Project description:We analyzed samples from fourteen deaf individuals (Affected 1 through 14), fifteen hearing maternally related family members (Unaffected 1-15), six marry-in controls (Controls 1-6) from extended pedigree from Arab-Israeli village, and nine individuals from another Arab-Israeli village (Controls 7-15). All affected and unaffected maternally-related individuals carry homoplasmic mutation in the 12S rRNA gene of the mitochondrial DNA, associated with both non-syndromic and aminoglycosides-induced deafness. Keywords: Comparison of genome-wide expression in cell lines of maternally-related individuals with mitochondrial mutation and controls carrying wild-type mitochondrial chromosome.
Project description:Here, we examined the transcriptional and epigenetic (DNA methylation) responses to viral infection in honey bee workers. One-day old worker honey bees were fed solutions containing Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV), a virus which causes muscle paralysis and death and has previously been associated with colony loss. Uninfected control and infected, symptomatic bees were collected within 20-24 hours after infection. Worker fat bodies, the primary tissue involved in metabolism, detoxification and immune responses, were collected for analysis. We performed transcriptome- and bisulfite-sequencing of the worker fat bodies to identify genome-wide gene expression and DNA methylation patterns associated with viral infection. There were 753 differentially expressed genes (FDR<0.05) in infected versus control bees, including several genes involved in epigenetic and antiviral pathways. DNA methylation status of 156 genes (FDR<0.1) changed significantly as a result of the infection, including those involved in antiviral responses in humans. There was no significant overlap between the significantly differentially expressed and significantly differentially methylated genes, and indeed, the genomic characteristics of these sets of genes were quite distinct. Our results indicate that honey bees have two distinct molecular pathways, mediated by transcription and methylation, that modulate protein levels and/or function in response to viral infections. Examination of epigenomic and transcriptomic antiviral responses to Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus in honey bees
Project description:By using Hoechst staining techniques, we have previously shown that the C2C12 myogenic cell line contains a Side Population (SP) (Benchaouir et al, Exp Cell res, 2004) which is largely increased in the presence of FGF6 (Israeli et al, J Cellular Physiol, 2004). The experiment, compared transcriptional profiles from SP and MP (Main Population) cells from either C2C12 or FGF6-expressing C2C12.
Project description:We analyzed samples from two affected brothers (Affected 3 and 4) and their two affected female cousins (Affected 7 and 9) homozygous for the MLASA ? associated C656T mutation in the PUS1 gene; four parents ? heterozygous carriers of the C656T mutation (Parents 1, 2, 5, 6), and an unaffected female carrying wild-type genotype at the PUS1 gene (Control 8). In addition, two females and one male with normal hearing from Arab-Israeli family with nonsyndromic deafness carrying wild-type PUS1 sequence were used as controls (Controls 10, 11, 12). Keywords: Comparison of genome-wide expression in cell lines of patients and controls