Large Intestine
It plays a crucial role in the absorption of water and electrolytes, as well as the storage and elimination of waste products.
Spanning approximately 5 feet in length, the large intestine consists of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.
It is responsible for the formation and expulsion of feces, making it an essential component of the body's waste management system.
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Briefly, the tissue-specific gene is detected by solving a linear algebra problem of scalar projection in this study. First, transform each expression profile of gene x into a vector Xp:
where n is the number of tissues in the profile and xi is the gene expression level in tissue i. For each element in the profile Xp, the expression xi can also be represented by a vector Xi in high-dimension tissue spaces:
Then, the tissue specificity of gene x in tissue i is determined by calculating the ratio of vector Xi's scalar projection in the direction of vector Xp (i.e. ‖X‖) against the length of Xp (i.e. ‖Xp‖):
Theoretically, the SPM ranges from 0 to 1.0. A value close to 1.0 indicates that element xi is the major contributor to the length of profile Xp in high-dimension tissue spaces; in biological term, high tissue specificity.
In practice, user can rely on the SPM value to quantitatively estimate the tissue specificity of a gene in a profile regardless of its absolute expression level. The larger the SPM value, the higher the tissue specificity is. However, in the cases of profiles with ‘spiked’ expression patterns (which gene expressions are highly selective in several similar tissues), a large SPM value may not be achieved. As a feasible solution, the original gene expression profiles are reformatted by merging several similar subtissues into an ‘integrative’ tissue (individual expressions are summed up as the expression of the representative) according to the organ hierarchy tree adopted in this study. For example, intestine represents for small intestine, large intestine, etc. As a result, the ‘spiked’ expression pattern can then be detected by SPM analysis as an enriched expression.
In parallel, K18 hACE2 transgenic or WT C57BL/6 mice were infected and euthanized at 2, 4, or 6 DPI. For viral titers, chemokine/cytokine, histopathology and IHC analyses, seven female and seven male for 2 and 4 DPI, and three female and three male for 6 DPI SARS-CoV-2-infected; and one female and one male mock-infected K18 hACE2 mice were used. As controls for these analyses, four female and four male SARS-CoV-2-infected for 2 and for 4 DPI, and one male and one female for mock WT C57BL/6 mice were used. Ten tissues (nasal turbinate, trachea, lung, heart, kidney, liver, spleen, small intestine, large intestine, and brain) were harvested from each mouse. Half organ was fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin solution for molecular pathology analyses and the other half was homogenized in 1 mL of PBS using a Precellys tissue homogenizer (Bertin Instruments) for viral titration. Tissue homogenates were centrifuged at 21,500 × g for 5 min and supernatants were collected for measurement of viral load and chemokine/cytokine analyses.
The lungs, trachea and larynx were exenterated intact and perfused via the trachea with 4% refrigerated (4°C) phosphate‐buffered formalin. The trachea was then closed with a clamp, and the specimens immersed in formalin at room temperature for 72 h before dissection. The lungs were subsequently cut into 5–10‐mm parasagittal slices and examined macroscopically. Two sections of each lobe, as well as the trachea, were submitted for histological examination.
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Example 2
Next, the expression of Chl1 was confirmed using various tissues or cells.
(B) The intestinal epithelium (EpCAM-positive CD45-negative), fibroblasts (COL1a2-GFP-positive CD45-negative podoplanin-positive), macrophages (F480-positive CD11b-positive), CD4-positive T cells, B cells (CD19-positive B220-positive), and lamina propria cells of the large intestine (whole colon cells) were isolated in the same way as above. RNA was purified from each cell using TRIZOL (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc./Invitrogen: 15596018) and subsequently reverse-transcribed using VILO (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc./Invitrogen: 11755500). The expression analysis of Chl1 was conducted using Universal Probe Library (Roche Life Science) and LightCycler™ 480 system (Roche Life Science). Comparison with the expression of Gapdh is shown (n=3). The results were as shown in
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Sample information.
environment type | location ID | condition | number of samples | sample type | collection site | collection year and season | sex | subspecies | diet |
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undeveloped | UN1 | free-living | 11 | intestinal | Wallace Woods, PA | summer 2018 | 4F, 2 M, 5 unknown | unknown | wild (omnivorous, likely insects, seeds, grains, etc.) |
UN2 | free-living | 7 | faecal | Yancey County, NC | spring-summer 2021 | unknown | unknown | wild (omnivorous, likely insects, seeds, grains, etc.) | |
urban | FU | free-living | 10 | intestinal | Bronx, NY | summer 2020 | 2F, 1 M, 7 unknown | unknown | unknown, likely found materials in and around zoo |
zoo | CZ | captive | 29 | faecal | Bronx, NY | summer 2020 | unknown | unknown | mixture of rodent chow and fresh vegetables |
laboratory | CL1 | captive | 22 | faecal | Cambridge, MA | winter 2020 | 11F, 11M | 11 bairdii, 11 gambelii | irradiated Prolab Isopro RMH 3000 + sunflower seeds |
CL2 | captive | 20 | faecal | Columbia, SC | winter 2021 | unknown | bairdii | irradiated Harlan 8904 Teklad Rodent Diet |
PERMANOVA statistical results for Bray–Curtis, unweighted UniFrac and weighted UniFrac distances analysed by environment type, condition (captive or free-living) and sample type (intestinal or faecal). All p-values are Holm corrected.
variable | Bray–Curtis | unweighted UniFrac | weighted UniFrac | ||||||
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p-value | F | R2 | p-value | F | R2 | p-value | F | R2 | |
environment | 0.012 | 12.87 | 0.29 | 0.012 | 12.39 | 0.28 | 0.012 | 10.77 | 0.25 |
condition | 0.012 | 19.55 | 0.17 | 0.012 | 18.73 | 0.16 | 0.012 | 14.06 | 0.13 |
sample type | 0.012 | 13.39 | 0.12 | 0.012 | 11.67 | 0.11 | 0.012 | 7.81 | 0.07 |