Project description:The Notch signaling pathway functions in a number of processes during embryologic development, especially the maintenance or aquisition of cell fate. We purturb the Notch signalling pathway in embryonic Xenopus laevis in order to 1) better characterize the downstream targets of Notch signalling, and 2) determine the extent to which early embryos can recover from transient purturbations to critical signalling pathways, if at all. Xenopus laevis embryos were unilaterally injected at the two cell stage with either GFP, GFP and ICD (Notch intracellular domain, an up-regulator of the Notch pathway), or GFP and DBM (domain-binding mutant, a downregulator of the Notch pathway). At stages 18, 28, and 38, for each injection, pooled total RNA from 10 embryos was extracted. Extraction was performed for three biological replicates for each time/injection condition. cDNA from total RNA was hybridized on Affymetrix Xenopus laevis Genome 2.0 arrays.
Project description:The Notch signaling pathway functions in a number of processes during embryologic development, especially the maintenance or aquisition of cell fate. We purturb the Notch signalling pathway in embryonic Xenopus laevis in order to 1) better characterize the downstream targets of Notch signalling, and 2) determine the extent to which early embryos can recover from transient purturbations to critical signalling pathways, if at all.
Project description:Epidermis of Xenopus embryos forms a mucociliary epithelium constituted of basal, scattered, secreting and ciliated cells and is histologically similar to human airway mucociliary epithelium. We compared microRNAs signatures of epidermis of Xenopus embryos at stage 11.5 (gastrula, non ciliated epidermis) and at stage 26 (tailbud, ciliated epidermis).
Project description:Epidermis of Xenopus embryos forms a mucociliary epithelium constituted of basal, scattered, secreting and ciliated cells and is histologically similar to human airway mucociliary epithelium. We compared microRNAs signatures of epidermis of Xenopus embryos at stage 11.5 (gastrula, non ciliated epidermis) and at stage 26 (tailbud, ciliated epidermis). 2 technical replicates of a pool of 50 explants for each stage 11.5 (non ciliated) and 26 (ciliated) of Xenopus laevis development
Project description:St. 14 embryos were incubated in 100mM of a Jnk inhibitor (SP600125)-0,1x MBS until stage 24. Embryonic epidermis was isolated and stored immediately in chilled (4°C) Trizol. We sought to uncover all the putative targets of Jnk expresssed in the embryonic epidermis whole embryonic skin was isolated and immediately stored in chilled trizol Xenopus embryos skins were isolated at stage 24 of early development for Trizol RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. Each sample contains 20 whole embryonic skins
