Project description:Suboptimal concentrations of Ceftazidime/Avibactam (CAZ-AVI) may select for resistance to CAZ-AVI in extensively drug- resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: In vivo and in vitro evidence.
Project description:Suboptimal concentrations of Ceftazidime/Avibactam (CAZ-AVI) may select for resistance to CAZ-AVI in extensively drug- resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: In vivo and in vitro evidence.
Project description:B. pseudomallei strain K96243 is sensitive to the drug ceftazidime (CAZ), but has been shown to exhibit transient CAZ tolerance when in a biofilm form. To investigate an observed shift in gene expression profile during ceftazidime (CAZ) tolerance and to better understand the mechanistic aspects of this transient tolerance, RNA-sequencing was performed on B. pseudomallei K96243 from the following three growth states: planktonic-free, biofilm, and planktonic shedding cells. Results indicated that the expression of 651 genes (10.97%) were significantly changed in both biofilm (resistant) and planktonic shedding (sensitive) cells in comparison to the planktonic state. Burkholderia biofilm shifts its transcriptome in response to ceftazidime exposure by regulating iron-sulfur stabilizing and metabolic-related genes.
Project description:Several RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), including the FET proteins FUS, TAF15 and EWSR1. Cabeza (caz) is the single Drosophila FET ortholog. Here, we identified Xrp1, a poorly characterized DNA-binding protein, as a key modifier of caz mutant phenotypes. Xrp1 expression was strongly upregulated in caz mutants, and Xrp1 heterozygosity rescued their motor defects and life span. Interestingly, selective neuronal Xrp1 knock-down was sufficient to rescue, and neuronal Xrp1 overexpression phenocopied caz mutant phenotypes. The caz/Xrp1 genetic interaction depended on the functionality of the AT-hook DNA-binding domain in Xrp1. Consistently, caz mutants displayed gene expression dysregulation, which was mitigated by Xrp1 heterozygosity. Finally, Xrp1 knock-down substantially rescued the motor deficits and life span of flies expressing ALS-mutant FUS in motor neurons. Taken together, caz mutant phenotypes are mediated by increased neuronal Xrp1 levels, leading to gene expression dysregulation and neuronal dysfunction.
Project description:We performed streptavidin pulldown sequencing of endogenously and exogenously Avi-tagged FOXD3 to determine genome-wide binding pattern of this transcription factor in asynchronous or cell cycle synchronized naive mouse ESCs.