Project description:Only a small fraction of patients with HCC benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. Recently published studies suggest that HCC in patients with NASH does not respond the ICI therapy. Indeed, we demonstrate that anti-PD1 therapy is not working in several murine NASH models. CD8+ T cells were identified as the effector of anti-PD1 therapy. We observed a proinflammatory phenotype if hepatic CD8+ T cells that does not explain the inefficacy of anti-PD1 therapy in NASH. However, our study revealed an impairment of intratumoral CD8+ T cells movement abilities in NASH. Additionally, a broad reduction of metabolic fitness was observed in hepatic CD8+ T cells NASH. This was restored by metformin treatment. The combination treatment of anti-PD1 and metformin reduced intrahepatic tumor burden in NASH, a finding with important implications for NASH patients. This GEO submission contains raw files for the CD8 nsolver microarray analyses.
Project description:Dietary proteins have profound effects on lipid metabolism but the mechanism remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we examined the temporal impact of dietary proteins in isoenergetic high fat diets on lipid metabolism of C57BL/6J mice. Mice were first fed a low protein (P) to carbohydrate (C) ratio high-fat diet (L-P/C-HF) for 10 weeks and then a half of mice were changed to a high protein to carbohydrate ratio high-fat diet (H-P/C-HF) for additional 4 weeks whereas the remaining mice continued eating the L-P/C-HF diet.
Project description:High cholesterol diet and xenobiotic treatment induce changes in cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism. Mice were either 7 days on high cholesterol diet or were treated with phenobarbital. Liver samples were analyzed using Sterolgene v0 cDNA microarrays. Sterolgene microarray is a tool designed to enable focused studies of cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism. We show that one week of cholesterol diet down-regulates cholesterol biosynthesis and up-regulates xenobiotic metabolism (Cyp3 family). Phenobarbital treatment also up-regulates xenobiotic metabolism (Cyp2b and Cyp3a families). We can conclude that the Sterolgene series of cDNA microarrays represent novel original tool, enabling focused and cost-wise studies of cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism. Keywords: Treatment and diet effects One group of mice was treated i.p. with 50 mg/kg of phenobarbital in vehicle (5% DMSO in corn oil). Untreated group was injected vehicle. Third group was 7 days on 1 % (w/w) cholesterol diet prior vehicle treatment. After 10 h animals were sacrificed and livers were stored. Pools of total RNA from two animals were mixed. Three pools of untreated and phenobarbital treated groups, and two pools of cholesterol diet group were co-hybridized with liver reference on Sterolgene v0 cDNA microarray. No dye-swaps were performed.
Project description:In humans, dietary patterns impact weight and metabolism differentially across individuals. To uncover genetic determinants for differential dietary effects, we subjected four genetically diverse mouse strains to humanized diets (American, Mediterranean, vegetarian, and vegan) with similar macronutrient composition, and performed body weight, metabolic parameter, and RNA-seq analysis. We observed pronounced diet- and strain-dependent effects on weight, and triglyceride and insulin levels. Differences in fat mass, adipose tissue and skeletal muscle glucose uptake, and gene expression changes in most tissues were strain-dependent. In visceral adipose tissue ~400 genes responded to diet in a strain-dependent manner, many of them in metabolite transport and lipid metabolism pathways and several previously identified to modify diet effects in humans. Thus, genetic background profoundly impacts metabolism, and dietary patterns modify effects. This study paves the way for future mechanistic investigations into strain-diet interactions in mice and translation to precision nutrition in humans.
Project description:High cholesterol diet and xenobiotic treatment induce changes in cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism. Mice were either 7 days on high cholesterol diet or were treated with phenobarbital. Liver samples were analyzed using Sterolgene v0 cDNA microarrays. Sterolgene microarray is a tool designed to enable focused studies of cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism. We show that one week of cholesterol diet down-regulates cholesterol biosynthesis and up-regulates xenobiotic metabolism (Cyp3 family). Phenobarbital treatment also up-regulates xenobiotic metabolism (Cyp2b and Cyp3a families). We can conclude that the Sterolgene series of cDNA microarrays represent novel original tool, enabling focused and cost-wise studies of cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism. Keywords: Treatment and diet effects
Project description:Determine in the context of a controlled crossover diet-intervention trial the role of taurocholic acid metabolism by gut bacteria in African American subjects at elevated risk for colorectal cancer (CRC). Two isocaloric diets, an animal-based diet high in taurine and saturated fat (HT-HSAT) and a plant-based, low in taurine and low saturated fat (LT-LSAT) will be used to determine the extent to which the relationship between diet (independent variable) and mucosal markers of CRC risk including epithelial proliferation, oxidative stress, DNA damage, and primary and secondary bile acid pools and biomarkers of inflammation (dependent variables) is explained by the abundance of sulfidogenic bacteria and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentrations &/or deoxycholic acid (DCA) and DCA-producing bacteria clostridium scindens (mediator variables).
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE11860: The impact of glycerol on the metabolism of Lactobacillus reuteri - Exploratory experiment GSE11861: The impact of glycerol on the metabolism of Lactobacillus reuteri - Main experiment Refer to individual Series