Project description:Transcriptome expression analysis in peanut to date has been limited to a relatively small set of genes and only recently have moderately significant number of ESTs has been released into the public domain. Utilization of these ESTs for the oligonucleotide microarrays provides a means to investigate large-scale transcript responses to a variety of developmental and environmental signals, ultimately improving our understanding of plant biology. We have developed a high-density oligonucleotide microarray for peanut using approximately 47,767 publicly available ESTs and tested the utility of this array for expression profiling in a variety of peanut tissues. To identify putatively tissue-specific genes and investigate the utility of this array, we compared transcript levels in pod to peg, leaf, stem, and root tissues. Results from this experiment showed a number of putatively pod-specific/abundant genes, as well as transcripts whose expression was low or undetected in pod compared to either peg, leaf, or stem. Keywords: Peanut tissue-specific gene expression We used Agilent peanut gene chips (017430) to identify putative tissue-specific genes and investigate the utility of the array for expression profiling of various peanut tissues. Pod, leaf, stem, peg and root tissues of the peanut genotype Flavrunner 458 were used in the study. Field grown plants under normal irrigation were used for sample collection. Three replications of microarray experiments were carried out by hybridizing the cRNA from pod tissue and cRNA from leaf, stem, peg and root tissues on the same dual color oligonucleotide arrays.
Project description:Bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) produce durable, infection-resistant IgM, IgG, and IgA antibodies, but in some cases, pro-allergic IgE. Despite this, BMPC sources are unclear. We charted single BMPC transcriptional and clonal heterogeneity in peanut-allergic and non-allergic humans across CD19 protein expression—due to CD19’s inverse correlation to BMPC longevity. Transcriptional and clonal diversity revealed distinct functional modules. Additionally, distributions of somatic hypermutation and intraclonal antibody sequence variance suggest CD19low and CD19high BMPCs arise from recalled memory and germinal center B cells, respectively. Most IgE BMPCs were from peanut-allergic individuals; some bound peanut and potently prevented peanut-driven anaphylaxis in a mouse model. These findings shed light on BMPC origins and identify the bone marrow as a likely source for long-lived pathogenic IgE in peanut allergy.
Project description:In terrestrial ecosystems plants take up phosphate predominantly via association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). We discovered that the loss of responsiveness to AMF in the rice deletion mutant hebiba is encoded by the alpha/beta fold hydrolase, DWARF 14 LIKE (D14L), which is one of the 26 deleted genes. It is a component of an intracellular receptor complex involved in the detection of the smoke-compound karrikin. On the basis of the early and pronounced hebiba mutant phenotype, we hypothesized that functional D14L is required for the perception of AM fungi prior to contact. Germinated spore exudates of AMF activate pre-contact plant responses. Therefore, we used RNAseq to monitor the transcriptional changes of hebiba and wild type roots in response to germinated spore exudates, and also karrikin, over the first 24 hours post treatment. WT seedlings were treated with GSE, Karrikin or a mock and iho seedlings with GSE or a mock. Root material was collected for sequencing at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 hours. This gave a total of 27 samples (WT+Mock: 6, WT+GSE: 5, WT+Karrikin:5, iho+Mock:6, iho+GSE: 5).
Project description:Transcriptome expression analysis in peanut to date has been limited to a relatively small set of genes and only recently have moderately significant number of ESTs has been released into the public domain. Utilization of these ESTs for the oligonucleotide microarrays provides a means to investigate large-scale transcript responses to a variety of developmental and environmental signals, ultimately improving our understanding of plant biology. We have developed a high-density oligonucleotide microarray for peanut using approximately 47,767 publicly available ESTs and tested the utility of this array for expression profiling in a variety of peanut tissues. To identify putatively tissue-specific genes and investigate the utility of this array, we compared transcript levels in pod to peg, leaf, stem, and root tissues. Results from this experiment showed a number of putatively pod-specific/abundant genes, as well as transcripts whose expression was low or undetected in pod compared to either peg, leaf, or stem. Keywords: Peanut tissue-specific gene expression