Project description:We compared gene expression differences in the polytypic species complex Mus musculus (Mus musculus musculus, Mus musculus domesticus, Mus musculus castaneus and Mus musculus ssp) with that of Mus spretus via oligonucleotide microarrays representing more than 20,000 genes. Analysis of the results by two way ANOVA statistics suggests that the most genes with significant differences in expression levels among the subspecies are found in liver and kidney and the least in testis. This picture is different when one compares with Mus spretus, where the largest number of differences is found in testis. Keywords: multi-species comparison
Project description:Copy number variants were determined in 3-5 males from 13 inbred laboratory mouse strains and 21 Mus musculus individuals caught in various geographic locations, using Nimblegen 385k arrays. CopyMap was used to predict CNVs. 3-5 males from 13 inbred strains and 21 Mus musculus caught in various geographic locations were compared to a single C57BL/6J individual by array comparative genome hybridisation.
Project description:In this study, we used the murine (Mus musculus) medullary thymic epithelial cell line (mTEC 3.10 cell line) co-cultured with fresh thymocytes as a functional assay for mTEC-thymocyte adhesion. Then we analyzed the differential transcriptional profile of this cell line, by means of Agilent oligo microarray hybridization, comparing Autoimmune regulator (Aire) wild-type cells vs Crispr-Cas9-induced Aire KO cells. The comparative transcriptional expression signatures allowed us to find those differentially expressed mRNAs or lncRNAs between the samples tested.
Project description:In this study, we transfected murine (Mus musculus) medullary thymic epithelial cell line (mTEC 3.10 cell line) with miR155 mimic to assess a possible post-transcriptional control of the miRNA over the Aire gene. Then we analyzed the differential transcriptional profile of this cell line, by means of Agilent oligo microarray hybridization, comparing Autoimmune regulator (Aire) wild-type cells vs cells transfected with miR155 mimic. The comparative transcriptional expression signatures allowed us to find those differentially expressed mRNAs between the samples tested.
Project description:A combined application of molecular microbial ecology and elemental analyses can advance the understanding of decomposition dynamics
Project description:Here, we mapped cell-type specific chromatin domain organization in adult mouse cerebral cortex and report strong enrichment of Endogenous Retrovirus 2 (ERV2) repeat sequences in the neuron-specific heterochromatic 'B2NeuN+' megabase-scaling subcompartment. Comparative chromosomal conformation mapping in Mus spretus and Mus musculus revealed neuron-specific reconfigurations tracking recent ERV2 retrotransposon expansions in the murine germline, with significantly higher B2 megadomain contact frequencies at sites with ongoing ERV2 insertions in Mus musculus. Ablation of the retrotransposon silencer Kmt1e/Setdb1 (KO) triggered B2 megadomain disintegration and rewiring with open chromatin domains enriched for cellular stress response genes, along with severe neuroinflammation and proviral assembly of ERV2/Intracisternal-A-Particles (IAPs) infiltrating dendrites and spines. We conclude that neuronal megadomain architectures include evolutionarily adaptive heterochromatic organization which, upon perturbation, unleashes ERV proviruses with strong tropism within mature neurons.
