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Christensen NM, Ringholm S, Buch BT, Gudiksen A, Halling JF, Pilegaard H. Muscle PGC-1α modulates hepatic mitophagy regulation during aging. Exp Gerontol 2023; 172:112046. [PMID: 36521568 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2022.112046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Aging has been suggested to be associated with changes in oxidative capacity, autophagy, and mitophagy in the liver, but a simultaneous evaluation of these key cellular processes is lacking. Moreover, skeletal muscle transcriptional coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator (PGC)-1α has been reported to mediate inter-organ signaling through myokines with regulatory effects in the liver, but the potential role of muscle PGC-1α on hepatic changes with age remains to be resolved. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate 1) the effect of aging on mitochondrial autophagy and mitophagy capacity in mouse liver and 2) whether muscle PGC-1α is required for maintaining autophagy and mitophagy capacity in the liver during aging. The liver was obtained from young (Young) and aged (Aged) inducible muscle-specific PGC-1α knockout (iMKO) and floxed littermate control mice (Lox). Aging increased liver p62, Parkin and BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa protein-interacting protein (BNIP)3 protein with no effect of muscle specific PGC-1α knockout, while liver Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3(LC3) II/I was unchanged with age, but tended to be lower in iMKO mice than in controls. Markers of liver mitochondrial oxidative capacity and oxidative stress were unchanged with age and iMKO. However, Parkin protein levels in isolated liver mitochondria were 2-fold higher in Aged iMKO mice than in Aged controls. In conclusion, aging had no effect on oxidative capacity and lipid peroxidation in the liver. However, aging was associated with increased levels of autophagy and mitophagy markers. Moreover, muscle PGC-1α appears to regulate hepatic mitochondrial translocation of Parkin in aged mice, suggesting that the metabolic capacity of skeletal muscle can modulate mitophagy regulation in the liver during aging.
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- Natascha Masselkhi Christensen
- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Ma J, Shen F, Chen L, Wu H, Huang Y, Fan Z, Hou R, Yue B, Zhang X. Gene expression profiles during postnatal development of the liver and pancreas in giant pandas. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:15705-15729. [PMID: 32805731 PMCID: PMC7467380 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Giant pandas are unique Carnivora with a strict bamboo diet. To investigate the molecular mechanism of giant panda nutrient metabolism from newborn to adult, the gene expression profiles of giant panda liver and pancreas tissues collected from three important feeding stages were investigated using RNA-seq. We found a total of 3,211 hepatic and 3,343 pancreatic differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from three comparisons between suckling and no feeding, adult and no feeding, and adult and suckling groups. Few differences in gene-expression profiles were exhibited between no feeding and suckling groups in both tissues. GO and KEGG analyses were performed to further understand the biological functions of the DEGs. In both the liver and pancreas, genes related mainly to cell cycle processes were highly up-regulated in newborn samples whereas genes related to metabolism and immunity were up-regulated in adult giant pandas. The high expression of metabolism-related genes in adult samples probably helps to fulfill the metabolic function requirements of the liver and pancreas. In contrast, several vital genes involved in cholesterol metabolism and protein digestion and absorption were over-expressed in newborn samples. This may indicate the importance of cholesterol metabolism and protein digestion and absorption processes in giant panda infancy.
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- Jinnan Ma
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- The Sichuan Key Laboratory for Conservation Biology of Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu 610081, China
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- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong, Sichuan 623006, China
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- China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong, Sichuan 623006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.,Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- The Sichuan Key Laboratory for Conservation Biology of Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu 610081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.,Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.,Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Giorgi C, Marchi S, Simoes IC, Ren Z, Morciano G, Perrone M, Patalas-Krawczyk P, Borchard S, Jȩdrak P, Pierzynowska K, Szymański J, Wang DQ, Portincasa P, Wȩgrzyn G, Zischka H, Dobrzyn P, Bonora M, Duszynski J, Rimessi A, Karkucinska-Wieckowska A, Dobrzyn A, Szabadkai G, Zavan B, Oliveira PJ, Sardao VA, Pinton P, Wieckowski MR. Mitochondria and Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Age-Related Diseases. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 340:209-344. [PMID: 30072092 PMCID: PMC8127332 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2018.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aging has been linked to several degenerative processes that, through the accumulation of molecular and cellular damage, can progressively lead to cell dysfunction and organ failure. Human aging is linked with a higher risk for individuals to develop cancer, neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, and metabolic disorders. The understanding of the molecular basis of aging and associated diseases has been one major challenge of scientific research over the last decades. Mitochondria, the center of oxidative metabolism and principal site of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, are crucial both in health and in pathogenesis of many diseases. Redox signaling is important for the modulation of cell functions and several studies indicate a dual role for ROS in cell physiology. In fact, high concentrations of ROS are pathogenic and can cause severe damage to cell and organelle membranes, DNA, and proteins. On the other hand, moderate amounts of ROS are essential for the maintenance of several biological processes, including gene expression. In this review, we provide an update regarding the key roles of ROS-mitochondria cross talk in different fundamental physiological or pathological situations accompanying aging and highlighting that mitochondrial ROS may be a decisive target in clinical practice.
