The characteristics of mesenteric adipose tissue attached to different intestinal segments and their roles in immune regulation

Author(s):  
Haowei Zhang ◽  
Yujin Ding ◽  
Qin Zeng ◽  
Dandan Wang ◽  
Ganglei Liu ◽  
...  

Background: Mesenteric adipose tissue (MAT) plays a critical role in the intestinal physiological ecosystems. Small and large intestines have evidently intrinsic and distinct characteristics. However, whether there exist any mesenteric differences adjacent to the small and large intestines (SMAT and LMAT) has not been properly characterized. We studied the important facets of these differences, such as morphology, gene expression, cell components and immune regulation of MATs, to characterize the mesenteric differences. Methods: The SMAT and LMAT of mice were utilized for comparison of tissue morphology. Paired mesenteric samples were analyzed by RNA-seq to clarify gene expression profiles. MAT partial excision models were constructed to illustrate the immune regulation roles of MATs, and 16S-seq was applied to detect the subsequent effect on microbiota. Results: Our data show that different segments of mesenteries have different morphological structures. SMAT not only has smaller adipocytes but also contains more fat-associated lymphoid clusters than LMAT. The gene expression profile is also discrepant between these two MATs in mice. B-cell markers were abundantly expressed in SMAT, while development-related genes were highly expressed in LMAT. Adipose-derived stem cells of LMAT exhibited higher adipogenic potential and lower proliferation rates than those of SMAT. In addition, SMAT and LMAT play different roles in immune regulation and subsequently affect microbiota components. Finally, our data clarified the described differences between SMAT and LMAT in humans. Conclusions: There were significant differences in cell morphology, gene expression profiles, cell components, biological characteristics, and immune and microbiota regulation roles between regional MATs.

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Ho Suh ◽  
Younyoung Kim ◽  
Jeong Hyun Bang ◽  
Kyoung Suk Choi ◽  
June Woo Lee ◽  
...  

Insulin resistance occurs early in the disease process, preceding the development of type 2 diabetes. Therefore, the identification of molecules that contribute to insulin resistance and leading up to type 2 diabetes is important to elucidate the molecular pathogenesis of the disease. To this end, we characterized gene expression profiles from insulin-sensitive tissues, including adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and liver tissue of Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats, a well characterized type 2 diabetes animal model. Gene expression profiles from ZDF rats at 6 weeks (pre-diabetes), 12 weeks (diabetes), and 20 weeks (late-stage diabetes) were compared with age- and sex-matched Zucker lean control (ZLC) rats using 5000 cDNA chips. Differentially regulated genes demonstrating > 1.3-fold change at age were identified and categorized through hierarchical clustering analysis. Our results showed that while expression of lipolytic genes was elevated in adipose tissue of diabetic ZDF rats at 12 weeks of age, expression of lipogenic genes was decreased in liver but increased in skeletal muscle of 12 week old diabetic ZDF rats. These results suggest that impairment of hepatic lipogenesis accompanied with the reduced lipogenesis of adipose tissue may contribute to development of diabetes in ZDF rats by increasing lipogenesis in skeletal muscle. Moreover, expression of antioxidant defense genes was decreased in the liver of 12-week old diabetic ZDF rats as well as in the adipose tissue of ZDF rats both at 6 and 12 weeks of age. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes were also significantly reduced in 12 week old diabetic liver of ZDF rats. Genes involved in glucose utilization were downregulated in skeletal muscle of diabetic ZDF rats, and the hepatic gluconeogenic gene was upregulated in diabetic ZDF rats. Genes commonly expressed in all three tissue types were also observed. These profilings might provide better fundamental understanding of insulin resistance and development of type 2 diabetes.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taguchi Y-h. ◽  
Turki Turki

Abstract The integrated analysis of multiple gene expression profiles measured in distinct studies is always problematic. Especially, missing sample matching and missing common labeling between distinct studies prevent the integration of multiple studies in fully data-driven and unsupervised manner. In this study, we propose a strategy enabling the integration of multiple gene expression profiles among multiple independent studies without either labeling or sample matching, using tensor decomposition-based unsupervised feature extraction. As an example, we applied this strategy to Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-related gene expression profiles that lack exact correspondence among samples as well as AD single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) data. We found that we could select biologically reasonable genes with integrated analysis. Overall, integrated gene expression profiles can function analogously to prior learning and/or transfer learning strategies in other machine learning applications. For scRNA-seq, the proposed approach was able to drastically reduce the required computational memory.


