Project description:RNA-seq analysis was performed on different developmental stages of cluster roots (pre-emergent, juvenile and mature) from Lupinus albus grown for 20 days under phosphorus-deficiency
Project description:Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) is a tyrosine kinase receptor which is a clinical target of major interest in cancer, including neuroblastoma. To better understand ALK signaling, three different neuroblastoma cell lines (CLB-BAR, CLB-GE and SK-N-AS) were cultured for 1hr and 24hrs in control conditions or after treatment with the ALK inhibitors crizotinib or lorlatinib. RNA-Seq experiments were performed to determine the expression changes resulting from ALK inhibition. Together with parallel phosphoproteomic experiments, these data unveil several important conserved oncogenic pathways in neuroblastoma.
Project description:The function of the plant hormone jasmonic acid (JA) in development of tomato flowers was analyzed with a mutant defective in JA perception (jasmonate-insensitive1-1, jai1-1). In contrast to Arabidopsis JA-insensitive plants that are male sterile, the tomato mutant jai1-1 exhibits major defects in female development resulting in female sterility. To identify putative JA-dependent regulatory components, transcriptomics was performed using isolated ovules of three different stages of flower development, from both wild type and jai1-1. Among the strongly down-regulated genes in jai1-1, one encoding a MYB transcription factor (SlMYB21) was found. Its orthologue in Arabidopsis has a crucial role in JA-regulated stamen development. SlMYB21 showed transcription factor activity in yeast, interaction with SlJAZ9 in yeast and in planta, and complemented the Arabidopsis mutant myb21-5. To analyze SlMYB21 function in tomato ovule development, CRISPR/Cas9 mutants were created and a TILLING mutant was identified, all showing female sterility and therefore corroborating a function of MYB21 in tomato ovule development. Transcriptomics from wild type, jai1-1 and myb21-2 carpels revealed processes that might be controlled by SlMYB21. The data suggest a positive regulation of JA biosynthesis by SlMYB21, but a negative regulation of the action of auxin and GA. The results demonstrate that SlMYB21 mediates at least partially the action of JA and might control the flower to fruit transition.
Project description:Boar taint described as an offensive odor that is released while cooking pork. Androstenone, a steroid mainly synthesized in testis and metabolized in liver is one of the major causes of boar taint. The aim of the present study was to investigate transcriptome differences in boar testis and liver tissues with divergent androstenone levels using RNA deep sequencing (RNA-Seq). For this purpose, mRNA expression from testis and liver tissue samples from 10 boars, 5 samples each for high and low androstenone levels were quantified and analyzed. The results shows that in testis samples 46 genes were differentially regulated whereas 25 genes showed differential expression in the liver. Digital gene expression analysis identified genes in keratin family, desmoplakin and Interferon-induced protein family for as candidate genes for low androstenone testis sample and genes in flavin monooxygenease family, cytochrome P450 family and hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase family as candidate genes for low androstenone liver sample. Additionally, the results revealed that mutations in genes IRG6, DSP, IFIT2 were specific for low androstenone testis tissues and mutations in genes FMO5, HIST1H4K and TSKU were specific for low androstenone liver samples. Testis and liver mRNA profile of high and low androstenone level were generated by RNA deep sequencing, in five animal for each group, Ilumina HiSeq 2000
Project description:The leaf transcriptome of the Arabidopsis thaliana aquaporin gene PIP1;2 T-DNA insertion line was compared to that of control plants. In total 730 genes were found to be differentially regulated. This regulation pattern was compared to mild drought stress and low CO2 Affymetrix data to elucidate whether loss of the aquaporin resembles transcriptomic changes of drought stress or lack of CO2 supply. Mild drought stress data were obtained from Harb A, Krishnan A, Ambavaram MMR, Pereira A (2010) Molecular and Physiological Analysis of Drought Stress in Arabidopsis Reveals Early Responses Leading to Acclimation in Plant Growth. Plant Physiology 154: 1254-1271 (GSE24177). Low CO2 data were obtained from Oliver E. Bläsing, Yves Gibon, Manuela Günther, Melanie Höhne, Rosa Morcuende, Daniel Osuna, Oliver Thimm, Björn Usadel, Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible, and Mark Stitt (2005) Sugars and Circadian Regulation Make Major Contributions to the Global Regulation of Diurnal Gene Expression in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, Vol. 17, 3257-3281 (GSE3423). 2 samples examined: wildtype and atpip1;2-1 mutant
