Integrated in vivo multiomics analysis identifies p21-activated kinase signaling as a driver of colitis
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ABSTRACT: Background and aims: To gain insight into the pathogenesis of chronic colonic inflammation (colitis), we performed a multi-omic analysis that integrates RNA microarray, total protein mass spectrometry, and phospho-protein measurements from a mouse model. We used this multi-dimensional dataset to track information flow from RNA to protein to phospho-protein and to ascertain which facets of inflammation are described by each data stream. Using trans-omic co-expression network analysis, we find that there are distinct modes of regulation present in the conserved and divergent correlation structures of the three data streams. As a result, each data stream provides a unique viewpoint on the molecular pathogenesis of colitis. Nevertheless, multiple independent computational analyses identified increased signaling through p21-activated kinase (Pak) during colitis, and chemical inhibition of Pak1/2 suppressed inflammation in mice. These studies provide a comprehensive view of the state of signaling in the context of colitis and identify Pak as a therapeutic target. We used microarrays to examine changes in global gene expression patterns associated with chronic inflammation induced by the T cell transfer model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE95705 | GEO | 2017/06/16
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA378174
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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