Project description:We aimed to investiagte the protective anti-inflammatory effect of glucocorticoids (dexamethsone, DEX) on paneth cells from mice treated with TNF. TNF treatment causes leaky gut syndrome and paneth cell disfunction. Using pre-treatment with DEX we aim to protect paneth cell against TNF effects
Project description:Mice were given zinc as a salt (ZnSO4; 25 mM) in the drinking water for 7 days, then mice were injected with TNF and sampling was done 3 hours after injection. Expression profiling with RNA-seq was performed on purified paneth cellq to investigate the genome wide effects of zinc supplemenation on the paneth cell gene expression profile in the conext of TNF
Project description:We investigated the effect of zinc depletion on the mouse intestine, and specifically on paneth cells. Mice were placed on a zinc depleted diet for 7 weeks after which they were given TNF for 3 hours and the the effects of dietary zinc shortage on paneth cells in TNF context were investigated. A zinc is an essential element for correct paneth cell function and zinc defficiency is a human and animal health problem investigating the PC transcriptom my provide valuable insights into the exact mechanism.
Project description:The cytokine TNF drives inflammatory diseases, e.g. Crohn disease. In a mouse model of TNF-induced systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), severe impact on intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) is observed. Zinc confers complete protection in this model. We found that zinc no longer protects in animals which lack glucocorticoids (GCs), or express mutant versions of their receptor GR in IECs, nor in mice which lack gut microbiota. RNA-seq studies in IECs showed that zinc caused reduction of expression of constitutive (STAT1-induced) interferon-stimulated response (ISRE) genes and Interferon Regulatory Factor (IRF) genes. Since some of these genes are involved in TNF-induced cell death in intestinal crypt Paneth cells, and since zinc has direct effects on the composition of the gut microbiota (such as several Staphylococcus species) and on TNF-induced Paneth cell death, we postulate a new zinc-related anti-inflammatory mechanism. Zinc modulates the gut microbiota, causing less induction of ISRE/IRF genes in crypt cells, less TNF-induced necroptosis in Paneth cells and less fatal evasion of gut bacteria into the system.
Project description:The cytokine TNF drives inflammatory diseases, e.g. Crohn disease. In a mouse model of TNF-induced systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), severe impact on intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) is observed. Zinc confers complete protection in this model. We found that zinc no longer protects in animals which lack glucocorticoids (GCs), or express mutant versions of their receptor GR in IECs, nor in mice which lack gut microbiota. RNA-seq studies in IECs showed that zinc caused reduction of expression of constitutive (STAT1-induced) interferon-stimulated response (ISRE) genes and Interferon Regulatory Factor (IRF) genes. Since some of these genes are involved in TNF-induced cell death in intestinal crypt Paneth cells, and since zinc has direct effects on the composition of the gut microbiota (such as several Staphylococcus species) and on TNF-induced Paneth cell death, we postulate a new zinc-related anti-inflammatory mechanism. Zinc modulates the gut microbiota, causing less induction of ISRE/IRF genes in crypt cells, less TNF-induced necroptosis in Paneth cells and less fatal evasion of gut bacteria into the system.
Project description:The study of how gene expression in paneth cells changes 3 hours after TNF admistration. We used deep paired-end sequencing to also be able to investigate alternative splicing and non-coding RNA
Project description:The study of how gene expression in paneth cells changes 3 hours after TNF admistration in mice were the TNFR1 (P55) genes was deleted in paneth cells using Defa6-cre.
Project description:The cytokine TNF drives inflammatory diseases, e.g. Crohn disease. In a mouse model of TNF-induced systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), severe impact on intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) is observed. Zinc confers complete protection in this model. We found that zinc no longer protects in animals which lack glucocorticoids (GCs), or express mutant versions of their receptor GR in IECs, nor in mice which lack gut microbiota. RNA-seq studies in IECs showed that zinc caused reduction of expression of constitutive (STAT1-induced) interferon-stimulated response (ISRE) genes and Interferon Regulatory Factor (IRF) genes. Since some of these genes are involved in TNF-induced cell death in intestinal crypt Paneth cells, and since zinc has direct effects on the composition of the gut microbiota (such as several Staphylococcus species) and on TNF-induced Paneth cell death, we postulate a new zinc-related anti-inflammatory mechanism. Zinc modulates the gut microbiota, causing less induction of ISRE/IRF genes in crypt cells, less TNF-induced necroptosis in Paneth cells and less fatal evasion of gut bacteria into the system.