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- Carlotta Giorgi
- Department of Morphology Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology Oncology and Experimental Biology, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI), Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Morphology Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology Oncology and Experimental Biology, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI), Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Morphology Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology Oncology and Experimental Biology, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI), Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 48033 Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy
- Maria Pia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Morphology Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology Oncology and Experimental Biology, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI), Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences & Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro" Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Departments of Cell Biology and Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Morphology Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology Oncology and Experimental Biology, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI), Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 48033 Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UC-Biotech, Biocant Park, University of Coimbra, Cantanhede, Portugal
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- CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UC-Biotech, Biocant Park, University of Coimbra, Cantanhede, Portugal
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- Department of Morphology Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology Oncology and Experimental Biology, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI), Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 48033 Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Makwana K, Patel SA, Velingkaar N, Ebron JS, Shukla GC, Kondratov RVKV. Aging and calorie restriction regulate the expression of miR-125a-5p and its target genes Stat3, Casp2 and Stard13. Aging (Albany NY) 2018; 9:1825-1843. [PMID: 28783714 PMCID: PMC5559175 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Calorie restriction (CR) is a dietary intervention known to delay aging. In order, to understand molecular mechanisms of CR, we analyzed the expression of 983 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) in the liver of female mice after 2 years of 30% CR using micro-array. 16 miRNAs demonstrated significant changes in their expression upon CR in comparison with age-matched control. mmu-miR-125a-5p (miR-125a-5p) was significantly upregulated upon CR, and in agreement with this, the expression of mRNAs for its three predicted target genes: Stat3, Casp2, and Stard13 was significantly downregulated in the liver of CR animals. The expression of precursor miRNA for miR-125a-5p was also upregulated upon CR, which suggests its regulation at the level of transcription. Upon aging miR-125a-5p expression was downregulated while the expression of its target genes was upregulated. Thus, CR prevented age-associated changes in the expression of miR-125a-5p and its targets. We propose that miR-125a-5p dependent downregulation of Stat3, Casp2, and Stard13 contributes to the calorie restriction-mediated delay of aging.
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- Kuldeep Makwana
- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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As the popular adage goes, all diseases run into old age and almost all physiological changes are associated with alterations in gene expression, irrespective of whether they are causal or consequential. Therefore, the quest for mechanisms that delay ageing and decrease age-associated diseases has propelled researchers to unravel regulatory factors that lead to changes in chromatin structure and function, which ultimately results in deregulated gene expression. It is therefore essential to bring together literature, which until recently has investigated gene expression and chromatin independently. With advances in biomedical research and the emergence of epigenetic regulators as potential therapeutic targets, enhancing our understanding of mechanisms that 'derail' transcription and identification of causal genes/pathways during ageing will have a significant impact. In this context, this chapter aims to not only summarize the key features of age-associated changes in epigenetics and transcription, but also identifies gaps in the field and proposes aspects that need to be investigated in the future.
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Benito E, Urbanke H, Ramachandran B, Barth J, Halder R, Awasthi A, Jain G, Capece V, Burkhardt S, Navarro-Sala M, Nagarajan S, Schütz AL, Johnsen SA, Bonn S, Lührmann R, Dean C, Fischer A. HDAC inhibitor-dependent transcriptome and memory reinstatement in cognitive decline models. J Clin Invest 2015; 125:3572-84. [PMID: 26280576 DOI: 10.1172/jci79942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Aging and increased amyloid burden are major risk factors for cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Effective therapies for these diseases are lacking. Here, we evaluated mouse models of age-associated memory impairment and amyloid deposition to study transcriptome and cell type-specific epigenome plasticity in the brain and peripheral organs. We determined that aging and amyloid pathology are associated with inflammation and impaired synaptic function in the hippocampal CA1 region as the result of epigenetic-dependent alterations in gene expression. In both amyloid and aging models, inflammation was associated with increased gene expression linked to a subset of transcription factors, while plasticity gene deregulation was differentially mediated. Amyloid pathology impaired histone acetylation and decreased expression of plasticity genes, while aging altered H4K12 acetylation-linked differential splicing at the intron-exon junction in neurons, but not nonneuronal cells. Furthermore, oral administration of the clinically approved histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat not only restored spatial memory, but also exerted antiinflammatory action and reinstated epigenetic balance and transcriptional homeostasis at the level of gene expression and exon usage. This study provides a systems-level investigation of transcriptome plasticity in the hippocampal CA1 region in aging and AD models and suggests that histone deacetylase inhibitors should be further explored as a cost-effective therapeutic strategy against age-associated cognitive decline.
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Chaturvedi P, Neelamraju Y, Arif W, Kalsotra A, Janga SC. Uncovering RNA binding proteins associated with age and gender during liver maturation. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9512. [PMID: 25824884 PMCID: PMC4379467 DOI: 10.1038/srep09512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In the present study, we perform an association analysis focusing on the expression changes of 1344 RNA Binding proteins (RBPs) as a function of age and gender in human liver. We identify 88 and 45 RBPs to be significantly associated with age and gender respectively. Experimental verification of several of the predicted associations in mice confirmed our findings. Our results suggest that a small fraction of the gender-associated RBPs (~40%) are expressed higher in males than females. Altogether, these observations show that several of these RBPs are important and conserved regulators in maintaining liver function. Further analysis of the protein interaction network of RBPs associated with age and gender based on the centrality measures like degree, betweenness and closeness revealed that several of these RBPs might be prominent players in aging liver and impart gender specific alterations in gene expression via the formation of protein complexes. Indeed, both age and gender-associated RBPs in liver were found to show significantly higher clustering coefficients and network centrality measures compared to non-associated RBPs. The compendium of RBPs and this study will help us gain insight into the role of post-transcriptional regulatory molecules in aging and gender specific expression of genes.
