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Miyauchi O, Iwase K, Itoh K, Kato M, Seki N, Braissant O, Bachmann C, Shozu M, Sekiya S, Osada H, Takiguchi M. Efficient subtractive cloning of genes activated by lipopolysaccharide and interferon γ in primary-cultured cortical cells of newborn mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79236. [PMID: 24244457 PMCID: PMC3823591 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Innate immune responses play a central role in neuroprotection and neurotoxicity during inflammatory processes that are triggered by pathogen-associated molecular pattern-exhibiting agents such as bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and that are modulated by inflammatory cytokines such as interferon γ (IFNγ). Recent findings describing the unexpected complexity of mammalian genomes and transcriptomes have stimulated further identification of novel transcripts involved in specific physiological and pathological processes, such as the neural innate immune response that alters the expression of many genes. We developed a system for efficient subtractive cloning that employs both sense and antisense cRNA drivers, and coupled it with in-house cDNA microarray analysis. This system enabled effective direct cloning of differentially expressed transcripts, from a small amount (0.5 µg) of total RNA. We applied this system to isolation of genes activated by LPS and IFNγ in primary-cultured cortical cells that were derived from newborn mice, to investigate the mechanisms involved in neuroprotection and neurotoxicity in maternal/perinatal infections that cause various brain injuries including periventricular leukomalacia. A number of genes involved in the immune and inflammatory response were identified, showing that neonatal neuronal/glial cells are highly responsive to LPS and IFNγ. Subsequent RNA blot analysis revealed that the identified genes were activated by LPS and IFNγ in a cooperative or distinctive manner, thereby supporting the notion that these bacterial and cellular inflammatory mediators can affect the brain through direct but complicated pathways. We also identified several novel clones of apparently non-coding RNAs that potentially harbor various regulatory functions. Characterization of the presently identified genes will give insights into mechanisms and interventions not only for perinatal infection-induced brain damage, but also for many other innate immunity-related brain disorders.
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- Osamu Miyauchi
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Laboratoire Central de Chimie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Central de Chimie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Iwase K, Ishihara A, Yoshimura S, Andoh Y, Kato M, Seki N, Matsumoto E, Hiwasa T, Muller D, Fukunaga K, Takiguchi M. The secretogranin II gene is a signal integrator of glutamate and dopamine inputs. J Neurochem 2013; 128:233-45. [PMID: 24111984 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cooperative gene regulation by different neurotransmitters likely underlies the long-term forms of associative learning and memory, but this mechanism largely remains to be elucidated. Following cDNA microarray analysis for genes regulated by Ca(2+) or cAMP, we found that the secretogranin II gene (Scg2) was cooperatively activated by glutamate and dopamine in primary cultured mouse hippocampal neurons. The Ca(2+) chelator 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester (BAPTA-AM) and the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase (MEK) inhibitor PD98059 prevented Scg2 activation by glutamate or dopamine; thus, the Ca(2+) /MEK pathway is predicted to include a convergence point(s) of glutamatergic and dopaminergic signaling. Unexpectedly, the protein kinase A inhibitor KT5720 enhanced Scg2 activation by dopamine. The protein-synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide also enhanced Scg2 activation, and the proteasome inhibitor ZLLLH diminished the KT5720-mediated augmentation of Scg2 activation. These results are concordant with the notion that dopaminergic input leads to accumulation of a KT5720-sensitive transcriptional repressor, which is short-lived because of rapid degradation by proteasomes. This repression pathway may effectively limit the time window permissive to Scg2 activation by in-phase glutamate and dopamine inputs via the Ca(2+) /MEK pathway. We propose that the regulatory system of Scg2 expression is equipped with machinery that is refined for the signal integration of in-phase synaptic inputs. We proposed hypothetical mechanism for the regulation of the secretogranin II gene as a signal integrator of glutamate and dopamine inputs. Glutamate or dopamine activates the Ca(2+) /MEK/ERK pathway, which thus contributes to the signal integration. Concurrently, activation of the PKA inhibitor KT5720-sensitive pathway by dopamine leads to accumulation of the repressor protein X that is otherwise susceptible to proteasome degradation. This repression system may determine the time window permissive to the cooperative activation by in-phase glutamate and dopamine inputs.
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- Katsuro Iwase
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Lipopolysaccharide-Mediated Induction of Calprotectin in the Submandibular and Parotid Glands of Mice. Inflammation 2010; 34:668-80. [DOI: 10.1007/s10753-010-9277-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Alterations in the glycoform of cisplatin-resistant human carcinoma cells are caused by defects in the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation system. Cancer Lett 2008; 270:295-301. [PMID: 18573595 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Revised: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cisplatin, cis-diamineplatinum-(II) dichloride (CDDP), is one of the most common and valuable chemotherapeutic reagents for various cancers. However, it is well known that tumor cells gain acquired or intrinsic resistance to treatment by this anti-cancer reagent. In spite of extensive efforts using genetic and proteomic approaches, the mechanism underlying CDDP resistance remains unclear. In the present study, we report drastic structural changes in the N-glycans of glycoproteins in CDDP-resistant tumor cells (the KCP-4 cell line obtained from KB-3-1 human carcinoma cells). It was suggested that the CDDP-resistant cells exhibited an increase in one of the high-mannose-type glycans, particularly M8.1. This N-glycan is well known as a tag for the transport of unfolded protein from the endoplasmic reticulum to the lysosome, a process known as endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) system. The revertant cells (KCP-4R) obtained from the KCP-4 cell line showed almost the same glycoform profile as that of the parental cells, suggesting that N-glycan biosynthesis in tumor cells clearly corresponds to the alteration in the sensitivity against CDDP. Gene expression analysis using a cDNA microarray showed a decrease in the expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins in the resistant cells. MHC proteins form a complex with lysosome-degradated proteins and are presented on the cell surface. These results suggest that CDDP tolerance in KCP-4 cells is caused by a defect in the ERAD system.
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Expression profiling of liver cell lines expressing entire or parts of hepatitis C virus open reading frame. Hepatology 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Adachi-Uehara N, Kato M, Nimura Y, Seki N, Ishihara A, Matsumoto E, Iwase K, Ohtsuka S, Kodama H, Mizota A, Yamamoto S, Adachi-Usami E, Takiguchi M. Up-regulation of genes for oxidative phosphorylation and protein turnover in diabetic mouse retina. Exp Eye Res 2006; 83:849-57. [PMID: 16780836 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2005] [Revised: 04/06/2006] [Accepted: 04/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most frequent complications of diabetes and is a leading cause of vision loss in adulthood. To better understand the molecular pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy, we performed comprehensive gene expression analysis of the mouse retina under diabetic conditions with an in-house cDNA microarray system that was designed to be suitable for the small amount of RNA available from a single mouse retina. Diabetes was induced in male C57BL/6 mice by an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin, and the changes in retinal mRNA levels were examined in three pairs of diabetic and age-matched control mice at 1 and 3 months after the injection of streptozotocin. Northern blot analysis with amplified total cRNA confirmed the increase in mRNA levels of several selected genes. Most of the significantly up-regulated genes could be classified into two functional categories: oxidative phosphorylation and protein turnover. All mitochondrial DNA-encoded and most of the nuclear DNA-encoded genes for oxidative phosphorylation were up-regulated in the diabetic retina. This was in sharp contrast with a previous report of a down-regulation of these genes in skeletal muscles of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice and type 2 diabetic humans. Genes for protein synthesis and ubiquitin were also up-regulated in the diabetic retina, suggesting the increase in turnover rates for at least a part of the protein population. Taken together, the diabetic retina appears to be in a state activated for intermediary metabolism, presumably because of an increase in insulin-independent glucose influx. These results provide insights into possible preventive and therapeutic intervention of diabetic retinopathy.
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- Nanami Adachi-Uehara
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Inohama 1-8-1, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Yamazaki K, Adachi T, Sato K, Yanagisawa Y, Fukata H, Seki N, Mori C, Komiyama M. Identification and characterization of novel and unknown mouse epididymis-specific genes by complementary DNA microarray technology. Biol Reprod 2006; 75:462-8. [PMID: 16707773 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.048058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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To examine epididymal function, we attempted to identify highly expressed genes in mouse epididymis using a cDNA microarray containing PCR products amplified from a mouse epididymal cDNA library. We isolated one novel and four known genes-lymphocyte cytosolic protein 1 (Lcp1), complement subcomponents C1r/C1s, Uegf protein, and bone morphogenetic protein and zona pellucida-like domains 1 (Cuzd1), transmembrane epididymal protein 1 (Teddm1), and whey acidic protein 4-disulfide core domain 16 (Wfdc16)-with unknown functions in the epididymis. The novel gene, designated Serpina1f (serine peptidase inhibitor [SERPIN], clade A, member 1f), harbors an open reading frame of 1 233 bp encoding a putative protein of 411 amino acids, including a SERPIN domain. These five genes were predominantly expressed in the epididymis as compared to other organs. In situ hybridization analysis revealed their epididymal region-specific expression patterns. Real-time RT-PCR analysis revealed a significant increase in mRNA expression of these genes around puberty. Castration decreased their expression, except forLcp1. Testosterone (T) restored these reduced expressions, except forTeddm1; however, this restoration was not observed with 17 beta-estradiol (E2). Administration of T and E2 combination recovered the Serpina1f mRNA concentration; this recovery was also observed with T alone. However, the recovery of Cuzd1and Wfdc16mRNA concentrations was inadequate. Neonatal diethylstilbestrol treatment suppressed the Cuzd1, Wfdc16, and Serpina1f mRNA expression in the epididymis of 8-week-old mice; this was not observed with E2. These results suggest that our microarray system can provide a novel insight into the epididymal function on a molecular basis, and the five genes might play important roles in the epididymis.
