Project description:Behavior of rolling in oniscidea species had been reported as a sign to protect themselves to increase their survival rates, but the molecular mechanisms of rolling behaviors were still largely unknown. So we deeply characterized the molecular differences in rolling oniscidea samples and stretching oniscidea samples by transcriptome sequencing strategy (RNA-seq). Bulk RNA sequencing was performed with rolling and streching oniscidea samples. And our study suggests that Hox genes' expression levels could play an essential role in regulating neuron system development in oniscidea animals.
Project description:To complement donor-dependent platelet supplies, we previously developed an ex vivo manufacturing system using iPSC-derived expandable megakaryocytes, imMKCLs, and a turbulent flow bioreactor, VerMES, to generate iPSC-derived platelet products (iPSC-PLTs). However, the tank size of VerMES was limited to 10 L (VerMES10). Here we examined the feasibility of scaling up to 50 L (VerMES50) with reciprocal motion by two impellers. Under optimized turbulence parameters corresponding to VerMES10, VerMES50 elicited iPSC-PLTs with intact in vivo hemostatic function but with less production efficiency. This insufficiency was caused by increased defective turbulent flow space. A computer simulation proposed that designing VerMES50 with three impellers or a new bioreactor with a modified rotating impeller and unique structure reduces this space. These findings indicate that large-scale PLT manufacturing from cultured imMKCLs requires optimization of the tank structure in addition to optimal turbulent energy and shear stress.
Project description:Leaf rolling and discoloration are two chilling injury symptoms that are widely adopted as indicators for evaluation of cold tolerance at the seedling stage in rice, respectively. However, their relationship has not been well investigated, in particular the mechanism on how low temperature causes leaf rolling at a genome-wide level. In this study, a cold-tolerant japonica cultivar Lijiangxintuanheigu and a cold-sensitive indica cultivar Sanhuangzhan-2 were subjected to different low temperature treatments and physiological and genome-wide gene expression analysis were conducted. Our results showed that leaf rolling happened at temperatures lower than 11℃, but discoloration appeared at moderately low temperatures, such as 13℃. Chlorophyll contents of the two cultivars significantly decreased under 13℃, but didn’t change under 11℃. Contrastly, their relative water contents and the relative electrolyte leakages decreased significantly. Genome-wide gene expression profiling of LTH revealed that the calcium signaling related genes and the genes related to ABA degradation significantly changed under 11℃. Moreover, numerous genes in DREB, MYB, bZIP, NAC, Zin finger, bHLH, WRKY gene families were differently expressed. Furthermore, many aquaporin genes, the key genes in trehalose and starch synthesis were down-regulated under 11℃. These results suggest that the two chilling injury symptoms are controlled by different mechanisms. Cold-induced leaf rolling is associated with calcium and ABA signaling pathways, and subjected to regulation of multiple transcription regulators. The suppression of aquaporin genes and reduced accumulation of soluble sugars under cold stress result in reduction of water potential in cells and consequently, leaf rolling.
Project description:Channel catfish and blue catfish represent two economically important freshwater aquaculture species in the United States. Our study aims to investigate the gene expression differences between these two catfish species by high-throughput RNA sequencing to understand their associated phenotypic differences in growth and disease resistant. Our transcriptomic analyses provide some insights into gene function differences between the two species and the molecular basis of channel catfish growth advantage in the tank culture environment.
Project description:The presented approach is a combination of analytical flow rate chromatography with ion mobility separation of peptide ions, data-independent acquisition, and raw data processing using the DIA-NN software suite, to conduct fast, low-cost proteomic experiments that only require moderate sample amounts. The present dataset contains a series of benchmarks. Specifically, a dilution series of a K562 digest standard acquired using 5-minute and 3-minute chromatographic gradients, as well as a mixed-species human–E.coli benchmark for quantitative performance. We further demonstrate the application of the proposed approach to the analysis of plasma proteomes of COVID-19 patients, using a 3-minute gradient acquisition on a dual-column liquid chromatography system at a throughput of 398 samples/day.
Project description:OsRUS1-GFP overexpression (OsRUS1-OX) transgenic rice lines were generated using ZH-11 wildtype. Under well-watered conditions, the leaves of OsRUS1-OX transgenic rice lines could roll in about four minutes under sunlight, and the rolled leaves of OsRUS1-OX transgenic rice lines could expand in about seven minutes if the sunlight was shaded, while the leaves of wildtype ZH-11 expanded all the times at the same conditions. The mechanism behind the light-responded rapid and dynamic leaf rolling phenotype of OsRUS1-OX transgenic rice lines is unknown. Therefore, in order to understand this mechanism the RNA-Seq approach was used to explore the expressed genes difference between OsRUS1-OX and ZH-11.
Project description:BTB and CNC homology 1 (BACH1) represses the expression of genes involved in the metabolism of iron, heme and reactive oxygen species and promotes metastasis of various cancers including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Knockdown of Tank binding kinase 1 (TBK1) led to reductions of BACH1 mRNA and protein amounts in AsPC-1 human PDAC cells. Gene expression analysis of PDAC cells with knockdown of TBK1 or BACH1 suggested the involvement of TBK1 and BACH1 in the regulation of iron homeostasis. Ferritin was increased upon BACH1 knockdown in AsPC-1 cells. Cytometry analysis showed that AsPC-1 cells with BACH1 knockout or knockdown contained lower labile iron than control cells, suggesting that BACH1 increased labile iron by repressing the expression of ferritin genes.