Project description:To address the global impact of PARP-1 on DNA methylation, we treated cells with PJ34 (PARylation inhibitor) and isolated genomic DNA from vehicle and PJ34 treated cells. This DNA was bisulfite treated and hybridized to the Illumina infinium Methylation 450 Beadchip. We next used these RNA-seq data sets (control, PARP-1 KD and PARylation inhibited) to assess whether PARP plays a role in DNA methylation by assessing differential methylation patterns. PARP1 mediates methylation patterns. DNA from vehicle and PJ34 (PARylation inhibited) cells. 750ng of geneomic DNA was bisulfite converted and used for the Illumia infinium HD methylation assay.
Project description:Study the effect of PARP-14 and its activity on Th2 differentiation ChIP seq was performed on Th2 differentiated cells isolated from PARP-14 +/+ and PARP-14 -/- treated with or without PJ34
Project description:To achieve the extreme nuclear condensation necessary for sperm function, most histones are replaced with protamines during spermiogenesis in mammals. Mature sperm retain only a small fraction of nucleosomes, which are, in part, enriched on gene regulatory sequences, and recent findings suggest that these retained histones provide epigenetic information that regulates expression of a subset of genes involved in embryo development after fertilization. We addressed this tantalizing hypothesis by analyzing two mouse models exhibiting abnormal histone positioning in mature sperm due to impaired poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) metabolism during spermiogenesis and identified altered sperm histone retention in specific gene loci genome-wide using MNase digestion-based enrichment of mononucleosomal DNA. We then set out to determine the extent to which expression of these genes was altered in embryos generated with these sperm. For control sperm, most genes showed some degree of histone association, unexpectedly suggesting that histone retention in sperm genes is not an all-or-none phenomenon and that a small number of histones may remain associated with genes throughout the genome. The amount of retained histones, however, was altered in many loci when PAR metabolism was impaired. To ascertain whether sperm histone association and embryonic gene expression are linked, the transcriptome of individual 2-cell embryos derived from such sperm was determined using microarrays and RNA sequencing. Strikingly, a moderate but statistically significant portion of the genes that were differentially expressed in these embryos also showed different histone retention in the corresponding gene loci in sperm of their fathers. These findings provide new evidence for the existence of a linkage between sperm histone retention and gene expression in the embryo. Seven WT (wild-type) samples of one 2-cell embryo each, all from fathers treated with saline (controls). Each group A, B, D consists of eggs fertilized by the same father (each sample is a single 2 cell embryo, 2CE). Ten samples of 2CE from fathers treated with PJ34 (PARP inhibitor) for 6 weeks, in the same setup (PJ-MTM11-1 to PJ34-MTM14-2, offspring from fathers MTM11, MTM13 or MTM14). All mice are wild-type, strain 129SVE (=129S6/SvEvTac, Taconic).
Project description:Cryptomonas sp. was grown under phototrophic conditions, glucose supplemented phototrophic conditions and 3 different dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations: 1.5, 30 and 90 mg C l−1. The objective was to study the adaptations that make Cryptomonas sp. thrive under high DOC conditions.
Project description:This study employs bulk RNA-seq to investigate the transcriptomic changes in rat epicardial mesothelial cells (EMCs) under different oxygen conditions. We compare gene expression profiles between normoxia (20% O2, 48 hours), hypoxia (0.1% O2, 48 hours), and reoxygenation (recovery after 24 hours hypoxia). The goal is to identify key pathways and differentially expressed genes involved in the cellular response to oxygen deprivation and recovery. This work provides insights into the molecular mechanisms of ischemia-reperfusion injury and may contribute to understanding cardiac adaptation to hypoxia.
Project description:Silencing of DND1 in potato leads to resistance to late blight, powdery mildew and Botrytis cinerea. At the same time, however, it reduces plant growth and causes leaf necrosis. To get knowledge on the molecular events behind the pleiotropic effect of DND1 downregulation in potato transcriptome analysis were performed on three DND1 silenced lines in comparison with the potato cultivar ‘Désirée’ as a wild-type.
Project description:The objective of the experiment was to determine the impact of cap-adjacent 2'-O-ribose methylation on steady-state mRNA levels. We depleted CMTR-1 protein, which is the main enzyme responsible for of cap-adjacent 2'-O-ribose methylation in C. elegans. This was achieved using animals homozygous for an auxin-degron allele of the endogenous cmtr-1 gene in genetic background that constitutively expressed TIR1(F74G) protein (cshIs140 allele derived from HML1012). The depletion was achieved using the auxin analogue 5-Ph-IAA. Experiment was carried out in triplicate and depletion of CMTR-1 was confirmed by Western blotting.
Project description:This study aims to investigate the regulatory role of N-acetylneuraminate lyase (Npl) during the stepwise differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) into functional cardiomyocytes (CMs). We performed a high-throughput transcriptomic analysis comparing wild-type (WT) and Npl knockout (KO) cell lines at four critical developmental stages: undifferentiated embryonic stem cells (D0), embryoid bodies (D2), mesoderm progenitors (D4), and mature cardiomyocytes (D14). By examining the gene expression profiles across these time points, we seek to identify the molecular mechanisms and downstream signaling pathways through which Npl modulates mesoderm specification and cardiac lineage commitment. Our findings provide insights into the transcriptional landscape of early cardiac development and the potential involvement of Npl in congenital heart defects.
Project description:The objective of the experiment was to determine the impact of cap-adjacent 2'-O-ribose methylation on steady-state mRNA levels in a background lacking the decapping exonculease EOL-1. We depleted CMTR-1 protein, which is the main enzyme responsible for of cap-adjacent 2'-O-ribose methylation in C. elegans. This was achieved using a strain that is homozygous for an auxin-degron allele of the endogenous cmtr-1 gene in genetic background that constitutively expressed TIR1(F74G) protein (cshIs140 allele derived from HML1012), and also for an eol-1(fe172[E197K]) mutation. The depletion was achieved using the auxin analogue 5-Ph-IAA. Experimental data consists of six replicates, and depletion of CMTR-1 was confirmed by Western blotting.
Project description:We applied the transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) for high-throughput profiling of genes changes in VSMC dedifferentiation. Rat primary VSMCs were divided into 3 groups, control, PDGF-BB, PDGF-BB+PJ34,and mRNA sequence were performed. We found that PDGF-BB could upregualted the genes involved in cell proliferation and migration, and downregulated the VSMC contractile genes, all of which could be reversed by PARP inhibitor PJ34. Then we knockdowned the co-factor Myocardin in VSMCs, and found the above effects of PJ34 were nearly abolished.Our study first provided the transcription changes by RNA-seq in VSMC dedifferentiation, and demonstrated the key roles of PARP1 and the PARylation process in VSMC phenotypic switch.