Project description:In order to identify the effects of Tcfeb overexpression on the muscle transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the mice injected with an AAV vector expressing Tcfeb as compared with mice injected with an AAV vector expressing GFP as control. Transcriptome analysis of the injected mice overexpressing Tcfeb specifically in muscle.
Project description:In order to identify the effects of the absence of Tcfeb on the muscle transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the KO mice as compared with wt mice Transcriptome analysis of the Tcfeb KO mice specifically in muscle
Project description:In order to identify the effects of Tcfeb overexpression on the kidney transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the double heterozygous KSP_CRE/KSP_Tcfeb mice as compared to control KSP_CRE mice Transcriptome analysis of mice overexpressing Tcfeb specifically in kidney
Project description:In order to identify the effects of Tcfeb overexpression on the kidney transcriptome, we performed Affymetrix Gene-Chip hybridization experiments for the double heterozygous KSP_CRE/KSP_Tcfeb 14 days old mice as compared to control KSP_CRE mice Transcriptome analysis of 14 days old mice overexpressing Tcfeb specifically in kidney
Project description:Recent evidence has shown a crucial role for the osteoprotegerin/receptor activator of nuclear factor κ-B ligand/RANK (OPG/RANKL/RANK) signaling axis not only in bone but also in muscle tissue; however, there is still a lack of understanding of its effects on muscle atrophy. Here, we found that denervated Opg knockout mice displayed better functional recovery and delayed muscle atrophy, especially in a specific type IIB fiber. Moreover, OPG deficiency promoted milder activation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, which further verified the protective role of Opg knockout in denervated muscle damage. Furthermore, transcriptome sequencing indicated that Opg knockout upregulated the expression of Inpp5k, Rbm3, and Tet2 and downregulated that of Deptor in denervated muscle. In vitro experiments revealed that satellite cells derived from Opg knockout mice displayed a better differentiation ability than those acquired from wild-type littermates. Higher expression levels of Tet2 were also observed in satellite cells derived from Opg knockout mice, which provided a mechanistic basis for the protective effects of Opg knockout on muscle atrophy. Taken together, our findings uncover the novel role of Opg in muscle atrophy process and extend the current understanding in the OPG/RANKL/RANK signaling axis.
Project description:In the present study we have studied the mechanistic and functional aspects of NCoR1 function in mouse skeletal muscle. NCoR1 muscle-specific knockout mice exhibited an increased oxidative metabolism. Global gene expression analysis revealed a high overlap between the effects of NCoR1 deletion and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha) overexpression on oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle. The repressive effect of NCoR1 on oxidative phosphorylation gene expression specifically antagonizes PGC-1alpha-mediated coactivation of ERRalpha. We therefore delineated the molecular mechanism by which a transcriptional network controlled by corepressor and coactivator proteins determines the metabolic properties of skeletal muscle, thus representing a potential therapeutic target for metabolic diseases. Gene expression of a total of 20 gastrocnemius samples from control (CON, n = 5), NCoR1 muscle-specific knockout (NCoR1 MKO, n = 5), wild type (WT, n = 5) and PGC-1alpha muscle-specific transgenic (PGC-1alpha mTg, n = 5) adult male mice was analyzed using GeneChip® Gene 1.0 ST Array System (Affymetrix). NCoR1 MKO and PGC-1alpha mTg samples were compared to CON and WT samples, respectively.
Project description:Gadd45a is a stress-induced protein that causes skeletal muscle atrophy. The goal of these studies was to determine the effects of Gadd45a overexpression on mRNA levels in mouse skeletal muscle. For additional details see Ebert et al, Stress-Induced Skeletal Muscle Gadd45a Expression Reprograms Myonuclei and Causes Muscle Atrophy. JBC epub. June 12, 2012. Tibialis anterior (TA) muscles from muscle-specfic ATF4 knockout mice (ATF4 mKO) were transfected with either 20 mg empty plasmid (pcDNA3) (left TA) or 20 mg pCMV-FLAG-Gadd45a (right TA) and harvested 7 days later. mRNA levels in Gadd45a-transfected muscles were normalized to levels in control transfected muscles.
Project description:We identified genes expressed in mouse skeletal muscle, during the process of muscle regeneration after injury, which are dysregulated in the absence of Mef2a expression. MEF2A is a member of the evolutionarily conserved MEF2 transcription factor family which has known roles in cardiac muscle development and function, but is not well studied in skeletal muscle. We performed a comparison of gene expression profiles in wild type and MEF2A knockout tibialis anterior muscle, seven days post-injury with cardiotoxin. The results indicated that a variety of genes expressed during muscle regeneration, predominantly microRNAs in the Gtl2-Dio3 locus, are dysregulated by the loss of MEF2A expression. Skeletal muscle RNA used in the present study included the following two sample groups: (WT) pooled total RNA from tibialis anterior muscle taken from 5 wild type mice at seven days post-injury with 10uM cardiotoxin; (KO) pooled total RNA from tibialis anterior muscle taken from 5 Mef2a knockout mice at seven days post-injury with 10uM cardiotoxin. All mice were between 2-4 months of age. Both male and female mice were used.
Project description:To predict RP58-regulated genes involved in skeletal myogenesis, RNA profiling experiments were performed, comparing RNA derived from skeletal muscle tissue of a RP58+/+ mouse to that from a RP58 knockout (KO) mouse at E18.5. Importantly, well-known dominant-negative inhibitors of muscle differentiation, the Id family of genes (Id1/Id2/Id3), were upregulated in the RP58 KO muscle. On the contrary, a number of muscle differentiation-related genes, such as Ckm, troponin and Myosin, were downregulated in the same sample. These results indicate that the repressor protein RP58 is important for muscle terminal differentiation, possibly suppressing the gene expression of muscle differentiation genes such as the Ids. Keywords: Knockout tissue Skeletal muscles of WT and RP58 KO mice (E18.5 diaphragm) were dissected under a microscope and RNA was extracted using ISOGEN (Nippongene). After EtOH precipitation, RNA was dissolved into DEPC-DW and its concentration was determined. Microarray analysis - cRNA was synthesized. 10 ug of cRNA were hybridized to Affymetrix mouse 430A 2.0 arrays. Signal intensities were calculated using the RMA method. MAPPFinder (www.genmapp.org) was used to integrate expression data with known pathways.