Project description:AF is characterized by structural and electrical remodeling, including atrial enlargement, fibrosis, inflammation, and ion-channel alteration, which frequently results in arrhythmia recurrence and maintenance.However, the gene expression profiles signaling pathways in the atria during the development of AF induced by Ang II remain unknown All mice were infused with Ang II (2000 ng/kg/min) using an osmotic pump for 1, 2 and 3 weeks. At the end of Ang II infusion, intracardiac pacing was performed in these animals by inserting an eight-electrode catheter (1.1 F, octapolar EP catheter, Science) through the jugular vein and advancing it into the right atrium and ventricle.
Project description:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of arrhythmia observed in clinical cardiac diseases. Angiotensin II (Ang II) and elevation of blood pressure have been considered to be the main risk regulators of AF. However, the time series proteome profiling and the key signaling pathways involved in the development of Ang II-induced AF remain unclear. Wild-type C57BL/6 male mice (10 weeks old) were infused with Ang II (2000 ng/kg/min) for 1, 2 and 3 weeks, respectively. AF inducibility, left atrial volume and fibrosis were examined by echocardiography and histological staining. The time series proteome in atria tissues was evaluated with Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) and liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) technologies. This study defined the dynamic changes of the differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) involved in Ang II-induced AF, and identified that mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation may play a key role in this disease. These findings provide a resource for understanding the molecular mechanism research of AF.
Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II) mediated signaling plays a key role in the development of hypertension associated target organ damages. However, the gene expression changes regulated by Ang II in the early stage of acute cerebral, cardiac, renal, vascular injury remain unclear. we investigated Ang II–mediated gene expression alteration associated with the development of early cerebral, cardiac, renal, vascular injury by microarray assay in a mouse model.
Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II)-mediated vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) dysfunction plays a critical role in cardiovascular diseases. However, the gene expression in this process is unclear. We used Rat Affymetrix gene array to profile Ang II-regulated gene in RVSMC and evaluated their role in VSMC dysfunction.
Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II) mediated signaling plays a key role in the development of hypertension associated target organ damages. However, the gene expression changes regulated by Ang II in the early stage of acute cerebral, cardiac, renal, vascular injury remain unclear. we investigated Ang IIâ??mediated gene expression alteration associated with the development of early cerebral, cardiac, renal, vascular injury by microarray assay in a mouse model. All mice were euthanized by an overdose of pentobarbital on days 1, 3 and 7 of Angiotensin II treatment. Total RNA was isolated with TRIzol (Invitrogen) from brains, hearts, kidneys and vessels (n=1-3 per group) at each time point according to manufacturerâ??s instructions. Gene expression profiling was performed using Affymetrix GeneChip mouse Genome 430 2.0 array according to the manufacturerâ??s instructions (Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA). On the GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array, over 45,000 probe sets analyze the expression level of over 39,000 transcripts and variants from over 34,000 well characterized mouse genes.
Project description:We show that Bmx-deficiency reduces angiotensin II -induced cardiac hypertrophy and pathological gene expression Angiotensin II or NaCl were infuced for two weeks into wild-type and Bmx-deficient mice to induce cardiac hypertrophy
Project description:Quiescent C2C12 myoblasts and myoblasts that were stimulated with Angiotensin II for 12 h or 24 h Keywords = Angiotensin II Keywords: parallel sample
Project description:In this study we used microarrays to examine relative genes expression within the aorta of ApoE-/- infused with angiotensin II in relation to aneurysm formation. Infusion of angiotensin II induces aortic dilatation particularly of the suprarenal aorta in ApoE-/- mice. Based on studies carried out in our and other laboratories the response to angiotensin II is variable, with some mice developing large aneurysms but other animals appearing resistant to aneurysm formation with aortic diameters similar to that of saline controls. We compared RNA expression from whole aortas of 17 week old male ApoE-/- mice exposed to angiotensin II (1.44 µg/kg/min) for 4 weeks where there was clear evidence of aortic aneurysm formation (n=5) with that of mice failing to develop aneurysms (n=7) and those exposed to saline infusion (n=6). AAA was defined as diameter of suprarenal aorta greated than 1.5mm measured on photographs of aortas at necroscopy. Keywords: Disease state analysis 18 samples analysed, AAA (n=5), no AAA (n=7), saline (n=6). AAA - abdominal aortic aneurysm
Project description:In this study we used microarrays to examine relative genes expression within the aorta of ApoE-/- infused with angiotensin II in relation to aneurysm formation. Infusion of angiotensin II induces aortic dilatation particularly of the suprarenal aorta in ApoE-/- mice. Based on studies carried out in our and other laboratories the response to angiotensin II is variable, with some mice developing large aneurysms but other animals appearing resistant to aneurysm formation with aortic diameters similar to that of saline controls. We compared RNA expression from whole aortas of 17 week old male ApoE-/- mice exposed to angiotensin II (1.44 µg/kg/min) for 4 weeks where there was clear evidence of aortic aneurysm formation (n=5) with that of mice failing to develop aneurysms (n=7) and those exposed to saline infusion (n=6). AAA was defined as diameter of suprarenal aorta greated than 1.5mm measured on photographs of aortas at necroscopy. Keywords: Disease state analysis