Project description:LBs were derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using the fried egg method. The transcriptome of LBs vs iPSCs was examined through microarray analysis.
Project description:The present study aimed at studying the rainbow trout egg transcriptome using 9152-cDNA microarrays after natural or controlled ovulation. The analysis of egg transcriptome after natural or controlled ovulation led to the identification of 26 genes. We observed that both hormonal induction and photoperiod control of ovulation induced significant changes in the egg mRNA abundance of specific genes. We demonstrate that hormonal induction of ovulation has an impact on the egg mRNA abundance of specific genes even though the resulting effects on the developmental potential of the egg is so far unknown. In addition, we also identified 1 gene exhibiting a differential mRNA abundance in eggs of varying developmental potential. Keywords: Egg quality-dependent
Project description:The present study aimed at studying the rainbow trout egg transcriptome using 9152-cDNA microarrays after natural or controlled ovulation. The analysis of egg transcriptome after natural or controlled ovulation led to the identification of 26 genes. We observed that both hormonal induction and photoperiod control of ovulation induced significant changes in the egg mRNA abundance of specific genes. We demonstrate that hormonal induction of ovulation has an impact on the egg mRNA abundance of specific genes even though the resulting effects on the developmental potential of the egg is so far unknown. In addition, we also identified 1 gene exhibiting a differential mRNA abundance in eggs of varying developmental potential. Analysis of egg transcriptome after natural ovulation (4 samples), photoperiod-controlled ovulation (14 samples), and hormonally-induced ovulation (11 samples).
Project description:We report the analysis of the transcriptome in Drosophila embryos with two genotypes (1: wild type, 2: embryos from germline clones of a SHMT mutant (allele X238)) and two developmental stages (1: pre-blastoderm, stage 1 and stage 2, 0–1h after egg lay, 2: late blastoderm/cellularisation stage 5, 1.5–2.5 h after egg lay)
Project description:We used single cell laser-assisted microdissection (LAM) to perform egg cell transcriptome analysis for comparison with available expression profiles of vegetative tissues and male reproductive organs. We observed an overlap in gene activity between bryophyte and angiosperm egg cells, but also clear differences. Strikingly, several processes that are male germline-specific in Arabidopsis are active in the P. patens egg cell. Among those were the moss PbBNB genes and using reporter lines and knock-out mutants we could show that they control proliferation and identity of both female and male germlines.
Project description:Molecular profiling of the eggs is an excellent approach aiming at understanding biological processes and mechanisms conditioning developmental competence in finfishes and, consequently, reproductive fitness. Despite many efforts, it is still unclear what is the specific role of transcriptome and proteome in determination of egg quality in Teleostei fishes. The aim of this study was to perform integrated transcriptomic-proteomic analysis of eggs of pikeperch – a commercially relevant freshwater fish species. Additionally, comparative analysis of transcriptome and proteome in eggs characterized by either high or low egg quality has been performed, in order to identify mechanisms leading to early embryonic lethality in pikeperch. Our study provides a novel insight into the understanding of the role of maternally-derived molecular cargo in finfishes. The data obtained sheds light on the importance of transcriptome in development of nervous system suggesting neurogenesis-related mRNAs as a very important, non-genetic inheritance factor. Proteomic analysis highlights specific role of proteins in the immune response in ovulated eggs. Integrated analysis brings attention to the galactose-specific lectin nattectin gene and protein as the frontline defense molecule for the egg and developing embryo. The molecular analysis of egg developmental competence emphasizes post-vitellogenic processes (final oocyte maturation and ovulation) as the ones potentially compromising transcriptomic profile, but not affecting proteomic cargo. It highlights the need for careful reconsideration of the commercial reproductive protocols as the very strong modulators of egg quality and their molecular profile. Considering the mechanisms driving these alterations as well as consequences stemming from the differential abundance of the transcripts are still to be explored, the candidate quality markers, first time provided for pikeperch along with the current study, are creating valuable resource for further studies.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis (RNA-Seq) was performed to identify Kr-h1 target genes. Message RNAs were extracted from wildtype and kr-h1[7] homozygous 3rd instar larvae at 100 hr after egg laying (two biological replicates for each genotype).
Project description:Early life stage mortality is an important issue for Atlantic cod aquaculture. The impact of the cod maternal (egg) transcriptome on egg quality and mortality during embryonic development is poorly understood. In the present work we studied embryonic mortality and maternal transcript expression using 15 females within an Atlantic cod broodstock development program. Cumulative mortality at 7 days post-fertilization (segmentation stage) and percent hatch were used to assess embryonic survival as an indicator of egg quality. A 20,000 probe (20K) microarray experiment compared the 7 hour post-fertilization (7 hpf, ~ 2-cell stage) egg transcriptome of the two lowest quality females (both with less than 1 percent hatch) to that of the highest quality female (greater than 50 percent hatch).
Project description:Eggless/SETDB1 (Egg), the only essential histone methyltransferase (HMT) in Drosophila, plays a role in gene repression, including piRNA‐mediated transposon silencing in the ovaries. Previous studies suggested that Egg is post‐translationally modified and showed that Windei (Wde) regulates Egg nuclear localization through protein–protein interaction. Monoubiquitination of mammalian SETDB1 is necessary for the HMT activity. Here, using cultured ovarian somatic cells, we show that Egg is monoubiquitinated and phosphorylated but that only monoubiquitination is required for piRNA‐mediated transposon repression. Egg monoubiquitination occurs in the nucleus. Egg has its own nuclear localization signal, and the nuclear import of Egg is Wde‐independent. Wde recruits Egg to the chromatin at target gene silencing loci, but their interaction is monoubiquitin‐independent. The abundance of nuclear Egg is governed by that of nuclear Wde. These results illuminate essential roles of nuclear monoubiquitination of Egg and the role of Wde in piRNA‐mediated transposon repression.