Project description:Intermittent fasting is previously reported to exhibit neuroprotection against experimental ischemic stroke. However, the detailed understanding of protection mechanisms are lacking. By observing the overall transcriptomic changes in each timepoint of ischemic stroke would benefit the understanding of underlying active pathways and mechanisms. Here, we conduct experimental MCAO ischemic stroke on mice exposed to different daily intermittent fasting method to compare not only among the ischemic stroke timepoints but also the efficacy of different intermittent fasting interventions. Our current study presented the transcriptomic changes for the first time in specific timepoints of ischemic stroke as well as under the condition of intermittent fasting. A number of neuroprotective mechanisms-related genes were significantly affected by intermittent fasting conditions in differential manners.
Project description:IL-6 Ko and wildtype control mice were subjected to 30 min left filamentous middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo)/reperfusion or sham operation. Animals were killed at 2 and at 10 days after MCAo or sham operation, respectively. The left (i.e. ischemic) hemisphere was used for further gene expression analysis.
Project description:Reactive astrogliosis is characterized by a profound change in astrocyte phenotype in response to all CNS injuries and diseases. To better understand the reactive astrocyte state, we used Affymetrix GeneChip arrays to profile gene expression in populations of reactive astrocytes isolated at various time points after induction using two different mouse injury models, ischemic stroke and neuroinflammation. Young adult male mice underwent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) to produce ischemic stroke or control sham surgery. Young adult mice were injected intraperitoneally with 5 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to produce neuroinflammation or saline for control. Astrocytes were acutely purified from control and injured brains at 1 day after injury for LPS/saline injection and 1, 3 days and 7 days after MCAO/sham surgeries.
Project description:To comprehensively understand the mechanism by which MYPT1 modulates the phenotypic switching of VSMCs after ischemic stroke, the proteins of cortical small vessel from MYPT1SMKO and WT mice subjected to MCAO or sham group were collected for proteomic screening.
Project description:Ischemic tolerance can be induced by numerous preconditioning stimuli, including various Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands. We have shown previously that systemic administration of the TLR4 ligand, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or the TLR9 ligand, unmethylated CpG ODNs prior to transient brain ischemia in mice confers substantial protection against ischemic damage. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of preconditioning, we compared brain and blood genomic profiles in response to preconditioning with these TLR ligands and to preconditioning via exposure to brief ischemia. The experiment is a comparison of multiple treatment groups with sampling at multiple time points. The objective is to identify differentially regulated genes associated with preconditioning. Time points are examined both following preconditioning alone and following subsequent ischemic challenge (middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)). Brain ipsilateral cortex tissue and blood were collected and processed from each animal. 6 experimental conditions: (n=3-4 mice/condition) LPS treated (i.p. 0.2mg/kg) + ischemic challenge (45min MCAO) CpG treated (i.p. 0.8mg/kg) + ischemic challenge (45min MCAO) Saline treated (i.p.) + ischemic challenge (45min MCAO) brief ischemia (12 min MCAO) + ischemic challenge (45min MCAO) Sham of brief ischemia (12 min) + ischemic challenge (45min MCAO) Non-treated + ischemic challenge (45min MCAO) Time points: Pre-ischemic challenge 3hr 24hr 72hr Post-ischemic challenge 3hr 24hr Unhandled (6 mice)-BASELINE
Project description:Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. By high-throughput sequencing of infarct and ischemic penumbra tissue from middle cerebral artery embolization (MCAO) mice, we identified the CircRNA expression was dramatically and selectively regulated in the penumbra tissues.
Project description:Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) in rat represent the ischemic stroke in human. Rodents subjected to MCAo and treated with venom phospholipase A2 showed reduction in infarct volume after 24hours of stroke. We studied the global gene expression of the reduction in infarct volume using Affymetrix Gene Chips. We analysed all the genes that were up or down regulated in the study. Total RNA isolated from sham, MCAo and MCAo+nPLA rat brains, was pooled to minimize inter-individual variation and hybridized to each array of the RAE-230A or U34A GeneChipTM according to protocols described in the GeneChipTM expression analysis package (Affymetrix, CA).
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:Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) in rat represent the ischemic stroke in human. Rodents subjected to MCAo and treated with venom phospholipase A2 showed reduction in infarct volume after 24hours of stroke. We studied the global gene expression of the reduction in infarct volume using Affymetrix Gene Chips. We analysed all the genes that were up or down regulated in the study.