Project description:Protein expression profiles in the whole tissue lysate extracted from the thorax of O1 and O3 long-lived flies with the control B3 strain flies and analyzed by tandem mass tag (TMT)–based mass spectrometry.
2019-06-13 | PXD014223 | Pride
Project description:Phylogenomics and the evolution of larval feeding habits in the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Project description:gene expression profiles in fly brains between wildtype and miR-34 null flies gene expression profiles in fly brains, wild type (3d, 20d) and miR-34 null flies (3d, 20d)
Project description:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) pathologies are caused by primary and secondary injuries. Primary injuries result from physical damage to the brain, and secondary injuries arise from cellular responses to primary injuries. A characteristic cellular response is sustained activation of inflammatory pathways commonly mediated by NF-B transcription factors. Using a Drosophila melanogaster TBI model, we previously found that the main proximal transcriptional response to primary injuries is triggered by activation of Toll and Imd innate immune response pathways that engage NF-B factors Dif and Relish (Rel), respectively. Here, we monitor the abundance of Rel protein by mass spectrometry (MS) and observe that Rel increases in fly heads at 4-8 h after TBI. To investigate the necessity of Rel for secondary injuries, we generated a null allele, Reldel, by CRISPR/Cas9 editing. Heterozygous but not homozygous Reldel mutation reduced mortality at 24 h after TBI and increased the lifespan of injured flies. Additionally, the effect of heterozygous Reldel mutation on mortality was modulated by genetic background and diet. To identify genes that facilitate effects of heterozygous Reldel mutation on TBI outcomes, we compared genome-wide mRNA expression profiles of uninjured and injured +/+, +/Reldel, and Reldel/Reldel flies at 4 h following TBI. Only a few genes changed expression more than two-fold in +/Reldel flies relative to +/+ and Reldel/Reldel flies, and they were not canonical innate immune response genes. Therefore, Rel is necessary for TBI-induced secondary injuries but in complex ways involving Rel gene dose, genetic background, diet, and possibly small changes in expression of innate immune response genes.
Project description:The health effect of dietary fat has been one of the most vexing issues in the nutrition field. Few animal studies have examined the impact of high-fat diets on lifespan by controlling energy intake. In this study, we found that compared to a normal diet, an isocaloric high-fat diet (IHF) significantly prolonged lifespan by decreasing the profiles of free fatty acids (FFAs) in serum and multiple tissues by downregulating FFAs anabolism and upregulating catabolism pathways in rats and flies. Proteomics analysis in rats identified PPRC1 as a key protein that was significantly upregulated by nearly 2-fold by IHF, and among the FFAs, only palmitic acid (PA) was robustly and negatively associated with the expression of PPRC1. Using PPRC1 transgenic RNAi/overexpression flies and in vitro experiments, we further demonstrated that IHF significantly reduced PA, which could upregulate PPRC1 through PPARG, resulting in improvements in oxidative stress and inflammation and prolonging lifespan.
Project description:We used microarrays to examine transcriptional profiles of female flies raised on either a glucose-enriched (100 g/L) or unmodified holidic diet. We found several diet-dependent effects including increased growth pathway and immunity expression in flies raised on a glucose-enriched diet.