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- Praneet Chaturvedi
- Department of BioHealth Informatics, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Purdue University, 719 Indiana Ave Ste 319, Walker Plaza Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- Department of BioHealth Informatics, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Purdue University, 719 Indiana Ave Ste 319, Walker Plaza Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- 1] Department of BioHealth Informatics, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Purdue University, 719 Indiana Ave Ste 319, Walker Plaza Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 [2] Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 5021 Health Information and Translational Sciences (HITS), 410 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202 [3] Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Medical Research and Library Building, 975 West Walnut Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202
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Age-related changes in mRNA levels of hepatic transporters, cytochrome P450 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase in female rats. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2014; 40:239-44. [PMID: 24899460 DOI: 10.1007/s13318-014-0208-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes affect drug pharmacokinetics. Limited information exists on the alteration in mRNA levels of hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes with aging. We examined the effects of aging on the mRNA levels of representative hepatic drug transporters and metabolic enzymes by analyzing their levels in 10-, 30- and 50-week-old male and female rats. Levels of mRNA of drug transporters including multidrug resistance protein (Mdr)1a, multidrug resistance-associated protein (Mrp)2, breast cancer resistance protein (Bcrp) and organic anion-transporting polypeptide (Oatp)1a1, and the metabolic enzymes cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A1, CYP3A2 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1A1 were analyzed using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The mRNA levels of transporters in male rats did not decrease with age, while the mRNA levels of Bcrp and Oatp1a1 in female rats decreased with age. The mRNA levels of CYP3A1 and CYP3A2 in male rats were higher than those in female rats. The mRNA levels of metabolic enzymes decreased with age in female but not male rats. In particular, the mRNA levels of UGT1A1 in 10-week-old female rats were higher than those in male rats. mRNA expression of hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes are more susceptible to aging in female than male rats. The age-related decreases in the mRNA levels of Bcrp, Oatp1a1, CYP3A1 and CYP3A2 in female rats may affect the metabolism and transport of substrates. This study showed that aging affected the mRNA expression of hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes in rats.
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Chishti MA, Kaya N, BinBakheet AB, Al-Mohanna F, Goyns MH, Colak D. Induction of cell proliferation in old rat liver can reset certain gene expression levels characteristic of old liver to those associated with young liver. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2013; 35:719-732. [PMID: 22477361 PMCID: PMC3636416 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9404-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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During the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that consistent changes in the levels of expression of a small cohort of genes accompany the aging of mammalian tissues. In many cases, these changes have been shown to generate features that are characteristic of the senescent phenotype. Previously, a small pilot study indicated that some of these changes might be reversed in rat liver, if the liver cells became malignant and were proliferating. The present study has tested the hypothesis that inducing proliferation in old rat liver can reset the levels of expression of these age-related genes to that observed in young tissue. A microarray approach was used to identify genes that exhibited the greatest changes in their expression during aging. The levels of expression of these markers were then examined in transcriptomes of both proliferating hepatomas from old animals and old rat liver lobes that had regenerated after partial hepatectomy but were again quiescent. We have found evidence that over 20 % of the aging-related genes had their levels of expression reset to young levels by stimulating proliferation, even in cells that had undergone a limited number of cell cycles and then become quiescent again. Moreover, our network analysis indicated alterations in MAPK/ERK and Jun-N-terminal kinase pathways and the potential important role of PAX3, VCAN, ARRB2, NR1H2, and ITGA5 that may provide insights into mechanisms involved in longevity and regeneration that are distinct from cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Aging/genetics
- Aging/metabolism
- Aging/pathology
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/surgery
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Proliferation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Neoplasm/genetics
- Hepatectomy
- Hepatocytes
- Liver/metabolism
- Liver/pathology
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/surgery
- Liver Regeneration/genetics
- Longevity/genetics
- Male
- Pilot Projects
- RNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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- Muhammad A. Chishti
- Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11211
- Present Address: Department of Pathology, Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Obesity Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11461
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11211
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11211
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11211
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- Children’s Cancer Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11211
- Present Address: Immorgene Concepts Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees, TS22 5YA UK
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11211
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Lopez-Cruzan M, Herman B. Loss of caspase-2 accelerates age-dependent alterations in mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species. Biogerontology 2013; 14:121-30. [PMID: 23504374 PMCID: PMC3657345 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-013-9415-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Mitochondria are known to be a major source and target of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress increases during aging and is suggested to underlie in part the aging process. We have previously documented an increase in endogenous caspase-2 (casp2) activity in hepatocytes obtained from old (28 months) vs. young mice (5 months). More recently, we have shown that casp2 is activated by oxidative stress and is critical for mitochondrial oxidative stress-induced apoptosis. Since casp2 appears integral to mitochondrial oxidative stress-induced apoptosis, in this study we determined whether loss of casp2 altered the production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen radicals (mROS) as a function of age in intact living hepatocytes. To stimulate mitochondrial metabolic activity, we added a mixture of pyruvate and glutamate to hepatocytes while continuously monitoring endogenous mROS production in the presence or absence of rotenone and/or antimycin A. Our data demonstrate that mROS production and neutralization are compromised in hepatocytes of old mice. Interestingly, casp2 deficient hepatocytes from middle age mice (12 months) had similar mROS neutralization kinetics to those of hepatocytes from old WT mice. Rotenone had no effect on mROS metabolism, whereas antimycin A significantly altered mROS production and metabolism in an age-dependent fashion. Our results indicate that: (1) hepatocytes from young and old mice respond differently to dysfunction of the mitochondrial electron transport chain; (2) age-dependent alterations in mROS metabolism are likely regulated by complex III; and (3) absence of casp2 accelerates age-dependent changes in terms of pyruvate/glutamate-induced mROS metabolism.
