Project description:A custom microarray, based on deep transcriptome sequencing ((GEO accession number: GSE34418), was used to simultaneously investigate expression of over 24,000 Helicoverpa zea insect transcripts and 134 H. armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) genes throughout the infection process at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours post infection
Project description:16S amplicon pool analyses of the four gut sections of the wood-feeding beetle, Odontotaenius disjunctus The beetle is purely wood feeding, and we aim to first characterize the community that exist within the gut sections 4 beetles, four gut sections per beetle, one PhyloChip per gut section, total = 16 chips
Project description:16S amplicon pool analyses of the four gut sections of the wood-feeding beetle, Odontotaenius disjunctus The beetle is purely wood feeding, and we aim to first characterize the community that exist within the gut sections
Project description:RNA-seq to analyse differential expression between moths (Helicoverpa armigera) flown on tethered flight mills. Insects were split into two phenotypes based on the distance flown during the course of a single night. Two separate comparisons were performed. The first compared long-distance fliers from Dafeng (DF) with short-distance fliers from Anyang (AY). These are two separate populations approximately 650km apart in China. The second comparison looked at two flight phenotypes from the same population originating from Northern Greece (GR).
Project description:A phylogenetic microarray targeting 66 families described in the human gut microbiota has been developped aud used to monitor the gut microbiota's structure and diversity. The microarray format provided by Agilent and used in this study is 8x15K. A study with a total of 4 chips was realized. Arrays 1 and 2: Hybridization with 100ng of labelled 16S rRNA gene amplicons from a mock community sample and 250ng of labelled 16S rRNA gene amplicons from 1 faecal sample. Each Agilent-030618 array probe (4441) was synthetized in three replicates. Arrays 3 and 4: Hybridization with 250ng of labelled 16S rRNA gene amplicons from 2 faecal samples. Each Agilent-40558 array probe (4441) was synthetized in three replicates.
Project description:A custom microarray, based on deep transcriptome sequencing ((GEO accession number: GSE34418), was used to simultaneously investigate expression of over 24,000 Helicoverpa zea insect transcripts and 134 H. armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) genes throughout the infection process at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours post infection A cutom 8x60,000 SurePrint Agilent expression slide (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA) was used to analyzed eight samples, including biological replicates of HaSNPV-infected cultures at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hpi.The microarray probes included probes for 27,400 H. zea sequences that were validated previously (Nguyen et al., 2012. PLOS ONE, 7(5), e36324) and all 134 H. armigera single-capsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) genes (Accession: NC_002654).
Project description:v3-v4 16S rRNA sequencing was used to characterize both gut and oral microbiota composition of RCC (refractory chronic cough) patients and matched healthy controls (HC). The groups are matched in age and gender.
Project description:The transcriptional response of H. armigera larvae was analyzed after feeding on gossypol supplemented diet, a toxic secondary metabolite produced in cotton plants, to detect potential detoxification enzymes possibly involved in detoxification of gossypol by H. armigera. A one-color microarray-based gene expression analysis was performed with Cy3 labeled cRNA of gut and rest of the body of H. armigera larvae that fed on 0.016%, 0.16% gossypol and control diet. For each treatment and tissue four biological replicates were used.
Project description:Gut and rest of body tissue from fifth instar larvae which fed for three days a diet containing different doses of gossypol. Transcriptional profiling comparing gut and rest of body samples for three gossypol concentrations (0%, 0.016%-hormetic dose & 0.16%-detrimental dose). Hormesis is a biphasic biological response characterized by the stimulatory effect at relatively low amounts of chemical compounds otherwise known to be detrimental at higher concentrations. A hormetic response in larval growth rates has been observed in cotton-feeding insects in response to increasing concentrations of gossypol, a toxic metabolite found in the pigment glands of some Malvaceae plants. We investigated the developmental effect of gossypol in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, an important heliothine pest species, by exposing larvae to different doses of this metabolite in their diet. In addition, we sought to determine the underlying transcriptional responses to different gossypol doses. Larval weight gain, pupal weight and larval development time were measured in feeding experiments and a hormetic response was seen for the first two characters. On the basis of net larval weight gain responses to gossypol, three treatments, that is 0%, 0.016% and 0.16% gossypol , were selected for transcript profiling in the gut and the rest of the body in a two-color double reference design microarray experiment.
Project description:Opioids such as morphine have many beneficial properties as analgesics, however, opioids may induce multiple adverse gastrointestinal symptoms. We have recently demonstrated that morphine treatment results in significant disruption in gut barrier function leading to increased translocation of gut commensal bacteria. However, it is unclear how opioids modulate the gut homeostasis. By using a mouse model of morphine treatment, we studied effects of morphine treatment on gut microbiome. We characterized phylogenetic profiles of gut microbes, and found a significant shift in the gut microbiome and increase of pathogenic bacteria following morphine treatment when compared to placebo. In the present study, wild type mice (C57BL/6J) were implanted with placebo, morphine pellets subcutaneously. Fecal matter were taken for bacterial 16s rDNA sequencing analysis at day 3 post treatment. A scatter plot based on an unweighted UniFrac distance matrics obtained from the sequences at OTU level with 97% similarity showed a distinct clustering of the community composition between the morphine and placebo treated groups. By using the chao1 index to evaluate alpha diversity (that is diversity within a group) and using unweighted UniFrac distance to evaluate beta diversity (that is diversity between groups, comparing microbial community based on compositional structures), we found that morphine treatment results in a significant decrease in alpha diversity and shift in fecal microbiome at day 3 post treatment compared to placebo treatment. Taxonomical analysis showed that morphine treatment results in a significant increase of potential pathogenic bacteria. Our study shed light on effects of morphine on the gut microbiome, and its role in the gut homeostasis.
