Project description:Purpose: The transcriptional alterations underlying physological changes in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder are largely unidentified. Here we perform RNA sequencing on control and embryonic alcohol exposed (EAE/FAE) zebrafish at larval (13 dpf) and adult stages in order to identify significant transcriptional alterations under normal and HFHC diet conditions.
Project description:Purpose: The transcriptional alterations underlying physiological changes in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder are largely unidentified. Here we perform RNA sequencing on 0% and 1% EtOH (12 hpf - 5 dpf) zebrafish at 7dpf stages in order to identify significant transcriptional alterations.
Project description:The present study was conducted in the frame of the EU-funded Graphene Flagship project. The aim is to evaluate the impact of graphene oxide (GO) on the (innate) immune system using zebrafish as a model. We previously performed single-cell RNA-sequencing of germ-free zebrafish embryos exposed to GO plus the microbial metabolite butyrate (BA). Here, we performed a follow up experiment using germ-free lck-GFP transgenic fish in which the zebrafish were exposed to GO plus BA at 5 dpf. The embryos were then dissociated and subsequently sorted on lck and submitted for single-cell RNA-sequencing using 10x Genomics.
Project description:Zebrafish is an important model system for the study of vertebrate embryonic development and adaptive immunese response. Recent years have seen great advancement in the understanding of the regulatory mechanisms during zebrafish embryogenesis and immune processes, yet large gaps still remain in the functional pathways critical for each developmental stage, especially for the late embryonic development. We sequenced the polyA-extracted mRNA from 9 stages covering 7 major developmental periods of zebrafish. Whole genome gene expression pattern were analyzed to reveal unknown pathways or factors with implicated roles during each stage of vertebrate development. Analysis of total mRNA by highthroughput sequencing in 9 stages covering 7 periods during the embryonic and larval development of zebrafish
Project description:The present study was conducted in the frame of the EU-funded Graphene Flagship project. We previously evaluated the impact of graphene oxide (GO) on the gut microbiome in adult zebrafish by performing 16S rRNA gene sequencing in wild-type versus AhR-deficient zebrafish. Here, we performed single-cell RNA-sequencing (10x Genomics) on whole (dissociated) germ-free (GF) zebrafish embryos exposed at 5 dpf to GO plus the microbial metabolite butyrate to gain insight into the impact on specific cell populations in GF zebrafish.
Project description:Despite advances in studies of C9orf72-ALS, understanding the function of C9orf72 remains a key research element that is poorly explored. We generated a C9orf72-related ALS stable zebrafish line with a reduced expression of C9orf72.Using this stable transgenic zebrafish model, we analyzed the effects of reduced C9orf72 function on the zebrafish’s neuromuscular system.
Project description:Purpose: study of function of ATG5 protein on zebrafish larvae development Methods: Using morpholino oligos for atg5 gene knock down and overexpression, injected into one- to four-cell-stage embryos,extracted total RNA, then sending to RNA sequencing. Results: we compared to Wildtype, 5MO and atg5 mRNA groups, we analyza autophagy related gene mRNA expression, there are obvious different. Conclusion: our study showed the function of autophagy related gene 5 on zebrafish larvae, it has an important significant for understanding the affection of autophagy on embryo development
Project description:We generated a new rag2-TLX1 driven T-ALL model in zebrafish. RNA sequencing was preformed on the developed TLX1 T-ALLs (sequencing performed in the Speleman lab). In addition, RNA sequencing was performed on various additional zebrafish T-ALL models (shrek, hulk, otg, hMYC, sequenced in the Frazer lab) to look at the molecular differences between the various existing T-ALL models.