Project description:OBJECTIVES: To detect the expression levels of MLKL and p-MLKL, and explore its potential roles in inflammatory cell infiltration, angiogenesis, and bone destruction, in human and mouse periapical lesions. METHODS: Forty-six human periapical tissues, including periapical granulomas (PGs, n =26), radicular cysts (RCs, n =20), and eight healthy control tissues were collected. Samples were fixed and analyzed by HE staining, RNA-Seq, western blot, and immunohistochemical staining. A periapical lesion mouse model was induced by pulp exposure in the first lower molars of 15 C57BL/6J mice. After lesion induction, the mice were sacrificed on days 0, 21, and 35. Mandibles were harvested for microcomputed tomography scanning, histologic observation, immunohistochemistry, enzyme histochemistry, and double immunofluorescence analysis. Double immunofluorescence was utilized to assess the colocalization of phosphorylated MLKL (p-MLKL) with CD34, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), and Cathepsin K (CTSK) in human and mouse periapical lesions. RESULTS: RNA-Seq analysis showed that, in comparison with healthy gingiva tissues, MLKL was more significantly upregulated in periapical lesions (P-value < 0.05). Immunohistochemistry staining showed that, MLKL and p-MLKL were significantly overexpressed in the RC and PG groups compared with the control group (P-value < 0.05). However, the difference between the RC and PG groups was insignificant (P-value > 0.05). p-MLKL-positive cells were mainly lymphocytes, epithelial cells, and endothelial cells around the vascular wall. In mouse periapical lesions, the expression levels of p-MLKL were positively correlated with the bone defect area and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-positive (TRAP+) cell amounts (R2=0.4108, P-value < 0.05; R2=0.5668, P-value < 0.05, respectively). The double-labeling analysis showed that p-MLKL colocalized with CD34 and MMP-9 in human samples, and with CTSK adjacent to the bone in mouse periapical lesions. CONCLUSION: MLKL and p-MLKL were overexpressed in human periapical lesions. p-MLKL exhibited a close relationship with angiogenesis and alveolar bone resorption.
2024-10-24 | GSE246108 | GEO
Project description:A cross-sectional study of the microbiome in paired root apices and periapical lesions and their association with clinical symptoms in persistent apical periodontitis
Project description:Identification of new elements (non-coding-RNA) controlling root growth in response to phosphate.-Plants (Columbia er 105, or Landsberg erecta) were grown one week on media with Phosphate (+P) and then transfered on media without (-P = P starvation) for 1h or 2h. Root apices were harvested and total RNA extracted for RNA sequencing.
Project description:We analyze the effect of the overexpression of the lncRNA NPC48 on the transcriptome. Root apices were harvested and total RNA extracted for RNA sequencing.
Project description:Apical periodontitis (AP) is a painful inflammatory disease resulting from tooth infection that affects millions worldwide with a marked impact on quality of life and is accompanied by bone loss surrounding the affected tooth. There is growing evidence that the nociceptive fibers densely innervating teeth regulate the disease progression, in addition to their sensorial function. We hypothesized that nociceptors regulate the transcriptomic profile of the periapical osteolytic lesion in a mouse model of AP. Male control (Nav1.8 cre+/-) and nociceptor-ablated (Nav1.8cre+/- DTAlox+/-) mice were generated and underwent pulp exposure procedures on all 4 first molars and at 8 weeks of age. At either 0, 7, or 14 days after pulp exposure, periapical tissues were dissected from mice (n=3-4/strain/time point). Total RNA was extracted from the pooled periapical lesions from each animal and submitted for total RNA sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. We found that pulp exposure triggers the differential expression of hundreds of genes within the periapical lesion over the course of infection with marked differences between in both control and mice with nociception ablation. Importantly, at 14 days post pulp-exposure, 422 genes were differentially expressed between nociceptor-ablated and control mice with greater enrichment of biological processes related to inflammation, specifically immune cell chemotaxis and migration, compared to control mice. Among these inflammatory markers, TNFα, IL-1α, and IL-1β, that are known to play a crucial role in AP were significantly upregulated in nociceptor-ablated mice. In conclusion, nociceptor-ablation regulates the transcriptomic profile of periapical lesions in a mouse model of AP, shifting the gene expression profile to a greater enrichment of inflammatory genes, suggesting nociceptors play a role in the kinetics of the immune response. This newly uncovered neuro-immune axis and its mechanisms in AP can potentially be an important therapeutic target for the treatment of this prevalent disease.
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Project description:ngs2013_14_rnadapt-rnadapt-Identification of new elements (non-coding-RNA) controlling root growth in response to phosphate.-Plants (Columbia er 105, or Landsberg erecta) were grown one week on media with Phosphate (+P) and then transfered on media with (+P) or without (-P = P starvation) for 1h or 2h. Root apices were harvested and total RNA extracted for RNA sequencing.
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