Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in C. elegans rsks-1, daf-2, daf-2 rsks-1 and daf-16; daf-2 rsks-1 mutant compared to the wild-type N2 strain. The mutants have altered longevity phenotypes. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in Di Chen, Patrick Wai-Lun Li, Benjamin A. Goldstein, Waijiao Cai, Emma Lynn Thomas, Fen Chen, Alan E. Hubbard, Simon Melov and Pankaj Kapahi, Germline Signaling Mediates the Synergistically Prolonged Longevity by Double Mutations in daf-2 and rsks-1 in C. elegans, Cell Reports (CELL-REPORTS-D-13-00388).
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in C. elegans rsks-1, daf-2, daf-2 rsks-1 and daf-16; daf-2 rsks-1 mutant compared to the wild-type N2 strain. The mutants have altered longevity phenotypes. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in Di Chen, Patrick Wai-Lun Li, Benjamin A. Goldstein, Waijiao Cai, Emma Lynn Thomas, Fen Chen, Alan E. Hubbard, Simon Melov and Pankaj Kapahi, Germline Signaling Mediates the Synergistically Prolonged Longevity by Double Mutations in daf-2 and rsks-1 in C. elegans, Cell Reports (CELL-REPORTS-D-13-00388). A 47 chip study using total RNAs from C. elegans wild-type N2 (9 replicates), rsks-1 mutant (9 replicates), daf-2 mutant (9 replicates), daf-2 rsks-1 double mutant (10 replicates) and daf-16; daf-2 rsks-1 triple mutant (10 replicates) measured gene expression levels at the whole genome level.
Project description:Embryos of wild type N2, daf-16(mu86), daf-18(ok480) and daf-16(mu86); daf-18(ok480) were collected by hypochlorite-treat gravid adult worms and were put in virgin S-basal with 0.1% EtOH at 20 °C. After hatching, those embryos entered L1 arrest. Arrested L1s were collected 16 hr post hypochlorite treatment (about 4 hr of starvation).
Project description:We confirmed that the life span of C. elegans feeding hns mutant E. coli was increased. hns mutant E. coli was found to regulate lifespan of C. elegans through daf-16 activation in C. elegans. It is well known that daf-16 is the transcription factor of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway and it is known to regulate downstream genes such as longevity, stress response, and dauer diapause regulation genes. Thus, we performed Next Generation Sequencing(NGS) to investigate the downstream genes regulated by daf-16 in C. elegans that are activated by hns mutant E. coli. N2 wild type worms and daf-16 mutant worms were fed with BW25113 wild type E. coli and hns mutant E. coli, respectively, and then NGS was performed by harvesting the worms and purifying the RNA. We investigated how the downstream genes of daf-16 of C. elegans, which is regulated by hns mutant E. coli, differs from the downstream genes of daf-16 of C. elegans, which is regulated by the insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway. To do this, we carried out the analysis including two previous studied papers that analyzed the daf-16 downstream genes related to the insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway. Surprisingly, only 6 genes were up-regulated in all three experiments and 288 genes were found to be dependent on daf-16 and hns mutant E. coli. This study indicated that hns mutant E. coli regulate daf-16 distinct from insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway on C. elegans.
Project description:TurboID-mediated proximity labeling of the aging and stress regulatory transcription factor DAF-16/FOXO in wild-type and daf-2(e1370) mutants in C. elegans. Endogenous DAF-16 was C-terminally tagged with the biotin ligase TurboID using CRISPR/Cas9- genome editing. In vivo proximity labeling of the DAF-16 interactome was analyzed at normal and low insulin/IGF-1 signaling conditions. The biotin-labeled DAF-16 interactome was affinity purified using streptavidin resin and analyzed with mass spec.
Project description:DAF-16/FoxO and EGL-27/GATA promote developmental growth in response to persistent somatic DNA damage [N2, daf-2, daf-16, daf-2 daf-16]
Project description:To exmine the role of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay process in the longevity regulation of daf-2 mutants, we sequenced transcriptomes from day 1 adult Caenorhabditis elegans: Bristol N2 (wild-type), and smg-2(qd101), daf-2(e1370) and smg-2(qd101); daf-2(e1370) mutants.
