Project description:Time-point expression analysis of fractures calluses at 1, 3, and 5 days post-fracture in young and old BALB/c mice. Femur fractures were generated on female c57BI6 mice in triplicate: 8 month old retired breeders (old mice) and 6 week old mice (young mice) were used. 1, 3, and 5 days post-fracture, fracture calluses were dissected and total RNA isolated. Expression profiling was performed using Affymetrix's Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array.
Project description:To further understand the molecular complexity of fracture repair, we investigated miRNA profiling during the first 14 days post fracture. miRNA expression was investigated at post-fracture days 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 14 as well as in intact (unfractured bone).
Project description:Fetal wounds repair by regeneration rather than wound healing and the environment is dominated by amniotic fluid. We are looking at early transcriptional regulation of keratinocytes cultured in amniotic fluid in vitro. Keratinocytes were isolated and expanded to passage three after which they were starved in DMEM for 12h then cultured for 24h in human amniotic fluid (50%), fcs (50%) or DMEM alone for another 24h. N=2, pooled replicates per CEL-file.
Project description:Genome-wide comparative gene expression analysis of callus tissue of osteoporotic mice (Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/-) and wild-type were performed to identify candidate genes that might be responsible for the impaired fracture healing observed in Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/- mice. To investigate bone healing in osteoporosis, we performed fracture healing studies in wild-type mice (C57BL/6 genetic background) and the low bone mass strains Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/- (Schulze et al., 2010; Kato et al., 2002). Osteotomy was set in femora of female mice and stabilized by a semi-rigid fixator to allow fast bone healing (RM-CM-6ntgen et al., 2010). 21 days post surgery we analyzed the fracture calli by biochemical/histological methods, as well as micro-computed tomography, and observed impaired fracture healing in Col1a1-Krm2 and Lrp5-/- mice in comparison to wild-type. To identify genes that may be responsible for the impaired healing in osteoporotic mice, we performed microarray analysis of three independent callus samples of each genotype. The callus tissue was taken 10 days after surgery, because extensive bone formation took place at this point.
Project description:Sprague-Dawley rats were placed on an ethanol-containing or pair-fed Lieber and DeCarli diets for 4 wks prior to surgical fracture. Following insertion of a medullary pin, a closed mid-diaphyseal fracture was induced using a Bonnarens and Einhorn fracture device. At 3 days post-fracture, the region of the fracture calluses were harvested from the right hind-limb. RNA was extracted and microarray analysis was conducted against the entire rat genome to study the effects of alcohol-consumption on the fracture healing. The experiments were on four rat subjects, i.e., pair-fed rats with subsequent surgical fracture or no surgical fracture, and alcohol-fed rats with subsequent surgical fracture or no surgical fracture. Each rat subject described above has three replicates so 6 kinds of pairing can be made and each pairing has a dye-swap replicate (thus, a total 12 array experiments). The focus of this study is on the pair-fed fracture subject vs. alcohol-fed fracture subject.
Project description:mRNA gene expression was measured in intact female Sprague-Dawley rats at 6 (young), 26 (adult) and 52 (older) weeks of age at the time of fracture. Samples were collected at 0, 0.4, 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after fracture. RNA from two rats were pooled for each Affymetrix Rat U34A array. Mid-shaft, simple, transverse left femoral fractures were induced after retrograde intramedullary rod fixation with a Bonnarens and Einhorn device. Samples were collected from one third of the femoral length, centered on the fracture site, including the external callus, cortical bone, and marrow elements. Keywords = rat Keywords = fracture Keywords = age Keywords = time Keywords = femur Keywords: other
Project description:To further understand the molecular complexity of fracture repair, we investigated miRNA profiling during the first 14 days post fracture.