Project description:Kidneys are essential for acid-base homeostasis, especially when organisms cope with changes in acid or base dietary intake. Because collecting ducts constitute the final site for regulating urine acid-base balance, we undertook to identify the gene network involved in acid-base transport and regulation in the mouse outer medullary collecting duct (OMCD). For this purpose, we combined kidney functional studies and quantitative analysis of gene expression in OMCDs, by transcriptome and candidate gene approaches, during metabolic acidosis. Furthermore, to better delineate the set of genes concerned with acid-base disturbance, the OMCD transcriptome of acidotic mice was both compared to that of normal mice and mice undergoing an adaptative response through potassium depletion. Metabolic acidosis, achieved through a NH4Cl-supplemented diet for 3 days, not only induced acid secretion, but also stimulated the aldosterone and vasopressin systems and triggered cell proliferation. Accordingly, metabolic acidosis increased the expression of genes involved in acid-base transport, sodium transport, water transport and cell proliferation. In particular, more than 25 transcripts encoding proteins involved in urine acidification (subunits of H-ATPase, kidney anion exchanger, chloride channel Clcka, carbonic anhydrase 2, aldolase) were co-regulated during acidosis. We propose that these trancripts cooperating to a same function and co-regulated during acidosis constitute a functional regulon. Keywords: SAGE; Kidney collecting duct; Mouse; Metabolic acidosis; V-ATPase
Project description:Kidneys are essential for acid-base homeostasis, especially when organisms cope with changes in acid or base dietary intake. Because collecting ducts constitute the final site for regulating urine acid-base balance, we undertook to identify the gene network involved in acid-base transport and regulation in the mouse outer medullary collecting duct (OMCD). For this purpose, we combined kidney functional studies and quantitative analysis of gene expression in OMCDs, by transcriptome and candidate gene approaches, during metabolic acidosis. Furthermore, to better delineate the set of genes concerned with acid-base disturbance, the OMCD transcriptome of acidotic mice was both compared to that of normal mice and mice undergoing an adaptative response through potassium depletion. Metabolic acidosis, achieved through a NH4Cl-supplemented diet for 3 days, not only induced acid secretion, but also stimulated the aldosterone and vasopressin systems and triggered cell proliferation. Accordingly, metabolic acidosis increased the expression of genes involved in acid-base transport, sodium transport, water transport and cell proliferation. In particular, more than 25 transcripts encoding proteins involved in urine acidification (subunits of H-ATPase, kidney anion exchanger, chloride channel Clcka, carbonic anhydrase 2, aldolase) were co-regulated during acidosis. We propose that these trancripts cooperating to a same function and co-regulated during acidosis constitute a functional regulon. Keywords: SAGE; Kidney collecting duct; Mouse; Metabolic acidosis; V-ATPase Approximately 650 OMCDs were microdissected, as previously described from collagenase-treated kidneys of 6 mice fed the NH4Cl-supplemented diet for 3 days. 20960 tags were sequenced in the acidosis SAGE library. After withdrawing duplicate ditags and linker sequences, the 19146 tags remaining corresponded to 8847 different tags.This acidosis library is similar in size and diversity to the normal mouse OMCD libraries previously generated (GEO accession number : GSM23478). The tag abundance in the two library was compared and discussed.
Project description:All-trans retinoic acid (tRA) is the bioactive derivative of vitamin A that regulates gene expression by activating RA receptors (RAR). By using a reporter mouse model, we recently showed that endogenous tRA/RAR signaling was present in kidney collecting duct cells, and in mouse inner medullary collecting duct cell line (mIMCD-3). In order to unveil target genes of endogenous tRA/RAR signaling in kidney collecting duct cells, whole genome microarray analysis was performed on mIMCD-3 cells treated with AGN193109, a pan-RAR antagonist, and 4-diethylaminobenzaldehyde (DEAB), an inhibitor of tRA synthesizing enzyme. Specificity of gene expression regulation was confirmed by determining the reversibility of the regulation by simultaneous addition of exogenous tRA.
Project description:miRNA plays a role as post-transcriptional regulator. However, miRNAs in the kidney collecting duct cell have not been well understood. So we aimed to profile miRNAs in the kidney inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells, and to identify the vasopressin-responsive miRNAs in the kidney IMCD cells. The microarray assay revealed that relative expression of miRNAs in the kidney IMCD cells was changed by desmopressin (dDAVP) stimulation.
Project description:Retinoic acid (RA) is the bioactive derivative of vitamin A that regulates gene expression by activating RA receptors (RAR). By using a reporter mouse model, we recently showed that endogenous RA/RAR signaling was present in kidney collecting duct cells, and in mouse inner medullary collecting duct cell line (mIMCD-3). In order to unveil target genes of endogenous RA/RAR signaling in kidney collecting duct cells, whole genome microarray analysis was performed on mIMCD-3 cells treated with AGN193109, a pan-RAR antagonist, and 4-diethylaminobenzaldehyde (DEAB), an inhibitor of RA synthesizing enzyme. Specificity of gene expression regulation was confirmed by determining the reversibility of the regulation by simultaneous addtion of exogenous tRA. In the first set of experiment, mIMCD-3 cells were treated with either vehicle (0.1% ethanol and 0.1% DMSO) or 1 μM AGN193109 or 1 μM AGN193109+0.2 μM tRA. Three independent biological experiments were performed. In the second set of experiment, mIMCD-3 cells were treated with either vehicle (0.1% ethanol and 0.1% DMSO) or 25 μM DEAB or 25 μM DEAB+0. 01 μM tRA. Three independent biological experiments were performed. Treatment period for both sets of experiments were 24 hours.
Project description:SILAC based protein correlation profiling using size exclusion of protein complexes derived from Mus musculus tissues (Heart, Liver, Lung, Kidney, Skeletal Muscle, Thymus)