Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to compare endothelial transcriptome affected by OASL knockdown under basal or stimulated conditions by utilizing RNA-seq. Methods: Endothelial mRNA profilies of siCTL or siOASL transfected HUVECs were generated by illumina sequencing method, in duplicate. Following an optimized data analysis workflow, RNA sequence reads were counted using StringTie-2.1.3b and used to identify genes differentially expressed between siCTL- and siOASL-transfected HUVECs treated with or without TNFα and IFNγ. Results: DESeq2 was used to identify genes differentially expressed between siCTL- and siOASL-transfected HUVECs under basal or stimulated conditions. Genes showing <10 read counts total were pre-filtered. Conclusions: Our study represents the first analysis of endothelial mRNA affected by OASL knockdown with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate the responses of HUVECs after the stimulation of conidia of A. fumigatus Methods: HUVECs were stimulated with conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus for 2 and 6 hours. Three biological repeats of stimulated cells or un-stimulated controls were send for RNA sequencing. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 40 million sequence reads per sample to the human genome (build hg38) and identified round 80,000 transcripts in the HUVECs upon stimulation. Conclusions: Our resutls showed the detailed analysis of HUVECs transcriptomes upton conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus stimulation.
Project description:Mitochondrial fusion and fission accompany adaptive responses to stress and altered metabolic demands. Inner membrane fusion and cristae morphogenesis depends on Optic Atrophy 1 (Opa1), which is expressed in different isoforms and is cleaved from a membrane-bound, long to a soluble, short form. Here, we have analyzed the physiological role of Opa1 isoforms and Opa1 processing by generating mouse lines expressing only one cleavable Opa1 isoform or a non-cleavable variant thereof. Our results show that expression of a single cleavable or non-cleavable Opa1 isoform preserves embryonic development and the health of adult mice. Opa1 processing is dispensable under metabolic and thermal stress, but prolongs lifespan and protects against mitochondrial cardiomyopathy in OXPHOS-deficient Cox10-/- mice. Mechanistically, loss of Opa1 processing disturbs the balance between mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy, suppressing cardiac hypertrophic growth in Cox10-/- hearts. Our results highlight the critical regulatory role of Opa1 processing, mitochondrial dynamics and metabolism for cardiac hypertrophy.
Project description:To investigate the function of Opa1 in the regulation of adult neurogenesis, we created a conditional Opa1-knockout mouse line by cross-breeding Nestin-CreERT2;ROSA26YFP mice with Opa1-Flox mice. Using Tamoxifen, we induced Opa1 knockout on 8-weeks-old Nestin-CreERT2;ROSA26YFP;Opa1-Flox mice. We then sorted YFP-positive cells from the hippocampus using flow cytometry at 10 weeks. RNA was extracted from sorted cells and subjected to next generation sequencing.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to compare endothelial small RNA transcriptome to identify the target of OASL under basal or stimulated conditions by utilizing miRNA-seq. Methods: Endothelial miRNA profilies of siCTL or siOASL transfected HUVECs were generated by illumina sequencing method, in duplicate. After sequencing, the raw sequence reads are filtered based on quality. The adapter sequences are also trimmed off the raw sequence reads. rRNA removed reads are sequentially aligned to reference genome (GRCh38) and miRNA prediction is performed by miRDeep2. Results: We identified known miRNA in species (miRDeep2) in the HUVECs transfected with siCTL or siOASL. The expression profile of mature miRNA is used to analyze differentially expressed miRNA(DE miRNA). Conclusions: Our study represents the first analysis of endothelial miRNA profiles affected by OASL knockdown with biologic replicates.
