Project description:Mechanism (s) of the epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) as major effective components in green tea regarding the reduction of hypertensive risk might associate with microRNAs (miRNAs). The plasma distribution of EGCG and epigallocatechin (EGC) in Sprague-Dawley rats were analyzed pharmacokinetically and found that they did not distribute well in plasma but widely in tissues, and their plasma deposition best fitted a mono-compartmental model with Cmax (6.65 vs 4.45 μg/mL) and Tmax (15 vs 10 min). Blood pressure monitoring of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) intragastrically administrated with 300 mg/kg BW showed that systolic blood pressure (SBP) decreased to the lowest point by 34.04 mmHg and recovered by 23.39 mmHg after 15 and 30 min of administration, respectively, and it decreased again at 60 min and recovered at time 2 h. Total 150 upregulated and 18 downregulated miRNAs were identified via the deep sequencing and were 1.0 or 0.5 fold to the control group (P<0.01) after EGCG administration. And, hypertension-associated miRNA-126-3p and miRNA-150 were further validated by qRT-PCR. It might help explore novel pathways involving antihypertensive effect of EGCG.
Project description:The goals of this study is to compare the differently expressed genes in abdominal aorta tissue of WKY and SHR as well as differently expressed genes in the abdominal aorta tissue of SHR with or without neferine treatment. The rat (n=15) were randomly divided into 3 groups: WKY,SHR, and SHR + neferine - H (high concentration) groups (n=6 for each group). Rat in WKY and SHR groups were intragastrically with double distilled water (dd H2O); while rat in SHR + SHR + neferine - H groups were intragastrically with 10mg/kg/D of neferine for 10 weeks. Then the abdominal aorta were used to identify differentially expressed genes among different groups.
Project description:Effects of voluntary exercise in rat aorta. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) performed 5 weeks of voluntary exercise (wheel-cage running). Aortic tissue was collected and samples were pooled (3 aortae/chip). Aortae from running rats were compared to aortae from non-running rats. Keywords: parallel sample
Project description:Transcriptional profiling in the shoot after SHR induction by DEX. We used Affymetrix ATH1 microarrays to identify new target genes of SHR and the effect of SHR on growth and development of the Arabidopsis shoot system by global transcriptome analysis.
Project description:Effects of voluntary exercise in rat aorta. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) performed 5 weeks of voluntary exercise (wheel-cage running). Aortic tissue was collected and samples were pooled (3 aortae/chip). Aortae from running rats were compared to aortae from non-running rats.
Project description:An in-depth analysis of miRNomes in 3 human myeloid leukemia cell lines was carried out to comprehensively identify miRNAs that distinguish acute and chronic myeloid leukemias and relate to myeloid cell differentiation. Characterization the miRNomes in 3 myeloid leukemia cell lines.
Project description:Overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor family member Her-2/neu in breast cancer leads to autophosphorylation of the receptor, and induction of multiple downstream signaling pathways including Akt kinase to NF-kappaB cascade that is associated with poor prognosis. Previously, we demonstrated green tea polyhenol epigallocatechin 3-gallate (EGCG) inhibits growth of NF639 Her-2/neu-driven breast cancer cells via reducing receptor autophosphorylation, and downstream Akt and NF-kappaB activities (Pianetti et al., 2002). Interestingly, we noted that upon prolonged culture in the presence of EGCG some cells developed resistance to the polyphenol. Here we report that resistant cells have lost tyrosine phosphorylation on the Her-2/neu receptor. Surprisingly, they displayed elevated NF-kappaB activity, and inhibition of this activity sensitized cells to EGCG. Data from microarray analysis of the original and resistant NF639 populations of cells were subjected to Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) pathway analysis, which revealed that the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway was activated in the resistant cells. Treatment of the resistant cells with a combination of EGCG and the MAPK inhibitor U0216 dramatically reduced colony growth and mesenchymal phenotype. Thus, activation of the MAPK pathway mediates resistance to EGCG. Our studies suggest that gene expression profiling of drug resistant cells may provide a mechanism of determining effective systemic therapies for treatment of these advanced cancers. Keywords: Drug resistance