Project description:An indepth analysis of Paneth cell transcriptome at single cell level has not been available. Existing intestinal epithelial cell scRNA dataset contain many cell types, where Paneth cells represent a small portion. We used a flow cytometry based approach to enrich and isolate relatively pure Panethc cells from a newly developed Paneth cell reporter mouse line (Lyz1-3'UTR-IRES-CreER; Rosa26R-tdTomato). Single cell RNA sequencing was performed on purified duodenal and ileal Paneth cells of mice housed under specific pathogen free condition.
Project description:The transcriptome changes of the ileal mucosa in suckling piglets during early postnatal life were analysed to contribute to the knowledge of a pig’s gut development. In addition, the ileal transcriptome of suckling piglets was compared with that of age-matched weaned piglets (weaned at the age of 21 days) to elucidate the effect of weaning on the developing gut. DNA microarray was used to analyse the change of transcriptome profiles and biological pathways in porcine ileum that occurred during the developmental or the weaning process.
Project description:Paneth cells express Lyz1, a gene encoding for lysozyme. To investigate the transcriptomic profiles of wild type and Lyz1-knockout mouse ileal lamina propria cells, we performed single-cell RNA-seq.
Project description:The spatial organization of gut microbiome is essential for their interactions with the host. Recently, microbiota alteration in ileum is getting the increasing recognition due to the close interplay with inflammatory diseases and the tumor immunosurveillance. However, how ileal microbiome is spatially regulated remains unclear. Here, we show that DNA-damaging chemotherapy specifically remodels microbiota in ileal mucosa, resulting in the overgrowth of local family Lachnospiraceae that promotes antitumor immunity and synergizes with immune checkpoint blockage. Mechanistically, the prominent proliferative state of transit amplifying cells (TACs) in the ileal crypt presents a vulnerability to chemotherapy-caused genomic stress, resulting in the accumulation of cytosolic dsDNA that subsequently activates AIM2 inflammasome. AIM2-dependent production of IL18 boosts Th1 immunity in ileal lamina propria, which further impairs the antimicrobial host defense of proximal Paneth cells via activating IFN-γ-JAK-STAT signaling. Our findings demonstrate that AIM2 inflammasome shapes ileal microbiome via governing the compartmentalized cellular interplay in ileal crypt, providing mechanistic insights into the regulation of gut biogeography and implicating therapeutic strategies of spatial microbiome intervention using chemotherapy.
Project description:To determine the potential molecular mechanisms by which STAT5 signaling control ileal Paneth cell homeostasis, we isolated total RNA from ileal intact crypts of STAT5+/+, STAT5DIEC-/- and STAT5DIEC+++ mice and performed RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). With an average of 22.3 million reads per sample, we observed 27540 transcripts when reads were aligned to the mm10 genome with annotations provided by Ensembl. Transcripts were filtered, requiring at least 3 reads in 50% of samples within at least one condition, leaving 10197 transcripts for analysis. To identify differentially-regulated transcripts, we performed ANOVA (FDR-corrected p<0.05) and required the fold change to exceed 1.5.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative mRNA expression related to hormone, antioxidant capacity and immune responses in jejunal and ileal mucosa of healthy and postnatal growth retardation pigs. At 42 d of age, after overnight fasting, six postnatal growth retardation pigs and six healthy pigs were pair-matched by litter were selected for sampling. Samples of the jejunal and ileal mucosa were scraped and immediately snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −80°C for RNA extraction. We used Roche LightCycler ® 480 Instrument PCR assay panel to quantitate gene expression of hormone, antioxidant capacity and immune responses relevant genes from jejunal and ileal mucosa.
Project description:Germ-free wild-type mice (GFWT) were inoculated with the commensal CEC (CECWT) or probiotic Nissle 1917 (NissleWT) E. coli strain. Mono-colonized mice, CECWT and NissleWT, were sacrificed 21 days post-inoculation and the ileal and colonic gene expression profiles analyzed by high-throughput qPCR using TaqMan OpenArrays.
Project description:Intrarectally DNBS-treated groups, to provoke colitis, were treated orally with the commensal CEC (CEC) or probiotic Nissle 1917 (Nissle) E. coli strains. Healthy control group was treated intrarectally and orally with PBS (PP). Sick control group was treated intrarectally with DNBS and orally with PBS (DP). Mice were sacrificed 24 days post first DNBS injection and the ileal gene expression profiles analyzed by high-throughput qPCR using TaqMan OpenArrays Mouse Inflammation Panel.
Project description:TNF-like ligand 1A (TL1A) is a member of TNF receptor superfamily and involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases by inducing apoptosis via intracellular death domain or promoting inflammation through the activation of NFM-NM-:B by binding to its specific receptor death receptor 3 (DR3). Meanwhile, decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) competitively binds soluble TL1A in addition to Fas-ligand (FasL) and LIGHT and inhibits the signaling of TL1A via DR3. DcR3 overexpressed in rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts (RA-FLS) stimulated with inflammatory cytokines such as TNFM-NM-1 or IL-1M-NM-2 inhibits Fas-induced apoptosis. In contrast, DcR3 inhibited cell proliferation induced by inflammatory cytokines via membrane-bound TL1A expressed on RA-FLS. Therefore, TL1A-DcR3/DR3 signaling may be involved in the pathogenesis of RA by modulating apoptosis and proliferation of RA-FLS. We hypothesized that TL1A regulates the gene expression in RA-FLS. We used to search for genes in which expression in RA-FLS is regulated by the ligation of TL1A. RA-FLS were obtained from 4 RA patients (sample1-4). Each sample was incubated with either 1.0 M-NM-<g/ml recombinant human TL1A protein or phosphate buffered saline (PBS) diluted with serum-free Opti-MEM medium as non-stimulated control for 12 hours at 37M-BM-0C with 5% CO2. Gene expression in RA-FLS stimulated by TL1A was compared with that of their respective non-stimulated controls.
