Project description:Differential expression analysis of gill tissues of bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) exposed to okadaic acid at a concentration of 500 nM for 48 h.
Project description:Differential expression analysis of gill tissues of bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) exposed to palmitoleic acid at a concentration of 80 mg/L for 48 h.
Project description:Differential expression analysis of gill tissues of bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) exposed to Thiazolidinedione derivatives 49 at a concentration of 0.64 μM for 48 h.
Project description:Boihai Red is new strains of inter-specific hybridizing the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians irradians) with the Peruvian scallop (Argopecten purpuratus). Orange color variant of adductor muscle have been developed through successive selective breeding in this strain. In the present study, transcriptomic was conducted on orange and white adductor muscle tissues. Transcriptomic analysis showeds 416 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between white and orange adductor muscle tissues in Boihai Red Scallop, with 216 up regulated and 200 down. In DEGs, apolipophorin, CYP450 and tyrosinase were expressed highly in orange adductor muscle tissues, which related to carotenoids or melanin. It is probable that not only carotenoids, but also melanin act on orange color of adductor muscle. This study provides valuable genetic resources for understanding underlying mechanisms and pathways of adductor muscle color.
Project description:The king scallop Pecten maximus is a high valuable species of great interest in Europe for both fishery and aquaculture. However, hatchery production is a relatively new industry and it is still underdeveloped. Major hurdles are spawning control and gamete quality. In the present study, a total of 14 scallops were sampled in the bay of Brest (Brittany, France) to compare transcriptomic profiles of mature oocytes collected by spawning induction or by stripping. To reach such a goal, a microarray analysis was performed by using a custom 8x60K oligonucleotide microarray
Project description:Boihai Red is new strains of inter-specific hybridizing the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians irradians) with the Peruvian scallop (Argopecten purpuratus). Orange color variant of adductor muscle have been developed through successive selective breeding in this strain. In the present study,proteomic were conducted on orange and white adductor muscle tissues.Notably, 74 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified by lable free proteomics, including 36 up and 38 down regulated. In DEGs, apolipophorin, CYP450 and tyrosinase were expressed highly in orange adductor muscle tissues, which related to carotenoids or melanin. In DEPs, high expression of VPS and TIF in orange adductor muscle tissues indicated that proteins outside the carotenoid pathway might also affect carotenoid biosynthesis. In addition, RAB11A related to melanin was also expressed highly in orange adductor muscle tissues at protein level. It is probable that not only carotenoids, but also melanin act on orange color of adductor muscle. This study provides valuable genetic resources for understanding underlying mechanisms and pathways of adductor muscle color.
Project description:The notion that genes are the sole units of heredity and that a barrier exists between soma and germline has been a major hurdle in elucidating the heritability of traits that were observed to follow a non-Mendelian inheritance pattern. It was only after the conception of “epigenetics” by C. H. Waddington that the effect of parental environment on subsequent generations via non-DNA sequence-based mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, chromatin modifications, non-coding RNAs and proteins, could be established in various organisms, now referred to as multigenerational epigenetic inheritance. Despite the growing body of evidence, the male gamete-derived epigenetic factors that mediate the transmission of such phenotypes are seldom explored, particularly in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Using the heat stress-induced multigenerational epigenetic inheritance paradigm in a widely used position-effect variegation line of Drosophila, named white-mottled, we have dissected the effect of heat stress on the sperm proteome in the current study. We demonstrate that multiple successive generations of heat stress at the early embryonic stage results in a significant downregulation of proteins associated with translation, chromatin organization, microtubule-based processes, and generation of metabolites and energy in the Drosophila sperms. Based on our findings, we propose chromatin-based epigenetic mechanisms, a well-established mechanism for environmentally induced multigenerational effects, as a plausible way of transmitting heat stress memory via the male germ line in subsequent generations. Moreover, we demonstrate the effect of multiple generations of heat stress on the reproductive fitness of Drosophila, shedding light on the adaptive or maladaptive potential of heat stress-induced multigenerational phenotypes.
Project description:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a polygenic disease of older people resulting in the breakdown of cartilage within articular joints. Although a leading cause of disability, there are no disease-modifying therapies. Evidence is emerging to support the origins of OA in skeletogenesis. Whilst methylation QTLs (mQTLs) co-localizing with OA GWAS signals have been identified in aged human cartilage and used to identify effector genes and variants, such analyses have never been conducted during human development. Here, for the first time, we have investigated the developmental origins of OA genetic risk at seven well-characterized OA risk loci, comprising 39 OA-mQTL CpGs, in human fetal limb (FL) and cartilage (FC) tissues using a range of molecular genetic techniques. We compared our results to aged cartilage samples (AC) and identified significant OA-mQTLs at 14 CpGs and 29 CpGs in FL and FC tissues, respectively. Differential methylation was observed at 26 sites between fetal and aged cartilage, with the majority becoming actively hypermethylated in old age. Notably, 6/9 OA effector genes showed allelic expression imbalances during fetal development. Finally, we conducted ATAC-sequencing in cartilage from the developing and aged hip and knee to identify accessible chromatin regions, and found enrichment for transcription factor-binding motifs including SOX9 and FOS/JUN. For the first time, we have demonstrated the activity of OA-mQTLs and expression imbalance of OA effector genes during skeletogenesis. We show striking differences in the spatiotemporal function of these loci, contributing to our understanding of OA aetiology, with implications for the timing and strategy of pharmacological interventions.
2022-10-26 | GSE214394 | GEO
Project description:Metagenomic assembly of potential bay scallop pathogens