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- Koji Yamazaki
- Department of Bioenvironmental Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Osawa A, Kato M, Matsumoto E, Iwase K, Sugimoto T, Matsui T, Ishikura H, Sugano S, Kurosawa H, Takiguchi M, Seki N. Activation of genes for growth factor and cytokine pathways late in chondrogenic differentiation of ATDC5 cells. Genomics 2006; 88:52-64. [PMID: 16597497 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2006.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2005] [Revised: 02/19/2006] [Accepted: 02/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line ATDC5 provides an excellent model system for chondrogenesis in vitro. To understand better the molecular mechanisms of endochondral bone formation, we investigated gene expression profiles during the differentiation course of ATDC5 cells, using an in-house microarray harboring full-length-enriched cDNAs. For 28 days following chondrogenic induction, 507 genes were up- or down-regulated at least 1.5-fold. These genes were classified into five clusters based on their expression patterns. Genes for growth factor and cytokine pathways were significantly enriched in the cluster characterized by increases in expression during late stages of chondrocyte differentiation. mRNAs for decorin and osteoglycin, which have been shown to bind to transforming growth factors-beta and bone morphogenetic proteins, respectively, were found in this cluster and were detected in hypertrophic chondrocytes of developing mouse bones by in situ hybridization analysis. Taken together with assigned functions of individual genes in the cluster, interdigitated interaction between a number of intercellular signaling molecules is likely to take place in the late chondrogenic stage for autocrine and paracrine regulation among chondrocytes, as well as for chemoattraction and stimulation of progenitor cells of other lineages.
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- Aki Osawa
- Department of Functional Genomics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Fujino RS, Ishikawa YI, Tanaka K, Kanatsu-Shinohara M, Tamura K, Kogo H, Shinohara T, Hara T. Capillary morphogenesis gene (CMG)-1 is among the genes differentially expressed in mouse male germ line stem cells and embryonic stem cells. Mol Reprod Dev 2006; 73:955-66. [PMID: 16705683 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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We recently established a technique to expand male germ line stem (GS) cells in long-term culture without losing their spermatogenic capacity. To gain insight into the genetic program of these cells, we compared the mRNA expression profile of GS cells with that of embryonic stem (ES) cells using DNA microarrays. We found 79 genes that were upregulated in GS cells compared to ES cells, including synaptonemal complex protein-1, deleted in azoospermia-like, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2B, and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1, all of which are functionally important for spermatogenesis. In addition, we identified a cDNA encoding the mouse ortholog of capillary morphogenesis gene (CMG)-1. CMG-1 transcripts were predominantly produced in spermatogonia and spermatocytes in mouse testis. When CMG-1 expression was attenuated in a mouse spermatocyte-derived cell line, GC-2spd(ts), by a target-specific short interfering RNA, the morphology of the cells was changed and the expression of cyclin D2 was abrogated. A reporter assay using a genomic region upstream of the mouse cyclin D2 gene revealed that this downmodulation occurs at the transcriptional level. We detected FLAG-tagged CMG-1 protein in the nuclei of transfected COS7 cells, suggesting that CMG-1 may play a unique role in the transcriptional regulation of the cyclin D2 gene. The upregulated GS genes identified in this study will provide useful information for the future investigation of spermatogonial stem cells and the early phase of male germ cell differentiation.
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- Ryu-Suke Fujino
- Stem cell project group, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Oda H, Fushimi F, Kato M, Kitagawa M, Araki K, Seki N, Ohkubo H. Microarray analysis of the genes induced by tetracycline-regulated expression of NDRF/NeuroD2 in P19 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 335:458-68. [PMID: 16083855 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.07.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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NeuroD-related factor (NDRF)/NeuroD2 is a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein that plays important roles in neuronal development. To elucidate the NDRF transcription network, we used mouse cDNA microarray analysis combined with a tetracycline-regulatable expression system in P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. Five genes were identified to be up-regulated in the presence of NDRF protein. RNA hybridization analysis confirmed that brain-lipid-binding protein (BLBP) and inhibitor of differentiation 1 (Id1) genes were among the five genes that were rapidly and significantly up-regulated after induction of NDRF. When a dominant negative form of NDRF protein was expressed during retinoic acid-induced neuronal differentiation of P19 cells, the BLBP gene, but not the Id1 gene, was potently repressed. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that both NDRF and Id1 immunoreactivities were observed in some granule cells of the cerebellum in the postnatal period. These results suggest that NDRF or its related bHLH proteins may act upstream of these genes in a subset of developing neurons.
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- Hisanobu Oda
- Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0976, Japan.
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Takei M, Shiraiwa H, Azuma T, Hayashi Y, Seki N, Sawada S. The possible etiopathogenic genes of Sjögren's syndrome. Autoimmun Rev 2005; 4:479-84. [PMID: 16137615 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2005.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by focal lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal and salivary glands, but the precise mechanism of this syndrome is unclear. To clarify the pathogenesis of Sjögren's syndrome, the related genes must be identified. In the present study, we investigate the increased expression of genes and molecules related to Sjögren's syndrome and present our findings of cDNA microarray analysis in the mouse model. Furthermore, we present the results of immunohistochemical analysis of salivary glands in the mouse model and patients with Sjögren's syndrome. This approach might open a new discussion of the existence of principal pathogenic molecules in Sjögren's syndrome.
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- Masami Takei
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Nihon University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Shimada K, Uzawa K, Kato M, Endo Y, Shiiba M, Bukawa H, Yokoe H, Seki N, Tanzawa H. Aberrant expression of RAB1A in human tongue cancer. Br J Cancer 2005; 92:1915-21. [PMID: 15870709 PMCID: PMC2361773 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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This study was designed to identify specific gene expression changes in tongue squamous cell carcinomas (TSCCs) compared with normal tissues using in-house cDNA microarray that comprised of 2304 full-length cDNAs from a cDNA library prepared from normal oral tissues, primary oral cancers, and oral cancer cell lines. The genes identified by our microarray system were further analysed at the mRNA or protein expression level in a series of clinical samples by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (qRT–PCR) analysis and imuunohositochemistry. The microarray analysis identified a total of 16 genes that were significantly upregulated in common among four TSCC specimens. Consistent with the results of the microarray, increased mRNA levels of selected genes with known molecular functions were found in the four TSCCs. Among genes identified, Rab1a, a member of the Ras oncogene family, was further analysed for its protein expression in 54 TSCCs and 13 premalignant lesions. We found a high prevalence of Rab1A-overexpression not only in TSCCs (98%) but also in premalignant lesions (93%). Thus, our results suggest that rapid characterisation of the target gene(s) for TSCCs can be accomplished using our in-house cDNA microarray analysis combined with the qRT–PCR and immunohistochemistry, and that the Rab1A is a potential biomarker of tongue carcinogenesis.
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- K Shimada
- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
- Division of Oral Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. E-mail:
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Division of Oral Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Division of Oral Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
- Center of Excellence (COE) Program in the 21st Century, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
- Division of Oral Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
- Center of Excellence (COE) Program in the 21st Century, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Fukuda ME, Iwadate Y, Machida T, Hiwasa T, Nimura Y, Nagai Y, Takiguchi M, Tanzawa H, Yamaura A, Seki N. Cathepsin D is a potential serum marker for poor prognosis in glioma patients. Cancer Res 2005; 65:5190-4. [PMID: 15958563 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-4134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cathepsin D is an aspartyl protease involved in protein catabolism and tissue remodeling which can be secreted from cancer cells. To identify a potential serum marker for gliomas, we investigated the gene expression levels of cathepsin D in 87 tissue samples and measured the protein concentrations in sera of glioma patients. The tissue samples consisted of 43 glioblastomas, 13 anaplastic astrocytomas, 22 astrocytomas, and 9 normal brain tissues. The results of real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis showed that cathepsin D transcript levels became significantly higher as the glioma grade advanced (P = 0.0466, glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma; P = 0.0008, glioblastoma and astrocytoma; P = 0.0271, glioblastoma and normal brain tissue; unpaired t test). Immunohistochemical analysis with anti-cathepsin D antibody revealed dense and spotty staining in the tumor cells with high transcript levels. The low expression of cathepsin D significantly correlated with long survival of the glioma patients. Furthermore, the glioblastoma patients with high gene expression of cathepsin D lived significantly shorter than those with low expression (P = 0.0104, Cox-Mantel log-rank test) and frequently had leptomeningeal dissemination (P = 0.0016, chi2 test). The multivariate analysis confirmed that the cathepsin D expression level was an independent predictor for short survival (P = 0.0102, Cox proportional hazard regression model). Measurement of the serum cathepsin D concentrations by ELISA showed a significant increase in the patients with high-grade gliomas as compared with the low-grade tumors (P = 0.0081, chi2 test). These results collectively suggest that cathepsin D could be a potential serum marker for the prediction of aggressive nature of human gliomas.
