Project description:Gametes rely heavily on post-transcriptional control mechanisms to regulate their differentiation. In eggs, the storage and selective temporal activation of maternal mRNAs is essential for normal development. In the male, transcription ceases during spermiogenesis necessitating the post-transcriptional regulation of many paternal mRNAs required for spermatid differentiation and spermatozoan function. Messenger RNAs that are being actively translated form polysomes. whereas translationally inactive mRNAs are often sequestered in ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). Here we combine polysome display and microarray analyses of RNP and polysome fractions of testes from prepubertal and adult mice to characterize the translation state of individual mRNAs as spermatogenesis proceeds.. Consistent with published reports, many post-meiotic mRNAs known to be translationally delayed shift from the RNPs into the polysomes, confirming the validity of this approach. In addition, based upon the criterion of movement from RNPs to polysomes, we detect another 742 mouse testicular genes showing dramatic shifts between RNPs and polysomes. One sub-group of 35 genes including the known translationally delayed Pgk2, are initially transcribed and translationally repressed in meiotic spermatocytes, and translated post-meiotically. This high-through-put approach defines the changing translation patterns of a large number of genes as male germ cells differentiate and identifies a new group of post-transcriptionally regulated meiotic transcripts for future study. Mouse testes from animals of 3 different ages were fractionated on a sucrose gradient and transcripts were quantified in the RNP and Polysome fractions. Transcripts were identified that changed their RNP/Polysome representation at the different developmental time points.
Project description:The RNA-binding protein LIN28A is required for maintaining tissue homeostasis, including in the reproductive system, but the underlying mechanisms on how LIN28A regulates germline progenitors remain unclear. Here, we dissected LIN28A-binding targets using high-throughput sequencing of RNAs isolated by crosslinking immunoprecipitation (HITS-CLIP) in the mouse testes. LIN28A preferentially binds to mRNA coding sequence (CDS) or 3'UTR regions at sites enriched wiGAG(A) sequences. Further investigation of Lin28a null mouse testes indicated that meiosis-associated mRNAs bound by LIN28A were differentially expressed. Next, ribosome profiling revealed that the mRNA levels of these targets were significantly reduced in polysome fractions, and their protein expression levels decreased in the Lin28a null mouse testes, even when meiotic arrest in the null mouse testes was not apparent. Collectively, these findings provide a set of LIN28A-regulated target mRNAs, and show that LIN28A binding might be mechanism through which LIN28A acts to regulate undifferentiated spermatogonia fates and male fertility in mammals.
Project description:Gametes rely heavily on post-transcriptional control mechanisms to regulate their differentiation. In eggs, the storage and selective temporal activation of maternal mRNAs is essential for normal development. In the male, transcription ceases during spermiogenesis necessitating the post-transcriptional regulation of many paternal mRNAs required for spermatid differentiation and spermatozoan function. Messenger RNAs that are being actively translated form polysomes. whereas translationally inactive mRNAs are often sequestered in ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). Here we combine polysome display and microarray analyses of RNP and polysome fractions of testes from prepuberal and adult mice to characterize the translation state of individual mRNAs as spermatogenesis proceeds.. Consistent with published reports, many post-meiotic mRNAs known to be translationally delayed shift from the RNPs into the polysomes, confirming the validity of this approach. In addition, based upon the criterion of movement from RNPs to polysomes, we detect another 742 mouse testicular genes showing dramatic shifts between RNPs and polysomes. One sub-group of 35 genes including the known translationally delayed Pgk2, are initially transcribed and translationally repressed in meiotic spermatocytes, and translated post-meiotically. This high-through-put approach defines the changing translation patterns of a large number of genes as male germ cells differentiate and identifies a new group of post-transcriptionally regulated meiotic transcripts for future study. Keywords: time course
Project description:Introduction: we conduct comprehensive transcriptomic profiling analyses on three spermatogenic cell types (pachytene spermatocytes, round and elongating spermatids) purified from adult mouse testes using RNA-seq, and we determined not only the levels of both mRNAs and all known sncRNA species, but their cytoplasmic compartmentalization as well. Method: Pachytene spermatocytes, round and elongating/elongated spermatids were purified from adult mouse testes using the STA-PUT method. We fractionated the purified spermatogenic cells into RNP, monoribosome, and polyribosome fractions using a continuous sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation method, as described. Large RNAs were isolated using the AquaRNA RNA Purification Kit (Cat#5001MT, Mo Bi Tec, Inc.), whereas small RNAs were prepared by the mirPremier™ microRNA Isolation Kit (Cat#SNC10, Sigma). Constructions of mRNA and sncRNA libraries were conducted following our published protocols (Refs) and the next-gen sequencing was performed on a Hi-Seq 2000 sequencer with SE50 at the Genomics Microarray Core Facility of the UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX). Result:Bioinformatics analyses revealed miRNAs were mostly enriched in RNPs and RNP-enriched miRNAs preferentially target RNP-enriched mRNAs. More interestingly, we found that miRNAs could distinguish shorter and longer 3’UTR transcript based on the distance between their binding sites and the stop codon. Conclusions:Overall, our genome-wide transcriptomic and bioinformatics analyses have revealed a highly likely mechanism through which miRNAs shape the haploid male germ cell-specific transcriptome characterized by RNP-enrichment of transcripts with shorter 3’UTRs.
