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Expression profile of peripheral blood of healthy individuals phenotyped based on “Prakriti” concept of Ayurveda

ABSTRACT: Immense phenotypic variability exists among healthy individuals which is a consequence of both genetic and environmental effects. Genome wide expression variability is a powerful tool for capturing these expression variations and hence can give insights into genotype phenotype correlations. In the ancient Indian system of medicine, of Ayurveda, the basic tenet for treatment relies on phenotypic assessment In this system, assessment of predisposition, susceptibility or prognosis for disease is based on the phenotypic assessment of the individual. Each individuals has a basic constitution which is termed as Prakriti, majorly decided by the relative concentration of three constituents called doshas - Vata (kinetic) Pitta (metabolic) and Kapha (structural) at the time of fertilization. Phenotypically, depending on the concentration the normal individuals can be classified onto 7 basic types of which 3 are more distinct and are called as Pure Prakriti and the rest of the 4 groups are of mixed types. Pure Prakriti individuals have one of the doshas in more prominence than the other. In this study individuals of Pure Prakrities have been selected for elucidation of the transcriptomic variation in peripheral whole blood cells. Keywords: Gene expression variability within healthy individuals, subgrouped on the basis of Prakriti (basic constitution of an individual based on Ayurveda)

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE7883 | GEO | 2008/01/16

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA99917

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Immense phenotypic variability exists among healthy individuals which is a consequence of both genetic and environmental effects. Genome wide expression variability is a powerful tool for capturing these expression variations and hence can give insights into genotype phenotype correlations. In the ancient Indian system of medicine, of Ayurveda, the basic tenet for treatment relies on phenotypic assessment In this system, assessment of predisposition, susceptibility or prognosis for disease is based on the phenotypic assessment of the individual. Each individuals has a basic constitution which is termed as Prakriti, majorly decided by the relative concentration of three constituents called doshas - Vata (kinetic) Pitta (metabolic) and Kapha (structural) at the time of fertilization. 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The individuals have been primarily assessed for phenotypic difference based on morphological characteristics / physiology along with some subjective assessment of physical capabilities and aptitudes. The individuals have been classified as â??Vataâ?? (V), â??Pittaâ?? (P) and â??Kaphaâ??(K) prakriti. The individuals were provided a similar diet 3 hours prior to sample collection with no interim intake of food or smoking in between. In order to find gene expression differences between V, P and K cDNA microarray experiment was performed in pooled samples wherein males and females experiments were carried out separately. We performed loop design experiments , where each prakriti was compared with the other two. Technical replicates involving dye swap for each prakriti was used in the same experiment. We present results of 4 biological replicates and 4 technical replicates of each prakriti in females, and 3 biological and 3 technical replicates of each prakriti in males. Total RNA was isolated from whole blood cells of volunteers using EZ-RNA isolation kit (Biological Industries) as per manufacturers protocol. Double stranded cDNA was synthesized from 15 Âµg (5 Âµg each sample) of total RNA using Microarray cDNA Synthesis Kit (Roche). The cDNA was purified using Micorarray Target Purification Kit (Roche), according to the manufacturerâ??s protocol. Each pool of Vata, Pitta and Kapha purified cDNA was divided into two halves, one half labeled with Cy5 and other with Cy3 (Amersham Biosciences) using Microarray RNA Target Synthesis Kit T7 (Roche) and labeled products were purified by Microarray Target Purification Kit (Roche). The two cRNA samples of each biological replicate, one labeled with Cy3 and another with Cy5, were pooled together, precipitated, washed and air-dried. The dried pellet was dissolved in RNAase free water (Sigma). 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