Project description:Sequence neural stem cells and related cells of the ventricular-subventricular zone in wildtype mice and mice lacking interferon receptors across ages.
Project description:Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of progressive chronic kidney disease in adults in the United States. However, the impact of preterm birth on the progression of DKD has not been studied. The goal of this project is to determine the effect of preterm birth on kidney health in a diabetic mouse model. CD-1 pups born preterm (19 days post conception (dpc)) and term (20 dpc) were studied, and outcomes of the male mice were reported, all compared to term mice. Preterm and term mice were treated with streptozotocin at six weeks to induce hyperglycemia. Body weight and blood sugar were monitored. Histologic, molecular, and imaging techniques were used to characterize the mice at 18 weeks. The preterm mice with diabetes had a lower podocyte density, lower proximal tubular fraction, and more atubular glomeruli compared to the term mice without diabetes. They also had a lower podocyte density and lower renin expression compared to term mice with diabetes. Based on single-cell RNA sequencing, preterm mice with diabetes had increased expression of genes related to the angiogenesis migration pathway-related in endothelial cells and increased expression of genes in the actin adhesion pathway in podocytes compared to term mice with diabetes. Furthermore, the preterm mice with diabetes exhibited a weaker endothelial cell-podocyte interaction compared to term mice with diabetes. These data suggest that preterm birth increases susceptibility to glomerular and tubular damage after a brief “second hit” of hyperglycemia. In conclusion, preterm birth disrupts endothelial-podocyte crosstalk and increases susceptibility to kidney injury induced by hyperglycemia.
Project description:Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of progressive chronic kidney disease in adults in the United States. However, the impact of preterm birth on the progression of DKD has not been studied. The goal of this project is to determine the effect of preterm birth on kidney health in a diabetic mouse model. CD-1 pups born preterm (19 days post conception (dpc)) and term (20 dpc) were studied, and outcomes of the male mice were reported, all compared to term mice. Preterm and term mice were treated with streptozotocin at six weeks to induce hyperglycemia. Body weight and blood sugar were monitored. Histologic, molecular, and imaging techniques were used to characterize the mice at 18 weeks. The preterm mice with diabetes had a lower podocyte density, lower proximal tubular fraction, and more atubular glomeruli compared to the term mice without diabetes. They also had a lower podocyte density and lower renin expression compared to term mice with diabetes. Based on single-cell RNA sequencing, preterm mice with diabetes had increased expression of genes related to the angiogenesis migration pathway-related in endothelial cells and increased expression of genes in the actin adhesion pathway in podocytes compared to term mice with diabetes. Furthermore, the preterm mice with diabetes exhibited a weaker endothelial cell-podocyte interaction compared to term mice with diabetes. These data suggest that preterm birth increases susceptibility to glomerular and tubular damage after a brief “second hit” of hyperglycemia. In conclusion, preterm birth disrupts endothelial-podocyte crosstalk and increases susceptibility to kidney injury induced by hyperglycemia.
Project description:In this study, the molecular signature of placenta membrane from preterm birth placenta was assessed and compared to full-term placenta by proteomic profiling with the aim to identify molecules relevant to preterm birth.
Project description:Gene expression profiles among avascular region (around ventricular zone), highly vascularized region with honeycomb-patterned vascular plexus (around subventricular zone and intermediate zone), and cortical plate with vertically oriented vessels from laser-captured microdissected E14.5 neocortex were compared by microarray
Project description:Preterm birth (PTB) is one of major causes of perinatal mortality and neonatal morbidity, but knowledge of its complex etiology is still limited. Here we present cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) protein profiles of pregnant women who subsequently delivered at spontaneous preterm or term, aiming to identify differentially expressed CVF proteins in PTB and term birth. The CVF proteome of women who sequentially delivered at preterm and term was analyzed using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) coupled with two-dimensional nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (2D-nLC-MS/MS). We compared the CVF proteome of PTB (n=5) and control subjects (term birth, n=7) using pooled control CVF (term birth, n=20) as spike-in standard. We identified 1294 CVF proteins, of which 605 were newly identified proteins. Of 990 proteins quantified in both PTB and term birth, 52 proteins were significantly up/down-regulated in PTB compared to term birth. The differentially expressed proteins were functionally associated to immune response, endopeptidase inhibitors and structural constituent of cytoskeleton. Taken together, our study provide quantitative CVF proteome profiles of pregnant women who ultimately delivered at preterm and term. These promising results could help to improve the understanding of PTB etiology and to discover biomarkers for asymptomatic PTB.
Project description:Diversity of cortical radial glia cells (RGCs) and their complex relationships to generate neurons in species with expanded germinal zones and a folded cortex, remains unclear. We used single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of microdissected cortical germinal layers (ventricular zone (VZ) and outer subventricular zone (OSVZ)), from two cortical regions (splenial gyrus (SG) and neighboring lateral sulcus (LS)) at two critical time points for ferret cortex development (embryonic day (E) 34 and postnatal day (P) 1) to distinguish the molecular diversity of progenitors and newborn neurons, and study their transcriptomic trajectories.
Project description:It is unclear why preterm birth increases risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. Studies in mice indicate excess oxygen used to treat preterm infants causes pulmonary hypertension, cardiac failure, and shortens lifespan. We previously reported neonatal hyperoxia causes pulmonary hypertension in aged mice as defined pathologically by pulmonary capillary rarefaction, dilation of pulmonary arterioles and veins, right ventricular hypertrophy, and reduced lifespan. Here, affymetrix gene arrays were used to identify early transcriptional changes in lungs of young adult mice exposed to room air or 100% oxygen between postnatal days 0-4.
Project description:Total RNA was isolated from GFAP::GFP+CD133+EGFR-CD24- (quiescent neural stem cells, qNSCs), GFAP::GFP+CD133+EGFR+CD24- (activated neural stem cells, aNSCs) and GFAP::GFP+CD133- EGFR+CD24- (transit amplifying cells, TACs) cells from the adult mouse ventricular-subventricular zone (V-SVZ) (GFAP::GFP mice, Jackson Mice Stock number 003257).