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- Mieko E Fukuda
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Adachi T, Okuno Y, Takenaka S, Matsuda K, Ohta N, Takashima K, Yamazaki K, Nishimura D, Miyatake K, Mori C, Tsujimoto G. Comprehensive analysis of the effect of phytoestrogen, daidzein, on a testicular cell line, using mRNA and protein expression profile. Food Chem Toxicol 2005; 43:529-35. [PMID: 15721199 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2004] [Revised: 12/07/2004] [Accepted: 12/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this study, we examined the effects of exposure to phytoestrogen (daidzein), 17beta-estradiol (E2), diethylstilbestrol (DES) and staurosporin on the TM4 testicular cell line, using comprehensive analysis, such as cDNA microarray and two-dimension polyacrylamide gel electropholesis (2D-PAGE) analysis, and we demonstrated if these toxicogenomic analyses could classify the chemical compounds. First, RNA was extracted from TM4 cells that had been treated with daidzein (80 microM), DES, E2 (40 microM) and stauroporin (100 nM) for 30 min. We performed cDNA microarray analysis, and the expression ratio data thus obtained were then analyzed using hierarchical clustering. This hierarchical clustering showed that daidzein exposure induced a different effect on gene expression change from that of E2, DES and staurosporin. Next, protein extracted from TM4 cells also underwent cDNA microarray analysis for 3 h. We performed 2D-PAGE analysis, and the spot intensity ratio data thus obtained were analyzed using hierarchical clustering. As with cDNA microarray, the hierarchical clustering of protein spot ratios showed that daidzein exposure induced a different effect on gene expression change from that of the other substances. In conclusion, we have demonstrated for the first time that classification of these chemicals can be performed by clustering analysis, using data from cDNA microarray and 2D-PAGE analyses, and that exposure to daidzein induces effects different from those of E2, DES and staurosporin.
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- Tetsuya Adachi
- Department of Genomic Drug Discovery Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Shimoadachicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Ohira M, Oba S, Nakamura Y, Isogai E, Kaneko S, Nakagawa A, Hirata T, Kubo H, Goto T, Yamada S, Yoshida Y, Fuchioka M, Ishii S, Nakagawara A. Expression profiling using a tumor-specific cDNA microarray predicts the prognosis of intermediate risk neuroblastomas. Cancer Cell 2005; 7:337-50. [PMID: 15837623 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2005.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2003] [Revised: 01/08/2005] [Accepted: 03/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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To predict the prognosis of neuroblastoma patients and choose a better therapeutic protocol, we developed a cDNA microarray carrying 5340 genes obtained from primary neuroblastomas and examined 136 tumor samples. We made a probabilistic output statistical classifier that provided a high accuracy in prognosis prediction (89% at 5 years) and a highly reliable method to validate it. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that the patients in an intermediate group defined by existing markers are divided by microarray into two further groups with 5 year survivals for 36% and 89% of patients (p < 10(-4)), i.e., with unfavorably and favorably predicted neuroblastomas, respectively. According to these results, we developed a gene subset chip for a clinical tool, for which our classifier exhibited 88% prediction accuracy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miki Ohira
- Division of Biochemistry, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba 260-8717, Japan
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Kijima K, Toyosawa K, Yasuba M, Matsuoka N, Adachi T, Komiyama M, Mori C. Gene expression analysis of the rat testis after treatment with di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate using cDNA microarray and real-time RT-PCR. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004; 200:103-10. [PMID: 15476863 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2003] [Accepted: 03/17/2004] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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To investigate the effects of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on gene expression in rat testis, 6-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were given a single oral dose of 20 or 2000 mg/kg and euthanized 3, 6, 24, or 72 h thereafter. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells were significantly increased in the testis at 24 and 72 h after the exposure to 2000 mg/kg of DEHP. On cDNA microarray analysis, in addition to apoptosis-related genes, genes associated with atrophy, APEX nuclease, MutS homologue (E. coli), testosterone-repressed-prostatic-message-2 (TRPM-2), connective tissue growth factor, collagen alpha 2 type V, and cell adhesion kinase were differentially expressed. To investigate the relationship between histopathological alteration and gene expression, we selected genes associated with apoptosis and analyzed their expression by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). With 20 mg/kg of DEHP treatment, bcl-2, key gene related to apoptosis, was increased. Up-regulation of bcl-2, inhibitor of Apaf-1/caspase-9/caspase-2 cascade of apoptosis, may be related to the fact that no morphological apoptotic change was induced after dosing of 20 mg/kg DEHP. With 2000 mg/kg of DEHP treatment, the apoptotic activator cascade, Fas/FasL, FADD/caspase-8/caspase-3 cascade, and Apaf-1/caspase-9/caspase-2 cascade were increased and bcl-2 was decreased. Thus, these gene regulations might lead the cells into apoptosis in the case of high exposure to DEHP. In contrast, FADD/caspase-10/caspase-6 cascade and caspase-11/caspase-3 cascade were not increased. These results indicate that the cascades of FADD/caspase-10/caspase-6 and caspase-11/caspase-3 are not related to apoptosis with DEHP treatment.
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- Kazuyasu Kijima
- Safety Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd, Suita, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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Ohtsuka S, Iwase K, Kato M, Seki N, Shimizu-Yabe A, Miyauchi O, Sakao E, Kanazawa M, Yamamoto S, Kohno Y, Takiguchi M. An mRNA amplification procedure with directional cDNA cloning and strand-specific cRNA synthesis for comprehensive gene expression analysis. Genomics 2004; 84:715-29. [PMID: 15475249 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2004.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2003] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We developed an integrated system suitable for comprehensive gene expression studies including construction and analysis of cDNA microarrays starting from a small amount of mRNA. We amplified total mRNA first as cDNA mixtures by polymerase chain reaction and then as strand-specific cRNA mixtures by in vitro transcription. These amplified cDNA and cRNA enabled determination of mRNA levels by hybridization analyses such as Southern, Northern, reverse-Northern macroarray, and cDNA microarray analyses, as well as construction of the cDNA library with a unidirectional cDNA insert. By using strand-specific cRNA derived from rat primary-cultured hepatocytes, we detected putative antisense transcripts for the metallothionein gene. cDNA microarray analysis for genes regulated by glucocorticoids and glucagon in the hepatocytes revealed that a number of genes involved in signal transduction and transcriptional regulation were up- or down-regulated. The present system is widely applicable to gene expression analysis with limited amounts of RNA samples.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Expression
- Gene Library
- Glucagon/pharmacology
- Glucocorticoids/pharmacology
- Hepatocytes/drug effects
- Hepatocytes/metabolism
- Metallothionein/genetics
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/metabolism
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Antisense/genetics
- RNA, Complementary/biosynthesis
- RNA, Complementary/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- Satoko Ohtsuka
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Chiba T, Yokosuka O, Arai M, Tada M, Fukai K, Imazeki F, Kato M, Seki N, Saisho H. Identification of genes up-regulated by histone deacetylase inhibition with cDNA microarray and exploration of epigenetic alterations on hepatoma cells. J Hepatol 2004; 41:436-45. [PMID: 15336447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2003] [Revised: 04/19/2004] [Accepted: 05/27/2004] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Epigenetics is the key factor in the regulation of gene expression. We conducted cDNA microarray analysis to screen for genes induced by histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition and examined epigenetic alterations. METHODS Microarray analysis was performed in six hepatoma cell lines and primary hepatocytes treated with trichostatin A (TSA). mRNA expression of several genes was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in TSA-treated cells and hepatoma samples. Acetylated histones and methylation status in 5'CpG islands was assessed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay and bisulfite genomic sequencing, respectively. RESULTS Fifty-seven genes showed greater than 2-fold change after TSA treatment in multiple cell lines. Among them, four genes including p21(WAF1) exhibited substantial induction (greater than 5-fold changes). Decreased mRNA levels of these genes in hepatoma tissues were observed in more than half of patients. ChIP assay, in general, demonstrated a good correlation between mRNA expression and histone acetylation, but only a limited correlation with the methylated DNA in the promoter region. CONCLUSIONS We identified 57 up-regulated genes by TSA treatment in hepatoma cells and some of them appeared to be cancer-related genes in hepatomas. The alterations in acetylated histones are likely closely associated with gene expression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tetsuhiro Chiba
