Project description:A collection of 1145 clones from an EST project on female tick salivary gland genes was hybridized on glass slides to RNA extracted from several feeding stages of adult female tick salivary glands, including unfed and replete, and from adult male ticks, either unfed or fed in the presence or absence of female ticks. In the female ticks, the early fed (<50 mg) and partially fed (30-200 mg) groups were very similar. The fast feeding (350-500 mg) and replete ticks were similar to each other, but different from the partially fed. The unfed ticks were more similar to the fast feeding â replete groups than the early fed-partially fed groups. In the males, there were differences between the males fed in the presence or absence of females, but overall, these groups were very similar. The unfed ticks were significantly different from the fed ticks. Males showed clear differences with females in expression, as well. The unfed females had high levels of genes involved in protein synthesis, while genes possibly involved in survival on the host, such as anticoagulants, seemed to be most expressed in the early and partially fed states. By contrast, in the males, the protein synthesis genes were expressed more in all three groups, while the putative secreted genes for survival were expressed less. Keywords: time course, effect of feeding, sex, effect of presence of females All samples were compared to the partially fed females. Females consisted of five groups: unfed, early fed, partially fed, fast feeding and replete. Four or five biological replicates were done of each, with the dyes used in both possible ways. In the males, three groups were used: unfed, feeding in the presence of females, and feeding in the absence of females. Two biological replicates were done of the feeding males, and one of extracts was hybridized twice for the males fed in the presence of females. Unfed males used one RNA sample, extracted from a large pool of ticks.
Project description:A collection of 1145 clones from an EST project on female tick salivary gland genes was hybridized on glass slides to RNA extracted from several feeding stages of adult female tick salivary glands, including unfed and replete, and from adult male ticks, either unfed or fed in the presence or absence of female ticks. In the female ticks, the early fed (<50 mg) and partially fed (30-200 mg) groups were very similar. The fast feeding (350-500 mg) and replete ticks were similar to each other, but different from the partially fed. The unfed ticks were more similar to the fast feeding – replete groups than the early fed-partially fed groups. In the males, there were differences between the males fed in the presence or absence of females, but overall, these groups were very similar. The unfed ticks were significantly different from the fed ticks. Males showed clear differences with females in expression, as well. The unfed females had high levels of genes involved in protein synthesis, while genes possibly involved in survival on the host, such as anticoagulants, seemed to be most expressed in the early and partially fed states. By contrast, in the males, the protein synthesis genes were expressed more in all three groups, while the putative secreted genes for survival were expressed less. Keywords: time course, effect of feeding, sex, effect of presence of females
Project description:Regulatory Mechanisms of Atrial Remodeling of Mitral Regurgitation Pigs This study enrolled 6 pigs (age: 18 months) and divided into three groups: mitral regurgitation pigs (MR) (n = 2; 2 males sacrificed 12 months after surgery), MR pigs treated with valsartan (MRV) (n = 2; 2 males age-matched to MR sacrificed 12 months after surgery), and normal control pigs (NC) (n = 2; 2 males age-matched to MR pigs). Valsartan (3.43 mg/kg/day), a type I angiotensin II receptor blocker, was administered from one week before surgery and then daily after surgery in the MRV group. We sought to systemically elucidate critical differences in the alteration of RNA expression pattern between the atrial myocardium of pigs with and without MR, and between the atrial myocardium of MR pigs with and without valsartan using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays and functional network enrichment analysis.
Project description:In rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the effect of a paternal and a maternal "high carbohydrate/low protein" diet was assessed on progeny. To this purpose, two-year old males and females rainbow trout were fed either a control diet or a "high carbohydrate/low protein" diet for an entire reproductive cycle for females and for 5 months for males. Crossed-fertilizations were carried out in order to obtain 4 groups of offspring. Offspring were fed with a commercial diet until they reached a market size. At this stage, hepatic transcriptomes were compared to detect any impact of the parental diet on offspring metabolism.
Project description:In rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the effect of a paternal and a maternal high carbohydrate/low protein diet was assessed on progeny. To this purpose, two-year old males and females rainbow trout were fed either a control diet or a high carbohydrate/low protein diet for an entire reproductive cycle for females and for 5 months for males. Crossed-fertilizations were carried out in order to obtain 4 groups of offspring. Before the first feeding, whole fry transcriptomes were compared to detect any impact of the parental diet on offspring metabolism.
Project description:A differential display experiment was done to compare genes expressed in salivary glands from unfed males, males fed in the presence of females and males fed in the absence of females. Possible differential bands were excised, cloned and sequenced. A macroarray study was done on these clones as probes. RNA from the salivary glands of ticks from the three conditions was labelled and hybridized. Two sets of primers were used in the differential display, and these same two were used in the labelling, so there are two platforms, corresponding to what primer pair was used. Two independent RNA isolations were done, Experiment 1 used one, 2 and 3 the other. Experiment 2 used exposure to X-ray film, while 1 and 3 used a phosphorimager plate. Two exposures of the X-ray film were found to give acceptable results, 1 and 5 min. These were averaged in the analysis. Keywords = salivary_gland Keywords = feeding Keywords = male Keywords = female Keywords: other