Project description:This project characterizes the apoplast proteome of Ryegrass (Lollium perenne) under treatment with different epiphyte strains (Epichloe festucae).
Project description:The project aimed to characterize the function of metacaspase 3 in Arabidopsis thaliana. This data compared MC3-knockout and MC3-overexpressing mutants to Col wild type.
Project description:Regulated intracellular proteolysis is essential in maintaining the integrity of podocytes and the glomerular filtration barrier of the kidney. Altered proteolytic substrate turnover has been associated with various glomerular diseases ranging from diabetic nephropathy to focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. However, thus far it has not been possible to systematically identify proteolytically cleaved proteins although some of the proteases have been characterized. Here we applied TAILS to identify N-termini in rat glomeruli and their changes on PAN-induced injury.
Project description:Seedlings lacking the atypical aspartic protease encoded by the gene At2g03200 exhibited shorter primary roots and a pronounced reduction in the number of lateral roots. The protease was therefore name ATYPICAL ASPARTIC PROTEASE IN ROOTS 1 (ASPR1). This project compared the root proteome of a T-DNA insertion line lacking ASPR1 with wild type seedlings.
Project description:Hydrogen can be an important source of energy for chemolithotrophic acidophiles, especially in the deep terrestrial subsurface. Nevertheless, the current knowledge of microbial hydrogen utilization in acidic environments is minimal. A multi-omics analysis was applied on Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans growing aerobically and anaerobically (with ferric iron) on hydrogen as an electron donor, and a respiratory model proposed from the results obtained. In this model, both [NiFe] hydrogenases, cytoplasmic uptake and membrane-bound respiratory, oxidize molecular hydrogen to two protons and two electrons. The electrons are used to reduce membrane-soluble ubiquinone to ubiquinol. Genetically associated [FeS]-binding proteins mediate electron relay from the hydrogenases to the ubiquinone pool. Under aerobic conditions, reduced ubiquinol transfers electrons to either cytochrome aa3 oxidase via cytochrome bc1 complex and cytochrome c4 or the alternate directly to cytochrome bd oxidase, resulting in proton efflux together with the reduction of molecular oxygen to water. Under anaerobic conditions, reduced ubiquinol transfers electrons to outer membrane cytochrome c (ferric iron reductase) via cytochrome bc1 complex and a cascade of electron transporters (cytochrome c4, cytochrome c552, rusticyanin, and high potential iron-sulfur protein), resulting in proton efflux together with the reduction of ferric iron to ferrous iron. The proton gradient generated by molecular hydrogen oxidation maintains the membrane potential and allows the generation of ATP via ATP synthase and NADH via NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase. To a lesser extent, NADH can also be generated by another bidirectional cytoplasmic hydrogenase. ATP and NADH are further utilized in the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle for inorganic carbon uptake and assimilation. These results further clarify the role of extremophiles in biogeochemical processes and their impact on the composition and features of the deep terrestrial subsurface from the distant past to the present.
Project description:Transcriptome profiling of leaves of perennial ryegrass genotype Veyo adapted to warmer climates, and ‘Falster’ adapted to cold climates, in response to low-temperature and drought stress conditions, were performed using RNA-Seq approach.
Project description:To determine the changes in the host proteome as result of virus infection. In particular we infected HeLa and HL-1 cells with Coxsackievirus B3.
Project description:Transgenic Arabidopsis seedlings RV86-5 (contains a dexamethasone-inducible ubiquitin variant that contains Arg instead of Lys at position 48; ̈Schlögelhofer et al., 2005) were surface-sterilized and sown on Uhelon 120T (Silk & Progress, Czech Republic) mesh placed on 1% (w/v) agar containing a half-strength Murashige and Skoog medium (pH 5.7), stratified at 4 °C for 3 d, and cultivated at 21 °C/19 °C day/night temperatures, with a 16 h photoperiod (90 μmol m−2 s−1 light intensity) for 14 d. On the fourteenth day (after the first 2 h of the day period), the Uhelon mesh with the seedlings was transferred onto a new solid medium supplemented with (i) 5×10−4% (v/v) DMSO (mock); (ii) 0.7 or 7.0 μM dexamethasone (DEX) and rinsed with DMSO or DEX-supplemented water for mock and DEX-treated seedlings, respectively, and incubated for 24 hours.
Project description:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents about 2-3% of all cancers with over 400,000 new cases per year. Sunitinib, a vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor, has been used mainly for first-line treatment of metastatic clear-cell RCC with good or intermediate prognosis. However, about one third of metastatic RCC patients do not respond to sunitinib, leading to disease progression. Here we aim to find and characterize proteins associated with poor sunitinib response in a pilot proteomics study. 16 RCC tumors from patients responding (8) vs. non-responding (8) to sunitinib in 3 months after treatment initiation, together with their adjacent non-cancerous tissues, were analyzed using data independent acquisition mass spectrometry. Proteomics analysis quantified 1996 protein groups (q<0.01) and revealed 27 proteins deregulated between tumors non-responding vs. responding to sunitinib, representing a pattern of deregulated proteins potentially contributing to sunitinib resistance. Gene set enrichment analysis showed up-regulation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition with transgelin as one of the most significantly abundant protein. Transgelin expression was silenced by CRISPR/Cas9 and RNA interference, and the cells with reduced transgelin level exhibited significantly slower proliferation. Our data indicate that transgelin is an essential protein supporting RCC cell proliferation which could contribute to intrinsic sunitinib resistance.
Project description:There are a limited number of clinically useful serum biomarkers to predict tumour onset or treatment response in gastric cancer (GC). For this reason, we explored the serum proteome of the gp130Y757F murine model of intestinal-type gastric cancer (IGC). We identified 30 proteins with significantly elevated expression in early gp130Y757F IGC and 12 proteins that were significantly elevated in late gp130Y757F IGC compared to age and gender matched wild-type mice. Within these signatures, there was an overlap of 10 proteins commonly elevated in both early and late-stage disease. Since IGC in the gp130Y757F model can be reversed following therapeutic inhibition of Interleukin (IL)-11, we explored whether the protein signatures we identified could be used to monitor tumour regression. We compared two different therapeutic modalities and found 5 proteins to be uniquely differentially expressed between control and treated animals half-way through treatment, with 10 differentially expressed at the end of treatment. Our findings highlight the potential to identify reliable biomarkers to track IGC tumor regression in response to treatment.