2019 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 11842-11852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Ortiz Moura Fideles ◽  
Adriana Cassia Ortiz ◽  
Amanda Freire Assis ◽  
Max Jordan Duarte ◽  
Fabiola Singaretti Oliveira ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingdan Yuan ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Xinggang Tang ◽  
Jinchi Zhang ◽  
Jie Lin

Dendrobium is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, which contains many kinds of active ingredients. In recent years, many Dendrobium transcriptomes have been sequenced. Hence, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was used with the gene expression profiles of active ingredients to identify the modules and genes that may associate with particular species and tissues. Three kinds of Dendrobium species and three tissues were sampled for RNA-seq to generate a high-quality, full-length transcriptome database. Based on significant changes in gene expression, we constructed co-expression networks and revealed 19 gene modules. Among them, four modules with properties correlating to active ingredients regulation and biosynthesis, and several hub genes were selected for further functional investigation. This is the first time the WGCNA method has been used to analyze Dendrobium transcriptome data. Further excavation of the gene module information will help us to further study the role and significance of key genes, key signaling pathways, and regulatory mechanisms between genes on the occurrence and development of medicinal components of Dendrobium.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e83363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae Seong Kim ◽  
Myoung Woo Lee ◽  
Keon Hee Yoo ◽  
Tae-Hee Lee ◽  
Hye Jin Kim ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub Jankowski ◽  
Hye Kyung Lee ◽  
Julia Wilflingseder ◽  
Lothar Hennighausen

SummaryRecently, a short, interferon-inducible isoform of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2), dACE2 was identified. ACE2 is a SARS-Cov-2 receptor and changes in its renal expression have been linked to several human nephropathies. These changes were never analyzed in context of dACE2, as its expression was not investigated in the kidney. We used Human Primary Proximal Tubule (HPPT) cells to show genome-wide gene expression patterns after cytokine stimulation, with emphasis on the ACE2/dACE2 locus. Putative regulatory elements controlling dACE2 expression were identified using ChIP-seq and RNA-seq. qRT-PCR differentiating between ACE2 and dACE2 revealed 300- and 600-fold upregulation of dACE2 by IFNα and IFNβ, respectively, while full length ACE2 expression was almost unchanged. JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib ablated STAT1 and dACE2 expression after interferon treatment. Finally, with RNA-seq, we identified a set of genes, largely immune-related, induced by cytokine treatment. These gene expression profiles provide new insights into cytokine response of proximal tubule cells.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimrod Bernat ◽  
Rianne Campbell ◽  
Hyungwoo Nam ◽  
Mahashweta Basu ◽  
Tal Odesser ◽  
...  

The ventral pallidum (VP), a major component of the basal ganglia, plays a critical role in motivational disorders. It sends projections to many different brain regions but it is not yet known whether and how these projections differ in their cellular properties, gene expression patterns, connectivity and role in reward seeking. In this study, we focus on four major outputs of the VP - to the lateral hypothalamus (LH), ventral tegmental area (VTA), mediodorsal thalamus (MDT), and lateral habenula (LHb) - and examine the differences between them in 1) baseline gene expression profiles using projection-specific RNA-sequencing; 2) physiological parameters using whole-cell patch clamp; and 3) their influence on cocaine reward using chemogenetic tools. We show that these four VP efferents differ in all three aspects and highlight specifically differences between the projections to the LH and the VTA. These two projections originate largely from separate populations of neurons, express distinct sets of genes related to neurobiological functions, and show opposite physiological and behavioral properties. Collectively, our data demonstrates for the first time that VP neurons exhibit distinct molecular and cellular profiles in a projection-specific manner, suggesting that they represent different cell types.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melak Weldenegodguad ◽  
Kisun Pokharel ◽  
Laura Niiranen ◽  
Päivi Soppela ◽  
Innokentyi Ammosov ◽  
...  

AbstractReindeer (Rangifer tarandus) are semi-domesticated animals adapted to the challenging arctic conditions of northern Eurasia. Adipose tissues play a crucial role in animals living in northern environments by altering gene expression in their tissues to regulate energy homeostasis and thermogenic activity. Here, we performed transcriptome profiling by RNA sequencing of adipose tissues from three different anatomical depots: metacarpal (bone marrow), perirenal, and prescapular fat in Finnish and Even reindeer (in Sakha) during two seasonal time points (spring and winter). On average 36.5 million pair-ended clean reads were obtained for each sample, and a total of 16,362 genes were expressed in our data. Gene expression profiles in metacarpal tissue were distinct and clustered separately from perirenal and prescapular adipose tissues. Notably, metacarpal adipose tissue appeared to have a significant role in the regulation of the energy metabolism of reindeer in spring when their nutritional condition is poor after winter. During spring, when the animals are in less optimal condition, genes associated with the immune system (e.g., CCL2, CCL11, CXCL14, IGSF3, IGHM, IGLC7, IGKC, JCHAIN, and IGSF10) were upregulated in the perirenal and prescapular adipose tissue, while genes involved in energy metabolism (e.g., ACOT2, APOA1, ANGPTL1, ANGPTL8, ELOVL7, MSMO1, PFKFB1, and ST3GAL6) were upregulated in metacarpal tissue. Even reindeer harboured relatively fewer significantly differentially expressed genes than Finnish reindeer, irrespective of the season, possibly owing to climatic and management differences. Moreover, blood and tissue parameters reflecting general physiological and metabolic status showed less seasonal variation in Even reindeer than in Finnish reindeer. This study identified adipose candidate genes potentially involved in immune response, fat deposition, energy metabolism, development, cell growth, and organogenesis. Taken together, this study provides new information on the mechanisms by which reindeer adapt to less optimal arctic conditions.


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