Project description:The goal of this study was to compare the transcriptional responses of mouse macrophages treated with unsaturated or saturated fatty acids to macrophages treated with LPS to stimulate classical inflammatory activation. Microarray profiling was performed on total RNA isolated from primary mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) treated with fatty acids (C18:1 oleic acid or C18:0 stearic acid), BSA vehicle, or LPS at two time points.
Project description:ATAC-seq profiling of Nfat5 KO and wild type macrophages derived from bone marrow (primary cells), treated or not with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Project description:The ketogenic diet has been successful in promoting weight loss among patients that have struggled with weight gain. This is due to the cellular switch in metabolism that utilizes liver-derived ketone bodies for the primary energy source rather than glucose. Fatty acid transport protein 2 (FATP2) is highly expressed in liver, small intestine, and kidney where it functions in both the transport of exogenous long chain fatty acids (LCFA) and in the activation to CoA thioesters of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA). We have completed a multi-omic study of FATP2-null (Fatp2-/-) mice maintained on a ketogenic diet (KD) or paired control diet (CD), with and without a 24-hour fast (KD-fasted and CD-fasted) to address the impact of deleting FATP2 under high-stress conditions. Control (wt/wt) and Fatp2-/- mice were maintained on their respective diets for 4-weeks. Afterwards, half the population was sacrificed while the remaining were fasted for 24-hours prior to sacrifice. We then performed paired-end RNA-sequencing on the whole liver tissue to investigate differential gene expression. The differentially expressed genes mapped to ontologies such as the metabolism of amino acids and derivatives, fatty acid metabolism, protein localization, and components of the immune system’s complement cascade, and were supported by the proteome and histological staining.
Project description:We report the transcriptome of murine macrophages (cell line: RAW264.7) after supplementation with polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and stimulation with LPS. The fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n3) or arachidonic acid (AA, C20:4n6) were included in the culture medium in concentrations of 15 µmol/L using ethanol as a vehicle (0.2 % v/v final ethanol concentration). Cells were cultured in the enriched media totaling 72 h. Stimulation of cells was performed in the last 24 h of fatty acid supplementation by addition of LPS (1 µg/mL; from E. coli serotype 0111:B4).
Project description:The aim of this study was to assess whether chronic treatment with RPV can modulate the progression of chronic liver disease, especially of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), through a nutritional model in wild-type mice Mice were daily treated with RPV (p.o.) and fed with normal or high fat diet during 3 months to induce fatty liver disease
Project description:Expression data from LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages treated with Hypericum perforatum fraction and bioactive constituents