Cytokine signaling is transmitted by cell surface receptors which function as natural biological switches to control among others mainly immune related processes. Recently, we have designed synthetic cytokine receptors (SyCyRs) consisting of GFP- and mCherry-nanobodies fused to trans-membrane and intracellular domains of cytokine receptors, which phenocopied cytokine signaling induced by non-physiological homo- and heterodimeric GFP-mCherry ligands. Interleukin 22 signals via IL-22Rα1 and the common IL-10R2, belongs to the IL-10 cytokine family and is critically involved in tissue regeneration. IL-22 SyCyRs phenocopied native IL-22 signal transduction as shown by induction of cytokine-dependent cellular proliferation, signal transduction and transcriptome analysis. Whereas homodimeric IL-22Rα1 SyCyRs failed to activate signaling, homodimerization of the second IL-22 signaling chain, SyCyR(IL-10R2), which was considered to not induce signal transduction, lead to induction of signal transduction. Interestingly, the SyCyR(IL-10R2) and SyCyR(IL-22Rα1) were able to form functional heterodimeric receptor signaling complexes with the synthetic IL-6 receptor chain SyCyR(gp130). In summary, we demonstrated that IL-22 signaling can be phenocopied by synthetic cytokine receptors. Further we identified a novel IL-10R2 homodimeric receptor complex and receptor cross-talk with gp130.
Synthetic interleukin 22 (IL-22) signaling reveals biological activity of homodimeric IL-10 receptor 2 and functional cross-talk with the IL-6 receptor gp130.
Specimen part, Treatment
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Cross-species gene expression analysis identifies a novel set of genes implicated in human insulin sensitivity.
Specimen part, Time
View SamplesRecent discovery reveals HFD insult can cause insulin resistance very rapidly, but the underlying mechanism is still not well understood. We performed a short term experiment in a Diet Induced Insulin resistance mouse model.
Cross-species gene expression analysis identifies a novel set of genes implicated in human insulin sensitivity.
Specimen part, Time
View SamplesThe maternal tract plays a critical role in the success of early embryonic development providing an optimal environment for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Preparation of this environment requires an intimate dialogue between the embryo and her mother. To advance our understanding of the process by which a foreign blastocyst is accepted by the maternal endometrium and better address the clinical challenges of infertility and pregnancy failure, it is imperative to decipher this complex molecular dialogue. The objective of the present work is to define the local response(s) of the maternal tract towards the embryo during the earliest stages of pregnancy.
Early developing pig embryos mediate their own environment in the maternal tract.
Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesThe objective of the present study is to investigate if females have the ability to recognise X or Y chromosome bearing spermatozoa and present a different response to different spermatozoa.
The battle of the sexes starts in the oviduct: modulation of oviductal transcriptome by X and Y-bearing spermatozoa.
Specimen part
View SamplesBackground: Moderate weight loss can ameliorate adverse health effects associated with obesity, reflected by an improved adipose tissue (AT) gene expression profile. However, the effect of rate of weight loss on the AT transcriptome is unknown.
Adipose tissue gene expression is differentially regulated with different rates of weight loss in overweight and obese humans.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment, Subject, Time
View SamplesThe skeletal muscle system plays an important role in the independence of older adults. In this study we examine differences in the skeletal muscle transcriptome between healthy young and older subjects and (pre)frail older adults. Additionally, we examine the effect of resistancetype exercise training on the muscle transcriptome in healthy older subjects and (pre)frail older adults. Baseline transcriptome profiles were measured in muscle biopsies collected from 53 young, 73 healthy older subjects, and 61 frail older subjects. Followup samples from these frail older subjects (31 samples) and healthy older subjects (41 samples) were collected after 6 months of progressive resistancetype exercise training. Frail older subjects trained twice per week and the healthy older subjects trained three times per week. At baseline genes related to mitochondrial function and energy metabolism were differentially expressed between older and young subjects, as well as between healthy and frail older subjects. Three hundred seven genes were differentially expressed after training in both groups. Training affected expression levels of genes related to extracellular matrix, glucose metabolism, and vascularization. Expression of genes that were modulated by exercise training was indicative of muscle strength at baseline. Genes that strongly correlated with strength belonged to the protocadherin gamma gene cluster (r=0.73). Our data suggest significant remaining plasticity of ageing skeletal muscle to adapt to resistancetype exercise training. Some agerelated changes in skeletal muscle gene expression appear to be partially reversed by prolonged resistancetype exercise training. The protocadherin gamma gene cluster may be related to muscle denervation and reinnervation in ageing muscle.
Expression of protocadherin gamma in skeletal muscle tissue is associated with age and muscle weakness.
Sex, Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesBackground: Dendritic cells (DCs) are critical for regulating CD4 and CD8 T cell immunity, controlling Th1, Th2, and Th17 bias, generating inducible Tregs, and inducing tolerance. Multiple DC subsets have been identified in the mouse that are thought to have evolved to control these different immune outcomes. However, how these subsets differentially respond to inflammatory and/or tolerogenic signals in order to accomplish their divergent functionality remains unclear. Results: We analysed the responses of murine, splenic CD8 and CD11b DC subsets to in-vivo stimulation with lipopolysaccharide using RNA-Seq and systems biology approaches and observed responses are highly subset-specific. We reanalysed multiple datasets from the literature and show that these subset responses are obscured when analysing signaling at the population level. We show that the subset-specificity is due to the unique regulation of distinct TLR4 pathway modulators that ‘fine-tune’ a common TLR4 cascade rather and not due to major differences in signaling pathways or transcription factors. Conclusions: We propose the Pathway Modulation Model wherein common signaling pathways are regulated by unique sets of modulators allowing for distinct immune responses in closely related DC subsets. We extend these observations using analagous datasets from the literature and show that our model provides a global mechanism for generating cell subset-specific signaling in multiple subpopulations in mouse and man. Overall design: Splenic CD8 and CD11b DC subsets from LPS stimulated (10 pooled animals) and Control (5 pooled animals) mice were analysed by RNA-Seq.
A systems biology approach to the analysis of subset-specific responses to lipopolysaccharide in dendritic cells.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject, Time
View SamplesMEN1 is a tumor suppressor gene loss of which causes lipoma (fatty tumors under the skin) and many other endocrine and non-endocrine tumors. It's target genes in fat cells (adipocytes) are unknown. Gene expression in adipocytes that were in vitro differentiated from mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) of Men1-nul l(Men1-KO) and WT mice were compared to assess the expression of genes upon menin loss in adipocytes that could lead to the deveopment of lipoma.
Consequence of Menin Deficiency in Mouse Adipocytes Derived by In Vitro Differentiation.
Specimen part
View SamplesMeg3 is a long non-coding RNA. It's target genes are unknown. The mouse pancreatic beta cell line MIN6-4N was used to assess the expression of genes upon stable Meg3 overexpression
Epigenetic regulation of the lncRNA MEG3 and its target c-MET in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Specimen part, Cell line
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