Project description:We used microarrays to study the gene expression dynamics during caloric restricted weight loss in obese mice after feeded with high fat diet. C57BL/6J male mice were placed on a high fat diet at 10-11 weeks of age in individual cages and kept on the diet until they reached ~ 41 g. After all the baseline (41g) measurement were made, each mouse was fed 75% of their ad libitum food intake in two divided daily "meals". The high fat diet was maintained.
Project description:Liver RNA was collected from three genotypes: WT controls, KCP knockout (KCP-KO) mutants, and KCP-Transgenic (KCP-Tg) overexpressing mice. Mice were fed either a normal diet (ND) or a high fat diet (HFD) for 4 weeks before liver RNA extraction.
Project description:We used microarrays to study the gene expression dynamics during caloric restricted weight loss in obese mice after feeded with high fat diet. C57BL/6J male mice were placed on a high fat diet at 10-11 weeks of age in individual cages and kept on the diet until they reached ~ 41 g. After all the baseline (41g) measurement were made, each mouse was fed 75% of their ad libitum food intake in two divided daily "meals". The high fat diet was maintained. Mice were sacrificed after 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 or 42 day of caloric restriction. Hypothalamus, liver, abdominal subcutaneous adipose, mesenteric adipose, perirenal adipose and perigonadal adipose tissues were collected for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Purpose: To investigate alterations in subcutaneous white adipose gene expression induced by genetic AMPK activation in vivo, in mice fed a chow or a high-fat diet. Methods: Subcutaneous white adipose tissue mRNA profiles of wild-type transgenic (WT-Tg) mice and mice expressing a gain-of-function AMPK mutant gamma1 subunit (D316A-Tg) were generated by deep sequencing. Results: RNA sequencing revealed over 3000 differentially expressed genes between WT-Tg and D316A-Tg subcutaneous white adipose tissue (WATsc) from mice fed a high fat diet (HFD), of which many were classified as 'skeletal muscle-associated'. Interestingly, uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), associated with 'beige' adipocyte formation in WATsc, was not differentially expressed. On a chow diet, many differentially expressed genes were also identified, with gene ontology analysis identifiying glycolysis, TCA cycle and brown fat differentiation as highly enriched; key features of brown adipocyte identity. HFD-associated skeletal-muscle associated gene expression was either not significantly altered, or significantly down-regulated on a chow diet, indicating a diet-induced gene signature in D316A-Tg WATsc. Conclusions: Our study revealed gene signatures indicative of brown adipocyte development on a chow diet, where no overt metabolic phenotype was observed in gain-of-function animals. When fed a HFD, WATsc from D316A-Tg mice displayed a muscle-like gene signature, expressing key components of creatine and calcium thermogenic cycles including Ckmt2 (creatine kinase, mitochondrial 2) Atp2a1 (SERCA1-sarco/endoplasmic reticulum ATPase 1) and ryr1 (ryanodine receptor 1). UCP1 expression was not altered between WT-Tg and D316A-Tg mice fed a HFD. Our findings suggest a novel role for AMPK in the regulation of white adipocyte identity and a potentially novel cell population that, when metabolically challenged, preferrentially utilise muscle-like thermogenic futile cycles independent of UCP1 to mediate whole organism energy expenditure.
Project description:Liver RNA was collected from three genotypes: WT controls, KCP knockout (KCP-KO) mutants, and KCP-Transgenic (KCP-Tg) overexpressing mice. Mice were fed either a normal diet (ND) or a high fat diet (HFD) for 4 weeks before liver RNA extraction. The differential gene expression patterns were noted between all genotypes and diets.
Project description:Bile acids are not only physiological detergents facilitating nutrient absorption, but also signaling molecules regulating metabolic homeostasis. We reported recently that transgenic expression of CYP7A1 in mice stimulated bile acid synthesis and prevented Western diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis. The aim of this experiment is to determine the impact of induction of hepatic bile acid synthesis on liver metabolism by determining hepatic gene expression profile in CYP7A1 transgenic mice. CYP7A1 transgenic mice and wild type control mice were fed either standard chow diet or high fat high cholesterol Western diet for 4 month. Hepatic gene expressions were measured by microarray analysis. Our results indicate that hepatic bile acid synthesis is closely linked to cholesterogenesis and lipogenesis, and maintaining bile acid homeostasis is improtant in hepatic metabolic homeostasis. Male aged matched (~ 12-14 weeks) CYP7A1 transgenic mice and their wild type control littermates were fed a standard chow diet or a high fat (42%) high cholesterol (0.2%) diet (Harlan Teklad #88137) for 4 month Four groups (4 mice/group) are included in the experiments: Group 1: WT _ Chow Group 2: CYP7A1-tg + chow Group 3: WT + Western diet Group 4: CYP7A1-tg _ Western diet Total liver mRNA was isolated with a RNeasy kit (Qiagen) and used for microarray analysis.
Project description:To determine CREBH-mediated hepatic gene expression changes in hifh-fat high-sucrose (HFHS) dit feeding, we employed the microarray analysis. We collected the livers from male WT and CREBH-Tg mice fed with HFHS diet for 12 weeks from 6 weeks old.
Project description:Perilipin A (PeriA) exclusively locates on adipocyte lipid droplets and is essential for lipid storage and lipolysis. Adipocyte specific overexpression of PeriA caused resistance to diet-induced obesity and resulted in improved insulin sensitivity. In order to better understand the biological basis for this observed phenotype we performed DNA microarray analysis on white adipose tissue (WAT) from PeriA transgenic (Tg) and control wildtype (WT) mice. We generated transgenic mice that overexpressed human PeriA using the adipocyte specific aP2 promoter/enhancer (Miyoshi, et al. J Lipid Res 2010). All PeriA Tg mice used for the study were female, and heterozygous for the transgene. Littermates that lacked the transgene were used as controls (WT). All mice were housed at room temperature, maintained on a 12 h light/dark cycle, given free access to water, and fed a high-fat diet (HFD) until the age of 30 weeks. On the day prior to tissue harvest at 30 weeks, WAT from perigonadal were rapidly dissected out, extracted total RNA, and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:RNAseq of livers from High Fat Diet and Low Fat Diet fed mice, sampled every 4 hours over one full cycle, living in either short light, long light, or equal light photoperiods
Project description:The impact of high fat diet on secreted milk small RNA transcriptome was studied by isolating total RNA from milk fat fraction collected on lactation day 10 from control diet fed (C; n=5; 10% fat; 7% sucrose; Research Diets #D12450J, Brunswick, NJ) and high fat diet fed (HF; n=4; Research Diets #D12492, 60% of total kcal energy is fat and match 7% of total kcal is sucrose; Brunswick, NJ) mice.