Metabolomics,Unknown,Transcriptomics,Genomics,Proteomics

Dataset Information

ASyn polyA-RNAseq in PD and unaffected cortical brain samples

ABSTRACT: We sought to more precisely characterize the different alpha-synuclein (aSyn) 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR mRNA species in normal and PD human brain. High-throughput, whole-transcriptome sequencing of the 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR ends of polyadenylated mRNA transcripts (termed pA-RNAseq; see Methods) was performed on a cohort of 17 unaffected and 17 PD cerebral cortical tissue samples. This revealed 5 aSyn 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR isoforms, with lengths of 290, 480, 560, 1070 and 2520 nt. Of these, the 560 nt and 2520 nt forms were predominant. The existence and relative preponderance of these species was further confirmed by Northern Blot. We next hypothesized, that aSyn 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR selection might be altered in PD. Comparison of pA-RNAseq profiles from PD and unaffected cerebral cortex samples revealed an increase in the preponderance of the long 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR species (>560 nt) relative to shorter species (<560 nt). Such a relative increase in aSynL was confirmed by Quantitative real-time RT-PCR (rt-qPCR) and appeared specific for PD, as the increase was also observed by comparison to RNA from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient samples. We note that the modified aSyn 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR selection associated with PD patient tissue was detected in cerebral cortex tissue, which typically harbors pathological evidence of the disease process without frank cell loss; thus, this phenotype is unlikely to be a secondary consequence of neurodegeneration. Comparison of 3'UTR ends of alpha-synuclein in PD and unaffected brain cortex

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Herve RHINN

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-40710 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Alternative α-synuclein transcript usage as a convergent mechanism in Parkinson's disease pathology.

Rhinn Herve H Qiang Liang L Yamashita Toru T Rhee David D Zolin Ari A Vanti William W Abeliovich Asa A

Nature communications 20120101

α-Synuclein is implicated both in physiological functions at neuronal synaptic terminals as well as in pathological processes in the context of Parkinson's disease. However, the molecular mechanisms for these apparently diverse roles are unclear. Here we show that specific RNA transcript isoforms of α-synuclein with an extended 3' untranslated region, termed aSynL, appear selectively linked to pathological processes, relative to shorter α-synuclein transcripts. Common variants in the aSynL 3' un ...[more]

PMID: 23011138

Similar Datasets

Project description:Our computational analyses of sequencing depth and the discovery rates of sequence elements in the 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR strongly demonstrate that interrogation of the 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTRome in specific tissues and cell types across development will greatly expand the identification of new 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR isoforms and the sequence elements therein. Therefore, we will generate and sequence the 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTRs from the cell types isolated from the developing germline, mature germ cells, and early embryogenesis. In addition, we will identify the 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTRs for the transcripts isolated from the major somatic tissues during late- and post-embryonic development. Based on our sequencing estimates, we anticipate that the tissue-specific interrogation of the 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTRome will reveal a far greater diversity of novel 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTR isoform expression that is masked in the whole-worm 3M-bM-^@M-^YUTRome sequence data. Using the transgenic myo-3::PABP strain, we have generated polyA-captured libraries for late embryos and across the major stages of post-embryonic development for the muscle transcriptome. We propose to generate these polyA-captured libraries for transcripts expressed in the other major tissues across development. PolyA-captured libraries will be generated for deep sequencing following the tissue-specific isolation of mRNAs by PABP pulldowns (the PABP immunoprecipitations will take advantage of a FLAG epitope which is fused to PABP in all of the transgenic strains). We propose to validate the expression of tissue- specific transcripts by qPCR for select transcripts known to be expressed in those particular tissues. In addition, following the strategy we have employed for the large-scale polyA-captured libraries from muscle, we will perform quality checks for 3M-JM-< end capture by manually sequencing ~60 clones isolated from each library. Once we have obtained the deep sequencing data, we will analyze all of the sequence reads using the bioinformatics pipeline that we established for the whole-worm polyA- captured sequences (Mangone et al., 2010). Four samples representing gravid, L2, L3, and L4 developmental stages were analyzed.

