Project description:Homozygous and heterozygous yeast deletion collections were profiled over the course of a 14 day fermentation in synthetic grape juice. Samples were compared to day 1 of the fermentation.
Project description:We used Affymetrix microarrays to investigate gene expression changes in PBMCs isolated from male patients ongoing secondary prevention of CVD to determine significant modulatory effects that may have been induced by the intake of an initial dose of 8 mg of resveratrol-enriched grape extract for 6 months and then, 16 mg for a further 6 months. The aim of this work was to determine whether the daily intake of dietary levels of resveratrol (RES) for a total of 12 months exerted any modulatory effects, at the level of gene expression, in PBMCs isolated from patients in secondary prevention of CVD. Male patients were divided in 3 groups: placebo (A), grape extract (B) and resveratrol-enriched grape extract (C). Total RNA was extracted from isolated PBMCs belonging to a total of 18 diabetic male patients (6 from each group) in 3 time points (at day 0, after 6 months and after 12 months) to compare differential gene expression between the groups. Differential gene expression after 6 and 12 months of the study for each group: placebo (A), grape extract (B) and resveratrol-enriched grape extract (C)
Project description:Grapevine is an important economic fruit tree, and European grape (Vitis vinifera L.) has been widely used in fresh food, drying, winemaking and grape seed extract. However, most European grapes have low resistance to low temperature, drought and salt stress, and these abiotic stresses will limit the growth and development of grapes, thereby affecting the grape quality and yield. Many reports have shown that exogenous or endogenous trehalose can help improve plant stress resistance. Therefore, in order to investigate the function and molecular mechanism of trehalose metabolism in grape response to stress, this project was conducted.
Project description:Transcriptomic analyses of fermenting yeast are increasingly being carried out under small scale simulated winemaking conditions. It is not known to what degree data generated from such experiments are a reflection of transcriptional processes in large-scale commercial fermentation tanks. In this experiment we set out to determine the effect of scale, or fermentation volume, on the transcriptional respone of wine yeast strains. Parallel fermentations were carried out in laboratory fermentation vials and commercial fermentation tanks using the same wine media and inoculated yeast strain. Comparative transcriptomic analyses were carried out at three time points during alcoholic fermentation.
Project description:Human aortic endothelial cells were grown in culture until confluent. In three experiments using cells derived from three separate donors confluent cultures were incubated for 6 h with contol medium, or medium containing either extracts of oligomeric procyanidins from cranberry juice or red wine, or a procyanidin-rich grape seed extract. At the end of the 6 h treatment period conditioned media samples were retained for immunoassay of secreted peptides and proteins, and RNA was extracted for microarray analysis. Experiment Overall Design: Each experiment used cells from one donor. Treatment conditions were: control medium, cranberry extract (CRE), grape seed extract (GSE), and red wine extract (RWE).
Project description:Natural grape-juice fermentations involve the sequential development of different yeast species which strongly influence the chemical and sensorial traits of the final product. In the present study,we aimed to examine the transcriptomic response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the presence of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii wine fermentation.
Project description:To explore the molecular basis of validamycin overproduction at the transcriptional level, the transcriptomes of strain 5008 and TL01 cultivated in Yeast extract-Malt extract-Glucose (YMG) and rice-peanut cake based industrial (IND) fermentation medium were compared by microarray analysis.
Project description:The main objectives of this study were to expand our understanding of NSF1 gene function in industrial S. cerevisiae M2 strain during fermentation by finding the largest maximal clique of co-expressed genes (i.e. Interdependent Correlation Cluster), and to establish the impact of Nsf1p on genome-wide gene expression during the fermentation process with possible implications related to wine quality and S. cerevisiae adapation to stressful fermentation conditions The Affymetrix Yeast 2.0 microarrays were used to capture the global gene expression profile of M2 and M2 nsf1∆ grown under fermentation conditions in Riesling grape must at 18°C with no shaking at various time points. The analysis of this microarray dataset expanded our understanding of the mechanism of action and the roles of NSF1 under fermentation stress conditions.
