Project description:Infection by SARS-CoV-2 and subsequent COVID-19 can cause viral sepsis and septic shock. Our past studies demonstrated that dysregulated systemic proteolysis is associated with the pathological mechanism in bacterial septic shock. Thus, here we perform shotgun proteomics and peptidomics analysis by LC-MS/MS to identify and quantify the circulating protein and peptide profile of COVID-19 patient plasma. Plasma samples from four COVID-19 patients were collected at different time points of their ICU stay, including samples from a patient with COVID-19-induced sepsis and bacterial superinfection. By combining mass spectrometry analysis with enzymatic activity assays, our study elucidates the possible pathological involvement of proteolysis in COVID-19-induced sepsis, with particular insight into the dyregulation of protease-mediated systems, such as the coagulation cascade.
Project description:The Thioacetamide-treated rat was first identified as a model of hepatotoxicity by Gupta in 1956 and is now well-established, not least because the histopathogical output closely mimics that seen in humans with chronic liver disease. Acute treatment of rats with Thioacetamide causes pronounced necrosis and inflammation. Animals received intraperitoneal (ip) doses of vehicle-only (0.9% (v/v) saline) (n=3), or 100 mg/kg Thioacetamide (n=3) and were sacrificed after 24 hours. Blood was withdrawn via the descending vena cava and immediately transferred into potassium/EDTA tubes. Following centrifugation (16,100g, 4M-BM-0C, 5 min) the plasma was collected and stored at -80M-BM-0C. miRNA microarray profiling of RNA extracted from the plasma of rats treated with Thioacetamide revealed that a subset of miRNAs were differentially expressed following treatment. These miRNAs appeared to mediate pathways involved in hepatic fibrosis and stellate cell activation, suggesting that they might function as predictive biomarkers following compound-induced hepatotoxicity. The changes correlated well with increases in ALT levels, which are the current gold standard method for determining the extent of liver injury. Furthermore, it is hypothesised that particular aetiologies of liver damage might cause differing expression profiles of miRNAs, thus certain miRNAs could be implemented in a panel-type expression study to distinguish between different types of hepatic injury. Single channel miRNA microarrays were performed on n= 3 samples, 2 treatment groups; control and test. Control animals received vehicle-only (0.9% (v/v) saline) via the ip route. Test animals received 100 mg/kg Thioacetamide dissolved in 0.9% (v/v) saline, via the ip route. 24 h after dosing animals were sacrificed using decapitation under terminal anaesthesia.
Project description:The objective of this work is to identify Ileum gene expression during the infection of pigs by the pathogen Lawsonia intracellularis
Project description:The initial interaction of porcine reproductive and respiratory virus (PRRSV) with the immune system is of critical importance for immunological and clinical outcomes. PRRSV infection is associated with inefficient or aberrant immune responses: weak and delayed neutralizing antibody responses and erratic IFN-γ producing T-cells specific response. The lack of vaccine correlates capable of predicting protection has largely hampered the development of new efficacious PRRS vaccines. The objective of this study was to determine if systems biology (1) could be used to identify molecular pathways associated with “good” and “bad” PRRSV vaccine responders in terms of their intensity of IFN- γ secreting cell responses.
Project description:Epidemiological studies have shown that a full-term pregnancy at early age can decrease the breast cancer risk up to one-half. Pregnancy has been shown to prevent carcinogen-induced mammary tumors in rodents as well. The protective effect of pregnancy can be mimicked by administration of estrogen and progesterone to nulliparous rodents in amounts that are similar to those during pregnancy and alters responsiveness of p53 to DNA damage. Ovariectomized mice were treated with estrogen (E), progesterone (P), both estrogen and progesterone (E + P), or vehicle (V) alone and global expression profiles was analyzed to identify the mechanisms by which estrogen and progesterone combine to sensitize p53 function. Experiment Overall Design: Twenty ovariectomized animals were used for examine transcriptional effects of hormones by microarray. The hormones were administered by daily i.p. injection for 4 days.Treatment groups included: 4 animals receiving 2ug 17-beta-estrogen (E), 4 animals receiving 1mg progesterone (P), 5 animals receiving both estrogen and progesterone (E+P) and 4 animals receiving 100ul sesame oil (V). Epithelial-free fat pads from 3 animals receiving E+P were also analyzed to distinguish responses to E+P in the stroma (E+P CFP). Lymph nodes were removed from mammary glands at the time of collection.
