Project description:This study was done to show the utility of precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) in supporting the survival of Pneumocystis murina in vitro.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis revealed miRNA profiles from PCLS of tumor-free tissue comparable to normal lung tissue Suitability of human PCLS as a model for lung-specific miRNA investigations by RTqPCR and microarray analyses
Project description:The study aimed to mimic inflamm-aging using ex vivo precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) from young and old mice, and to investigate the influence of aging on inflammation upon infection with the P. aeruginosa standard lab strain PAO1 and a clinical P. aeruginosa isolate, D61. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis revealed that genes associated with processes of immune system were strongly regulated with aging upon P. aeruginosa infection. Very early events of pulmonary inflamm-aging can be mimicked ex vivo in tissue slices of distal lungs and aging promotes pulmonary inflammation upon P. aeruginosa infection
Project description:The objective of this study is to map early time-response in of estrogen regulated genes using precision cut liver slices (PCLS). PCLS from juvenile male cod were exposed to ethynylestradiol (EE2) in culture for 12, 24 and 48 h and the transcriptome responses were studied using RNA-seq
Project description:Transcriptional changes of mouse precision-cut liver slices (PCLS) after three days of culture were determined using RNA sequencing. PCLS were cultured for three days in the absence or presence of 2.5 mM valproic acid sodium salt (VPA). Illumina NovaSeq SP was used for sequencing.
Project description:Gremlin-1 has been implicated in liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) via inhibition of bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling and has thereby been identified as a potential therapeutic target. Using human cirrhotic precision-cut liver slices (PCLS) as an ex vivo model systems of MASH fibrosis, we show that neutralisation of Gremlin-1 activity with monoclonal therapeutic antibodies does not reduce liver inflammation or liver fibrosis. Overall, our findings suggest a redundant role for Gremlin-1 in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis, which is unamenable to therapeutic targeting.
Project description:Precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) are increasingly utilized for ex-vivo disease modeling, but a high-resolution characterization of cellular-phenotype stability in PCLS has not been reported. Comparing the single cell transcriptomic profile of human PCLS after five days of culture to freshly isolated human lung tissue, we found striking changes in endothelial cells and alveolar epithelial cell programs, reflecting both injury and pathways activated in static culture, while immune cell frequencies and programs remained largely intact and similar to the native lung. These baseline changes should be considered when utilizing PCLS as a model of the human lung.
Project description:ObjectiveHuman precision cut lung slices (PCLS) are widely used as an ex vivo model system for drug discovery and development of new therapies. PCLS reflect the functional heterogeneity of lung tissue and possess relevant lung cell types. We thus determined the use of PCLS in studying non-coding RNAs notably miRNAs, which are important gene regulatory molecules. Since miRNAs play key role as mediators of respiratory diseases, they can serve as valuable prognostic or diagnostic biomarkers, and in therapeutic interventions, of lung diseases. A technical limitation though is the vast amount of agarose in PCLS which impedes (mi)RNA extraction by standard procedures. Here we modified our recently published protocol for RNA isolation from PCLS to enable miRNA readouts.ResultsThe modified method relies on the separation of lysis and precipitation steps, and a clean-up procedure with specific magnetic beads. We obtained successfully quality miRNA amenable for downstream applications such as RTqPCR and whole transcriptome miRNA analysis. Comparison of miRNA profiles in PCLS with published data from human lung, identified all important miRNAs regulated in IPF, COPD, asthma or lung cancer. Therefore, this shows suitability of the method for analyzing miRNA targets and biomarkers in the valuable human PCLS model.
Project description:Expression data from mouse precision cut lung slices (PCLS) after human rhinovirus (RV) infection and after treatment with bronchobini (BRO).