Global gene expression patterns were determined from microarray results on day 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 during plantaris muscle hypertrophy induced by synergist ablation in young adult mice (5 months).
Time course of gene expression during mouse skeletal muscle hypertrophy.
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View SamplesGlobal gene expression patterns were determined from microarray results on day 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 during plantaris muscle regrowth following two weeks of hind limb suspension in young adult mice (5 months).
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View SamplesBilirubin is a potent antioxidant that reduces inflammation and the accumulation of fat. There have been reports of gene responses to bilirubin, which was mostly attributed to its antioxidant function. These RNA-sequencing studies investigated the impact biliverdin, which is rapidly reduced to bilirubin, has on transcriptome responses in human HepG2 hepatocytes in a PPARa-dependent fashion. This investigation reveals that transcriptome responses from the generation of bilirubin are mostly PPARa-dependent, and its antioxidant function regulates a smaller set of genes.
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View SamplesAnalysis of the gene signature of steatosis associated to obesity in hepatocytes of Zucker fa/fa obese rats and their controls; identifying target genes linked to steatosis progression. or Obesity and insulin resistance-associated steatosis can be a non-inflammatory condition affecting hepatocytes or progress to steatohepatitis: a condition that can result in end-stage liver disease. Although molecular events leading to accumulation of lipid droplets in the liver have been identified individually, the complexity of the condition suggested that emergent target would be uncovered by a more comprehensive examination. Then, this study was aimed at establishing a gene signature of steatosis in hepatocytes and at identifying target genes linked to steatosis progression. Using Affymetrix oligonucleotide arrays, we compared transcriptomes of hepatocytes isolated from Zucker "fa/fa" obese rats with three different age-related grades of steatosis with those of their counterpart non-steatotic cells.
A subset of dysregulated metabolic and survival genes is associated with severity of hepatic steatosis in obese Zucker rats.
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View SamplesTwo of the most prevalent ovarian diseases affecting women's fertility and health are Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Previous studies have shown that exposure to a number of environmental toxicants can promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian disease, including decreases in the primordial follicle pool of oocytes that are similar to what is seen in POI, and increases in ovarian cysts that are similar to what is seen in PCOS. In the current study, transgenerational changes to the transcriptome and epigenome of ovarian granulosa cells are characterized in F3 generation rats after ancestral vinclozolin or DDT exposures compared to controls. There was an increase in ovarian disease in transgenerational F3 generation vinclozolin and DDT lineage rats at one year of age compared to F3 generation controls. In purified granulosa cells from 20 day old F3 generation females 164 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) (p<1e-06) were found in the F3 generation vinclozolin lineage, and 293 DMRs (p<1e-06) in the DDT lineage, compared to controls. The long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) were found to be differentially expressed in both the vinclozolin and DDT lineages with the sncRNAs having 492 sncRNAs (p<1 x 10-4) in the vinclozolin lineage and 1,085 sncRNAs (p<1 x 10-4) in the DDT lineage. The lncRNAs were differentially expressed with 123 and 51 in the vinclozolin and DDT lineages, respectively (p<1 x 10-4). Differentially expressed mRNAs were found in the vinclozolin lineage at 174 mRNAs (p<1 x 10-4) and the DDT lineage at 212 mRNAs (p<1 x 10-4). These transgenerational epigenetic changes contribute to the dysregulation of the ovary and disease susceptibility that can occur in later life. This suggests that ancestral exposure to toxicants is potentially a major risk factor that must be considered in the molecular etiology of ovarian disease.
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View SamplesSympathetic hyperactivity can result from cell-autonomous changes in neurons that innervate cardiovascular target tissues. Stellate ganglia are of particular interest because the majority of sympathetic neurons innervating the heart reside there. The cardiovascular risk profiles in men and women are different. Transcriptomics provides a powerful tool for identifying genomic changes that contribute to sympathetic dysfunction in disease. Here we compared the transcriptomes of healthy stellate ganglia from adult male and female WKY rats.
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View SamplesCircadian clock oscillation emerges in mouse embryo in the later developmental stages. Although circadian clock development is closely correlated with cellular differentiation, the mechanisms of its emergence during mammalian development are not well understood. Here, we demonstrate an essential role of the post-transcriptional regulation of Clock subsequent to the cellular differentiation for the emergence of robust circadian clock oscillation in mouse fetal hearts and mESCs (mouse embryonic stem cells). In mouse fetal hearts, no apparent oscillation of cell-autonomous molecular clock was detectable in around embryonic day (E) 10 whereas robust oscillation was clearly visible in E18 heart. Temporal RNA-seq analysis using mouse fetal hearts reveals much fewer rhythmic genes in E10-12 hearts (63, no clock genes) than E17-19 (483 genes), indicating the lack of functional circadian clocks in E10 mouse fetal hearts. In both mESCs and E10 embryos, CLOCK protein was absent despite the expression of Clock mRNA, which we showed was at least partially due to miRNA-mediated translational suppression of CLOCK. The CLOCK protein is required for the robust molecular oscillation in differentiated cells, and the post-transcriptional regulation of Clock plays a key role in setting the timing for the emergence of the circadian clock oscillation during mammalian development.
Involvement of posttranscriptional regulation of <i>Clock</i> in the emergence of circadian clock oscillation during mouse development.
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View SamplesAlterations in the tissue microenvironment collaborate with cell autonomous genetic changes to contribute to neoplastic progression. The importance of the microenvironment in neoplastic progression is underscored by studies demonstrating that fibroblasts isolated from a tumor stimulate the growth of preneoplastic and neoplastic cells in xenograft models. Similarly, senescent fibroblasts promote preneoplastic cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Because senescent cells accumulate with age, their presence is hypothesized to facilitate preneoplastic cell growth and tumor formation in older individuals. To identify senescent stromal factors directly responsible for stimulating preneoplastic cell growth, we carried out whole genome transcriptional profiling and compared senescent fibroblasts to their younger counterparts. We identified osteopontin (OPN) as one of the most highly elevated transcripts in senescent fibroblasts. Importantly, reduction of OPN protein levels by RNAi did not impact senescence induction in fibroblasts; however, it dramatically reduced the growth-promoting activities of senescent fibroblasts in vitro and in vivo, demonstrating that OPN is necessary for paracrine stimulation of preneoplastic cell growth. In addition, we found that recombinant OPN was sufficient to stimulate preneoplastic cell growth. Finally, we demonstrate that OPN is expressed in senescent stroma within preneoplastic lesions that arise following DMBA/TPA treatment of mice, suggesting that stromal-derived OPN-mediated signaling events impact neoplastic progression.
Senescent stromal-derived osteopontin promotes preneoplastic cell growth.
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View SamplesThe research of maize freezing tolerance.
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View SamplesComparison of expression of Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 and T-DNA insertion line of RAP2.4a under time dependent light stress by transfer to high light
Meta-analysis of retrograde signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a core module of genes embedded in complex cellular signaling networks.
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