNA was isolated from well-fed daf-2;rsks-1 double mutants, well-fed N2, and dietary restricted N2 C. elegans in biological quadruplicate. Age syncronized worms were maintained at 20°C and subject to DR starting at day one of adulthood in the presence of FuDR to prevent contamination of progeny. Whole worms were lysed at day four of adulhood and the lysate was subject to polysome profiling to isolate RNA bound to 2 or more ribosomes. A aliquot of unprocessed lysate was used for RNA extraction of total RNA. RNA was enriched for polyadenylated transcripts and used for unstranded paired-end library synthesis with a Tru-seq RNA kit. Read length of 100 bp were generated using Illumina HiSeq 2000. Reads were aligned to the C.elegans genome as guided by gene annotations from ensemble version 66. Processed data contains the unfiltered counts per million (CPM) of normalized reads aligning to each gene for each of the samples submitted.
Translational Regulation of Non-autonomous Mitochondrial Stress Response Promotes Longevity.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesRheumatoid arthritis (RA) leads to progressive destruction of articular structures. Despite recent progress in controlling inflammation and pain, little cartilage repair has yet been observed. This in vitro study aims to determine the role of chondrocytes in RA-related cartilage destruction and antirheumatic drug-related regenerative processes. Human chondrocytes were three-dimensionally cultured in alginate beads. To determine the RA-induced gene expression pattern, human chondrocytes were stimulated with supernatant of RA synovial fibroblasts (RASF) and normal donor synovial fibroblasts (NDSF), respectively. To examine antirheumatic drug response signatures, human chondrocytes were stimulated with supernatant of RASF that have been treated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD; azathioprine, sodium aurothiomalate, chloroquine phosphate, methotrexate), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID; piroxicam, diclofenac) or steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (SAID; methylprednisolone, prednisolone). Genome-wide expression profiling with oligonucleotide microarrays was used to determine differentially expressed genes. Real-time RT-PCR and ELISA were performed for validation of microarray data. Following antirheumatic treatment, microarray analysis disclosed a reverted expression of 94 RA-induced chondrocyte genes involved in inflammation/NF-B signalling, cytokine/chemokine activity, immune response, proliferation/differentiation and matrix remodelling. Hierarchical clustering analysis showed that treatment of RASF with the DMARD azathioprine, gold sodium thiomalate and methotrexate resulted in chondrocyte gene expression signatures that were closely related to the healthy pattern. Treatment with the SAID methylprednisolone and prednisolone strongly reverted the RA-related chondrocyte gene expression, in particular the expression of genes involved in inflammation/NF-B and cytokine/chemokine activity. The NSAID piroxicam and diclofenac and the DMARD chloroquine phosphate had only moderate to marginal effects. Pathway analysis determined major mechanisms of drug action, for example pathways of cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, TGF-/TLR/Jak-STAT signalling and ECM-receptor interaction were targeted. This in vitro study provides a comprehensive molecular insight into the antirheumatic drug response signatures in human chondrocytes, thereby revealing potential molecular targets, pathways and mechanisms of drug action involved in chondrocyte regeneration. Thus, the present study may contribute to the development of novel therapeutic chondro-protective compounds and strategies.
Antirheumatic drug response signatures in human chondrocytes: potential molecular targets to stimulate cartilage regeneration.
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View SamplesTo study the gene expression profile of salivary glands with varying degrees of inflammation in Sjogren's and non Sjogren's patients
Chitinases in the salivary glands and circulation of patients with Sjögren's syndrome: macrophage harbingers of disease severity.
Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesWe have studied the expression profile of 3D cultured human chondrocytes that were stimulated with supernatant of synovial fibroblasts derived from a RA patient (RASF=HSE cell line) and from a normal donor (NDSF=K4IM cell line), respectively. For this purpose, passage 2 human chondrocytes were cultured for 14 days in alginate beads and subsequently stimulated for 48 hours with supernatant of RASF and NDSF. Baseline expression was determined of unstimulated chondrocytes. Differential genome-wide microarray analysis of RASF and NDSF stimulated chondrocytes disclosed a distinct expression profile related to cartilage destruction involving marker genes of inflammation (COX-2), NF-kappa B signaling pathway (TLR2), cytokines/chemokines and receptors (CXCL1-3, CCL20, CXCL8, CXCR4, IL-6, IL-1beta), matrix degradation (MMP-10, MMP-12) and suppressed matrix synthesis (COMP). Thus, transcriptome profiling of RASF and NDSF stimulated chondrocytes revealed a disturbed catabolic-anabolic homeostasis of chondrocyte function. This study provides a comprehensive insight into the molecular regulatory processes induced in human chondrocytes during RA-related cartilage destruction.
Key regulatory molecules of cartilage destruction in rheumatoid arthritis: an in vitro study.
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View SamplesThe aim of the study was to identify markers for the early diagnosis of endoprosthesis loosening, for the differentiation between wear-particle induced and septic loosening, as well as to gather new insights into the pathogenesis.
Gene expression in endoprosthesis loosening: chitinase activity for early diagnosis?
Sex, Age
View SamplesWe report the mRNA profile of aged mice (24 months old) fed either a control diet or a diet containing Rapamycin (14 ppm) for 3 months. After drug treatement, the hearts of the mice were removed and total mRNA was removed from the tissue. Analysis revealed that there were 700 significantly differentially expressed genes between the control fed group and the Rapamycin diet group by our analysis. Overall design: Heart tissue samples from age-matched control mice (n=10) and rapamycin fed mice (n=10) were extracted for total RNA. The samples were sequenced using Illumina HiSeq 2000 (50 basepair paired-end sequencing). The sequencing yielded quality scores greater than 30 with an average of 10 million reads per sample. 34,293 genes were mapped back to the MGSCv37 C57BL/6J mouse genome (maximum paired distance=300 and minimum=130, minimum number of reads per mapping = 5, maximum number of mismatches= 2, with the reads being mapped to unique sites in the genome).
Late-life rapamycin treatment reverses age-related heart dysfunction.
Age, Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesThis study set out to examine CD4 T cell differentiation in a mouse model of diabetes based on transgenic expression of ovalbumin under the control of the rat insulin promoter and co-expression of the DO11.10 transgene (DO11 x rip-mOVA mice). The transcriptome of T cells isolated from the pancreatic lymph nodes (lymph nodes draining the site of self antigen expression) was compared with that of T cells isolated from inguinal lymph nodes (non-draining lymph nodes). T cells were sorted based on expression of CD4, DO11.10 TCR (KJ-126), CD25 and CD69.
Follicular helper T cell signature in type 1 diabetes.
Specimen part
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