Project description:We have applied 10X single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technique to examine the cell type specific transcriptomes of heterogeneous cell populations in atherosclerotic aortas isolated from Oasl1+/+Apoe-/- and Oasl1-/-Apoe-/- mice.
Project description:Aortic macrophages and endothelial cells of apoE KO mice were sorted and analyzed by microarray 2 weeks after regression was induced by adenoviral transfer of apoE. Aortic macrophages (CD45+ F4/80+ CD11b+) and endothelial cells (CD45- CD31+) were sorted from apoE KO mice and the RNA extracted and hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST array. We pooled aortas from 5 mice for each sort.
Project description:CD45+CD11b+ cells from the whole aortas of ApoE-/- and ApoE-/- Clec4a2-/- mice fed a high fat diet (HFD) for 12 weeks using using 10X genomics platform (9 mice in each genotype were pooled; one experiment).
Project description:Caspase-1 activation senses metabolic danger-associated molecular patterns and mediates the initiation of inflammation. Here, we reported that caspase-1 contributes to hyperlipidemia-induced modulation of vascular cell gene expression during early atherosclerosis in vivo. Our results demonstrate the therapeutic potential of caspase-1 inhibition in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. All mice were in a C57B/L6 strain background. Male wild-type mice, Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene knockout mice, and ApoE/Caspase-1 double gene deficient mice were fed with high fat diet for 3 weeks starting from 8 weeks to induce early dyslipidemia. At 11-week of age, aortas from these mice were used for microarray analysis. 5 biological replicates in each group.
Project description:Identification of novel pathways in the development of atherosclerosis. Here, we are looking at changes in gene expression that occur in the aorta with the development of atherosclerosis Analysis used RNA from thoracic aortas from chow fed ApoE knockout mice as control samples for comparison to the experimental samples from 8 week and 16 week ApoE knockout mice fed a western-type diet
Project description:scRNA-seq of CD45+CD11b+ or CD45+CD11b+ CD64low-high cells from the whole aortas of ApoE-/- mice fed a high fat diet (HFD) for 12-16 weeks using the Chromium 10X genomics platform (9 mice were pooled each experiment; three independent experiments).
Project description:Affymetrix Microarrays were used to analyse gene expression in aortas and circulating CD115+ cells of ApoE- and ApoE/Lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTbR)-double-deficent mice fed a Western diet from 8 to 12 weeks of age in order to identify regulated genes and pathways leading to reduced atherosclerosis in ApoE-/-/LTbR-/- mice compared to ApoE-/- littermate controls.
Project description:Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 1 (TREM-1) an innate receptor that canonically amplifies inflammatory signaling in neutrophils and monocytes, plays a central role in regulating lung inflammation. Utilizing a murine model of asthma, flow cytometry revealed TREM-1+ eosinophils in the lung tissue and airway during allergic airway inflammation. TREM-1 expression was restricted to recruited, inflammatory eosinophils. Expression was induced on bone marrow derived eosinophils by incubation with IL-33, LPS, or GM-CSF. Compared to TREM-1- airway eosinophils, TREM-1+ eosinophils were enriched for pro-inflammatory gene sets including migration, respiratory burst, and cytokine production. Unexpectedly, eosinophil-specific ablation of TREM-1 increased airway IL-5 and lung tissue eosinophil accumulation. Further investigation of transcriptional data revealed apoptosis related gene sets were enriched in TREM-1+ eosinophils. Annexin V staining demonstrated higher rates of apoptosis among TREM-1+ eosinophils compared to TREM-1- eosinophils in the inflammatory airway. In vitro, Trem1/3-/- eosinophils were protected from apoptosis. Finally, inhibition of reactive oxygen species production with diphenyleneiodonium protected WT bone marrow derived eosinophils from apoptosis more than Trem1/3-/- eosinophils, suggesting that superoxide accounted for more apoptosis in WT cells. These data demonstrate protein level expression of TREM-1 by eosinophils for the first time, define a population of TREM-1+ inflammatory eosinophils, and reveal that eosinophil TREM-1 restricts key features of type 2 lung inflammation.