Project description:The main object of this study was to evaluate the impact of different levels of vitamin A (VA) and arachidonic acid (ARA) in relation to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on mineralization and gene expression in Atlantic cod larvae (Gadus morhua). A two-way factorial design was used to identify possible interactions between the nutrients. First-feeding larvae were fed enriched rotifers from start-feeding until 29 days post hatch (dph). Larvae in four tanks were fed one of the following diets: control (EPA/ARA ratio: 15.8, 0.9 µg VA g-1 wet wt.), control+VA (EPA/ARA ratio: 15.8, 7.8 µg VA g-1 wet wt.), High ARA (EPA/ARA ratio: 0.9, 1.5 µg VA g-1 wet wt.) or High ARA +VA (EPA/ARA ratio: 0.9, 12.0 µg VA g-1 wet wt.). There was no difference in survival (33-40%) between the groups. Larvae fed High ARA+VA were shorter at 29 dph. The larvae fed High ARA+VA had significantly less mineralized bones, showing significant interaction effects between VA and ARA. Although transcriptomic analysis using a custom-made microarray did not reveal any interaction effects, it was found that high ARA diets altered the transcription of more genes than control +VA diets. Furthermore, blgap1 , blgap2 and col10a1 were all down-regulated in larvae fed High ARA-diets and to a lesser extent by Control +VA diet. Lower expression in the High ARA+VA diets compared to ARA and VA diets indicated an additive effect on mineralization. In conclusion, this study showed that the dietary increase in ARA and VA altered the skeletal metabolism during larval A. cod development, most likely through signaling pathways specific for each nutrient rather than an interaction. The present study also demonstrates that VA could affect the larval response to ARA, even within the accepted non-toxic/non-deficient range.
Project description:Since VitaminA and VitaminC are pleiotropic vitamins, and both can promote reprogramming, we want to know the relationship between them. We use serum-free N2B27(B27 minus Va) medium to generate iPS with OKSM virus infecting OG2 MEF, and collect mRNA at day7 under 10nM and 1uM Va with or without Vc. We found tha both Va and Vc promote reprogramming, and the genes upregulated by Va and Va had overlpped more than 80%.
Project description:Adipose tissue (AT) distribution is an important determinant of cardiometabolic health. Increased visceral adiposity has been associated with a higher risk of obesity-related diseases. An important step in deciphering the molecular complexity of subcutaneous AT (SAT) and visceral AT (VAT) is to elucidate the molecular composition of the principal AT cell type, adipocytes. We present a comprehensive protein expression profile of abdominal subcutaneous (SA) and omental visceral adipocytes (VA). We isolated adipocytes from paired AT biopsies obtained during bariatric surgery of 19 morbidly obese women (BMI > 30 kg/m2) and performed state-of-the-art mass spectrometry to investigate their proteome profiles. We identified 3,686 proteins groups and found 1,140 differentially expressed proteins (adj. p-value < 0.05), of which 576 proteins were upregulated in SA and 564 in VA samples. In addition to providing a global protein profile of abdominal SA and omental VA, we also present the most differentially expressed pathways and processes distinguishing SA from VA. We show that SA are significantly more active in processes linked to vesicular transport and secretion, and also to increased lipid metabolism activity. Conversely, the expression of proteins involved in the mitochondrial energy metabolism and translational or biosynthetic activity is higher in VA. We also performed prediction analyses of differentially expressed putative secreted proteins, which revealed a significantly higher number of potentially secreted proteins in SA compared to VA. Our analysis represents a valuable resource of protein expression profiles in abdominal SA and omental VA, highlighting key differences in their role in obesity. Additionally, we predict possible protein targets among secreted proteins, which may be utilized for the further investigation of the role of different AT depots in obesity using peripheral blood.
Project description:Non-coding small RNAs are involved in viral life cycles. Adenovirus-encoding small RNAs, virus-associated RNAs (VA RNAs), are transcribed throughout the replication process, and the transcript levels depend on the copy numbers of the viral genome. Although the VA RNA transcription starts immediate early phase, little is known about the function in the early phase. Here we applied replication-deficient adenovirus vectors (AdVs) and novel VA-RNA deleted AdVs to analyze expression change of cellular gene mediated by VA RNAs.
Project description:A subgroup of CVID patients presents with gastrointestinal complications (enteropathy), which manifests in the duodenum as celiac like-diese ase. CVID enteropathy patients can present with severe histopathology in form of villous atrophy (CVID VA) or without VA (CVID noVA). RNAseq data from CVID VA and CVID noVA derived duodenal tissues were compared to each other and to healthy controls.