Project description:A custom microarray, based on deep transcriptome sequencing ((GEO accession number: GSE34418), was used to simultaneously investigate expression of over 24,000 Helicoverpa zea insect transcripts and 134 H. armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) genes throughout the infection process at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours post infection A cutom 8x60,000 SurePrint Agilent expression slide (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA) was used to analyzed eight samples, including biological replicates of HaSNPV-infected cultures at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hpi.The microarray probes included probes for 27,400 H. zea sequences that were validated previously (Nguyen et al., 2012. PLOS ONE, 7(5), e36324) and all 134 H. armigera single-capsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) genes (Accession: NC_002654).
Project description:A custom microarray, based on deep transcriptome sequencing ((GEO accession number: GSE34418), was used to simultaneously investigate expression of over 24,000 Helicoverpa zea insect transcripts and 134 H. armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) genes throughout the infection process at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours post infection
Project description:Plants received oviposition by S. exigua (1-2 egg clutches). After 1 day, tissue from the next younger (systemic) leaf, or from the respective leaf position of a control plant without eggs, was harvested for RNA extraction.
Project description:Cruciferous plants produce sulforaphane (SFN), an inhibitor of nuclear histone deacetylases (HDACs). In humans and other mammals, the consumption of SFN alters enzyme activities, DNA-histone binding, and gene expression within minutes. However, the ability of SFN to act as a HDAC inhibitor in nature, disrupting the epigenetic machinery of insects feeding on these plants, has not been explored. Here, we investigate the effect of SFN, as well as the pharmaceutical HDAC inhibitor Trichostatin A (TSA), consumed in the diet in the generalist grazer Spodoptera exigua and in the co-evolved specialist feeder Trichoplusia ni. To investigate the mechanisms of HDAC inhibition, we profiled transcriptome changes via RNA-seq in S. exigua and T. ni fat body tissues responding to SFN or TSA, in biological triplicate.
