Project description:Mouse immortalized LbetaT2 gonadotrope cells treated with 100 nM GnRH for 2 h. GnRH treated LbetaT2 cells vs. untreated to assess whether GnRH regulates miRNA expression acutely. Treated and untreated RNA labeled independently then hybridized together to 2-color array. Duplicate arrays run with RNA from independent experiments.
Project description:Identifying the early gene program induced by GnRH would help understand how GnRH-activated signaling pathways modulate gonadotrope secretory response. We previously analyzed GnRH-induced early genes in LbT2 cells, however these lack GnRH self-potentiation, a physiological attribute of gonadotropes. To minimize cellular heterogeneity, rat primary pituitary cultures were enriched for gonadotropes by 40-60% using a sedimentation gradient. Given the limited number of gonadotropes, RNA was amplified prior to microarray analysis. Thirty-three genes were up-regulated 40 minutes after GnRH stimulation. Real-time PCR confirmed regulation of several transcripts including fosB, c-fos, egr-2 and rap1b, a small GTPase and member of the Ras family. GnRH stimulated rap1b gene expression in gonadotropes, measured by a sensitive single cell assay. Immunocytochemistry revealed increased Rap1 protein in GnRH-stimulated gonadotropes. These data establish rap1b as a novel gene rapidly induced by GnRH and a candidate to modulate gonadotropin secretion in rat gonadotropes. Primary rat gonadotrope cells were exposed to 10 nM GnRH for 40 min, then harvested and processed for RNA extraction using a Qiagen RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA). A total of 12 Affymetrix Rat Expression Array 230 v2.0, namely 6 GnRH-treated and 6 vehicle-treated samples, each containing 31,000 gene clusters, were used. Data analysis was performed by Affymetrix GeneChip Operating System (GCOS). A gene was considered to be up-regulated by GnRH if there is at least 50% concordance across multiple pairwise comparisons of GnRH- vs. vehicle-treated microarrays, and if the fold-change was at least 1.50.
Project description:We utilized translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) coupled with RNA sequencing to examine mRNAs of GnRH neurons in adult intact and gonadectomized (GDX) male and female mice. TRAP produces one RNA fraction enhanced for GnRH neuron transcripts and one RNA fraction depleted. cDNA libraries were created from each fraction and 50-base, paired-end sequencing done and differential expression (enhanced fraction/depleted fraction) determined with a threshold of >1.5 or <0.66 fold (false discovery rate p≤0.05). A core of ~840 genes were differentially expressed in GnRH neurons in all treatments, including enrichment for Gnrh1 (~40 fold), and genes critical for GnRH neuron and/or gonadotrope development. In contrast, non-neuronal transcripts were not enriched or were de-enriched. Several epithelial markers were also enriched, consistent with the olfactory epithelial origins of GnRH neurons. Interestingly, many synaptic transmission pathways were de-enriched, in accordance with relatively low innervation of GnRH neurons. The most striking difference between intact and GDX mice of both sexes was a marked down regulation of genes associated with oxidative phosphorylation and upregulation of glucose transporters in GnRH neurons from GDX mice.
Project description:Affymetrix gene expression profiling in cumulus cells (CC) retrieved from patients undergoing GnRH agonists and GnRH antagonists IVF treatment. Oocytes from three different maturity stages were considered: metaphase I oocytes (MI), nonfertilized metaphase II (MII) oocytes (MII-NF) and MII oocytes developed to blactocyst stage embryo (MII-BL). From 4 GnRH agonist treated patients, CC MI, CC MII-NF and CC MII-BL samples were collected; from 5 GnRH agonist and 6 GnRH antagonist treated patients, CC MII-NF and CC MII-BL samples were collected; and from 2 GnRH agonist and 4 GnRH antagonist treated patients, CC MI and CC MII-BL were collected. Altogether, 10 CC MI, 15 CC MII-NF and 21 CC MII-BL were collected and considered for transcriptome analysis.
