Project description:Ribo-seq with firefly luciferase optimality reporters to determine whether incomplete translation and/or inhibited translation initiation is responsible for the reduced ribosome occupancy on nonoptimal transcripts.
Project description:A SHAPE-MaP structure probing experiment was performed on 39 firefly luciferase mRNAs containing uracil, 1-methyl-psuedouracil, or 5-methoxy-uracil. For each mRNA, SHAPE-MaP includes a sample treated with 1M6 ('MOD'), a minus reagent ('NC'), and a denatured control ('DEN'). The 1M6 reagent preferenctially reacts with unpaired bases in RNA and subsequently induces mutations during the reverse transcription step of library preparation. After sequencing and alignment, the 'mutational profiles' of the 'p', 'm', and 'd' samples are used to calculate the SHAPE reactivity of each base.
Project description:The RNA-binding protein hnRNP K was knocked down using siRNA in human SH-SY5Y. As a control, cells were treated with an siRNA against firefly luciferase.
Project description:To test how inosine in a codon is translated, we synthesized short reporter-transcripts coding for an N-terminal Flag-tag and a test-peptide containing inosine in one defined codon. All codons containing inosines in at least one position were tested. Codons that would lead to ambiguous translation products were omitted. The transcripts were generated using in vitro transcription with ITP instead of GTP and subsequently in vitro translated using rabbit reticulocyte lysate and resulting peptides were analyzed by LC-MS/MS. The templates for in vitro transcription were generated using linearized DNA plasmids.
Project description:We created two cell lines derived from Ovcar8 by stably transfecting with an eGFP-firefly luciferase fusion protein and either an additional copy of the gene TWIST1 or an shRNA against TWIST1, under the control of the CMV promoter. RNA sequencing was used to look for differential expression of genes that may impact cisplatin resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer.
Project description:Although the induction of C-FOS in the brain has been extensively studied for several decades to date there has been no attempt to identify the targets of C-FOS at a genome wide level, and it was not known how many genes C-FOS activates in a given cell. To identify potential C-FOS target genes, we performed microarray analysis on RNA obtained from mouse cortical (mCTX) neurons infected with lentivirus containing either a control shRNA (targeting firefly luciferase) or c-Fos shRNA that were subsequently depolarized with 0, 1, 3, or 6 hours of KCl. Embryonic day 16.5 cortices from C57BL/6 mice were dissected, dissociated, plated, and subsequently grown in a cell culture incubator that maintained a temperature of 37 degrees C and a CO2 concentration of 5%. On DIV5, lentiviral supernatant containing either a lentivirus expressing a control shRNA targeting firefly luciferase or a lentivirus expressing shRNA targeting c-Fos was applied to cultures for 6hrs with 6ug/mL polybrene. At DIV7, mCTX neurons were silenced and stimulated with KCl for either 0, 1, 3, or 6hrs, and total RNA was purified using Trizol and the RNeasy mini kit from Qiagen. 10ug of labeled cDNA was subsequently hybridized to Affymetrix mouse genome 430 2.0 arrays with affymetrix processing.
Project description:Panc1 (human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells) cells were transfected with control siRNA (targeting firefly luciferase, siLuc) or siRNA targeting GLI1 (siGLI1, Pool of four siRNAs). 72h following transfection, RNA was prepared for array analysis.
Project description:Intervention type:DRUG. Intervention1:Huaier, Dose form:GRANULES, Route of administration:ORAL, intended dose regimen:20 to 60/day by either bulk or split for 3 months to extended term if necessary. Control intervention1:None.
Primary outcome(s): For mRNA libraries, focus on mRNA studies. Data analysis includes sequencing data processing and basic sequencing data quality control, prediction of new transcripts, differential expression analysis of genes. Gene Ontology (GO) and the KEGG pathway database are used for annotation and enrichment analysis of up-regulated genes and down-regulated genes.
For small RNA libraries, data analysis includes sequencing data process and sequencing data process QC, small RNA distribution across the genome, rRNA, tRNA, alignment with snRNA and snoRNA, construction of known miRNA expression pattern, prediction New miRNA and Study of their secondary structure Based on the expression pattern of miRNA, we perform not only GO / KEGG annotation and enrichment, but also different expression analysis.. Timepoint:RNA sequencing of 240 blood samples of 80 cases and its analysis, scheduled from June 30, 2022..
Project description:Adenovirus is a common human pathogen that relies on host cell processes for transcription and processing of viral RNA and protein production. Although adenoviral promoters, splice junctions, and cleavage and polyadenylation sites have been characterized using low-throughput biochemical techniques or short read cDNA-based sequencing, these technologies do not fully capture the complexity of the adenoviral transcriptome. By combining Illumina short-read and nanopore long-read direct RNA sequencing approaches, we mapped transcription start sites and cleavage and polyadenylation sites across the adenovirus genome. In addition to confirming the known canonical viral early and late RNA cassettes, our analysis of splice junctions within long RNA reads revealed an additional 35 novel viral transcripts. These RNAs include fourteen new splice junctions which lead to expression of canonical open reading frames (ORF), six novel ORF-containing transcripts, and fifteen transcripts encoding for messages that potentially alter protein functions through truncations or fusion of canonical ORFs. In addition, we also detect RNAs that bypass canonical cleavage sites and generate potential chimeric proteins by linking separate gene transcription units. Of these, an evolutionary conserved protein was detected containing the N-terminus of E4orf6 fused to the downstream DBP/E2A ORF. Loss of this novel protein, E4orf6/DBP, was associated with aberrant viral replication center morphology and poor viral spread. Our work highlights how long-read sequencing technologies can reveal further complexity within viral transcriptomes.
Project description:Gene expression profiles of primary lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) isolated from human foreskin were analyzed after siRNA-mediated knockdown of control (firefly luciferase), Prox1, NR2F2 or Prox1/NR2F2 for 48 hours. Experiment Overall Design: Passage five human lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) were cultured on fibronectin (10 μg/ml)-coated plates in a complete media (EBM, 20% FBS supplemented with 10 μg/ml hydrocortisone acetate, 25 ug/ml cAMP and antibiotics). LECs were harvested and electorporated with siRNA duplexes for 48 hours with siRNA duplexes against either firefly luciferase(control), Prox1, NR2F2 or Prox1/NR2F2. Total RNA was purified using Tri-reagent and was subjected to microarray analysis. Experiment Overall Design: