Project description:This study aims to determine the downstream impact of cell wall perturbation on the filamentous fungus, Aspergillus nidulans.Fungi were treated with micafungin during mid-exponential growth phase and RNA-sequencing was performed at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 90, and 120 minutes of exposure in 3 biological replicates.
Project description:Microarray analysis was used to compare different developmental stages of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Cells were grown for various times and comparisons made between: 1. Isolated conidia (0 hours) and isotropically expanding cells (3 hours). 2. Isotropically expanding cells (3 hours) and polarly extending cells (5 hours). 3. Undifferentiated vegetative hyphae (18 hours) and synchronously conidiating cultures (42 hours). Keywords: Developmental stage comparison
Project description:Light is a major environmental signal regulating many different biological processes. In Aspergillus nidulans light controls asexual and sexual development as well as the production of secondary metabolites. In order to get a global view of genes regulated during asexual development and of genes involved in other light-regulated biological processes, a genome-wide approach was undertaken. Total RNA was isolated from surface-grown, developmentally competent mycelia of the wild-type strain FGSC4 exposed to white light (11 W/m2) for 30 minutes or grown in the dark, labelled, and hybridized to a spotted microarray of A. nidulans.
Project description:Microarray analysis was used to compare different developmental stages of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Cells were grown for various times and comparisons made between: 1. Isolated conidia (0 hours) and isotropically expanding cells (3 hours). 2. Isotropically expanding cells (3 hours) and polarly extending cells (5 hours). 3. Undifferentiated vegetative hyphae (18 hours) and synchronously conidiating cultures (42 hours). A total of 4 hybridizations were performed for each microarray experiment described in the summary. The following replicates were carried out: 1. Two biological replicates were performed using cultures grown in parallel. 2. Two Technical ‘dye swap’ replicates were carried out for each biological replicate.
Project description:ATM is a phosphatidyl-3-kinase-related protein kinase that functions as a central regulator of the DNA damage response in eukaryotic cells. In humans, mutations in ATM cause the devastating neurodegenerative disease Ataxia Telangiectasia. Previously, we characterized the homologue of ATM (AtmA) in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. In addition to its expected role in the DNA damage response, we found that AtmA is also required for polarized hyphal growth. In order to investigate which pathways are controlled by AtmA during proliferation and polar growth, we determined the transcriptional profile of A. nidulans wild type and delta atmA mutant strains in different growth conditions. Conidia from both wild type and delta atmA mutant were incubated with 50 mM of hydroxyurea to synchronize the germlings in the S-phase of cell cycle. After this time, the cultures were centrifuged, washed and pre-warmed drug-free fresh media was aseptically added to the cultures. They were allowed to grow for additional 60, 90 and 120 minutes after the HU-release. At each time point, the germlings were also harvested by centrifugation and used for competitive microarray hybridizations. Our results indicate several genes that have decreased mRNA expression in the delta atmA mutant which are involved in the formation of a polarized hyphae and control of polar growth; in the synthesis of phosphatidic acid; in the ergosterol biosynthesis; and intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport. Keywords: gene expression array-based (log2 ratio)
Project description:ATM is a phosphatidyl-3-kinase-related protein kinase that functions as a central regulator of the DNA damage response in eukaryotic cells. In humans, mutations in ATM cause the devastating neurodegenerative disease Ataxia Telangiectasia. Previously, we characterized the homologue of ATM (AtmA) in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. In addition to its expected role in the DNA damage response, we found that AtmA is also required for polarized hyphal growth. In order to investigate which pathways are controlled by AtmA during proliferation and polar growth, we determined the transcriptional profile of A. nidulans wild type and delta atmA mutant strains in different growth conditions. Conidia from both wild type and delta atmA mutant were incubated with 50 mM of hydroxyurea to synchronize the germlings in the S-phase of cell cycle. After this time, the cultures were centrifuged, washed and pre-warmed drug-free fresh media was aseptically added to the cultures. They were allowed to grow for additional 60, 90 and 120 minutes after the HU-release. At each time point, the germlings were also harvested by centrifugation and used for competitive microarray hybridizations. Our results indicate several genes that have decreased mRNA expression in the delta atmA mutant which are involved in the formation of a polarized hyphae and control of polar growth; in the synthesis of phosphatidic acid; in the ergosterol biosynthesis; and intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport. Keywords: gene expression array-based, log2 ratio