Project description:Heloderma horridum horridum commonly known as the scorpion lizard, Mexican scorpion, and beaded lizard, is a venomous reptile native of America. The venom derived from this lizard has potential applications, particularly in treatment of type II diabetes through the peptide Exendin. In this work, H. h. horridum venom was extracted from adult specimens and lyophilized. To characterize the venom, enzymatic assays, including hyaluronidase, phospholipase A2, and proteolytic activity were conducted. A proteomic analysis of the venom was also performed employing bottom-up/shotgun approaches from SDS-PAGE and High pH Reversed-Phase chromatography., besides fractionation of tryptic peptides using a nano-LC-MS/MS. These approaches involved massive sequencing to enhancing the likelihood of detecting an extensive range of venom proteins. The proteins and peptides found in H. h. horridum venom are reviewed according to the classification of the transcriptome previously reported.
Project description:Triticum aestivum cultivars Scorpion 25 and Xi 19 were grown under both normal and hot/dry conditions. We compared the effect of these two growth conditions on these two closely related varieties. We sequenced two biological replicates each for both Scorpion 25 and Xi19 grown under normal conditions. One library for hot/dry growth conditions was sequenced for each of these two cultivars.
Project description:In the present study, we report for the first time a proteomic profile of Buthotus saulcyi, Odontobuthus doriae and Androctonus crassicauda scorpion venom with the aim of looking ahead and determining the structural and functional characteristics of these compounds for use as medical tools. Molecular weight determination of isolated proteins was performed in order to better describe the B. saulcyi, O. doriae and A. crassicauda raw toxin proteins by both polyacrylamide electrophoresis and two-dimensional electrophoresis. 2D-PAGE data from the B. saulcyi, O. doriae and A. crassicauda raw toxin showed a molecular weight between 3.6 and 205 kDa (for B. saulcyi), 6.6 to 205 kDa (for O. doriae) and 6.6-109 kDa (for A. crassicauda). Then 14, 14 and 21 fractions of crude toxins were isolated using HPLC and their protein content was estimated for B. saulcyi, O. doriae and A. crassicauda, respectively. SDS-PAGE analysis of selected fractions of crude toxin showed 9 protein bands with a molecular weight between 13 and 217 kDa for B. saulcyi, 10 protein bands with a molecular weight between 3.8 to182 kDa for O. doriae and 5 protein bands with a molecular weight between 5.99 and 41.65 kDa for A. crassicauda. In case of B. saulcyi, the fraction 7 (F7) showed more cytotoxicity than other isolated fractions. Subsequently, the amino acid sequencing of fraction 7 led us to two protein bands designated as p3 and p4 peptide. For O. doriae, the peptide fraction of F17, obtained from the crude venoms of O. doriae scorpion, was found to be more cytotoxic than the crude venoms and other isolated fractions. Furthermore, F5 demonstrated significant anti-proliferative and apoptotic activity. Therefore, we performed PAGE on fraction F5 and found 5 protein bands. The two protein bands, each from fraction F5 that marked as P1 and P2 were selected for amino acid sequencing. The three peptide fractions F17, obtained from the crude venoms of A. crassicauda scorpion, was found to be more cytotoxic than the crude venoms and other isolated fractions. Furthermore, F17 demonstrated significant anti-proliferative and apoptotic activity. This makes this fraction better candidate for searching the peptide that might be used for selective killing of cancerous cells. Therefore, we performed PAGE on fractionsF17, and found 2 protein bands. One protein band from fraction F17 that marked as P5 was selected for amino acid sequencing. Finally, these protein bands were removed and molecular mass and amino acid sequence analysis was performed using Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). In-silico studies of P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 for protein sequence alignment showed the most similarity with Hemoglobin beta-2 chain protein, Chaperonin HSP60, Chrysophsin2, pheromone-bound protein 2 and Trypsin- like serine proteinase, respectively
Project description:About 500 forelimbs were isolated at 10.5 days post coitum, and ChIP-seq was performed using anti-BCL9 (Abcam, ab37305) and anti-TBX3 (Santacruz, sc17871) antibodies. BCL9 is a beta-catenin transcriptional cofactor involved in the transcriptional machinery of Wnt target genes. TBX3 is a transcription factor important in limb development. This experiment identified, in this developmental context, co-occupancy of BCL9 and TBX3 on a genome-wide scale, and at Wnt-related loci, suggesting co-operation between these transcription factors in Wnt-driven limb development (Zimmerli et al. in revision during spring 2020). The following files are available for this experiment: - Raw sequencing data (.fastq) - Genomic enrichment data in bedgraph format (.bdg) which can be used for visualization in a genome browser. - Annotated peak files (.txt) containing high confidence peaks with genomic annotation. NOTE: The raw data relative to the BCL9 ChIP were previously deposited under accession number E-MTAB-7652, and described in Salazar et al. 2019. For simplicity, and to allow easy retrieval, we add the raw data of the entire experiment (including also BCL9) along with the newly generated analyses.
Project description:In order to more accurately discover the cause of drug resistance in tumor treatment, and to provide a new basis for precise treatment.
Therefore, based on the umbrella theory of precision medicine, we carried out this single-center, prospective, and observational study to include patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer. By combining genome, transcriptome, and proteomic sequencing data, we established a basis for colorectal cancer liver Transfer the multi-omics data of the sample, describe the reason for the resistance of the first-line treatment, and search for new therapeutic targets.
Project description:Observational, Multicenter, Post-market, Minimal risk, Prospective data collection of PillCam SB3 videos (including PillCam reports) and raw data files and optional collection of Eneteroscopy reports