Project description:The type 2 diabetes medication, rosiglitazone, has come under scrutiny for possibly increasing the risk of cardiac disease and death. To investigate the effects of rosiglitazone on the diabetic heart, we performed cardiac transcriptional profiling of a murine model of type 2 diabetes, the C57BL/KLS-leprdb/leprdb (db/db) mouse. We compared cardiac gene expression profiles from three groups: untreated db/db mice (db-c), db/db mice after rosiglitazone treatment (db-t), and non-diabetic db/+ mice. Mice were divided into three groups: Non-diabetic controls (db/+), untreated diabetic controls (db-c), and rosiglitazone-treated diabetic mice (db-t). Whole-heart RNA from five mice from each of the three groups after four months with or without treatment was used for microarray analysis.Universal Reference RNAs for mouse (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) were purchased as microarray reference controls.
Project description:The type 2 diabetes medication, rosiglitazone, has come under scrutiny for possibly increasing the risk of cardiac disease and death. To investigate the effects of rosiglitazone on the diabetic heart, we performed cardiac transcriptional profiling of a murine model of type 2 diabetes, the C57BL/KLS-leprdb/leprdb (db/db) mouse. We compared cardiac gene expression profiles from three groups: untreated db/db mice (db-c), db/db mice after rosiglitazone treatment (db-t), and non-diabetic db/+ mice.
Project description:A reference PPARg agonist, rosiglitazone, is compared to a newly synthesised selective PPARg modulator in db/db mice through transcriptomic analysis using microarray technology. Two tissues and three doses are available. These data were used to develop a new methodology of gene selection. Data of a technical variability study are also available for two liver samples.
Project description:2-Dodecyl-6-Methoxycyclohexa-2, 5 -Diene-1,4-Dione (DMDD) was purified from the roots of Averrhoa carambola L. Previous research demonstrated that DMDD is a small molecular compound with significant therapeutic potential for diabetes. However, the efficacy of DMDD to ameliorate diabetic cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes mice has not been reported. In present study, we detected gene expression profiles in the hippocampi of diabetic db/db mice after DMDD treatment. 9-week-old male db/db mice were treated with DMDD (50 mg/kg) for 28 days followed by Y maze and novel object recognition test for behavioral evaluation. Our results showed that DMDD attenuated the spatial working memory and object recognition memory impairment in db/db mice. Using mouse lncRNA array analysis, 11 lncRNAs and 4 mRNAs with significant differential expression were identified after DMDD treatment. Among these, Hif3a expression was significantly increased in the hippocampi of diabetic db/db mice compared with db/m control mice and then decreased after DMDD treatment. Besides, DMDD treatment reduced tau protein expression, the formation of a-synuclein oligomers and high glucose-induced apoptosis in the hippocampi of db/db mice and high glucose-treated HT22 cells. DMDD protected neural cells from apoptosis by repression of Hif3a. These data suggest that DMDD can alleviate cognitive impairment by regulating apoptosis through the pro-apoptotic protein Hif3a. In conclusion, our study suggests that DMDD has great potential to be a new preventive and therapeutic compound for diabetic cognitive impairment.
Project description:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is characterized by metabolic disorder and inflammation. However, the regulatory effects that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have on the pathogenesis of DN and on the efficacy of rosiglitazone treatment has yet to be clearly defined. Herein, we performed unbiased RNA sequencing to characterize the transcriptomic profiles in db/db diabetic mouse model with or without rosiglitazone treatment that served to improve the phenotypes of DN. Differential expression analysis revealed that those genes that had their expression restored following treatment with rosiglitazone are likely involved in protection against DN. Our data elucidate the novel renoprotective molecular mechanism of PPARγ agonists and propose lncRNA targets for diabetic nephropathy treatment.
Project description:Investigation of gene expression level changes in pancreatic and liver tissues of diabetic db/db mice supplemented with selenate, compared to the diabetic db/db mice administered placebo. Fasting blood glucose levels increased continuously in diabetic db/db mice administered placebo (DMCtrl) but decreased gradually in selenate-supplemented diabetic db/db mice (DMSe) and approached normal values when the experiment ended. The size of pancreatic islets increased, causing the plasma insulin concentration to double in DMSe mice compared with that in DMCtrl mice. Two six chip studies using total RNA respectively isolated from pancreatic and liver tissues of three selenate-supplemented diabetic db/db mice, and three diabetic db/db mice administered placebo.