Project description:Large White and Meishan pigs were either non-treated or injected with mammalian 1-24 ACTH (Immediate Synachten, Novartis France) at the dose of 250 µg per animal. Pigs were sacrificed either immediately after capture from their home cage (non-treated animals) or 1 hour following ACTH injection. Adrenal glands were immediately collected from pigs and frozen on dry ice and then stored at -80°C until RNA isolation. Keywords: stress response, adrenal, gene expression, pig
Project description:Regulatory Mechanisms of Atrial Remodeling of Mitral Regurgitation Pigs This study enrolled 6 pigs (age: 18 months) and divided into three groups: mitral regurgitation pigs (MR) (n = 2; 2 males sacrificed 12 months after surgery), MR pigs treated with valsartan (MRV) (n = 2; 2 males age-matched to MR sacrificed 12 months after surgery), and normal control pigs (NC) (n = 2; 2 males age-matched to MR pigs). Valsartan (3.43 mg/kg/day), a type I angiotensin II receptor blocker, was administered from one week before surgery and then daily after surgery in the MRV group. We sought to systemically elucidate critical differences in the alteration of RNA expression pattern between the atrial myocardium of pigs with and without MR, and between the atrial myocardium of MR pigs with and without valsartan using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays and functional network enrichment analysis.
Project description:Large White and Meishan pigs were either non-treated or injected with mammalian 1-24 ACTH (Immediate Synachten, Novartis France) at the dose of 250 µg per animal. Pigs were sacrificed either immediately after capture from their home cage (non-treated animals) or 1 hour following ACTH injection. Adrenal glands were immediately collected from pigs and frozen on dry ice and then stored at -80°C until RNA isolation. Keywords: stress response, adrenal, gene expression, pig 47 samples
Project description:We studied the influence of the oleic acid content of the diet on adipose tissue transcriptome. Iberian pigs were fed a standard (C) or a high oleic sunflower oil enriched (HO) diet. Transcriptome analyses were performed in adipose tissue samples (inner layer) obtained at slaughter (110 kg live weight) employing the Affymetrix porcine GeneChip. Normalized and filtered microarray expression data (background corrected and base-2 logarithmic-transformed) were analyzed through Bayesian inference using the GEAMM v.1.6 program. Statistically significant expression differences (FDR<0.10) between C and HO groups were observed for a total of ten probes corresponding to nine different known genes. Six genes were overexpressed in the HO group and three were overexpressed in the C group. Expression differences between groups ranged from 1.38 to 2.75-fold. The two most significantly DE genes were related with immune defense (TCRB and GPR183) and others were related with nutrient metabolism as glicerolipid metabolism (GK), phospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism (PPM1L), carbohydrate metabolism (FBP2) aminoacid metabolism and energy homeostasis (PRSS35 and CKB) and gene expression regulation and adipogenesis (RXRG). 15 Iberian castrated male pigs were adscribed to one of two experimental groups at 28 kg live weight (7 animals in Control group and 8 animals in High Oleic group). Nutritional treatment was maintained until sacrifice of the animals at 110 kg of live weight. At the sacrifice, backfat adipose tissue was sampled from each animal at the level of the last rib.
Project description:Skeletal muscle were collected from pigs treated in the control group, the Lys deficiency group and the Lys rescue group. Then, the samples were analyzed by LC-MSMS.