Project description:Purpose:To help identify molecular mechanisms and pathways potentially involved in the developmental toxicity for fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil, transcriptomic profiles in mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) embryos exposed to different DWH oils (source and artificially weathered oil) were evaluated at different critical windows of development using High Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Methods:Total mRNA profiles of 24, 48, 96 hpf mahi-mahi larvae after slick and source oil exposure were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq2500. qRT–PCR validation was performed using SYBR Green assays. Results: Exposure to slick oil induced more pronounced changes in gene expression over time than did exposure to source oil. Predominant transcriptomic responses included alteration of E1F2 signaling, steroid biosynthesis, ribosome biogenesis, perturbation in eye development and peripheral nervous, and activation of P450 pathway. Comparisons of changes of cardiac / Ca2+-associated genes with phenotypic responses revealed reduced heart rate and increased pericardial edema in larvae exposed to slick oil but not source oil.
Project description:Olive oil is protective against risk factors for cardiovascular and cancer diseases. A nutrigenomic approach was performed to assess whether olive oil, the main fat of the Mediterranean diet modifies the gene expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Six healthy male volunteers ingested, at fasting state, 50 ml of olive oil, and continued with the same olive oil as a source of raw fat (25ml/day) during 3 weeks. Prior to intervention a 1-week washout period with sunflower oil as the only source of fat was followed. During the 3 days before, and on the intervention day, a very low phenolic compound diet was followed. At baseline (0h), at post ingestion (6h), and at fasting state after 3 weeks of sustained consumption of olive oil total RNA was isolated from PBMC. Gene expression was evaluated by microarray and verified by qRT-PCR. Keywords: Olive oil, gene expression, single dose, sustained consumption
Project description:Purpose:To help identify molecular mechanisms and pathways potentially involved in the developmental toxicity for fish exposed to different concentrations of Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil, transcriptomic profiles in mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) embryos exposed to different DWH oils (source and artificially weathered oil) were evaluated using High Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Methods:Total mRNA profiles of 48 hpf mahi-mah larvae after slick (0.5%, 1%, and 2%) and source/mass oil (0.125%, 0.25% and 5%) exposure were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina NextSEQ v2. Results:To determine the potential biological impact of oil exposure at system level, a gene ontology (GO) term analysis on biological processes (BPs) was conducted by analyzing the DEGs using ToppGene. The profile of BPs was dose- and oil type- dependent. After exposure to 0.125% slick oil, the top enriched biological processes were RNA processing and RNA metabolism terms. Metabolic and catabolic process and terms associated with embryo development were some of the most enriched BPs at 0.25% slick oil. The top enriched BPs at 0.5% slick oil were organic acid metabolic process and cardiovascular system development. For source oil, cell cycle process, metabolic process, and RNA processing were the most enriched by 0.125% source oil exposure, which were also highly enriched by 0.25% source oil exposure, while more ‘response’ BPs were enriched by 0.25% source oil exposure, such as regulation of response to stress, response to endogenous stimulus, response to hormone, cellular response to light stimulus, etc. The most significantly enrich BP by 0.5% source oil was cardiovascular system development followed by organic acid metabolic process and cell junction assembly.
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:The use of high levels of marine fish oil in aquafeeds is a non-sustainable practice. However, more sustainable oils sources from terrestrial plants do not contain long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA). Consequently, feeds based on conventional vegetable oils reduce n-3 LC-PUFA levels in farmed fish. Therefore, the aquaculture industry desperately requires new, sustainable oil sources that contain high levels of n-3 LC-PUFA in order to supply the increasing demand for fish and seafood while maintaining the high nutritional quality of the farmed product. One approach to the renewable supply of n-3 LC-PUFA is metabolic engineering oilseed crops with the capacity to synthesize these essential fatty acids in seeds. In the present study, the oilseed Camelina sativa has been transformed with algal genes encoding the n-3 biosynthetic pathway and expression restricted to the seeds via seed-specific promoters to produce an oil containing > 20% eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). This oil was investigated as a replacement for marine fish oil in feeds for post-smolt Atlantic salmon. In addition, this study with EPA-rich oil will contribute to our understanding of the biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in the control and regulation of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) production from EPA, and will thus better inform our understanding of this key part of the LC-PUFA biosynthetic pathway.
Project description:Purpose:To help identify molecular regulatory mechanisms of developmental toxicity for fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil, microRNA profiles in red drum larvae exposed to different DWH oils (source/mass and artificially weathered oil) were evaluated using High Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Methods:Total microRNA profiles of 48 hpf red drum larvae after source oil (0.135%, 0.27%, and 0.54%) and slick oil (1.25%, 2.5% and 5%) exposure were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina NextSeq 500. Results: Source and slick oil significantly dysregulated the expression of miR-18a, miR-27b, and miR-203a across all exposure concentrations. The target genes of these miRNAs were predominantly involved in the neuro-cardio system development processes and associated key signaling pathways such as axonal guidance signaling, CREB signaling in neurons, synaptic long-term potentiation pathway, calcium signaling and role of NFAT in cardiac hypertrophy.
Project description:Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is one of the most important oil-producing crops in the world. However, the demand for oil from this crop will increase in the future. A comparative gene expression profile of the oil palm leaves was needed in order to understand the key factors that influence the oil production. Here, we reported an RNA-seq dataset from three different oil yields and three different genetic populations of oil palm. All raw sequencing reads were obtained from an Illumina NextSeq 500 platform. We also provide a list of the genes and their expression levels resulting from the RNA-sequencing. This transcriptomic dataset will provide a valuable resource for increasing oil yield.