Project description:The apical hook is the predominant organ to suffer the mechanical pressure and sense the first beam of light when protruding through the soil. In order to understand the organ specific mechanism of this phenomenon, we performed RNA-sequencing analysis using cotyledon, apical hook and hypocotyl organs of 4-day dark grown Col-0 and pifq mutant
Project description:Purpose: Using RNA-seq and differential expression analysis, we examined the NAE-type and organ-specific genetic pathways involved in transducing ear;y signals into downstream physiological changes involved in Arabidopsis seedling growth. Methods: Intact seedlings and dissected cotyledon and root mRNA profiles of 3-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings treated with DMSO, 40 µM NAE 18:2 or 80 µM NAE 18:3 were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using the Illumina Next-Seq 500 system. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed using STAR followed by DESeq2. qRT–PCR validation was performed using SYBR Green assays Results: Using RNA-seq and differential expression analysis, we identified early (1 h) transcriptional changes induced by the exogenous treatment of NAE 18:2 and NAE 18:3 in cotyledons, roots and intact seedlings. These two treatments led to a significant enrichment in ABA-response and chitin-response genes in organs where the treatments led to changes in development. In Arabidopsis seedlings, NAE 18:2 treatment led to the repression of genes involved in cell wall biogenesis and organization in roots and seedlings. In addition, cotyledons, roots, and seedlings treated with NAE 18:3 also showed a decrease in transcripts that encode proteins involved in growth processes. NAE 18:3 also led to changes in the abundance of transcripts involved in the modulation of chlorophyll biosynthesis and catabolism in cotyledons. Overall, NAE 18:2 and NAE 18:3 treatment led to lipid-type and organ-specific gene expression changes that include overlapping and non-overlapping gene sets. These data will provide future, rich opportunities to examine the genetic pathways involved in transducing early signals into downstream physiological changes in seedling growth. Conclusions: A detailed transcriptional analyses provided insight into the early organ-specific molecular responses to NAE 18:2 and NAE 18:3. Using this experimental and computational approach, we gained an unbiased view of the NAE 18:2- and NAE 18:3-modulated transcriptome changes that are activated and lead to downstream changes in seedling development. NAE 18:2 and NAE 18:3 induced the expression of several genes also induced by ABA or chitin treatment. The overlap with ABA-response genes corroborates previously work; however, this is the first time chitin-response genes have been identified as part of the NAE-modulation of seedling growth. Overall, the bioinformatic analyses presented here supports the hypothesis that NAE 18:2 and NAE 18:3 elicit organ-specific and signal- specific molecular changes that precede developmental changes in Arabidopsis seedlings. Further, these data provide novel insights into the genetic programs that are modulated by NAE 18:2 and NAE 18:3 at the organ-specific level in Arabidopsis seedlings, and will facilitate future studies of the corresponding signaling networks.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 60h-old Arabidopsis whole seedlings comparing control Col-0 wild-type plants with pifQ mutant plants The expression profile of dark-grown pifQ mutant shows similar pattern of Rc-grown Col-0 wild-type Keywords: Genetic modification
Project description:The purpose of this study is to describe type and extent of organ specific late adverse effects in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases and after surgery for colorectal cancer with involvement of the urinary bladder.
Project description:The Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factor LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES (LOB) is expressed in the boundary between the shoot apical meristem and initiating lateral organs. To identify genes regulated by LOB activity, we used an inducible 35S:LOB-GR line. This analysis identified genes that are differentially expressed in response to ectopic LOB activity.
Project description:In response to neighbor proximity plants increase growth of specific organs (e.g. hypocotyl) to enhance access to sunlight. Shade enhances the activity of Phytochrome Interacting Factors (PIFs) by releasing those bHLH transcription factors from phytochrome B-mediated inhibition. PIFs promote elongation by inducing auxin production in cotyledons. In order to elucidate spatiotemporal aspects of the neighbor proximity response, we analyzed changes in transcript abundance at different time points during a shade treatment in dissected cotyledons and hypocotyls. We concentrated our analysis on these two organs because the former is considered as the primary shade-sensing organ while elongation is rapidly triggered in the hypocotyl. We conclude that PIFs initiate transcriptional reprogramming in both organs within 15 minutes comprising regulated expression of several early auxin response genes. This suggests that hypocotyl growth is elicited by both local and distal auxin signals. With time the transcriptional response diverges increasingly between organs. We identify genes whose differential expression may underlie organ-specific elongation. Finally, we uncover a growth promotion gene expression signature shared between responses to different environments and organs.
Project description:The endothelium first forms in the blood islands in the extra-embryonic yolk sac and then throughout the embryo to establish circulatory networks that further acquire organ-specific properties during development to support diverse organ functions. Here, we investigated the properties of endothelial cells (ECs), isolated from four human major organsthe heart, lung, liver, and kidneys in individual fetal tissues at three months' gestation, at gene expression, and at cellular function levels. We showed that organ-specific ECs have distinct expression patterns of gene clusters, which support their specific organ development and functions. These ECs displayed distinct barrier properties, angiogenic potential, and metabolic rate and support specific organ functions. Our findings showed the link between human EC heterogeneity and organ development and can be exploited therapeutically to contribute in organ regeneration, disease modeling, as well as guiding differentiation of tissue-specific ECs from human pluripotent stem cells.