CAMP and mGluR1/5 dependent expression of mRNA, lncRNA, and miRNA in mouse hippocampal neurons
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ABSTRACT: To identify cAMP-dependent and mGluR1/5-dependent RNAs, we treated DIV16 primary hippocampal neurons with 50uM Forskolin, 30uM DHPG, or equal volume DMSO for 30 minutes prior to RNA isolation using Trizol and Total/small RNA sequencing. We submitted samples to Scripps Florida Genomics Core for library preparation and sequencing.
Project description:To identify cAMP-dependent lncRNAs, we treated DIV16 primary hippocampal neurons with 50uM Forskolin or equal volume DMSO for 30 minutes prior to RNA isolation using Trizol and Total RNA sequencing. We submitted samples to Scripps Florida Genomics Core for library preparation and sequencing.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 8Br-cAMP exposed H295R cells at different time points (10h-24h-48h) and different concentrations (50uM-100uM-300uM) with untreated solvent control cells (blanks) Analysed on a H295R custom microarray, referred to as platform GPL9718
Project description:Long term exposure to incretin hormones is known to have salutory effects on beta cell function and viability. While short-term cAMP induction is known to have a signature CREB-CRTC target gene response, the long-term effects of cAMP on beta cell gene expression are less well understood. We used rat microarray analysis to compare the genome-wide gene expression response to short-term (2 hours) and long-term (16 hours) stimulations of the cAMP agonist forskolin in INS-1 insulinoma cells. INS-1 cells were exposed to forskolin for 2 or 16 hours in RPMI medium containing 10% serum. Control samples wer incubated for the same time without forskolin. Extracted RNA was used for hybridization on Affymetrix rat 1.0 st gene arrays.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 8Br-cAMP exposed H295R cells at different time points (10h-24h-48h) and different concentrations (50uM-100uM-300uM) with untreated solvent control cells (blanks) Analysed on a H295R custom microarray, referred to as platform GPL9718 common reference design (pool of control H295R cells of different experiments as reference RNA sample), 3 biological replicates
Project description:Long term exposure to incretin hormones is known to have salutory effects on beta cell function and viability. While short-term cAMP induction is known to have a signature CREB-CRTC target gene response, the long-term effects of cAMP on beta cell gene expression are less well understood. We used rat microarray analysis to compare the genome-wide gene expression response to short-term (2 hours) and long-term (16 hours) stimulations of the cAMP agonist forskolin in INS-1 insulinoma cells.
Project description:Primary cilia are tiny membrane protrusions emanating from the surface of almost all mammalian cell types. Recently, a picture has emerged of the primary cilium functioning as a cellular antenna that senses extracellular stimuli via receptors, locally processes the signal using cilia-specific signalling pathways, and transduces this information into a cellular response. Components of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) signalling cascade have been proposed to be part of the ciliary signalling pathways. We aimed to shed light on whether ciliary cAMP signaling controls gene expression, and if yes, which gene expression program is particularly targeted by ciliary cAMP signaling. To this end, we targeted an optogenetic tool to increase cAMP levels (bPAC) to the primary cilium in murine, kidney-derived inner medullary collecting duct (mIMCD-3) cells (mIMCD-3 cilia-bPAC cells). As controls, we used cells were bPAC is targeted to the cytosol (mIMCD-3 cyto-bPAC cells) and wild-type cells (mIMCD-3 WT cells). We increased cAMP levels by light stimulation and next analysed gene expression using bulk RNA-sequencing. As an additional control, we also included WT cells treated with the compound Forskolin, which targets endogeneous adenylyl cyclases and thus, in principle, is believed to increase cAMP levels in both compartments, cilium and cell soma.
Project description:Although the generation of ETV2-induced endothelial cells (iECs) from human fibroblasts serves as a novel therapeutic strategy in regenerative medicine, the process is inefficient, resulting in incomplete iEC angiogenesis. Therefore, we employed ChIP-sequencing and identified molecular mechanisms underlying ETV2-mediated endothelial transdifferentiation to efficiently produce iECs retaining appropriate functionality in long-term culture. We revealed that the majority of ETV2 targets in human fibroblasts are related to vasculature development and signaling transduction pathways including Rap1 signaling. From a screening of signaling pathway modulators, we confirmed that forskolin facilitated efficient and rapid iEC reprogramming via activation of cAMP/EPAC/RAP1 axis. The iECs obtained via cAMP signaling activation showed superior angiogenesis in vivo as well as in vitro. Moreover, these cells could form aligned endothelium along the vascular lumen ex vivo when seeded into decellularized liver scaffold. Overall, our study provided evidence that cAMP/EPAC/RAP1 axis is required for the efficient generation of iECs with angiogenesis potential.
Project description:Although the generation of ETV2-induced endothelial cells (iECs) from human fibroblasts serves as a novel therapeutic strategy in regenerative medicine, the process is inefficient, resulting in incomplete iEC angiogenesis. Therefore, we employed ChIP-sequencing and identified molecular mechanisms underlying ETV2-mediated endothelial transdifferentiation to efficiently produce iECs retaining appropriate functionality in long-term culture. We revealed that the majority of ETV2 targets in human fibroblasts are related to vasculature development and signaling transduction pathways including Rap1 signaling. From a screening of signaling pathway modulators, we confirmed that forskolin facilitated efficient and rapid iEC reprogramming via activation of cAMP/EPAC/RAP1 axis. The iECs obtained via cAMP signaling activation showed superior angiogenesis in vivo as well as in vitro. Moreover, these cells could form aligned endothelium along the vascular lumen ex vivo when seeded into decellularized liver scaffold. Overall, our study provided evidence that cAMP/EPAC/RAP1 axis is required for the efficient generation of iECs with angiogenesis potential.
Project description:In this setup we have used RNA-seq to define which cAMP-induced genes are dependent on activity of the JAK kinases or MDM2. Also, we mapped binding of the coactivator CRTC2 to DNA upon forskolin stimulation.