Project description:The RNase III enzyme DICER generates both microRNAs (miRNAs) and endogenous short interfering RNAs (endo-siRNAs). Dicer deletion in mouse oocytes leads to female infertility due to defects during meiosis I. Because miRNA function is suppressed in mouse oocytes, it has been proposed that endo-siRNAs may have a role during female meiosis. By utilizing a catalytically inactive knock-in allele of AGO2 specifically in oocytes, we disrupt the function of siRNAs and analyze the transcriptome of these oocytes in comparison with Ago2 null, and Dicer null oocytes. Germinal vesicle-intact, full-grown oocytes were collected from eCG-primed females expressing a catalytically inactive knock-in allele of Ago2 (Ago2 ADH) specifically in oocytes. Oocytes were also collected from Ago2 null and Ago2 fl/fl oocytes, as well as Dicer wild-type and null mice. Oocytes were freed of attached cumulus cells by pipetting. Twenty oocytes collected from 3 different mice were used for high-throughput RNA sequencing. Three replicates for all genotypes except Ago2 null (two). The mouse background strain is "mostly" C57BL6, i.e., it is a cross between 3 different transgenic mice of different strains.
Project description:Here we identify a Dicer-independent miRNA biogenesis pathway that employs the slicer catalytic activity of Argonaute2 (Ago2). To uncover Dicer-independent miRNAs, we sequenced small RNAs in wild type, maternal-zygotic dicer (MZdicer) and MZago2 mutants, using zebrafish as a model system. We find that, in contrast to other miRNAs, miR-451 levels were increased in MZdicer but drastically reduced in the MZago2 mutants. We show that pre-miR-451 processing requires Ago2 catalytic activity in vivo. MZago2 mutant embryos display delayed erythrocyte maturation that can be rescued by wild type Ago2 or miR-451 duplex but not catalytically dead Ago2. We propose that Ago2-mediated cleavage of a subset of pre-miRNAs, followed by uridylation and trimming, generates functional miRNAs in a Dicer-independent manner. Examination of small RNAs (18 to 35 nucleotides) in 3 different zebrafish genotypes (wild type, MZago2, MZdicer) at 48 hours post-fertilization.
Project description:we report a strategy to establish a comprehensive picture of siRNA cleaved and noncleaved off-targets by performing SpyCLIP using wild-type and catalytically inactive AGO2 mutants in parallel. Additionally, we investigated naturally occurring cleavage events mediated by endogenous miRNAs using the same strategy. Our results demonstrated that AGO2 SpyCLIP is a powerful method to identify both cleaved and noncleaved targets of siRNAs, providing valuable information for improving siRNA design rules
Project description:Here we identify a Dicer-independent miRNA biogenesis pathway that employs the slicer catalytic activity of Argonaute2 (Ago2). To uncover Dicer-independent miRNAs, we sequenced small RNAs in wild type, maternal-zygotic dicer (MZdicer) and MZago2 mutants, using zebrafish as a model system. We find that, in contrast to other miRNAs, miR-451 levels were increased in MZdicer but drastically reduced in the MZago2 mutants. We show that pre-miR-451 processing requires Ago2 catalytic activity in vivo. MZago2 mutant embryos display delayed erythrocyte maturation that can be rescued by wild type Ago2 or miR-451 duplex but not catalytically dead Ago2. We propose that Ago2-mediated cleavage of a subset of pre-miRNAs, followed by uridylation and trimming, generates functional miRNAs in a Dicer-independent manner.
Project description:Small RNAs were cloned from wildtype and Ago2 catalytic dead mouse fetal liver to uncover slicing dependent miRNAs in hematopoietic tissue
Project description:The goal of this study was to profile Blimp1 binding in E18.5 small intestine using a Blimp-1-eGFP knock-in allele, and to compare Blimp-1-eGFP genomic binding with Irf-1 genomic binding in normal small intestine. Changes in Irf-1 binding between wild type and Prdm1/Blimp-1 mutant small intestine were also assessed.
Project description:The goal of this study was to profile Blimp1 binding in E18.5 small intestine using a Blimp-1-eGFP knock-in allele, and to compare Blimp-1-eGFP genomic binding with Irf-1 genomic binding in normal small intestine. Changes in Irf-1 binding between wild type and Prdm1/Blimp-1 mutant small intestine were also assessed. ChIP-seq was performed for Blimp-1-eGFP in duplicate in E18.5 small intestine expressing the fusion protein using anti-GFP antibody. As a negative control a single anti-GFP ChIP was also performed in wild type small intestine. ChIP-seq for Irf-1 was performed in duplicate in both wild type and Prdm1/Blimp-1 mutant E18.5 small intestine using an anti-Irf-1 antibody. Duplicate IgG ChIP control in wild types was performed as a negative control. All samples had an associated input chromatin sample sequenced.
Project description:The goal of this analysis was to investigate the targets of the influenza A host shutoff ribonuclease PA-X. We profiled the relative levels of cellular RNAs in cells infected with influenza A virus (A/PuertoRico/8/1934 H1N1) comparing wild-type and mutants that make reduced levels of PA-X and/or make a truncated and inactive PA-X. We also profiled relative RNA levels in cells overexpressing wild-type PA-X or a catalytically inactive mutant (D108A).
Project description:Primary human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF) were infected with wild-type herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) strain 17 or its vhs null mutant, or with BAC-derived viruses expressing either a wild-type or catalytically inactive vhs with the D195N mutation at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 10. Chromatin-associated RNA was prepared and subjected to RNA-seq.
