Project description:The aim of the study was to identify differentially expressed genes during Gonadal Sex Determination in cattle. We performed a Rna-Seq analysis of XX and XY gonads during sex determination on embryonic days 35 (D35), 39 (D39) and 43 (D43). RNA-seq libraries were prepared from grouped gonads from D35, D39 and D43 males and females.
Project description:Human lung cells (BEAS-2B) were exposed to either liquid suspensions of 125 ug/mL urban particulate matter (NIST, SRM 1648a) or growth media only control for 24 hours at 37C, 5% CO2. We have explored the changes in expression level and subcellular abundance of key proteins involved in cellular response to air pollution stress.
Project description:Background: In classrooms high concentrations of particulate matter PM10 were measured. It is unknown whether the hazard of indoor particles is similar to that of the better studied outdoor particles. This study therefore analyzed adverse biological effects of classroom in comparison to outdoor PM10. Methods: Samples were taken from six schools during teaching hours. Genome-wide gene expression in human bronchial BEAS-2B epithelial cells was analyzed, and regulated genes were verified by quantitative PCR. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), endotoxin, and cat allergen Fel d 1 were analyzed with standard methods. Enhancement of allergic reactivity by PM10 was confirmed with CD63 upregulation in human primary basophils. Acceleration of human blood coagulation was determined with supernatants of PM10-exposed human peripheral blood monocytes. Results: Indoor PM10 induced SERPINB2 (involved in blood coagulation) and inflammatory genes (like CXCL6, CXCL1, IL6, IL8, all p<0.001). Outdoor PM10 induced xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes (CYP1A1, CYP1B1, TIPARP, all p<0.001). The induction of inflammatory genes by indoor PM10 could be explained by endotoxin (indoor 128.5M-BM-142.2EU/mg versus outdoor 13.4M-BM-121.5EU/mg, p<0.001), the induction of CYP by outdoor PAH (indoor 8.3M-BM-14.9ng/mg versus outdoor 16.7M-BM-115.2ng/mg, p<0.01). The induction of SERPINB2 was confirmed by a more rapid human blood coagulation (p<0.05). Indoor PM10 had no effect on the allergic reactivity from human primary basophils, except in cat allergic individuals. This was explained by varying Fel d 1 concentrations in indoor PM10 (p<0.001). Conclusions: Indoor PM10, compared to outdoor PM10, was 6 times higher, had a different composition, and on an equal weight basis induced more inflammatory and allergenic reactions, and accelerated blood coagulation. Outdoor PM10 had significantly lower effects, but induced detoxifying enzymes. Therefore, preliminary interventions for the reduction of classroom PM10 seem reasonable, perhaps by intensified ventilation. For genome-wide gene expression analysis, BEAS-2B cells (passage 41) were incubated with 10M-BM-5g/ml PM10 (school 4 indoor and outdoor) for 4, 10 or 24h, all in triplicate. experiment type : time course
Project description:The cellular proteome is the set of expressed proteins at a given time and defines an organism's phenotype under specific conditions. The proteome is shaped and remodeled by both protein synthesis and degradation. In this study, we combined metabolic and chemical isobaric peptide labeling to simultaneously determine protein decay and de novo synthesis of intracellular Listeria monocytogenes, while focusing on the role of the AAA+ chaperone protein ClpC. ClpC associates with the peptidase ClpP to form an ATP-dependent protease complex and has been shown to play a role in virulence development in the human pathogen L. monocytogenes. However, the mechanism by which ClpC is involved in the survival and proliferation of intracellular L.monocytogenes remains elusive. We observed extensive proteome remodeling in L. monocytogenes upon interaction with the host, supporting the hypothesis that ClpC-dependent protein degradation is required to initiate bacterial adaptation mechanisms. We identified more than 100 putative ClpC target proteins through their stabilization in a clpC deletion strain. Beyond the identification of direct targets, we also observed indirect effects of the clpC deletion on the protein abundance in diverse cellular and metabolic pathways, such as iron acquisition and flagellar assembly. Overall, our data highlights the crucial role of ClpC for L. monocytogenes adaptation to the host environment through proteome remodeling. Importance Survival and proliferation of pathogenic bacteria inside the host depend on their ability to adapt to the changing environment. It is therefore important to profile the underlying changes on the bacterial proteome level during the infection process to understand pathogenesis and host-dependent adaptation processes. The interplay between protein synthesis and decay governs cellular protein abundance. SILAC pulse labeling enables direct readout of these events during infection. Combining this approach with tandem-mass-tag (TMT) labeling enabled multiplexed and time-resolved bacterial proteome quantification during infection. We applied this integrated approach to investigate protein turnover during the temporal progression of bacterial adaptation to the host on a system-wide scale. Our experimental approach can easily be transferred to probe the proteome remodeling in other bacteria under a variety of perturbations.
Project description:Transcriptonal profiling of BEAS-2B cells: Control versus skin sensitizers; Control versus respiratory sensitizers; Control versus non-sensitizing irritants Replicates: 3 biological replicates; Exposure: 10 different chemicals versus solvent, 1 exposure concentration (IC20); Exposure time: 3 different exposure time points;
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of primary human blood-derived macrophages (BDMs) comparing control untreated BDMs with BDMs exposed with Streptococcus pneumoniae strain D39 (MOI 0.1 and 0.5) for 16 hours) Two-condition experiment, control BDMs vs. infected BDMs. Biological replicates: 3 control replicates, 3 infected replicates MOI 0.1, 2 infected replicates MOI 0.5).
Project description:Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae is the most frequently isolated causative pathogen community-acquired pneumonia, a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We investigated the role of the inflammasome sensor NLRP3 and the inflammasome adapter ASC during S. pneumoniae pneumonia. Detailed analysis of the early inflammatory response in the lung by whole genome transcriptional profiling, we identified several mediators that were differentially expressed between Nlrp3-/- and Asc-/ - mice. WT, Nlrp3- and Asc-deficient mice were intranasally inocculated with Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 and ATCC6303 both at high and low dose. Lung homogenates were harvested and gene expression profiling was performed.
Project description:Growing number of cancer (stem) cells and stem cells were described to accommodate constituent active HIF-2α under normoxia. Previous study of hypoxia effect may have obscured some of normoxic HIF-2α functions as hypoxia inducible features. Our interest in study of protective potential of HIFs in lung cells led us to discover pseudohypoxia functions of HIF-2α under normoxia in human bronchial epithelial cells which exhibit pluripotency related markers and features. Our study provided perspective to pseudohypoxia functions of HIF-2α via enrichment of de novo motifs. In addition to the C-TAD, the N-TAD of HIF-2α was found to contribute to targeting on these non-canonical loci. Further elucidation of pseudohypoxia mechanism could resolve its implication of malignancy or pluripotency. We report globally mapped binding of HIF-2α under normoxia by using high throughput sequencing