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo Ward, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Nakayama Y, Nara N, Kawakita Y, Takeshima Y, Arakawa M, Katoh M, Morita S, Iwatsuki K, Tanaka K, Okamoto S, Kitamura T, Seki N, Matsuda R, Matsuo M, Saito K, Hara T. Cloning of cDNA encoding a regeneration-associated muscle protease whose expression is attenuated in cell lines derived from Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2004; 164:1773-82. [PMID: 15111323 PMCID: PMC1615663 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63735-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the dystrophin-mutant mdx mouse, an animal model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), damaged skeletal muscles are efficiently regenerated and thus the animals thrive. The phenotypic differences between DMD patients and the mdx mice suggest the existence of factors that modulate the muscle wasting in the mdx mice. To identify these factors, we searched for mRNAs affected by the mdx mutation by using cDNA microarrays with newly established skeletal muscle cell lines from mdx and normal mice. We found that in the mdx muscle cell line, 12 genes, including L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase and thymosin beta4, are up-regulated, whereas 7 genes, including selenoprotein P and a novel regeneration-associated muscle protease (RAMP), are down-regulated. Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization revealed that RAMP mRNA is predominantly expressed in normal skeletal muscle and brain, and its production is enhanced in the regenerating area of injured skeletal muscle in mice. RAMP expression was much lower in individual muscle cell lines derived from biopsies of six DMD patients compared to a normal muscle cell line. These results suggest that RAMP may play a role in the regeneration of skeletal muscle and that its down-regulation could be involved in the progression of DMD in humans.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Biopsy
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Down-Regulation
- Dystrophin/metabolism
- Endopeptidases/genetics
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Metalloendopeptidases/genetics
- Metalloendopeptidases/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscles/enzymology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/genetics
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Regeneration
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Serine Proteases
- Transfection
- Up-Regulation
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- Yuki Nakayama
- Department of Tumor Biochemistry, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Arai M, Yokosuka O, Fukai K, Imazeki F, Chiba T, Sumi H, Kato M, Takiguchi M, Saisho H, Muramatsu M, Seki N. Gene expression profiles in liver regeneration with oval cell induction. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 317:370-6. [PMID: 15063767 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The liver has the unique ability to regenerate even in adulthood. While mature hepatocytes can proliferate by themselves, stem cells also play a critical role in liver regeneration and oval cells are considered to be the progeny of activated hepatic stem cells. We herein investigated the gene expression profiles in the conditions inducing oval cells, using microarray analysis. Two approaches were used to induce oval cells. In the first, animals were treated with a combination of an N-2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF)-containing diet and partial hepatectomy (PHx). In the second, animals were supplied with chow containing a 1:1 mixture of choline-deficient and normal diets, as well as 0.075% ethionine in drinking water. Using in-house cDNA microarrays consisting of 2304 cDNA clones from the mouse liver, 69 and 89 genes, respectively, were found to be up-regulated in these two models. Six genes, i.e., those for insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1, CYP4a14, carnitine octanoyltransferase, osteopontin, and two expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were up-regulated in these models but not in ordinary model with PHx alone. They might be specifically activated in the induction of oval cells, and help to clarify the nature of stem cell stimulation that occurs during liver regeneration.
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- Makoto Arai
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Nakazawa T, Nakajima A, Seki N, Okawa A, Kato M, Moriya H, Amizuka N, Einhorn TA, Yamazaki M. Gene expression of periostin in the early stage of fracture healing detected by cDNA microarray analysis. J Orthop Res 2004; 22:520-5. [PMID: 15099630 DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2003.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2002] [Accepted: 10/08/2003] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To comprehensively evaluate gene expression in the early stage of fracture healing, we used a cDNA microarray with 2304 cDNA clones derived from an oligo-capped mouse embryo library. Closed mid-diaphyseal fractures were created in mouse tibiae and expression profiles were analyzed 3 days after fracture. Six genes were up-regulated in comparison to those in unfractured bones and these included three genes previously identified but never shown to be present in fractures, periostin, calumenin, and FHL-1. Cloning of these genes has been completed but their expression pattern and function during fracture healing and bone formation remain to be elucidated. Up-regulation of the six genes was reconfirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis. Spatial and temporal expression of one of the newly identified fracture-induced genes, periostin, was analyzed using in situ hybridization, because it displayed the highest up-regulation ratio. A signal for periostin was detected in undifferentiated mesenchymal cells and immature preosteoblastic cells in the periosteal tissues between days 3 and 14 after fracture. Northern analysis showed that periostin gene expression rapidly increased by day 3, reached a peak on day 7, and declined by day 14. These findings suggest that periostin is a specific marker for preosteoblasts and may play an important role in periosteal callus formation during the early stage of fracture healing.
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- Tetsuro Nakazawa
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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Fernandes C, Paya-Cano JL, Sluyter F, D'Souza U, Plomin R, Schalkwyk LC. Hippocampal gene expression profiling across eight mouse inbred strains: towards understanding the molecular basis for behaviour. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 19:2576-82. [PMID: 15128411 DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816x.2004.03358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mouse inbred strains differ in many aspects of their phenotypes, and it is known that gene expression does so too. This gives us an opportunity to isolate the genetic aspect of variation in expression and compare it to other phenotypic variables. We have investigated these issues using an eight-strain expression profile comparison with four replicates per strain on Affymetrix MGU74av2 GeneChips focusing on one well-defined brain tissue (the hippocampus). We identified substantial strain-specific variation in hippocampal gene expression, with more than two hundred genes showing strain differences by a very conservative criterion. Many such genetically driven differences in gene expression are likely to result in functional differences including differences in behaviour. A large panel of inbred strains could be used to identify genes functionally involved in particular phenotypes, similar to genetic correlation. The genetic correlation between expression profiles and function is potentially very powerful, especially given the current large-scale generation of phenotypic data on multiple strains (the Mouse Phenome Project). As an example, the strongest genetic correlation between more than 200 probe sets showing significant differences among our eight inbred strains and a ranking of these strains by aggression phenotype was found for Comt, a gene known to be involved in aggression.
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- Cathy Fernandes
- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, PO 82, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK.
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Shiraiwa H, Takei M, Yoshikawa T, Azuma T, Kato M, Mitamura K, Ueki T, Kida A, Horie T, Seki N, Sawada S. Detection of Grb-2-related Adaptor Protein Gene (GRAP) and Peptide Molecule in Salivary Glands of MRL/lpr Mice and Patients with Sjögren's Syndrome. J Int Med Res 2004; 32:284-91. [PMID: 15174222 DOI: 10.1177/147323000403200308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The pathogenesis of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is poorly understood. In this study we used an in-house mouse spleen cDNA microarray to analyse genes in spleens from MRL/lpr (an SS mouse model) mice. We have previously demonstrated that GRAP genes were up-regulated in salivary glands of the same mice. The microarray analysis showed that seven out of 2304 genes were highly expressed in spleens from the MRL/ lpr mice, one of which was the GRAP gene. In other words, the GRAP gene is highly expressed in the salivary glands and spleen of MRL/lpr mice. We also carried out immunohistochemical studies. Mouse and human Grb-2-related adaptor protein ( GRAP) antigens were expressed on ductal cells and infiltrating lymphocytes in salivary glands of MRL /lpr mice and SS patients, but only weakly in controls (MRL/+ mice and individuals with salivary cysts). These results suggest that the GRAP gene might have a role in the pathogenesis of SS.
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- H Shiraiwa
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Nerima Hikarigaoka Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Adachi T, Ono Y, Koh KB, Takashima K, Tainaka H, Matsuno Y, Nakagawa S, Todaka E, Sakurai K, Fukata H, Iguchi T, Komiyama M, Mori C. Long-term alteration of gene expression without morphological change in testis after neonatal exposure to genistein in mice: toxicogenomic analysis using cDNA microarray. Food Chem Toxicol 2004; 42:445-52. [PMID: 14871586 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2003.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2003] [Accepted: 10/17/2003] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, we carried out toxicogenomic analysis using in-house cDNA microarray to ascertain the long-term effects of neonatal exposure to genistein, also known as phytoestrogen, on testicular gene expression in mice. Male ICR mice, 1 day after birth, were exposed for 5 days to genistein (1000 microg/mouse/day) or diethylstilbestrol (DES) (50 microg/mouse/day), used as an example of a potent estrogen, and their testes were used when they were 12 weeks old. Since exposure to DES was been reported to induce morphological changes and alteration of gene expression in reproductive organs, DES was used as a positive control. Genistein-treated mice did not show any histological abnormalities or increased apoptotic cells in testes, but these abnormalities and increases were found in DES-treated mice. On the other hand, mRNA expression analysis using in-house cDNA microarray revealed that 2 down-regulated genes (GeneBank accession No. W49392 and AI430907) were detected in genistein-treated mouse testes. Moreover, real-time PCR analysis revealed that mRNAs of the W49392 gene, estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) and androgen receptor (AR), were down-regulated in the testes of both genistein-treated and DES-treated mice. In our present study using toxicogenomic analysis, long-term alteration in testicular mRNA expression, without morphological change in testes, was detected after neonatal treatment with genistein, indicating that the W49392 gene, in addition to ERalpha and AR, might be useful as a biological marker for predicting the effects of neonatal exposure to DES and genistein.
