ABSTRACT: TGF-beta Sma/Mab signaling regulates a set of genes in oocytes associated with reproductive aging and another set in L4 associated with body size growth
Project description:Reproductive cessation is perhaps the earliest aging phenotypes humans experience. Similarly, C. elegans' reproduction ceases in mid-adulthood. Although somatic aging has been studied in both worms and humans, mechanisms regulating reproductive aging are not yet understood. Here we show that TGF-beta Sma/Mab activity regulates reproductive aging transcriptionally separable from its regulation of body size growth. This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE23446: Reproductive aging: sma-2;fem-1 day 8 oocyte vs fem-1 day 8 oocyte GSE23447: Reproductive aging: fem-1 day 3 oocyte vs fem-1 day 8 oocyte GSE23448: Body size regulation and TGF-beta Sma/Mab pathway: sma L4 vs N2 L4 Refer to individual Series
Project description:To find genes downstream of the TGF-beta Sma/Mab pathway associated with body size regulation in C. elegans. Three replicates comparing RNA from sma-2(e502) L4 whole animal with RNA from wild-type L4 whole animal, in which one is dye flipped. Plus one array comparing RNA from sma-4(e729) L4 whole animal with RNA from wild-type L4 whole animal.
Project description:To find genes downstream of the TGF-beta Sma/Mab pathway in C. elegans oocytes associated with reproductive aging. Eight replicates comparing RNA from oocyte samples collected from day 8 sma-2(e502);fem-1(hc17) animals with RNA from oocyte samples collected from day 8 fem-1(hc17) animals. Five out of eight are dye-flipped.
Project description:Reproductive cessation is perhaps the earliest aging phenotypes humans experience. Similarly, C. elegans' reproduction ceases in mid-adulthood. Although somatic aging has been studied in both worms and humans, mechanisms regulating reproductive aging are not yet understood. Here we show that TGF-beta Sma/Mab activity regulates reproductive aging transcriptionally separable from its regulation of body size growth. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Project description:This study compares miRNA expression profiles in mouse oocytes as young oocytes vs aged oocytes, and growing oocytes vs small oocytes from primordial follicles. Oocytes were derived from the ovary of young (6-8 week-old) C57BL/6 mice and aged (41-43 week-old) mice and pooled according to whether they were 20 to 50 um or 60 to 80 um in diameter. Of oocytes with the diameter of more than 60um, oocyte from young mice are called ‘young oocytes’ and those from aged mice near the end of their reproductive life span are called ‘aged oocytes’ to analyze the miRNA profiling associated with aging. They were also each called ‘small oocytes’ or ‘large oocytes’ from the size of 60um so as to investigate miRNA profiling associated with growing. Total RNA from oocytes was isolated using mirVana miRNA Isolation Kit (Applied Biosystems). MiRNA expression was profiled using Agilent's Mouse miRNA Microarray Kit (G4472A) annotated against the Sanger miRBASE 10.1 database of miRNAs. This miRNA microarray was provided by Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, CA). Each sample was run in duplicate.
Project description:Compare the global gene expression profiles of Sma-6 and Dbl-1 in L4 stage C. elegans Experiment Overall Design: Sma-6 and Dbl-1 mutants compared