Project description:We are testing the ability of spironolactone as a NADPH oxidase inhibitor during an induced dietary oxalate overload by Ethylene Glycol in Sprague Dawley rats at two different time points. We looked into the development of hyperoxaluria and crystal deposition at two different time points and into differences between hyperoxaluria and crystal induced alterations in the kidneys. Eventually, we are expecting to see the role of spironolactone as an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase which is involved in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which leads to oxidative stress in the living organisms leading to a plethora of vascular diseases, hypertension, and kidney diseases.
Project description:We performed RNA microarray in a low protein diet (LPD) model of IUGR at three key time points of alveolarization process. IUGR and control rat pups had been studied for each time point considered: on postnatal day 4 (P4) before beginning of the alveolarization process, on P10, peak of alveolarization process and on P21 at the end of it.
Project description:In order to establish a rat embryonic stem cell transcriptome, mRNA from rESC cell line DAc8, the first male germline competent rat ESC line to be described and the first to be used to generate a knockout rat model was characterized using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis.
Project description:Previous studies have proposed that production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is an important contributor to renal injury and inflammation following exposure to oxalate or calcium-oxalate crystals. The present study was conducted to determine, utilizing global transcriptome analyses, if the NADPH oxidase system is activated in kidneys of rats fed a diet leading to hyperoxaluria and crystal deposition. HLP was used to induce hyperoxaluria. Hyperoxaluria will lead to crystallization and up regulation of various NADPH oxidase subunits followed by increased expression of different specific genes. It is our hypothesis that crystallization induces inflammation of the kidneys via the activation of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through NADPH oxidase complex. Apocynin was used to block hyperoxaluria and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) with the inhibition of NADPH oxidase system as Apocynin inhibits membrane translocation of p47 subunit of NADPH oxidase. The present study was designed based on NADPH oxidase system and rats were divided into 4 groups (n= 6/group). Group 1 was fed regular rat chow diet, Group 2 received regular rat chow diet supplemented with 5% (Hydroxy-L-Proline) HLP, Group 3 received rat chow diet with 4 mmol Apocynin to drink, and Group 4 received regular rat chow diet with 5% HLP and 4 mmol Apocynin. After 28 days each rat was euthanized, their kidneys freshly explanted and dissected to obtain both cortex and medulla tissues. So the 4 groups were divided into cortex and medulla forming 8 groups. RNA was isolated from all the 8 specimens
