Project description:Ten-Elven Translocation (TET) proteins oxidize 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytonsie (5hmC). Our recent work found a decline in global 5hmC level in mouse kidney insulted by ischemia reperfusion (IR). However, the genomic distribution of 5hmC in mouse kidney and its relationship with gene expression remain elusive. Here, we profiled the DNA hydroxymethylome of mouse kidney by hMeDIP-seq and revealed that 5hmC is enriched in genic regions but depleted from intergenic regions. Correlation analyses showed that 5hmC enrichment in gene body is positively associated with gene expression level in mouse kidney. Moreover, IR injury-associated genes (both up- and down-regulated genes during renal IR injury) in mouse kidney exhibit significantly higher 5hmC enrichment in their gene body regions when compared to those un-changed genes. Collectively, our study not only provides the first DNA hydroxmethylome of kidney tissues but also suggests that DNA hyper-hydroxymethylation in gene body may be a novel epigenetic mark of IR injury-associated genes. Eamination of the genome-wide distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in mouse kidney tissues
Project description:Microarray analysis was used to assess the expression levels of miRNAs in six pairs of kidney tissues of calcium oxalate (CaOx) nephrocalcinosis mouse model and normal mouse kidney tissues.The animals used in the experiment were male 6-8 weeks old C57BL/6J mice. To establish a CaOx nephrocalcinosis mouse model, each mouse was intraperitoneally injected with saline or glyoxylate acid (Gly) (75 mg/kg/d, 200 μl) from day 1 to day 7. Animals were euthanized after 7 days, and kidney samples were collected at the time of euthanasia.
Project description:Alteration of kidney morphogenesis in diabetic pregnancies is poorly described, especially changes in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and glomerular basement membrane (GBM during glomerulogenesis. Addressing the ECM proteome, or matrisome, in the mouse fetal kidney in a healthy and diabetic environment will improve understanding about the association between ECM changes in the kidney as potential reprogramming mechanisms of kidney differentiation in diabetic pregnancies. Therefore, to better understand ECM composition and remodelling in kidney developmental and appreciate the alterations associated to the maternal diabetes, this project aimed to define the matrisome in the mouse fetal kidney on embryonic day 19. For this, we used an ECM enrichment approach combined with high resolution label-free tandem mass spectrometry to define the matrisome in the fetal mouse kidney (healthy and hyperglycemic) to test the hypothesis that maternal diabetes influences ECM composition, assembly and, therefore, biology.
Project description:We identified Fox1 and Foxc2 core transcription factors in kidney glomeruli. To investigate their transcriptional regulatory roles in glomeruli, we performed ChIPseq of Foxc1 and Foxc2 in adult mouse kidney glomeruli. The genome wide distribution of Foxc1/2 binding sites revealed they regulated the differentiation and mature state of adult podocyte to maintain kidney homeostatis.