Project description:Chronic acid suppression by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) has been hypothesized to alter the gut microbiota via a change in intestinal pH. To evaluate the changes in gut microbiota composition by long-term PPI treatment. Twenty-four week old F344 rats were fed with (n = 5) or without (n = 6) lansoprazole (PPI) for 50 weeks. Then, profiles of luminal microbiota in the terminal ileum were analyzed. Pyrosequencing for 16S rRNA gene was performed by genome sequencer FLX (454 Life Sciences/Roche) and analyzed by metagenomic bioinformatics.
Project description:Chronic acid suppression by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) has been hypothesized to alter the gut microbiota via a change in intestinal pH. To evaluate the changes in gut microbiota composition by long-term PPI treatment.
Project description:The rodent carcinogenicity test requires extremely long test term and large examination cost. Therefore, now we need to develop a short term and low cost screening method. We already developed a chemical carcinogenicity short term screening method CARCINOscreen®. This study was performed to validate this screening method. We conducted 28 days-repeated dose experiments in male F344 rats with 4 carcinogens and 2 non-carcinogens, and the gene expression profiles in liver were measureed by custom oligo microarrays.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression levels in ductus arteriosus (DA) and aorta in full-term (21 days) neonates of Brown-Norway (BN) and Fischer344 (F344) rats We analyzed the fold difference between BN and F344 rats in ductus arteriosus in order to identify the down-regulated and up-regulated genes specifically in BN rat's DA. The differences in aorta was also examined for additional comparison.
Project description:Plasma membrane proton pump maintains proton electrochemical gradient and provides energy to secondary transporters. Arabidopsis mutant plants with reduced proton pump activity grow normal under ideal growth conditions; however their growth are reduced compared with wildtype plants when placed under the conditions that stress on protonmotive force (high external pH or high external potassium).
