Project description:Our previous study on CBP60g, a calmodulin binding protein that is important for disease resistance and microbe-associated molecular pattern (MAMP)-induced SA accumulation, led to our discovery of a closely related family member CBP60h. CBP60h is also important for defense against P. syringae but is induced differently by pathogen and MAMP stimulus. Transcriptome profiling of cbp60h mutants suggested that CBP60h might be primarily functioning in response against P. syringae. We constructed a double mutant of cbp60g and cbp60h, which demonstrated severely defective defense against P. syringae and SA accumulation. Profiling of the cbp60g/h showed that its expression pattern is very similar to that of pad4. Transient expression in Tobacco showed that both CBP60g and CBP60h localized to nucleus. Our observation suggest that CBP60g and CBP60h share partially redundant but critical role in defense response and SA signaling. This experiment consists of three biological replicates. For each genotype, two leaves per plant were pooled from three pots to prepare total RNA.
Project description:Defining the function of TEAD transcription factors in myogenic differentiation has proved elusive due to overlapping expression and functional redundancy. Here, we show that siRNA silencing of either Tead1, Tead2 or Tead4 did not effect differentiation of primary myoblasts (PMs) while their simultaneous knockdown strongly impaired differentiation. In contrast in C2C12 cells, silencing of Tead1 or Tead4 impaired differentiation showing a differential requirement for these factors in PMs and C2C12 cells that involved both differential regulation of their expression and intracellular localisation. Through integration of Tead1 and Tead4 ChIP-seq with chromatin modifications, we identify active enhancers associated with genes activated during C2C12 cell differentiation that are bound by combinations of Tead4, Myod1 or Myog and show a signature of frequently co-occuring motifs. We show that distinct but overlapping sets of genes are deregulated by Tead silencing in C2C12 cells and PMs therefore describing for the first time in a comprehensive manner the specific and redundant regulatory roles of Tead factors in myogenic differentiation. We also performed ChIP-seq from mouse muscle in vivo identifying a set of highly transcribed muscle cell-identity genes and revealing that Tead4 binds a distinct repertoire of sites in C2C12 cells and muscle.
Project description:Defining the function of TEAD transcription factors in myogenic differentiation has proved elusive due to overlapping expression and functional redundancy. Here, we show that siRNA silencing of either Tead1, Tead2 or Tead4 did not effect differentiation of primary myoblasts (PMs) while their simultaneous knockdown strongly impaired differentiation. In contrast in C2C12 cells, silencing of Tead1 or Tead4 impaired differentiation showing a differential requirement for these factors in PMs and C2C12 cells that involved both differential regulation of their expression and intracellular localisation. Through integration of Tead1 and Tead4 ChIP-seq with chromatin modifications, we identify active enhancers associated with genes activated during C2C12 cell differentiation that are bound by combinations of Tead4, Myod1 or Myog and show a signature of frequently co-occuring motifs. We show that distinct but overlapping sets of genes are deregulated by Tead silencing in C2C12 cells and PMs therefore describing for the first time in a comprehensive manner the specific and redundant regulatory roles of Tead factors in myogenic differentiation. We also performed ChIP-seq from mouse muscle in vivo identifying a set of highly transcribed muscle cell-identity genes and revealing that Tead4 binds a distinct repertoire of sites in C2C12 cells and muscle.
Project description:Our previous study on CBP60g, a calmodulin binding protein that is important for disease resistance and microbe-associated molecular pattern (MAMP)-induced SA accumulation, led to our discovery of a closely related family member CBP60h. CBP60h is also important for defense against P. syringae but is induced differently by pathogen and MAMP stimulus. Transcriptome profiling of cbp60h mutants suggested that CBP60h might be primarily functioning in response against P. syringae. We constructed a double mutant of cbp60g and cbp60h, which demonstrated severely defective defense against P. syringae and SA accumulation. Profiling of the cbp60g/h showed that its expression pattern is very similar to that of pad4. Transient expression in Tobacco showed that both CBP60g and CBP60h localized to nucleus. Our observation suggest that CBP60g and CBP60h share partially redundant but critical role in defense response and SA signaling.
Project description:Entamoeba histolytica contains a large and novel family of transmembrane kinases (TMK) with proposed roles that include both amebic response to the environment and immune evasion. In the later case, the process requires several elements --these include a large gene family encoding antigenically distinct surface proteins and the expression of one variant antigen at a time by a single pathogen. Laser-capture microdissection was used in conjunction with microarray analysis to demonstrate that single trophozoites express more than one TMK gene. Overall, our data indicates that multiple members of the novel E. histolytica TMK family are utilized for non-redundant functions by the parasite. For laser capture microdissection analysis, harvested trophozoites were allowed to adhere to metal framed PEN membrane slides (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA) for 15 mins at 37°C in TYI-S-33 media. Subsequently, single cells were captured from the PEN slides using a Pix Cell II laser capture microdissection system equipped with an Olympus microscope (Arcturus Engineering, Mountain View, CA).
Project description:TEAD1 acts as a key molecule of muscle development, and trans-activates multiple target genes involved in cell proliferation and differentiation pathways. However, its target genes in skeletal muscles, regulatory mechanisms and networks are unknown. Here, we use ChIP-on-chip to identify direct target genes of TEAD1. All animal procedures were performed according to protocols approved by Hubei Province, P. R. China for Biological Studies Animal Care and Use Committee. Skeletal muscle tissues were collected from three adult Kunming mice.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to determine the regulatory role of tead1 in β-cells by analyzing the transcriptomal changes with Tead1 deletion in β-cells Methods: Isolated islet mRNA profiles of β-cell Tead1 KO mice compared to control floxed mice at 1 year of age were assessed by RNA-seq using Illumina Hiseq2500. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript isoform level using the CLC genomic workbench. qRT-PCR validation was performed using SYBR Green assays Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of beta cell transcriptomes following Tead1 deletion in beta cells.