Project description:Metabolism, cell cycle stages, and related transcriptomes in eukaryotic algae change with the diel cycle of light availability. In the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, the S and M phases occur at night. To examine how diel transcriptomic changes in metabolic pathways are related to the cell cycle and to identify all genes, for which mRNA levels change depending on the cell cycle, we examined diel transcriptomic changes in C. merolae. In addition, we compared transcriptomic changes between the wild type and transgenic lines, in which the cell cycle was uncoupled from the diel cycle by the depletion of either cyclin-dependent kinase A (CDKA) or retinoblastoma-related (RBR) protein. Of 4,775 nucleus-encoded genes, the mRNA levels of 1,979 genes exhibited diel transcriptomic changes in the wild type. Of these, the periodic expression patterns of 454 genes were abolished in the transgenic lines, suggesting that the expression of these genes is dependent on cell cycle progression. The periodic expression patterns of most metabolic genes, except those involved in starch degradation and de novo dNTP synthesis, were not affected in the transgenic lines, indicating that the cell cycle and transcriptomic changes in most metabolic pathways are independent of the diel cycle. Approximately 40% of the cell–cycle–dependent genes were of unknown function, and approximately 19% of these genes of unknown function are shared with the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The dataset presented in this study will facilitate further studies on the cell cycle and its relationship with metabolism in eukaryotic algae.
Project description:Diel proteomes of Trichodesmium colonies sampled from the field on March 10, 2018 from the Eastern subtropical Atlantic at 65 22.420W 17 0.284 N. These proteomes inform a broad study of diel proteome oscillations in Trichodesmium that support simultaneous photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation during the day.
Project description:Biological rhythms in response to both endogenous (circadian) and exogenous (e.g. diel) cycles, with a period of ~24 hours, are a prominent feature of many living systems. In green algal species, knowledge on the extent of diel rhythmicity of genome wide gene expression, its evolution, and its cis-regulatory mechanism is limited. In this study, we identified cyclically expressed genes under diel conditions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and found that ~50% of the 17,114 annotated genes exhibited cyclic expression. The cyclic expression patterns indicate a clear succession of biological processes during the course of a day. Among 237 functional categories enriched in cyclically expressed genes, >90% were phase-specific, including photosynthesis, cell division and motility processes. By contrasting cyclic expression between C. reinhardtii and Arabidopsis thaliana putative orthologs, we found significant but weak conservation in cyclic gene expression patterns. On the other hand, within C. reinhardtii cyclic expression was preferentially maintained, particularly amongst older duplicates, and the evolution of phase between paralogs is limited to relatively minor shifts in time. Finally, to better understand the cis regulatory basis of diel expression, putative cis-regulatory elements were identified that could predict the expression phase of a subset of the cyclic transcriptome. Our findings demonstrate both the prevalence of as well as the complex regulatory circuitry required to control cyclic expression in a green algal model, highlighting the need to consider diel expression in studying algal molecular networks and in future biotechnological applications.
Project description:DDA non-targeted LC-MS/MS, PPL-SPE extracted marine organic matter. Positive Mode. Samples taken from during the Scripps Pier Diel Project 2022.
Project description:Biological rhythms in response to both endogenous (circadian) and exogenous (e.g. diel) cycles, with a period of ~24 hours, are a prominent feature of many living systems. In green algal species, knowledge on the extent of diel rhythmicity of genome wide gene expression, its evolution, and its cis-regulatory mechanism is limited. In this study, we identified cyclically expressed genes under diel conditions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and found that ~50% of the 17,114 annotated genes exhibited cyclic expression. The cyclic expression patterns indicate a clear succession of biological processes during the course of a day. Among 237 functional categories enriched in cyclically expressed genes, >90% were phase-specific, including photosynthesis, cell division and motility processes. By contrasting cyclic expression between C. reinhardtii and Arabidopsis thaliana putative orthologs, we found significant but weak conservation in cyclic gene expression patterns. On the other hand, within C. reinhardtii cyclic expression was preferentially maintained, particularly amongst older duplicates, and the evolution of phase between paralogs is limited to relatively minor shifts in time. Finally, to better understand the cis regulatory basis of diel expression, putative cis-regulatory elements were identified that could predict the expression phase of a subset of the cyclic transcriptome. Our findings demonstrate both the prevalence of as well as the complex regulatory circuitry required to control cyclic expression in a green algal model, highlighting the need to consider diel expression in studying algal molecular networks and in future biotechnological applications. Total RNA sequences extracted every 3 hours between ZT (Zeitgeber Time, hours since last doawn) 0 and ZT21 from two biological replicates of C. reinhardtiis dw15.1
Project description:Anopheles gambiae, the primary African malarial mosquito, exhibits numerous behaviors that are under diel and circadian control, including locomotor activity, swarming, mating, host seeking, eclosion, egg laying and sugar feeding. However, little has been performed to elucidate the molecular basis for these daily rhythms. To study how gene expression is globally regulated by diel and circadian mechanisms, we have undertaken a DNA microarray analysis of A. gambiae head and bodies under 12:12 light:dark cycle (LD) and constant dark (DD, free-running) conditions. Zeitgeber Time (ZT) with ZT12 defined as time of lights OFF under the light:dark cycle, and ZT0 defined as end of the dawn transition. Circadian Time (CT) with CT0 defined as subjective dawn, inferred from ZT0 of the previous light:dark cycle.
