RNA-sequencing demonstrates transcriptional differences between human vocal fold fibroblasts and myofibroblasts
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
PROVIDER: PRJNA1169027 | ENA |
REPOSITORIES: ENA
Similar Datasets
Project description:Background: Differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts is necessary for wound healing, but excessive myofibroblast presence and persistence can result in scarring. Treatment for scarring is limited largely due to a lack of comprehensive understanding of how fibroblasts and myofibroblasts differ at the transcript level. The purpose of the study was to comprehensively characterize transcriptional profiles of injured fibroblasts relative to normal fibroblasts, utilizing fibroblasts from the vocal fold as a model for other areas of the body. Results: we identified differentially expressed genes between groups of normal fibroblasts, scarred fibroblasts, and fibroblasts treated with transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1), which represented an induced-scar phenotype. Principal component analysis revealed clustering of normal fibroblasts separate from the clustering of fibroblasts treated with TGF-β1; scarred fibroblasts were more similar to normal fibroblasts than fibroblasts treated with TGF-β1. Enrichment analyses revealed pathways related to cell signaling, receptor-ligand activity, and regulation of cell functions in scarred fibroblasts, pathways related to cell adhesion in normal fibroblasts, and pathways related to ECM binding in fibroblasts treated with TGF-β1. Although transcriptomic profiles between scarred fibroblasts and fibroblasts treated with TGF-β1 were relatively dissimilar, the most highly co-expressed genes were enriched in pathways related to actin cytoskeleton binding. Conclusions: Transcriptomics of normal fibroblasts differ from myofibroblasts, including from those retrieved from scar and those treated with TGF-β1. Despite large differences in transcriptomics between tVFF and sVFF, tVFF serve as a useful in vitro model of myofibroblasts and highlight key similarities to myofibroblasts extracted from scar pathology, as well as expected differences related to normal fibroblasts from healthy VF.
2025-03-25 | GSE278852 | GEO
Project description:We used microarrays to characterize transcriptome profiles of rat vocal fold tissue following surgical injury (vs. naive tissue); rat vocal fold fibroblasts harvested from scar tissue at the 60 d time point (vs. naive fibroblasts); rat vocal fold scar fibroblasts treated with siRNA against the collagen chaperone protein rat gp46 (vs. scramble siRNA). Adult Fischer 344 rat vocal fold tissue was harvested at 3, 14, and 60 days following surgical injury (control = age-matched naive tissue); rat vocal fold scar fibroblasts were obtained via explant culture of tissue obtained 60 days following surgical injury and harvested at 80% confluence during passage 1 (control = age-matched naive rat vocal fold fibroblasts); rat vocal fold scar fibroblasts were treated for 1 h with 50 nM liposome-delivered siRNA against rat gp46 when 80% confluent at passage 1, cultured for an additional 24 h in fresh media, then harvested (control = rat vocal fold scar fibroblasts treated with 50 nM liposome-delivered scramble siRNA).
2014-10-09 | E-GEOD-62204 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:We used microarrays to characterize transcriptome profiles of rat vocal fold tissue following surgical injury (vs. naive tissue); rat vocal fold fibroblasts harvested from scar tissue at the 60 d time point (vs. naive fibroblasts); rat vocal fold scar fibroblasts treated with siRNA against the collagen chaperone protein rat gp46 (vs. scramble siRNA).
2014-10-09 | GSE62204 | GEO
Project description:Expression data from rat vocal fold at different periods after vocal fold injury
| PRJNA579528 | ENA
Project description:Expression data from rat vocal fold at different periods after vocal fold injury (miRNA)
| PRJNA614953 | ENA
Project description:Reinke’s edema is a cigarette associated, benign, mostly bilateral lesion of the vocal folds leading to dysphonia and dyspnea. Until today information about pathophysiology is only scarce, treatment is only surgical. To explore the pathophysiology of Reinke’s edema, we exposed near primary human vocal fold fibroblasts to cigarette smoke extract enriched medium or air bubbled control for 24 hrs. followed by a proteomic analysis. Proteomic analyses revealed an increase of proteins involved in oxidative stress response. We furthermore found that a significant number of essential extracellular matrix proteins was altered by culturing human VFF with CSE enriched medium: UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase, a protein involved in hyaluronan synthesis was upregulated, while the expression of several fibrillar collagen types was significantly reduced. The current findings corroborate previous studies but revealed new insights in possible disease mechanisms of Reinke’s edema too. We postulate that changes in the composition -reduction of collagen fibrils, increase of hyaluronan- of the vocal folds’ ECM may lead to the clinical findings.
2019-08-06 | PXD010640 | Pride
Project description:Vocal cord healing is a dynamic process, and many genes and proteins are involved, which play varying roles at different regeneration stages after injury. Previous studies have shown that inflammatory responses occur at the early stage of vocal cord injury, where the fibroblasts proliferate exuberantly with intensive secretion and deposition of ECM. These activities reach the peak at 3-7 days and their intensity begins to decline 15 days later. A study based on the dermal system has shown that ECM remodeling during the repair of injury can last for several months. However, few studies have been conducted as to the dynamic changes of gene expressions and signaling pathway during the healing process of vocal cord injury. Plotting these changes will facilitate the understanding about the physiological changes during healing and the identification of key time points and target genes in fibrosis formation.
2019-10-26 | GSE139383 | GEO
Project description:Vocal cord healing is a dynamic process, and many genes and proteins are involved, which play varying roles at different regeneration stages after injury. Previous studies have shown that inflammatory responses occur at the early stage of vocal cord injury, where the fibroblasts proliferate exuberantly with intensive secretion and deposition of ECM. These activities reach the peak at 3-7 days and their intensity begins to decline 15 days later. A study based on the dermal system has shown that ECM remodeling during the repair of injury can last for several months. However, few studies have been conducted as to the dynamic changes of gene and microRNA expressions during the healing process of vocal cord injury. Plotting these changes will facilitate the understanding about the physiological changes during healing and the identification of key time points and target genes and microRNAs in fibrosis formation.
2020-03-25 | GSE147473 | GEO
Project description:The purpose of this study is to investigate if acute systemic dehydration impacts the vocal folds at the mRNA level. Rabbits were used as animal model to enable a systematic and rigorous assessment of the pathobiology of vocal fold hydration since they can be manipulated in a physiologically realistic manner. We anticipate that the results of this study will help to elucidate the effects of altered hydration state in response to furosemide on vocal fold epithelium, lamina propria and muscle tissue at the transcriptome level. Together with cellular, structural, and functional techniques that are part of this project, we expect to provide validated scientific recommendations on the adverse effects of dehydration and the therapeutic benefits of hydration.
2020-07-09 | GSE132765 | GEO
Project description:We present here the first study evaluating the dynamic proteome changes in the remodeling process of decellularized tissue by reseeded cells using vocal fold mucosa as the model system.
2016-01-06 | PXD002734 | Pride