Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mouse cartilage tissues comparing control and mutant mice (in which the Adam10 allele was excised under the control of a Col2a1 promoter) to negate ADAM10 activity in osteochondroprogenitors. Goal was to determine the effects of the loss of ADAM10 activity on cartilage gene expression.
Project description:Adam10, a cell surface protease, cleaving many proteins including TNF-alpha and E-cadherin. Here we investigate the genome wide effects of Adam10 knock out on the transcriptome. Commercial microarrays (Affymetrix Mouse Gene ST 1.0) were used to generate genome wide mRNA profiles. Mouse tissue samples from n=4 wiltype skin and n=4 Adam10 knockout skin were used in the study.
Project description:Mice lacking ADAM10 in endothelial cells (Tie2Cre driven) and flox-control mice were injected with an AAV8-PCSK9 virus and put on a Western-type diet for 10 weeks to induce atherosclerosis. Aorta's (Thoracoabdominal) were isolated (removal of PVAT) and processed for RNA-sequencing.
Project description:Affymetrix Chicken Gene 1.0 ST Array (ChiGene-1_1-st) profiles were generated from growth plate cartilage derived from the distal femur and proximal tibia of embryonic chickens at three developmental stages (day 12, 13 and 15) corresponding to stages prior to and immediately after the acqusition of mechano-responsive cartilage growth in the femur but not tibia (which does not respond to mechanical stimuli until later stages). Additionally, array profiles were generated from growth plate cartilage from the distal femur and proximal tibia of E15 chicks which were pharmacologically immobilized by decamethonium bromide treatment, which reduces longitudinal growth of the femur only at this stage.
Project description:To reveal the potential regulation target genes of miR-26a and miR-23a/b clusters in articular chondrocytes, we performed a multi-omics analysis of LC-MSMS and RNA-seq using cultured chondrocytes samples, which were primarily isolated from 3-week-old wild-type, miR-26a -/- (with or without miR-26a mimic transfection afterwards) or miR-23a/b cluster flox/flox;Col2a1-cre mice. For LC-MSMS, protein from TRIZOL reagent was extracted, nanoLC-MSMS was performed. An expression list was made to further explore the regulation targets of miR-26a and miR-23a/b clusters.
Project description:Identify the therapeutic targets/pathways of Osteoarthritis (OA), the most frequent joint disease. Surgery-induced cartilage degeneration is used as an experimental model for OA in mice. An inducible cartilage-specific c-Fos loss-of-function model is generated by combining c-fos floxed and Col2a1-CreERT mice. Since c-Fos mutant mice have more severe phenotype than c-Fos wild type mice, we focused on c-Fos-related signaling pathway in the articular cartilage.
Project description:During the past two decades although many genes e.g.,Gdf5, Wnt9a, Noggin etc. have been identified and characterized in joint development, still a comprehensive understanding of molecular network operational in articular cartilage morphogenesis is far from being drawn. This might be due to incompleteness in the number of molecules identified. We used microarray profiling to identify chicken articular cartilage specific genes. We decided to conduct microarray-based transcriptome comparison of HH38 (E12) and HH40 (E14). As it is difficult to clearly dissect out articular cartilage even at these late stages we decided to identify the transcripts that are enriched in the transient + articular cartilage (TC+AC) over pure transient cartilage (TC) thus using TC as control or reference samples
Project description:In a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer disease (AD), cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by the α-secretase ADAM10 prevented amyloid plaque formation and alleviated cognitive deficits. Furthermore, there was a positive influence of ADAM10 over-expression on neurotransmitter-specific formation of synapses and on synaptic plasticity. To assess the influence of ADAM10 on the gene expression profile in the brain we performed microarray analysis using RNA isolated from brains of five month old mice over-expressing either the α-secretase ADAM10 or a dominant-negative mutant (dn) of this enzyme. As compared to non-transgenic wild-type mice, 355 genes were found to be differentially expressed in ADAM10 transgenic mice and 143 genes in dnADAM10 mice. A higher number of genes was found to be differentially regulated in double-transgenic mouse strains additionally expressing the human APP V717I mutant (APP[V717I]). Thus, α-secretase cleavage of over-expressed APP[V717I] alters CNS gene expression additionally. Keywords: genetic modification
Project description:Objective : To study molecular changes in the articular cartilage and subchondral bone of the tibial plateau from mice deficient in frizzled related protein (Frzb) compared to wild-type mice by transcriptome analysis. Methods : Gene-expression analysis of the articular cartilage and subchondral bone of 3 wild-type and 3 Frzb-/- mice was performed by microarray. Pathway analysis of differentially expressed genes between 3 wild-type and 2 Frzb-/- samples was explored with PANTHER, DAVID and GSEA bioinformatics tools. Activation of the WNT pathway was analyzed using western blot. The effects of Frzb gain and loss of function on chondrogenesis and cell proliferation was examined using ATDC5 micromasses and mouse ribcage chondrocytes. Results : Extracellular matrix-associated integrin and cadherin pathways, as well as WNT pathway genes were upregulated in Frzb-/- samples. Several WNT receptors, target genes, and other antagonists were upregulated, but no difference in active β-catenin was found. Analysis of ATDC5 cell micromasses overexpressing FRZB indicated an upregulation of aggrecan and Col2a1, and downregulation of molecules related to damage and repair in cartilage, Col3a1 and Col5a1. Silencing of Frzb resulted in downregulation of aggrecan and Col2a1. Pathways associated with cell cycle were downregulated. Ribcage chondrocytes derived from Frzb-/- mice showed decreased proliferation compared to wild-type cells. Conclusions : Our analysis provides evidence for tight regulation of WNT signaling, shifts in extracellular matrix components and effects on cell proliferation and differentiation in the articular cartilage - subchondral bone unit in Frzb-/- mice. These data further support an important role for FRZB in joint homeostasis and highlight the complex biology of WNT signaling in the joint. Gene-expression analysis of the articular cartilage and subchondral bone of 3 wild-type and 3 Frzb-/- mice was performed by microarray. Pathway analysis of differentially expressed genes between 3 wild-type and 2 Frzb-/- samples was explored with PANTHER, DAVID and GSEA bioinformatics tools.
Project description:10-plex TMT dataset generated by immunoprecipitation of epitope-tagged COL2A1 constructs along with DSP-crosslinked interactors. This experiment allows for quantitative comparison of wild-type and Gly1170Ser COL2A1 interactomes in HT-1080 cells transiently transfected with COL2A1 under a constitutive promoter. Negative control samples are untransfected HT-1080 cells, used to identify high-confidence collagen-II interactors from non-specific binders.