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Cardiac Myocytes<br />

3.4 Deletion <strong>of</strong> <strong>STAT</strong>3 Sensitises Cells to Oxidative Stress <strong>and</strong> I/R Injury 113<br />

3.5 <strong>STAT</strong>3 becomes Phosphorylated <strong>and</strong> Transcriptionally Active Following<br />

Ischaemia/Reperfusion in vitro<br />

3.6 Oxidative stress induces <strong>STAT</strong>3 serine phosphorylation through an ERK-dependent<br />

pathway<br />

3.7 Activation <strong>of</strong> <strong>STAT</strong>1 <strong>and</strong> <strong>STAT</strong>3 following in vivo ischaemia/reperfusion injury 126<br />

3.8 Increased Expression <strong>of</strong> <strong>STAT</strong>3 Target Genes Following in vivo I/R injury 131<br />

3.9 I/R injury in <strong>the</strong> brain induces distinct kinetics <strong>of</strong> <strong>STAT</strong> activity 132<br />

3.10 Reperfusion Induced Myocardial <strong>STAT</strong> Tyrosine Phosphorylation is Mediated by ROS 134<br />

3.11 Increased Phosphorylation Following IFN-γ Treatment Increases Infarct Size <strong>and</strong> 139<br />

Reduces <strong>the</strong> Protective Effect <strong>of</strong> Tempol<br />

3.12 Discussion 142<br />

Chapter 4: <strong>Investigating</strong> Gene Expression Changes in Myocardial Infarction using Microarray<br />

Analysis<br />

147<br />

4.1 Aims 148<br />

4.2 Drug Infusion, Gene Array Procedure <strong>and</strong> Quality Control 149<br />

4.3 Parameters for Differential Expression 153<br />

4.4 Gene Ontology Analysis <strong>of</strong> Genes Differentially Expressed by I/R Injury 155<br />

4.5 Differential Expression mediated by Tempol Infusion During I/R 163<br />

4.6 Differential Expression mediated by Ucn1 <strong>and</strong> Ucn2 Infusion During I/R 166<br />

4.7 Validation <strong>of</strong> Microarray Data by qPCR 171<br />

4.8 Activation <strong>of</strong> a <strong>STAT</strong>3 Transcriptional Programme Following I/R Injury 173<br />

4.9 IL-17 Regulation in I/R injury 179<br />

4.10 Differential Regulation <strong>of</strong> <strong>MAPK</strong>s <strong>and</strong> MKP-1 during I/R Injury 182<br />

4.11 Uracil Metabolism is Altered by I/R Injury 184<br />

4.12 Reduced Expression <strong>of</strong> Mitochondrial Translation Genes Following I/R Injury 186<br />

4.13 Reduced Expression <strong>of</strong> Mitochondrial <strong>and</strong> Respiratory Chain Genes Following I/R Injury 187<br />

4.14 Reduced Expression <strong>of</strong> Mitochondrial Import Machinery Genes Following I/R Injury 190<br />

4.15 Cardioprotective Genes Induced by Ucn1 <strong>and</strong> Ucn2 193<br />

4.16 Discussion 197<br />

Chapter 5: Regulation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> DNA Damage Response by <strong>STAT</strong>3 203<br />

5.1 Aims 204<br />

5.2 <strong>STAT</strong>3-/- MEFs Repair DNA Less Efficiently That Wild Type Cells 204<br />

5.3 <strong>STAT</strong>3-/- MEFs Show Reduced Activity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ATM/H2AX Pathway 207<br />

5.4 <strong>STAT</strong>3 Facilitates DNA Damage Mediated Upregulation <strong>of</strong> MDC1 210<br />

5.5 Discussion 214<br />

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