Project description:ChIP-seq analyses were performed in MEL cells expressing BirA alone or BirA and FLAG-Biotin tagged BCL11A (XL isoform). BCL11A chromatin occupancy in MEL cell line.
Project description:Here we investigated the effects of CEBPA transcription factor expression on myeloid NB4 cells. The sequence of rat CEBPA was C-terminally fused to a promiscuous biotin ligase tag (BirA*) and NB4 cell lines were engineered to express the fusion protein under the control of a doxycycline inducible promoter. Three different NB4 cell lines were investigated that expressed (i) BirA* tag alone (ii) full length CEBPA isoform (P42) fused to BirA* (iii) truncated CEBPA isoform (P30) fused to BirA*. Cells were seeded in media supplemented with or without doxycycline.
Project description:We report the genomic localization of cohesin oligomers in nocodazole arrested yeast cells. Two alleles of SMC3 were expressed in yeast cells, one fused to BirA enzyme and the other tagged with AviTag. Cohesin oligomers were biotinylated and ChIP with streptavidin beads. As control experiments, cohesin localization on chromosome was determined in strains expresses freely diffusable BirA enzyme, where all Smc3 proteins were biotinylated; non-specific ChIP were determined in strains with no BirA.
Project description:We generated Avidin tag inserted at 3' end of Tbx1 using CRISPR/Cas9 genomic engineering and crossed them with BirA mice from the Jackson laboratory. After established double homozygous mouse colony, total twenty embryos at E9.5 were collected for each samples. After extraction of nucleus, Tbx1 binding regions were captured with Dynabeads™ MyOne™ Streptavidin T1.
Project description:BirA ligase tagged CDK1 and BirA alone were expressed in U2OS cells. Proximal proteins to CDK1 were labelled by incubating cells with Biotin for 24 hours and biotinylated proteins extracted using Streptavidin pulldown.
Project description:Histamine is a conserved neuromodulator in mammalian brains and critically involved in many physiological functions. Understanding the precise structure of the histaminergic network is the cornerstone in elucidating its function. Herein, using histidine decarboxylase (HDC)-CreERT2 mice and genetic labeling strategies, we reconstructed a whole-brain three dimensional (3D) structure of histaminergic neurons and their outputs at 0.32 × 0.32 × 2 μm3 pixel resolution with a cutting-edge fluorescence microoptical sectioning tomography system. We quantified the fluorescence density of all brain areas and found that histaminergic fiber density varied significantly among brain regions. The density of histaminergic fiber was positively correlated with the amount of histamine release induced by optogenetic stimulation or physiological aversive stimulation. Lastly, we reconstructed a fine morphological structure of 60 histaminergic neurons via sparse labeling and uncovered the largely heterogeneous projection pattern of individual histaminergic neurons. Collectively, this study reveals an unprecedented whole-brain quantitative analysis of histaminergic projections at the mesoscopic level, providing a foundation for future functional histaminergic study.
Project description:Lead exposure causes a variety of health effects, especially in children, that may include cognitive and behavioural problems. This study explores the mechanisms associated with this relationship by assessing alterations in gene expression of C57BL/6J pups treated with 50mg/kg lead compared to controls. In addition this study also analyzed brain gene expression differences in Metallothionein I and II (Mt-I and Mt-II) knockout mice treated with lead. Pups of three genotypes (C57BL/6J, Mt-KO with a C57BL/6J background and Heterozygote Mt-KO) were injected with lead acetate during synaptogenesis and weight-matched controls were injected with saline at the same time points. Whole brains were harvested and RNA extracted and pooled from 5 pups and hybridized to Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Arrays. In total 6 arrays were used, one for each genotype and treatment.
Project description:Tissue clearing methods enable the imaging of biological specimens without sectioning. However, reliable and scalable analysis of large imaging datasets in three dimensions remains a challenge. Here we developed a deep learning-based framework to quantify and analyze brain vasculature, named Vessel Segmentation & Analysis Pipeline (VesSAP). Our pipeline uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) with a transfer learning approach for segmentation and achieves human-level accuracy. By using VesSAP, we analyzed the vascular features of whole C57BL/6J, CD1 and BALB/c mouse brains at the micrometer scale after registering them to the Allen mouse brain atlas. We report evidence of secondary intracranial collateral vascularization in CD1 mice and find reduced vascularization of the brainstem in comparison to the cerebrum. Thus, VesSAP enables unbiased and scalable quantifications of the angioarchitecture of cleared mouse brains and yields biological insights into the vascular function of the brain.
Project description:Lead exposure causes a variety of health effects, especially in children, that may include cognitive and behavioural problems. This study explores the mechanisms associated with this relationship by assessing alterations in gene expression of C57BL/6J pups treated with 50mg/kg lead compared to controls. In addition this study also analyzed brain gene expression differences in Metallothionein I and II (Mt-I and Mt-II) knockout mice treated with lead.