Acute molecular mechanisms responsive to feeding and meal constitution in mesenteric adipose tissue.

To identify the acute effects of feeding on mesenteric fat, we have performed a transcriptomic study in the mesenteric adipose tissue after low-fat (LF) and high-fat (HF) meal ingestion. After fasting, one group of mice was killed and the others were fed ad libitum with HF or LF meal, and killed 3 h after the ingestion. Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was performed, generating approximately 150,000 tags/sample.

Regulation of pituitary gene expression by adrenalectomy.

Excessive secretion of adrenal hormones, such as glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid, leads to metabolic syndrome, including insulin resistance, obesity, and hypertension. These metabolic abnormalities are ameliorated by adrenalectomy (ADX). To identify pituitary mediators for ADX-induced physiological alterations, such as weight loss and hypotension, we investigated the effect of ADX on the pituitary transcriptome using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE).

High-fat meal-induced changes in the duodenum mucosa transcriptome.

In order to identify the potential peripheral signals of appetite and satiety from duodenum, we have performed a transcriptomic study in the mucosa after high-fat (HF) and low-fat (LF) meal ingestion. After fasting, one group of mice was killed and the others were fed ad libitum with HF or LF diet, and killed 30 min, 1 h, and 3 h after the beginning of the meal. The duodenum mucosa was sampled, and the serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) method was performed.

Comparison between the gene expression profile of human Müller cells and two spontaneous Müller cell lines.

Purpose: Müller cells are the principal glial cells in the retina. They play important functions in this tissue. Alterations in Müller cell behavior were observed in the retinal tissue of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Gender difference of androgen actions on skeletal muscle transcriptome.

Sarcopenia is related to metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Hormone replacement therapies with androgens improve muscle functions by molecular mechanisms that are still unknown, at least partly because the skeletal muscle transcriptome has been less characterized in females. We performed the serial analysis of gene expression method in six experimental groups, intact (male and female), ovariectomy (OVX), OVX+dihydrotestosterone (DHT) injection 1, 3, or 24 h before kill in mice.

Transcriptomic characterization of the long-term dihydrotestosterone effects in adipose tissue.

Objective: To study the long-term transcriptomic effects of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in adipose tissue. Fat distribution is regulated by sexual hormones. It is still unclear if androgens are promoting or reducing intra-abdominal fat accumulation.

Adipose tissue transcriptome by serial analysis of gene expression.

Objective: To describe the genomic expression profile or transcriptome of adipose tissue using the serial analysis of gene expression method.

Research Methods And Procedures: The serial analysis of gene expression strategy is based on isolation of short sequences (tags), which usually correspond to unique transcripts, and on their concatenation into long DNA molecules, which are then cloned and sequenced. Experiments were performed with mRNA from retroperitoneal adipose tissue of male C57BL6 mice.