Project description:This repository provides scRNA-seq data corresponding to the manuscript \\"Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Reveals Placental Response under Environmental Stress\\" by Van Buren, Azzara, Rangel-Moreno, de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez, Murphy, Cohen, Lin, and Park. The repository includes both count by gene matrices output from CellRanger version 6.0.1 (file names *_filtered_feature_matrix.h5 for each of the eight samples Control_1_M, Control_1_F, Control_2_M, Control_2_F, As_1_M, As_1_F, As_2_M, As_2_F), and a finalized Seurat object including cell type assignments as used for analyses in the manuscript (file name final_Seurat_obj.RData). Accompanying code used in analysis can be found at https://github.com/edvanburen/placenta_code.
Project description:Environmental exposure of placental explants did not change the quantity of exosomes or their characteristics. However, exosome cargo composition was changed by specific pollutant to reflect a biochemical signature suggestive of placental nuclear and cellular injury and inflammation.
Project description:Stress induces undifferentiated stem cells to differentiate in a way that looks like normal differentiation; We used hyperosmolar stress as a generic, energy-depleting stressor and tested for the global changes in the transcriptional response of placental trophoblast stem cells Experiment Overall Design: Placental trophoblast stem cells were subjected to 0, 0.5, 2, 6, and 24 hours of hyperosmolar stress and then assayed by Affymetrix 430MOE V2 whole mouse genome arrays.
Project description:The aim of this study is to investigate the transcriptional response of S. Typhimurium to heat, osmotic, oxidative and acid stress under anoxic and oxic conditions and to non-stressed anoxic conditions.
Project description:Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) play a significant role in global nitrogen and carbon cycling. AOA can survive under fluctuating environmental conditions by modulating gene expression. Little is known about how AOA regulate gene expression to adapt environmental stress. Here, we report a chromatin-driven mechanism of transcription in Nitrososphaera Viennensis (EN76) to adapt to temperature stress. Using computational and biochemical assays, we found EN76 contains an archaeasome structure. We found that several residues, including G20, K57, and T58 of histone, are important to form archaea chromatin structures. In vitro transcription assays revealed that AOA chromatin efficiently controls gene expression, similar to eukaryote chromatin. Furthermore, we identified AOA histone acetylation, which activates gene expression. Moreover, by integrating chromatin-based gene expression analyses, we revealed that AOA differentially regulate gene expression in response to temperature stress by altering archaeasome occupancy. Our study provides unprecedented documentation that AOA fine-tunes gene expression through a chromatin-driven epigenetic mechanism.
Project description:Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) play a significant role in global nitrogen and carbon cycling. AOA can survive under fluctuating environmental conditions by modulating gene expression. Little is known about how AOA regulate gene expression to adapt environmental stress. Here, we report a chromatin-driven mechanism of transcription in Nitrososphaera Viennensis (EN76) to adapt to temperature stress. Using computational and biochemical assays, we found EN76 contains an archaeasome structure. We found that several residues, including G20, K57, and T58 of histone, are important to form archaea chromatin structures. In vitro transcription assays revealed that AOA chromatin efficiently controls gene expression, similar to eukaryote chromatin. Furthermore, we identified AOA histone acetylation, which activates gene expression. Moreover, by integrating chromatin-based gene expression analyses, we revealed that AOA differentially regulate gene expression in response to temperature stress by altering archaeasome occupancy. Our study provides unprecedented documentation that AOA fine-tunes gene expression through a chromatin-driven epigenetic mechanism.
Project description:Stress induces undifferentiated stem cells to differentiate in a way that looks like normal differentiation We used hyperosmolar stress as a generic, energy-depleting stressor and tested for the global changes in the transcriptional response of placental trophoblast stem cells Keywords: Time course for stressed stem cells to assay for differentiative and homeostatic responses
Project description:In this study, we have evaluated the differential proteomic responses of a potential novel probiotic Pediococcus pentosaceus M41 under heat, cold, acid, and bile stress conditions. We identified stress response proteins that could provide tolerances against these stresses and could be used as probiotic markers for evaluating stress tolerance. Pediococcus pentosaceus M41 was exposed to 50ºC for 2h (heat stress), 4ºC for 2 h (cold stress), pH 3.0 for 2 h (acid stress) and 0.05% bile for 2 h (bile stress). Proteomic analysis was carried out using 2D-IEF SDS PAGE and LC-MS/MS.