Project description:IFN-gamma is a classical microglial stimulant. We used microarrays to investigate the microglial gene regulatory network activated by interferon-gamma. Experiment Overall Design: Primary rat microglia cultures were established and maintained for 15 days. For activation studies, fresh media containing IFN-gamma (100 U/ml) were added and left overnight (16 hours). Total RNA was extraction and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays (RG_U34A). Five arrays were run from total RNA derived from unstimulated 5 independent cultures (Mgl_CON1, Mgl_CON2, Mgl_CON3, Mgl_CON5 and Mgl_CON6). Three standard microglial cultures were stimulated (Mgl_IFNgamma_2 and Mgl_IFNgamma_3) with one of the samples analysed in triplicate as a technical control (Mgl_IFNgamma_1a, Mgl_IFNgamma_1b and Mgl_IFNgamma_1c).
Project description:Microglia become activated by disturbances in the homeostasis of their local microenvironment. While there are varying degrees of microglia activation, a pro-inflammatory reactive state induced by exposure to stimuli like LPS and IFN-γ. In this study, we identified a total of 5497 proteins in whole cell proteome and 4938 proteins for secretome of activated BV-2 mouse microglia cell line with LPS or IFN-γ using improved shotgun proteomic approach. From the differentially expressed proteins in stimulated microglia, we were able to classify pathways related immune-inflammatory response or metabolism. Moreover, we performed longitudinal quantification of secreted proteins during the detrimental activation of microglia which releases neurotoxic molecules mediated neuronal cell loss in the brain region.
Project description:In order to establish a rat embryonic stem cell transcriptome, mRNA from rESC cell line DAc8, the first male germline competent rat ESC line to be described and the first to be used to generate a knockout rat model was characterized using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis.
