Transcription profiling of C. elegans hypoxia responses

ABSTRACT: The goal of the study was to identify hypoxia-induced gene expression changes in C. elegans and to determine which of these responses to hypoxia were regulated by hif-1. Towards these aims, we analyzed mRNA expression patterns in synchronized populations of wild-type worms that were cultured in standard lab conditions (Snormoxia) or in hypoxia. We also assayed mRNA from two mutant strains: (i) animals carrying the strong loss-of-function mutation in hif-1 and (ii) C. elegans that carry a deletion in vhl-1 and express the HIF-1 protein at constitutively high levels. In the microarray experiments, 3 strains were assayed: wild type N2, hif-1 (ia04), and vhl-1 (ok161). Worms were incubated for 4 hours in 21% oxygen or 0.1% oxygen at 210C. Animals were quickly harvested in ice cold M9 buf

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans

SUBMITTER: Min Jiang 

PROVIDER: E-SMDB-3266 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress