Project description:During intestinal wound healing process, wound-associated epithelial (WAE) cells are differentiated from neighboring crypts and migrate to cover the wound bed. We found that WAE cells can produce retinoic acid via aldh1a3 and secrete it into wound bed. WAE cells and fibroblasts are highly colocalized in wound bed, suggesting fibroblasts can potenlially receive RA signal from WAE cells. To identify genes that can be induced by retinoic acid in mouse fibroblast, we performed bulk RNA-seq using NIH3T3 cells.
Project description:TESS_Neuro2A series Set of microarray expreriments used to identify genes of TESS library differentially expressed in Murine Neuroblastomas cells Neuro2A induced with Retinoic Acid treatment for 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, 96 h and 7 days Keywords: time-course
Project description:Spermatogenesis is an intricate developmental process occurring in testes by which spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) self-renew and differentiate into mature sperm. The molecular mechanisms for SSC self-renewal and differentiation, while have been well studied in mice, may differ between mice and domestic animals including pigs. To gain knowledge about the molecular mechanisms for porcine SSC self-renewal and differentiation that have to date been poorly understood, here we isolated and enriched primitive spermatogonia from neonatal porcine testes, and exposed the cells to retinoic acid, a direct inducer for spermatogonial differentiation. We then identified that retinoic acid could induce porcine primitive spermatogonial differentiation into leptotene spermatocyte-like cells, which was accompanied by a clear transcriptomic alteration, as revealed by the RNA-sequencing analysis. We also compared retinoic acid-induced in vitro porcine spermatogonial differentiation with the in vivo process, and compared retinoic acid-induced in vitro spermatogonial differentiation between pigs and mice. Furthermore, we analyzed retinoic acid-induced differentially expressed long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), and demonstrated that a pig-specific lncRNA, lncRNA-106504875, positively regulated porcine spermatogonial proliferation by targeting the core transcription factor ZBTB16. Taken together, these results would help to elucidate the roles of retinoic acid in porcine spermatogonial differentiation, thereby contributing to further knowledge about the molecular mechanisms underlying porcine SSC development and, in the long run, to optimization of both long-term culture and induced differentiation systems for porcine SSCs.
Project description:We are presenting the application of toxicogenomics in the evaluation of the toxic effects of retinoic acid and one of its isoforms the 9-cis retinoic acid. The main goal is to distinguish the pattern of action of the both chemical compounds and their action in an extended exposure. The results suggest a different pattern within the days and the chemicals. Representatives of each GO functional groups were selected and quantified by real-time PCR to validate the microarray data and to differentiate the action of retinoic acid compounds studied.
Project description:Comparison of gene expressions among osteogenic differentiated cells with retinoic acid, those without retinoic acid and cells before induction
Project description:Our data demonstrate that CARM1 is required for transcriptional activation of a subset of retinoic acid (RA) target genes in J1 murine embryonic stem cells
Project description:Observational studies in human suggest involvement of vitamin A/retinoic acid (RA) signaling in the regulation of airway smooth muscle (ASM) function, but the precise mechanisms by which RA impacts ASM phenotype is not clear. Here, we generated trascriptional profiles from primary human ASM from 3 unrelated donoros cultured in control medium or medium containing BMS493 (an retinoic acid receptor antagonist)