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- Tetsuya Adachi
- Department of Bioenvironmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Sacco R, Tsutsumi T, Suzuki R, Otsuka M, Aizaki H, Sakamoto S, Matsuda M, Seki N, Matsuura Y, Miyamura T, Suzuki T. Antiapoptotic regulation by hepatitis C virus core protein through up-regulation of inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase. Virology 2004; 317:24-35. [PMID: 14675622 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein is considered to influence multiple cellular processes. We developed a human hepatoblastoma HepG2-derived inducible cell line, Hep191, which allows tightly regulated expression of the core protein at relatively low but physiological levels under control of the ecdysone-regulated promoter. By transcriptional profiling, we identified differentially expressed genes, some of which are involved in cell growth or apoptosis such as inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase (ICAD), defender against cell death 1, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor 1, and cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIII. Furthermore, we found that core protein expression increases a steady-state level of ICAD protein, possibly through enhancing its promoter activity, and inhibits caspase-3 activity induced by anti-Fas antibody. Since Fas- or TNF-mediated DNA fragmentation is suppressed in the core-induced Hep191 cells, these findings suggest that expression of HCV core at physiological levels confers blocking activity of caspase-activated DNase and consequently inhibiting apoptotic cell death.
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- Rodolfo Sacco
- Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Kakinuma K, Fukushima M, Kawaguchi R. Detection and identification of Escherichia coli, Shigella, and Salmonella by microarrays using the gyrB gene. Biotechnol Bioeng 2003; 83:721-8. [PMID: 12889036 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Commonly, 16S ribosome RNA (16S rRNA) sequence analysis has been used for identifying enteric bacteria. However, it may not always be applicable for distinguishing closely related bacteria. Therefore, we selected gyrB genes that encode the subunit B protein of DNA gyrase (a topoisomerase type II protein) as target genes. The molecular evolution rate of gyrB genes is higher than that of 16S rRNA, and gyrB genes are distributed universally among bacterial species. Microarray technology includes the methods of arraying cDNA or oligonucleotides on substrates such as glass slides while acquiring a lot of information simultaneously. Thus, it is possible to identify the enteric bacteria easily using microarray technology. We devised a simple method of rapidly identifying bacterial species through the combined use of gyrB genes and microarrays. Closely related bacteria were not identified at the species level using 16S rRNA sequence analysis, whereas they were identified at the species level based on the reaction patterns of oligonucleotides on our microarrays using gyrB genes.
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- Kenichi Kakinuma
- Genomics Research Institute, SRL, Inc., 5-6-50 Shinmachi, Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0002, Japan
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Sakao E, Ishihara A, Horikawa K, Akiyama M, Arai M, Kato M, Seki N, Fukunaga K, Shimizu-Yabe A, Iwase K, Ohtsuka S, Sato T, Kohno Y, Shibata S, Takiguchi M. Two-peaked synchronization in day/night expression rhythms of the fibrinogen gene cluster in the mouse liver. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:30450-7. [PMID: 12750384 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304809200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Genes expressed with day/night rhythms in the mouse liver were searched for by microarray analysis using an in-house array harboring mouse liver cDNAs. The rhythmic expression with a single peak and trough level was confirmed by RNA blot analysis for 3beta-Hsd and Gabarapl1 genes exhibiting a peak in the light phase and Spot14, Hspa8, Hspa5, and Hsp84-1 genes showing a peak in the dark phase. On the other hand, mRNA levels for all of the three fibrinogen subunits, Aalpha, Bbeta and gamma, exhibited two peaks each in the light and dark phases in a synchronized manner. This two-peaked rhythmic pattern of fibrinogen genes as well as the single peak-trough pattern of other genes was diminished or almost completely lost in the liver of Clock mutant mice, suggesting that the two-peaked expression is also under the control of oscillation-generating genes. In constant darkness, the first peak of the expression rhythm of fibrinogen genes was almost intact, but the second peak disappeared. Therefore, although the first peak in the subjective day is a component of the innate circadian rhythm, the second peak seems to require light stimuli. Fasting in constant darkness caused shifts of time phases of the circadian rhythms. Protein levels of the fibrinogen subunits in whole blood also exhibited circadian rhythms. In the mouse and human loci of the fibrinogen gene cluster, a number of sequence elements resembling circadian transcription factor-binding sites were found. The fibrinogen gene locus provides a unique system for the study of two-peaked day/night rhythms of gene expression in a synchronized form.
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- Eiko Sakao
- Department of Biochemistry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Arai M, Yokosuka O, Chiba T, Imazeki F, Kato M, Hashida J, Ueda Y, Sugano S, Hashimoto K, Saisho H, Takiguchi M, Seki N. Gene expression profiling reveals the mechanism and pathophysiology of mouse liver regeneration. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:29813-8. [PMID: 12782638 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212648200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Comprehensive analysis of the changes in gene expression during liver regeneration was carried out by using an in-house microarray composed of 2,304 distinct mouse liver cDNA clones. Mice were subjected to partial two-thirds hepatectomy, and changes in mRNA levels were monitored up to 48 h. Of the 2,304 genes analyzed, 496 genes showed expression levels measurable at all time points after the partial hepatectomy. 317 genes were up- or down-regulated 2-fold or more at least at one time point during liver regeneration and were classified into eight clusters based on their expression patterns. With a more stringent cut-off value of +/-2 S.D., 68 genes were listed and were classified into five clusters. In these two analyses with different clustering criteria, functionally categorized genes showed similar cluster distributions. Genes involved in protein synthesis and posttranslational processing were significantly enriched in the cluster characterized by rapid gene activation and subsequent persistence. This suggests the importance of modulating the efficiency of protein supply and/or altering the composition of protein population from the early phase of hepatocyte proliferation. Genes for two major liver functions, i.e. plasma protein secretion and intermediate metabolism were enriched in distinct clusters exhibiting the features of gradual gene activation and sustained repression, respectively. Therefore, these genes are differentially regulated during the regeneration, possibly leading to changes in the flow of amino acids and energy from enzyme proteins to plasma proteins in their synthesis. Thus, clustering analysis of expression patterns of functionally classified genes gave insights into mechanism and pathophysiology of liver regeneration.
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- Makoto Arai
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Wang H, Zhu YZ, Wong PTH, Farook JM, Teo AL, Lee LKH, Moochhala S. cDNA microarray analysis of gene expression in anxious PVG and SD rats after cat-freezing test. Exp Brain Res 2003; 149:413-21. [PMID: 12677321 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1369-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2002] [Accepted: 12/10/2002] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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To identify genes involved in the development of anxiety or fear, we analyzed the gene expression profiles of the cortex of anxious hooded PVG and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats after exposure to the cat-freezing test apparatus. These two rat strains showed a marked difference in the extent of anxious behavior on the cat-freezing test; the hooded PVG rats showed highly anxious behavior while a low anxiety state was observed in SD rats. A cDNA microarray consisting of 5,931 genes was employed to investigate the global mRNA expression profiles of anxiety-related genes. According to the assumption that an abundance ratio of > or =1.5 is indicative of a change in gene expression, we detected 16 upregulated and 38 downregulated genes in PVG hooded and SD rats. Some of these genes have not yet been associated with anxiety (e.g. FGF), while other genes were recently found to be expressed in an anxious state (e.g., rat nerve growth factor-induced gene, NGFI-A). Our study also focused on the expression of some neurotransmitter receptors that have already been proven to be relevant to anxiety or fear, e.g., gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), cholecystokinin (CCK) and 5-HT(3) receptors. To further confirm the microarray data, the mRNA expressions of three genes: rat activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated gene (Arc), rat NGFI-A gene and rat 5-HT(3) receptor (5-HT(3)R) mRNA, were studied by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The results of RT-PCR were basically consistent with those from cDNA microarray. Our study therefore demonstrated that the microarray technique is an efficient tool for analyzing global expression profiles of anxiety-related genes, which may also provide further insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the states of anxiety and fear.
