Project description:Comparative gene expression profiling between DSS-treated crypts and normal colon crypts Comparative gene expression profiling between normal colon crypts and tumor crypts
Project description:To describe the protein profile in hippocampus, colon and ileum tissue’ changing after the old faeces transplants, we adopted a quantitative label free proteomics approach.
Project description:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is currently the third in cancer incidence worldwide and the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths. To discover the proteins related to colon cancer, a typical inflammation-related C57B/6N mouse colon carcinogenesis model was developed using azoxymethane-dextran sodium sulfate (AOM-DSS) treated for 14 weeks. iTRAQ-based proteomics study was performed using cell membrane components enriched from colonic mucosa. Tumor tissues and their adjacent normal colon tissues from colonic cancer patients were collected for differential protein detection and metabolomics studies. Totally, 74 differentially expressed proteins were identified in the AOM/DSS treated tumor samples compared with AOM/DSS treated adjacent samples, and the saline treated control. Bioinformatics analysis showed that eight downregulated proteins were enriched in the pathway of valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation. Targeted metabolomics study showed that valine, leucine and isoleucine was upregulated in tumor tissues compared with their adjacent normal tissues from colonic cancer patients. Further real-time PCR and western blot experiments showed that the signal pathway proteins of Hadh and ALDH2 were downregulated in colon patients (colon tumor tissues vs their adjacent colon tissues), as well as in AOM/DSS treated mouse model. In all, our study showed that the pathway of valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation was inactivation in colon cancer, and Hadh and ALDH2 were two potential biomarkers for colon cancer treatment.
Project description:To discover possible molecular mechanisms mediated by GM-CSF that may be involved in regeneration of the colon epithelium after DSS-induced injury we performed whole-genome wide mRNA microchip analysis of isolated crypt epithelial cells from unchallenged and DSS-challenged WT and GM-CSF-/- mice. Total RNA was prepared from isolated crypts obtained from colons of GM-CSF deficient mice and WT littermates treated or untreated with 1.5%DSS for 6 days. Three biological replicates were performed for each experimental condition.
Project description:Introgressed variants from other species can be an important source of genetic variation because they may arise rapidly, can include multiple mutations on a single haplotype, and have often been pretested by selection in the species of origin. Although introgressed alleles are generally deleterious, several studies have reported introgression as the source of adaptive alleles-including the rodenticide-resistant variant of Vkorc1 that introgressed from Mus spretus into European populations of Mus musculus domesticus. Here, we conducted bidirectional genome scans to characterize introgressed regions into one wild population of M. spretus from Spain and three wild populations of M. m. domesticus from France, Germany, and Iran. Despite the fact that these species show considerable intrinsic postzygotic reproductive isolation, introgression was observed in all individuals, including in the M. musculus reference genome (GRCm38). Mus spretus individuals had a greater proportion of introgression compared with M. m. domesticus, and within M. m. domesticus, the proportion of introgression decreased with geographic distance from the area of sympatry. Introgression was observed on all autosomes for both species, but not on the X-chromosome in M. m. domesticus, consistent with known X-linked hybrid sterility and inviability genes that have been mapped to the M. spretus X-chromosome. Tract lengths were generally short with a few outliers of up to 2.7 Mb. Interestingly, the longest introgressed tracts were in olfactory receptor regions, and introgressed tracts were significantly enriched for olfactory receptor genes in both species, suggesting that introgression may be a source of functional novelty even between species with high barriers to gene flow.