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Series GSE162244 Query DataSets for GSE162244
Status Public on Feb 26, 2021
Title Aryl hydrocarbon receptor is essential for the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension [PBMC]
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating disease characterized by arteriopathy in the small to medium-sized distal pulmonary arteries, often accompanied by infiltration of inflammatory cells. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a nuclear receptor/transcription factor, detoxifies xenobiotics and regulates the differentiation and function of various immune cells. However, the role of AHR in the pathogenesis of PAH is largely unknown. Here, we explore the role of AHR in the pathogenesis of PAH. AHR agonistic activity in serum was significantly higher in PAH patients than in healthy volunteer and was associated with poor prognosis of PAH. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats treated with the potent endogenous AHR agonist, 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole in combination with hypoxia develop severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) with plexiform-like lesions, whereas SD rats treated with the potent vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 inhibitors did not. Ahr-knockout (Ahr-/-) rats generated using the CRISPR/Cas9 system did not develop PH in the SU5416/hypoxia model. A diet containing Qing-Dai, a Chinese herbal drug, in combination with hypoxia led to development of PH in Ahr+/+ rats, but not in Ahr-/- rats. RNA-seq analysis, ChIP-seq analysis, immunohistochemical analysis, and bone marrow transplantation experiments shows that activation of several inflammatory signaling pathways were upregulated in endothelial cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells, which led to infiltration of CD4+ IL-21+ T cells and MRC1+ macrophages into vascular lesions in an AHR-dependent manner. Taken together, AHR plays crucial roles in the development and progression of PAH and the AHR signaling pathway represents a promising novel therapeutic target for PAH
 
Overall design mRNA profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) at day 0, 28 and 56 of SuHx rats
 
Contributor(s) Masaki T, Okazawa M, Inagaki T, Ishibashi T, Shirai M, Nakaoka Y
Citation(s) 33836606
Submission date Nov 27, 2020
Last update date May 25, 2021
Contact name Takeshi Masaki
E-mail(s) tmasaki@ncvc.go.jp
Phone 81-6-6170-1070
Organization name National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Department Vascular Physiology
Street address 6-1
City Kishibe-Shinmachi,Suita
State/province Osaka
ZIP/Postal code 564-8565
Country Japan
 
Platforms (1)
GPL20084 Illumina NextSeq 500 (Rattus norvegicus)
Samples (9)
GSM4947469 PBMC normoxia 1
GSM4947470 PBMC normoxia 2
GSM4947471 PBMC normoxia 3
This SubSeries is part of SuperSeries:
GSE162245 RNA-seq analysis of Ahr-knockout rats of SuHx model.
Relations
BioProject PRJNA681190
SRA SRP294486

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GSE162244_DEG_edge_190913.csv.gz 5.6 Mb (ftp)(http) CSV
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