Project description:Analysis of gene expression and alternate splicing effects of retinoic acid treatment on gestational day 15 rat fetal testes in whole testis culture Retinoic acid exposure in cultured fetal testis has previously been demonstrated to have significant effects on the histology of the fetal testis in multiple species, as well as to alter the meiotic states of germ cells. However, previous experiments have not analyzed the mechanisms by which retinoic acid exposure leads to altered tubulogenesis and loss of seminiferous cord structure. This experiment demonstrated that retinoic acid exposure activated signaling pathways that promote the ovary development program and oppose normal testis development in mid-gestational rat fetal testes.
Project description:We report the results of an RNA-seq analysis conducted as part of an experiment investigating the effects of the phthalate, mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on cultured fetal mouse testes. The goal of the study was to determine whether fetal testis toxicity of MEHP is partially driven by disruption of retinoic acid signaling.
Project description:Spermatogenesis is an intricate developmental process occurring in testes by which spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) self-renew and differentiate into mature sperm. The molecular mechanisms for SSC self-renewal and differentiation, while have been well studied in mice, may differ between mice and domestic animals including pigs. To gain knowledge about the molecular mechanisms for porcine SSC self-renewal and differentiation that have to date been poorly understood, here we isolated and enriched primitive spermatogonia from neonatal porcine testes, and exposed the cells to retinoic acid, a direct inducer for spermatogonial differentiation. We then identified that retinoic acid could induce porcine primitive spermatogonial differentiation into leptotene spermatocyte-like cells, which was accompanied by a clear transcriptomic alteration, as revealed by the RNA-sequencing analysis. We also compared retinoic acid-induced in vitro porcine spermatogonial differentiation with the in vivo process, and compared retinoic acid-induced in vitro spermatogonial differentiation between pigs and mice. Furthermore, we analyzed retinoic acid-induced differentially expressed long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), and demonstrated that a pig-specific lncRNA, lncRNA-106504875, positively regulated porcine spermatogonial proliferation by targeting the core transcription factor ZBTB16. Taken together, these results would help to elucidate the roles of retinoic acid in porcine spermatogonial differentiation, thereby contributing to further knowledge about the molecular mechanisms underlying porcine SSC development and, in the long run, to optimization of both long-term culture and induced differentiation systems for porcine SSCs.
Project description:Expression profiling of U937 derived cell lines with induced expression of MN1or MN1-TEL in combination with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) Keywords: expression profiling Two similar experiments (A and B, biological duplicates) were performed. Hybridization includes dye swaps. See experimental_design.jpg (below) for detailed setup of the study. In short, different time points after induction of MN1 or MN1-TEL were compared to uninduced samples. The effects of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) were also investigated
Project description:Gene expression profiles of promyelocytic NB4 cells treated with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA, 1 microM) during short periods of time (1h30 and 3h) were performed and compared to untreated cells (vehicule control, 0,02% ethanol).
Project description:LC-MSMS (Label free) was performed to find differential proteins in maternal rat serum exosome between 3 normal pregnant rats and 3 pregnant rats carrying fetuses with spina bifida aperta induced by all-trans retinoic acid (Sigma; 4% [wt/vol] in olive oil; 140 mg/kg body weight by gavage) at pregnant day E18 (vaginal smear found sperm after mating as E0).
Project description:The acute promyelocytic leukemia-derived cell line, NB4, was grown at 37°C in 5% CO2 in an RPMI medium supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and 10% decomplemented fetal calf serum. Cells were cultured for 48 h with or without 1 μM All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Duplicates of 3 independent experiments were analyzed.
Project description:To identifiy stage-dependent genes in Sertoli cells, we performed expression microarray analysis of the adult whole testes, cultured primary Sertoli cells, Sertoli cells directly isolated from wild-type and Nanos3 (germ-less) testes,seminiferous tubules at stages I-III, IV-VI, VII-VIII and IX-XII. Next to examine the relationship between stage-dependent gene expression change and retinoic acid signaling, we performed expression microarray analysis of the cultured primary Sertoli cells treated with retinoic acid and stage-specific seminiferous tubules injected with lentivirus containing Venus or dominat negative form of RARa, a dominant receptor for retinoic acid in Sertoli cells.
Project description:Pyrydopyrazine A2 induced in vitro the differentiation of leukemic cells (HoxA9-Meis1) into macrophages, we decided to perform a transcriptomic study in order to analyze the GM-CSF pathway regulation. We therefore compared effect with A2 to cells treated with Retinoic acid and D3 Vitamin, a combination known to induce also differentiation of leukemic cells. HoxA9-Meis1 murine AML cells were treated in vitro during 24h, with Pyrydopyrazine( A2) at 3.4μM or a combination of all-trans Retinoic Acid (RA) and 1α-hydroxy-D3 Vitamin (D3V), 10μM each. Gene expression signature was compared to untreated control. One sample was tested for each condition