Vitamin C (VC) is well known as an antioxidant in humans, primates and guinea pigs. Studies have suggested gender differences in VC requirements in humans, and gender differences in oxidant injury vulnerability in early life may represent a biological mechanism contributing to gender disparity in later life. Using spontaneous bone fracture (sfx) mice, which lack the gene for L-Gulonolactone oxidase (Gulo), we studied the potential sex difference in expression profiles of oxidative genes at the whole-genome level. Then, we analyzed data of gene expressions in a mouse population of recombinant inbred (RI) strains originally derived by crossing C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2) mice. Our data indicated that there were sex differences in the regulation of pre-and pro-oxidative genes in sfx mice. The associations of expression levels among Gulo, its partner genes and oxidative genes in the BXD (B6 x D2) RI strains showed a sex difference. Transcriptome mapping suggests that Gulo was regulated differently between female and male mice in BXD RI strains. Our study indicates the importance of investigating sex differences in Gulo and its oxidative function by using available mouse models.
基金:
Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics and Center of Connective Tissue Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center; National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of HealthUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (NIAMS) [R01 AR51190]; Ministry of Science and TechnologyMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China: National S & T Major Project of China [2008ZX09312-008]; Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China: State Key Development Program of Basic Research of China [2009CB521905]; Veterans Administration Medical Center in Memphis
Jiao Yan,Chen Hong,Yan Jian,et al.Genome-Wide Gene Expression Profiles in Antioxidant Pathways and Their Potential Sex Differences and Connections to Vitamin C in Mice[J].INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES.2013,14(5):10042-10062.doi:10.3390/ijms140510042.
APA:
Jiao, Yan,Chen, Hong,Yan, Jian,Wang, Lishi,Huang, Yue...&Gu, Weikuan.(2013).Genome-Wide Gene Expression Profiles in Antioxidant Pathways and Their Potential Sex Differences and Connections to Vitamin C in Mice.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES,14,(5)
MLA:
Jiao, Yan,et al."Genome-Wide Gene Expression Profiles in Antioxidant Pathways and Their Potential Sex Differences and Connections to Vitamin C in Mice".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 14..5(2013):10042-10062