Project description:Arrays comparing Pseudomonas aeruginosa growth in a defined synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium with and without aromatic amino acids. Additional arrays comparing wild-type Pseudomonas aeruginosa and phhR mutant P. aeruginosa in defined synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium.
Project description:These are sputum samples collected from 8 individuals with cystic fibrosis during the course of routine clinical care. They were initially stored at 4C for up to 24 hours then stored at -80C. No processing has been done to the sputum prior to freezing. For each individual there are sputum samples collected both before and after the individual had his or her first positive sputum culture for nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). The individuals experienced different clinical courses after their infection.
Project description:The study aimed to compare the gene expression profiles at a single cell level in Sputum cells between patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and disease controls (CTRL).
Project description:Effect of anaerobic growth condition on gene expression profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 grown in cystic fibrosis sputum with 100 mM nitrate added
Project description:Lung disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF), and involves chronic infection by a destructive microbiota and perturbed innate and adaptive immune responses. Tissue damage is considered to be mediated mostly by proteases, but other bacterial and host factors may also play a role. To determine the presence of potentially injurious proteins we employed semi-quantitative Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology to identify sputum cellular proteins with consistently altered expression in CF compared to healthy controls. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis, Gene Ontology functions, protein abundance and correlation with lung function were used to infer their clinical significance. The CF proteome exhibited differential expression of proteins relating to Rho family small GTPase activity, immune cell movement and activation, generation of reactive oxygen species and dysregulation of cell death and proliferation. Compositional breakdown established neutrophil extracellular trap proteins as the consistently most abundant cellular proteins detected, while a further 13 biologically relevant proteins were found to correlate negatively with lung function. These findings expand the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying CF lung disease and identify sputum cell proteins which might be useful as markers of disease status, prognostic indicators, stratification determinants for treatment prescription or as therapeutic targets.
Project description:A collection of sputum samples collected from cystic fibrosis patients. These samples were collected daily from 6 patients for over 1 year.
Project description:The PANarray design (GPL13324) contains the genes of eight P. aeruginosa genomes in non-redundant format, thus allowing identification of expression of non-PAO1 and other P. aeruginosa genes. For the series GSE28152, isogenic isolates were sequentially collected from two cystic fibrosis (CF) patients several years apart. The isolates had not been eradicated in the meantime and represent persister strains. One was an Australian Epidemic Strain-1 isolate and the other a non-epidemic strain. Strains were cultured in an artificial sputum medium (ASMDM) closely resembling CF sputum.