Project description:Transcriptomic profiling of triple-negative breast cancers in a syngeneic mouse model (4T1 bearing BALB/c mice) undergoing cycles of fasting (48-hours of water-only fasting, every 7 days) vs. ad libitum diet (control group).
Project description:Background: Microorganisms are the major cause of food spoilage during storage, processing and distribution. Pseudomonas fluorescens is a typical spoilage bacterium that contributes to a large extent to the spoilage process of proteinaceous food. RpoS is considered an important global regulator involved in stress survival and virulence in many pathogens. Our previous work revealed that RpoS contributed to the spoilage activities of P. fluorescens by regulating resistance to different stress conditions, extracellular acylated homoserine lactone (AHL) levels, extracellular protease and total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) production. However, RpoS-dependent genes in P. fluorescens remained undefined. Results: RNA-seq transcriptomics analysis combined with quantitative proteomics analysis basing on multiplexed isobaric tandem mass tag (TMT) labeling was performed for the P. fluorescens wild-type strain UK4 and its derivative carrying a rpoS mutation. A total of 375 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 212 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in these two backgrounds. The DGEs were further verified by qRT-PCR tests, and the genes directly regulated by RpoS were confirmed by 5’-RACE-PCR sequencing. The combining transcriptome and proteome analysis revealed a role of this regulator in several cellular processes, including polysaccharide metabolism, intracellular secretion and extracellular structures, cell well biogenesis, stress responses, ammonia and biogenic amine production, which may contribute to biofilm formation, stress resistance and spoilage activities of P. fluorescens. Moreover, in this work we indeed observed that RpoS contributed to the production of the macrocolony biofilm’s matrix.
Project description:Male and female mice were injected with NaCl vs epinephrine to induce acute paradoxical reversible heart failure akin to Takotsubo Syndrome with subsequent RNASeq analysis of left ventricular tissue.
Project description:Global gene expression profile from skin of variable pigmentation to identify new biological pathways which could be involved in the pigmentation phenotype. We performed a next generation NGS RNA sequencing study on ex vivo epidermis with different levels of pigmentation. We used the ITA to define skin pigmentation.
Project description:Each of 70 cell samples either at the control condition or treated with FDA-approved cancer drugs is sequenced by the single-ended random-primed mRNA-sequencing method with a read length of 100 base pairs, and a total of 70 raw sequence data files in the FASTQ format are generated. These sequence data files are then analyzed by a high-performance computational pipeline and ranked lists of gene signatures and biological processes related to drug-induced cardiotoxicity are generated for each drug. The raw sequence datasets and the analysis results have been carefully controlled for data quality, and they are made publicly available at the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database repository of NIH. As such, this broad drug-stimulated transcriptomi dataset is valuable for the prediction of drug toxicities and their mitigations.
Project description:Each of 914 cell samples either at the control condition or treated with FDA-approved cancer drugs is sequenced by the single-ended 3'-DGE mRNA-sequencing method with a read length of 46 base pairs, and a total of 914 raw sequence data files in the FASTQ format are generated. These sequence data files are then analyzed by a high-performance computational pipeline and ranked lists of gene signatures and biological processes related to drug-induced cardiotoxicity are generated for each drug. The raw sequence datasets and the analysis results have been carefully controlled for data quality, and they are made publicly available at the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database repository of NIH. As such, this broad drug-stimulated transcriptomi dataset is valuable for the prediction of drug toxicities and their mitigations.
Project description:Urine from a patient with a urinary tract infection was plated on LB agar plate. Microcolonies appeared ~8h after plating. Microcolonies were picked and subjected to Microcolony-seq and to whole-genome sequencing. Genomic DNA of each UTI microcolony was extracted from 1 mL of bacteria using the DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit (Qiagen). Library preparation and sequencing was carried out by BGI company, China. Concentration of samples was detected by fluorometer or Microplate Reader (Qubit Fluorometer, Invitrogen). Sample integrity and purity were detected by Agarose Gel Electrophoresis. 1μg genomic DNA was randomly fragmented by Covaris. The fragmented genomic DNA were selected by Agencourt AMPure XP-Medium kit to an average size of 200-400bp. Fragments were end repaired and then 3’ adenylated. Adaptors were ligated to the ends of these 3’ adenylated fragments. PCR products were purified by the Agencourt AMPure XP-Medium kit. The double stranded PCR products were heat denatured and circularized by the splint oligo sequence. The single strand circle DNA (ssCir DNA) were formatted as the final library. Samples were deep-sequenced with the DNBseq G400 machine using the 150-cycles paired-end with 350 bp insert size. At least 150X sequencing depth for each nucleotide in each sample was targeted.
Project description:The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a pivotal three-dimensional network crucial for tissue organization, cellular communication, and fundamental cellular processes, where collagens are the major chemical entity in amount. Loss of pVHL is associated with the activation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) signaling. Mutation of VHL-1 in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been shown to increase lifespan and stress resistance. Interestingly, considering recent findings on the involvement of collagens in the regulation of lifespan, we also observed these worms to show defects in body morphology in a HIF-1 dependent manner. Here we investigate the impact of vhl-1 (ok161) and hif-1 (ia4) individually and combined over the transcriptome of adult C. elegans worms grown under basal (20°C) conditions, and pay close attention to how genes related to body morphology, such as genes coding for collagens, are regulated.
Project description:The goal of this experiment was to identify the downstream targets of the GOLVEN6 peptide signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana, specifically during lateral root initiation. Using an estradiol inducible GLV6 overexpression construct in wildtype and rgi1rgi5 double mutant (mutant in receptors for the GLV6 peptide) backgrounds, in combination with gravistimulation induced lateral root formation, the RGI receptor dependent transcriptional effects of GLV6 overexpression were characterized. An estradiol inducible GLV6 overexpression line in a wildtype (iGLV6) and in an rgi1rgi5 double receptor mutant background (rgi1rgi5/iGLV6) were used. 4-day old seedlings of both lines were gravistimulated (vertically grown seedlings were turned counterclockwise by 90°) to induce lateral root initiation in the resulting root bends. 8h after gravistimulation, seedlings of both lines were treated with 2µM of estradiol to induce GLV6 overexpression, or DMSO as a mock treatment. 3h and 6h after treatment, root bends were dissected and collected for RNA-sequencing. This yielded a total of 8 samples per replicate; 3h mock treated iGLV6 (IM3), 3h estradiol treated iGLV6 (IE3), 3h mock treated rgi1rgi5/iGLV6 (RM3), 3h estradiol treated rgi1rgi5/iGLV6 (RE3), 6h mock treated iGLV6 (IM6), 6h estradiol treated iGLV6 (IE6), 6h mock treated rgi1rgi5/iGLV6 (RM6), 6h estradiol treated rgi1rgi5/iGLV6 (RE6). For each sample, 4 replicates were obtained. This setup enabled the comparison of the GLV6 induced transcriptional effects between wildtype and rgi1rgi5 mutants at 2 time points after treatment, in samples that are strongly enriched for lateral root initiation events.