Project description:In the present study, the eggs of Chinese pond turtles (Mauremys reevesii) were incubated at three temperatures (26℃, 29℃ and 32℃). During the thermosensitive period (TSP) of incubation, the adrenal-kidney-gonad (AKG) complexes were sampled, and the transcriptome differences of the AKG samples were investigated using next-generation sequencing, then candidate genes associated with temperature-dependent sex determination of Reeves' Turtle were identified.
Project description:Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is an important aquaculture fish species that is farmed worldwide, and it is also the most widely cultivated cold water fish in China. This species, a member of the salmonidae family, is an ideal model organism for studying the immune system in fish. Two phenotypes of rainbow trout are widely cultured; wild-type rainbow trout with black skin (WR_S) and yellow mutant rainbow trout with yellow skin (YR_S). Fish skin is an important immune organ, however, little is known about the differences in skin immunity between WR_S and YR_S in a natural flowing water pond aquaculture environment, and very few studies were conducted to investigate the ceRNA mechanism for fish skin.
Project description:To realize the gene expression in response to acute heat stress in chicken small yellow follicles, we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a tool to identify genes response to acute heat stress. Female B strain Taiwan country chickens were subjected to acute heat stress (38℃) for 2 h, and then exposed to 25℃, with small yellow follicles collected 0, 2, and 6 h after the cessation of heat stress, using non heat-stressed hens as a control group (n = 3 hens per group). Based on a chicken 44K oligo microarray, 69, 51, and 76 genes were upregulated and 58, 15, 56 genes were downregulated after heat treatment of H2R0, H2R2, and H2R6, respectively, using a cutoff value of two-fold or higher in the small yellow follicles of the heat-stressed chickens from those of the control chickens. Upregulation of heat shock protein 25, interleukin 6, metallopeptidase 1, and metalloproteinase 13, and downregulation of type II alpha 1 collagen, discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 2, and Kruppel-like factor 2 were confirmed through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).
Project description:To realize the gene expression in response to acute heat stress in chicken small yellow follicles, we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a tool to identify genes response to acute heat stress. Female B strain Taiwan country chickens were subjected to acute heat stress (38℃) for 2 h, and then exposed to 25℃, with small yellow follicles collected 0, 2, and 6 h after the cessation of heat stress, using non heat-stressed hens as a control group (n = 3 hens per group). Based on a chicken 44K oligo microarray, 69, 51, and 76 genes were upregulated and 58, 15, 56 genes were downregulated after heat treatment of H2R0, H2R2, and H2R6, respectively, using a cutoff value of two-fold or higher in the small yellow follicles of the heat-stressed chickens from those of the control chickens. Upregulation of heat shock protein 25, interleukin 6, metallopeptidase 1, and metalloproteinase 13, and downregulation of type II alpha 1 collagen, discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 2, and Kruppel-like factor 2 were confirmed through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).
Project description:Adequate reprogramming of global translation under stress is of critical importance to cell survival in eukaryotes. The phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2α is a major pathway for stress-induced translational arrest in animals. Here we report that eIF2α phosphorylation is not induced by heat in Arabidopsis. Instead, we identify an uncharacterized protein, FUST1, that can directly sense heat and initiate translational shutdown in Arabidopsis. FUST1 exhibits heat-dependent condensation both in vivo and in vitro, which is mainly driven by its prion-like domain (PrLD). Molecular dynamic simulation reveals that PrLD undergoes conformational rearrangements and engages more inter-amino acid interactions as temperature increases. Mutations that block this conformational change also diminish FUST1 condensation in vitro and in vivo and impair heat tolerance. FUST1 condensates preferentially partition mRNAs of greater length via electrostatic interactions, recruit translation repressors and RNA decapping and deadenylation factors. Importantly, disruption of FUST1 condensation dramatically compromises translational arrest under heat. As a result, FUST1 condensation precedes and is necessary for the assembly of heat stress granules. These findings thus uncover FUST1 as a molecular switch for translation under heat stress and shed light on engineering of heat-adaptable crops.
2023-10-10 | GSE244763 | GEO
Project description:P. euphratica under heat stress
Project description:Global warming has great impacts on plant growth and development. Heat shock transcription factors are the master regulators of heat stress response to alleviate protein misfolding in the cytosol in plants. However, how plants deal with accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) under heat stress conditions is less understood, especially in crops such as in rice. Here we report a positive feed-back loop mediated by the membrane-associated transcription factors NTL3 and bZIP74 in heat stress response in rice. In response to heat stress, the ER-membrane-associated bZIP74 is activated and up-regulate the expression of NTL3 in rice; NTL3 encodes an ER-membrane-associated transcription factor that is activated and regulate downstream genes including bZIP74 involved in protein folding and reactive oxygen species scavenging. Loss-of-function mutations of NTL3 are sensitive to heat stress while inducible expression of the processed form of NTL3 increases heat stress tolerance in rice seedlings. Our work reveals the important role of NTL3 in ER stress response for heat stress tolerance in rice.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to identify the difference of immunity between wild-type and yellow mutant rainbow trout in natural flowing water pond culture environment. Methods: The transcriptomic profiles of the skin were generated by using the Hiseq™4000 sequencing platform. Results: A total of 557,976,332 clean reads were yielded from six libraries and then assembled into 38,226 genes. Using P-value of 0.05 as the threshold, 3373 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained between WR_S and YR_S rainbow trout skin including the members of HSP90, V-ATPases, GST, SUGT1, NLRP3, NOD1, TLR3, IFR3, DHX58, IFIH1, JAK1, JAK2, STAT1 and NAMPT (|log2 fold-change| ranged from 1 to 4). Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis of DEGs were performed. A majority of DEGs were enriched in innate immune-related GO terms and pathways, such as activation of innate immune response, inflammatory response, innate immune response, NAD+ADP-ribosyltransferase activity and NAD biosynthetic process in sub-categories of GO terms, and RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway, NOD-like receptor signaling pathway, Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, Phagosome, Jak-STAT signaling pathway in KEGG enrichment pathways. Meanwhile, several immune-related metabolic pathways were also identified including metabolism of Xenobiotics by cytochrome P450, Glutathione metabolism, Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism. Additionally, 15 DEGs were selected and validated their expression level by qRT-PCR to confirm accuracy of the RNA-seq. Conclusions: Our study is the first time to clarify the skin innate immunity difference between wild-type and yellow mutant rainbow trout in the natural flowing water pond culture environment. Our results show that the expression of most immune-related genes in the corresponding pathways were up-regulated in WR_S rainbow trout. We presumed that the disease resistance of WR_S rainbow trout might be stronger than YR_S rainbow trout.