Project description:Diabetes-associated cognitive decline (DCD) is one of the complications of diabetes, which is characterized by a series of neurophysiological and pathological abnormalities. However, the exact pathogenesis of DCD is still unknown. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) could discover unusual subpopulations, explore functional heterogeneity and identify signaling pathways and potential markers. The aim of this research was to provide deeper opinion into molecular and cellular changes underlying DCD, identify different cellular types of the diabetic mice hippocampus at single-cell level, and elucidate the factors mediating the pathogenesis of DCD. To elucidate cell specific gene expression changes in the hippocampus of diabetic encephalopathy, single-cell RNA sequencing of hippocampus from db/m and db/db mice was carried out. Subclustering analysis was performed to further describe microglial cell subpopulations. Interestingly using immunohistochemistry, these findings were confirmed at the protein level. Single cell analysis yielded transcriptome data for 14621 hippocampal cells and defined 11 different cell types. Analysis of differentially expressed genes in the microglia compartments indicated that infection- and immune system process- associated terms, oxidative stress and inflammation play vital roles in the progression of DCD. Compared with db/m mouse, experiments at the protein level supported the activation of microglia, increased expression of inflammatory factors and oxidative stress damage in the hippocampus of db/db mouse. In addition, a major finding of our research was the subpopulation of microglia that express genes related to pro-inflammatory disease-associated microglia (DAM). Our research reveals pathological alterations of inflammation and oxidative stress mediated hippocampal damage in the db/db mice, and may provide potential diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic interventions for DCD.
Project description:We have established a new fructose-overconsumption model using db/db mice, which showed more advanced kidney damage compared to the conventional db/db mouse model. To elucidate the mechanism of kidney injury caused by excessive fructose intake, we performed single-cell RNA analysis on the kidneys from this fructose-overconsumption model.
Project description:The Janus liposozyme robustly eradicates infections and rapidly promotes wound closure and re-epithelialization on diabetic skin wound infected with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). We used single cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq) to deep analyse local immune homeostasis manipulated by Janus on skin cells obtained from db/db mice .
Project description:We used single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to analyze the diversity and gene expression of testis cells in the adult NONO and NONO△ER mice testis
Project description:We reported a 28-day Intermittent fasting (IF) regimen improved cognitive deficits in db/db mice via a microbiota-metabolites-brain axis assessed by behavioral tests and multiple-omics analysis (transciptomics, 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolomics). Here we present transcriptomics data of mice hippocampus. A total of 310.85Gb clean RNA-SEQ reads of all mice with an average depth of 3.86x were obtained and were then mapped against the Mus musculus genome to obtain the gene expression FPKM values for each sample. We detected 27,094 genes (including 1,345 new predicted genes with no annotation) with FPKM value. Among them, 1,181 genes were found to be only highly expressed in db/db-IF mice compared to db/db and db/m mice, using Differentially Expressed Genes (DEG) analysis, most of which enriched in mitochondrial-related GO terms. Besides, IF strongly elevated genes related to KEGG pathway of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) via up-regulating mitochondrial located genes expression. In consistent with results from RNA-sequencing analysis, the qPCR analysis confirmed that mitochondrial and metabolic genes expressed were upregulated by IF in db/db mice. In conclusion, IF regimen significantly enhanced mitochondrial and energy metabolism related genes expressions in diabetic mice hippocampus.
Project description:Single cell sequencing revealed that the composition of islets cells were changed significantly in db/db mice, indicating diet intervention can shape islets cells and restore the function of endocrine cells in pancreases islets.
Project description:Male infertility is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Dapagliflozin is widely used to manage the type II DM. This study aimed to assess the dapagliflozin’s effects on the spermatogenesis by administering either dapagliflozin (Dapa) or a vehicle (db) to diabetic male db/db mice, and using littermate male db/m mice as the control group (Con). We further performed the integrative analyses of the cecal shotgun metagenomics, cecal/plasmatic/testicular metabolomics, and testicular proteomics. We found that dapagliflozin treatment significantly alleviated the diabetes-induced spermatogenic dysfunction by improving sperm quality, including the sperm concentration and the sperm motility. The overall microbial composition was reshaped in Dapa mice and 13 species (such as Lachnospiraceae bacterium 3-1) were regarded as potential beneficial bacteria. Metabolites exhibited modified profiles, in which adenosine, cAMP, and 2’-deoxyinosine being notably altered in the cecum, plasma, and testis, respectively. Testicular protein expression patterns were similar between the Dapa and Con mice. In vivo results indicated that compared with db group, dapagliflozin treatment alleviated apoptosis and oxidative stress in testis tissues by down-regulating 2’-deoxyinosine. This was further validated by in vitro experiments using GC-2 cells. Our findings support the potential use of Dapa to prevent the diabetes-induced impaired sperm quality and to treat diabetic male infertility.
Project description:This dataset consists of single-cell RNA-seq (10X) data of pancreatic islets isolated from healthy and diabetic db/db mice that underwent VSG surgery, Sham surgery (Control) and Sham surgery + pair-feeding (Calorie-restriction control).