Project description:Podocyte injury is a key event for progressive renal failure. We previously established a mouse model of inducible podocyte injury (NEP25) and demonstrated relentless progression of glomerular injury toward sclerosis. To further investigate molecular events, we performed polysome analysis of intact and injured podocytes utilizing the NEP25 and RiboTag transgenic mice. We show here the expression profiling of normal podocytes and podocytes injured by immunotoxin.
Project description:Purpose: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was used to identify cellular pathways and genes through systems-based analysis. The goals of this study are to identify NGS-derived transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) in control (untreated) and Injured (PAN and Adriamycin) podocyte. These high throughput data were further validated through qRT–PCR methods to confirm the cellular pathways and genes affected due to the podocyte injury. Methods: Human podocytes were differentiated for 14 days by thermoswitching from 33⁰C to 37⁰C and removal of growth factors, insulin-transferrin-selenium from the medium. These podocytes were incubated 4hour in serum free RPMI medium and injury was induced by using PAN (100μg/ml) and Adriamycin (0.25μg/ml) treatment for 48 hours.Further, podocytes were processed for RNA isolation and submitted to Medical University of South Carolina Sequencing Core facility for RNA-Seq. All the experiments were performed in triplicates. Conclusions: Our study is first to describe the detailed analysis of PAN and Adriamycin induced podocyte transcriptomes using the RNA-seq technology. A comparative analysis of the differential expression profile was obtained between control vs PAN injured podocytes, and control vs Adriamycin injured podocytes. Complex genetic network and genes effected due to the injury will provide a platform to define biological pathways participate during podocytes injury process.
Project description:The gene expression profile of human iPSC derived podocytes were analyzed by utilizing NEPHS1-GFP knock-in human iPS cell line. The induced podocytes shows characteristic gene expression pattern that overlap with those of mouse and human podocytes in vivo. Kidney tissue was induced from human iPSC by our originally established protocol. NEPHS1-GPF knock-in human iPSC was used to isolate podocytes from induced kidney tissues. To identify the molecules which are specifically expressed in induced podocytes, NEPHS1-GFP positive and negative fractions were sorted by FACS and compared. RNA was isolated from cells and the gene expression profiles were determined by microarrays.
Project description:The gene expression profile of human iPSC derived podocytes were analyzed by utilizing NEPHS1-GFP knock-in human iPS cell line. The induced podocytes shows characteristic gene expression pattern that overlap with those of mouse and human podocytes in vivo.
Project description:Podocyte injury is a key event for progressive renal failure. We have previously established a mouse model of inducible podocyte injury (NEP25) that progressively develops glomerulosclerosis after immunotoxin injection. We performed polysome analysis of intact and injured podocytes utilizing the NEP25 and RiboTag transgenic mice, in which a hemagglutinin tag is attached to ribosomal protein L22 selectively in podocytes. Podocyte-specific polysomes were successfully obtained by immunoprecipitation with an antihemagglutinin antibody from glomerular homogenate and analyzed using a microarray. Compared with glomerular cells, 353 genes were highly expressed and enriched in podocytes; these included important podocyte genes and also heretofore uncharacterized genes, such as Dach1 and Foxd2. Podocyte injury by immunotoxin induced many genes to be upregulated, including inflammation-related genes despite no infiltration of inflammatory cells in the glomeruli. MafF and Egr-1, which structurally have the potential to antagonize MafB and WT1, respectively, were rapidly and markedly increased in injured podocytes before MafB and WT1 were decreased. We demonstrated that Maff and Egr1 knockdown increased the MafB targets Nphs2 and Ptpro and the WT1 targets Ptpro, Nxph3, and Sulf1, respectively. This indicates that upregulated MafF and Egr-1 may promote deterioration of podocytes by antagonizing MafB and WT1. Our systematic microarray study of the heretofore undescribed behavior of podocyte genes may open new insights into the understanding of podocyte pathophysiology.
Project description:Comparison of C57BL/6J 8-10 weeks male mouse liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) from normal liver and from liver injured by carbon tetrachloride administration. Keywords: other
Project description:Comparison of C57BL/6J 8-10 weeks male mouse liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) from normal liver and from liver injured by carbon tetrachloride administration. Keywords: other
Project description:Analysis of DZNep-induced gene expression changes in cultured podocytes. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that DZnep ultimately augments Txnip expression, increasing oxidative stress in podocytes. These results provide important information on the response of podocytes to histone methyltransferase inhibition and a possible mechanism for DZNep action in podocytes. Total RNA obtained from cultured podocytes subjected to 48 hours in vitro, with or without DZNep.
Project description:Podocytes play an important filtration role in the kidney. We examined culture condition for efficient podocyte induction and established a method to selectively induce podocytes from human iPS cells. To understand how expression profiles of human iPS cell-derived podocytes were close to that in vivo, we isolated human adult podocytes for human adult kidney. Purified RNAs from human iPS cells, nephron progenitor cells, human immortalized podocyte cell line, human iPS cell-derived podocytes, and sorted human adult podocytes were analyzed by RNA-seq.