ABSTRACT: To discover the fission yeast prolyl hydroyxlome. Five biological replicates of WT and Ofd1D cells were cultured. The whole cell lysates were analysed by TMT mass spectrometry for prolyl hydroxylation
Project description:We treated Jurkat cells for 48 hr with a sublethal dose of FK866 (5 nM) and DMSO (Mock, control treatment). RNA samples for microarrays derived from fractionated samples by sucrose gradient (sub-polysomes, polysomes), giving us the chance to perform an analysis among polysomal/subpolysomal distribution in treated or untreated cells and the possibility to identify the multi-level gene expression regulation effects of FK866. We are interested to find differentially expressed genes, in the early phase of cell response to FK866, and genes that account for a specific post-transcriptional regulation exerted by the cell in response to the drug. Keywords: polysomal profiling, translatome profiling, polysomal RNA, subpolysomal RNA, translational profiling, polysome profiling, post-transcriptional regulation, FK866, translational efficiency. Gene expression signals derived from the polysomal and subpolysomal RNA populations were compared by microarrays analysis to those obtained from total RNAs (derived from the sum of all the fractions in the polysomal gradient). Polysomal RNA, subpolysomal RNA and total RNA were isolated from Jurkat cells treated with FK866 5 nM or DMSO (mock, control treatment) for 48 hr. Cells lysates were collected from control cells (mock) and from treated cells (FK866). All experiments were run in biological quadruplicates.
Project description:We describe a chemical method to label and purify 4-thiouridine (s4U) -containing RNA. We demonstrate that methanethiolsulfonate (MTS) reagents form disulfide bonds with s4U more efficiently than the commonly used HPDP-biotin, leading to higher yields and less biased enrichment. This increase in efficiency allowed us to use s4U-labeling to study global microRNA (miRNA) turnover in proliferating cultured human cells without perturbing global miRNA levels or the miRNA processing machinery. This improved chemistry will enhance methods that depend on tracking different populations of RNA such as 4-thiouridine-tagging to study tissue-specific transcription and dynamic transcriptome analysis (DTA) to study RNA turnover. s4U metabolic labeling of RNA in 293T cells, followed by biochemical enrichment of labeled RNA with two biotinylation reagents, RNAs >200nt and miRNAs in separate experiments
Project description:Staphylococcus Enterotoxin B (SEB) is an exotoxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus. It is a public health threat during nosocomial infections. It is also considered as a biological weapon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists SEB as a category B agent of Biodefence. SEB is easily aerosolized and can enter the host through inhalation which could lead to Acute Lung Injury (ALI) and in severe cases, it may result in multiple organ failure, shock and death. It is considered to be a Super-antigen as it activates a large number (30%) of T cells and results in the production of cytokines SEB binds directly to the non polymorphic region of MHC Class II which is expressed on antigen presenting cells and this complex activates T cells expressing a specific variable region of the β chain (Vβ8) of the T cell receptor (TCR). Thus, inhalation of SEB leads to recruitment of immune cells into the lung and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines which results in severe damage to the lung by increasing the permeability, and induction of respiratory failure. MicroRNA (miRNAs) is considered one of the mechanisms by which the epigenetic regulation happens. MicroRNA are noncoding small RNAs that have recently been shown to play a role in gene expression. The action of miRNA is dependent on its binding to 3’ Untranslated Region (3’UTR) of mRNA resulting in transcriptional or translational repression. Specifically, the efficacy of gene silencing is determined by the interaction of miRNA seed sequence with the target mRNA. Endocannabinoids are lipid molecules produced endogenously by host cells and bind to cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. N-Arachidonoylethanolamide or anandamide (AEA) is an endocannabinoid that has been shown to have immunomodulatory effects by our lab and others, although the precise mechanism is not clear. So far through my research, I found that Endocannabinoid is involved in a very unique way in the anti-inflammatory response through upregulation of many anti-inflammatory genes such as FOXP3, ARG1, and IL-10 that targeted by miRNA23a-3p and miRNA 34a-5p as well as the anti-inflammatory phenotype population as it show in the RT-PCR and flow cytometry results.
Project description:Genome-wide translational profiling of rng3-65 compared to wild type cells. We used sucrose gradients to separate RNAs according to the number of associated ribosomes (a surrogate for translational efficiency). Preparation of the extracts and fractionation was carried out as described in Lackner et al, 2007 (Mol Cell 26(1):145-55). The fractions were pooled into four groups (1 closest to the top, i.e. not associated with ribosomes and 4 closest to the bottom, i.e., associated with polysomes). RNA was extracted from the pools and the corresponding pools from wild type and mutant cells were directly compared using DNA microarrays. Changes in translation are expected to alter the number of ribosomes associated with specific transcripts, and therefore result in a redistribution of the RNAs across the different fractions.
Project description:Processing (P)-bodies are cytoplasmic membrane-less condensates including translationally repressed mRNAs and proteins involved in the mRNA decay machinery. The mechanisms underlying P-bodies nucleation and mRNA decay have been largely described. However, the impact of signaling networks in P-bodies dynamics and mRNA translation is still not well understood. Here, we identify a ribonucleoprotein network assembled by the E3 ubiquitin ligase Praja2 at P-bodies that coordinates protein translation and mRNA turnover in human glioblastoma (GBM). Praja2 physically interacts and spatially colocalizes with the RNA helicase DDX6, a core component and nucleating factor of P-bodies. Stimulation of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-cAMP pathway in GBM cells induces a non-proteolytic polyubiquitylation of DDX6 by Praja2. DDX6 ubiquitylation is required for P-bodies assembly and mRNA translation repression. Interfering with DDX6 ubiquitylation or downregulation of expression markedly affects P-bodies assembly. Moreover, genetic deletion of praja2 dramatically impacts the assembly of DDX6/mRNA complexes and the amount of translating polysomes, leading to cellular senescence and GBM growth arrest. These findings identify a cAMP-driven post-transcriptional control mechanism operating at P-bodies by the ubiquitin system that profoundly impacts on mRNA translation and cancer cell growth. This regulatory system may, thus, contribute to the adaptive metabolic rewiring underlying cancer growth and drug resistance.