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- H Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Bièche I, Maucuer A, Laurendeau I, Lachkar S, Spano AJ, Frankfurter A, Lévy P, Manceau V, Sobel A, Vidaud M, Curmi PA. Expression of stathmin family genes in human tissues: non-neural-restricted expression for SCLIP. Genomics 2003; 81:400-10. [PMID: 12676564 DOI: 10.1016/s0888-7543(03)00031-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The stathmin family consists of phosphoproteins highly conserved in vertebrates and thought to be implicated in the development and functional regulation of various organs, most notably the nervous system. This family includes stathmin, SCG10, SCLIP, and RB3, phosphoproteins that are related by structural and functional homologies. They all sequester tubulin and interfere with microtubule dynamics, a property due to their shared stathmin-like domain. Little is known about the expression of the stathmin gene family in humans. Herein, we describe for the first time, for a collection of human tissues, the expression of each member of this family, using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. We found that stathmin is ubiquitously expressed, whereas SCG10 and RB3 are neural enriched, expression patterns similar to those reported for other mammals. Surprisingly, SCLIP, whose expression is thought to be neural-specific, exhibits a broader tissue distribution. Analyses of the SCLIP gene (approved symbol STMN3) show that it contains several NRSE-like elements that display low or no affinity for the cognate binding protein NRSF. The substantial expression of SCLIP in most tissues points out a novel function for this protein outside the nervous system and raises the possibility that its coexpression with stathmin could provide some degree of functional redundancy.
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- Ivan Bièche
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, UPRES JE 2195, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université René Descartes-Paris V, Paris, France
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Reticulons (RTNs) are a relatively new eukaryotic gene family with unknown functions but broad expression and peculiar topological features. RTNs are widely distributed in plants, yeast and animals and are characterized by a approximately 200-amino-acid C-terminal domain, including two long hydrophobic sequences. Nogo/RTN4 can inhibit neurite growth from the cell surface via specific receptors, whereas more general, 'ancestral', RTN functions might relate to those of the endoplasmic reticulum - for example, intracellular trafficking, cell division and apoptosis. Here, we review the taxonomic distribution and tissue expression of RTNs, summarize recent discoveries about RTN localization and membrane topology, and discuss the possible functions of RTNs.
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- Thomas Oertle
- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich and Dept of Biology, ETH Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Switzerland
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Otsuka M, Aizaki H, Kato N, Suzuki T, Miyamura T, Omata M, Seki N. Differential cellular gene expression induced by hepatitis B and C viruses. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 300:443-7. [PMID: 12504104 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02861-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a hepatotropic virus that causes acute and chronic hepatocellular injury and hepatocellular carcinoma. To clarify how HBV proteins regulate host cellular gene expression, we used our in-house cDNA microarray and HepG2.2.15 cells, which are derived from HepG2 cells and produce all HBV proteins. Of 2304 genes investigated, several genes were differentially expressed in HepG2.2.15 cells compared with HepG2 cells. These genes included insulin-like growth factor II and alpha-fetoprotein, consistent with previous reports. Furthermore, we previously performed similar microarray analyses to clarify the effects of hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins on host cells, using a HepG2-derivative cell line, which produces all HCV proteins. Using these two microarray results, we compared the differences in cellular gene expression induced by HBV and HCV proteins. The expression of the majority of genes investigated differed only slightly between HBV and HCV protein-producing cells. However, HBV and HCV proteins clearly regulated several genes in a reciprocal manner. Combined, these microarray results shed new light on the effects of HBV proteins on cellular gene expression and on the differences in the pathogenic activities of these two hepatitis viruses.
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- Motoyuki Otsuka
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Adachi T, Koh KB, Tainaka H, Matsuno Y, Ono Y, Sakurai K, Fukata H, Iguchi T, Komiyama M, Mori C. Toxicogenomic difference between diethylstilbestrol and 17?-estradiol in mouse testicular gene expression by neonatal exposure. Mol Reprod Dev 2003; 67:19-25. [PMID: 14648872 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the effects of neonatal exposure to exogenous estrogen (diethylstilbestrol: DES, 17beta-estradiol: E2) on testicular gene expressions. Male C57BL/6J mice, 1 day after birth, were subcutaneously injected with DES or E2 (3 micrograms/mouse/day) for 5 days, and then they were raised for 8 weeks. In morphological observation of 8-week-old mice testes, spermatozoa were absent from many seminiferous tubules in DES-treated mice testes, but there was no change in E2-treated mice testes. Analysis of in-house cDNA microarray (mouse cDNA 889 genes) revealed that 17 genes were altered in DES-treated mice testes at 8 weeks of age, compared to each control. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (real-time RT-PCR) analysis of these genes revealed that some genes, which were changed in E2-treated testis, were the same as in DES-treated testis, whereas in other cases there was a difference between DES-treated and E2-treated testis. The present results suggest that each exogenous estrogenic compound has both a common gene expression change pattern and its own testicular gene expression change pattern. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 67: 19-25, 2004.
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- Tetsuya Adachi
- Department of Bioenvironmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Hoshida Y, Moriyama M, Otsuka M, Kato N, Goto T, Taniguchi H, Shiratori Y, Seki N, Omata M. Identification of genes associated with sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin in hepatoma cells. J Gastroenterol 2002; 37 Suppl 14:92-5. [PMID: 12572874 DOI: 10.1007/bf03326423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of patients with advanced hepatoma is grim. Although chemotherapy is adapted to such patients, the efficacy is low and the outcome cannot be predicted before therapy. In this study, we aimed to identify genes associated with sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin, drugs widely used in treatment, using gene expression profiles. METHODS Gene expression was evaluated in eight human hepatoma cell lines using an in-house cDNA microarray including 2300 known genes. The 50% growth inhibitory concentrations (GI50) of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin were measured by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay and designated as chemosensitivity. Genes with expression ratios associated with GI50 were selected using the permutation test. RESULTS For 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin, 21 and 40 genes, respectively, were selected. From among the genes associated with 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin, several encoding metabolic enzymes were selected. In addition, several genes involved in the cell cycle and transcription were identified. CONCLUSIONS We identified genes that may be associated with sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin. A list of these genes may be useful to elucidate how these drugs work on human hepatoma.
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- Yujin Hoshida
- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Adachi T, Komiyama M, Ono Y, Koh KB, Sakurai K, Shibayama T, Kato M, Yoshikawa T, Seki N, Iguchi T, Mori C. Toxicogenomic effects of neonatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol on mouse testicular gene expression in the long term: a study using cDNA microarray analysis. Mol Reprod Dev 2002; 63:17-23. [PMID: 12211056 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We examined the effect of neonatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) on mouse testicular gene expression, using in-house mouse fetus (day 14.5) cDNA microarrays. Newborn male ICR mice were exposed to DES (50 microg/mouse/day) from neonatal day 1 to 5. Differential expression was detected in 14 genes in 4-week-old (day 28) mouse testes by cDNA microarray analysis; 11 genes (AI035263, AU080565, AU080361, AU080678, AI131681, AU080631, AA986882, AI037066, AA986537, AI156816, and AI596237) were up-regulated and three genes (AI131656, AI118968, and AI117606) were down-regulated in DES-treated mouse testes. Higher expression levels of the former eight genes, out of the up-regulated genes picked-up by the microarray, were also confirmed by reverse transcription and real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time RT-PCR) analysis. However, the differential expression of other genes could not be confirmed. Real-time RT-PCR analysis also revealed that expression levels of the eight genes were still higher in DES-treated testes at 8 and 12 weeks of age. Our results suggest that cDNA microarray analysis is a useful method by which a large number of gene expressions are simultaneously detected and changes in gene expression are screened. In addition, our results suggest that these genes, whose expressions are changed in the testes of adult mice by fetal or neonatal exposure to exogenous chemicals, might be candidates for predictive biological markers.
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- Tetsuya Adachi
- Core Research for Evolutional Science of Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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Tanaka K, Tamura H, Tanaka H, Katoh M, Futamata Y, Seki N, Nishimune Y, Hara T. Spermatogonia-dependent expression of testicular genes in mice. Dev Biol 2002; 246:466-79. [PMID: 12051830 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Spermatogenesis is initiated by the interaction of germ cells and somatic cells in seminiferous tubules. We used cDNA microarrays and representational difference analysis to identify genes that are expressed in the testis of the jsd/jsd mutant mouse, which contains only type A spermatogonial germ cells and Sertoli cells, but not in the testis of the W/W(v) mutant mouse, where Sertoli cells but few germ cells are present. We isolated 20 known genes and 4 novel genes, including 2 genes encoding lipocalin family members (prostaglandin D synthetase and 24p3) and 2 tumor suppressors (protein tyrosine phosphatase TD14 and Sui1). All 24 of these jsd/jsd-derived genes were highly expressed in the cryptorchid testis as well as in the jsd/jsd testis. This indicates that their selective expression is not directly caused by the as-yet-uncharacterized jsd gene product, but is rather correlated to the cessation of spermatogonial differentiation. In situ hybridization analysis and flow cytometric sorting followed by reverse transcriptase-PCR revealed that these genes are expressed in both the spermatogonial germ cells and the somatic cells in the developing gonads and adult testes. As the mRNAs of these jsd/jsd-derived genes were barely detectable in the W/W(v) testis, we propose that early spermatogonial germ cells regulate the expression of a group of testicular genes.
