Project description:We report 293 Neisseria gonorrhoeae genes that show differential transcript abundance in response to 15 mM hydrogen peroxide treatment by RNA-Seq. We analyze the major physiological functional groups of genes affected by hydrogen peroxide exposure. In addition, we analyze which genes in our hydrogen peroxide-responsive set of genes belong to major known transcriptional regulatory circuits like iron homeostasis, anaerobiosis and others. We annotate which of the 293 hydrogen peroxide-responsive genes belong to operons. We annotate global transcriptional start sites and identify transcriptional start sites that are only present in hydrogen peroxide-treated bacteria. We validate the RNA-Seq data for a subset of representative genes by RT-qPCR and whether transcript abundance in this same subset of genes differs upon treatement with other reactive oxygen species encountered during infection, like organic peroxide, super oxide anion, and bleach.
Project description:Marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea are known to lack the catalase gene that functions as a scavenger at high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. Therefore, nearly isolated ammonia-oxidizing archaea require the addition of a hydrogen peroxide scavenger to their culture medium, despite being aerobic. To understand the transcriptomic response to hydrogen peroxide stress, we performed RNA-Seq analysis under two different conditions: one without the addition of a hydrogen peroxide scavenger and one with the addition of a hydrogen peroxide scavenger as a control.
Project description:The transcriptomic response of Jurkat T lymphoma cells to hydrogen peroxide was investigated to determine the global effects of hydrogen peroxide on cellular gene expression.
Project description:Reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide occur in all aerobically living organisms. Oxidative stress during fermentation can impair the fitness of the production host and the quality of the product. B. pumilus has been described as highly resistant to hydrogen peroxide. The response of exponentially growing B. pumilus cells to hydrogen peroxide was studied.
Project description:To gain insight into the basic mechanism of Hydrogen peroxide detoxification in the methylotrophic yeast, H. polymorpha, we analyzed changes in transcriptional profiles in response to hydrogen peroxide exposure.
Project description:Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that causes multiple infections, including pneumonia, bacteremia, and wound infections. Due to multiple intrinsic and acquired drug-resistance mechanisms, A. baumannii isolates are commonly multi-drug resistant and infections are notoriously difficult to treat. Therefore, it is important to identify mechanisms used by A. baumannii to survive stresses encountered during infection as a means of identifying new drug targets. In this study, we determined the transcriptional response of A. baumannii to hydrogen peroxide stress using RNASequencing. Upon exposure to hydrogen peroxide, A. baumannii differentially transcribes several hundred genes. In this study, we also determined the transcriptional profile of A. baumannii strains with the transcriptional regulators mumR or oxyR genetically inactivated and identified transcriptional differences between these strains and wild-type A. baumannii in response to hydrogen peroxide stress. In doing this, the function of A. baumannii OxyR in hydrogen peroxide stress resistance and regulation of genes required for hydrogen peroxide detoxification was defined. Moreover, the contribution of the uncharacterized regulator MumR to hydrogen peroxide stress resistance was also explored. This work reveals the transcriptome of an important human pathogen in the presence of hydrogen peroxide stress.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Escherichia coli K-12 comparing luxS mutant LW12 with wild type W3110 exposure to 10mM or 30mM hydrogen peroxide. Two-condition experiment, luxS mutant LW12 vs. wild type W3110, treatment with 10mM hydrogen peroxide for 30min or treatment with 30mM hydrogen peroxide for 30min. Two biological replicates.
Project description:Reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide occur in all aerobically living organisms. Oxidative stress during fermentation can impair the fitness of the production host and the quality of the product. B. pumilus has been described as highly resistant to hydrogen peroxide. The response of exponentially growing B. pumilus cells to hydrogen peroxide was studied. Two-condition experiment, unstressed versus hydrogen peroxide stressed cells, 3 biological replicates
