Project description:Although hydrogen sulfide is toxic to most organisms, a fish, Poecilia mexicana, has adapted to survive in environments with high levels of hydrogen sulfide. The epigenetic changes in response to this environmental stress were examined by assessing DNA methylation alterations in the nucleated red blood cells (RBC) in the fish. In addition to collecting wild males and females from sulfidic and non-sulfidic environments, wild males and females in these environments were collected and moved to a non-sulfidic environment in the laboratory and propagated for two generations in a non-sulfidic environment. We compared epimutations between sexes and field and laboratory populations. The F0 generation sulfidic wild fish were compared to the non-sulfidic wild fish and found to have significant differential DNA methylation regions (DMRs) in the RBC DNA. The F2 generation laboratory fish were also compared between the sulfidic and non-sulfidic populations, and a significant number of DMRs were also identified. The DMRs have stable generational inheritance in the absence of the sulfidic environment. The DMRs in the F0 generation wild fish had an over 80% overlap with the F2 generation laboratory non-sulfidic environment propagated fish. This is one of the first examples of epigenetic generational stability after the removal of an environmental stressor. The DMR associated genes were found to be relevant to sulfur toxicity and metabolism processes.
Project description:Comparison of the endogenous small RNA content of Arabidopsis flower bud tissue: wild type vs. mutants in polIV pathways Keywords: High throughput 454 small RNA sequencing. Size fractionated small RNA from total RNA extracts was ligated to adapters, purified again and reverse transcribed. After PCR amplification the sample was subjected to 454 high throughput pyrosequencing. Please see www.454.com for details of the sequencing technology.
Project description:Integrated analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics in Blunt Snout Bream. With the improvement of living standards, people’s demand for food nutrient is getting higher and higher. Fish is one kind of protein-rich food and is increasingly favored by consumers. It has been well recognized that flesh composition of fish is closely related to its maturation and growth stages, but few researches have explored these differences. Besides, hormone residues in fish after artificial inducing reproduction also attract consumers’ concern. In this study, we try to address these concerns by using a combination of transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis to identify the key pathways, genes, and metabolites regulation which may affect flesh nutrition of one typical aquaculture species in China, blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala).
Project description:High-throughput sequencing of Arabidopsis thaliana endogenous small RNAs by 454 pyrosequencing. Keywords: high-throughput sequencing
Project description:Chronic acid suppression by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) has been hypothesized to alter the gut microbiota via a change in intestinal pH. To evaluate the changes in gut microbiota composition by long-term PPI treatment. Twenty-four week old F344 rats were fed with (n = 5) or without (n = 6) lansoprazole (PPI) for 50 weeks. Then, profiles of luminal microbiota in the terminal ileum were analyzed. Pyrosequencing for 16S rRNA gene was performed by genome sequencer FLX (454 Life Sciences/Roche) and analyzed by metagenomic bioinformatics.
Project description:A study aiming to determine if mice humanized by different donors have different gut microbiota and colonic gene expression patterns in response to the administration of a commonly prescribed, broad-spectrum antibiotic (co-amoxiclav). Male, germ-free mice were humanized by one of two healthy, unrelated human donors. 56 days later, gut microbiota and colonic transcriptome samples were analyzed at baseline, by 454 pyrosequencing and Agilent microarray, respectively. Antibiotics were then administered for 7 days, following by repeated sampling of both the microbiota and colonic RNA at days 8, 11 and 18. Results of the microbiota analysis revealed marked shifts in the composition of one donor group in response to antibiotics and not the other donor group. Transcriptomics revealed a more conserved response, however the magnitude of the effect was greater in the donor group that had a greater shift in the microbiota.
