Project description:This project studies TDP43, which is an RNA binding protein implicated in Motor Neuron Disease. As an RNA-binding protein, TDP43 is known to influences poly-adenylation site choice. For this project, we have inserted a single copy of the GFP-tagged TDP43 gene into the FLPIn Locus of HEk293 cells. We use these Hek293 FLipIn lines to instigate the effect of different deletion and mutation constructs of TDP-43 in their ability to rescue the depletion (siRNA) of the endogenous TDP-43 protein. We are comparing siRNA mediated KD in triplicates for each of the 7 cell lines to the Dox-induced rescues in triplicates. We are using a customised Lexogen Quantseq 3’ end sequencing method that allows us to multiplex cDNAs straight after the reverse transcription. The samples were pooled into barcoded sub-groups, each group will have the Lexogen barcode (i7 indices) in addition.
Project description:We performed bulk RNA-seq on FACS-isolated oligodendrocytes from P30 Mobp-TDP43 and Mog-TDP43 mouse lines to determine the effect of TDP-43 loss at different stages of oligodendrocyte development.
Project description:TDP-43 is an important RNA binding protein. To better understand its binding targets in human neurons, we performed TDP-43 iCLIP on SHSY5Y cells.
Project description:Exploring the intricate link between sleep and brain degeneration holds great promise for the development of effective therapeutics. Here we provide novel insights into the role of TDP-43 and Atx2 in regulating sleep and neurodegeneration using Drosophila. We demonstrate that expression of TDP-43 severely disrupts sleep, resulting in reduced sleep duration of the affected animals. Sleep disruption by TDP-43 is completely rescued by Atx2 knockdown. To unravel the underlying mechanism of TDP43 sleep disruption and Atx2-mediated rescue, we conducted brain RNA sequencing analysis from flies expressing TDP-43 with or without Atx2 knockdown. Among RNAseq changes, we observed upregulation of genes associated with small molecule metabolism with TDP-43 expression, followed by their subsequent downregulation upon Atx2 knockdown. Utilizing these Atx2-regulated genes, we conducted an RNAi screen to identify additional sleep modifiers that interact with TDP-43.
Project description:A stable HEK293 FlpIn T-Rex cells expressing TDP-43 with an N-terminal eGFP-tag was generated that allowed inducible physiological expression of the protein (Ling et al. 2010). Duplicate iCLIP experiments were performed using an antibody targeting eGFP (Abcam ab290). Crosslinked RNA-protein complexes were isolated by immuno-precipitation and cDNAs were generated to allow preparation of Illumina compatible DNA libraries as described in Huppertz et al. (2014).