Project description:B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 11B (Bcl11b) is a transcription factor showing predominant expression in the striatum. To date, there are no known gene targets of Bcl11b in the nervous system. Here, we define targets for Bcl11b in striatal cells by performing genome-wide expression profiling. Transcriptome-wide analysis revealed that 694 genes were significantly altered in striatal cells over-expressing Bcl11b, including genes showing striatal-enriched expression similar to Bcl11b. Functional analysis on the gene target list identified significant association of Bcl11b to brain-derived neurotrophic factor/neurotrophin signaling. These data implicate Bcl11b as a novel regulator of the BDNF signaling pathway, which is disrupted in many neurological disorders. n=4 wt STHdh striatal cells and n=4 Bcl11b-transfected STHdh striatal cells
Project description:Global O-GlcNAc profiling: proteome-wide purification and identification of O-GlcNAc proteins using GlcNAz metabolic labeling in combination with Click chemistry and label-free LC-MS/MS-based quantification. OGA inhibition: same workflow as 'Global O-GlcNAc profiling'; inhibition of O-GlcNAcase by a small molecule inhibitor. O-GlcNAc sites: identification of O-GlcNAc sites by metabolic labeling/Click chemistry followed by beta elimination Bioinformatics workflow of Global O-GlcNAc profiling and OGA inhibition experiments: Raw mass spectrometry files have been processed using Progenesis LC-MS (4.0) and exported as Mascot generic format for subsequent Mascot (2.3) database search. Mascot search results were processed using Mascot Percolator and the results have been imported back into Progenesis as well as imported to Scaffold (3.5.1). The Progenesis peptide quantification report has been exported as Excel file. Bioinformatics workflow of O-GlcNAc site identification: Raw mass spectrometry files have been processed using Mascot Distiller 2.3 and searched with Mascot. Mascot search results were processed using the Mascot Percolator and imported into Scaffold (3.5.1). After manual validation, peptide and protein identifications (Scaffold file) were imported into Scaffold PTM 2.0 for the estimation of site localization probabilities.
Project description:B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 11B (Bcl11b) is a transcription factor showing predominant expression in the striatum. To date, there are no known gene targets of Bcl11b in the nervous system. Here, we define targets for Bcl11b in striatal cells by performing genome-wide expression profiling. Transcriptome-wide analysis revealed that 694 genes were significantly altered in striatal cells over-expressing Bcl11b, including genes showing striatal-enriched expression similar to Bcl11b. Functional analysis on the gene target list identified significant association of Bcl11b to brain-derived neurotrophic factor/neurotrophin signaling. These data implicate Bcl11b as a novel regulator of the BDNF signaling pathway, which is disrupted in many neurological disorders.
Project description:MicroRNA (miRNA)-guided target RNA expression is vital for a wide variety of biological processes in eukaryotes. The integration of miRNAs in diverse biological networks relies upon the confirmation of their RNA targets. Most miRNA targets in Arabidopsis are validated, but those in rice are yet to be characterized. To identify transcriptome-wide small RNA targets in rice, we generated 20-nt small cDNA library and obtained nearly 40 million reads. Sequence analysis yielded 11,552,007 unique reads that can be perfectly mapped to the rice genome. Sequence analysis not only found homologous targets for conserved miRNAs but also many novel targets. Besides miRNA atregts, the rice degradome contained fragments derived from MIRNA precursors. A closer inspection of these fragments revealed a unique pattern distinct from siRNA producing loci. This attribute can serve as one of the ancillary criteria for separating miRNAs from siRNAs in plants. Keywords: high throughout sequencing of rice degradome