Project description:Many biological processes involve post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Here, we show that an alternative splicing factor SRSF6 affects tissue homeostasis of the skin. In this dataset, we study effects on gene expression and alternative splicing upon SRSF6 overexpression (+doxycycline) in mouse skin using inducible R26-rtTA+/-, ColA1-TREtight-SRSF6+/- transgenic mice 4 mixed-background strain samples (2 SRSF6-induced skin samples and 2 uninduced skin control samples)
Project description:Many biological processes involve post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Here, we show that an alternative splicing factor SRSF6 affects tissue homeostasis of the skin. In this dataset, we study effects on gene expression and alternative splicing upon SRSF6 overexpression (+doxycycline) in mouse skin using inducible R26-rtTA+/-, ColA1-TREtight-SRSF6+/- transgenic mice
Project description:Alternative splicing (AS) occurs in nearly all human genes and abnormal AS has a close connection with cancer. SRSF6, a canonical member of the serine/arginine-rich (SR) protein family, has been characterized as an important regulator of AS. However, the role of SRSF6 in regulating AS in prostate cancer remains unclear. In this study we analyzed SRSF6 expression levels in 550 prostate cancer tissue samples available in The Cancer Genome Atlas database and found that expression of SRSF6 was upregulated in all prostate cancer stages we examined. To investigate the biological consequences of SRSF6 overexpression, we constructed an SRSF6-overexpressing cell model and utilized RNA-seq to explore transcriptional changes. We also selected two groups of prostate cancer tumor samples in which SRSF6 was differentially expressed to analyze potential SRSF6-regulated AS. We hypothesized that overexpression of SRSF6 in cancer cells would induce large-scale changes in transcriptional expression levels and AS. We found that the pattern of SRSF6-regulated AS in cancer cells was similar to that observed in clinical samples and was enriched in pathways like DNA repair, double-strand break repair via homologous recombination and others. We also validated SRSF6-regulated AS events using RT-qPCR. Our findings highlighted how SRSF6 could regulate DNA repair-related pathways via regulation of AS to influence cancer progression in both cancer cells and prostate cancer tumor samples. These results greatly expand our current understanding of the mechanisms underlying SRSF6-mediated gene regulation and suggests the potential use of SRSF6 as a cancer therapeutic target.
Project description:The downregulation of diabetes susceptibility gene GLIS3 contributes to pancreatic beta cell demise, at least in part, through downregulation of the splicing factor SRSF6. Here, we used individual-nucleotide UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (iCLIP) to map the RNA binding landscape of SRSF6 in pancreatic beta cells.
Project description:Background: Comparison of temporal gene expression profiles. The RNA-seq data comprises 3 age groups: 2, 15 and 30 months for mouse skin; 5, 24 and 42 months for zebrafish skin. Illumina 50bp single-stranded single-read RNA sequencing Jena Centre for Systems Biology of Ageing - JenAge (www.jenage.de)
Project description:PURPOSE: To provide a detailed gene expression profile of the normal postnatal mouse cornea. METHODS: Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was performed on postnatal day (PN)9 and adult mouse (6 week) total corneas. The expression of selected genes was analyzed by in situ hybridization. RESULTS: A total of 64,272 PN9 and 62,206 adult tags were sequenced. Mouse corneal transcriptomes are composed of at least 19,544 and 18,509 unique mRNAs, respectively. One third of the unique tags were expressed at both stages, whereas a third was identified exclusively in PN9 or adult corneas. Three hundred thirty-four PN9 and 339 adult tags were enriched more than fivefold over other published nonocular libraries. Abundant transcripts were associated with metabolic functions, redox activities, and barrier integrity. Three members of the Ly-6/uPAR family whose functions are unknown in the cornea constitute more than 1% of the total mRNA. Aquaporin 5, epithelial membrane protein and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) omega-1, and GST alpha-4 mRNAs were preferentially expressed in distinct corneal epithelial layers, providing new markers for stratification. More than 200 tags were differentially expressed, of which 25 mediate transcription. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to providing a detailed profile of expressed genes in the PN9 and mature mouse cornea, the present SAGE data demonstrate dynamic changes in gene expression after eye opening and provide new probes for exploring corneal epithelial cell stratification, development, and function and for exploring the intricate relationship between programmed and environmentally induced gene expression in the cornea. Keywords: other