Project description:The Olfactory Receptor (OR) genes are specifically expressed in the MOE in a monogenic and monoallelic fashion. Only 1 out of 2800 alleles is expressed in each olfactory sensory neuron in mice. ChIP-chip from mouse olfactory epithelium (OE) and liver for H3K9me3 and H4K20me3 revealed that the ORs are highly enriched for these modifications in OE but not in liver. 24 samples were analyzed (20 from OE and 4 from liver) with matching inputs as controls. For the OE samples, there were 2-3 replicates for each array.
Project description:The Olfactory Receptor (OR) genes are specifically expressed in the MOE in a monogenic and monoallelic fashion. Only 1 out of 2800 alleles is expressed in each olfactory sensory neuron in mice. ChIP-chip from mouse olfactory epithelium (OE) and liver for H3K9me3 and H4K20me3 revealed that the ORs are highly enriched for these modifications in OE but not in liver.
Project description:We aim, among other things, to characterize olfactory receptor (OR) genes wich are differentially expressed between olfactory epithelium (OE) and other organ tissues, in humans. Six OE samples and ten non-OE samples, including two samples of the following tissues: liver, kidney, lung, testis, and heart.
Project description:To identify ZNF506 genome-wide target sites, we performed ChIP-seq assay and found that ZNF506 binding sites enriched at PBS-Pro-containing ERV subfamilies (ERVPs) and further motif calling analysis showed that ZNF506 binds to PBS-Pro sequences, promoting formation of H3K9me3 modifications at binding regions. And ChIP-seq assay also indicated that the distinction of H3K9me3 signals closed to ZNF506 peak regions between ZNF506 overexpressing (OE) HEK293T cells and ZNF506 Knockout (KO) HEK293T cells was correlated with the different recruitment of corepressor KAP1. The ChIP-seq experiments using GFP antibodies and H3K9me3 antibodies on ZNF506-GFP OE HEK293T cell lines, and ZNF417-GFP OE HEK293T cell lines were used as controls for H3K9me3 ChIP. Also, the ChIP-seq experiments were performed using H3K9me3 antibodies and KAP1 antibodies on ZNF506 KO HEK293T cells and ZNF506 OE HEK293T cells.
Project description:We aim, among other things, to characterize olfactory receptor (OR) genes wich are differentially expressed between olfactory epithelium (OE) and other organ tissues, in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and to make comparisons with human data from a previous series using the same platform. Keywords: Comparative Four OE samples and eight non-OE samples, including two samples of the following tissues: heart, liver, lung, and testis.
Project description:We aim, among other things, to characterize olfactory receptor (OR) genes wich are differentially expressed between olfactory epithelium (OE) and other organ tissues, in humans. Keywords: Comparative
Project description:Single cell analysis of older, hyposmic adult and normosmic adult olfactory epithelium yields evidence for inflammation-associated changes in the OE stem cells of presbyosmic patients
Project description:SARS-CoV-2 infection causes a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations in human, and olfactory dysfunction represents as one of the most predictive and common symptoms in COVID-19 patients. However, the underlying mechanism how SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to olfactory disorders remains elusive. Herein we demonstrate intranasal inoculation of SARS-CoV-2 induces robust viral replication in the olfactory epithelium (OE), not olfactory bulb (OB), resulting in transient olfactory dysfunction in humanized ACE2 mice. The sustentacular cells and Bowman's gland cells in the OE were identified as the major target cells of SARS-CoV-2 before the invasion into olfactory sensory neurons. Remarkably, SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers massive cell death and immune cell infiltration, and directly impairs the uniformity of OE structure. Combined transcriptomic and quantitative proteomic analyses reveal the induction of antiviral and inflammatory responses, as well as the downregulation of olfactory receptor (OR) genes in the OE from the infected animals. Overall, our mouse model recapitulates the olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19 patients, and provides critical clues to understand the physiological basis for extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19.
Project description:We aim, among other things, to characterize olfactory receptor (OR) genes wich are differentially expressed between olfactory epithelium (OE) and other organ tissues, in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and to make comparisons with human data from a previous series using the same platform. Keywords: Comparative