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate different aspects of plant development by post-transcriptional regulation of target genes. In Arabidopsis, DICER-LIKE 1 (DCL1) processes miRNA precursors (pri-miRNAs) to miRNA duplexes, which associate with ARGONAUTE 1 (AGO1). AGO1 together with the miRNA guide strand binds complementary RNA sequences within target mRNAs. Additional proteins act in concert with DCL1 (e.g. HYL1 and SERRATE) and AGO1, respectively, to facilitate efficient and precise pri-miRNA processing and loading into the effector protein. Here, we show that RECEPTOR OF ACTIVATED C KINASE 1 (RACK1) is a novel component of the Arabidopsis miRNA pathway. RACK1 is a seven-bladed WD-repeat protein that has previously been shown to act as a scaffold protein mediating multiple simultaneous protein-protein interactions. Our molecular analyses demonstrate that RACK1 function is required for controlling miRNA-mediated gene expression. rack1 mutants contain only low levels of mature miRNAs without affecting the first step of pri-miRNA processing. Physical and genetic interaction studies revealed that RACK1 acts in concert with AGO1 and also interacts with a SERRATE, a component of the miRNA processing machinery. These results suggest that RACK1 also functions as a scaffold protein in the miRNA pathway to orchestrates miRNA maturation steps after the initial events of pri-miRNA processing. sequencing of small RNAs from WT and rack1abc mutants (two biological replicates each)
Project description:The Sordaria macrospora nox1 mutant has a block in sexual development at the stage of protoperithecia formation, and therefore is sterile. The aim of this study was to determine the transcriptome of microdissected protoperithecia from the mutant, as well as the transcriptomes of total RNA from the mutant and the wild type for comparison. The data were then compared with transcriptome data from protoperithecia of the wild type and the developemental mutant pro1; the corresponding data were generated in a previous study (Teichert et al. 2012, BMC Genomics 13: 511, GEO accession GSE33668). The samples (amplified RNA from nox1 microdissected protoperithecia and total RNA from nox1 and wild type mycelia undergoing sexual development) were sequenced as paired-end reads on an Illumina HiSeq 2000, two independent biological replicates for each nox1 sample and one replicate for the wild type.
Project description:Objective: We analyzed changes in A. fumigatus gene expression profile at various stages of an in vitro model of aspergillosis to study the adaptation of A. fumigatus to the blood environment. Results: Most of virulence factors described to be involved in aspergillosis were not activated during the blood phase. We found three active processes to be activated in the later phase that may help to the adaptation: Iron homeostasis, a partial secondary metabolite cluster and the formation of detoxification enzymes. Conclusions: We propose that A. fumigatus is unable to grow in blood and it requires a metabolic change that allows the organism to shut down all uptake and energy-consume mechanisms, resulting in a resting mycelial stage. We performed gene expression profile by sequencing mRNA of A. fumigatus that were growm under two conditions, Minimal Medium (M) and human blood (B), and at different times: before placing the fungus in the final medium (pre), at 30' and at 180', with 2 biological replicates per condition.
Project description:We analysed genome-wide histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation and histone H3 lysine 9 acetylation, two modifications typically associated with active genes, in meristematic cells at the base and expanding cells in the maturing zone of the maize (Zea mays) leaf. These data were compared to transcript levels of associated genes. Our data revealed that for individual genes fold-changes in histone modification and transcript abundance were much better correlated than absolute intensities. When focusing on regulated modification sites, we identified secondary upstream H3 lysine 9 acetylation peaks (SUPs) on upstream promoter regions of approximately 6% of all acetylated genes. SUPs showed stronger regulation than the previously described acetylation peaks at transcription initiation sites, were more often found on genes that were upregulated towards the maturing zone than on downregulated genes, and were significantly enriched on photosynthetic genes. We identified SUPs on all genes encoding enzymes of the C4 cycle. Moreover, SUPs were enriched in four lists of candidate C4-associated genes that were derived from previous transcriptomic studies. Based on these data, we used highly regulated SUPs as an epigenetic mark to identify new genes potentially involved in C4 metabolism. This approach also allowed the identification of ethylene response elements as highly enriched cis-acting elements in SUP regions. Our data suggest co-evolution of epigenetic promoter elements during the establishment of C4 photosynthesis. Comparative analysis of H3K9ac, H3K4me3 and the transcription between two developmental zones within one maize leaf.