Project description:Effluent from geoduck clam larval rearing tanks at two different pH (8.2 and 7.1) was collected at 4 time points (Days 1, 5, 8, and 12) over 12 days in a shellfish hatchery in Washington state, USA. The water was filtered to 0.2 microns to retain the bacterial fraction.
2021-04-21 | PXD020692 | Pride
Project description:Metatranscriptomics of shellfish hatchery intake water
Project description:We performed RNA-seq analyses of intestinal epithelium using RNA extract from different intestinal locations: the cecum, the proximal colon, and the distal colon in different mice. Our results have revealed key pathway differences in these mice at different intestinal locations.
Project description:The shellfish aquaculture industry provides a sustainable food source and jobs for a growing population. Oysters are the primary aquaculture species produced in the United States and account for a significant portion of seafood exports. Shellfish hatcheries have been experiencing frequent mass mortality events over the last couple of decades that occur approximately 10-14 days after oyster settlement. Settlement is a process that shellfish such as oysters undergo in which they transform from a free-swimming pelagic larvae to a sessile juvenile oyster. In order for this energy-intensive process to be successful, the oyster has to undergo behavioral and morphological changes. This is a vulnerable period in the oyster life cycle and conditions need to be such that they aren’t creating added stress. However, due to the oysters’ vulnerability, this is often a time when bacterial infections can occur, which when occurring with environmental conditions that are unfavorable, can prove to be fatal. In order to help oysters survive this process, scientists at the Taylor Shellfish Hatchery in Quilcene, WA has experimented with altering abiotic and biotic factors such as algal diet densities, pH, water flow rate, among others. At this hatchery, Pacific oysters are typically reared at 23˚C, however preliminary research results have suggested that oysters may have a higher survival rate when held at 29˚C during the settlement period. This pilot experiment attempts to identify differences in protein expression between oyster seed held at 23˚C and 29˚C during the settlement period using novel proteomic technology. Our proteomic results, paired with survival data, suggest that holding oyster seed at 29˚C during the settlement period results in higher survival rates.
Project description:Diarrheic shellfish poisoning (DSP) is caused by the consumption of shellfish contaminated with a group of phycotoxins that includes okadaic acid (OA), dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX-1), and dinophysistoxin-2 (DTX-2). These toxins are inhibitors of serine/threonine protein phosphatases 1 (PP1) and 2A (PP2A), but show distinct levels of toxicity. Aside from a difference in PP inhibition potency that would explain these differences in toxicity, others mechanisms of action are thought to be involved. Therefore, we investigated and compared which mechanisms are involved in the toxicity of these three analogues. As the intestine is one of the target organs, we studied the transcriptomic profiles of human intestinal Caco-2 cells exposed to OA, DTX-1, and DTX-2. The pathways specifically affected by each toxin treatment were further confirmed through the expression of key genes and markers of toxicity. Our results did not identify any distinct biological mechanism for OA and DTX-2. However, only DTX-1 induced up-regulation of the MAPK transduction signalling pathway, and down-regulation of gene products involved in the regulation of DNA repair. As a consequence, based on transcriptomic results, we demonstrated that the higher toxicity of DTX-1 compared to OA and DTX-2 was consistent with certain specific pathways involved in intestinal cell response.
Project description:Quantitative protein mapping on whole-tissue levels provides important insights into the spatially-organized regulatory processes/networks related to diseases and therapy, but remains a tremendous challenge. We describe a micro-scaffold assisted spatial proteomics(MASP) method, based on precise tissue spatial-compartmentalization using a 3D-printed micro-scaffold, capable of mapping thousands of proteins across a whole-tissue slice with excellent quantitative quality. The mapping accuracy was validated and applied in mapping >5,000 cerebral proteins in mouse brain. Under stringent cutoffs, 5019 unique proteins were mapped(N=208 micro-specimens) and 4577 proteins were mapped in all regions.
Project description:To fully interrogate location-specific variations of the hair follicle in AGA and normal persons, we sought to perform a thorough and comprehensive transcripotome profiling of different locations of hair follicles (bulb portions, bulge portions) in balding and non-balding areas of AGA, with normal comparisons.