Project description:Purpose: Activation of yki or Ras signaling pathways in ISCs causes overproliferation and ISC reprogramming. To gain insight into yki- and Ras-induced ISC reprogramming and gene expression, we performed a transcriptomic analysis of adult midgut with overexpression of yki-3SA or Ras1A in the ISCs.
Project description:Purpose: The transcription fact Lola is identified as a conponent acting downstream of Hippo signaling to restrict ISC proliferation and regulate midgut homeostasis. To further elucidate the mechanism of Lola regulating ISC proliferation and midgut homeostasis,Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) was performed to identify genes suppressed directly by Lola. Methods: Chromatin lysates were clarified from homogenized and sonicated S2 cells; protein-DNA complexes were isolated with antibody. Genomic DNA fragments were purified with a DNA purification kit (QIAGEN) and subjected to high throughput sequencing using Illumina HiSeq2500. Process: After the genomic DNA segments were sequenced using Illumina HiSeq2500. After quality control with fastqc (version 0.11.8), we built genome index from Drosophila melanogaster genome(BDGP6)with bowtie2-build. Reads were aligned to Drosophila genome BDGP6 index with bowtie2. Then we converted sam files to bam files with samtools. Peaks were called from the aligned reads using MACS2 callpeak, and peaks annotation using R package ChIPseeker. Conclusion: Thousands of Lola-associated chromatin binding sites were identified in cultured S2 cells. Analysis of the Lola binding profiles revealed that Lola mainly binds to the regions around transcription start sites (TSS) and promoters.
Project description:Genetic Manipulation to increase number of ISC (intestinal stem cells) and gene expression profiling to identify ISC regulators Fly midguts were dissected from wild type and transgenic animals
Project description:To investigate the effect of gut microbiota on host wasting, we established a wasting model in fly by activation of Yki in adult midgut ISCs, in which the host flies present the sysytmeic organ wasting and metabolic abnormalities.
Project description:We performed single-cell RNA-sequencing experiments to understand how the Rbf and Hippo pathways collaborate to maintain cell identity. Drosophila melanogaster photoreceptor neurons with dual mutation in Rbf[120a] and wts[x1] specify normally before abruptly dedifferentiating. We performed scRNA-Seq on w1118, Rbf[120a] single mutant, wts[x1] single mutant, and Rbf[120a] wts[x1] double mutant tissues to better understand the dedifferentiation phenotype. We identified transcriptional changes that were unique to double mutant tissue. We then validated these experiments using a novel dedifferentiation model expressing constitutively active yki[S111A,S168A,S250A] in Rbf[120a] mutant tissue using the GMR-GAL4 driver. We performed single-cell experiments on eye tissues expressing yki[S111A,S168A,S250A] in Rbf wildtype and mutant backgrounds, as well as tissues co-expressing Hth and yki. We then analyzed these experiments to determine the dedifferentiation transcriptional program.
Project description:Drosophila melanogaster is a well-studied genetic model organism with several large-scale transcriptome resources. Here we investigate 7,952 proteins during the fly life cycle from embryo to adult and also provide a high-resolution temporal time course proteome of 5,458 proteins during embryogenesis. We use our large scale data set to compare transcript/protein expression, uncovering examples of extreme differences between mRNA and protein abundance. In the embryogenesis proteome, the time delay in protein synthesis after transcript expression was determined. For some proteins, including the transcription factor lola, we monitor isoform specific expression levels during early fly development. Furthermore, we obtained firm evidence of 268 small proteins, which are hard to predict by bioinformatics. We observe peptides originating from non-coding regions of the genome and identified Cyp9f3psi as a protein-coding gene. As a powerful resource to the community, we additionally created an interactive web interface (http://www.butterlab.org) advancing the access to our data.
Project description:To investigate the function of malpighian tubule in tumor-induced host wasting, we established a wasting model in fly by activation of Yki in adult midgut ISCs, in which the host flies present the sysytmeic organ wasting and metabolic abnormalities.
Project description:Drosophila melanogaster is a well-studied genetic model organism with several large-scale transcriptome resources. Here we investigate 7,952 proteins during the fly life cycle from embryo to adult and also provide a high-resolution temporal time course proteome of 5,458 proteins during embryogenesis. We use our large scale data set to compare transcript/protein expression, uncovering examples of extreme differences between mRNA and protein abundance. In the embryogenesis proteome, the time delay in protein synthesis after transcript expression was determined. For some proteins, including the transcription factor lola, we monitor isoform specific expression levels during early fly development. Furthermore, we obtained firm evidence of 268 small proteins, which are hard to predict by bioinformatics. We observe peptides originating from non-coding regions of the genome and identified Cyp9f3psi as a protein-coding gene. As a powerful resource to the community, we additionally created an interactive web interface (http://www.butterlab.org) advancing the access to our data.