Project description:profiling gene transcription in a mouse model of permanent focal cerebral ischemia that was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume. Microarray analysis was performed on Illumina Rat Ref12V1 beadchips. Right cortex RNA samples were collected at two time-points (8h and 24h ) respectively for all three experimental conditions: Sham (n=4), vehicle (i.e. ischemic injury with i.c.v. injection 80% DMSO; n=4) and treatment (injury plusi.c.v.injection of 30mM ZM447439 in 80% DMSO; n=4).
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly 30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume.
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume.
Project description:To identify the overall impact of permanent ischemia injury on lncRNAs, we profile differentially expressed lncRNAs using microarray analysis in mouse brains subjected to permenant focal ischemia via electrocoagulation. At 24h after dMCAO injury, the animals were executed for microarray analysis of lncRNA expression.
Project description:A drug currently efficient for cerebral stroke therapy is Semax, a synthetic peptide bearing a fragment of ACTH (4â7) and the C-terminal tripeptide Pro-Gly-Pro (PGP) was included to ensure resistance to peptidases.The genome-wide expression changes induced by Semax and PGP in rat brain cortex tissues damaged by focal ischemia were studied using the genome-wide RatRef-12 Expression BeadChip (Illumina, USA), which contains 22,226 genes, according to NCBI. We compared the biochip data obtained at 3 h and 24 h after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO) in each of the three groups (âischemia,â âischemia + Semax,â and âischemia + PGPâ). The transcriptome profiles were examined at 24 h vs. 3 h after pMCAO in rats that produced ischemic cortical injury and in rats with the same injury treated with Semax or PGP.
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly 30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume. miRNA microarray analysis was performed on Exiqon 5th generation - hsa, mmu & rno (Product no: 208300-A) to compliment our existing gene expression microarray data [GSE23651]. Arrays were run as dual colour (Hy3: Sample, and Hy5: Common sample reference pool). Right cortex RNA samples were collected at two time-points (8h and 24h )respectively for all three experimental conditions: Sham (n=4), vehicle (i.e. ischemic injury with i.c.v. injection 80% DMSO; n=4) and treatment (injury plus i.c.v.injection of 30mM ZM447439 in 80% DMSO; n=4). Supplementary file: Project_Summary_Report.txt The percentages listed in the top row are present-call rates, i.e. number of identified miRNAs compared to number of miRNAs on array.
Project description:A rat model of acute mitochondrial dysfunction in the cochlea is created by applying an irreversible mitochondrial complex II enzyme inhibitor, 3-NP, directly to the round window membrane. Treatment with 300 mM 3-NP results in temporary hearing loss (temporary threshold shift (TTS) model), whereas treatment with 500 mM 3-NP results in profound and permanent hearing loss (permanent threshold shift (PTS) model. Either treatment results with a primary histological change in the lateral wall spiral ligament. Because local ATP deprivation in the inner ear results from inhibition of inner ear mitochondrial function, this model replicates the etiology of inner ear energy failure caused by ATP deprivation due to inner ear ischemia. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in the damaged cochlear lateral wall by 3NP and identified distinct classes of up-regulated/ down-regulated genes during the process. One and three day after administrated either 300 mM of 3-NP (TTS-1d and TTS-3d, respectably) or saline (Ctrl-1d and Ctrl-3d, respectably), rat cochear lateral wall in the apical side of the basal turn was harvested for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.