Menopause is one of the key physiological events in the female life and can increase the risk for a number of complex autoimmune, neurodegenerative, metabolic, and cardiovascular disorders. Circulating monocytes can d...
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Menopause is one of the key physiological events in the female life and can increase the risk for a number of complex autoimmune, neurodegenerative, metabolic, and cardiovascular disorders. Circulating monocytes can differentiate into various cell types and play an important role in tissue morphogenesis and immune response. We studied gene expression profiles of peripheral blood monocytes in healthy pre- and postmenopausal women using Affymetrix Human U133A GeneChip array that contains probes for -14,500 genes. Comparative analyses between the samples showed that 20 genes were up- and 20 were down-regulated. Of these genes, 28 were classified into six major GO categories relevant to such biological processes as the cell proliferation, immune response, cellular metabolism, and the others. The remaining 12 genes have yet unidentified biological functions. Our results support the hypothesis that functional state of circulating monocytes is indeed affected by menopause, and resulting changes may be determined through the genomewide gene expression profiling. Several differentially expressed genes identified in this study may be candidates for further studies of menopause-associated systemic autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and cardiovascular disorders. Our study is only the first attempt in this direction, but it lays a basis for further research.
Three genes EGFR(epidermal growth factor receptor),CALM3(calmodulin 3,calcium-modulated protein 3,) and SMARCD1(SWI/SNF related,matrix associated,actin dependent regulator of charomatin,subfamily d,member 1) in ...
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Three genes EGFR(epidermal growth factor receptor),CALM3(calmodulin 3,calcium-modulated protein 3,) and SMARCD1(SWI/SNF related,matrix associated,actin dependent regulator of charomatin,subfamily d,member 1) in white women played different roles in bone and/or fat *** the population-based investigation of 870 unrelated postmenopausal white women,CALM3 polymorphisms were significantly associated with femoral neck bone mineral density(FNK BMD),hip BMD and spine *** and tobacco status also affected these BMD levels and hence were corrected for in our statistical ***:EGFR,CALM3 and SMARCD1 play their part in bone and/or fat metabolism,however,the correlation between polymorphisms of these three genes and body composition levels including BMD is yet *** and Methods:A population-based investigation of 870 white women was conducted.44 SNPs(Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) in EGFR,CALM3 and SMARCD1 were chosen by the software of Haploview version 4.2,including those with potential functional *** candidate SNPs were genotyped by KASPar assay for association analysis with body composition levels at different *** correlation analysis was performed by the Pearson’s product-moment and Spearman rank-order test,and the family-wise error was corrected using the Wald test implement in ***:rsl2461917 in the 3’-flanking region of CALM3 gene was significantly associated wim FNK BMD(P=0.001),hip BMD(PO.001) and spine BMD(P=0.001);rsll083838 in the 5’-flanking region of CALM3 gene was associated with spine BMD(P=0.009).After adjusting for multiple comparisons,rsl2461917 remained significant(Padjusted=0.033 for FNK BMD,Padjusted=0.006 for hip BMD and Padjusted=0.018 for spine BMD).Conclusions:Our data shows that polymorphisms of the CALM3 gene in white women could contribute to variation in BMD at the hip,spine,and femoral neck.
目的:近年来研究发现骨质疏松患者骨髓中有大量脂肪细胞浸润且与骨量减少与骨丢失是成正比的。本实验旨在研究骨髓间充质干细胞来源的脂肪细胞在成骨细胞发生分化及骨形成过程中的抑制作用机制。方法:Ⅰ.细胞共培养使用三种不用浓度的脂肪细胞诱导剂诱导骨髓间充质干细胞向脂肪细胞方向分化,14天后与骨髓间充质干细胞共培养,同时向成骨细胞分化方向诱导。共培养有两种模式:脂肪细胞和干细胞直接接触(ModeA)和非直接接触(Mode B)。Ⅱ.形态学分析细胞向成骨细胞分化方向诱导14天后进行碱性磷酸酶(ALP)染色,28天后进行钙化结节染色。Ⅲ.mRNA microarray分别收集Mode B 3组下层细胞提取RNA进行比较分析。ⅣTwo-dimensional Gel Electro-
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