Project description:We examined the effect of grape seed extract (GSE), which are known to protect neurons against oxidative stress, on primary cultures of hippocampal astrocytes. GSE increased interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression. Microarrays are used to examine the effects of GSE on primary cultures of hippocampal neurons and astrocytes. Experiment Overall Design: Primary cultures of hippocampal neurons were treated with 0, 1, or 10 ug/ml of GSE for 24 hrs. Primary cultures of hippocampal astrocytes were treated with 0, 1, 10, or 100 ug/ml of GSE for 24 hrs.
Project description:We examined the effect of grape seed extract (GSE), which are known to protect neurons against oxidative stress, on primary cultures of hippocampal astrocytes. GSE increased interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression. Microarrays are used to examine the effects of GSE on primary cultures of hippocampal neurons and astrocytes.
Project description:Inflammation is a key component of pathological angiogenesis. Here we induce cornea neovascularisation using sutures placed into the cornea, and sutures are removed to induce a regression phase. We used whole transcriptome microarray to monitor gene expression profies of several genes
Project description:Human aortic endothelial cells were grown in culture until confluent. In three experiments using cells derived from three separate donors confluent cultures were incubated for 6 h with contol medium, or medium containing either extracts of oligomeric procyanidins from cranberry juice or red wine, or a procyanidin-rich grape seed extract. At the end of the 6 h treatment period conditioned media samples were retained for immunoassay of secreted peptides and proteins, and RNA was extracted for microarray analysis. Experiment Overall Design: Each experiment used cells from one donor. Treatment conditions were: control medium, cranberry extract (CRE), grape seed extract (GSE), and red wine extract (RWE).
Project description:Mi(cro)RNAs are small non-coding RNAs of 18-25 nucleotides in length that modulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. These RNAs have been shown to be involved in a several biological processes, human diseases and metabolic disorders. Proanthocyanidins, which are the most abundant polyphenol class in the human diet, have positive heath effects on a variety of metabolic disorders such as inflammation, obesity, diabetes and insulin resistance. The present study aimed to evaluate whether proanthocyanidin-rich natural extracts modulate miRNA expression. Using microarray analysis and Q-PCR, we investigated miRNA expression in HepG2 cells treated with proanthocyanidins. Our results showed that when HepG2 cells were treated with grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE), cocoa proanthocyanidin extract (CPE) or pure epigallocatechin gallate isolated from green tea (EGCG), fifteen, six and five differentially expressed miRNAs, respectively, were identified out of 904 mRNAs. Specifically, miR-30b* was downregulated by the three treatments, and treatment with GSPE or CPE upregulated miR-1224-3p, miR-197 and miR-532-3p. Therefore, these results provide evidence of the capacity of dietary proanthocyanidins to influence microRNA expression, revealing a new mechanism of action of proanthocyanidins. microRNA profiling of Human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cell line (HepG2) comparing control untreated HepG2 cells with cells treated with grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (100 mg/L, 5h), cacao proanthocyanidin extract (100 mg/L, 5h) or epigallocatechin gallate (50 mg/L, 5h). Two biologival replicates were used for control and treated cells with one replicate per array.