Project description:Transcriptome analysis was performed on enriched colon-dervied epithelial cells from non-colitis and TNBS-induced female Balb/cJ mice untreated or treated with indole-3-carbinol (I3C). We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression to identify distinct classes of upregulated and downregulated genes among experimental groups.
Project description:Whole-transcript expression array analysis of intestinal epithelial cells from TNBS-induced colitis mice treated with vehicle or I3C demonstrated several differentially expressed genes Downregulation of AhR expression in colitis mice was associated with downregulation of various antimicrobial peptides such as α-defensin 1, β-defensin1, reg1, reg4, reg3a and reg3b. However, treatment with I3C, an AhR ligand, increased the expression of AhR and AMPs such as α-defensin 1
Project description:We investigated the relationship between chronic inflammation and fibrosis in a mouse model of chronic colitis. Six weekly Trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid (TNBS) enemas were given to establish colitis and temporal changes in gene expression was elucidated over the next six weeks. Experiment Overall Design: After the six TNBS enemas, mice were sacrificed at 3 days (termed as TNBS-w6, n=6), 2 weeks (TNBS-w8, n=4), 4 weeks (TNBS-w10, n=5), or 6 weeks (TNBS-w12, n=4). The saline control groups were also sacrificed at week 6 (Saline-w6, n=5), week 8 (n=2) and week 10 (n=2). The last two sets were pooled as Saline-w10 (n=4). Two replicates of saline-w6 were analyzed. We compared Saline-w6 with TNBS-w6, and Saline-w10 with TNBS-w8, TNBS-w10, TNBS-w12, respectively.
Project description:We investigated the relationship between chronic inflammation and fibrosis in a mouse model of chronic colitis. Six weekly Trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid (TNBS) enemas were given to establish colitis and temporal changes in gene expression was elucidated over the next six weeks. Keywords: disease state analysis
Project description:To obtain insight into the complex traits underlying the local pathophysiological response to the repeated colitis inductions with TNBS, whole genome gene expression was performed on RNA isolated from the distal colon tissue of 5 mice/timepoint Total RNA obtained from isolated from the distal colon of TNBS colitis mice (isolated on day 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, and 28) was compared to those healthy control mice
Project description:Experimental colitis is often used as a model for the inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Results identify the inflammatory processes during acute colitis in affected tissues from TNBS-treated susceptible 5-7 week old SJL mice. Keywords: Disease state analysis
Project description:By combining directed evolution and synthetic biology, we engineered novel synthetic yeasts probiotics for the dynamic modulation of intestinal inflammation. In this experiment we treated TNBS-colitis induced mice with these probiotics and test the amelioration of immune response in the transcriptional level in the colon.
Project description:To test TWEAK/Fn14 pathway and relative agents in chronic TNBS colitis Chronic colitis was induced by rectal injection of TNBS with ethanol for 6 weeks in WT or FN14 KO BALB/c mice. Colons were harvested for gene profiling.
Project description:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) rat colitis is one of the most widely used models of inflammatory bowel disease, a condition whose etiology and pathophysiology are incompletely understood. We have characterized the model at the genomic level following a longitudinal approach. Keywords: Time course and differentially expressed genes analysis