Project description:Using a mouse model with hepatocyte-specific deletion of transcription factor NF-κB RelA (p65), our group has previously revealed the important role of RelA in inducing the acute phase response, maintaining host defense, and preventing liver injury during sepsis. To goal of this study was determine the influence of RelA on hepatic gene changes that provide liver protection during infection. Mice were generated with functional deletion of NF-kappaB RelA (p56) in hepatocytes using a Cre-LoxP system. Mutant mice expressed Cre-recombinase under the transcriptional control of an albumin promotor and homozygous floxed RelA alleles. Wild type control mice lack the Cre-recombinase. Microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA collected from both genotypes of mice in the absence and presence of pneumococcal bacteremia.
Project description:A common response to physiological duress is the hepatic acute phase response, a process during which the expression of many genes is altered in the liver. Amongst these transcripts are those encoding acute phase proteins, defined as circulating proteins with significantly changed concentrations during an acute phase response. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of NF-kappaB RelA (p65) on hepatic gene changes including but not limited to acute phase proteins during bacterial pneumonia. Using the Cre-LoxP system, mice were generated with functional deletion of NF-kappaB RelA (p65) in hepatocytes. In mutant mice, Cre-recombinase was expressed under transcriptional control of an albumin promoter in the presence of homozygous floxed alleles for RelA. Wild-type control mice lacked the Cre-recombinase transgene. Microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA collected from both genotypes of mice in the absence and presence of pneumococcal pneumonia.
Project description:A common response to physiological duress is the hepatic acute phase response, a process during which the expression of many genes is altered in the liver. Amongst these transcripts are those encoding acute phase proteins, defined as circulating proteins with significantly changed concentrations during an acute phase response. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of NF-kappaB RelA (p65) on hepatic gene changes including but not limited to acute phase proteins during bacterial pneumonia. Using the Cre-LoxP system, mice were generated with functional deletion of NF-kappaB RelA (p65) in hepatocytes. In mutant mice, Cre-recombinase was expressed under transcriptional control of an albumin promoter in the presence of homozygous floxed alleles for RelA. Wild-type control mice lacked the Cre-recombinase transgene. Microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA collected from both genotypes of mice in the absence and presence of pneumococcal pneumonia. RNA from 2 separate groups of mice (3 mice per group) was analyzed: 1) Control mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3); and 2) Mutant mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3).
Project description:Smoking is the most important risk factor for both lung cancer (LC) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of myeloid cell NF-kB in the regulation of tumor cell growth signaling. We subjected mice lacking myeloid RelA/p65 to a metastatic LC model. Cigarette smoke (CS) exposure significantly increased the proliferation of Lewis lung carcinoma cell (LLC) tumors in wild type mice. In CS exposed mice lacking myeloid RelA/p65, the tumor growth was largely inhibited. Transcriptome and pathway analysis of cancer tissue revealed a fundamental impact of myeloid cells on various growth signaling pathways. Myeloid RelA/p65 is necessary to link smoke-induced inflammation with LC growth. Keywords: Expression profiling by array Analysis of gene expression in lewis lung carcinoma cells resected from lungs of WT and RelA/p65 deficient mice exposed to smoke or air. Four different samples were analyzed (3 replicates each).
Project description:A common response to physiological duress is the hepatic acute phase response, a process during which the expression of many genes is altered in the liver. Amongst these transcripts are those encoding acute phase proteins, defined as circulating proteins with significantly changed concentrations during an acute phase response. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of two transcription factors, STAT3 and NF-kappaB p65 (RelA), on hepatic gene changes including but not limited to acute phase proteins during bacterial pneumonia. Using the Cre-LoxP system, mice were generated with combined functional deletions of both STAT3 and RelA in hepatocytes. In mutant mice, Cre-recombinase was expressed under transcriptional control of an albumin promoter in the presence of homozygous floxed alleles for both STAT3 and RelA. Wild-type control mice lacked the Cre-recombinase transgene. Microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA collected from both genotypes of mice in the absence and presence of pneumococcal pneumonia. RNA from 4 separate groups of mice (3 mice per group) was analyzed: 1) Uninfected wild-type control mice; 2) Uninfected mutant mice lacking liver STAT3 and RelA; 3) Control mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3); and 4) Mutant mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3).
Project description:Smoking is the most important risk factor for both lung cancer (LC) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of myeloid cell NF-kB in the regulation of tumor cell growth signaling. We subjected mice lacking myeloid RelA/p65 to a metastatic LC model. Cigarette smoke (CS) exposure significantly increased the proliferation of Lewis lung carcinoma cell (LLC) tumors in wild type mice. In CS exposed mice lacking myeloid RelA/p65, the tumor growth was largely inhibited. Transcriptome and pathway analysis of cancer tissue revealed a fundamental impact of myeloid cells on various growth signaling pathways. Myeloid RelA/p65 is necessary to link smoke-induced inflammation with LC growth. Keywords: Expression profiling by array
Project description:A common response to physiological duress is the hepatic acute phase response, a process during which the expression of many genes is altered in the liver. Amongst these transcripts are those encoding acute phase proteins, defined as circulating proteins with significantly changed concentrations during an acute phase response. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of two transcription factors, STAT3 and NF-kappaB p65 (RelA), on hepatic gene changes including but not limited to acute phase proteins during bacterial pneumonia. Using the Cre-LoxP system, mice were generated with combined functional deletions of both STAT3 and RelA in hepatocytes. In mutant mice, Cre-recombinase was expressed under transcriptional control of an albumin promoter in the presence of homozygous floxed alleles for both STAT3 and RelA. Wild-type control mice lacked the Cre-recombinase transgene. Microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA collected from both genotypes of mice in the absence and presence of pneumococcal pneumonia.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE32105: Expression data from mouse livers lacking STAT3 and RelA during pneumonia GSE35513: Expression data from mouse livers lacking NF-kappaB RelA (p65) during pneumonia GSE35514: Expression data from mouse livers lacking STAT3 during pneumonia GSE35515: Expression data from mouse livers expressing or lacking Cre recombinase during pneumonia Refer to individual Series
Project description:Phosphorylation of the RelA(p65) Thr505 residue by Chk1 provides a mechanism of crosstalk between NF-kappaB signalling and DNA replication stress but its physiological significance was not known. Therefore, to learn more about the role of this pathway in vivo, we generated a knockin mouse with a RelA T505A mutation. Unlike RelA knockout mice, the RelA T505A mice develop normally but exhibit a variety of aberrant responses to stress. Following partial hepatectomy, livers from RelA T505A mice proliferate more rapidly. Moreover, in the Emu-Myc B-cell lymphoma model, tumorigenesis is more rapid and mice succumb to disease at significantly earlier times. Analysis of embryonic fibroblasts from RelA T505A mice challenged with a range of DNA damaging agents revealed loss of pro-apoptotic RelA functions, at least in part due to DUSP1 dependent regulation of p38 MAP kinase activity. This data reveals a critical pathway controlling NF-kappaB function that acts to suppress tumour-promoting activities of RelA.