Project description:Prior to the onset of autoimmune destruction, type 1 diabetic patients and an animal model thereof, the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse, show morphological and functional abnormalities in target organs, which may act as inciting events for leukocyte infiltration. To better understand these abnormalities, but without the complications associated with inflammatory infiltrates, we examined genes expressed in autoimmune target tissues (pancreas, submandibular glands, and lacrimal glands) of NOD/scid mice and of autoimmune-resistant C57BL6/scid mice. Experiment Overall Design: Pancreata (6 weeks old mice), submandibular (9 and 15 weeks), and lacrimal glands (15 weeks) from individual NOD-scid and B6-scid mice were isolated for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Prior to the onset of autoimmune destruction, type 1 diabetic patients and an animal model thereof, the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse, show morphological and functional abnormalities in target organs, which may act as inciting events for leukocyte infiltration. To better understand these abnormalities, but without the complications associated with inflammatory infiltrates, we examined genes expressed in autoimmune target tissues (pancreas, submandibular glands, and lacrimal glands) of NOD/scid mice and of autoimmune-resistant C57BL6/scid mice. Keywords: tissue expression, disease prone versus resistant strain comparison
Project description:NOD mice spontaneously develop lacrimal gland inflammation. NOD mice that lack TLR7 or that lack IFNAR1 are protected from developing lacrimal gland inflammation. RNA sequencing studies were performed to compare gene expression profiles in lacrimal glands from wild-type (WT) vs Tlr7 knockout or Ifnar1 knockout nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice to determine disease-relevant gene and pathway profiles upregulated in WT lacrimal glands in either a TLR7- or IFNAR1-dependent manner.
Project description:Our objective was to determine the nature and extent of androgen regulation of gene expression in the female lacrimal, meibomian,and submandibular glands, and to explore the degree to which this control is the same as in male glands. Keywords: Hormone treatment
Project description:Series includes pooled (n = 5 mice per biological replicate) samples from submandibular, sublingual, parotid, lacrimal, and meibomian glands of BALB/c mice. Both male and female samples were analyzed on CodeLink Mouse Uniset I Microarrays. Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:NOD mice were injected once a week with LTBR-Ig to block the LTBR-pathway, or with control monoclonal antibody MOPC from age 8 to 16 weeks old. Extraorbital lacrimal glands or submaxillary glands were dissected and total mRNA prepared. Each sample was either the combined lacrimals (2) from each mouse or individual salivary glands. There were 4 mice in each treatment group. Total mRNA was isolated and the quality was assessed using the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA). Reverse transcription to prepare cDNA was performed using Invitrogen M-MLV system. The purpose was to determine changes in gene expression in glands due to blockade of the LTBR-pathway. Differential Gene Expression in NOD mouse lacrimal and salivary glands after LTBR-Ig treatment
Project description:Series includes pooled (n = 5 mice per biological replicate) samples from lacrimal, meibomian, and submandibular glands of male palcebo- and testosterone-treated BALB/c mice. All experiments were run in triplicate (pooled biological replicates) on CodeLink Mouse Uniset I Microarrays. Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of submandibular glands in female MyD88+/+ and MyD88−/− NOD mice. Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by dysfunction of salivary glands (SGs) and lacrimal glands, which is caused by chronic inflammation associated with autoantibody and autoreactive lymphocyte infiltration. The pathogenic mechanism of SS has not been fully elucidated. Infiltrated lymphocytes form regularized structures similar to lymphoid follicles of secondary lymphoid organs, such as T/B cell compartments, high endothelial venules (HEVs), lymphatic vessels, and germinal centers, therefore being believed as an ectopic lymphoid tissue called tertiary lymphoid organs (TLO). We previously found that deletion of the Toll-like receptor/IL-1 receptor (TLR/IL-1R) adaptor molecule gene Myd88 in SS model mice NOD reduced the frequency of lymphocyte infiltration and HEV formation in SGs. In this study, we analyzed the effect of MyD88 deficiency on lymphoid follicle formation in SGs of NOD mice. Microarray analysis showed decreased expression of genes related to TLO, such as Cxcl13 and Cxcr5, in Myd88-deficient SGs. These results indicate that deficiency of TLR/IL-1R signaling decrease gene expression ot chemokines in SGs, suggesting MyD88-dependent signaling is directly involved in formation of lymphoid follicles in SS.
Project description:To identify the transcriptomic alterations within the different cellular compartments of the lacrimal gland during chronic inflammation, we analyzed the lacrimal glands of NOD.B10.H2b vs BALB/cJ with 10X Visium technology
Project description:Recently, we reported the development of the C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mouse that carries two genetic intervals derived from the NOD mouse capable of conferring Sjogren's syndrome (SjS)-like disease in SjS-non-susceptible C57BL/6 mice. In an attempt to define the molecular bases underlying onset of stomatitis sicca (xerostomia) in this C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mouse model, we have carried out a study utilizing genomic microarray technology. The present study was designed to define the changing gene expression profiles within the Lacrimal glands of C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mice at five time points representing a pre-disease stage (4 weeks), the early pre-clinical stage (8 weeks), the initial influx of leukocytes into the Lacrimal glands (12 weeks), the early clinical phase of autoimmunity (16 weeks), and the early onset of clinical SjS-like disease characterized by secretory dysfunction (20 weeks). The C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mouse is a model of primary SjS in which the Idd3 region of chromosome 3 and the Idd5 region of chromosome 1 derived from the NOD mouse were bred into the non-autoimmune C57BL/6 mouse, resulting in a SjS-like disease susceptibility that mimics both the pathophysiological characteristics and reduced secretory responses observed with NOD mice during development and onset of disease. This SjS-susceptible strain was designated C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2, where Aec1 corresponds to Idd3 (of chromosome 3) and Aec2 corresponds to Idd5 (of chromosome 1).
