Project description:Transcriptional profiling of rice shoot or root treated with acetate. Goal was to determine the effects of acetate on changes in gene expression.
Project description:The objetive of this study was to evaluate the impact of acetate pre-treatment in alveolar macrophage like cells (MPI) stimulated with Streptococcus pneumoniae. We observed that acetate induce a high modulation of gene expression. Acetate led to similar numbers of up and down-regulated genes and in a enrichment analysis, acetate was shown to regulate different pathways, such as locomotion, cell proliferation and immune processes.
Project description:Indica rice seedlings of IR64 variety were grown hydroponically for 7-days in a culture room with a daily photoperiodic cycle of 14h light and 10h dark. Seedlings were incubated in 0.1% dimethyl sulfoxide (control) or 50 micromolar solutions of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA treatment) and benzyl aminopurine (BAP treatment) for 1h and 3h. Equal amounts of 1h and 3h samoles were pooled for each treatment before RNA isolation. The 5 micrograms of each total RNA sample was processed for microarray analysis according to Affymetrix protocol. Keywords: Rice, seedling, IAA, BAP, hormone response
Project description:As a species mostly planted in tropical and subtropical regions, rice is sensitive to chilling temperature, especially at reproductive stage. However, the effect of low temperature on seed development has not been well characterized. The transcriptome of two rice cultivars Zhonghua11 and Hanfeng were analyzed to characterize the gene regulatory networks of rice seed during low temperature treatment.
Project description:Competition for nutrients like glucose can metabolically restrict T cells and contribute to their hyporesponsiveness during cancer. Metabolic adaptation to the surrounding microenvironment is therefore key for maintaining appropriate cell function. For instance, cancer cells use acetate as a substrate alternative to glucose to fuel metabolism and growth. Here we show that acetate rescued effector function in glucose-restricted CD8+ T cells. Mechanistically, acetate promoted histone acetylation and chromatin accessibility, and enhanced IFN-γ gene transcription and cytokine production in an acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACSS)-dependent manner. Ex vivo acetate treatment increased IFN-γ production by exhausted T cells, while reducing ACSS expression in T cells impaired IFN-γ production by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and tumor clearance. Thus, hyporesponsive T cells can be epigenetically remodeled and reactivated by acetate, suggesting that pathways regulating the use of substrates alternative to glucose could be therapeutically targeted to promote T cell function during cancer.
Project description:Competition for nutrients like glucose can metabolically restrict T cells and contribute to their hyporesponsiveness during cancer. Metabolic adaptation to the surrounding microenvironment is therefore key for maintaining appropriate cell function. For instance, cancer cells use acetate as a substrate alternative to glucose to fuel metabolism and growth. Here we show that acetate rescued effector function in glucose-restricted CD8+ T cells. Mechanistically, acetate promoted histone acetylation and chromatin accessibility, and enhanced IFN-γ gene transcription and cytokine production in an acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACSS)-dependent manner. Ex vivo acetate treatment increased IFN-γ production by exhausted T cells, while reducing ACSS expression in T cells impaired IFN-γ production by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and tumor clearance. Thus, hyporesponsive T cells can be epigenetically remodeled and reactivated by acetate, suggesting that pathways regulating the use of substrates alternative to glucose could be therapeutically targeted to promote T cell function during cancer.
Project description:The japonica rice variety Nipponbare was grown under hydroponic condition for 10-days (untreated seedling sample). Seedlings were exposed to once stress conditions for 24 hours (stress treated sample). Seedlings were exposed to one of the following for 24 h: cold stress, incubation at 10 °C; salt stress by adding 150 mM sodium chloride to the planter box; osmotic stress by adding 260 mM mannitol to the planter box; and drought stress by adding 25% polyethylene glycol 6000 to the planter box. Total RNAs were prepared from each sample using an RNeasy Midi Kit (Qiagen, Tokyo, Japan) and the mRNAs were purified with an Oligotex-dT30 Kit (Takara, Shiga, Japan). Purified mRNA was amplified and labeled and we hybridized the 1-mg fluorescent liner amplified Cy3- and Cy5-labeled cRNAs (each cRNA was 500 ng) to the NIAS RICE 22K oligonucleotide array ver1 according to the manufacturer. Keywords = Rice Keywords = Seedling Keywords = stress treatment Keywords = flood Keywords: other
Project description:NSC 59687 (oxyphenisatin acetate) is a novel anti-cancer agent with selectivity for breast and ovarian cell lines To elucidate the transcripts differentially regulated following treatment with Oxyphenisatin acetate (NSC 59687)