Expression data from IRF4 KO mouse carotid arteries in response to wire-injury

IRF4 is mainly expressed in immune cells, including B cell, T cell, macrophage and dendritic cell. Previous study showed that IRF4 plays important roles in regulating the differentiation and maturation of immune cells. Recently, our and other`s studies revealed that IRF4 involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy, cerebral ischemic reperfusion injury and metabolic disorder. However, the function of IRF4 in VSMC and neointima formation was largely unknown. We found that IRF4 expression was dramatically decreased in the VSMCs of mouse carotid artery. More importantly, using global IRF4 deficient mouse (KO), we demonstrated that IRF4 deficiency significantly increased VSMC proliferation, migration and neointima formation compared with wild type mice (WT) in response to injury. To evaluate the underlying mechanism by which IRF4 promotes VSMC proliferation and migration after vascular injury, IRF4 KO and WT mice were subjected to wire-injury and the carotid arteries were collected at 14 days post-injury. We combined 3-5 vessels for one sample, and 3 samples for each phenotype. Subsequently, a total of 400ng RNA was used following Affymetrix instruction and 10 ug of cRNA were hybridized for 16 hr at 45°. GeneChips were scanned using the Scanner 7G and the data was analyzed with Expression Console using Affymetrix default analysis settings and global scaling as normalization method. RMA analysis was employed to evaluate the gene expression. We used microarrays to detect the global gene expression in the carotid arteries of IRF4 knockout mice (IRF4 KO) compared with wild type mice (WT) at 14 days post-injury and identified distinct classes of altered genes Wild type (WT) and global IRF4 knockout mice (IRF4 KO) were subjected to wire-injury and the carotid ateries were collected at 14 days post-injury. We combine 3-5 vessels in one tube and for a single Affymetrix microarray. Total RNA was extracted and a total of 400ng RNA was used following Affymetrix instruction. 3 biological samples for each genotype.