Project description:During kidney transplantation, ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is inevitable and leads to oxidative stress and inflammation. We investigated the role of macronutrients in the effects of dietary restriction on both a phenotypical and transcriptional level, thereby comparing protective and nonprotective diets in search for pathways and regulators involved in the protection against IRI.
Project description:RNA microarray was performed to evaluate the efficacy of silicon nano-particles on renal transcriptomes of rats against ischemia reperfusion injury. We compared the transcriptomes of ischemia reperfusion injury model rats with or without oral administration of silicon nano-particles. We also tried to check whether the oral silicon nano-particles intake downregulated the biological processes related to oxidative stress.
Project description:To study the protective effects of preoperative fasting against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, young-lean as well as aged overweight mice were subjected to three days of fasting or ad libitum food consumption, and gene expressions in kidneys of male mice were analyzed 19 samples (5 young control, 4 young fasted, 5 aged control, 5 aged fasted), each from individual mice
Project description:To study the protective effects of preoperative fasting against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, young-lean as well as aged overweight mice were subjected to three days of fasting or ad libitum food consumption, and gene expressions in kidneys of male mice were analyzed
Project description:Preconditioning strategies like caloric restriction (CR) and hypoxic preconditioning (HP) show remarkable protective effects in animal models of acute kidney injury (AKI). Since the underlying molecular effects are still not fully understood we performed an experiment directly comparing CR and HP in a murine model of ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) of the kidney. 8 to 12-week-old, male C57BL6/J mice were either put to 4 weeks of caloric restriction (70% of normal food intake) or placed in a hypoxic chamber (8%O2) for 3 consecutive days prior to IRI. Whole kidneys were used for transcriptional analysis (RNAseq) before and after ischemia-reperfusion injury to look for common effects of both modes of preconditioning.
Project description:Differences in gut microbiota between mice with acute renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and mice with acute renal ischemia-reperfusion injury after Calorie Restriction (CR) treatment
Project description:Time course experiments involving bilateral renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) in C57BL/6J mice (0 hr control, 20 min bilateral ischemia without reperfusion, 4, 16, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hrs post IRI). This dataset also includes IRI at 48 hrs and 72 hrs in Azin1 A-to-I locked and Azin1 A-to-I uneditable mice.
Project description:Heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally. Although reperfusion following myocardial ischemia can prevent death by restoring nutrient flow, ischemia/reperfusion injury can cause significant heart damage. The mechanisms that drive ischemia/reperfusion injury are not well understood; currently, few methods can predict the state of the cardiac muscle cell and its metabolic conditions during ischemia. Here, we explored the energetic sustainability of cardiomyocytes, using a model for cellular metabolism to predict the levels of ATP following hypoxia. We modeled glycolytic metabolism with a system of coupled ordinary differential equations describing the individual metabolic reactions within the cardiomyocyte over time. Reduced oxygen levels and ATP consumption rates were simulated to characterize metabolite responses to ischemia. By tracking biochemical species within the cell, our model enables prediction of the cell’s condition up to the moment of reperfusion. The simulations revealed a distinct transition between energetically sustainable and unsustainable ATP concentrations for various energetic demands. Our model illustrates how even low oxygen concentrations allow the cell to perform essential functions. We found that the oxygen level required for a sustainable level of ATP increases roughly linearly with the ATP consumption rate. An extracellular O2 concentration of ~0.007 mM could supply basic energy needs in non-beating cardiomyocytes, suggesting that increased collateral circulation may provide an important source of oxygen to sustain the cardiomyocyte during extended ischemia. Our model provides a time-dependent framework for studying various intervention strategies to change the outcome of reperfusion.
Project description:In this study, we systematically analyzed differences in the expression profiles of three SHP-1 (encoded by Ptpn6)-insufficient mice and three wild-type mice after renal ischemia-reperfusion injury by RNA-sequencing.
