Decoction mediates spinal cord repair in vitro and in vivo through the PI3K-AKT signaling pathway
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ABSTRACT: Purpose: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized systems-based analysis of cellular pathways. The goals of this study are to find the potential molecular mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of spinal cord injury Methods: Total RNA was isolated and purified using TRIzol reagent following the manufacturer's procedure. The RNA amount and purity of each sample was quantified using NanoDrop ND-1000 . The RNA integrity was assessed by Bioanalyzer 2100 with RIN number >7.0, and confirmed by electrophoresis with denaturing agarose gel. Poly (A) RNA is purified from 1μg total RNA using Dynabeads Oligo (dT)25-61005 using two rounds of purification. Then the poly(A) RNA was fragmented into small pieces using Magnesium RNA Fragmentation Module under 94℃ 5-7min. Then the cleaved RNA fragments were reverse-transcribed to create the cDNA by SuperScript™ II Reverse Transcriptase , which were next used to synthesise U-labeled second-stranded DNAs with E. coli DNA polymerase I, RNase H and dUTP Solution . An A-base is then added to the blunt ends of each strand, preparing them for ligation to the indexed adapters. Each adapter contains a T-base overhang for ligating the adapter to the A-tailed fragmented DNA. Single- or dual-index adapters are ligated to the fragments, and size selection was performed with AMPureXP beads. After the heat-labile UDG enzyme (NEB, cat.m0280, USA) treatment of the U-labeled second-stranded DNAs, the ligated products are amplified with PCR by the following conditions: initial denaturation at 95℃ for 3 min; 8 cycles of denaturation at 98℃ for 15 sec, annealing at 60℃ for 15 sec, and extension at 72℃ for 30 sec; and then final extension at 72℃ for 5 min. The average insert size for the final cDNA library was 300±50 bp. At last, we performed the 2×150bp paired-end sequencing (PE150) on an Illumina Novaseq™ 6000 following the vendor's recommended protocol. Results:In this study, we obtained: chromosome: 23, Genes (G): 32623, Transcripts (T): 40808, GO Annoated: 20795, KEGG Annoated: 8299; in further pathway analysis, it was shown that PI3K-AKT signaling pathway may be the underlying molecular mechanism. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of the spinal cord transcriptome generated by RNA-seq technology with biological replicates. Our results suggest that Modified Erxian decoction may mediate spinal cord repair through the PI3K-AKT pathway.
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
PROVIDER: GSE174549 | GEO | 2021/05/17
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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