Project description:We uesd single-cell transcriptome sequencing technology to sequence the mononuclear phagocytes in the mice kidney, blood and spleen after acute kidney injury, and comprehensively describe characteristics of mononuclear phagocytes.
Project description:Interventions: Patients with spleen deficiency and qi stagnation syndrome SDQSS:NA;Patients with DHS with damp-heat accumulation syndrome:NA;Patients with SPOS with stasis and internal resistance syndrome:NA;Patients with SKYDS of Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency Syndrome:NA;Patients with liver-kidney yin deficiency syndrome LKYDS:NA;QBDS patients with deficiency of both qi and blood syndrome:NA
Primary outcome(s): Serum metabolites;Fecal microbiome;lipidomics
Study Design: Diagnostic test for accuracy
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Project description:Blue shark transcriptome of kidney and spleen
Project description:Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) [CAS:118-74-1; CHEBI:5692] is a persistent environmental pollutant with toxic effects in man and rat. Reported adverse effects are hepatic porphyria, neurotoxicity, and adverse effects on the reproductive and immune system. To obtain more insight into HCB-induced mechanisms of toxicity, we studied gene expression levels using DNA microarrays. For 4 weeks, Brown Norway rats were fed a diet supplemented with 0, 150, or 450 mg HCB/kg. Spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN), thymus, blood, liver, and kidney were collected and analyzed using the Affymetrix rat RGU-34A GeneChip microarray. Most significant (p < 0.001) changes, compared to the control group, occurred in spleen, followed by liver, kidney, blood, and MLN, but only a few genes were affected in thymus. This was to be expected, as the thymus is not a target organ of HCB. Transcriptome profiles confirmed known effects of HCB such as stimulatory effects on the immune system and induction of enzymes involved in drug metabolism, porphyria, and the reproductive system. In line with previous histopathological findings were increased transcript levels of markers for granulocytes and macrophages. New findings include the upregulation of genes encoding proinflammatory cytokines, antioxidants, acute phase proteins, mast cell markers, complements, chemokines, and cell adhesion molecules. Generally, gene expression data provide evidence that HCB induces a systemic inflammatory response, accompanied by oxidative stress and an acute phase response. In conclusion, this study confirms previously observed (immuno)toxicological effects of HCB but also reveals several new and mechanistically relevant gene products. Thus, transcriptome profiles can be used as markers for several of the processes that occur after HCB exposure.
Project description:Macrobrachium nipponense is one of the commonest species threatened by ambient superfluous nitrite. The mechanism of nitrite stress at the molecular level was studied using de novo RNA-Seq to explore the molecular pathways in M. nipponense exposed to the acute nitrite stress (26.05 mg/L nitrite-N) for 24h and the chronic nitrite stress (6.58 mg/L nitrite-N) for 21d. A total of 175.13 million reads were obtained and assembled into 58,871 unigenes with an average length of 1,028.7 bp and N50 of 1,294bp. 2,824 and 2,610 unigenes in the acute and chronic nitrite stress were significantly differentially expressed respectively. Based on the change in GO analysis and KEGG pathway analysis, pathways both in the acute and chronic nitrite stress were glycosphingolipid biosynthesis - ganglio series, alanine aspartate and glutamate metabolism, biotin metabolism and amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism which revealed the commonly functional pathways in acute and chronic nitrite stress. The markedly altered pathways were divided into four sections of immunity, metabolism, cell and others. Immunity section contained the most pathways among the classifications as phagosome, folate biosynthesis, glycerolipid metabolism, glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, selenoamino acid metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism, amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism and taurine and hypotaurine metabolism in the acute nitrite stress and lysosome, alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism, glycosaminoglycan degradation and amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism in the chronic nitrite stress. This is the first report of whole molecular responses of M. nipponense under acute and chronic nitrite stress through de novo transcriptome sequencing. The findings of this study will further promote the understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms of the nitrite stress for crustacean species.
Project description:The effect of dietary immunostimulation in the immune organs, head kidney and spleen, of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), was investigated using a salmonid-specific microarray platform enriched with immune-related genes. Immunostimulant-diet feeding significantly changed transcriptomic expression profiles: larger reduction rather than induction was observed, with significant regulation in genes and functional GO categories related to remodeling processes and immune and hematopoietic activities. The results revealed that Immunostimulant-diets hava effect in the transcriptome of cultured fish. Keywords: spleen, head kidney, immunostimulats, transcriptomic response, trout
Project description:Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria are vital players in the global nitrogen cycle that convert nitrite to nitrate during the 2nd step of nitrification. Within this functional guild, the genus Nitrospira is among the most widespread and phylogenetically and physiologically diverse nitrite oxidizers and its members drive nitrite oxidation in many natural and biotechnological ecosystems. Despite their ecological and biotechnological importance, our understanding of Nitrospira’s energy metabolism is still limited. The main bottleneck for a detailed biochemical characterization of Nitrospira is biomass production, since they are slow-growing organisms and fastidious to culture. In this study, we cultured Nitrospira moscoviensis in a continuous stirred tank reactor system (CSTR) allowing constant biomass harvesting. Additionally, this cultivation setup enabled accurate control of physicochemical parameters and thus avoided fluctuating levels of nitrite and accumulation of nitrate. We performed transcriptome analysis and confirmed constant gene expression profiles in the chemostat culture over a period of two weeks. The transcriptomic data supports the predicted core metabolism of N. moscoviensis, including the reductive TCA cycle as a CO2 fixation pathway, the novel bd-like oxidase as terminal oxidase and the octaheme nitrite reductase involved in nitrogen assimilation. Additionally, the expression of multiple copies of respiratory complexes suggests functional differentiation of these copies within the respiratory chain. Transcriptome analysis also suggests a soluble and a membrane-bound gamma subunit as part of the nitrite oxidoreductase (NXR), the enzyme catalyzing nitrite oxidation. Overall, the transcriptome data provided novel insights into the metabolism of Nitrospira supporting the genome-based prediction of key pathways. Moreover, the application of a CSTR to cultivate Nitrospira is an important foundation for future proteomic and biochemical characterizations, which are crucial for a better understanding of canonical and complete nitrifying microorganisms.
Project description:The design of this experiment was based on the assumption that transcript levels will change linearly while going from 100 percent of one tissue to 100 percent of the other. This assumed linear data set could be used to evaluate various issues related to low-level microarray data analysis. Hybridization cocktails from two mouse tissues, kidney and spleen, were prepared and mixed in a range of ratios and applied to 4-5 replicate GLYCOv1 chips for analysis. The mixture ratios were as follows: 100 percent kidney, 75 percent Kidney/25 percent spleen, 50 percent kidney/50 percent spleen, 25 percent kidney/75 percent spleen, and 100 percent spleen.