Project description:We have investigated the transcriptomic response of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to ivermectin (IVM); an important anthelmintic for human and animal parasite control. The transcriptomic response of the mutant strain DA1316 avr-14(ad1302); avr-15(ad1250); glc-1(pk54), which is highly resistant to ivermectin due to null mutations in three glutamate-gated chloride channel subunits, was examined. Despite the resistant nature of this strain, pharyngeal pumping rate was decreased following 4 hrs exposure to 100ng/ml and 1?g/ml ivermectin resulting in significant change in the expression level of genes associated with a fasting response. Matched cultures of synchronised C. elegans were grown to L4 stage on standard NGM plates with an OP50 bacterial lawn. The nematodes were then transferred to NGM plates containing 100ng/ml ivermectin, 1?g/ml ivermectin, or DMSO excipient only (control) for 4 hours. RNA was extracted from five biological replicates including controls for both the 100ng/ml ivermectin and 1?g/ml ivermectin experiments and hybridised to Affymetrix arrays.
Project description:We report the application of Solexa/Illumina's digital gene expression (DGE) sequencing approaches to investigate inactivated Vibrio harveyi--induced transcriptome changes in Lateolabrax japonicas, a non model vertebrate species. Totally 3.44 and 3.22 million raw tags were measured. Then, gene annotation was performed by tags mapping analysis and the 169,950 non-redundant consensus sequences from RNA-seq based transcriptome analysis were used as reference transcript database. Tag mapping indicated that Vibrio harveyi--challenged adult Lateolabrax japonicas express over 70% of all genes represented in transcript databases. Meanwhile, totally 1224 consensus sequences exhibited significant difference after the bacterial challenge, in which 1183 transcripts can be well annotated, while approximately 41 transcripts have low sequence homology to the existing known sequences in public databases, suggesting that they might be putative novel immune-relevant genes in Lateolabrax japonicus closely related to the immunity for bacterial challenge. Our present study would greatly benefit to give deep insight into the immunogenetics in fish species, and clinical application in fish diseases. Examination of differentially expressed transcripts in baterial- and mock challenged fish.
Project description:We compare the transcriptome of gnotobiotic Ae. aegypti generated by contaminating axenic (bacteria-free) larvae with bacterial isolates found in natural mosquito breeding sites. We focused on four bacterial isolates (Lysobacter, Flavobacterium, Paenibacillus and Enterobacteriaceae) and found that different gnotobiotic treatments resulted in massive transcriptomic changes throughout the mosquito development.
Project description:With the aid of a biochip, carrying representative sequences from approximately 2200 sequences from the genome of isolate 9a5c from X. fastidiosa (Xf), microarray-based comparisons have been performed with 8 different Xf isolates obtained from coffee plants.