Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to determine the expression traits in Liver tissue from the Four Core Genotype treated group. Keywords: Sry transgene Four Core Genotype Mouse liver Tissue
Project description:Group-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) are tissue-resident, long-lived innate effector cells implicated in allergy and asthma. Upon activation, mature ILC2 rapidly secret large amounts of type-2 cytokines and other effector molecules. The molecular pathways that drive ILC2 activation are not well understood. Here we report that the transcriptional controller Core-binding factor β (CBFβ) is required for ILC2 activation. Deletion or inhibition of CBFβ did not impair the maintenance of ILC2 at homeostasis, but abolished ILC2 activation during allergic airway inflammation. Treatment with CBFβ inhibitors prevented ILC2-mediated airway hyperresponsiveness in a mouse model of acute Alternaria allergen inhalation. CBFβ promoted expression of key ILC2 genes at both transcriptional and translational levels. CBF transcriptional complex directly bound to Il13 and Vegfa promoters and enhancers, and controlled gene transcription. CBFβ further promoted ribosome biogenesis and enhanced gene translation in activated ILC2. Together, these data establish an essential role for CBFβ in ILC2 activation.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to determine the expression traits in Liver tissue from the Four Core Genotype treated group. Keywords: Sry transgene Four Core Genotype Mouse liver Tissue Liver tissue from the "Four Core Genotype" treated group consists of 20 female and male C57BL/6J mice fed a chow diet containing 4% fat (Ralston-Purina Co., St. Louis, MO) until 8 weeks of age and then were gonadectomized at 8 weeks of life. In mice of the "four core genotypes" (FCG), the Y chromosome is deleted for the testis-determining gene Sry, producing the Y- chromosome. The Sry transgene is inserted onto an autosome, so that testis determination is independent of the complement of sex chromosomes. XY-Sry gonadal males are bred with XX gonadal females, producing progeny with four different genotypes: two types of gonadal males (XX.Sry and XY-Sry) and two types of gonadal females (XX and XY-). At 12 weeks mice were sacrificed, after a 12-hour fast, Liver tissue were dissected and flash frozen in LN2 and stored at -80°C. All sample were compared to a common pool created from equal portions of RNA from each of the samples.
Project description:Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant paediatric brain tumour, with Group 3 disease representing the most aggressive and therapy-refractory subtype. Despite intensive craniospinal radiotherapy, outcomes remain poor and the molecular basis of radioresistance is unclear. Here we identify CALCOCO2 as a key determinant of Group 3 MB aggressiveness and radiotherapy resistance. CALCOCO2 is markedly upregulated in Group 3 tumours, where high expression correlates with adverse clinical outcome. We show that CALCOCO2 is transcriptionally regulated by the developmental factor OTX2, defining a previously unrecognised axis that sustains a progenitor-like, transformation-permissive state. Functionally, nuclear CALCOCO2 promotes efficient repair of radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks by engaging POLθ-dependent alternative end joining. Disruption of the CALCOCO2–POLθ pathway impairs DNA repair, sensitizes tumour cells to radiotherapy and suppresses tumour growth in vitro and in vivo. These findings uncover a developmentally wired DNA repair dependency in Group 3 MB and highlight POLθ inhibition as a rational strategy to overcome therapeutic resistance.
Project description:The genus Flaveria has been extensively used as a model to study the evolution of C4 photosynthesis as it contains both C3 and C4 species as well as a number of species that exhibit intermediate types of photosynthesis. The current phylogenetic tree of the Flaveria genus contains 21 of the 23 known Flaveria species and has been constructed using a combination of morphologicial data and three non-coding DNA sequences (nuclear encoded ETS, ITS and chloroplast encoded trnl-F). However, recent studies have suggested that phylogenetic trees inferred using a small number of molecular sequences may often be incorrect. Moreover, studies in other genera have often shown substantial differences between trees inferred using morphological data and those using molecular sequence. To provide new insight into the phylogeny of the genus Flaveria we utilize RNA-Seq data to construct a multi-gene concatenated phylogenetic tree of 17 Flaveria species. Furthermore, we use this new data to identify 14 C4 specific non-synonymous mutation sites, 12 of which (86%) can be independently verified by public sequence data. We propose that the data collection method provided in this study can be used as a generic method for facilitating phylogenetic tree reconstruction in the absence of reference genomes for the target species. 18 Flaveria sample including 11 species are sequenced, other three samples were also sequenced as out-group. In all, 21 samples.
Project description:Comparative Evaluation of Current Biochemical, Sequencing, and Proteomic Based Identification Methods for the Streptococcus bovis group