Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to determine the expression traits in animals of inbred strain C57BL/6J, treated with gonadal hormones. (N=40, 20 males and 20 females). Liver tissue from the hormone treated group consists of 40 female and male C57BL/6J mice fed a chow diet containing 4% fat (Ralston-Purina Co., St. Louis, MO) until 8 weeks of age and then were gonadectomized at 8 weeks of life, implanted with hormone pellets at 12 weeks, and sacrificed at 14 weeks. Male and female mice of the hormone treated groups received subcutaneous implants of either 0.5 mg estradiol (E2) pellet (plasma yield of 300 picogram/ml) or a 5 mg dihydrotestosterone (DHT) pellet (plasma yield of 1-2 nanogram/ml), designed to release over 21 days, (Innovative Research of America, 17B-estradiol: Cat. No. E-121 0.5mg/pellet, 5a-dihydrotestosterone: Cat. No. A-16). Control mice were treated with the placebo pellet (Innovative Research of America, placebo: Cat. No. C-111). At 14 weeks mice were sacrificed, after a 12-hour fast, Liver tissue were dissected and flash frozen in LN2 and stored at -80°C. All sample were compared to a common pool created from equal portions of RNA from each of the samples. Keywords=hormone treated Mouse liver Tissue
Project description:We performed RNA sequencing of the aortic valves of C57BL/6J (the wild type with chow diet), Ldlr-/- (1. with chow diet, 2. with WD), and Apoe-/- mice (1. with chow diet, 2. with WD) to compare the overall transcriptomic characteristics within genetic differences (wild type, Ldlr-/-, Apoe-/-) or in dietary differences (chow diet versus WD).
Project description:RNA-sequening of livers from male and female C57BL/6J mice fed either chow diet or chow diet + simvastatin (0.1g/kg body weight) for 4 weeks.
Project description:Two-month-old C57BL/6J male mice were placed on chow diet or a diet enriched in high fat, cholesterol, and fructose (Research diet D09100301: 40 kcal% fat, 2% cholesterol, 20 kcal% fructose, HFCF diet) for 1 or 3 months. Liver RNA was isolated and submitted for small RNA sequencing.
Project description:The present study aimed to examine the effect of high-fat diet prior to pregnancy on the liver of mouse offspring. Female C57BL/6J mice were fed a normal chow (15.2% fat by energy) (CTR and CTR-PP groups) or a high-fat chow (31.2% fat by energy) (HFD and HFD-PP groups) for 3−4 weeks and then mated with male C57BL/6J mice fed normal chow. Some mothers continued on the same diet until pups reached 21 days of age (CTR and HFD), and others were fed the different chows from gestational day 0 (CTR-PP and HFD-PP) to determine the effects of a high-fat diet during the pre-pregnancy period in HFD-PP/CTR and HFD/CTR-PP comparisons.
Project description:De novo lipogenesis (DNL) has been implicated in the development and progression of hepatic liver steatosis. Hepatic DNL is strongly influenced by dietary macronutrient composition with diets high in carbohydrate increasing DNL and diets high in fat decreasing DNL. The enzymes in the core DNL pathway have been well characterised however less is known about proteins that play accessory or regulatory roles in DNL. In the current study, we associate measured rates of hepatic DNL and liver fat content with abundance of liver proteins from liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in mice to identify known and uncharacterised proteins that may have a role in DNL. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed either a standard chow diet a semi-purified high starch diet or a high fat diet. Both semi-purified diets resulted in increased body weight, fat mass and liver triglyceride content compared to chow-fed mice while hepatic DNL was increased in the high starch fed mice and decreased in the high fat fed mice. Proteomic analysis was carried out on the livers of these mice and proteins were identified that associated with either the rate of DNL or triglyceride content in the liver. There was no overlap between DNL and triglyceride associated proteins. We identify novel proteins associated with DNL that are involved in taurine metabolism, which suggests a link between these pathways. Further analysis identified proteins that are differentially regulated when comparing a non-purified chow diet to either of the semi-purified diets to provide a set of proteins that are regulated by the degree of dietary complexity alone. Finally, we compared the liver proteome between 4 week-fed and 30-week diet-fed mice and found remarkable similarity suggesting that the majority of diet-regulated proteins change early in response to differing dietary components.
Project description:The effect of high fat diet feeding on liver gene transcription regulation was investigated in C57BL/6J mice using Affymetrix gene expression arrays. Expression data was determined in 5 months old male mice fed a high fat diet (40% fat) for 15 weeks. Control mice were fed a standard carbohydrate chow. Six animals per group were used.
Project description:Analysis of liver gene transcription during feeding of a ketogenic diet. Ketogenic diets may alter physiologic and metabolic profiles in a direction that favors weight loss. C57BL/6J mice were maintained for six weeks on either chow or ketogenic diet. Mice eating KD had lower weights, 90% reduction in insulin levels and increased energy expenditure compared to animals fed chow. Despite consumpiton of a very high fat diet serum lipids remained normal. Here we show that consumption of KD shifted liver metabolism to drastically increased fatty acid oxidation. Concurrently, expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis were markedly suppressed. Keywords: Hepatic profile
Project description:Two-month-old C57BL/6J male mice were placed on either chow diet or a diet enriched in high fat, cholesterol, and fructose (Research diet D09100301: 40 kcal% fat, 2% cholesterol, 20 kcal% fructose, HFCF diet) for 1 or 3 months. RNA-seq was used to analyze hepatic gene expression from mice on 1-month chow diet, 1-month HFCF diet, 3-month chow diet, and 3-month HFCF.
