Project description:Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish embryo comparing wild type untreated embryos with embryos injected with morpholino of zf-grna. This assay is used for determination of expression profiling of trunk muscle at 16, 24, 48, 72 hpf under GRN-A deficiency. Two-condition experiment, wild type vs. MO-grnA treated cells. Biological replicates: each group contains 200 embryos.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish embryo comparing wild type untreated embryos with embryos injected with morpholino of zf-grna. This assay is used for determination of expression profiling of trunk muscle at 16, 24, 48, 72 hpf under GRN-A deficiency.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish embryos comparing wild type untreated embryos with embryos injected with morpholino of zf-grna. This assay is used for the determination of expression profiling at 22 hpf under GRN-A deficiency. Two-condition experiment: wild type vs. MO-grnA treated cells. 3 biological replicates: each group contains 200 embryos.
Project description:Zebrafish embryos were exposed to 3% glucose (24-72 hpf) and injected 2 nL of BODIPY-FL C12:0 dissolved in canola oil directly into the yolk sac at 24 hpf. At 72 hpf embryos were collected for analysis. Quantitative PCR analysis of glucose exposed embryos demonstrated that glucose exposure activates the insulin pathway while FFA/TAG injection activates the lipolysis and beta-oxidation pathways. At 72 hpf embryos were collected and bulk RNAseq was performed on control, glucose exposed and FFA/TAGs injected embryos.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish embryo comparing wild type untreated embryos with embryos injected with morpholino of zf-bad. This assay is used for determination of expression profiling at 24 hpf and 48 hpf under Bad deficiency. Two-condition experiment, wild type vs. MO-Bad treated cells. Biological replicates: each group contains 200 embryos.
Project description:Purpose:To investigate the transcriptomic profiles in red drum embryos reflective of the DWH oil toxicity at different critical windows of development and to predict the most impacted biological processes and pathways based on differentially expressed gene transcripts at different developmental stages using High Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Methods:Total mRNA profiles of 24, 48, 72 hpf red drum larvae after slick and source oil exposure were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq2500. Results:Oil type-dependent transcriptional effects were observed, with more significant by source oil exposure at 24 and 48 h, and similar responses by source and slick at 72 hpf. Informatic analyses indicated source oil exposure started significant perturbation in metabolism, AhR, visual, and cardiac-associated genes as early as 24 hpf. Both source and slick oil significantly affected EIF2 pathway, nervous and cardiovascular systems from 48 hpf to 72 hpf.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish embryo comparing wild type untreated embryos with embryos injected with morpholino of zf-bad. This assay is used for determination of expression profiling at 24 hpf and 48 hpf under Bad deficiency.
Project description:In zebrafish, vitellogenic oocytes can incorporate significant amounts of 17β-estradiol released from nearby granulosa cells according to a first-order kinetics, since the steroid low polarity ensures high permeability and affinity for yolk lipids. Estrogen bioactivity is likely, because the maternal mRNA for the estrogen receptor-β2 (ers2a) is highly expressed in ovulated oocytes. This transcript is available for translation in the embryo until its sharp decline from 4 to 8 hours post-fertilization (hpf), being replaced by low levels of zygotic ers2a mRNA from 24 hpf to hatching at 48 hpf, as determined by qRT-PCR. Estrogen receptors-α and -β1 are only expressed zygotically at low levels from 24 hpf onwards. To test the functional role of maternal ers2a mRNA, 1- or 2-cell embryos were injected with 10.3 ng each of morpholino to knockdown translation (MO2-ers2a) of both maternal and zygotic ers2a transcripts, missplicing morpholino (MO3-ers2a) to block post-transcriptionally the zygotic transcript alone, and a nonspecific morpholino (MO-control) as a control. Treatment with MO2-ers2a caused severe malformations in 63% of 1-5 dpf larvae, as compared to 10-11% in those treated with MO3-ers2a and MO2-control. Defects included body growth delay and curved shape, abnormal brain and splanchnocranium development, enlarged and hemorrhagic pericardial cavity, uninflated swim bladder and rudimentary caudal fin with aberrant circular motion. Affected larvae could survive for only 12-14 days. Co-injection of an anti-p53 MO failed to rescue the MO2-ers2a-phenotypes, eliminating the possibility of off-target effects. Pangenomic microarray analysis revealed that 240 and 219 significantly expressed transcripts were up- and down-regulated, respectively, by maternal Ers2a protein deficiency in 8-hpf MO2-ers2a-embryos. Also at 48 hpf, 162 and 120 presumably zygotic transcripts were up- and down-regulated, respectively, but only 18 were in common with each of the 8-hpf sets. Whole-mount in situ hybridization revealed an intensified expression of the genes six3.1 and emx1 in MO2-ers2a-embryos at 24-48 hpf, as compared to controls. These findings suggest the involvement of maternal ers2a mRNA in the epigenetic programming of zebrafish development.
Project description:Increasing frequency and geographical distribution of harmful algal blooms (HABs) presents a growing threat to the public health. Saxitoxin (STX) is a potent neurotoxin naturally produced by dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria during HAB events. Consumption of seafood contaminated with STX is responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). STX inhibits voltage-gated sodium channels, affecting the propagation of action potentials. Humans are among the species most sensitive to PSP, and neurological symptoms of exposure range from tingling of the extremities to severe paralysis. To protect humans against PSP, there is a ban on harvesting of seafood when the STX levels reach 80 μg/100 g of shellfish tissue. However, shellfish with toxin levels below this regulatory limit often are harvested for consumption. Our objective is to understand the potential health effects of exposure to low levels of STX during sensitive windows of development. Zebrafish embryos were exposed to STX (24 or 48 pg) or vehicle (0.3 mM HCl) at 6 hours post fertilization (hpf) via microinjection. There was no overt toxicity, but starting at 36 hpf there was a temporary lack of pigmentation in STX-injected embryos, which resolved by 72 hpf. Using HPLC, we found that STX was retained in embryos up to 72 hpf in a dose dependent manner. We examined transcriptional profiles in embryos at 24, 36 and 48 hpf. There were no differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in STX-injected embryos at 24 hpf, but at 36 and 48 hpf there were_x000B_3547 and 3356 DEGs, respectively, in response to STX. KEGG pathway analysis revealed significant enrichment of genes related to focal adhesion, adherens junction and regulation of actin cytoskeleton, suggesting that cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions were affected by STX. The genes affected are critical for axonal growth and the development of functional neural networks. We also observed differential expression of axon guidance factors (netrins, semaphorins, and ephrins), which can control axon outgrowth. We are currently using immunohistochemistry to confirm these findings. Overall, these results suggest that STX exposure might affect axon outgrowth by modulating cell adhesion molecules. [NIH P01ES021923 and NSF OCE-1314642].