Project description:Unfamiliar individuals (German Landrace pigs) with different aggressiveness were mixed. Subsequently PBMC transcriptome profiles were analysed at postnatal stage (190 dpn)
Project description:Unfamiliar individuals (German Landrace pigs) with different aggressiveness were mixed. Subsequently hepatic transcriptome profiles were analysed at postnatal stage (190 dpn)
Project description:Unfamiliar individuals (German Landrace pigs) with different aggressiveness were mixed. Subsequently hepatic transcriptome profiles were analysed at postnatal stage (190 dpn) per psychosocial group 6 pigs were collected for expression profiling
Project description:Unfamiliar individuals (German Landrace pigs) with different aggressiveness were mixed. Subsequently PBMC transcriptome profiles were analysed at postnatal stage (190 dpn) Per psychosocial group 7-8 pigs were collected for expression profiling
Project description:The optical identification of bioaerosols in the atmosphere and its discrimination against combustion related particles is a major issue for real-time, field compatible instruments. In the present paper, we show that by embedding advanced pump-probe depletion spectroscopy schemes in a portable instrument, it is possible to discriminate amino acid containing airborne particles (bacteria, humic particles, etc.) from poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing combustion particles (Diesel droplets, soot, vehicle exhausts) with high selectivity. Our real-time, multi-modal device provides, in addition to the pump-probe depletion information, fluorescence spectra (over 32 channels), fluorescence lifetime and Mie scattering patterns of each individually flowing particle in the probed air.
Project description:In order to gain insight into hepatic metabolic pathways and key transcripts affecting traits related to body composition we aimed to compare samples of pigs of two breeds, the “obese” German Landrace (DL) and the “lean” Pietrain (Pi) obtained at prenatal stages (35, 63, and 91 days post conceptionem) and at adult age (180 days). In terms of number of genes regulated the most striking differences between DL and Pi were found at adult age with upregulation of key genes of lipid biosynthesis/metabolism pathways (FASN, ACSS2, ACACA) in obese DL pigs on the one hand and upregulation of genes of cell growth and/or maintenance, protein syntheses as well as cell proliferation pathways (PPARD, POU1F1, IGF2R) in lean Pi pigs on the other hand. Time course analysis of expression profiles of breed differences from foetal to adult stage and functional cluster analysis of the biological processes confirmed the trend of differences between genetically different obese and lean breeds. The highlighted classes of genes showed common breed-typical expression throughout prenatal development and at adult age. The transcriptional differences between obese and lean pigs involving lipid pathways and cell activity are already initiated during early prenatal development. The information about genetic differences between obese and lean pigs reveals a number of functional candidate genes for traits related to obesity and leaness. Keywords: pig, oligo-microarray, prenatal liver expression, adult liver expression, obesity, leaness
Project description:In order to gain insight into hepatic metabolic pathways and key transcripts affecting traits related to body composition we aimed to compare samples of pigs of two breeds, the âobeseâ German Landrace (DL) and the âleanâ Pietrain (Pi) obtained at prenatal stages (35, 63, and 91 days post conceptionem) and at adult age (180 days). In terms of number of genes regulated the most striking differences between DL and Pi were found at adult age with upregulation of key genes of lipid biosynthesis/metabolism pathways (FASN, ACSS2, ACACA) in obese DL pigs on the one hand and upregulation of genes of cell growth and/or maintenance, protein syntheses as well as cell proliferation pathways (PPARD, POU1F1, IGF2R) in lean Pi pigs on the other hand. Time course analysis of expression profiles of breed differences from foetal to adult stage and functional cluster analysis of the biological processes confirmed the trend of differences between genetically different obese and lean breeds. The highlighted classes of genes showed common breed-typical expression throughout prenatal development and at adult age. The transcriptional differences between obese and lean pigs involving lipid pathways and cell activity are already initiated during early prenatal development. The information about genetic differences between obese and lean pigs reveals a number of functional candidate genes for traits related to obesity and leaness. Porcine liver from three prenatal stages (35, 63, and 91 day post conceptionem, dpc) plus adult age (180 days) of 10 animals of each of the breeds DL and Pi, which differ in body composition, were collected. The hepatic gene expression patterns of DL and Pi breeds were compared at each of the four stages of development. Three or four biological replicate microarray hybridisations were performed for each stage with DL pools labelled with Cy5 and Pi pools labelled with Cy3.
Project description:From gestation day 75 to gestation day 90, an important stage for the placental and fetal development, the fetuses grow rapidly and need adequate nutrition. The Meishan pigs and the Large White pigs employ different ways in supplying the enough nutrients and oxygen to the fetus. The Meishan pigs increased the vascular density and the Large White pigs have the second increase in the surface of placenta. To understand the molecular basis related to late gestation placenta development in Chinese indigenous and Western breeds with different placental efficiency, samples were collected and used to hybridized. The results offered new data on understanding the molecular basis of placenta efficiency, and indicated that Erhualian pigs had the more efficient than the Large White pigs. Experiment Overall Design: Placenta efficiency (the body weight of a piglet divided by the mass of its placenta) of Erhualian pigs is markedly higher than Large White pigs. so placenta samples (female) from 6 Erhuanlian pregnant gilts at gestation day 75 (E75) and day 90 (E90) and 6 Large White pregnant gilts at gestation day 75 (L75) and day 90 (L90) were collected. RNAs from two female piglet placentas from each gilt were combined to 12 pools and hybridized to the porcine Affymetrix GeneChip.