Project description:Transcriptional profile of snails exposed to irradiated E. paraensei miricidia and four days later challenged with S. mansoni miricidia. Compared to snails exposed to only irradiated E. paraensei miricidia.
Project description:The mechanisms underlying exercise-induced effects in the skeletal muscle during cancer cachexia progression have not been fully described. Here, we tested the hypothesis that different exercise training protocols could attenuate metabolic impairment in a severe model of cancer cachexia. Moderate-intensity training (MIT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) improved running capacity and prolonged lifespan in tumor-bearing rats. HIIT also reduced oxidative stress and reestablished muscle contractile function. An unbiased proteomics screening revealed that COP9 signalosome complex subunit 2 (COPS2), also known as thyroid receptor interacting protein 15 (TRIP15) or ALIEN, is one of the most downregulated proteins at the early stage of cancer cachexia progression. HIIT restored COPS2/TRIP15/ALIEN protein expression to the control levels. Moreover, lung cancer patients with low endurance capacity had lower muscle COPS2/TRIP15/ALIEN protein content compared to age- and sex-matched control subjects. We further established an in vitro model of cancer-induced muscle wasting using tumor cells-conditioned media to explore the potential protective role of COPS2/TRIP15/ALIEN for myotubes homeostasis. This in vitro model indicate that tumor cells produce factors that directly affect myotube metabolism, but COPS2/TRIP15/ALIEN overexpression is not able to fully reestablish metabolic homeostasis and protein content in myotubes incubated with tumor cells-conditioned media. The current study provides new insight into the role of exercise training as a co-therapy for cancer cachexia and uncovers COPS2/TRIP15/ALIEN as a novel potential target for cancer cachexia.
Project description:Transcriptional profile of BS-90 snails injected with a cocktail of four FREP3 specific 27-mer DSiRNA oligos and two hours later exposed to S. mansoni miricidia. Compared to BS-90 snails injected with a cocktail of three GFP specific DSiRNA oligos and two hours later exposed to S. mansoni miricidia. Experiments were done over the course of 49 days. Snails were collected (10each) at 2 and 4 dpe to S. mansoni for comparison.
2012-04-01 | GSE33525 | GEO
Project description:Soil rhizosphere bacterial communities of seven invasive alien plant species
Project description:We conducted field surveys to detect the population density of the most important invasive weed species and their associated virus vectoring aphids in crops grown under high input (HIF) vs low-input (LIF) field conditions, with and without fertilizers and pesticides. The most frequent invasive weed species were Stenactis annua, Erigeron canadensis and Solidago canadensis. These species were hosts predominantly for the aphids Brachycaudus helichrysi and Aulacorthum solani in both management systems. The 13% higher coverage of S. annua under LIF conditions resulted in a 30% higher B. helichrysi abundance and ~85% higher A. solani abundance compared with HIF conditions. To reveal virus infection in crop plants and invasive weeds high-throughput sequencing of small RNAs were carried out. Bioinformatics analysis of the results detected the presence of 16 important plant viruses, but not resulting strikingly different pattern under LIF and HIF. This could suggest that invasive weeds serves as a virus reservoir both under low and high input management systems. The lake of any management increases virus vector aphids abundances, their presence has a great impact on the viromes of the crops.