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- Marisa Lopez-Cruzan
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Barshop Institute for the Study of Aging and Longevity, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, STRF MC 8254, 8403 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3904, USA.
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Moser VC, Phillips PM, McDaniel KL, Zehr RD, MacMillan DK, MacPhail RC. Carbaryl and 1-naphthol tissue levels and related cholinesterase inhibition in male Brown Norway rats from preweaning to senescence. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2013; 76:1151-1167. [PMID: 24279816 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.844751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Studies incorporating both toxicokinetic and dynamic factors provide insight into chemical sensitivity differences across the life span. Tissue (brain, plasma, liver) levels of the N-methyl carbamate carbaryl, and its metabolite 1-naphthol, were determined and related to brain and RBC cholinesterase (ChE) inhibition in the same animals. Dose-response (3, 7.5, 15, or 22.5 mg/kg, 40-45 min postdosing) and time course (3 or 15 mg/kg at 30, 60, 120, or 240 min postdosing) of acute effects of carbaryl (oral gavage) in preweanling (postnatal day [PND] 18) and adult male Brown Norway rats from adolescence to senescence (1, 4, 12, 24 mo) were compared. At all ages there were dose-related increases in carbaryl and 1-naphthol in the dose-response study, and the time-course study showed highest carbaryl levels at 30 min postdosing. There were, however, age-related differences in that the 1- and 4-mo rats showed the lowest levels of carbaryl and 1-naphthol, and PND18 and 24-mo rats had similar, higher levels. The fastest clearance (shortest half-lives) was observed in 1- and 4-mo rats. Carbaryl levels were generally higher than 1-naphthol in brain and plasma, but in liver, 1-naphthol levels were similar to or greater than carbaryl. Brain ChE inhibition closely tracked brain carbaryl concentrations regardless of the time after dosing, but there was more variability in the relationship between RBC ChE and plasma carbaryl levels. Within-subject analyses suggested somewhat more brain ChE inhibition at lower carbaryl levels only in the PND18 rats. These findings may reflect maturation followed by decline in kinetic factors over the life span.
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- Virginia C Moser
- a Neurotoxicology Branch/Toxicity Assessment Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , USA
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Dekker P, Gunn D, McBryan T, Dirks RW, van Heemst D, Lim FL, Jochemsen AG, Verlaan-de Vries M, Nagel J, Adams PD, Tanke HJ, Westendorp RG, Maier AB. Microarray-based identification of age-dependent differences in gene expression of human dermal fibroblasts. Mech Ageing Dev 2012; 133:498-507. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Revised: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Meta-analysis of gene expression in the mouse liver reveals biomarkers associated with inflammation increased early during aging. Mech Ageing Dev 2012; 133:467-78. [PMID: 22704917 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aging is associated with a loss of cellular homeostasis, a decline in physiological function and an increase in various pathologies. Employing a meta-analysis, hepatic gene expression profiles from four independent mouse aging studies were interrogated. There was little overlap in the number of genes or canonical pathways perturbed, suggesting that independent study-specific factors may play a significant role in determining age-dependent gene expression. However, 43 genes were consistently altered during aging in three or four of these studies, including those that (1) exhibited progressively increased expression starting from 12 months of age, (2) exhibited similar expression changes in models of progeria at young ages and dampened or no changes in old longevity mouse models, (3) were associated with inflammatory tertiary lymphoid neogenesis (TLN) associated with formation of ectopic lymphoid structures observed in chronically inflamed tissues, and (4) overlapped with genes perturbed by aging in brain, muscle, and lung. Surprisingly, around half of the genes altered by aging in wild-type mice exhibited similar expression changes in adult long-lived mice compared to wild-type controls, including those associated with intermediary metabolism and feminization of the male-dependent gene expression pattern. Genes unique to aging in wild-type mice included those linked to TLN.
