Project description:Forty male C57BL6 mice 12-15 weeks old fed chow ad libitum. 30 mice underwent adrenalectomy (Adx) and 10 others a sham-Adx. Three or 24h before tissue sampling, groups of 10 mice received an I.P. injection of cortisol (0.1 mg per mice), while the remaining Adx and intact mice received an I.P. injection of the vehicle (ethanol) 24 h prior to the sacrifice. All mice were killed within a period of a few hours. Gastrocnemius muscle were dissected and pooled together for each one of the four groups. Total RNA was isolated by Trizol. Samples were processed following the labeling protocol from Affymetrix. In the MG-U74A2, each of the 12488 murine transcripts are represented by 16 probe pairs of 25mer. Images were scanned using a GeneChip scanner 3000 with autoloader, and analyzed with the MAS 5.0 software (Affymetrix). The ratio of fluorescence intensities for the 5' end and the 3' end of beta-actin and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase was less than 2. This microarray analysis was performed once. Keywords = Skeletal muscle Keywords = gastrocnemius Keywords = adrenalectomy Keywords = glucocorticoids Keywords: other
Project description:Interventions: group K:a bolus injection of 0.1 mg/kg esketamine intravenously after anesthesia induction, followed by a continuous intravenous infusion of 0.1 mg/kg/h throughout the operation;group C:a bolus injection of 0.1 mg/kg normal saline intravenously after anesthesia induction, followed by a continuous intravenous infusion of 0.1 mg/kg/h throughout the operation
Primary outcome(s): identity consequence fatigue scale
Study Design: Parallel
Project description:Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect with a world-wide prevalence of 3 to 4 cases per 10,000 life births. TOF is a congenital heart disease with four major cardiac defects, i.e., ventricular septal defect, overriding aortic root, infundibular stenosis of the pulmonary artery, and right ventricular hypertrophy. Treatment relies on correction surgery in early infancy. This study performed whole genome microarray gene expression profiling of cardiac specimens of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which were recovered during correction surgery of TOF from 11 pediatric patients diagnosed with TOF cardiac defects.
Project description:Transcriptional profile of C. elegans comparing control vs. nematodes treated with 0.5 mg/ml of Chlorpyrifos and 1mg/ml of Diazinon (DZN) at 16°C. Toxicant was added to agar and nematode culture on petri dishes for 72h before harvesting.
Project description:Three stallions were treated with 0.1 mg/kg dexamethasone i.v. while three control stallions received an equivalent volume of saline. Serum testosterone dropped 60% in treated stallions at 12 h post-injection. Testes were collected 12 h post-injection and assessed for differential gene expression.
Project description:Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) and Atrial Septal Defects (ASD) are the most common types of congenital heart disease and a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is used during corrective cardiac surgery to support circulation and heart stabilization. However, this technique triggers systemic inflammatory and stress response and consequent increased risk of postoperative complications. The aim of this study was to define the molecular bases of ToF and ASD pathogenesis and response to CPB and identify new specific biomarkers. We conducted comparative transcriptome analysis of right atrial biopsies from 10 ToF and 10 ASD patients before (Pre-CPB) and after (Post-CPB) surgery. Pre-CPB samples showed significant differential expression of 72 genes (DEGs), 28 of which were overexpressed in ToF and 44 in ASD. According to Gene Ontology annotation, the mostly enriched biological processes were represented by matrix organization and cell adhesion in ToF and by muscle development and contractility in ASD specimens. GSEA highlighted the specific enrichment of known hypoxia gene sets in ToF samples, pointing to a role for hypoxia in disease pathogenesis. The post-CPB myocardium exhibited significant alterations in the expression profile of genes related to transcription regulation, growth/apoptosis, inflammation, cell adhesion/matrix organization, and oxidative stress. Among DEGs, only 70 were common to the two disease groups, whereas 110 and 24 were unique in ToF and ASD, respectively. Interestingly, gene expression changes in ASD samples followed a consensus hypoxia profile. These data define ToF- and ASD-specific myocardial transcriptional signatures and demonstrate differential gene reprogramming in response to CPB in the two pathologies, with potential prognostic and therapeutic implications.