Project description:Identifying the early gene program induced by GnRH would help understand how GnRH-activated signaling pathways modulate gonadotrope secretory response. We previously analyzed GnRH-induced early genes in LbT2 cells, however these lack GnRH self-potentiation, a physiological attribute of gonadotropes. To minimize cellular heterogeneity, rat primary pituitary cultures were enriched for gonadotropes by 40-60% using a sedimentation gradient. Given the limited number of gonadotropes, RNA was amplified prior to microarray analysis. Thirty-three genes were up-regulated 40 minutes after GnRH stimulation. Real-time PCR confirmed regulation of several transcripts including fosB, c-fos, egr-2 and rap1b, a small GTPase and member of the Ras family. GnRH stimulated rap1b gene expression in gonadotropes, measured by a sensitive single cell assay. Immunocytochemistry revealed increased Rap1 protein in GnRH-stimulated gonadotropes. These data establish rap1b as a novel gene rapidly induced by GnRH and a candidate to modulate gonadotropin secretion in rat gonadotropes.
Project description:During development, gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons are born in the nasal placode and migrate to the hypothalamus, where they position to regulate sexual reproduction. Defective GnRH neuron development may lead to GnRH deficiency (GD) which is characterized by absent or delayed puberty. Several GD causative genes have been identified so far, but half of the cases are still idiopathic. The identification of candidate genes is also hampered by the difficulty in isolating and studying GnRH neurons, which are small in number, develop in a short developmental window and lack specific markers. Immortalized murine cell lines have been developed in past years. Of interest, GT1-7 represent hypothalamic post-migratory neurons, whereas GN11 cells represent GnRH neurons blocked at an early stage of their migration. Here, we obtained the transcriptomic profile of Gn11 abnd GT1-7 cells, representing GnRH neurons at an immature and mature developmental stage, respectively.
Project description:Analysis of GT1-7 cells treated with GnRH. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from GT1-7 cells after treatment with GnRH. We confirmed that GT1-7 cells expressed DUSP5 and DUSP6 after GnRH treatment. Results provide insight into the effect of GnRH on MAP kinase pathway.
Project description:Rat pituitary organ cultures were treated with either GnRH at 10nM for 6 hours, or treated with control for 6 h, both groups in triplicate; samples were processed to generate total RNA, which were subsequently analyzed for gene expression using Affymetrix rat 230 2.0 arrays Experiment Overall Design: Comparison of gene expression profiles between GnRH-treated and control rat pituitary organ cultures
Project description:We report the analysis of the differential genes in mouse macrophages treated with the 100 nM of the Rocaglate vs untreated macrophages.
Project description:The regulation of gonadotropin synthesis by GnRH (Gonadotropin-releasing hormone) plays an essential role in the neuroendocrine control of reproduction. The known signaling mechanisms involved in gonadotropin synthesis have been expanding. For example, involvement of β-catenin in LHβ induction by GnRH has been discovered. We examined the role of β-catenin in FSHβ gene expression in LβT2 gonadotrope cells. GnRH caused a sustained increase in nuclear β-catenin levels, which was significantly reduced by JNK inhibition. siRNA-mediated knockdown of β-catenin mRNA demonstrated that induction of FSHβ mRNA by GnRH depended on β-catenin and that regulation of FSHβ by β-catenin occurred independently of the JNK-c-jun pathway. β-catenin depletion had no impact on FSHβ mRNA stability. In LβT2 cells transfected with FSHβ promoter luciferase fusion constructs, GnRH responsiveness was conferred by the proximal promoter (-944/-1), and was markedly decreased by β-catenin knockdown. However, none of the TCF/LEF binding sites in that region were required for promoter activation by GnRH. Chromatin immunoprecipitation further corroborated the absence of direct interaction between β-catenin and the 1.8 kb FSHβ promoter. To elucidate the mechanism for the β-catenin effect, we analyzed ~1 billion reads of next generation RNA sequencing β-catenin knockdown assays and selected the nuclear cofactor Brms1L as one candidate for further study. Subsequent experiments confirmed that Brms1L mRNA expression was decreased by β-catenin knockdown as well as by JNK inhibition. Furthermore, knockdown of Brms1L significantly attenuated GnRH-induced FSHβ expression. Thus, our findings indicate that the expression of Brms1L depends on β-catenin activity and contributes to FSHβ induction by GnRH.