Project description:To determine the global impact of the clbn mutation on gene expression and efficiency of U2- and U12-type splicing, we analyzed the transcriptome of 108hpf wt and clbn mutant larvae by microarrays and RNA sequencing. RNAseq data was used to characterize intron retention of U2-type and U12-type intron on a genome-wide scale to confirm that rnpc3 deficiency specifically impairs U12-type splicing. RNAseq and microarray data were combined to yield high-confidence lists of differentially expressed genes which show that impaired U12-type splicing has a wide-ranging effect on the developing transcriptome. RNAseq libraries prepared from 108 hours post-fertilization zebrafish larvae (approx. 60 embryos each, genotyped homozygous wildtype and homozygous clbns841 mutants, respectively)
Project description:To determine the global impact of the clbn mutation on gene expression and efficiency of U2- and U12-type splicing, we analyzed the transcriptome of 108hpf wt and clbn mutant larvae by microarrays and RNA sequencing. RNAseq data was used to characterize intron retention of U2-type and U12-type intron on a genome-wide scale to confirm that rnpc3 deficiency specifically impairs U12-type splicing. RNAseq and microarray data were combined to yield high-confidence lists of differentially expressed genes which show that impaired U12-type splicing has a wide-ranging effect on the developing transcriptome. Total RNA was prepared from pools consisting of approx. 20 individually genotyped homozygous wildtype or mutant larvae, respectively. Three biologically independent replicate pools were generated and analyzed for each condition.
Project description:We combined heritability analysis of larval development rate with a global expression analysis of this phenotype to investigate genotype by environment interactions across three ecologically relevant temperatures in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia). We focused upon the development of final instar caterpillars which is greatly affected by temperature, and during this stage the caterpillars build up most of the resources for adult life. Second generation, lab reared larvae, initially collected from the M-CM-^Eland metapopulation, were reared in standard lab condition until 6th larval instar. At the beginning of the final (7th) instar stage the larvae were separated into of three temperature conditions: Cold treatment (temperature profile: 8M-BM-0C 18:00-9:59, 14M-BM-0C 10:00-11:59, 20M-BM-0C 12:00-15:59 and 14M-BM-0C 16:00-17:59) Standard treatment (temperature profile: 15M-BM-0C 17:00-6:59, 18M-BM-0C 7:00-8:59, 22M-BM-0C 9:00-10:59 and 26M-BM-0C 11:00-16:59) Hot treatment (temperature profile: 8M-BM-0C 20:00-7:59, 15M-BM-0C 8:00-9:59, 35M-BM-0C 10:00-17:59 and 15M-BM-0C 18:00-19:59) The temperature profiles mimic the diurnal thermal variation of the natural habitat (M-CM-^Eland islands) of samples. Cold treatment mimics a cool and cloudy summer, Standard represents an average temperature profile in the M-CM-^Eland islands and Hot treatment mimics an exceptionally hot and sunny summer, with cold night-time temperatures. The experiment contained several larval families (full-sib) of which three were selected for gene expression analysis. Samples were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen during mid-development (after 6, 5 and 4 days, for Cold, Standard and Hot respectively). Additional larvae from the same treatments were assayed for survival and growth. Gene expression was analyzed using a mixed model approach to identify genes with potential heritable expression variation (variation among families), genes with plastic expression responses (treatment induced changes) and genes with treatment dependent expression that varies among families (family by treatment interactions). Full-sib larvae from three families (N170, N74 and O171) were exposed to three temperature treatments (Cold, Standard and Hot) during final (7th) instar stage. A total of 35 samples were used to analyze family, treatment and family by treatment interactions in gene expression, using a mixed model approach. This included 3 biological replicates in Cold and Hot treatments from each family and 5-6 biological replicates in Standard (5 in O171) per family. Techinal replicates from each family and additional techical replicates in family O171 (including dye swap replicates) were used to assess robustness of the findings.
Project description:To screen the genes regulated by wt-Snail and non-acetylated Snail The successful development of cancer metastasis requires two major events: the reprogramming of cancer cells to increase their migration and tumor-initiation capabilities; and the remodeling of the tumor microenvironment to facilitate invasion and colonization of cancer cells. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial mechanism for reprogramming cancer cells to possess tumor initiation and migration capabilities1,2. However, the role of EMT in the interplay between tumor and host cells is largely unknown. The EMT regulator Snail is mainly known as a transcriptional repressor of the adhesion protein E-cadherin, whose repression is considered to be a key step in initiating metastasis3,4. We previously found that Snail can also act as an activator that induces the transcription of ERCC15 and IL86. Here we show that Snail is acetylated by CREB-binding protein (CBP) and that Snail and CBP co-occupy the promoters of target genes to activate transcription of the target genes. Furthermore, Snail activates the expression of a panel of cytokine genes, including TNFa (which forms a positive feedback loop with Snail to amplify the signal) and CCL2 and CCL5 (which facilitate the recruitment of macrophages by cancer cells). Our results demonstrate a novel function for Snail, providing new understanding of the recruitment of host cells to tumor sites during metastatic evolution. Establish stable transfectants of pCDH-Snail and pCDH-Snail2R in FaDu cells and analyze the mRNA expression level of by cDNA microarray. FaDu transfected with pCDH vector was used as a control experiment.
