Project description:Gene expression profiling was performed to identify Siah2-dependent changes in cells subjected to ER stress, hypoxia, and combined glucose/oxygen deprivation. To establish the magnitude of the Siah2 effect on the ER stress response, we have compared gene expression profiles of WT and Siah1a-/-::Siah2-/- mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) that were subjected to glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin (TM), thapsigargin (TG), glucose deprivation, or glucose/oxygen deprivation. Overall, this analysis confirmed changes associated with ER stress that had not previously been associated with Siah2 signaling, substantiating Siah2 as a key coordinator of ER stress through the ATF4 and sXbp1 pathways. WT and Siah1a/Siah2 KO MEF cells were treated with TM or TG for 6 h, or subjected for 12 h to oxygen deprivation, glucose deprivation or a combination of oxygen and glucose deprivation, in duplicate.
Project description:Deep sequencing of mRNA from Spalax galili and Rattus norvegicus Total RNAs were isolated from the brain of female BMRs under various oxygen concentrations (3%, 6%, 10%, 14%, and 21%) for 6 hours. We also got RNAs from the brain of rats under 6%, 10%, 14%, and 21% oxygen conditions.
Project description:Inflammation is a key component of pathological angiogenesis. Here we induce cornea neovascularisation using sutures placed into the cornea, and sutures are removed to induce a regression phase. We used whole transcriptome microarray to monitor gene expression profies of several genes
Project description:Few studies have assessed the patterns of parasite populations of rodents over a longitudinal gradient in Chile. In this work, the gastrointestinal helminthic fauna of invasive rodents in Chile was examined to assess the association between their presence/absence and abundance with latitude, host sex, and host body condition, and to assess the coexistence and correlation of the abundance between parasite species. Rodents were obtained from 20 localities between 33 and 43°S. Helminths were extracted from the gastrointestinal tract and identified morphologically. Overall, 13 helminth taxa were obtained. The most frequently identified parasite species was Heterakis spumosa, and the most abundant was Syphacia muris, while Physaloptera sp. was the most widely distributed. No locality presented with a coexistence that was different from that expected by chance, while the abundance of five helminthic species correlated with the abundance of another in at least one locality, most likely due to co-infection rather than interaction. Host sex was associated with parasite presence or abundance, and female sex-biased parasitism was notably observed in all cases. Body condition and latitude presented either a positive or negative association with the presence or abundance of parasites depending on the species. It is notable that the likely native Physaloptera sp. is widely distributed among invasive rodents. Further, gravid females were found, suggesting spillback of this species to the native fauna. The low frequency and abundance of highly zoonotic hymenolepid species suggest that rodents are of low concern regarding gastrointestinal zoonotic helminths.
Project description:Gene expression profiling was performed to identify Siah2-dependent changes in cells subjected to ER stress, hypoxia, and combined glucose/oxygen deprivation. To establish the magnitude of the Siah2 effect on the ER stress response, we have compared gene expression profiles of WT and Siah1a-/-::Siah2-/- mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) that were subjected to glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin (TM), thapsigargin (TG), glucose deprivation, or glucose/oxygen deprivation. Overall, this analysis confirmed changes associated with ER stress that had not previously been associated with Siah2 signaling, substantiating Siah2 as a key coordinator of ER stress through the ATF4 and sXbp1 pathways.