Project description:Steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head (SANFH) is closely associated with the imbalance between adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). Additionally, epigenetic regulation plays a critical role in this process. Our previous research found that during BMSC adipogenic differentiation, C/EBPα enhances the histone H3K27 acetylation modification at the PPARγ promoter, promoting sustained adipogenic differentiation of BMSCs, suggesting that Histone deacetylases (HDACs) may play an important role in BMSC adipogenic differentiation. However, identifying specific HDAC target genes requires further investigation. This study combines cell experiments with clinical specimen experiments to screen specific HDAC genes involved in BMSC adipogenic differentiation and explore their preliminary functions. Our findings indicate that HDAC10 influences the progression of steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head by regulating BMSC adipogenic differentiation, possibly through its association with PPARγ histone acetylation. These discoveries provide promising directions for the treatment of steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
Project description:These libraries represent instances of Swarm rat chondrosarcoma tumors taken from different transplantation experiments. This series also contains one non-cancerous cartilage library made from rat normal growing femoral head cartilage as a comparative data point. Keywords: other
Project description:The steriod-induced necrosis of femoral head(SINFH) is a serious clinical problem and the underlying mechanism of this disease remains unknown. As its etiology and pathogenesis are not clear, there hasn’t been an effective treatment yet. In-depth studies on its pathogenesis will provide important information for the prevention and treatment of this devastated disease. Animal model researches are helpful to a better understanding of its etiology and pathogenesis, to early diagnosis and treatments and provide the basis for clinical treatment It has been proved that the occurrence of SINFH is related to gene itself and its polymorphism. These studies, in which only one or a few genes were investigated, could not provide a comprehensive understanding to the pathogenesis of SINFH. We used microarrays to compare the gene expression profile of SINFH rats with that of normal rats and identified gene expression changes between SINFH rats and normal rats. Adult healthy male Wistar rats(body weight 200±10g) were randomly divided into control and experimental groups. All the rats were given injection of E. coli endotoxin at a dose of 20μg/kg body weight into abdominal cavity for two times with a 24 hour interval. 24 hours after the second administration of E. coli endotoxin, methylprednisolone 40mg/kg was administered into the left gluteus muscle of experimental group rats for three times with a 24 hour interval. Rats were then killed 6 weeks after steroid administration. In experiment, immediately after death the left femoral heads were isolated. Femoral heads were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to obtain the gene expression profile of SINFH rats and that of normal rats in order to identified gene expression changes between SINFH rats and normal rats by comparing the gene expression profile of SINFH rats with that of normal rats. To that end, we have established the gene expression profiles of normal and SINFH disease of rat femoral head and found out differentially expressed genes.
Project description:These libraries represent instances of Swarm rat chondrosarcoma tumors taken from different transplantation experiments. This series also contains one non-cancerous cartilage library made from rat normal growing femoral head cartilage as a comparative data point. Keywords: other
Project description:A study of rat femoral fracture healing in young (6 weeks old at fracture), adult (26 weeks old at fracture), and old (52 weeks old at fracture) rats. Samples were collected at time of surgery (intact controls) and at 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks after fracture. Samples were the mid third of the femoral length including the external callus, cortical bone and marrow elements. Fracture was stabilized with an intramedullary rod prior to fracture with a Bonnarens and Einhorn device.