Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mice fed a diet deficient in selenium and folate during weaning and in utero (LL), a diet deficient in selenium and folate during weaning but not in utero (HL), a diet sufficient in selenium and folate during weaning but deficient in utero (LH), and a diet sufficient in selenium and folate during weaning and in utero (HH)
Project description:A mapping population of Brassica rapa (BraIRRI, IMB211xR500) was grown under four external calcium and magnesium concentrations in controlled conditions. RNA was extracted and hybridised to the Affymetrix Brassica Exon 1.0 ST array. The aim of the experiment was to identify cis- and trans- expression quantitative trait loci. In total 279 samples were analysed. The parents of the mapping population were grown at all four treatment levels (LL, HL, LH, HH) with three biological replicates per treatment, plus 12 technical replicates (n=36). A 2x2 combination of external calcium and magnesium concentrations were imposed to give four treatments (LL, HL, LH, HH) as follows: the high (H) concentrations were 3.5 g L-1 (24 mM) CaCl2 and 3.04 g L-1 (15 mM) MgCl2 and the low (L) concentrations were 0.44 g L-1 (3 mM) CaCl2 and 0.2 g L-1 (1 mM) MgCl2 For the mapping population (total = 85 lines), 85 lines were analysed for the LL treatment, 81 lines were analysed for the LH treatment and 65 lines were analysed for the HL treatment. Twelve technical replicates were also analysed.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mice fed a diet deficient in selenium and folate during weaning and in utero (LL), a diet deficient in selenium and folate during weaning but not in utero (HL), a diet sufficient in selenium and folate during weaning but deficient in utero (LH), and a diet sufficient in selenium and folate during weaning and in utero (HH) 2 colour microarray, reference design. Biological replicates: 6 per treatment group. The reference RNA was extracted from a whole pregnant C57 mouse and foetus. The whole body was homogenised and RNA was extracted using an AllPrep(r) DNA/RNA/Protein mini kit (Qiagen, Cat number 80004).
Project description:Low vitamin D status has been implicated in the progression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study used interleukin (IL)-10 knockout (KO) mice, that develop an intestinal inflammation when housed in a non-sterile environment, to determine if supplementation with vitamin D throughout life impacts colonic gene expression. Results provide important information on the intestinal response to vitamin D in inflamed mice. Female IL-10 knock out mice were randomized to 25 (Low, L) or 5000 (High, H) IU vitamin D/kg of diet throughout pregnancy and lactation. At weaning, offspring received the same or opposite diet as their mother until age 3 months. This resulted in four vitamin D interventions: HH, HL, LH, or LL where the first letter represents the diet consumed by dams during pregnancy and lactation and the second letter represents the diet consumed by offspring from weaning through to 3 months of age. Global gene expression was analyzed in the proximal colon of 3 months old mice (n=6 per group, for a total of 24 samples; samples came from different litters and moms IDs are given in the samples table below). Samples were stored at -80C.
Project description:Liver mRNA profiles of WT liver(WT1-WT3) and Alb-Cre:Hdac3−/− liver (0d(Ha-Hc), 7d(Hd-Hg), 21d(Hh-Hk), 50d(Hl-Hn)) receiving successive PH(sPH), Alb-Cre:Hdac3−/− tumor tissues(HCC1-HCC3) and adjacent non-tumor tissues(N1-N3), spontaneous liver cancers of Alb-Cre:Hdac3-/- mice (HCC1-HCC3) and liver tumor of recipient Fah-/- mice (HCCa-HCCc) were generated by deep sequencing.
Project description:High fat diets (HFDs) are linked to several diseases including obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, fatty liver, and susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in both mouse and humans. RNA-seq from male mice (C57BL/6N) fed Vivarium Chow (VIV) or any one of three high fat diets (40% kcal fat) (SO+CO, PL+CO, CO) for 24 weeks was performed on four segments of the intestinal tract (Duodenum, Jejunum, Terminal Ileum and Proximal Colon).
Project description:De novo lipogenesis (DNL) has been implicated in the development and progression of hepatic liver steatosis. Hepatic DNL is strongly influenced by dietary macronutrient composition with diets high in carbohydrate increasing DNL and diets high in fat decreasing DNL. The enzymes in the core DNL pathway have been well characterised however less is known about proteins that play accessory or regulatory roles in DNL. In the current study, we associate measured rates of hepatic DNL and liver fat content with abundance of liver proteins from liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in mice to identify known and uncharacterised proteins that may have a role in DNL. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed either a standard chow diet a semi-purified high starch diet or a high fat diet. Both semi-purified diets resulted in increased body weight, fat mass and liver triglyceride content compared to chow-fed mice while hepatic DNL was increased in the high starch fed mice and decreased in the high fat fed mice. Proteomic analysis was carried out on the livers of these mice and proteins were identified that associated with either the rate of DNL or triglyceride content in the liver. There was no overlap between DNL and triglyceride associated proteins. We identify novel proteins associated with DNL that are involved in taurine metabolism, which suggests a link between these pathways. Further analysis identified proteins that are differentially regulated when comparing a non-purified chow diet to either of the semi-purified diets to provide a set of proteins that are regulated by the degree of dietary complexity alone. Finally, we compared the liver proteome between 4 week-fed and 30-week diet-fed mice and found remarkable similarity suggesting that the majority of diet-regulated proteins change early in response to differing dietary components.
Project description:The impact of high fat diet on secreted milk small RNA transcriptome was studied by isolating total RNA from milk fat fraction collected on lactation day 10 from control diet fed (C; n=5; 10% fat; 7% sucrose; Research Diets #D12450J, Brunswick, NJ) and high fat diet fed (HF; n=4; Research Diets #D12492, 60% of total kcal energy is fat and match 7% of total kcal is sucrose; Brunswick, NJ) mice.
Project description:The impact of high fat diet on secreted milk small RNA transcriptome was studied by isolating total RNA from milk fat fraction collected on lactation day 10 from control diet fed (C; n=5; 10% fat; 7% sucrose; Research Diets #D12450J, Brunswick, NJ) and high fat diet fed (HF; n=4; Research Diets #D12492, 60% of total kcal energy is fat and match 7% of total kcal is sucrose; Brunswick, NJ) mice.
Project description:Corals continuously adjust to short term variation in light availability on shallow reefs. Long-term light alterations can also occur due to natural and anthropogenic stressors, as well as management interventions such as coral transplantation. Although short term photophysiological responses are relatively well-understood in corals, little information is available regarding photoacclimation dynamics over weeks of altered light availability. We coupled photophysiology and metabolomic profiling to explore changes that accompany longer-term photoacclimation in a key Great Barrier Reef coral species (Acropora muricata). High (HL) and low light (LL) acclimated corals were collected from the reef and reciprocally exposed to high and low light ex situ. Rapid light curves using Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) fluorometry revealed photophysiological acclimation of LL to HL and HL to LL shifted corals within 21 days. A subset of colonies sampled at 7 and 21 days for untargeted LC-MS and GC-MS metabolomic profiling revealed metabolic reorganization before acclimation was detected using PAM fluorometry. Metabolomic shifts were more pronounced for LL to HL treated corals than their HL to LL counterparts. Compounds driving metabolomic separation between HL-exposed and LL control colonies included amino acids, organic acids, fatty acids and sterols. Reduced glycerol and campesterol suggest decreased translocation of photosynthetic products from symbiont to host in LL to HL shifted corals, with concurrent increases in fatty acid abundance indicating reliance on stored lipids for energy. We discuss how these data provide novel insight into environmental regulation of metabolism and implications for management strategies that drive rapid changes in light availability.