Project description:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) is a critical regulator of pulmonary Th2 inflammation but the underlying mechanism and the roles of miRNAs in this process have not been defined. We analyzed the effect of VEGF on lung microRNAs by microarray analysis and validated the findings by Taqman qRT-PCR. We compared the levels of microRNAs in the lungs of transgenic mice with their wild type litters after overexpression of VEGF from a lung epithelium-restricted transgene. VEGF was overexpressed in the lung epithelium of CC10-rtTA-VEGF transgenic mice by adding Doxycycline to their drinking water for 7-10 days. RNA from the lungs of VEGF transgenic mice and their wild type litters were extracted and analyzed by microarray. The expression levels of microRNAs that were significanly altered were validated in another group of mice.
Project description:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) is a critical regulator of pulmonary Th2 inflammation but the underlying mechanism and the roles of miRNAs in this process have not been defined. We analyzed the effect of VEGF on lung microRNAs by microarray analysis and validated the findings by Taqman qRT-PCR. We compared the levels of microRNAs in the lungs of transgenic mice with their wild type litters after overexpression of VEGF from a lung epithelium-restricted transgene. VEGF was overexpressed in the lung epithelium of CC10-rtTA-VEGF transgenic mice by adding Doxycycline to their drinking water for 7-10 days. RNA from the lungs of VEGF transgenic mice and their wild type litters were extracted and analyzed by microarray. The expression levels of microRNAs that were significanly altered were validated in another group of mice. Lung RNA from each transgenic mouse was labeled with Cy5 and lung RNA from wild type mice were labeled with Cy3. The two labeled RNAs were hybridized to the miRNA array. This array (chip ID 01_M9.1_070362) detects miRNA transcripts listed in Sanger miRBase Release 9.1 (http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Software/Rfam/mirna/). Multiple control probes are included in each chip. The control probes are used for quality controls of chip production, sample labeling and assay conditions. Among the control probes, PUC2PM-20B and PUC2MM-20B are the perfect match and single-based match detection probes, respectively, of a 20-mer RNA positive control sequence that is spiked into the RNA samples before labeling. One may assess assay stringency from the intensity ratio of PUC2PM-20B and PUC2MM-20B, which is normally larger than 30. When the option for custom probes is selected, custom probes are also included. After hybridization three imaged were obtained. From Cy3 and Cy5 images one may directly read miRNA profiles and from Ratio images one may get a quick sense of differential expressions between the corresponding samples. The images are displayed in pseudo colors so as to expand visual dynamic range. In the Cy3 and Cy5 intensity images, as signal intensity increases from 1 to 65,535 the corresponding color changes from blue to green, to yellow, and to red. In the Cy3/Cy5 ratio image, when Cy3 level is higher than Cy5 level the color is green; when Cy3 level is equal to Cy5 level the color is yellow; and when Cy5 level is higher than Cy3 level the color is red.
Project description:Comparative analysis of gene expression in murine sinonasal mucosa in wild-type and CC10-knockout littermates with allergic eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis. The data provide a comprehensive overview of genes expressed in the mouse sinonasal mucosa and show that the expression of several known and unidentified genes is modified by disruption of the CC10 gene. Total RNA isolated from sinonasal mucosae of 6- to 8-week-old mice, C57BL/6 strain, was used for this comparison. Three groups: wild-type control, wild-type with allergic eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis, and CC10-knockout with allergic eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis.
Project description:Comparative analysis of gene expression in murine sinonasal mucosa in wild-type and CC10-knockout littermates with allergic eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis. The data provide a comprehensive overview of genes expressed in the mouse sinonasal mucosa and show that the expression of several known and unidentified genes is modified by disruption of the CC10 gene.
Project description:Epigenetic changes have been implicated in pathogenesis of asthma. We sought to determine if IL13, a key cytokine in airway inflammation and remodeling, induced miRNAs expression changes in the airways in conjunction with its transcriptional gene regulation. For our studies, we used a well-characterized transgenic mouse model of allergic airway inflammation induced by IL13. In this model, IL13 is conditionally overexpressed in the mouse lung when treated with doxycycline. Upon IL13 induction, these mice showed inflammatory cell infiltration, pronounced emphysema, increased pulmonary compliance, lung volume enlargement, mucus metaplasia, and increased expression of matrix metalloproteinases and cathepsins in the lung. The CC10-rtTA-IL13 transgenic (TG) and wildtype (WT) mice were treated with doxycycline for seven days. Mice were euthanized and the left upper lobes from all mice were removed for RNA extraction using the TRIzol method.
Project description:In this study we analyzed the expression of miRNAs in the lungs of SP-C/c-raf transgenic mice. The transgene is under the transcriptional control of the surfactant protein C (SP-C) promoter and consists of the oncogenically activated NH2-terminal deletion mutant c-Raf-1-BxB. Overall this study aims at identifying miRNAs regulated in precursor lesions of lung cancer. Affymetrix platform was used to analyze and compare the miRNA expression pattern in RNA extracts derived from two different conditions, i.e. lung of wild type mice and lung of SP-C/c-raf mice expressing the c-Raf-1 transgene. Each gender and condition was tested separately using 6 different individuals from each group: male and female wild type mice (M WT and F WT) and male and female transgenic mice (M c-Raf and F c-Raf).