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Enterococcus faecium activates BMP/SMAD-mediated osteoblastogenesis and Wnt mediated neurogenesis while inhibiting PD

GSE284676 Mus musculus (mouse) RNA-seq (gene expression) 15 samples Submitted 2024/12/22 Platform GPL24247
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RNA-seq (gene expression) · mouse · 15 samples

What it is
RNA-seq (gene expression)Gene activity measured by sequencing. The summary does not mention single-cell work, so this is most likely bulk: one average per sample, the usual starting point for comparing groups.
Organism
Mus musculus (mouse)
Samples
15 samples: 5 conditions, mostly in triplicateGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Summary (written by the submitters)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is defined by neurodegeneration, muscle atrophy, and bone deterioration, largely due to dopamine depletion. This study evaluates the therapeutic potential of heat-killed Enterococcus faecium FBL1 (HEF) in mitigating PD-related dysfunction through osteoblastogenesis and neurogenesis pathways. In the rotarod test, MPTP-treated mice exhibited a significant reduction in walking time, 4.1 times lower than that of the normal group.
Read the full summary ↓
However, treatment with HDF notably improved the retention time, with a dose-dependent increase, compared to MPTP group. Wire-hanging test showed enhanced muscle strength, as HEF-treated mice demonstrated a 2.1- and 3.3-fold increase in the latency to fall at low and high doses, respectively, when compared to MPTP group. Grip strength and forced swim test, further supported the findings of neuromuscular recovery and reduced immobility in the HEF treated mice. The alpha-synuclein aggregation in the brain and muscle induced by MPTP were attenuated by HEF. Volcano plot analysis of muscle tissue revealed that MPTP treatment caused significant dysregulation, with 142 upregulated and 163 downregulated genes, including the downregulation of Wnt signaling-related genes Astn1 and Frat2, which are involved in neurogenesis and muscle regeneration. Conversely, the osteogenesis-related gene Pbx1 was upregulated by HEF, compared to MPTP treated group. Treatment with HEF also restored gene expression, notably increasing Tnxb, essential for tissue integrity, and Gsn, involved in various biological processes, compared with MPTP. Key markers of skeletal muscle differentiation (Myf5, MyoG, Myh1), osteoblastogenesis (Bmp2, Bmp4, SMAD1/5/8, RUNX2), and neurogenesis (Wnt3a, Beta-catenin, TCF1, LEF1) were downregulated in MPTP-induced PD but restored by HEF. Inflammatory markers (TNF-alpha, iNOS, and NF-kappaB) were significantly elevated in the MPTP group. However, these levels were reduced by HEF in a dose-dependently. This study highlights the pivotal role of osteoblastogenic (BMP/SMAD signaling) and neurogenic (Wnt signaling) pathways in maintaining muscle and bone homeostasis in PD. HEF offers a novel therapeutic approach targeting the BMP/SMAD and Wnt signaling pathways to mitigate muscle and bone degeneration in patients with PD.
This dataset
Download · which file do I need?

Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE284676_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: For RNA-seq the counts are usually a table among the supplementary files (look for 'counts', 'expression', 'FPKM' or 'TPM' in the file name). The series matrix of a sequencing study is sometimes nearly empty.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1200030 and SRA study SRP552498. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
5 conditions, mostly in triplicate
Con_muscle ×3 MPTP_muscle ×3 Levo_muscle ×3 Entero_muscle ×3 Entero_brain ×3

Supports a between-group comparison across 15 samples.

How we read this: 5 replicated groups read from 15 sample titles; they account for 15 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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