Project description:To address the roles of PML bodies in transcription under stress condition, we performed ALaP-seq and RNA-seq with paraquat treated mESCs.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of A. oleivorans DR1 cells in the presence of paraquat and phenazine methosulfate To identify genes involved in oxidative stress response in A. oleivorans DR1, cells were grown to exponential phase (OD600 ~0.4) and treated with paraquat (1 mM) and phenazine methosulfate (200 μM) over a period of 15 min. Total RNA was extracted using an RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen, USA) following the manufacturer's instructions.
Project description:Promyelocytic leukemia (PML) body is a phase-separated nuclear structure composed of various proteins including several chromatin regulators, and physically associates with chromatin. To address roles of PML bodies in transcriptional regulation, we performed RNA-seq analyses with wild-type and PMK knockout mESCs
Project description:PTBP1 and PTBP2 control alternative splicing programs during neuronal development, but the cellular functions of most PTBP1/2-regulated isoforms remain unknown. We show that PTBP1 guides developmental gene expression by regulating the transcription factor Pbx1. We identify exons that are differentially spliced when mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) differentiate into neuronal progenitor cells (NPCs) and neurons, and transition from PTBP1 to PTBP2 expression. We define those exons controlled by PTBP1 in ESCs and NPCs by RNA-seq analysis after PTBP1 depletion and PTBP1 crosslinking-immunoprecipitation. We find that PTBP1 represses Pbx1 exon 7 and the expression of its neuronal isoform Pbx1a in ESC. Using CRISPR-Cas9 to delete regulatory elements for exon 7, we induce Pbx1a expression in ESCs, finding that this activates transcription of specific neuronal genes including known Pbx1 targets. Thus PTBP1 controls the activity of Pbx1 and suppresses its neuronal transcriptional program prior to differentiation. HB9-GFP mESCs were differentiated into mNPCs and mMNs. Poly-A RNA was isolated from isolated populations of mESCs, mNPCs, and mMNs for RNA-sequencing and splicing analyses.
Project description:PURPOSE: Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a pathological state presenting at the progressive stage of heterogeneous interstitial lung disease (ILD). The molecular mechanisms are incompletely understood. We built a mouse model of lung fibrosis induced by paraquat. Using transcriptome analysis, we identified differentially expressed proteins (DEGs) and provided further functional analysis. METHODS: We built a mouse model of lung fibrosis through intratracheal instillation of paraquat. After instillation, mice were kept for 7 and 28 days, respectively. we performed time-series RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) on the lung samples from paraquat treated mice and saline control. The DEGs were verified by qPCR. RESULTS: The transcriptome data found a total of 1345 of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) up-regulated and 844 DEGs down-regulated significantly in paraquat group on day 7. There were 511 DEGs up-regulated and 179 DEGs down-regulated remarkably on day 28 after PQ instillation (Fold Change ≥2 and Q value ≤0.001). We verified 6 significantly changed genes by qPCR, proving the accuracy of RNA-seq. CONCLUTION: Our transcriptomic study assigns genes for fibrogenesis and reveals their dynamic changes from lung injury to repair, providing new insights for the and development of biomarkers and treatment in fibrotic diseases.