Project description:We describe the landscape of H3K4me3 in WT and jhd2Î? cells in YAR media by ChIP seq To determine the contribution of Jhd2 to the H3K4me3 landscape in respiring yeast cells, we performed H3K4me3 ChIP and normalized to pan-H3 ChIP signal.
Project description:RNA expression in WT and jhd2Î? cells in various nutritional sources Strand-specific total RNA was sequenced (Illumina stranded TruSeq, with dUTP second strand-incorporation) from wildtype and mutants cells, in biological replicates, normalized by RNA spike-in controls
Project description:B6.Cg-Lep ob/ob mice females were surgically implanted in an age of 10-12 weeks with Alzet osmotic mini pumps (model 1002, 0,25l/h, Cupertino, CA, USA) in two groups of ten mice each to perform continuous subcutaneous infusions of Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline (vehicle; n = 8) or GLP-1 (GLP-1; n = 9) agonist Liraglutide (Victoza, batch# CS6C214, Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark) to investigate the effects of the respective treatment on peri-gonadal epididymal white adipose tissue gene expression. Vehicle or Liraglutide at a dose of 600 g/kg/d were continuously infused (at a dose of 600 g/kg/d) over a 14 days period. On the morning after the osmotic mini pump reservoirs liquid content should have been consumed mice were dissected to remove the peri-gonadal epididymal fat pad for white adipose tissue gene expression analysis. At least 220 mg of white adipose tissue was quickly removed, shock-frozen in liquid nitrogen and thereafter stored at -80C for mRNA extraction. To perform RNA-Seq analysis, samples were single-end sequenced at a depth of 75 80M reads per sample with a read-length of 51 bp using an Illumina Hiseq2500. Raw sequencing files were quality controlled with FastQC. Alignment and trimming of reads was performed using the OSA algorithm against the mouse reference genome b38.1 with RefSeq as the gene model as implemented in OmicSoft ArraySuite software, version 8. RNA transcripts were quantified using RSEM methods as implemented in Arraystudio counting count the read fragments mapping to each individual gene and quantify expression by the corresponding FPKM. In summary, expression was measured as FPKM for 25,054 unique genes. Principal component analysis was then performed to check for possible batch effects and outliers complemented by calculating the RNA-Seq 5'->3' trend for each sample. One sample for the vehicle control as well as for the Liraglutide group were identified as outliers and removed from subsequent analysis, resulting in 7 and 8 samples remaining for each group respectively. Abundance values (counts) were normalized and compared between liraglutide treated mice versus baseline controls using DESeq2. All P-values were adjusted for multiple testing by the Benjamini-Hochberg method.
Project description:Given the prominent angiogenic impairment in PHGDHECKO mice and the proliferation defect of PHGDHKD ECs, which could not fully be explained by a decreased one carbon metabolism pool, together with the observed impairment of mitochondrial homeostasis and reduced respiration in PHGDHKD ECs, we performed an RNA-seq analysis of control and PHGDHKD ECs.
Project description:Given the prominent angiogenic defect in PCK2KD ECs, which could not be fully explained by its metabolic function as a cataplerotic enzyme, we performed an RNA-seq analysis of control versus PCK2KD ECs in normal versus glucose-deprived conditions.
Project description:Exposure of mouse ESCs to a sequence of extrinsic signals, which recapitulates in vivo development, generates a bipotential neuromesodermal precursor (NMP) that can be directed to differentiate into either spinal cord or paraxial mesodermal tissue. To induce differentiation,mouse ES cells were plated on CellBINDSurface dishes (Corning) precoated with 0.1% gelatin (Sigma) at a density of 5x10^3 cells cm-2 in N2B27 medium. Cells were grown in N2B27 supplemented with 10ng/ml bFGF (R&D) for 3 days (D1-D3) and then were transferred into serum free media without bFGF (D3-D5). To induce ventral hindbrain identity NPCs (NH) 100nM RA (Sigma) and 500nM SAG (Calbiochem) was added from D3-D5. Spinal cord identity (NP) was induced by the addition of 5nM CHIR 99021 (Axon) from D2 to D3 followed by 100nM RA, 500nM SAG from D3-D5. To induce mesodermal differentiation the cells were treated with CHIR99021 from D2-D5.
Project description:The global diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis comprises at least seven lineages, each with its distinct geographic distribution. The aim of this experiment was to perform a comparative analysis of two of these lineages: Lineage 1 and Lineage 2. The former is found around the rim of the Indian ocean and in south-east Asia, while the latter is widely spread throughout Asia and shows an increasing global spread. We have chosen three fully drug susceptible clincal isolates to represent each of the two lineages. We performed RNAseq analysis on rRNA depleted samples isolated from cultures during mid-log phase. Each strain was measured in triplicate.
Project description:RNA-Seq is a powerful tool for transcriptome profiling, but is hampered by sequence-dependent bias and inaccuracy at low copy numbers intrinsic to exponential PCR amplification. We developed a simple strategy for mitigating these complications, allowing truly digital RNA-Seq. Following reverse transcription, a large set of barcode sequences is added in excess, and nearly every cDNA molecule is uniquely labeled by random attachment of barcode sequences to both ends. After PCR, we applied paired-end deep sequencing to read the two barcodes and cDNA sequences. Rather than counting the number of reads, RNA abundance is measured based on the number of unique barcode sequences observed for a given cDNA sequence. We optimized the barcodes to be unambiguously identifiable even in the presence of multiple sequencing errors. This method allows counting with single copy resolution despite sequence-dependent bias and PCR amplification noise, and is analogous to digital PCR but amendable to quantifying a whole transcriptome. We demonstrated transcriptome profiling of E. coli with more accurate and reproducible quantification than conventional RNA-Seq. We analyzed two replicates of the same bulk E. coli transcriptome sample. In each sample, we included internal standards to demonstrate that the digital RNA-Seq system may accurately count fragments correctly.
Project description:The experiment was designed to infer the fitness cost of rifampicin-resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis through expression analysis. The approach relied on: 1. Tracking the expression changes occurring as a result of the rifampicin-resistance conferring mutation Ser450Leu in RpoB and subsequent gain of compensatory mutation Leu516Pro in RpoC. The hypothesis was that any cost-incurring expressional changes would be reversed in the presence of compensatory mutations. The strains in this set were described before here: PMID 22179134. 2. Comparing the impact of the same rifampicin-resistance mutation (RpoB Ser450Leu) in five different genetic backgrounds. Here the comparison was solely between RpoB Ser450Leu and their cognate drug susceptible wild type ancestor. One of the strain pairs is the same as in point 1. above.