Project description:Minipigs resemble many features of human anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry and represent an animal model for drug efficacy and safety testing. To evaluate at the molecular level the expression of drug targets, drug metabolism pathways or general features of organ transcriptomes in minipigs, we used Customized NimbleGen Microarrays (Design-ID: 120229_MiniPig_TH_expr_HX12) for genome-wide gene expression profiling on 18 different tissues from 6 male and 6 female Göttingen minipigs. The gene expression results analyzed in this study are further described in Heckel T. et al. (2015) Functional analysis and transcriptional output of the Göttingen minipig genome. under submission
Project description:Minipigs have favorable biological characteristics for juvenile toxicity studies to assess efficacy and safety of pediatric drug products. To evaluate at the molecular level the expression of drug targets, drug metabolism pathways or general maturation of organ transcriptomes in minipigs, we used Customized Agilent Micoarrays (Design-ID 050244) for genome-wide gene expression profiling on 9 different tissues from male and female juvenile Göttingen minipigs aged 1 week to 24 months. The gene expression results analyzed in this study are further described in Heckel T. et al. (2015) Functional analysis and transcriptional output of the Göttingen minipig genome. under submission
Project description:Minipigs resemble many features of human anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry and represent an animal model for drug efficacy and safety testing. To evaluate at the molecular level the expression of drug targets, drug metabolism pathways or general features of organ transcriptomes in minipigs, we used Customized NimbleGen Microarrays (Design-ID: 120229_MiniPig_TH_expr_HX12) for genome-wide gene expression profiling on 18 different tissues from 6 male and 6 female Göttingen minipigs. The gene expression results analyzed in this study are further described in Heckel T. et al. (2015) Functional analysis and transcriptional output of the Göttingen minipig genome. under submission A NimbleGen customized 12x135K Gene Expression Array [design ID: 120229_MiniPig_TH_expr_HX12] study using total RNA recovered from drug-naive minipig tissues. Each microarray measures the expression level of 24,499 probe sets covering 17,261 genes with five 60-mer probes (PM) per probe set. The number of replicates is 1 - i.e., only one set of probes on the array. The design includes 16,642 random GC probes for the estimation of the signal threshold and 1536 ERCC control probes.
Project description:Male Göttingen Minipigs were divided into 4 groups: SD (standard diet, n=8), FFC (FFC diet, n=16), FFC-DIA (FFC diet + diabetes, n=14), FFC-DIA+S (FFC diet with extra salt + diabetes, n=14). Blood and urine biomarkers, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), blood pressure and resistive index (RI) were evaluated after 6-7 months (T1) and 12-13 months (T2). Histology, electron microscopy and gene expression (excluding FFC-DIA+S) were evaluated at T2. Göttingen Minipigs fed FFC diet displayed some of the characteristic features of human ORG. Presence of diabetes on top of FFC diet, lead to changes resembling the early phases of human DN.
Project description:Gene expression of characteristic chondrogenic markers and miRNA expression were analyzed in cells cultured in differentiation medium and significant differences were found between gelation/PRP microgels and those containing only pure gelatin. We used microarrays to detail the miRNA expression in studied cell cultures for identification the expression of miRNA and study the up- and down-regulated miRNA associated.
Project description:To optimize the genome annotation, nine tissue and one pool RNA libraries (i.e. heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, muscle, fat, ovary, pool.) were constructed using the Illumina mRNA-spleeneq Prep Kit
Project description:Regulatory Mechanisms of Atrial Remodeling of Mitral Regurgitation Pigs This study enrolled 6 pigs (age: 18 months) and divided into three groups: mitral regurgitation pigs (MR) (n = 2; 2 males sacrificed 12 months after surgery), MR pigs treated with valsartan (MRV) (n = 2; 2 males age-matched to MR sacrificed 12 months after surgery), and normal control pigs (NC) (n = 2; 2 males age-matched to MR pigs). Valsartan (3.43 mg/kg/day), a type I angiotensin II receptor blocker, was administered from one week before surgery and then daily after surgery in the MRV group. We sought to systemically elucidate critical differences in the alteration of RNA expression pattern between the atrial myocardium of pigs with and without MR, and between the atrial myocardium of MR pigs with and without valsartan using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays and functional network enrichment analysis.
Project description:BACKGROUND:In animal breeding, identification of causative genetic variants is of major importance and high economical value. Usually, the number of candidate variants exceeds the number of variants that can be validated. One way of prioritizing probable candidates is by evaluating their potential to have a deleterious effect, e.g. by predicting their consequence. Due to experimental difficulties to evaluate variants that do not cause an amino-acid substitution, other prioritization methods are needed. For human genomes, the prediction of deleterious genomic variants has taken a step forward with the introduction of the combined annotation dependent depletion (CADD) method. In theory, this approach can be applied to any species. Here, we present pCADD (p for pig), a model to score single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in pig genomes. RESULTS:To evaluate whether pCADD captures sites with biological meaning, we used transcripts from miRNAs and introns, sequences from genes that are specific for a particular tissue, and the different sites of codons, to test how well pCADD scores differentiate between functional and non-functional elements. Furthermore, we conducted an assessment of examples of non-coding and coding SNVs, which are causal for changes in phenotypes. Our results show that pCADD scores discriminate between functional and non-functional sequences and prioritize functional SNVs, and that pCADD is able to score the different positions in a codon relative to their redundancy. Taken together, these results indicate that based on pCADD scores, regions with biological relevance can be identified and distinguished according to their rate of adaptation. CONCLUSIONS:We present the ability of pCADD to prioritize SNVs in the pig genome with respect to their putative deleteriousness, in accordance to the biological significance of the region in which they are located. We created scores for all possible SNVs, coding and non-coding, for all autosomes and the X chromosome of the pig reference sequence Sscrofa11.1, proposing a toolbox to prioritize variants and evaluate sequences to highlight new sites of interest to explain biological functions that are relevant to animal breeding.