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- Kiyoko Tanaka
- Department of Tumor Biochemistry, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8613, Japan
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Azuma T, Takei M, Yoshikawa T, Nagasugi Y, Kato M, Otsuka M, Shiraiwa H, Sugano S, Mitamura K, Sawada S, Masuho Y, Seki N. Identification of candidate genes for Sjögren's syndrome using MRL/lpr mouse model of Sjögren's syndrome and cDNA microarray analysis. Immunol Lett 2002; 81:171-6. [PMID: 11947921 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(01)00344-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by focal lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal and salivary glands, but the precise mechanism of this syndrome is poorly understood. To clarify the mechanism of onset and progression of Sjögren's syndrome, it is necessary to identify Sjögren's syndrome-related genes. For this purpose, we used MLR/MpJ-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mouse as a model of human secondary Sjögren's syndrome and analyzed specific mRNA expression pattern in MRL/lpr mouse salivary glands by in-house cDNA microarray. Among arrayed 2304 genes, 13 genes were isolated as highly expressed genes in MRL/lpr mouse salivary gland in comparison with MRL/MpJ-+/+ (MRL/+) mouse tissue. Subsequently, we performed RT-PCR analysis and confirmed the high expression level of nine genes; caspase3, Ly-6C.2, vimentin, Mel-14 antigen, cathepsin B, mpt1, Laptm5, Gnai2 and UCP2. Five of the nine genes have already been identified in patients with Sjögren's syndrome or mice models of the syndrome, but the remaining four genes; mpt1, Laptm5, Gnai2, and UCP2 have not been reported previously as Sjögren's syndrome-related genes. Although, further experiments are necessary to examine the relationship between these four genes and Sjögren's syndrome, our system of mouse model of Sjögren's syndrome combined with in-house cDNA microarray is suitable for the isolation of Sjögren's syndrome-related genes.
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- Takanori Azuma
- Biological Technology Laboratory, Helix Research Institute, 1532-3 Yana, Kisaradu-shi, Chiba 292-0812, Japan
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Nisenbaum LK. The ultimate chip shot: can microarray technology deliver for neuroscience? GENES, BRAIN, AND BEHAVIOR 2002; 1:27-34. [PMID: 12886947 DOI: 10.1046/j.1601-1848.2001.00013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The use of cDNA and oligonucleotide microarrays, or 'chips', is emerging as a powerful, new technology in the field of neuroscience for examining gene expression in a high-throughput fashion. The application of microarray technology to the study of brain and behavior has lagged behind other areas of biology such as cancer and yeast genetics due to the challenges presented by the heterogeneous and complex organization of the nervous system. This review provides a brief overview of available microarray technology as well as a description of experimental considerations in planning and implementing a neuroscience-based array study. Successful implementation of microarray technology within the field of neuroscience will provide a molecular approach to studying systems neurobiology, leading to insights into areas ranging from fundamental questions of developmental neurobiology to neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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- L K Nisenbaum
- Neuroscience Research Division, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Otsuka M, Kato M, Yoshikawa T, Chen H, Brown EJ, Masuho Y, Omata M, Seki N. Differential expression of the L-plastin gene in human colorectal cancer progression and metastasis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 289:876-81. [PMID: 11735128 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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To identify molecular alterations in the progression of colorectal carcinoma, we analyzed gene expression profiles of colon cancer cell lines derived from primary and metastatic tumors from a single patient. Of 2280 cDNAs investigated using our in-house microarray, the expression of 6 genes (tumor-associated antigen L6, L-plastin, the human homologue of yeast ribosomal protein S28, the B-cell translocation gene, mitochondrial aspartate-aminotransferase, and HLA-A) increased, while that of 2 genes (keratin 5 and phosphoglucomutase) decreased in metastatic-tumor-derived cells compared with primary-tumor-derived cells. Of these genes, we assessed the L-plastin gene, an actin-bundling protein, at the protein level using a tissue microarray consisting of 58 clinically stratified colorectal cancer specimens. Consistent with our microarray results, the expression of L-plastin was significantly correlated with the progression of cancer staging. Therefore, our results suggest that the L-plastin gene is a potential metastatic marker. In addition, combining cDNA microarrays and tissue arrays, as shown here, is thought to facilitate the rapid characterization of candidate biomarkers.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, Surface/genetics
- Aspartate Aminotransferase, Mitochondrial/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics
- Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology
- Colorectal Neoplasms/secondary
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Gene Expression Profiling
- HLA-A Antigens/genetics
- Humans
- Keratin-5
- Keratins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Microfilament Proteins
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Staging
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Phosphoglucomutase/genetics
- Phosphoproteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- RNA, Neoplasm/metabolism
- Receptors, Formyl Peptide
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Peptide/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- M Otsuka
- Biological Technology Laboratory, Helix Research Institute, Chiba, Japan
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Hill JM, Lukiw WJ, Gebhardt BM, Higaki S, Loutsch JM, Myles ME, Thompson HW, Kwon BS, Bazan NG, Kaufman HE. Gene expression analyzed by microarrays in HSV-1 latent mouse trigeminal ganglion following heat stress. Virus Genes 2001; 23:273-80. [PMID: 11778695 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012517221937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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An understanding of the cellular genes whose expression is altered during HSV reactivation will enable us to better understand host responses and biochemical pathways involved in the process. Furthermore, this knowledge could allow us to develop gene-targeted inhibitors to prevent viral reactivation. Mice latent with HSV-1 strain McKrae and uninfected control mice were subjected to hyperthermic stress (43 degrees C for 10 min) and their trigeminal ganglia (TG) collected 1 h later. Two additional groups included HSV-1 latently infected and uninfected mice not subjected to hyperthermic stress. Poly A+ mRNA was enriched from total mouse TG RNA and reverse transcribed using MMLV RT. Radioactively labeled cDNAs were analyzed by microarray analysis. A stress/toxicology array of 149 mouse genes on a nylon membrane was used. The labeled cDNAs prepared from latently infected, stressed mice demonstrated 3-fold or greater increases in certain mRNA-early response genes (ERGs) compared to cDNAs from uninfected, stressed control mice. The ERG mRNAs that showed increases included two heat shock proteins (HSP60 and HSP40), a basic transcription factor (BTF T62), a DNA repair enzyme, two kinases [MAP kinase and a stress-induced protein kinase (SADK)], an oxidative stress-induced protein, a manganese superoxide dismutase precursor-2 (SOD-2), and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2). The gene expression in unstressed, infected TGs was similar to the gene expression in unstressed, uninfected controls. These results suggest that there is a significant difference in the ERG expression profile in latently infected TGs undergoing stress-induced reactivation compared to uninfected TGs.
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- J M Hill
- Department of Ophthalmology (LSU Eye Center), New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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Kato M, Seki N, Sugano S, Hashimoto K, Masuho Y, Muramatsu M, Kaibuchi K, Nakafuku M. Identification of sonic hedgehog-responsive genes using cDNA microarray. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 289:472-8. [PMID: 11716497 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a secreted signaling protein that plays important roles in a variety of developmental processes and also in pathogenesis of some human cancers and congenital diseases. Molecules that function downstream of Shh, however, still remain elusive. Here we searched for Shh-responsive genes by using an in-house cDNA microarray. Two genes were newly identified to be Shh responsive in neuroepithelial cell line MNS-70: the metal-binding protein Ceruloplasmin (Cp) and the serine protease inhibitor inter-alpha-trypsine inhibitor heavy chain H3 (ITIH3). In MNS-70 cells, expression of ITIH3 was regulated by Gli zinc-finger transcription factors downstream of Shh, whereas Cp appeared to be regulated by Gli-independent pathways. Cp mRNA was detected in the developing mouse brain, where its expression domain was closely adjacent to that of Shh. These results demonstrate that microarray technology provides a useful tool for studying expression of developmentally regulated genes.
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- M Kato
- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-01, Japan
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Pritchard CC, Hsu L, Delrow J, Nelson PS. Project normal: defining normal variance in mouse gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:13266-71. [PMID: 11698685 PMCID: PMC60859 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.221465998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The mouse has become an indispensable and versatile model organism for the study of development, genetics, behavior, and disease. The application of comprehensive gene expression profiling technologies to compare normal and diseased tissues or to assess molecular alterations resulting from various experimental interventions has the potential to provide highly detailed qualitative and quantitative descriptions of these processes. Ideally, to interpret experimental data, the magnitude and diversity of gene expression for the system under study should be well characterized, yet little is known about the normal variation of mouse gene expression in vivo. To assess natural differences in murine gene expression, we used a 5406-clone spotted cDNA microarray to quantitate transcript levels in the kidney, liver, and testis from each of 6 normal male C57BL6 mice. We used ANOVA to compare the variance across the six mice to the variance among four replicate experiments performed for each mouse tissue. For the 6 kidney samples, 102 of 3,088 genes (3.3%) exhibited a statistically significant mouse variance at a level of 0.05. In the testis, 62 of 3,252 genes (1.9%) showed statistically significant variance, and in the liver, there were 21 of 2,514 (0.8%) genes with significantly variable expression. Immune-modulated, stress-induced, and hormonally regulated genes were highly represented among the transcripts that were most variable. The expression levels of several genes varied significantly in more than one tissue. These studies help to define the baseline level of variability in mouse gene expression and emphasize the importance of replicate microarray experiments.
