scholarly journals Portal vein ligation alters coding and noncoding gene expression in rat livers

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Bin Li ◽  
Yan Zhu ◽  
Lei Xie ◽  
Shuyang Hu ◽  
Shupeng Liu ◽  
...  

Portal vein occlusion increases the resectability of initially unresectable liver cancer by inducing hypertrophy in non-occluded liver lobes. However, the mechanisms of how portal vein occlusion induces hepatic hypertrophy remain unclear. A cDNA microarray was used to identify the gene expression signatures of ligated (LLLs) and nonligated liver lobes (NLLLs) at different time points after portal vein ligation (PVL). The results of a bioinformatics analysis revealed that LLLs and NLLLs displayed different gene expression profiles. Moreover, the expression levels of both coding and noncoding RNA were different between LLLs and NLLLs at different time points after PVL. A series test of cluster analysis revealed that the No. 22 and No. 5 expression patterns, which showed altered expression at 24 h and maintained this altered expression over the following 14 days, had the lowest P values and the highest number of differentially expressed genes in both the LLLs and NLLLs. The results of a GO analysis showed the activation of hypoxia pathways in LLLs and the activation of cell proliferation and cell-cycle pathways in NLLLs, suggesting the involvement of these pathways in PVL-induced hepatic hypertrophy and regeneration. These results provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying hepatic hypertrophy and regeneration induced by portal vein occlusion, and they identify potential targeting pathways that can promote the clinical application of PVL in liver cancer therapy.

2016 ◽  
Vol 103 (13) ◽  
pp. 1768-1782 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Eshmuminov ◽  
D. A. Raptis ◽  
M. Linecker ◽  
A. Wirsching ◽  
M. Lesurtel ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 0183-0195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Nakamura ◽  
Tomoya Takeda ◽  
Yoshihiko Tokuji

The common water-soluble organic germanium compound poly-trans-[(2-carboxyethyl) germasesquioxane] (Ge-132) exhibits activities related to immune responses and antioxidant induction. In this study, we evaluated the antioxidative effect of dietary Ge-132 in the plasma of mice. Male ICR mice (seven mice per group) received an AIN-76 diet with 0.05 % Ge-132; three groups received the Ge-132-containing diet for 0, 1 or 4 days. The plasma alpha-tocopherol (α-tocopherol) concentration increased from 6.85 to 9.60 μg/ml after 4 days of Ge-132 intake (p < 0.05). We evaluated the changes in hepatic gene expression related to antioxidative activity as well as in the entire expression profile after one day of Ge-132 intake, using DNA microarray technology. We identified 1,220 genes with altered expression levels greater than 1.5-fold (increased or decreased) as a result of Ge-132 intake, and α-tocopherol transfer protein (Ttpa) gene expression was increased 1.62-fold. Immune activation was identified as the category with the most changes (containing 60 Gene Ontology (GO) term biological processes (BPs), 41 genes) via functional clustering analysis of altered gene expression. Ge-132 affected genes in clusters related to ATP production (22 GO term BPs, 21 genes), lipid metabolism (4 GO term BPs, 38 genes) and apoptosis (5 GO term BPs). Many GO term BPs containing these categories were significantly affected by the Ge-132 intake. Oral Ge-132 intake may therefore have increased plasma α-tocopherol levels by up-regulating α-tocopherol transfer protein (Ttpa) gene expression.


BMC Genomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanlei Yue ◽  
Ze Jiang ◽  
Enoch Sapey ◽  
Tingting Wu ◽  
Shi Sun ◽  
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Abstract Background In soybean, some circadian clock genes have been identified as loci for maturity traits. However, the effects of these genes on soybean circadian rhythmicity and their impacts on maturity are unclear. Results We used two geographically, phenotypically and genetically distinct cultivars, conventional juvenile Zhonghuang 24 (with functional J/GmELF3a, a homolog of the circadian clock indispensable component EARLY FLOWERING 3) and long juvenile Huaxia 3 (with dysfunctional j/Gmelf3a) to dissect the soybean circadian clock with time-series transcriptomal RNA-Seq analysis of unifoliate leaves on a day scale. The results showed that several known circadian clock components, including RVE1, GI, LUX and TOC1, phase differently in soybean than in Arabidopsis, demonstrating that the soybean circadian clock is obviously different from the canonical model in Arabidopsis. In contrast to the observation that ELF3 dysfunction results in clock arrhythmia in Arabidopsis, the circadian clock is conserved in soybean regardless of the functional status of J/GmELF3a. Soybean exhibits a circadian rhythmicity in both gene expression and alternative splicing. Genes can be grouped into six clusters, C1-C6, with different expression profiles. Many more genes are grouped into the night clusters (C4-C6) than in the day cluster (C2), showing that night is essential for gene expression and regulation. Moreover, soybean chromosomes are activated with a circadian rhythmicity, indicating that high-order chromosome structure might impact circadian rhythmicity. Interestingly, night time points were clustered in one group, while day time points were separated into two groups, morning and afternoon, demonstrating that morning and afternoon are representative of different environments for soybean growth and development. However, no genes were consistently differentially expressed over different time-points, indicating that it is necessary to perform a circadian rhythmicity analysis to more thoroughly dissect the function of a gene. Moreover, the analysis of the circadian rhythmicity of the GmFT family showed that GmELF3a might phase- and amplitude-modulate the GmFT family to regulate the juvenility and maturity traits of soybean. Conclusions These results and the resultant RNA-seq data should be helpful in understanding the soybean circadian clock and elucidating the connection between the circadian clock and soybean maturity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arika Fukushima ◽  
Masahiro Sugimoto ◽  
Satoru Hiwa ◽  
Tomoyuki Hiroyasu

Abstract Background Historical and updated information provided by time-course data collected during an entire treatment period proves to be more useful than information provided by single-point data. Accurate predictions made using time-course data on multiple biomarkers that indicate a patient’s response to therapy contribute positively to the decision-making process associated with designing effective treatment programs for various diseases. Therefore, the development of prediction methods incorporating time-course data on multiple markers is necessary. Results We proposed new methods that may be used for prediction and gene selection via time-course gene expression profiles. Our prediction method consolidated multiple probabilities calculated using gene expression profiles collected over a series of time points to predict therapy response. Using two data sets collected from patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and multiple sclerosis (MS), we performed numerical experiments that predicted response to therapy and evaluated their accuracies. Our methods were more accurate than conventional methods and successfully selected genes, the functions of which were associated with the pathology of HCV infection and MS. Conclusions The proposed method accurately predicted response to therapy using data at multiple time points. It showed higher accuracies at early time points compared to those of conventional methods. Furthermore, this method successfully selected genes that were directly associated with diseases.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 556-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Hasselgren ◽  
Per Sandström ◽  
Bård Ingvald Røsok ◽  
Ernesto Sparrelid ◽  
Gert Lindell ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2189-2191
Author(s):  
M. Hashimioto ◽  
T. Sato ◽  
K. Makoto ◽  
K. Yasuda ◽  
J. Watarai ◽  
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