Project description:To investigate the potential involvement of circRNA in ischemic pathophysiology, we performed a circRNA microarray in an established transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) mouse model of stroke. We evaluated the expression of 1797 circRNAs in adult mice brain after tMCAO. In our study, 5 of the 1178 circRNAs analyzed in the circRNA array were up-regulated significantly, ≥1.5-fold, in ischemic cortex at 12 hours of reperfusion after MCAO compared with their levels in sham group.
Project description:We report the application of Illumina paired-end RNA-seq approach for transcriptome of brain tissue in mice. By removing sequence-dependent bias and amplification noise using UMI-tools. The mapped reads of each sample were assembled using StringTie. After the final transcriptome was generated, StringTie and edgeR was used to estimate the expression levels of all transcripts. By obtaining a total of million paired-end reads of sequence from cerebral cortex tissue, we generated transcriptome profiles of mouse ischemic cortex in sham, 24 h after focal ischemia, 28 d after focal ischemia, with or without neuron-specific knockdown of TIPARP, respectively. We found 2017 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between Sham+AAV-SYN-shRNA-Con and tMCAO+AAV-SYN-shRNA-Con group, and 516 DEGs between tMCAO+AAV-SYN-shRNA-Con and tMCAO+AAV-SYN-shRNA-TIPARP group at 24 h after stroke. In addition, we found 487 DEGs between Sham+AAV-SYN-shRNA-Con and tMCAO+AAV-SYN-shRNA-Con group, and 192 DEGs between tMCAO+AAV-SYN-shRNA-Con and tMCAO+AAV-SYN-shRNA-TIPARP group at 28 d after stroke. This study provides a detailed analysis of the underlying mechanisms of neuron-specific knockdown of TIPARP in neuronal injury and long-term effect, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology.
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume. Microarray analysis was performed on Illumina Rat Ref12V1 beadchips. Right cortex RNA samples were collected at two time-points (8h and 24h ) respectively for all three experimental conditions: Sham (n=4), vehicle (i.e. ischemic injury with i.c.v. injection 80% DMSO; n=4) and treatment (injury plusi.c.v.injection of 30mM ZM447439 in 80% DMSO; n=4).
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume.
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly 30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume.
Project description:Focal ischemia is triggered by the sudden significant reduction of blood supply to the brain, as a result of either the rupture or occlusion by thrombus/embolism of a blood vessel in the brain. Permanent focal ischemia occurred when blood supply to a specific part of the brain is impeded without reperfusion. Despite major steps achieved in the elucidation of the patho-physiology of cerebral ischemia, the available therapeutic avenues for acute ischemic stroke remain scarce. Cell cycle re-activation has been revealed as a novel signaling pathway during permanent focal ischemia. As such, non-specific aurora kinase inhibitor ZM447439, has been injected intracranial-ventricularly 30min post-ischemia induction to determine its efficacy in reduction of neuronal damage in terms of infarct volume. miRNA microarray analysis was performed on Exiqon 5th generation - hsa, mmu & rno (Product no: 208300-A) to compliment our existing gene expression microarray data [GSE23651]. Arrays were run as dual colour (Hy3: Sample, and Hy5: Common sample reference pool). Right cortex RNA samples were collected at two time-points (8h and 24h )respectively for all three experimental conditions: Sham (n=4), vehicle (i.e. ischemic injury with i.c.v. injection 80% DMSO; n=4) and treatment (injury plus i.c.v.injection of 30mM ZM447439 in 80% DMSO; n=4). Supplementary file: Project_Summary_Report.txt The percentages listed in the top row are present-call rates, i.e. number of identified miRNAs compared to number of miRNAs on array.
Project description:To investigate the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on gene expression profile after focal cerebral ischemia in mouse, we employed Agilent SurePrint G3 Mouse Gene Expression 8M-CM-^W60K Microarray as a platform to identify which genes influenced by VEGF in mouse after focal cerebral ischemia. Mice were randomized to sham group, in which mice underwent sham surgery; MCAO group, in which transient (90 min) middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model was performed and mice received vehicle (PBS, 0.01M, pH 7.4) intracerebroventricularly in the right lateral ventricle 3hr after reperfusion; VEGF group (n = 36), in which rhVEGF-A165 (10M-NM-<g/ml, dissolved in 0.01M PBS) was injected into the right lateral ventricle 3hr after reperfusion. Mice were sacrificed at 24hr after reperfusion, brains removed and peri-infarct areas were used for microarray. Gene expression microarray was applied to investigate the differentially expressed genes among sham group, MCAO group and VEGF group. Expression of thirty-seven genes was confirmed in the same RNA samples by real-time PCR. Gene expression in sham group, MCAO group and VEGF group was measured at 24 hours after reperfusion. Three independent experiments were performed using different mice for each experiment.