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Fiel MI, Deniz K, Elmali F, Schiano TD. Increasing hepatic arteriole wall thickness and decreased luminal diameter occur with increasing age in normal livers. J Hepatol 2011; 55:582-586. [PMID: 21236310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2010] [Revised: 12/04/2010] [Accepted: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS There is no data to suggest that the size of bile ducts, portal venules, and hepatic arterioles varies according to age in the normal human liver. We sought to examine whether hepatic arteriolar size, wall thickness, and luminal diameter change with increasing age. METHODS Histologically normal liver specimens from 90 live and deceased donors were separated into three groups of thirty: donor age<30, 31-60, and>60years old. Trichrome-stained slides were de-identified and assessed by a liver pathologist blinded to donor age. Morphometric measurements were taken of the hepatic arteriole, the cross-sectional diameter, and its wall thickness. The arteriole was measured at its widest diameter, the arteriolar wall at its thickest portion, and the luminal diameter between its widest points. RESULTS There was no difference in number of arterioles or bile ducts or in arteriolar cross-sectional diameter among the groups and no correlation with age was found. An increasing arteriolar wall thickness and a decrease in luminal diameter with advancing age were noted; no difference in bile duct size among the groups was found. There was a significant difference in wall thickness/total cross-sectional diameter with extremes in age (21-30 age group vs. 71-80 age group, p=0.0009) with an accompanying significant decrease in luminal diameter/cross-sectional diameter between the same groups (p=0.00002). CONCLUSIONS Increasing hepatic arteriolar wall thickness and decreased arteriolar cross-sectional diameter occur with increasing age in the normal human liver.
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- M Isabel Fiel
- The Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Probiotic Dahi containing Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum alleviates age-inflicted oxidative stress and improves expression of biomarkers of ageing in mice. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:1791-9. [PMID: 21625850 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0920-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The potential benefiting effects of probiotic Dahi on age-inflicted accumulation of oxidation products, antioxidant enzymes and expression of biomarkers of ageing were evaluated in mice. Probiotic Dahi were prepared by co-culturing in buffalo milk (3% fat) Dahi bacteria (Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris NCDC-86 and Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis biovar diacetylactis NCDC-60) along with selected strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus LaVK2 (La-Dahi) or combined L. acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum BbVK3 (LaBb-Dahi). Four groups of 12 months old mice (6 each) were fed for 4 months supplements (5 g/day) of buffalo milk (3% fat), Dahi, La-Dahi and LaBb-Dahi, respectively, with basal diet. The activities of catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) declined and the contents of oxidation products, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and protein carbonyls, increased in red blood corpuscles (RBCs), liver, kidney and heart tissues and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity increased in RBCs and hepatic tissues during ageing of mice. Feeding ageing mice with La-Dahi or LaBb-Dahi increased CAT activity in all the four tissues, and GPx activity in RBCs and hepatic tissue, and a significant decline in TBARS in plasma, kidney and hepatic tissues and protein carbonyls in plasma. Feeding mice with probiotic Dahi also reversed age related decline in expression of biomarkers of ageing, peroxisome proliferators activated receptor-α, senescence marker protein-30 (SMP-30) and klotho in hepatic and kidney tissues. The present study suggests that probiotic Dahi containing selected strains of bacteria can be used as a potential nutraceutical intervention to combat oxidative stress and molecular alterations associated with ageing.
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Wang MH, Marinotti O, James AA, Walker E, Githure J, Yan G. Genome-wide patterns of gene expression during aging in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13359. [PMID: 20967211 PMCID: PMC2954169 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 09/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The primary means of reducing malaria transmission is through reduction in longevity in days of the adult female stage of the Anopheles vector. However, assessing chronological age is limited to crude physiologic methods which categorize the females binomially as either very young (nulliparous) or not very young (parous). Yet the epidemiologically relevant reduction in life span falls within the latter category. Age-grading methods that delineate chronological age, using accurate molecular surrogates based upon gene expression profiles, will allow quantification of the longevity-reducing effects of vector control tools aimed at the adult, female mosquito. In this study, microarray analyses of gene expression profiles in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae were conducted during natural senescence of females in laboratory conditions. Results showed that detoxification-related and stress-responsive genes were up-regulated as mosquitoes aged. A total of 276 transcripts had age-dependent expression, independently of blood feeding and egg laying events. Expression of 112 (40.6%) of these transcripts increased or decreased monotonically with increasing chronologic age. Seven candidate genes for practical age assessment were tested by quantitative gene amplification in the An. gambiae G3 strain in a laboratory experiment and the Mbita strain in field enclosures set up in western Kenya under conditions closely resembling natural ones. Results were similar between experiments, indicating that senescence is marked by changes in gene expression and that chronological age can be gauged accurately and repeatedly with this method. These results indicate that the method may be suitable for accurate gauging of the age in days of field-caught, female An. gambiae.