Project description:Background: Hypoxia is a potent molecular signal for cellular metabolism, mitochondrial function, and migration. Conditions of low oxygen tension trigger regulatory cascades mediated via the highly conserved HIF-1 α post-translational modification system. In the adaptive immune response, B cells (Bc) are activated and differentiate under hypoxic conditions within lymph node germinal centers, and subsequently migrate to other compartments. During migration, they traverse through changing oxygen levels, ranging from 1-5% in the lymph node to 5-13% in the peripheral blood. Interestingly, the calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporine A is known to stimulate prolyl hydroxylase activity, resulting in HIF-1 α destabilization and may alter Bc responses directly. Over 60% of patients taking calcineurin immunosuppressant medications have hypo-gammaglobulinemia and poor vaccine responses, putting them at high risk of infection with significantly increased morbidity and mortality. Results: We demonstrate that oxygen tension is a previously unrecognized Bc regulatory switch, altering CXCR4 and CXCR5 chemokine receptor signaling in activated Bc through HIF-1 α expression, and controlling critical aspects of Bc migration. Our data demonstrate that calcineurin inhibition hinders this oxygen regulatory switch in primary human Bc. Conclusion: This previously unrecognized effect of calcineurin inhibition directly on human Bc has significant and direct clinical implications.
Project description:Case-control study for the analysis of the gene expression profile of epithelial cells microdissected from normal breast tissues obtained from 17 parous and 7 nulliparous women free of breast pathology (controls), and 39 parous and 8 nulliparous women with history of breast cancer (cases). Keywords: genetic modifications Four-condition experiment: nulliparous case, nulliparous control, parous case and parous control labeled with Cy5 and Universal human reference used as a common reference labeled with Cy3. Moderated t statistic was used as the basic statistic for significance analysis; it was computed for each probe and for each contrast. False discovery rate was controlled using the Benjamini and Hochberg. All genes with P value below a threshold of 0.05 were selected as differentially expressed, maintaining the proportion of false discoveries in the selected group below the threshold value, in this case 5%. Breast 11 parous control HuII, Breast 28 parous case HuII, and Breast 62 nulliparous control HuIII excluded: raw data is missing
Project description:The basic experiment is a comparison of gene transcript levels of Streptomyces coelicolor M145 and its wblA deletion mutant at 6 timepoints (24, 36, 48, 60, 72 and 84 hours) encompassing vegetative growth, aerial growth, and sporulation on solid medium. The wblA mutant is morphologically defective, most of its aerial hyphae failing to show any sign of sporulation-directed attributes, and also overproduces some antibiotics. The microarray analysis was aimed to reveal the major transcriptional changes underpinning or associated with this pleiotropic phenotypic change. Using a fairly stringent cut-off, 291 genes were found to be affected, including developmental genes, antibiotic biosynthetic genes, and genes for primary metabolism. Some genes were over-expressed and others under-expressed in the mutant. Although the largest effects were mostly at timepoints corresponding to aerial growth and early sporulation, some genes were most strongly influenced at earlier timepoints. M145 vs wblA deletion mutant. 6 timepoints (24, 36, 48, 60, 72 and 84 hours) encompassing vegetative growth, aerial growth, and sporulation, were analysed. Each timepoint comprised 2 technical replicates each of 3 biological replicates. RNA was isolated from triplicated cultures grown on cellophane overlays on MM + mannitol after 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 and 84 hours of incubation. Samples of the RNA were converted to Cy3-labelled cDNA in vitro, and mixed with Cy5-labelled genomic DNA. Each mixture was hybridised to two glass slide microarrays each carrying oligonucleotide probes corresponding to 99% of the genes in the annotated S. coelicolor genome. Thus RNA from each timepoint was compared to the same batch of genomic DNA and the comparison used to arrive at expression values of genes. These expression values were then used to arrive at differential expression between M145 and the wblA deletion mutant for all genes at all six timepoints.
Project description:Analysis of technical variance of ChIP-on-Chip studies by characterization of Myc-binding in HL60 cells. Keywords: Chip-on-chip Fully-blocked study of technical variance in Myc-binding in HL60 cells. Two different antibodies were used to generate 6 biologically independent replicates each. Each replicate was hybridized to arrays from two different batches in both dye-swap orientations, leading to 48 total arrays.
Project description:In order to identify the targets of miR-193a-5p in osteosarcoma U2OS cell line, we used a lentivirus-mediated expression system to overexpressing miR-193a precusor, miR-193a-5p target sequence and non-target sequence, respectively, in osteosarcoma cell line U2OS. A tandem mass tag (TMT)-based quantitative proteomic strategy was employed to identify the global profile of miR-193a-5p-regulated proteins. order to identify the targets of miR-193a-5p, we used a lentivirus-mediated expression system to overexpressing miR-193a precusor, miR-193a-5p target sequence and non-target sequence, respectively, in osteosarcoma cell line U2OS. A tandem mass tag (TMT)-based quantitative proteomic strategy was employed to identify the global profile of miR-193a-5p-regulated proteins.