ACD can configure probes for the various manual and automated assays for INS for RNAscope Assay, or for Basescope Assay compatible for your species of interest.
Molecular Vision 2015; 21:110-123
Smit-McBride Z, Oltjen SL, Radu RA, Estep J, Nguyen AT, Gong Q, Hjelmeland LM.
PMID: //www.molvis.org/molvis/v21/110/
Am J Pathol.
2017 Mar 08
Shimoda M, Yoshida H, Mizuno S, Hirozane T, Horiuchi K, Yoshino Y, Hara H, Kanai Y, Inoue S, Ishijima M, Okada Y.
PMID: 28284715 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.01.005
Hyaluronan (HA) plays an important role in the development and maintenance of tissues, and its degradation is implicated in many pathologic conditions. We recently reported that HA-binding protein involved in HA depolymerization (HYBID/KIAA1199; encoded by CEMIP) is a key molecule in HA depolymerization, but its developmental and pathologic functions remain elusive. We generated Hybid-deficient mice using the Cre/locus of crossover in P1 (loxP) system and analyzed their phenotypes. Hybid-deficient mice were viable and fertile, but their adult long bones were shorter than those of wild-type animals. Hybid-deficient mice showed lengthening of hypertrophic zone in the growth plate until 4 weeks after birth. There were fewer capillaries and osteoclasts at the chondroosseous junction in the Hybid-deficient mice compared with the wild-type mice. In situ hybridization demonstrated that Hybid was expressed by hypertrophic chondrocytes at the chondroosseous junction. Cultured primary chondrocytes expressed higher levels of Hybid than did osteoblasts or osteoclasts, and the Hybid expression in the chondrocytes was up-regulated after maturation to hypertrophic chondrocytes. High-molecular-weight HA was accumulated in the lengthened hypertrophic zone in Hybid-deficient mice. In addition, high-molecular-weight HA significantly reduced cell growth and tube formation in vascular endothelial growth factor-stimulated or -nonstimulated endothelial cells. HA metabolism by HYBID is involved in endochondral ossification during postnatal development by modulation of angiogenesis and osteoclast recruitment at the chondroosseous junction.
J Biol Chem.
2017 Mar 16
Reyes-Reveles J, Dhingra A, Alexander D, Bragin A, Philp NJ, Boesze-Battaglia K.
PMID: 28302729 | DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.770784
Daily, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) ingests a bolus of lipid and protein in the form of phagocytized photoreceptor outer segments (OS). The RPE like the liver expresses enzymes required for fatty acid oxidation (FAO) and ketogenesis. This suggests that these pathways play a role in the disposal of lipids from ingested OS as well as providing a mechanism for recycling metabolic intermediates back to the outer retina. In this study, we examined whether OS phagocytosis was linked to ketogenesis. We found increased levels of β-hydroxy-butyrate (β-HB) in the apical media following ingestion of OS by human fetal RPE and ARPE19 cells cultured on transwell inserts. No increase in ketogenesis was observed following ingestion of oxidized OS or latex beads. Our studies further defined the connection between OS phagocytosis and ketogenesis in wild type mice and mice with defects in phagosome maturation using a mouse RPE explant model. In explant studies, the levels of β-HB released were temporally correlated with OS phagocytic burst after light onset. In the Mreg-/- mouse where phagosome maturation is delayed, there was a temporal shift in the release of β-HB. An even more pronounced shift in maximal β-HB production was observed in the Abca4-/- RPE, in which loss of the ATP-binding cassette A4 (ABCA4) transporter results in defective phagosome processing and accumulation of lipid debris. These studies suggest that FAO and ketogenesis are key to supporting the metabolism of the RPE and preventing the accumulation of lipids that lead to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction.
Kidney International
2017 Mar 22
Mace ML, Gravesen E, Nordholm A, Hofman-Bang J, Secher T, Olgaard K, Lewin E.
PMID: - | DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.01.015
Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) secreted by osteocytes is a circulating factor essential for phosphate homeostasis. High plasma FGF23 levels are associated with cardiovascular complications and mortality. Increases of plasma FGF23 in uremia antedate high levels of phosphate, suggesting a disrupted feedback regulatory loop or an extra-skeletal source of this phosphatonin. Since induction of FGF23 expression in injured organs has been reported we decided to examine the regulation of FGF23 gene and protein expressions in the kidney and whether kidney-derived FGF23 contributes to the high plasma levels of FGF23 in uremia. FGF23 mRNA was not detected in normal kidneys, but was clearly demonstrated in injured kidneys, already after four hours in obstructive nephropathy and at 8 weeks in the remnant kidney of 5/6 nephrectomized rats. No renal extraction was found in uremic rats in contrast to normal rats. Removal of the remnant kidney had no effect on plasma FGF23 levels. Well-known regulators of FGF23 expression in bone, such as parathyroid hormone, calcitriol, and inhibition of the FGF receptor by PD173074, had no impact on kidney expression of FGF23. Thus, the only direct contribution of the injured kidney to circulating FGF23 levels in uremia appears to be reduced renal extraction of bone-derived FGF23. Kidney-derived FGF23 does not generate high plasma FGF23 levels in uremia and is regulated differently than the corresponding regulation of FGF23 gene expression in bone.