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- Mei-Hui Wang
- Program in Public Health, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Division of Human Health, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Program in Public Health, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Coschigano KT, Wetzel AN, Obichere N, Sharma A, Lee S, Rasch R, Guigneaux MM, Flyvbjerg A, Wood TG, Kopchick JJ. Identification of differentially expressed genes in the kidneys of growth hormone transgenic mice. Growth Horm IGF Res 2010; 20:345-55. [PMID: 20655258 PMCID: PMC2948615 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2010.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Revised: 06/07/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bovine growth hormone (bGH) transgenic mice develop severe kidney damage. This damage may be due, at least in part, to changes in gene expression. Identification of genes with altered expression in the bGH kidney may identify mechanisms leading to damage in this system that may also be relevant to other models of kidney damage. DESIGN cDNA subtraction libraries, northern blot analyses, microarray analyses and real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT/PCR) assays were used to identify and verify specific genes exhibiting differential RNA expression between kidneys of bGH mice and their non-transgenic (NT) littermates. RESULTS Immunoglobulins were the vast majority of genes identified by the cDNA subtractions and the microarray analyses as being up-regulated in bGH. Several glycoprotein genes and inflammation-related genes also showed increased RNA expression in the bGH kidney. In contrast, only a few genes were identified as being significantly down-regulated in the bGH kidney. The most notable decrease in RNA expression was for the gene encoding kidney androgen-regulated protein. CONCLUSIONS A number of genes were identified as being differentially expressed in the bGH kidney. Inclusion of two groups, immunoglobulins and inflammation-related genes, suggests a role of the immune system in bGH kidney damage.
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- K T Coschigano
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, 228 Irvine Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
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Colak D, Chishti MA, Al-Bakheet AB, Al-Qahtani A, Shoukri MM, Goyns MH, Ozand PT, Quackenbush J, Park BH, Kaya N. Integrative and comparative genomics analysis of early hepatocellular carcinoma differentiated from liver regeneration in young and old. Mol Cancer 2010; 9:146. [PMID: 20540791 PMCID: PMC2898705 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-9-146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 06/12/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. It is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, and hence typically has a poor prognosis. To identify distinct molecular mechanisms for early HCC we developed a rat model of liver regeneration post-hepatectomy, as well as liver cells undergoing malignant transformation and compared them to normal liver using a microarray approach. Subsequently, we performed cross-species comparative analysis coupled with copy number alterations (CNA) of independent early human HCC microarray studies to facilitate the identification of critical regulatory modules conserved across species. RESULTS We identified 35 signature genes conserved across species, and shared among different types of early human HCCs. Over 70% of signature genes were cancer-related, and more than 50% of the conserved genes were mapped to human genomic CNA regions. Functional annotation revealed genes already implicated in HCC, as well as novel genes which were not previously reported in liver tumors. A subset of differentially expressed genes was validated using quantitative RT-PCR. Concordance was also confirmed for a significant number of genes and pathways in five independent validation microarray datasets. Our results indicated alterations in a number of cancer related pathways, including p53, p38 MAPK, ERK/MAPK, PI3K/AKT, and TGF-beta signaling pathways, and potential critical regulatory role of MYC, ERBB2, HNF4A, and SMAD3 for early HCC transformation. CONCLUSIONS The integrative analysis of transcriptional deregulation, genomic CNA and comparative cross species analysis brings new insights into the molecular profile of early hepatoma formation. This approach may lead to robust biomarkers for the detection of early human HCC.
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- Dilek Colak
- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Tao XA, Li CY, Xia J, Yang X, Chen XH, Jian YT, Cheng B. Differential gene expression profiles of whole lesions from patients with oral lichen planus. J Oral Pathol Med 2009; 38:427-33. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2009.00764.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Maes OC, An J, Sarojini H, Wang E. Murine microRNAs implicated in liver functions and aging process. Mech Ageing Dev 2008; 129:534-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2007] [Revised: 03/20/2008] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Lee JS, Ward WO, Wolf DC, Allen JW, Mills C, DeVito MJ, Corton JC. Coordinated changes in xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme gene expression in aging male rats. Toxicol Sci 2008; 106:263-83. [PMID: 18653662 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In order to gain insight into the effects of aging on susceptibility to environmental toxins, we characterized the expression of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes (XMEs) from the livers of male F344 and Brown Norway (BN) rats across the adult lifespan. Using full-genome Affymetrix arrays, principal component analysis showed a clear age-dependent separation between young and old animals in both rat strains. Out of 1135 or 1435 genes altered between the old and young groups in the F344 or BN rats, 7 or 3% were XMEs and included members of the phase I, II, and III classes of genes. There was a 20 or 32% overlap in the gene expression profile between the two strains for F344 or BN, respectively. Lipid, ergosterol, alcohol, and fatty acid metabolism genes were also altered with age in both strains. Some of the genes altered by age exhibited a gender-dependent expression pattern in young adult rats, suggesting an increasingly feminized pattern of gene expression with age in male rats. To examine transcriptional responses across lifespan after challenge with a xenobiotic compound, BN rats were exposed to toluene by oral gavage. Toluene exposure decreased the expression of glutathione synthetase, and dramatically increased the number of phase III genes being downregulated. The expression of CYP2B2 and glutathione-S-transferase decreased with age but increased in all age groups after toluene exposure. Decreased ability to detoxify and transport chemicals out of the body with age could result in increased susceptibility to some classes of chemicals in the aging population.
