Omics · study · 2026
Transcriptomic evaluation of Mef2c manipulation in the mouse brain and HT22 cells
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The objective of this study is to elucidate the transcriptomic mechanisms underlying Mef2c-regulated cognitive aging and to determine whether intact Mef2c signaling is required for the antiaging transcriptomic effects of Dasatinib plus Quercetin (D+Q) and Spermidine (SPD).
Description
To evaluate its physiological impact, we manipulated Mef2c expression in the mouse brain using lentiviral vectors and performed transcriptomic profiling.
In 19-month-old aged mice, overexpressing Mef2c (Mef2c OE) upregulated genes enriched in learning, memory, and neuron differentiation, while effectively repressing stress-activated signaling and chemokine production. Conversely, knocking down Mef2c (siMef2c) in 11-month-old middle-aged mice induced a transcriptomic shift towards heightened oxidative stress and neuronal death, coupled with the suppression of cognition and synaptic transmission pathways.
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Furthermore, to evaluate whether silencing Mef2c abolishes the observed antiaging effects of D+Q and SPD in cultured neurons, we pre-treated HT22 cells with siMef2c followed by D+Q or SPD administration. Transcriptomic profiling revealed that under conditions of Mef2c depletion, neither D+Q nor SPD could elicit the antiaging transcriptomic signatures previously observed in the brain. This confirms that an intact Mef2c signaling is indispensable for their full neuroprotective actions.
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- GEO FTP directory ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE336nnn/GSE336018 ↗
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Where it is published
- GEO accession page ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE336018 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- PRJNA1480596 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1480596 ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing · Mus musculus
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
- Inferred from text
- Bioinformatics and computational biology 69%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI GEO | GSE336018 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| access_level | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | enrichment · NCBI GEO | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].geo_series_type:expression-profiling-by-high-throughput-sequencing | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /gdstype |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:10090 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| description | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /summary |
| publication_date | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /title |