Project description:Piscine reovirus (PRV) is a causative agent of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in Atlantic salmon, which is propagated in red blood cells (RBC). Here, transcriptome analyses of PRV infected erythrocytes showed strong and complex innate antiviral responses.
Project description:PD and HSMI are viral diseases that cause heavy damages in Atlantic salmon aquaculture. This study was performed to examine and compare the time-courses of transcriptome responses to the causative agents - salmon alphavirus (SAV) and piscine reovirus (PRV).
Project description:Spatial regulation analysis across multiple condition comparisons revealed distinct patterns of gene expression. We combined these transcriptome data with spatial CNS data to produce the spatio-transcripto map of the ganglia chain. The Hirudo Medicinalis set of transcripts generated here provides a resource for gene discovery and gene regulation within the nervous system. In addition, the strategy for de novo assembly of transcriptome data presented here may be helpful in other similar transcriptome studies. Examination of 3 different ganglia in 3 different leeches.
Project description:Translational silence of spermatozoa has long been considered the norm in animals. However, studies in mammals have shown that the mitochondrial ribosomal machinery is selectively activated during capacitation in the female reproductive tract, while cytoplasmic ribosomes remain inactive. Here, using quantitative proteomics in a piscine model species, we show that proteins involved in mRNA processing and cytoplasmic translation are predominantly accumulated in maturing spermatozoa within the extratesticular excurrent ducts, while those related to flagellar motility are enriched in mature (ejaculated) sperm. Based upon in vitro incubation of spermatozoa, motility assays and polysome profiling, we further show that 80S cytoplasmic and 55S mitochondrial ribosomes are actively involved in the translation of motility- and osmoadaptation-related proteins. These findings thus reveal that piscine spermatozoa can maintain de novo protein synthesis through both mitochondrial and cytoplasmic ribosomal activity during post-testicular maturation, which is necessary for the acquisition of full sperm function.