Pflugers Arch.
2018 Feb 17
Karger C, Machura K, Schneider A, Hugo C, Todorov VT, Kurtz A.
PMID: 29455241 | DOI: 10.1007/s00424-018-2118-z
Pharmacological inhibition or genetic loss of function defects of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) causes compensatory renin cell hyperplasia and hyperreninemia. The triggers for the compensatory stimulation of renin synthesis and secretion in this situation may be multimodal. Since cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in the macula densa is frequently increased in states of a defective RAAS, we have investigated a potential role of COX-2 and its derived prostaglandins for renin expression and secretion in aldosterone synthase-deficient mice (AS-/-) as a model for a genetic defect of the RAAS. In comparison with wild-type mice (WT), AS-/- mice had 9-fold and 30-fold increases of renin mRNA and of plasma renin concentrations (PRC), respectively. Renin immunoreactivity in the kidney cortex of AS-/- mice was 10-fold higher than in WT. Macula densa COX-2 expression was 5-fold increased in AS-/- kidneys relative to WT kidneys. Treatment of AS-/- mice with the COX-2 inhibitor SC-236 for 1 week lowered both renal renin mRNA and PRC by 70%. Hyperplastic renin cells in AS-/-kidneys were found to express the prostaglandin E2 receptors EP2 and EP4. Global deletion of EP2 receptors did not alter renin mRNA nor PRC values in AS-/- mice. Renin cell-specific inducible deletion of the EP4 receptor lowered renin mRNA and PRC by 25% in AS-/- mice. Renin cell-specific inducible deletion of the EP4 receptor in combination with global deletion of the EP2 receptor lowered renin mRNA and PRC by 70-75% in AS-/- mice. Lineage tracing of renin-expressing cells revealed that deletion of EP2 and EP4 leads to a preferential downregulation of perivascular renin expression. Our findings suggest that increased macula densa COX-2 activity in AS-/- mice triggers perivascular renin expression and secretion via prostaglandin E2.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol
2019 Mar 20
Shell B, Farmer GE, Nedungadi TP, Wang LA, Marciante AB, Snyder BD, Cunningham RL and Cunningham JT
PMID: 30892911 | DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00393.2018
Bone. 2015 Apr 14.
Guenther CA, Wang Z, Li E, Tran MC, Logan CY, Nusse R, Pantalena-Filho L, Yang GP, Kingsley DM.
PMID: 25886903 | DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.04.010.
Histochem Cell Biol.
2016 May 31
Ikpa PT, Sleddens HF, Steinbrecher KA, Peppelenbosch MP, de Jonge HR, Smits R, Bijvelds MJ.
PMID: 27246004 | DOI: -
Guanylin (GN) and uroguanylin (UGN), through activation of guanylyl cyclase C (GCC), serve to control intestinal fluid homeostasis. Both peptides are produced in the intestinal epithelium, but their cellular origin has not been fully charted. Using quantitative PCR and an improved in situ hybridization technique (RNAscope), we have assessed the expression of GN (Guca2a), UGN (Guca2b), and GCC (Gucy2c) in mouse intestine. In the crypts of Lieberkühn, expression of Guca2a and Guca2b was restricted to cells of secretory lineage, at the crypt's base, and to a region above, previously identified as a common origin of cellular differentiation. In this compartment, comparatively uniform levels of Guca2a and Guca2b expression were observed throughout the length of the gut. In contrast, Guca2a and Guca2b expression in the villus-surface region was more variable, and reflected the distinct, but overlapping expression pattern observed previously. Accordingly, in jejunum and ileum, Guca2a and Guca2b were abundantly expressed by enterocytes, whereas in colon only Guca2a transcript was found in the surface region. In duodenum, only low levels of Guca2b transcript were observed in columnar cells, and Guca2a expression was restricted entirely to cells of the secretory lineage. Gucy2c was shown to be expressed relatively uniformly along the rostrocaudal and crypt-villus axes and was also found in the duodenal glands. Our study reveals novel aspects of the cellular localization of the GCC signaling axis that, apart from its role in the regulation of fluid balance, link it to pH regulation, cell cycle control, and host defense.
Kidney Int.
