Project description:Background: We here show that inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I promote physical activity, stress resistance as well as lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans despite normal food uptake, i.e. in the absence of DR. Dietary restriction (DR) extends lifespan and promotes metabolic health in evolutionary distinct species. The RNA-seq data comprises 4 age groups (1, 5, 10 and 20 days after L4) and 2 different conditions (rotenone and normal feeding (DMSO)) 22 samples: mRNA profiles of 1-day, 5-day and 10-day old worms as triplicates for each, rotenone and solvent control treatment; mRNA profiles of 20-day old worms as duplicates for each, rotenone and solvent control treatment
Project description:The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is often used as a model organism to study cell and developmental biology. Quantitative mass spectrometry has only recently been performed in C. elegans and, so far, most studies have been done on adult worm samples. Here we use quantitative mass spectrometry to characterise protein level changes across the four larval developmental stages (L1-L4) of C. elegans, in biological triplicate. In total, we identify 4,130 proteins and quantify 1,541 proteins that were identified across all four stages in all three biological repeats with at least 2 unique peptides per protein. Using hierarchical clustering and functional ontological analyses, we identify 21 protein groups containing proteins with similar protein profiles across the four stages, and highlight the most overrepresented biological functions in each of these protein clusters. In addition, we use the dataset to identify putative larval stage specific proteins in each individual developmental stage, as well as in the early and late developmental stages. In summary, this dataset provides a system-wide analysis of protein level changes across the four C. elegans larval developmental stages, which serves as a useful resource for the worm development research community.
Project description:small RNA gene expression profiles of C. elegans in 4 age groups. The RNA-seq data comprise 4 age groups (1, 5, 10 and 20 days after L4). Jena Centre for Systems Biology of Ageing - JenAge (www.jenage.de)
Project description:Background: C. elegans fed with a chemical inhibitor of glucose, namely 2-deoxy-D-glucose (DOG), exhibit considerably extended life span. DOG, in contradiction to D-glucose, cannot be metabolized in the glycolytic pathway. This results in the fact that less glucose is available for ATP production, and thus makes DOG-feeding of the roundworms equivalent to glucose restriction. The RNA-seq data comprises 4 age groups (1, 5, 10 and 20 days after L4) 11 samples: mRNA profiles of 1-day, 5-day and 10-day old worms as triplicates for DOG treatment; mRNA profiles of 20-day old worms as duplicates for DOG treatment
Project description:Background: We here show that inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I promote physical activity, stress resistance as well as lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans despite normal food uptake, i.e. in the absence of DR. Dietary restriction (DR) extends lifespan and promotes metabolic health in evolutionary distinct species. The RNA-seq data comprises 4 age groups (1, 5, 10 and 20 days after L4) and 2 different conditions (rotenone and normal feeding (DMSO)) Jena Centre for Systems Biology of Ageing - JenAge (www.jenage.de)
Project description:We applied a middle-down proteomics strategy for large scale protein analysis during in vivo development of Caenorhabditis elegans. We characterized post-translational modifications (PTMs) on histone H3 N-terminal tails at eight time points during the C. elegans lifecycle, including embryo, larval stages (L1 to L4), dauer and L1/L4 post dauer. Histones were analyzed by our optimized middle-down protein sequencing platform using high mass accuracy tandem mass spectrometry. This allows quantification of intact histone tails and detailed characterization of distinct histone tails carrying co-occurring PTMs. We measured temporally distinct combinatorial PTM profiles during C. elegans development. We show that the doubly modified form H3K23me3K27me3, which is rare or non-existent in mammals, is the most abundant PTM in all stages of C. elegans lifecycle. The abundance of H3K23me3 increased during development and it was mutually exclusive of the active marks H3K18ac, R26me1 and R40me1, suggesting a role for H3K23me3 in to silent chromatin. We observed distinct PTM profiles for normal L1 larvae and for L1-post dauer larvae, or L4 and L4 post-dauer, suggesting that histone PTMs mediate an epigenetic memory that is transmitted during dauer formation. Collectively, our data describe the dynamics of histone H3 combinatorial code during C. elegans lifecycle and demonstrate the feasibility of using middle-down proteomics to study in vivo development of multicellular organisms.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of N2 (WT) and miR-85(m4117) Caenorhabditis elegans at larval stage 4 (L4) compared at either control temperature (20°C) or after 3hr HS (35°C).
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE28617: Function, targets and evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans piRNAs (small RNA-Seq) GSE37432: Function, targets and evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans piRNAs (mRNA) Refer to individual Series
