Project description:These data are a component of a larger study investigating differences in gene regulation in relationship to rhesus macaque dominance rank. These data compare DNA methylation levels between individuals of different rank on a genome-wide scale using bisulfite sequencing DNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells sampled from 3 high ranking individuals and 3 low ranking individuals (all adult female rhesus macaques)
Project description:DNA methylation is critical for development and is strongly associated with gene regulation. Variation in the DNA methylome between closely related species may reveal unique functional adaptation. We have implemented a novel inter-primate DNA methylation genome-wide analysis between human, chimpanzee and rhesus macaque to identify human species-specific Differentially Methylated Regions (human s-DMRs) in orthologous loci. We analysed the peripheral blood cell DNA methylomes of these primates and identified 22,758 hypomethylated and 15,858 hypermethylated human s-DMRs. These s-DMRs are globally enriched within weak promoter, enhancer and transcribed regions via comparison with ChromHMM segmentation. Human s-DMRs, (both hypo- and hypermethylated) are found to be more prevalent in CpG Island shores than within the islands themselves (?2 P = 1.80 x 10-32). Examining human-specific Transcription Factor Binding Site motif change within CpG islands, we show gain and loss, in hypomethylated and hypermethylated s-DMRs, respectively, of CTCF motifs. Epigenetically the most divergent human-specific locus was the immunological Leukotriene B4 receptor (LTB4R, aka BLT1 receptor), due to collocating hypomethylated s-DMRs within the promoter CpG island and shore, as well as inverse increased gene body methylation. This gene is vital in host immune responses and associated with the pathogenesis of a wide range of human inflammatory diseases. This finding was supported by additional neutrophil-only DNA methylome and lymphoblastoid H3K4me3 chromatin comparative data. Functional investigation of the consequences of these epigenetic differences identified this receptor to have increased expression, and have a higher response to the LTB4 ligand in human versus rhesus macaque peripheral blood mononuclear cells. This result further emphasises the exclusive nature of the human immunological system, its divergent adaptation even from closely related primates, and the power of comparative epigenomics to identify and understand human uniqueness. DNA methylome analysis of pooled Human, Chimpanzee and Macaque
Project description:Aging of population is a great challenge of healthcare. In china, the number of the elderly is rapidly growing, and it was estimated that there will be approximately 400 million citizens above 65 years old in 2050.Study on the changes of brain during aging may help elucidate the mechanism of the pathological process, and hence prevent or treat these neurological diseases.Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) and human have a genetic homology of 95%, and their anatomy structures or physiological process are highly similar, which make rhesus macaque one of the most important nonhuman primate models.Thus, the comparison between the change of protein profile during aging in human and rhesus macaque is still necessary, and the characteristics of proteins that are conservative or divergent are of interest.The aim of the(our) study is to identify the conservative changes of pathways during aging, and to reveal the potential difference between human and rhesus macaque so that relevant studies based on primate models can be interpreted more accurately.
Project description:Global transcriptome analyses provide an excellent basis for the identification and definition of biomarkers with high relevance in infection processes, therapeutic intervention and protective immunity. The measurement applies three different state of the art transcriptomic technologies for global expression profiling to vaccine development. Different microarray platforms in conjunct to next generation sequencing (NGS) will build the basis for comparative approaches, such as up-down classification and correlation coefficients. This measurement is based on Agilent microarrays and a pre-clinical study with M. bovis BCG vaccination, using two different non-human primate Chinese and Indian rhesus macaque spectrotypes. • Surrogate measurement using whole blood RNA • 7 time points: d-14 and d0 (naïve, pre-immunization) and d1, d3, d7, d21, d42 post M. bovis BCG immunization • Responses of two macaque spectrotypes • Group size of 6 animals European network of vaccine research and development (TRANSVAC)
Project description:Viral gene expression profiling in a rhesus macaque rhadinovirus positive B cell lymphoma obtained from a rhesus macaque experimentally infected with simian immunodeficiency virus and rhesus macaque rhadinovirus strain 17577. The experiment identified two viral open reading frames (ORFs) that were expressed in the lymphoma. Expression of these viral ORFs were confirmed by reverse transcriptase-PCR.
Project description:The primary goal of this study was to compare the performances of Rhesus Macaque Genome Array and Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array with respect to the detection of differential expressions when rhesus macaque RNA extracts were labeled and hybridized. The secondary goal of this study was to investigate the effect of mismatch position on signal strength in Affymetrix GeneChips by examining naturally occurring mismatches between rhesus macaque transcripts and human probes from Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. The primary goal of this study was to compare the performances of Rhesus Macaque Genome Array and Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array with respect to the detection of differential expressions when rhesus macaque RNA extracts were labeled and hybridized. The secondary goal of this study was to investigate the effect of mismatch position on signal strength in Affymetrix GeneChips by examining naturally occurring mismatches between rhesus macaque transcripts and human probes from Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. Keywords: cross hybridization
Project description:While genome sequencing has identified numerous non-coding alterations between primate species, which of these are regulatory and potentially relevant to the evolution of the human brain is unclear. Here, we annotate cis-regulatory elements (CREs) in the human, rhesus macaque and chimpanzee genome using ChIP-sequencing in different anatomical parts of the adult brain. We find high similarity in the genomic positioning of CREs between rhesus macaque and humans, suggesting that the majority of these elements were already present in a common ancestor 25 million years ago. Most of the observed regulatory changes between humans and rhesus macaque occurred prior to the ancestral separation of humans and chimpanzee, leaving a modest set of regulatory elements with predicted human-specificity. Our data refine previous predictions and hypotheses on the consequences of genomic changes between primate species, and allow the identification of regulatory alterations relevant to the evolution of the brain. ChIP-Sequencing for H3K27ac on 8 distinct brain regions from human (three biological replicates per brain region), chimpanzee (two biological replicates per brain region) and rhesus macaque (three biological replicates per brain region).
Project description:The primary goal of this study was to compare the performances of Rhesus Macaque Genome Array and Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array with respect to the detection of differential expressions when rhesus macaque RNA extracts were labeled and hybridized. The secondary goal of this study was to investigate the effect of mismatch position on signal strength in Affymetrix GeneChips by examining naturally occurring mismatches between rhesus macaque transcripts and human probes from Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. The primary goal of this study was to compare the performances of Rhesus Macaque Genome Array and Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array with respect to the detection of differential expressions when rhesus macaque RNA extracts were labeled and hybridized. The secondary goal of this study was to investigate the effect of mismatch position on signal strength in Affymetrix GeneChips by examining naturally occurring mismatches between rhesus macaque transcripts and human probes from Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. Keywords: cross hybridization Rhesus macaque RNA from five sources (immortalized fibroblasts, cerebral cortex, pancreas, testes and thymus) was divided into two sets of aliquots of equal amount. Samples from each of the five sources were labeled and hybridized with either Rhesus Macaque Genome Array or two Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. Rhesus macaque RNA from five sources (immortalized fibroblasts, cerebral cortex, pancreas, testes and thymus) was divided into two sets of aliquots of equal amount. Samples from each of the five sources were labeled and hybridized with either Rhesus Macaque Genome Array or two Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array.