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- Janice S Lee
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA
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Ochoa JJ, Quiles JL, Lopez-Frias M, Huertas JR, Mataix J. Effect of Lifelong Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation on Age-Related Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Function in Liver and Skeletal Muscle of Rats Fed on a Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA)-Rich Diet. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2007; 62:1211-8. [DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.11.1211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Lai CQ, Parnell LD, Lyman RF, Ordovas JM, Mackay TFC. Candidate genes affecting Drosophila life span identified by integrating microarray gene expression analysis and QTL mapping. Mech Ageing Dev 2006; 128:237-49. [PMID: 17196240 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2006.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2006] [Revised: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The current increase in life expectancy observed in industrialized societies underscores the need to achieve a better understanding of the aging process that could help the development of effective strategies to achieve healthy aging. This will require not only identifying genes involved in the aging process, but also understanding how their effects are modulated by environmental factors, such as dietary intake and life style. Although the human genome has been sequenced, it may be impractical to study humans or other long-lived organisms to gain a mechanistic understanding about the aging process. Thus, short-lived animal models are essential to identifying the mechanisms and genes that affect the rate and quality of aging as a first step towards identifying genetic variants in humans. In this study, we investigated gene expression changes between two strains of Drosophila (Oregon and 2b) for which quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting life span were identified previously. We collected males and females from both strains at young and old ages, and assessed whole genome variation in transcript abundance using Affymetrix GeneChips. We observed 8217 probe sets with detectable transcripts. A total of 2371 probe sets, representing 2220 genes, exhibited significant changes in transcript abundance with age; and 839 probe sets were differentially expressed between Oregon and 2b. We focused on the 359 probe sets (representing 354 genes) that exhibited significant changes in gene expression both with age and between strains. We used these genes to integrate the analysis of microarray gene expression data, bioinformatics, and the results of genetic mapping studies reported previously, to identify 49 candidate genes and four pathways that could potentially be responsible for regulating life span and involved in the process of aging in Drosophila and humans.
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- Chao-Qiang Lai
- JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Nutrition and Genomics, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, United States.
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Shackel NA, Seth D, Haber PS, Gorrell MD, McCaughan GW. The hepatic transcriptome in human liver disease. COMPARATIVE HEPATOLOGY 2006; 5:6. [PMID: 17090326 PMCID: PMC1665460 DOI: 10.1186/1476-5926-5-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The transcriptome is the mRNA transcript pool in a cell, organ or tissue with the liver transcriptome being amongst the most complex of any organ. Functional genomics methodologies are now being widely utilized to study transcriptomes including the hepatic transcriptome. This review outlines commonly used methods of transcriptome analysis, especially gene array analysis, focusing on publications utilizing these methods to understand human liver disease. Additionally, we have outlined the relationship between transcript and protein expressions as well as summarizing what is known about the variability of the transcriptome in non-diseased liver tissue. The approaches covered include gene array analysis, serial analysis of gene expression, subtractive hybridization and differential display. The discussion focuses on primate whole organ studies and in-vitro cell culture systems utilized. It is now clear that there are a vast number research opportunities for transcriptome analysis of human liver disease as we attempt to better understand both non-diseased and disease hepatic mRNA expression. We conclude that hepatic transcriptome analysis has already made significant contributions to the understanding of human liver pathobiology.
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- Nicholas A Shackel
- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Quiles JL, Ochoa JJ, Ramirez-Tortosa MC, Huertas JR, Mataix J. Age-related mitochondrial DNA deletion in rat liver depends on dietary fat unsaturation. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006; 61:107-14. [PMID: 16510854 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.2.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We fed male Wistar rats lifelong on virgin olive (rich in the monounsaturated oleic acid) or sunflower (rich in the polyunsaturated linoleic acid) oil-based diets. At 6 and 24 months, liver mitochondria were analyzed for a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion, reactive oxygen species, antioxidants, and ultrastructural alterations. An aging-related increase in the relative amount of the deletion was observed for both dietary groups, being higher in animals fed sunflower oil. Oxidative stress was lower in virgin olive oil-fed animals. Aging led to higher superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase activities and increased alpha-tocopherol and coenzyme Q. Mitochondria from aged animals fed sunflower oil exhibited a lower number of cristae and a higher circularity. Results suggest that the age-related increase of the relative amount of deleted mtDNA depends on fat unsaturation. Moreover, the studied mtDNA deletion was correlated with mitochondrial oxidative stress and ultrastructural alterations.
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- José L Quiles
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Granada, Spain.
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Chen J, Rider DA, Ruan R. Identification of valid housekeeping genes and antioxidant enzyme gene expression change in the aging rat liver. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006; 61:20-7. [PMID: 16456191 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.1.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Valid housekeeping genes (HKG) are a prerequisite for accurate gene quantification. We performed real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to investigate the gene expression of five commonly used HKGs (beta-actin, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [GAPDH], ubiquitin C [UBC], hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl-transferase [HPRT], and cyclophilin A [CYPa]) and antioxidant enzymes in the liver of young and old male Fischer rats. A wide variation in HKG expression existed during the aging process, and HPRT was identified as the most stable HKG in rat liver aging. When Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase gene expression was normalized to HPRT, there was no detectable difference between young and old rats; however, a significant difference was seen when it was normalized to UBC. The variation of UBC caused the misinterpretation of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase expression. Catalase expression was significantly decreased, whereas glutathione peroxidase expression was not altered with age. We demonstrated that HPRT was an appropriate HKG, validation of HKGs was vital for accurate quantification, and decreased catalase expression might be involved in the decline of antioxidant defenses during rat liver aging.
