Project description:Dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) causes inflammation in the gut similar to ulcerative colitis in humans. Patients with ulcerative colitis have increased risk of developing colon cancer. We sought to determine which genes are altered in the normal colonic epithelium, and which changes depend on the Pirc mutation.
Project description:Dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) causes inflammation in the gut similar to ulcerative colitis in humans. Patients with ulcerative colitis have increased risk of developing colon cancer. We sought to determine whether genes altered in the normal colonic epithelium or tumor differed between sporadic and inflammation-associated tumor development.
Project description:Adamts12-deficient mice undergo more severe colitis than WT mice after induction with DSS. We used microarrays to determine the gene expression differences between Adamts12-deficient and WT mice during ulcerative colitis induced with DSS (dextran sodium sulfate)
Project description:Adamts12-deficient mice undergo more severe colitis than WT mice after induction with DSS. We used microarrays to determine the gene expression differences between Adamts12-deficient and WT mice during ulcerative colitis induced with DSS (dextran sodium sulfate) Fragments of distal colon from DSS-treated (2% DSS during 7 days and 1 day of recovery) and untreated Adamts12-deficient and WT mice were obtained for RNA extraction and hybridiztion with Affymetrix microarrays
Project description:Dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) causes inflammation in the gut similar to ulcerative colitis in humans. Patients with ulcerative colitis have increased risk of developing colon cancer. We sought to determine which genes are altered in the normal colonic epithelium, and which changes depend on the Pirc mutation. 97 day old (ACIxF344)F1 wild type and Pirc male rats either untreated or given 4% DSS in the drinking water from 40-47 and 54-61 days of age, housed in 12 hour light:12 dark, ad lib feeding. Normal colonic tissue was collected from the distal colon at 97 days of age.
Project description:Background and Aims: The impact of cigarette smoke on inflammatory bowel disease has been established by a large number of epidemiological, clinical, and preclinical studies. Exposure to cigarette smoke is associated with a higher risk of developing Crohn’s disease but is inversely correlated with the development, disease risks, progression, and relapse rate of ulcerative colitis. Few mechanistic studies have investigated the effect of cigarette smoke on intestinal inflammation and microbial composition. Methods: Three groups of mice were exposed to three different concentrations of cigarette smoke for a total of 4 weeks, including 5 days of dextran sulfate sodium treatment to induce colitis and a 7-day recovery period. A comprehensive and integrated comparative analysis of the global colon transcriptome and microbiome, as well as classical endpoints, was performed. Results: Cigarette smoke exposure significantly decreased the severity induced colitis. Colon transcriptome analysis revealed that cigarette smoke downregulated specific pathways in a concentration-dependent manner, affecting both the inflammatory state and composition of the gut microbiome. Metagenomics analysis demonstrated that cigarette smoke can modulate dextran sulfate sodium-induced dysbiosis of specific bacterial genera, contributing to resolve the inflammation or accelerate recovery. Conclusions: Cigarette smoke alters gut microbial composition and reduces inflammatory responses in a concentration-dependent manner. The present study lays the foundation for investigating potential molecular mechanisms responsible for the attenuation of colitis by cigarette smoke.
Project description:Inflammation is highly associated with colon carcinogenesis. Epigenetic mechanisms play an important role in the initiation and progression of colon cancer. Curcumin is a dietary cancer preventive phytochemical with promising effect in suppressing colitis-associated colon cancer (CAC) in azoxymethane (AOM) and dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) mouse model. In the present study, we confirmed the effect of curcumin in suppressing colon cancer. Using Agilent SureSelect Methyl-seq and RNA-seq, we obtained single-base methylation profile and transcriptome analyses of epithelial cells from control group, AOM and DSS induced group (AOM+DSS), and AOM and DSS induced plus curcumin treated group (AOM+DSS+Curcumin) in a 18 weeks long-term colon cancer mouse model. The average DNA methylation levels of the three groups are significantly different also. Based on differential methylation patterns of three groups, several pathways of genes were identified including IL-8 signaling, LPS-stimulated MAPK signaling and colorectal cancer metastasis signaling. Among these methylated pathways and genes, Tnf, an inflammatory gene stood out with decreased DNA CpG methylation in the AOM-DSS as compared to the control group and interestingly curcumin reversed the CpG methylation (validated by pyrosequencing). The functional role of DNA methylation of Tnf was confirmed by in vitro luciferase transcriptional activity assay. In addition, we found that a group of genes associated with the inflammatory responses and their methylation level was decreased in AOM+DSS group but restored in the curcumin treated group. Taken together, in this study, aberrant DNA CpG methylation of the inflammatory response was found in colitis-associated colon cancer and curcumin restored their CpG methlyation, which could potentially explain the inflammatory and cancer protective effects of curcumin. (Note this GEO/dataset is the DNA methyl-seq part of the study.)
Project description:Aberrant intestinal inflammation plays a critical role in the development of colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC), yet the mechanisms behind this progression are not clearly defined. While altered microRNA (miRNA) expression is observed in CAC, it is unclear how myeloid-specific microRNA’s impact on the inflammatory process that underpins the continuum from Ulcerative colitis (UC) to tumorigenesis. Here we used the Azoxymethane-Dextran Sodium Sulfate (AOM-DSS) (10mg/kg) model of CAC on miR-223-/y and WT mice, with an overall aim of identifying differences in their expression profiles following AOM/DSS treatment.
Project description:Intestinal tissue samples from dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis mice were analyzed on their transcriptomic changes using RNA-seq to elucidate the effects of extracellular vesicles pretreatment on the colitis-associated gene expressions.
Project description:PL8177 is a potent and selective agonist of the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R). PL8177 has shown efficacy in reversing intestinal inflammation in a cannulated rat ulcerative colitis model. To facilitate oral delivery, a novel, polymer-encapsulated formulation of PL8177 was developed and tested in dextran sulfate sodium induced rat ulcerative colitis model. Rats treated with 50 µg oral PL8177 demonstrated significantly lower macroscopic colon damage scores and improvement in colon weight, stool consistency, and fecal occult blood vs the vehicle without active drug. We used single nuclei RNA sequencing of colon tissues to characterize the mechanism of action and identify relative cell population and key gene expression changes between treated, healthy and vehicle.
