Project description:We applied Illumina sequencing to identify microRNAs (miRNAs) and piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs) in Dugesia japonica. Dugesia were cut up after seven day’s starvation. DJ1 is the whole Dugesia body, DJ2 is the head part, DJ3 is the tail part, DJ4 is the left part and DJ5 is the right part. Total RNA was extracted by Trizol, and preserved in ethanol, stored at -80°C until further use.
Project description:We applied Illumina sequencing to identify microRNAs (miRNAs) and piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs) in Dugesia japonica. Dugesia were cut up after seven day’s starvation. DJ1 is the whole Dugesia body, DJ2 is the head part, DJ3 is the tail part, DJ4 is the left part and DJ5 is the right part. Total RNA was extracted by Trizol, and preserved in ethanol, stored at -80°C until further use. 5 samples examined?DJ1,DJ2,DJ3,DJ4,DJ5. SRA study (not submitted by GEO): SRP017693
Project description:We report RNA-seq results from planarians of Dugesia japonica species which have developed resistance to a S-adenosyl homocysteine hydrolase inhibitor AdOx after prolonged exposure.
Project description:We employed RNA-sequencing with surgically resected planaria and cysteinyl-specialized pro-resolving mediators (cys-SPMs), including MCTR3, PCTR3 and RCTR3 to identify genes and pathways activated by cys-SPMs.
Project description:Excretory organs contain epithelial cells that form a filtration membrane specialized for ultrafiltration to produce primary urine. In vertebrates, the filtration membrane is made up of slit diaphragm (SD) formed by glomerular podocytes. Basal metazoans such as flatworms are also known have filtration epithelial cells, called flame cells, which exhibit SD-like structures. The molecular components of podocyte SD have been studied in detail, while those of the SD-like structures in basal metazoans including flatworms remain to be clarified. To determine whether the SD-like structures in flatworms have molecular components common to the SD in vertebrate podocytes, we examined the expression of gene homologue for mammalian nephrin, which encodes an essential transmembrane protein that participates in the formation of the SD, in a species of flatworms, planarian (Dugesia japonica). Flame cells were distributed throughout the entire body of the planarian, but the nephrin-expressing cells identified by in situ hybridization were mainly detected at body periphery excluding head region. The distribution pattern of nephrin-expressing cells was similar to that of proliferating cell nuclear antigen-expressing neoblasts, which are pluripotent stem cells characteristic to planarians. These findings indicated that the SD-like structures can be formed without the Nephrin protein in planarian flame cells.
