Project description:Pseudothermotoga elfii strain DSM9442 and P. elfii subsp. lettingae strain TMOT are hyperthermophilic bacteria. P. elfii is a moderate piezophile, isolated from an oil-producing well in Africa at a depth of more than 1600 m. P. lettingae is piezotolerant, isolated from a thermophilic bioreactor fed with methanol as the sole carbon and energy source. In this study, we analysed these bacteria at the genomic and transcriptomic levels. According to the hydrostatic pressure growth conditions the transcriptomic analyses revealed differentially expressed genes emphasizing amino acid and sugars metabolism and transport as the major hydrostatic pressure responding processes. Notably, this work highlights the central role of the amino acid aspartate as key intermediate of the pressure adaptation mechanisms of the deep strain P. elfii DSM 9442. In addition, several differentially expressed genes involved in the membrane and cell wall biosynthesis pathways may be linked to the chain formation morphotype previously described at high pressure for strain P. elfii DSM9442.
Project description:Corneal epithelial stem cells reside in the limbus that is the transitional zone between the cornea and conjunctiva, and are essential to maintain the homeostasis of corneal epithelium. However, their characterization is poorly understood. Therefore, we constructed gene expression profiles of limbal epithelial SP and non-SP cell using RNA-sequencing. As a result, limbal epithelial SP cells have immature cell phenotypes with endothelial/mesenchymal cell markers, while limbal epithelial non-SP cells have epithelial progenitor cell markers.
Project description:Targeted therapies against cancer stem cells which are enriched in side populations (SP) involves interruption of Wnt-signalling. Furthermore, EpCAM is a SP marker and modulator of Wnt-signalling. Therefore, the effects of an anti-EpCAM treatment on SP-cells and WNT/β-catenin signalling was studied. SP of the human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 was obtained by fluorescence activated cell sorting and whole genome scans helped to define their molecular phenotype after anti-EpCAM antibody treatment.
Project description:Targeted therapies against cancer stem cells which are enriched in side populations (SP) involves interruption of Wnt-signalling. Furthermore, EpCAM is a SP marker and modulator of Wnt-signalling. Therefore, the effects of an anti-EpCAM treatment on SP-cells and WNT/β-catenin signalling was studied. SP of the murine lung adenocarcinoma cell line A2C12 was obtained by fluorescence activated cell sorting and whole genome scans helped to define their molecular phenotype after anti-EpCAM antibody treatment.
Project description:In previous work in our group, shotgun genome sequencing of Arthrobacter sp. revealed potential new P450 monooxygenases and many other oxidoreductases with putative hydroxylation activity. A targeted approach to identify enzymes involved in the degradation of certain molecules is proteomic analysis. In the case of growth on certain substances, enzymes like P450s, which are responsible for the observed organism’s capabilities, might be overexpressed or initially induced.
