Project description:Mutants in the Drosophila gene lethal (3) malignant brain tumor cause malignant growth in the larval brain. This data shows the changes in gene expression profile associated to mutations in l(3)mbt, both in situ in third instar larval brains and in tumors cultured for 1 5 and 10 (T1, T5, T10) rounds of allograft culture We performed genome-wide gene expression profiling of l(3)mbt[E2] and l(3)mbt[ts1] homozygous and transheterozygous larval brains raised at restrictive temperatures (29º C). We obtained three replicates for l(3)mbt[E2] at 17ªC (MBT_E2_17), l(3)mbt[ts1] at 17ºC (MBT_TS1_17), l(3)mbt[E2] at 29ºC (MBT_E2_29) and the transheterozygous at 29ºC (MBT_TS1_ME2), and six replicates l(3)mbt[ts1] at 29ºC (MBT_TS1_29). We also obtained three replicates for l(3)mbt[ts1] tumors at the first (T1), fifth (T5) and tenth (T10) round of allograft culture in adult flies, and six replicates for wild type w[1118] flies (WT).
Project description:Mutants in the Drosophila gene lethal (3) malignant brain tumor cause malignant growth in the larval brain. This data shows the changes in gene expression profile associated to mutations in l(3)mbt, both in situ in third instar larval brains and in tumors cultured for 1 5 and 10 (T1, T5, T10) rounds of allograft culture
Project description:The innate immune response of insects relies on several humoral and cellular mechanisms that require the activation of circulating proteases in the hemolymph to be functional. Here, we analyzed the gelatinase and caseinase activities of Drosophila larval hemolymph under normal and pathogenic conditions (bacterial lipopolysaccharides or endoparasitoid Leptopilina boulardi) using in gel zymography. Gelatinase activity was more intense than caseinase activity and qualitative and quantitative variations were observed between D. melanogaster strains and Drosophila species. Mass spectrometry identified a large number of serine proteases in gel bands equivalent to the major gelatinase and caseinase bands and of these, the most abundant and redundant were Tequila and members of the Jonah and Trypsin protease families. However, hemolymph from Tequila null mutant larvae showed no obvious changes in zymographic bands. Nor did we observe any significant changes in hemolymph gelatinases activity 24 h after injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharides or after oviposition by endoparasitoid wasps. These data confirmed that many serine proteases are present in Drosophila larval hemolymph but those with gelatinase and caseinase activity may not change drastically during the immune response.
Project description:Genome-wide binding profile of PcG proteins- Ph, H3K27me3 and Cg in Drosophila third instar larval brains and disks, in duplicate, using Illumina HiSeq 2500. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed. Drosophila third instar larval brains and discs were dissected and fixed with 2% HCHO before sonication. After sonication, chromatin immunoprecipitation was carried out.
Project description:Pho and Ph, H3K27me3 and Engrailed ChIP-seq data in PRE-deleted third instar Drosophila larval brains and disks and 4C-seq data in the third instar larval brains and disks