Project description:Eukaryotic cells express several classes of small RNAs that regulate gene expression and ensure genome maintenance. Endogenous siRNAs (endo-siRNAs) and Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) mainly control gene and transposon expression in the germline, while microRNAs (miRNAs) generally function in post-transcriptional gene silencing in both somatic and germline cells. To provide an evolutionary and developmental perspective on small RNA pathways in nematodes, we identified and characterized known and novel small RNA classes through gametogenesis and embryo development in the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum and compared them with known small RNAs of Caenorhabditis elegans. piRNAs, Piwi-clade Argonautes, and other proteins associated with the piRNA pathway have been lost in Ascaris. miRNAs are synthesized immediately following fertilization in utero, prior to pronuclear fusion, and before the first cleavage of the zygote. This is the earliest expression of small RNAs ever described at a developmental stage long thought to be transcriptionally quiescent. A comparison of the two classes of Ascaris endo-siRNAs, 22G-RNAs and 26G-RNAs, to those in C. elegans, suggests great diversification and plasticity in the use of small RNA pathways during spermatogenesis in different nematodes. Our data reveal conserved characteristics of nematode small RNAs as well as features unique to Ascaris that illustrate significant flexibility in the use of small RNAs pathways, some of which are likely an adaptation to AscarisM-bM-^@M-^Y life cycle and parasitism. We constructed and analyzed 51 libraries from discrete regions of gametogenesis and synchronized stages of embryo development in the parasitic nematode Ascaris, using three types of small RNA libraries preparation methods: 1) 28 libraries of 18-34 or 18-40 nt RNAs with a 5M-bM-^@M-^Y monophosphate (5M-bM-^@M-^Y monophosphate libraries), 2) 4 libraries of 18-34 nt RNAs with a 5M-bM-^@M-^Y monophosphate but treated with periodate to enrich for small RNAs with 3M-bM-^@M-^Y end modifications (5M-bM-^@M-^Y monophosphate, 3M-bM-^@M-^Y end modified), and 3) 19 libraries of 18-28 or 18-40 nt RNAs with a 5M-bM-^@M-^Y triphosphate, diphosphate, or monophosphate (5M-bM-^@M-^Y allphosphate). These libraries enabled us to identify different small RNAs, characterize their different 5M-bM-^@M-^Y and 3M-bM-^@M-^Y ends, and their expression profiles through gametogenesis and embryogenesis.

Project description:To identify genes that are regulated by MeJA and drought, global expression profilings were performed on panicles from Ubi1:AtJMT, drought-treated NT, and untreated NT plants. The underlying assumption of this approach was that high levels of MeJA produced either by overexpression of AtJMT in the transgenic panicles or by drought treatment in the NT panicles regulates genes that are involved in spikelet and/or panicle development. Profiling was conducted using the Rice 3M-bM-^@M-^Y-Tiling Microarray (GreenGene Biotech, Yongin, Korea). RNA samples from S1 panicles of Ubi1:AtJMT, drought-treated NT and untreated NT plants were used to generate cyanine-3 (Cy3)-labeled complementary DNA (cDNA) probes, which were then hybridized to the microarray. Each data set was obtained from three biological repeats. Expression profiling was conducted using a Rice 3M-bM-^@M-^Y-Tiling Microarray. Information on the microarray can be found at http://www.ggbio.com (GreenGene Biotech). The Rice 3M-bM-^@M-^Y-Tiling Microarray was designed from 27,448 genes deposited at IRGSP, RAP1 database (http://rapdb.lab.nig.ac.jp). Among these, 20,507 genes were from representative RAP1 sequences with cDNA/EST supports and 6,941 genes were predicted without cDNA/EST supports. Ten 60-nt long probes were designed from each gene starting 60 bp ahead the end of stop codon with 10 bp shifts in position so that 10 probes covered 150 bp in the 3' region of the gene. In total, 270,000 probes were designed (average size, 60-nt) to have Tm values of 75 to 85 M-BM-0C. The microarray was manufactured by NimbleGen Inc. (http://www.nimblegen.com/). Random GC probes (38,000) were used to monitor the hybridization efficiency and fiducial markers at the four corners (225) were included to assist with overlaying the grid on the image. The microarray was used to profile gene expression in Ubi1:AtJMT, drought-treated NT, and untreated NT plants. Cy3-labeled target cDNA fragments were synthesized from S1 panicles using a Cy3-9mer primer. For normalization, data were processed with cubic alpine normalization using quartiles to adjust signal variation between chips and with Rubust Multi-Chip Analysis using a median polish algorithm implemented in NimbleScan (Workman et al., 2002; Irizarry et al., 2003). To assess the reproducibility of the microarray analysis, we repeated the experiment three times with independently prepared total RNAs.

Dataset Information

ASyn polyA-RNAseq in PD and unaffected cortical brain samples

Publications

Alternative α-synuclein transcript usage as a convergent mechanism in Parkinson's disease pathology.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure