Metabolomics,Unknown,Transcriptomics,Genomics,Proteomics

Dataset Information

A microRNA microarray analysis of C.elegans Parkinsons disease models

ABSTRACT: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in human brain development and maintenance. To search for miRNAs potentially involved with molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease (PD), we utilized miRNA microarrays to identify expression changes of 115 annotated Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans) miRNAs in human Î±-synuclein A53T transgenic, dopamine deficient catecholamine transporter gene cat-1 mutant and parkin gene pdr-1 mutant C.elegans strains. Twelve miRNAs were found regulated differentially in Î±-synuclein transgenic C. elegans, five in cat-1 mutants and three in pdr-1 mutants. The family of miR64/65 appeared co-under-expressed in Î±-synuclein and cat-1 strains and members of let-7 family co-under-expressed (except miR-241 over-expressed) in a-synuclein and pdr-1 strains. Class H serpentine receptor (srh) family of G-protein-coupled receptor genes were computationally identified to be highly over-represented target candidates for regulated miRNAs.These results indicate that miRNAs are misregulated in C. elegans PD models and suggest a role for these molecules in the disease pathogenesis. Two color NCode microRNA microrarrays were used (Invitrogen) to measure miRNA expression changes in human alpha-synuclein trangenic, cat-1 mutant, and pdr-1 mutant C.elegans strains. The experiment contains four independent biological replicates (worm populations)/strain. Strain N2 was used as reference channel, also prepared from four independently isolated small RNA samples.

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans

SUBMITTER: Martina Rudgalvyte

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14899 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Global microRNA expression profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans Parkinson's disease models.

Asikainen Suvi S Rudgalvyte Martina M Heikkinen Liisa L Louhiranta Kristiina K Lakso Merja M Wong Garry G Nass Richard R

Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN 20100121 1

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in human brain development and maintenance. To search for miRNAs that may be involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease (PD), we utilized miRNA microarrays to identify potential gene expression changes in 115 annotated miRNAs in PD-associated Caenorhabditis elegans models that either overexpress human A53T alpha-synuclein or have mutations within the vesicular catecholamine transporter (cat-1) or parkin (pdr-1) ortholog. Here, we show that 12 spe ...[more]

PMID: 20091141

Similar Datasets

Project description:To determine whether DGCR8 is required for maturation of all miRNAs, we performed miRNA microarray analysis. Using RNA from wild-type ES cells as our reference sample, we observed a global loss of miRNAs in DGCR8 knockout cells, but normal levels of expression in DGCR8 heterozygous cells. The similarity in expression levels between wild-type and heterozygous cells suggests that DGCR8 is not limiting in the maintenance of steady-state levels of miRNAs in ES cells. Of the eighty-nine miRNA array probes that showed significant signals with wild-type RNA, eighty-two were drastically reduced in the DGCR8 knockout cells. The remaining seven were not significantly altered in the DGCR8 knockout cells, but at least four of these seven miRNAs appear to be due to unavoidable contamination with RNA from the mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) feeder cells used for ES cell culture prior to the isolation of RNA. These miRNAs were highly expressed in the MEFs and decreased when the ES cells were temporarily passaged on gelatin-coated plates without feeders. The remaining three showed similar levels of expression in the heterozygous, knockout and MEF feeder cells. Therefore, these signals may be small RNAs that are not processed with the help of the microprocessor complex. Alternatively, these signals may result from unavoidable degradation products within the purified small RNA population. In either case, our results show that DGCR8 is broadly required for miRNA processing with little evidence for redundancy or bypass mechanisms. Keywords: cell type comparison, genetic modification MicroRNAs extracted from wild-type, DGCR8 heterozygous knockout and DGCR8 homozygous knockout were analyzed by microarray. In each array, wild-type samples serve as reference. Ratios were normalized based on positive control RNAs on the array. To determine if some of signals appeared in DGCR8 knockout ES cells are due to mice embryonic fibroblast (MEF) feeder cell contamination (this is unavoidable because these ES cells were grown on MEFs and passaged off MEF before RNA extraction). Two independent DGCR8 knockout ES cell lines were analyzed. For each cell line, array hybridization was done in duplicates. For DGCR8 heterozygous knockout ES cells, two independent batches of RNA samples were prepared and analyzed.

Project description:miRNA expression was compared in skin from control newborn mice and littermate mice ectopically expressing the potent secreted WNT inhibitor Dickkopf 1 (DKK1) in the epidermis. DKK1 completely suppresses hair follicle development. Multiple miRNAs were identified that reproducibly produced signals above background in both types of skin sample. Several miRNAs were identified for which hybridization signals were on average more than 2.5 fold higher in control samples than in Dkk1-expressing samples, suggesting these may be upregulated in hair follicles, and/or are direct or indirect targets of WNT inhibition in the skin. Keywords: miRNA expression array, transgenic mouse, skin, WNT Low molecular weight RNA was isolated using the mirVana RNA extraction kit (Ambion) from full thickness dorsal skin of three K5-rtTA; tetO-Dkk1 newborn mice and three control littermates following doxycycline treatment from E0.5 to induce expression of Dkk1 in double transgenic epidermis [1]. Control and Dkk1âexpressing transgenic samples were tagged for labeling with Cy3 and Cy5 dyes respectively using the Ncode miRNA Labeling System (Invitrogen), mixed by equal mass, and co-hybridized to miRNA arrays that have been described previously [2]. Background-corrected median signals for pixels from each probe spot in both the Cy3 and Cy5 channels were used for analysis. Cy3 (control samples C2, C4, C5) was detected at 532nm and Cy5 (Dkk1âexpressing transgenic samples TG1, TG2, TG4) at 635 nm. References: [1] Chu, E.Y., Hens, J., Andl, T., Kairo, A., Yamaguchi, T.P., Brisken, C., Glick, A., Wysolmerski, J.J., and Millar, S.E. (2004). Canonical WNT signaling promotes mammary placode development and is essential for initiation of mammary gland morphogenesis. Development 131, 4819-4829. [2] Nelson, P.T., Baldwin, D.A., Scearce, L.M., Oberholtzer, J.C., Tobias, J.W., and Mourelatos, Z. (2004). Microarray-based, high-throughput gene expression profiling of microRNAs. Nat Methods 1, 155-161.

Dataset Information

A microRNA microarray analysis of C.elegans Parkinsons disease models

Publications

Global microRNA expression profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans Parkinson's disease models.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure