Project description:Expression profile microarray of human foreskin fibroblast cell comparing control untreated HFF cell with HFF cell infected with ME49 strain.Study on Toxoplasma gondii infection of HFF cell LncRNAs expression, for further studies on the differential exprssion of LncRNAs in HFF cell against the infection of Toxoplasma gondii research provide the basic function.
Project description:The in vitro effect of infection with different strains of Toxoplasma gondii was tested 24 hours after infection of Human Foreskin Fibroblasts (HFF) The strains tested include RH, VEG, and transgenic strains of RH overexpressing ROP38 or ROP21 Total RNA of Toxoplasma gondii infected HFF cell was compared to uninfected cells
Project description:The normally virulent type-I RH parasite is rendered avirulent when lacking ROP5. The avirulent phenotype is a consequence of interaction with the host innate immune system. We sought to understand if ROP5 alters host gene expression in order to escape host defenses. We saw no gene expression differences between host cells infected with wt (RH?ku80) or RH?ku80?rop5 parasites. We have included uninfected HFF samples that were harvested in parallel with the infected samples. Host gene expression in response to infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Two independent samples per sample type. Three sample types: HFF infected with RH?ku80, HFF infected with RH?ku80?rop5, and uninfected HFF.
Project description:The closely related protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum display similar life cycles, subcellular ultrastructure, invasion mechanisms, metabolic pathways, and genome organization, but differ in their host range and disease pathogenesis. Type II (γ) interferon has long been known to be the major mediator of innate and adaptive immunity to Toxoplasma infection, but genome-wide expression profiling of infected host cells indicates that Neospora is a potent activator of the type I (α/β) interferon pathways typically associated with antiviral responses. Infection of macrophages from mice with targeted deletions in various innate sensing genes demonstrates that host responses to Neospora are dependent on the toll-like receptor Tlr3 and the adapter protein Trif. Consistent with this observation, RNA from Neospora elicits type I interferon responses when targeted to the host endo-lysosomal system. While live Toxoplasma fails to induce type I interferon, heat-killed parasites do trigger this response, and co-infection studies reveal that T. gondii actively suppresses the production of type I interferon. These findings reveal that eukaryotic pathogens can be potent inducers of type I interferon and that some parasite species, like Toxoplasma gondii, have evolved mechanisms to suppress this response. Human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF; line BJ-5ta) were cultured to confluency in T25 flasks, infected with one representative of each of the three architypial strains of Toxoplasma gondii: GT1 (type I), Prugniaud (type II) and VEG (type III), or the closely related parasite species, Neospora caninum (strain Nc-Liv). RNA was collected from biological replicates for expression profiling by microarray. Uninfected HFF cells were used as a reference.
Project description:Tartrolon E is a pan anti-apicomplexan compound derived from a symbiotic bacteria of shipworms. The mechanism of action of the compound is unknown, and attempts to select parasite mutants resistant to the compound has been unsuccessful. In this study, RNAseq was performed on human foreskin fibroblast cells (HFF) infected with Toxoplasma gondii RH strain and treated with Tartrolon E to identify genes targeted by the compound.
Project description:This study establishes a baseline pattern for RNA expression among canonical strains of Toxoplasma gondii grown in tissue culture without perturbation. Parasites cultured within human foreskin fibroblast (HFF) cells grown with D10 media were scraped and harvested ~8-12 hours prior to host cell lysis. RNA was isolated and applied to a T. gondii Affymetrix array.
Project description:The in vitro effect of infection with different strains of Toxoplasma gondii was tested 24 hours after infection of Human Foreskin Fibroblasts (HFF) The strains tested include RH, VEG, and transgenic strains of RH overexpressing ROP38 or ROP21
Project description:To identify accessible chromatin regions in the human host cells during Toxoplasma parasite infection (uninfected, RH-infected and Pru-infected human foreskin fibroblasts) and in the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii (Type 1 RH strain and Type 2 Pru strain), ATAC-seq was performed.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25468: Expression data from Human foreskin fibroblasts (HFFs) infected with Toxoplasma gondii. GSE25469: Expression data from WT or p65-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Refer to individual Series
