Project description:Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the Lewis rat, produces an an acute weakness, or paralysis of the tail and hind limb ataxia ,weakness or paralysis associated with increased permiability of the blood brain barrier, inflammation and demyelination in central nervous system (CNS). Clinical symptoms , ascending weakness or paralysis of the tail followed by the hind limbs and in rare cases the fore limbs occurs 8 and 14 days post immunisation (dpi) and is generally resolved completely by day 20 dpi. We have carried out transcriptome analysis of total RNA from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats at the peak of disease (EAE) and age matched healthy controls to identify exon expression changes associated with the disease. In these data sets we include the exon expression data obtained from total RNA preparations from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats sacrificed at the clinical peak of MBP induced EAE and age matched , untreated, healthy controls. 8 total RNA samples were prepared. A two way ANOVA comparison carried out in Partek Genomics Suite was used to detect differences in exon expression in the spinal cord of female lewis rats with MBP induced EAE and age matched healthy controls.
Project description:Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the Lewis rat, produces an an acute weakness, or paralysis of the tail and hind limb ataxia ,weakness or paralysis associated with increased permiability of the blood brain barrier, inflammation and demyelination in central nervous system (CNS). Clinical symptoms , ascending weakness or paralysis of the tail followed by the hind limbs and in rare cases the fore limbs occurs 8 and 14 days post immunisation (dpi) and is generally resolved completely by day 20 dpi. We have carried out transcriptome analysis of total RNA from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats at the peak of disease (EAE) and age matched healthy controls to identify exon expression changes associated with the disease. In these data sets we include the exon expression data obtained from total RNA preparations from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats sacrificed at the clinical peak of MBP induced EAE and age matched , untreated, healthy controls.
Project description:Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the Lewis rat, produces an an acute weakness, or paralysis of the tail and hind limb ataxia ,weakness or paralysis associated with increased permiability of the blood brain barrier, inflammation and demyelination in central nervous system (CNS). Clinical symptoms , ascending weakness or paralysis of the tail followed by the hind limbs and in rare cases the fore limbs occurs 8 and 14 days post immunisation (dpi) and is generally resolved completely by day 20 dpi. We have carried out transcriptome analysis of total RNA from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats at the peak of disease (EAE) and age matched healthy controls to identify gene expression changes associated with the disease. In these data sets we include the exon and gene expression data obtained from total RNA preparations from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats sacrificed at the clinical peak of MBP induced EAE and age matched , untreated, healthy controls. This data was used to obtain 2265 mapped IDS wich identified 1190 known genes which were differentially expressed in the spinal cord in EAE compared to healthy animals.
Project description:Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the Lewis rat, produces an an acute weakness, or paralysis of the tail and hind limb ataxia ,weakness or paralysis associated with increased permiability of the blood brain barrier, inflammation and demyelination in central nervous system (CNS). Clinical symptoms , ascending weakness or paralysis of the tail followed by the hind limbs and in rare cases the fore limbs occurs 8 and 14 days post immunisation (dpi) and is generally resolved completely by day 20 dpi. We have carried out transcriptome analysis of total RNA from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats at the peak of disease (EAE) and age matched healthy controls to identify gene expression changes associated with the disease. In these data sets we include the exon and gene expression data obtained from total RNA preparations from the spinal cords of female Lewis rats sacrificed at the clinical peak of MBP induced EAE and age matched , untreated, healthy controls. This data was used to obtain 2265 mapped IDS wich identified 1190 known genes which were differentially expressed in the spinal cord in EAE compared to healthy animals. 8 total RNA samples were prepared. A two way ANOVA comparison carried out in Partek Genomics Suite was used to detect gene transcripts for which the expression levels varied significantly (un-adjusted p-values M-bM-^IM-$ 0.05) from the healthy controls. 2265 mapped IDs were uploaded to the Ingenuity pathway analysis suite (IPA) where 1190 known genes were identified as being differentially regulated between groups. An FDR M-bM-^IM-$ 5% and fold change limit of +/- 4.0 further refined the data set to identify the 72 most highly and significantly differentially regulated genes in the spinal cord at the clinical peak of disease in MBP induced EAE in the Lewis rat.
Project description:Exon Expression Changes in the Spinal Cords of Lewis Rats with Myelin Basic Protein-Induced Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE)
Project description:Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a mouse model for multiple sclerosis (MS) a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. We have observed dysfunction of the RNA binding protein hnRNP A1 in neurons from the brains of patients with MS, and the spinal cords of mice with EAE. Here, we sought to characterize the consequences of EAE-induced dysfunction of hnRNP A1 on the RNAs it binds by using CLIPseq to establish both the normal central nervous system RNA binding profile of hnRNP A1 in the spinal cords of naive mice, and any alterations to the binding profile of hnRNP A1 in the spinal cords of mice with EAE.
Project description:Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)-susceptible DA and EAE-resistant PVG rats were immunized with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) to induce an autoimmune response.<br>Seven days later draining inguinal lymph nodes were removed. 2 conditions were examined: 'ex vivo' and 'MOG restimulated', which involved 24hrs of incubation with an encephalogenic MOG 91-108 peptide.
Project description:Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)-susceptible DA and EAE-resistant congenic R23 rats were immunized with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) to induce an autoimmune response.<br><br>Seven days later draining inguinal lymph nodes were removed. 2 conditions were examined: 'ex vivo' and 'MOG restimulated', which involved 24hrs of incubation with an encephalogenic MOG 91-108 peptide.<br><br>
Project description:The aim of the experiment is to characterize the genetics and mechanisms of the inflammatory response after induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model of multiple sclerosis, by studying the genome wide expression in the spleen in late disease. A backcross was created between EAE-susceptible DA and EAE-resistant PVG rats. At day 35 after induction of EAE with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) in these rats, spleens were taken for transcriptional profiling.
