Project description:To compare the changes in the gut microbial composition in the cecum of mice following the 4 treatments (IFvsAL with(out) vancomycin co-treatment)
Project description:It has been widely recognized that the microbiota has the capacity to shape host gene expression and physiological functions. However, there remains a paucity of comprehensive study revealing host transcriptional landscape regulated by the microbiota. Here, we comprehensively examined mRNA landscapes in mouse tissues (brain and cecum) from specific pathogen free (SPF) and germ-free mouse (GF) using Nanopore direct RNA sequencing. Our results show that the microbiome has global influence on host’s RNA modifications (m6A, m5C, Ψ), isoform generation, poly(A) tail length (PAL), and transcript abundance in both brain and cecum tissues. Moreover, the microbiome exerts tissue-specific effects on various post-transcriptional regulatory processes. In addition, the microbiome impacts the coordination of multiple RNA modifications in host brain and cecum tissues. In conclusion, we establish the relationship between microbial regulation and gene expression, our results help the understanding of the mechanisms by which the microbiome reprograms host gene expression.
Project description:It has been widely recognized that the microbiota has the capacity to shape host gene expression and physiological functions. However, there remains a paucity of comprehensive study revealing host transcriptional landscape regulated by the microbiota. Here, we comprehensively examined mRNA landscapes in mouse tissues (brain and cecum) from specific pathogen free (SPF) and germ-free mouse (GF) using Nanopore direct RNA sequencing. Our results show that the microbiome has global influence on host’s RNA modifications (m6A, m5C, Ψ), isoform generation, poly(A) tail length (PAL), and transcript abundance in both brain and cecum tissues. Moreover, the microbiome exerts tissue-specific effects on various post-transcriptional regulatory processes. In addition, the microbiome impacts the coordination of multiple RNA modifications in host brain and cecum tissues. In conclusion, we establish the relationship between microbial regulation and gene expression, our results help the understanding of the mechanisms by which the microbiome reprograms host gene expression.
Project description:Abdominal fat is considered negatively associated with egg production. Therefore, it is necessary to clarity the regulatory mechanism for the abdominal fat deposition of Muscovy duck.
Project description:In the DSS-induced colitis model, the epithelial damage and resulting inflammation is restricted to the colon, with a potential influence on the microbial composition in the adjacent cecum. Several studies have reported changes of the gut microbiota in the DSS-induced colitis model and other mouse models of IBD. Furthermore, metaproteomics analysis of the gut microbiome in a mouse model of Crohn’s disease demonstrated that disease severity and location are microbiota-dependent, with clear evidence for the causal role of bacterial dysbiosis in the development of chronic ileal inflammation. We have developed a refined model of chronic DSS-induced colitis that reflects typical symptoms of human IBD without a risky body weight loss usually observed in DSS models [Hoffmann et al., submitted]. In this study, we used metaproteomics to characterize the disease-related changes in bacterial protein abundance and function in the refined model of DSS-induced colitis. To assess the structural and functional changes, we applied 16S rRNA gene sequencing and metaproteomics analysis of the intestinal microbiota in three different entities of the intestinal environment, i.e. colon mucus, colon content and cecum content.