Project description:This array was designed to verify a number of previously identified markers for colo-rectal adenoma. It contains probesets from the Affymetrix Hu133, HuGene and other novel probesets not included on other arrays. 68 samples of colon tissues were analysed, covering the classes normal, adenoma and carcinoma.
Project description:we performed RNA sequencing analysis using 10 tissue samples from human prostate and evaluated efficiency and accuracy of eRNA on mRNA-seq data analysis. We sequenced mRNAs from the 10 human tissue samples. After that, we identified mRNAs in these samples against known human genes.
Project description:Acyl-CoAs are essential for life. These metabolites serve as fundamental cellular building blocks in the biosynthesis of lipids, intermediates in energy production via the TCA cycle, and essential precursors for reversible protein acetylation. Each of these roles are dependent on acyl-CoA/protein interactions, physical contacts that can regulate protein function via a variety of mechanisms. We utilized systems-level analyses to characterize novel protein networks that interact with metabolic acyl-CoAs, and evaluate the potential of these interactions to facilitate enzyme activity or non-enzymatic acylation. Our studies provide a roadmap for integrating chemoproteomic data with systems biology analysis, and establish a novel resource for understanding the diverse signaling roles of acyl-CoAs in biology and disease.
Project description:We performed ChIP-Seq for hallmark TFs (Ets1, Runx1), histone modification marks (H3K4me1, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, H3K27me3, H3K36me3), total RNA Pol II, short RNA-Seq as well as nucleosome mapping mainly in murine Rag2 -/- thymocytes. We also performed ChIP-Seq for E47 as well as nucleosome mapping, gene expression microarray analysis in CD4+ CD8+ WT and Ets1-/- DP thymocytes. Overall, we find a key role for the transcription factor Ets1, contributing towards alpha beta T cell lineage commitment via differential transactivation of stage-specific genes orchestrated by dynamic, co-association -mediated chromatin remodeling, as well as transcription dependent generation of a specialized chromatin structure at the TCR beta locus. Genome-wide analysis via ChIP-Seq for Ets1, Runx1, total RNA Pol II binding, H3K4me1, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, H3K27me3, H3K36me3, short RNA-Seq, Mnase-Seq in murine Rag2 -/- thymocytes, ChIP-Seq for E47, Mnase-Seq and gene expression microarray analysis in DP thymocytes Gene expression analysis of Ets1-/- CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes
Project description:We performed ChIP-Seq for hallmark TFs (Ets1, Runx1), histone modification marks (H3K4me1, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, H3K27me3, H3K36me3), total RNA Pol II, short RNA-Seq as well as nucleosome mapping mainly in murine Rag2 -/- thymocytes. We also performed ChIP-Seq for E47 as well as nucleosome mapping, gene expression microarray analysis in CD4+ CD8+ DP thymocytes. Overall, we find a key role for the transcription factor Ets1, contributing towards alpha beta T cell lineage commitment via differential transactivation of stage-specific genes orchestrated by dynamic, co-association -mediated chromatin remodeling, as well as transcription dependent generation of a specialized chromatin structure at the TCR beta locus. Genome-wide analysis via ChIP-Seq for Ets1, Runx1, total RNA Pol II binding, H3K4me1, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, H3K27me3, H3K36me3, short RNA-Seq, Mnase-Seq in murine Rag2 -/- thymocytes, ChIP-Seq for E47, Mnase-Seq and gene expression microarray analysis in DP thymocytes Genome-wide analysis via ChIP-Seq for Ets1, Runx1, total RNA Pol II binding, H3K4me1, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, H3K27me3, H3K36me3, short RNA-Seq, Mnase-Seq in murine Rag2 -/- thymocytes, ChIP-Seq for E47, Mnase-Seq and gene expression microarray analysis in DP thymocytes This Series represents gene expression microarray data.