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- C C Pritchard
- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
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Barrett T, Xie T, Piao Y, Dillon-Carter O, Kargul GJ, Lim MK, Chrest FJ, Wersto R, Rowley DL, Juhaszova M, Zhou L, Vawter MP, Becker KG, Cheadle C, Wood WH, McCann UD, Freed WJ, Ko MS, Ricaurte GA, Donovan DM. A murine dopamine neuron-specific cDNA library and microarray: increased COX1 expression during methamphetamine neurotoxicity. Neurobiol Dis 2001; 8:822-33. [PMID: 11592851 DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.2001.0423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Due to brain tissue heterogeneity, the molecular genetic profile of any neurotransmitter-specific neuronal subtype is unknown. The purpose of this study was to purify a population of dopamine neurons, construct a cDNA library, and generate an initial gene expression profile and a microarray representative of dopamine neuron transcripts. Ventral mesencephalic dopamine neurons were purified by fluorescent-activated cell sorting from embryonic day 13.5 transgenic mice harboring a 4.5-kb rat tyrosine hydroxylase promoter-lacZ fusion. Nine-hundred sixty dopamine neuron cDNA clones were sequenced and arrayed for use in studies of gene expression changes during methamphetamine neurotoxicity. A neurotoxic dose of methamphetamine produced a greater than twofold up-regulation of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide I transcript from adult mouse substantia nigra at 12 h posttreatment. This is the first work to describe a gene expression profile for a neuronal subtype and to identify gene expression changes during methamphetamine neurotoxicity.
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- T Barrett
- Research Resources Branch, Laboratory of Genetics, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6825, USA
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Tanaka A, Leung PS, Kenny TP, Au-Young J, Prindiville T, Coppel RL, Ansari AA, Gershwin ME. Genomic analysis of differentially expressed genes in liver and biliary epithelial cells of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. J Autoimmun 2001; 17:89-98. [PMID: 11488641 DOI: 10.1006/jaut.2001.0522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The characterization of differentially expressed genes provides a powerful tool for identifying molecules that may be involved in the pathogenesis of disease. We have used two independent techniques to identify overexpressed transcripts in bile duct cells and in liver from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). In the first method, we used suppressive subtractive hybridization to compare mRNA from isolated PBC bile duct epithelial cells (BECs) to normal BECs and identified 71 clones as transcribed at higher levels in PBC-BECs. Amongst these clones, 62/71 had matches in a non-redundant nucleotide database and 9/71 had matches in an EST database. Of the 62 clones, 51/62 include a complexity of genes involved in cell proliferation, signal transduction, transcription regulation, RNA processing, carbohydrate metabolism and hypothetical/unknown proteins; 4/62 were identified as interstitial collagenase and collagenase precursors, 4/62 as ribosomal proteins, 3/62 as mitochondrial DNA. The mitochondrial cDNA sequences included cytochrome c oxidase, Wnt-13, and the pHL gene, a c-myc oncogene containing coxIII sequence. In the second method, we constructed cDNA libraries from three different PBC livers and sequenced a total of 12,324 independent clones. These 12,324 clones underwent virtual subtraction with 2,814,148 independent clones from Incyte LifeSeq libraries. Twenty one sequences were identified as unique to PBC liver. Collectively, these approaches identified a number of genes involved in signalling, RNA processing, mitochondrial function, inflammation, and fibrosis. Interestingly, both Wnt-13 and Notch transcripts are overexpressed in PBC liver. Further studies are needed to focus on the significance of these genes during the natural history of disease.
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- A Tanaka
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California at Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Recent advances in experimental genomics, coupled with the wealth of sequence information available for a variety of organisms, have the potential to transform the way pharmacological research is performed. At present, high-density DNA microarrays allow researchers to quickly and accurately quantify gene-expression changes in a massively parallel manner. Although now well established in other biomedical fields, such as cancer and genetics research, DNA microarrays have only recently begun to make significant inroads into pharmacology. To date, the major focus in this field has been on the general application of DNA microarrays to toxicology and drug discovery and design. This review summarizes the major microarray findings of relevance to neuropsychopharmacology, as a prelude to the design and analysis of future basic and clinical microarray experiments. The ability of DNA microarrays to monitor gene expression simultaneously in a large-scale format is helping to usher in a post-genomic age, where simple constructs about the role of nature versus nurture are being replaced by a functional understanding of gene expression in living organisms.
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- E R Marcotte
- Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Dept of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3
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Fischer A, Pallauf J, Gohil K, Weber SU, Packer L, Rimbach G. Effect of selenium and vitamin E deficiency on differential gene expression in rat liver. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 285:470-5. [PMID: 11444866 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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To examine the molecular events associated with selenium (Se) and vitamin E (VE) deficiency, we applied cDNA array technology to define the transcriptional response in the liver of Se- and VE-deficient rats. VE deficiency alone did not induce any significant changes in expression profile among the genes evaluated. Se deficiency lead to a down-regulation of Se-dependent cGPx and to an induction of genes, encoding for detoxifying enzymes in liver (cytochrome P450 4B1, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1). Combined VE and Se deficiency was characterized by alterations in the expression level of genes encoding for proteins involved in inflammation (multispecific organic anion exporter, SPI-3 serine protease inhibitor) and acute phase response (alpha-1 acid glycoprotein, metallothionein 1). Additionally, a significant down-regulation in the expression level of genes important in the inhibition of apoptosis (defender against cell death 1 protein, Bcl2-L1), cell cycle (G1/S-specific cyclin D1) and antioxidant defense (gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase catalytic subunit) was demonstrated. The experimental strategy identified several novel Se and VE sensitive genes.
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- A Fischer
- Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutrition Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Maeda S, Otsuka M, Hirata Y, Mitsuno Y, Yoshida H, Shiratori Y, Masuho Y, Muramatsu M, Seki N, Omata M. cDNA microarray analysis of Helicobacter pylori-mediated alteration of gene expression in gastric cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 284:443-9. [PMID: 11394899 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori infection stimulates several intracellular signaling pathways and is accompanied by increased gene expression in gastric epithelial cells. High-density cDNA microarray was used to characterize the mRNA expression profile of genes in human gastric cancer cells (MKN45, AGS) cocultured with H. pylori. Coculture with cag pathogenicity island (PAI)-positive H. pylori (wild-type) significantly up-regulated mRNA expression in 8 of 2304 genes tested. In 6 (interleukin-8, I(kappaB)alpha, A20, ERF-1, keratin K7, glutathione peroxidase) of the 8 genes, up-regulation was confirmed by RT-PCR. In coculture with isogenic cagE-negative mutant ((Delta)cagE), which encodes a type IV secretion system with other genes in the cag PAI, no significant up-regulation was found. We further analyzed the role of A20. Transfection of expression vector encoding A20 resulted in an inhibition of H. pylori-mediated NF-kappaB activation, indicating that H. pylori-mediated A20 expression could be a negative regulator of NF-kappaB activation. Taken together, these results indicate the importance of microarray technology as a tool for analyzing the complex interplay between H. pylori and the host.
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- S Maeda
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Japan.
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Barrans JD, Stamatiou D, Liew C. Construction of a human cardiovascular cDNA microarray: portrait of the failing heart. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280:964-9. [PMID: 11162619 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Identifying key genes that regulate the complex diseases of the cardiovascular system can be greatly facilitated with the use of microarrays. In an effort to obtain a global portrait of gene expression in the failing heart, we have constructed in-house a glass microscope slide cDNA microarray (termed "CardioChip") containing 10,368 redundant and randomly-selected sequenced expressed sequence tags (representing known genes, other matched ESTs, and novel, unmatched ESTs) derived from several human heart and artery cDNA libraries. From our preliminary data with Cy3- and Cy5-labeled probes, we have identified 38 transcripts showing a minimum twofold differential expression, among which are several novel or previously-uncharacterized genes. This array-representing what we believe to be the largest cardiovascular-based cDNA array to date-establishes a practical and invaluable platform for obtaining a global genetic portrait of complex cardiovascular diseases, particularly in the failing heart.
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- J D Barrans
- The Cardiovascular Genome Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Current Awareness on Comparative and Functional Genomics. Comp Funct Genomics 2001. [PMCID: PMC2447194 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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