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- Jie Chen
- Department of Otolaryngology, National University Hospital, Singapore
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Schmucker DL. Age-related changes in liver structure and function: Implications for disease ? Exp Gerontol 2006; 40:650-9. [PMID: 16102930 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 276] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2005] [Accepted: 06/21/2005] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The geriatric populations of many countries are growing rapidly and they present major problems to healthcare infrastructures from both medical and economic perspectives. The elderly are predisposed to a variety of diseases, which contribute to a marked increase in morbidity in this subpopulation. The incidence of liver disease increases in the elderly, but the cellular and subcellular perturbations that underlie this suspected predisposition to pathology remain unresolved. Several age-related changes have been documented, including (a) a decline in liver volume, (b) an increase in the hepatic dense body compartment (lipofuscin), (c) moderate declines in the Phase I metabolism of certain drugs, (d) shifts in the expression of a variety of proteins and (e) diminished hepatobiliary functions. Other more subtle changes (e.g., muted responses to oxidative stress, reduced expression of growth regulatory genes, diminished rates of DNA repair, telomere shortening) may contribute to reduced hepatic regenerative capacity, shorter post-liver transplant survival and increased susceptibility to certain liver diseases in the elderly.
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- Douglas L Schmucker
- Cell Biology AND Aging Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and The Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Bello RI, Gómez-Díaz C, Burón MI, Alcaín FJ, Navas P, Villalba JM. Enhanced anti-oxidant protection of liver membranes in long-lived rats fed on a coenzyme Q10-supplemented diet. Exp Gerontol 2006; 40:694-706. [PMID: 16125350 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2005] [Revised: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 07/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Coenzyme Q10 supplementation increases life-span of rats fed on a diet enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids (Quiles, J.L., Ochoa, J.J., Huertas, J.R., Mataix, J., 2004b. Coenzyme Q supplementation protects from age-related DNA double-strand breaks and increased lifespan in rats fed on a PUFA-rich diet. Exp. Gerontol. 39, 189-194). Our study was set as a first attempt to establish a mechanistic link between life span extension and CoQ10 supplementation. When rats were fed on a PUFAn-6 plus CoQ10 diet, levels of CoQ10 were increased in plasma membrane at every time point compared to control rats fed on a PUFAn-6-alone diet. Ratios of CoQ9 to CoQ10 were significantly lower at every time point in both liver plasma membranes and homogenates of CoQ10-supplemented animals. CoQ10 supplementation did not affect cytosolic NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), which increased significantly with aging, but plasma membrane-bound NQO1 decreased significantly in the CoQ10-supplemented group at 12 months, when maximal incorporation of exogenous CoQ10 was observed. Neither aging nor the diet affected NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase levels. Glutathione-dependent anti-oxidant activities such as cytosolic glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and microsomal Se-independent glutathione peroxidase decreased with aging and supplementation with CoQ10 attenuated this decay. 2,2' Azobis amidinopropane (AAPH)-induced oxidation of membranes was significantly higher in aged rats, and supplementation with CoQ10 also inhibited this increase. Consistent with higher CoQ10 levels and enhanced anti-oxidant protection, plasma membrane Mg2+-dependent neutral sphingomyelinase was inhibited by dietary CoQ10 in aged rats. Our results support the involvement of thiol-dependent mechanisms in the potentiation of the anti-oxidant capacity of membranes in CoQ10-supplemented rats, further supporting the potentially beneficial anti-oxidative role of dietary CoQ10 during aging. The possibility that a decreased CoQ9/CoQ10 ratio in animals fed on the PUFAn-6-rich plus CoQ10 diet could also influence longevity is also discussed.
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- Rosario I Bello
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Fisiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, 3a planta; 14014 Córdoba, Spain
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DNA arrays have become indispensable tools in the study of transcriptional output of the circadian clock and have enabled an increase in the number of outputs from tens to thousands. However, despite their widespread use, many challenges exist in accurately and sensitively identifying all transcriptional targets of the clock. This article discusses aspects of experimental design, including RNA-amplification strategies, data condensation methods, and other aspects that impact the use of these tools for the study of circadian biology.
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- John R Walker
- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Kirschner M, Pujol G, Radu A. Oligonucleotide microarray data mining: search for age-dependent gene expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 298:772-8. [PMID: 12419321 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02563-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Information on gene expression in colon tumors versus normal human colon was recently generated by an oligonucleotide microarray study. We used the associated database to search for genes that display age-dependent variations in expression. Statistically significant evidence was obtained that such genes are present in both the tumor and normal tissue databases. Besides the analysis of all genes included in the database, three subsets of genes were analyzed separately: genes controlled by p53, and genes coding for ribosomal proteins and for nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins. Among the genes controlled by p53 some show an age-dependent change in expression in tumor tissues, in the sense compatible with an activation of p53 at higher age. A decreased expression of some ribosomal genes at advanced age was detected both in tumor and normal tissues. No significant age-dependent expression could be detected for genes encoding mitochondrial proteins.
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- Marc Kirschner
- Carl C. Icahn Institute for Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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