Microarray of hippocampus from 5mo wt, Bmal1 KO and Nr1d1 (Rev-Erb-alpha) KO mice at a single timepoint

Deletion of the circadian clock proteins Bmal1 or Nr1d1 (also known as Rev-Erb-alpha) can not only cause circadian dysfunction, but also neuroinflammation in the hippocampus. In this array, 3 wt, 2 Bmal1 KO, and 2 Nr1d1 KO mice, all 5mo, were kept in standard 12h:12h light:dark condition, then anesthetized and perfused with PBS+heparin. Mice were harvest in between noon and 3pm. Whole hippocampus was removed and flash frozen, then RNA was extracted using Trizol reagent and PureLink RNA columns, per manufacturers instructions. RNA microarray analysis was performed by the Washington Univ. Genome Technology Access Center using Agilent Mouse 4x44K mouse V2 array.