Project description:We have studied the deoxynucleotide transport in Drosophila melanogaster. On the basis of homology with the S. cerevisiae RIM2 gene, encoding a pyrimidine deoxynucleotide carrier (Marrobbio et al. 2006), the CG18317 gene (dRIM2) in the fruit fly may code for a deoxynucleotide carrier. We demonstrated that Drosophila S2R+ cells, silenced for the dRIM2 expression, had a marked defect in the amounts of all mitochondrial dNTPs, both purines and pyrimidines. In vivo dRIM2 homozygous knockout produced a larval lethal phenotype. dRIM2-/- larvae showed (i) impairments in the locomotor behavior, (ii) a decrease in the rates of oxygen consumption and (iii) a depletion of the mtDNA. Following a detailed morphological characterization carried out in dRIM2-/- larvae evidenced an ongoing mitochondrial biogenesis accompanied by an alteration of mitochondria shaping. Additionally, the role of dRIM2 in the purine and pyrimidine metabolism was supported by a microarray analysis. We conclude that dRIM2 is a Drosophila deoxynucleotide carrier, essential for maintaining the mitochondrial functionality. Gene expression profiling was carried out on dRIM-/- and dRIM+/- Drosophila larvae using the Drosophila 1.0 custom platform (Agilent). Total RNA was obtained from the whole body of 3rd instar larvae for each genotype. Four and three biological replicates were analyzed for dRIM-/- and dRIM+/- samples respectively for a total of 7 microarray experiments.
Project description:Chromatin diminution is the programmed elimination of specific DNA sequences during development. It occurs in diverse species, but the function(s) of diminution and the specificity of sequence loss remain largely unknown. Diminution in the nematode Ascaris suum occurs during early embryonic cleavages and leads to the loss of germline genome sequences and the formation of a distinct genome in somatic cells. We found that M-bM-^HM-<43 Mb (M-bM-^HM-<13%) of genome sequence is eliminated in A. suum somatic cells, including M-bM-^HM-<12.7 Mb of unique sequence. The eliminated sequences and location of the DNA breaks are the same in all somatic lineages from a single individual and between different individuals. At least 685 genes are eliminated. These genes are preferentially expressed in the germline and during early embryogenesis. We propose that diminution is a mechanism of germline gene regulation that specifically removes a large number of genes involved in gametogenesis and early embryogenesis. To profile the tissue expression of all A. suum genes, we used 8 different developmental stages/tissues of A. suum, including testis, ovary, embryo, larvae, intestine, muscle, male carcass and female carcass. In this submission there are 10 samples: 3 for early embryos (24hr, 46hr and 64hr) and the other 7 for testis, ovary, larvae, intestine, muscle, male carcass and female carcass. For each sample, 200 ug of total RNA was used for poly(A) selection and 200 ng of poly(A)+ RNA was used to make the cDNA libraries using standard Illumina protocol.
Project description:We have performed an RNA-seq experiment to identify expression and alternative splicing differences between WT and Mbnl3 isoform knockout mice E15 forelimbs. We have also identified and characterized transcriptome wide Mbnl3-binding sites in C2C12 cells and E15 forelimbs. 6 total samples were analyzed: E15 forelimbs from 3 WT and 3 MBNL3 M-NM-^TE2/M-NM-^TE2 female mice (15dpc). For HITS-CLIP, 3 samples each of C2C12 cells, WT E15 forelimbs and Mbnl3 ?E2 forelimbs were analyzed for Mbnl3 binding site analysis.
Project description:Zebrafish is an important model system for the study of vertebrate embryonic development and adaptive immunese response. Recent years have seen great advancement in the understanding of the regulatory mechanisms during zebrafish embryogenesis and immune processes, yet large gaps still remain in the functional pathways critical for each developmental stage, especially for the late embryonic development. We sequenced the polyA-extracted mRNA from 9 stages covering 7 major developmental periods of zebrafish. Whole genome gene expression pattern were analyzed to reveal unknown pathways or factors with implicated roles during each stage of vertebrate development. Analysis of total mRNA by highthroughput sequencing in 9 stages covering 7 periods during the embryonic and larval development of zebrafish
Project description:HSC-3-5 cells were derived from human HSC-3 cells via transwell invasion assay. Transcriptional profiling of human HSC-3 cells comparing with high invasive HSC-3-5 cells. Goal was to determine the effects of invasion on global HSC-3-5 gene expression during tumor metastasis. Two-condition experiment, HSC-3 vs. HSC-3-5 cells.