2016 Dec 12
Wu YL, Xie J, An SW, Oliver N, Barrezueta NX, Lin MH, Birnbaumer L, Huang CL.
PMID: 27979597 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.039
Fibrosis is an exaggerated form of tissue repair that occurs with serious damage or repetitive injury and ultimately leads to organ failure due to the excessive scarring. Increased calcium ion entry through the TRPC6 channel has been associated with the pathogenesis of heart and glomerular diseases, but its role in renal interstitial fibrosis is unknown. We studied this by deletion of Trpc6 in mice and found it decreased unilateral ureteral obstruction-induced interstitial fibrosis and blunted increased mRNA expression of fibrosis-related genes in the ureteral obstructed kidney relative to that in the kidney of wild-type mice. Administration of BTP2, a pyrazol derivative known to inhibit function of several TRPC channels, also ameliorated obstruction-induced renal fibrosis and gene expression in wild-type mice. BTP2 inhibited carbachol-activated TRPC3 and TRPC6 channel activities in HEK293 cells. Ureteral obstruction caused over a 10-fold increase in mRNA expression for TRPC3 as well as TRPC6 in the kidneys of obstructed relative to the sham-operated mice. The magnitude of protection against obstruction-induced fibrosis in Trpc3 and Trpc6 double knockout mice was not different from that in Trpc6 knockout mice. Klotho, a membrane and soluble protein predominantly produced in the kidney, is known to confer protection against renal fibrosis. Administration of soluble klotho significantly reduced obstruction-induced renal fibrosis in wild-type mice, but not in Trpc6 knockout mice, indicating that klotho and TRPC6 inhibition act in the same pathway to protect against obstruction-induced renal fibrosis. Thus klotho and TRPC6 may be pharmacologic targets for treating renal fibrosis.
Dev Biol.
2018 Jul 05
Li J, Yuan Y, He J, Feng J, Han X, Jing J, Ho TV, Xu J, Chai Y.
PMID: 29981310 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.07.003
Cleft palate is one of the most common craniofacial congenital defects in humans. It is associated with multiple genetic and environmental risk factors, including mutations in the genes encoding signaling molecules in the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway, which are risk factors for cleft palate in both humans and mice. However, the function of Shh signaling in the palatal epithelium during palatal fusion remains largely unknown. Although components of the Shh pathway are localized in the palatal epithelium, specific inhibition of Shh signaling in palatal epithelium does not affect palatogenesis. We therefore utilized a hedgehog (Hh) signaling gain-of-function mouse model, K14-Cre;R26SmoM2, to uncover the role of Shh signaling in the palatal epithelium during palatal fusion. In this study, we discovered that constitutive activation of Hh signaling in the palatal epithelium results in submucous cleft palate and persistence of the medial edge epithelium (MEE). Further investigation revealed that precise downregulation of Shh signaling is required at a specific time point in the MEE during palatal fusion. Upregulation of Hh signaling in the palatal epithelium maintains the proliferation of MEE cells. This may be due to a dysfunctional p63/Irf6 regulatory loop. The resistance of MEE cells to apoptosis is likely conferred by enhancement of a cell adhesion network through the maintenance of p63 expression. Collectively, our data illustrate that persistent Hh signaling in the palatal epithelium contributes to the etiology and pathogenesis of submucous cleft palate through its interaction with a p63/Irf6-dependent biological regulatory loop and through a p63-induced cell adhesion network.
J Am Soc Nephrol
2019 Mar 11
Hong Q, Zhang L, Fu J, Verghese DA, Chauhan K, Nadkarni GN, Li Z, Ju W, Kretzler M, Cai GY, Chen XM, D'Agati VD, Coca SG, Schlondorff D, He JC and Lee K
PMID: 30858225 | DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018060599
Thyroid. 2018 Dec 29.
2018 Dec 29
Bao L, Rodiger J, Park S, Fu L, Shi B, Cheng SY, Shi YB.
PMID: 30595106 | DOI: 10.1089/thy.2018.0340
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sense Example: Hs-LAG3-sense | Standard probes for RNA detection are in antisense. Sense probe is reverse complent to the corresponding antisense probe. | |
Intron# Example: Mm-Htt-intron2 | Probe targets the indicated intron in the target gene, commonly used for pre-mRNA detection | |
Pool/Pan Example: Hs-CD3-pool (Hs-CD3D, Hs-CD3E, Hs-CD3G) | A mixture of multiple probe sets targeting multiple genes or transcripts | |
No-XSp Example: Hs-PDGFB-No-XMm | Does not cross detect with the species (Sp) | |
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5UTR Example: Hs-GNRHR-5UTR | Probe targets the 5' untranslated region only | |
3UTR Example: Rn-Npy1r-3UTR | Probe targets the 3' untranslated region only | |
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