Project description:This study is based on two microarray datasets, in one hand a phase transition comparison using the expression profiles of 630E strain after 4h and 10h of growth. In other hand a comparison at 10h of growth between a mutant of the sigH gene and the WT strains. This experimental procedure was designed to investigate the effect of sigH in the growth phase transition of Clostridium difficile. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25474: Comparison of the expression profiles of 630E strain after 4h and 10h of growth GSE25475: Comparison of the expression profiles of 630E strain and a sigH mutant after 10h of growth This study is based on two microarray datasets, in one hand a phase transition comparison using the expression profiles of 630E strain after 4h and 10h of growth. In other hand a comparison at 10h of growth between a mutant of the sigH gene and the WT strains. This experimental procedure was designed to investigate the effect of sigH in the growth phase transition of Clostridium difficile. Refer to individual Series
Project description:Toxin A and B from Clostridium difficile are the primary virulence factors in Clostridium difficile disease. The changes in gene transcription of human colon epithelial cells were investigated in vitro in order to better understand the many effects of both toxins.
Project description:Transcriptional analysis of Clostridium difficile R20291 in biofilm formation, planktonic state and grown on blood agar RNA sequencing was performed on Clostridium difficile R20291 in three different conditions: Biofilm formation, plantonic state and grown on blood agar plates. Each condtion has 3 replicates.
Project description:Clostridium difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen and the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea. Antibiotic use is the primary risk factor for the development of C. difficile-associated disease because it disrupts normal protective gut flora and enables C. difficile to colonize the colon. C. difficile damages host tissue by secreting toxins and disseminates by forming spores. The toxin-encoding genes, tcdA and tcdB are part of a pathogenicity locus, which also encodes the gene tcdR that codes for the toxin genes positive regulator. TcdR is an alternate sigma factor that initiates transcription of tcdA and tcdB at their promoters. Alternative sigma factors are known to regulate virulence and virulence associated genes in many pathogenic bacteria. We created a tcdR mutant in the epidemic-type C. difficile R20291 strain in an attempt to identify the global role of tcdR. A site-directed mutation in tcdR affected both toxin production and sporulation in C. difficile R20291. Spores derived from the tcdR mutant were found to be mildly temperature sensitive. Moreover, nearly two fold more taurocholate was needed to germinate spores from the tcdR mutant than the spores prepared from the wild-type parent strain. Comparison of the tcdR mutant transcriptome with the parent strain revealed many differentially expressed late sporulation genes in the tcdR mutant. These data suggests that gene regulatory networks of toxin production and sporulation in Clostridium difficile are linked with each other.
Project description:Grad-seq in Clostridium difficile 630. Cell lysate is analyzed in a gradient and fractionated into 21 fractions which are analysed for proteins by MS and for transcripts by RNA-sequencing.
Project description:Toxin A and B from Clostridium difficile are the primary virulence factors in Clostridium difficile disease. The changes in gene transcription of human colon epithelial cells were investigated in vitro in order to better understand the many effects of both toxins. HCT-8 cells were treated with 100 ng/ml of either Toxin A or B (TcdA or TcdB). RNA was isolated 2, 6, and 24 hours after addition of toxin from untreated and toxin-treated cells.
