Project description:We deep-sequenced small RNAs after immunoprecipitation of Mili or Miwi, as well as total small RNA from adult mouse testis. The goal of this experiment is to more deeply characterize the piRNA pool from adult mouse testes, using the Illumina platform. Comparison of 2 IP libraries with a non-IP library
Project description:We deep-sequenced small RNAs after immunoprecipitation of Mili or Miwi, as well as total small RNA from adult mouse testis. The goal of this experiment is to more deeply characterize the piRNA pool from adult mouse testes, using the Illumina platform.
Project description:Gene expression profiles of somatic cells of fetal and adult testis. To identify genes developmentally regulated in the somatic cells of the testis, serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) has been used to generate gene expression profiles from these cells in the fetal and adult mouse. To avoid germ cell transcripts, a fetal SAGE library was generated from germ cell-free fetal Wv/Wv mice, and an adult SAGE library was generated from adult testes depleted of germ cells with busulfan. The combined SAGE libraries contained 147570 tags identifying 12976 unique transcripts. Of these transcripts, 3607 were present in only the fetal library and 3941 were present in only the adult library. Most of the abundant differentially expressed tags in the adult testis library were from characterized genes, whereas 3' rapid amplification of complementary ends was required to identify most differentially expressed tags in the fetal library. These fetal tags were mostly associated with uncharacterized UniGene clusters. These data provide a comprehensive and quantitative analysis of gene expression in the somatic cells of the fetal and adult testis (including unknown transcripts) and identify genes differentially expressed in these cells during testis development. These differentially regulated genes are likely to provide insight into mechanisms regulating testis function both during development and in the adult animal. Keywords: other
Project description:Gene expression profiles of somatic cells of fetal and adult testis. To identify genes developmentally regulated in the somatic cells of the testis, serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) has been used to generate gene expression profiles from these cells in the fetal and adult mouse. To avoid germ cell transcripts, a fetal SAGE library was generated from germ cell-free fetal Wv/Wv mice, and an adult SAGE library was generated from adult testes depleted of germ cells with busulfan. The combined SAGE libraries contained 147570 tags identifying 12976 unique transcripts. Of these transcripts, 3607 were present in only the fetal library and 3941 were present in only the adult library. Most of the abundant differentially expressed tags in the adult testis library were from characterized genes, whereas 3' rapid amplification of complementary ends was required to identify most differentially expressed tags in the fetal library. These fetal tags were mostly associated with uncharacterized UniGene clusters. These data provide a comprehensive and quantitative analysis of gene expression in the somatic cells of the fetal and adult testis (including unknown transcripts) and identify genes differentially expressed in these cells during testis development. These differentially regulated genes are likely to provide insight into mechanisms regulating testis function both during development and in the adult animal. Keywords: other
Project description:The development of the testis involves a large number of tissue-specific proteins, possibly because that sperms in it are the most divergent of all cell types. Although the proteome of the larval testis of Bombyx mori has been reported, no comprehensive data on adult testis proteome is available for silkworm. In this study, Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was employ to investigate the protein compositions of the adult testis of silkworm. A total of 14431 peptides were identified in the adult testis of B. mori, which were match to 2292 proteins. Thirty-two heat shock proteins constitute a group of most abundant proteins in the adult testis, suggested that they are critical for the development, differentiation and survival of germ cells. Other proteins in this analysis were also involved in testis-specific processes mainly including sperm motility, meiosis, germ cell development, and spermatogenesis.
Project description:In humans, the most common sex chromosomal disorder is Klinefelter syndrome (KS), caused by the presence of one or more extra X-chromosomes. The KS patients display a diverse adult phenotype with increased height, gynaecomastia, and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism as the most common symptoms. Men with KS are almost always infertile due to testicular degeneration, which accelerates during puberty. Very few studies investigated the global gene expression analysis of adult KS testes and, more importantly, which cell types the differentially expressed transcripts originate from. Transcriptome analysis by RNA sequencing of fixed and paraffin embedded testes originating from 3 adult KS samples and 3 adult cellularity-matched controls revealed 236 differentially expressed transcripts in the adult KS testis. To examine the cellular origin of the differentially expressed transcripts, transcriptome profiling was also carried out on 4 testes with Sertoli Cell-Only and 4 testes with full spermatogenesis. Also, pre-pubertal KS and controls were RNA-sequenced.
Project description:Whole testes were dissected from adult males. RNA from five or six biological replicates were generated and the expression profiles were determined using Affymetrix Drosophila Genechip 1 arrays. Comparisons between the bgcn- and Os+bgcn- groups allowed for the identification of stem cell genes. Keywords: repeat
Project description:To study the influence of POF on transcription in testis we made expression arrays from dissected testes (Pof mutants and wild type control). It is clear that POF mainly alters the expression of genes on the fourth chromosome Experiment Overall Design: Three replicates, each of 60 testes from 0-24h old males (Pof mutants and wild type control), were dissected and total RNA prepared
Project description:Identification of testis-relevant genes using in silico analysis from testes ESTs and cDNA microarray in the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) A total of 4,803 ESTs from the testis library were unidirectionally sequenced and analyzed in silico using a customizable data analysis package, ESTplus. A total of 2,702 unique sequences from 424 contigs and 2,278 singletons were identified. Approximately, 1,134 sequences from the total of 2,702 unique sequences (contigs and singletons) are homologous to genes with known functions. Some of which (mago nashi, insulin-degrading enzyme, actin-depolymerizing factor) are related to testicular development in studies of other organisms. Moreover, the sequences were further characterized according to the gene ontology categories (41% biological process, 24% molecular function, 35% cellular component). By comparing with the EST libraries of other tissues, a total of 1,579 possible testis-specific ESTs were identified. Some of these testis-specific ESTs, such as Phospholipase A2 and Matrix Metalloproteinases, have functions relevant to testicular development. In addition, novel ESTs (621 ESTs) that have never been identified in any ESTs from the Penaeidae family were found in this study. Through cDNA microarray analysis, some of testis-specific ESTs were preferentially expressed in testes to ovary; one of which was a saposin homolog. Therefore, saposin was further characterized by real-time PCR and its full-length sequence was obtained by RACE-PCR. A cDNA microarray was constructed from the EST libraries of P. monodon, consisting of 5,376 features (1,125 features were amplified from testis EST libraries). RNA samples were extracted from testes and ovaries of juveniles (4 month-old, pooled from n=112 and n=98 for testes and ovaries, respectively) and broodstocks from Andaman Sea. The RNA from ovary was labeled with Cy3 dye as a reference and that from testes was labeled with Cy5 dye.