Project description:In this study we analysed the association of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and mRNAs with ribosomes in control and oxidatively stressed (2hr treatment with H2O2) MRC5 fibroblasts. A custom microarray was used to analyze the stress-induced distribution changes of transcripts between the non-translating (free RNP and 80S), low-translating (two, three and four ribosomes), and highly-translating (five and more ribosomes) pools in three experiments. The finding suggests that stress-induced lncRNAs showed a higher polysome occupancy as compared to the transcripts of coding genes in response to oxidative stress.
Project description:Translational control is a key regulatory step in the expression of genes as proteins. In plant cells, translational efficiency of mRNAs differs on different mRNA species, and the efficiency dynamically changes in various conditions. To gain a global view of translational control throughout growth and development, we performed genome-wide analysis of polysome association of mRNA over growth and leaf development in Arabidopsis thaliana by applying the mRNAs in polysome to DNA microarray. This analysis revealed that the degree of polysome association of mRNA had different levels depending on mRNA species, and the polysome association changed greatly throughout growth and development for each. In the growth stage, transcripts showed varying changes in polysome association from strongly depressed to unchanged degree, with the majority of transcripts showing dissociation from ribosomes. On the other hand, during leaf development, the polysome association of transcripts showed a normal distribution from repressed to activated mRNAs when comparing between expanding and expanded leaves. In addition, functional category analysis of the microarray data suggested that translational control has a physiological significance in plant growth and development process, especially in category of signaling and protein synthesis. Besides this, we compared changes in polysome association of mRNAs between various conditions and characterized translational controls in each. This result suggested that mRNAs translation might be controlled by complicated mechanisms for response to each condition. Our results highlight the importance of dynamic changes in mRNA translation in plant development and growth. Experiment using 4 developmental stages. Biological replicates: 2. Compared 2DAG and 21DAG, or Young leaves and Mature leaves.
Project description:Translational control is a key regulatory step in the expression of genes as proteins. In plant cells, translational efficiency of mRNAs differs on different mRNA species, and the efficiency dynamically changes in various conditions. To gain a global view of translational control throughout growth and development, we performed genome-wide analysis of polysome association of mRNA over growth and leaf development in Arabidopsis thaliana by applying the mRNAs in polysome to DNA microarray. This analysis revealed that the degree of polysome association of mRNA had different levels depending on mRNA species, and the polysome association changed greatly throughout growth and development for each. In the growth stage, transcripts showed varying changes in polysome association from strongly depressed to unchanged degree, with the majority of transcripts showing dissociation from ribosomes. On the other hand, during leaf development, the polysome association of transcripts showed a normal distribution from repressed to activated mRNAs when comparing between expanding and expanded leaves. In addition, functional category analysis of the microarray data suggested that translational control has a physiological significance in plant growth and development process, especially in category of signaling and protein synthesis. Besides this, we compared changes in polysome association of mRNAs between various conditions and characterized translational controls in each. This result suggested that mRNAs translation might be controlled by complicated mechanisms for response to each condition. Our results highlight the importance of dynamic changes in mRNA translation in plant development and growth. Experiment using two-flactionated mRNA in 4 developmental stages, Polysomal mRNA vs. total mRNA. Biological replicates: 2. Compared 2DAG and 21DAG, or Young leaves and Mature leaves.