Project description:Sequencing the metatranscriptome can provide information about the response of organisms to varying environmental conditions. We present a methodology for obtaining random whole-community mRNA from a complex microbial assemblage using Pyrosequencing. The metatranscriptome had, with minimum contamination by ribosomal RNA, significant coverage of abundant transcripts, and included significantly more potentially novel proteins than in the metagenome. Keywords: metatranscriptome, mesocosm, ocean acidification This experiment is part of a much larger experiment. We have produced 4 454 metatranscriptomic datasets and 6 454 metagenomic datasets. These were derived from 4 samples. The experiment is an ocean acidification mesocosm set up in a Norwegian Fjord in 2006. We suspended 6 bags containing 11,000 L of sea water in a Coastal Fjord and then we bubbled CO2 through three of these bags to simulate ocean acidification conditions in the year 2100. The other three bags were bubbled with air. We then induced a phytoplankton bloom in all six bags and took measurements and performed analyses of phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and physiochemical characteristics over a 22 day period. We took water samples from the peak of the phytoplankton bloom and following the decline of the phytoplankton bloom to analyses using 454 metagenomics and 454 metatranscriptomics. Day 1, High CO2 Bag and Day 1, Present Day Bag, refer to the metatranscriptomes from the peak of the bloom. Day 2, High CO2 Bag and Day 2, Present Day Bag, refer to the metatranscriptomes following the decline of the bloom. Obviously High CO2 refers to the ocean acidification mesocosm and Present Day refers to the control mesocosm. Raw data for both the metagenomic and metatranscriptomic components are available at NCBI's Short Read Archive at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/Studies/SRP000/SRP000101
Project description:Iron (Fe) is an important growth limiting factor for diatoms and its availability is further restricted by changes in the carbonate chemistry of the water. We investigated the physiological attributes and transcriptional profiles of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana grown on a day:night cycle under different CO2/pH and iron concentrations, that in combination generated available iron (Fe’) concentrations of 1160, 233, 58 and 12 pM. We found the light-dark conditions to be the main driver of transcriptional patterns, followed by Fe’ concentration and CO2 availability, respectively. At the highest Fe’ (1160 pM), 55% of the transcribed genes were differentially expressed between day and night, whereas at the lowest Fe’ (12 pM), only 28% of the transcribed genes displayed comparable patterns. While Fe limitation disrupts the diel transcriptional patterns for genes in most central metabolism pathways, the diel periodicity of light- signaling molecules and glycolytic genes, was relatively robust in response to reduced Fe’. Moreover, we identified a non-canonical splicing of transcripts encoding triose-phosphate isomerase, a key-enzyme of glycolysis, generating transcript isoforms that would encode proteins with and without an active site. Transcripts that encoded an active enzyme maintained a diel pattern at low Fe’, while transcripts that encoded the non-active enzyme lost the diel pattern. This work illustrates the interplay between nutrient limitation and transcriptional regulation over the diel cycle. Considering that future ocean conditions will reduce the availability of Fe in many parts of the oceans, our work identifies some of the regulatory mechanisms that may shape future ecological communities.
Project description:The mosquito Ae. aegypti is responsible for the transmission of many diseases including yellow fever and Dengue fever. This species exhibits many behaviors that are under diel and circadian control. However, there has been little reporting on gene expression rhythmicity. To study how gene expression is globally regulated by diel and circadian mechanisms, we have undertaken a DNA microarray analysis of Ae. aegypti head and bodies under 12:12 light:dark cycle (LD) and constant dark (DD, free-running) conditions. Zeitgeber Time (ZT) with ZT12 defined as the initiation of the one hour dusk period under the light:dark cycle, and ZT0 defined as beginning of the one hour dawn period. Circadian Time (CT) with CT0 defined as subjective dawn, inferred from ZT0 of the previous light:dark cycle.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 during a 24-hr light and dark cycle. The diel gene expression analyzed in this study is further described in Muñoz-Marin, M., I. N. Shilova, T. Shi, H. Farnelid & J. P. Zehr. 2019. The transcriptional cycle is suited to daytime N2 fixation in the unicellular cyanobacterium “Candidatus Atelocyanobacterium thalassa” (UCYN-A). mBio 10:e02495-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02495-18.