Project description:The long non-coding RNA NUDT6 was found to be deregulated in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with higher expression in diseased human tissue specimens versus control aortic tissue. Apart from the already well-studied DNA: RNA interaction as a natural antisense transcript to Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 (FGF2), we were interested in identifying protein interaction partners to unravel further involvement in the pathogenesis and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Therefore, we performed a RNA pulldown experiment using biotinylated NUDT6 and control RNA in human aortic smooth muscle cell lysate to identify further interaction partners.
Project description:To determine how gene expression is altered in aorta tissue in response to aortic aneurysm disease. Thoracic or abdominal aorta tissue was isolated from patients requiring surgery due to aortic aneurysm or other (control) reason.
Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm model was established in low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient mice, and the gene expression profiles in abdominal aortic tissues exhibiting varying degrees of severity were analyzed.
Project description:Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm poses a substantial mortality risk in adults, yet many of its underlying factors remain unidentified. Here, we identify mitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)⁺ deficiency as a causal factor for the development of aortic aneurysm. Multiomics analysis of 150 surgical aortic specimens indicated impaired NAD+ salvage and mitochondrial transport in human thoracic aortic aneurysm, with expression of the NAD+ transporter SLC25A51 inversely correlating with disease severity and postoperative progression. Genome-wide gene-based association analysis further linked low SLC25A51 expression to risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection. In mouse models, smooth muscle-specific knockout of Nampt, Nmnat1, Nmnat3, Slc25a51, Nadk2 and Aldh18a1, genes involved in NAD+ salvage and transport, induced aortic aneurysm, with Slc25a51 deletion producing the most severe effects. Using these models, we suggest a mechanism that may explain the disease pathogenesis: the production of type III procollagen during aortic medial matrix turnover imposes a high demand for proline, an essential amino acid component of collagen. Deficiency in the mitochondrial NAD⁺ pool, regulated by NAD⁺ salvage and transport, hinders proline biosynthesis in mitochondria, contributing to thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Project description:This study aims to identify and characterize miRNA expression inATLOs isolated by laser microdissection from human AAA biopsy samples. The aim of this study was to profile (with microarray technology) miRNAs in ATLOs (Adventitial tertiary lymphoid organs), isolated by laser capture microdissection (LCM). Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) isolated from control non-aneurysmal aortas were the control group according to which data were normalized. ATLOs were microdissected (mean 13.5mm2) from two different biopsy samples of human abdominal aortic aneurysm. An area enriched in smooth muscle cells was microdissected from two biopsy samples of non aneurysmal abdominal aortas. Each microdissected samples were analyzed independently on microarray. ATLOs located in human abdominal aneurysmal aortas were each analyzed in duplicate (each isolated from different human donors of abdominal aortic aneurysm). Data were normalized with smooth muscle cells isolated from human abdominal non aneurysmal aortas.
Project description:We have employed circRNA microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify the dysregulated circRNAs in human abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Project description:The aim of this study was to assess the relative gene expression in human AAA and AOD. Genome-wide expression analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and aortic occlusive disease (AOD) specimens obtained from 20 patients with small AAA (mean maximum aortic diameter=54.3±2.3 mm), 29 patients with large AAA (mean maximum aortic diameter=68.4±14.3 mm), and 9 AOD patients (mean maximum aortic diameter=19.6±2.6 mm). Relative aortic gene expression was compared with that of 10 control aortic specimen of organ donors.
