Project description:Purpose: Aim of the study is to identify changes in hepatic gene expression induced by either a 40kcal% coconut oil rich high fat diet (HFD), a 40kcal% soybean oil plus coconut oil high fat diet (SO-HFD) or a low fat vivarium chow diet (Viv). Methods: Livers from mice that had been fed one of the above mentioned diets for 35 weeks, were used to make cDNA libraries that were then sent for deep sequencing, using the Illumina TruSeq RNA. Result: Many genes involved in metabolism, lipid binding, transport and storage and many Cyp genes are dysregulated in the two high fat diets as compared to Viv HFDs in SO-HFD mice. Comparing the two HFDs shows more metabolism and disease related genes dysregulated in SO-HFD vs HFD. Conclusion: A diet high in soybean oil may be more detrimental to metabolic health than a diet high in saturated fats. cDNA isolated from livers from mice fed HFD, SO-HFD or Viv for 35 weeks, were 50bp pair-ended sequenced in triplicate using Illumina TruSeq RNA Sample Prep v2 Kit.
Project description:Gene expression in livers of male wild-type (WT) and OGG1-deficient (Ogg1-/-) mice fed either a chow diet or a high-fat diet (HFD) were examined. Mice were fed the diet for 10 weeks prior to tissue collection and were 22 weeks of age at the time of tissue collection. 24 Total samples were analyzed. We generated the following pairwise comparisons using GeneSifter: WT Chow vs Ogg1-/- Chow; WT HFD vs. Ogg1-/- HFD using t-test followed by Benjamini and Hochberg correction. An adjusted p-value less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
Project description:We studied how loss of the desmosome associated protein, desmoglein-2 (Dsg2), in the heart leads to Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy with particular interest in the early stages of disease progression. Mice expressing the cardiac αMHC-Cre promoter were crossed with Dsg2 floxed mice in which exon 4-5 of the Dsg2 gene was flanked by loxP sites, resulting in Cre-mediated excision of Dsg2 in cardiac myocytes. Wild type Dsg2+/+ (Cre-, Dsg2flx/flx) and knockout Dsg2-/- (Cre+, Dsg2flx/flx) mice were generated. RNA-seq was performed on heart tissue obtained from wild-type and Dsg2-/- mice at 2-weeks and 10-weeks of age.
Project description:Gene expression in livers of male wild-type (WT) and OGG1-deficient (Ogg1-/-) mice fed either a chow diet or a high-fat diet (HFD) were examined. Mice were fed the diet for 10 weeks prior to tissue collection and were 22 weeks of age at the time of tissue collection.
Project description:To investigate the potential mechanism by which RECS1 regulate metabolic disorder, we treated control mice and RECS1 HKO mice with HFD for 8 weeks, and performed microarray to identify the expression pattern and the potential important molecules regulated by RECS1. We used microarrays to detect the global gene expression in the livers of control mice and RECS1 HKO mice after treatment with HFD for 8 weeks and identified distinct classes of altered genes in the livers of mice upon HFD compared .
Project description:In order to establish an obese mouse model, female mice were continuously fed with a high-fat diet (HFD) or a normal diet (control) for 16 weeks beginning at three weeks of age. In this paper, these mice are termed ‘HFD mice’ and ‘control mice’, respectively. Accordingly, we call their oocytes ‘HFD oocytes’ and ‘control oocytes’. Substantial evidence indicates that the effects of maternal obesity on embryo/offspring development can be attributed to factors within the oocyte (9). To identify such potential effectors, we performed a comparative proteomic analysis of ovulated MII oocytes from control and HFD mice.