Effect of Ovarian Hormone on Gene Expression in Rhesus Dorsal Raphe Nucleus with Rhesus Affymetrix Chip
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ABSTRACT: A small block of the midbrain containing the dorsal raphe nucleus was obtained from ovariectomized monkeys treated with placebo, estrogen, progesterone or estrogen plus progesterone for one month. The RNA was extracted and hybridized to the Rhesus Affymetrix chip. The results were analyzed with GCOS 1.0
Project description:A small block of the midbrain containing the dorsal raphe nucleus was obtained from ovariectomized monkeys treated with placebo, estrogen, progesterone or estrogen plus progesterone for one month. The RNA was extracted and hybridized to the Rhesus Affymetrix chip. The results were analyzed with GCOS 1.0 Each chip represents one monkey. N=3 monkeys per treatment.
Project description:Small blocks of the midbrain containing the dorsal raphe nucleus was obtained from ovariectomized monkeys treated with placebo, estrogen, progesterone or estrogen plus progesterone for one month. The RNA was extracted and hybridized to the human U95A Affymetrix chip. Each chip represents one monkey. N=3 monkeys per treatment.
Project description:Small blocks of the midbrain containing the dorsal raphe nucleus was obtained from ovariectomized monkeys treated with placebo, estrogen, progesterone or estrogen plus progesterone for one month. The RNA was extracted and hybridized to the human U95A Affymetrix chip.
Project description:Ovariectomized monkeys were treated with placebo, estrogen or estrogen plus progesterone for one month. The brain was perfused with RNA Later plus 20% sucrose. Sections through the dorsal raphe nucleus were immunostained for TPH and then TPH positive neurons were laser captured. The RNA was extracted and hybridized to the Rhesus Affymetrix chip. Each chip represents one monkey. N=2 monkeys per treatment.
Project description:Ovariectomized monkeys were treated with placebo, estrogen or estrogen plus progesterone for one month. The brain was perfused with RNA Later plus 20% sucrose. Sections through the dorsal raphe nucleus were immunostained for TPH and then TPH positive neurons were laser captured. The RNA was extracted and hybridized to the Rhesus Affymetrix chip.
Project description:We identified 271 transcripts as differentially regulated in the dorsal raphe and/or the amygdala of high-responder and low-responder rats
Project description:We report 33 microRNAs are differentially expressed in the dorsal raphe and/or amygdala of rats selectively bred for high and low locomotor response to novelty (high responder and low responder rats)
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:The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) is an important source of neuromodulators and has been implicated in a wide variety of behavioral and neurological disorders. The DRN is subdivided into distinct anatomical subregions comprised of multiple cell types, and its complex cellular organization has impeded efforts to investigate the distinct circuit and behavioral functions of its subdomains. Here we used single-cell RNA sequencing, in situ hybridization, anatomical tracing, and spatial correlation analysis to map the transcriptional and spatial profiles of cells from the mouse DRN. Our analysis of 39,411 single-cell transcriptomes revealed at least 18 distinct neuron subtypes and 5 serotonergic neuron subtypes with distinct molecular and anatomical properties, including a serotonergic neuron subtype that preferentially innervates the basal ganglia. Our study lays out the molecular organization of distinct serotonergic and non-serotonergic subsystems, and will facilitate the design of strategies for further dissection the DRN and its diverse functions.