Project description:Low concentrations of the dissolved leonardite humic acid HuminFeed® (HF) prolonged the lifespan and enhanced the thermal stress resistance of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore growth was impaired and reproduction delayed, effects which have also been identified in other polyphenolic monomers, including tannic acid, rosmarinic acid, and caffeic acid. Moreover, a chemical modification of HF (HF-HQ), which increases its phenolic/quinonoid moieties, magnified the biological impact on C. elegans. To gain a deep insight into the molecular basis of these effects, we performed global transcriptomics on young adult (3 d) and old adult (11 d) nematodes exposed to two concentrations of HF and young adults (3 d) exposed to two concentrations of HF-HQ. The global transcriptome was compared in Caenorhabditis elegans mutant strain GE24, pha-1(e2123) exposed to 0, 0.2 and 2.0 mM HuminFeed® (HF) or Huminfeed-Hydroquinone (HF-HQ). Nematodes were harvested as 3 or 11 day old adults (for HF) or 3 day old adults (for HF-HQ).
Project description:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is formed naturally from L-cysteine in a variety of mammalian and non-mammalian cells. To date, numerous biological effects have been ascribed to H2S including control of cardiovascular, immune and nervous function. Over or under production of H2S has been observed in several disease states including hypertension and inflammation. In addition, it has been stipulated that H2S may affect the ageing process. The model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is ideally suited for assessing drug effects on lifespan since it is relatively short-lived, can be easily exposed to drugs and its genome is fully sequenced and widely annotated. The global transcriptome of control nematodes (raised using standardized laboratory conditions) was compared to nematodes exposed to 100 uM GYY4137 (morpholin-4-ium 4 methoxyphenyl(morpholino) phosphinodithioate), a slow releasing H2S donor drug.
Project description:Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living nematode, were exposed to sulfomethaxozale (SMX) for 11 consecutive generations. The F11 nematodes and their first non-exposed progeny (F14’) went through chromatin immune-precipitation at H3K4me3 site and a subsequent DNA-sequencing. Results showed that F11 and F14’ nematodes had 3-fold more H3K4me3 biding genes than the control. These genes showed the highest enrichment in the promoter region with 42.11% and 73.72% in F11 and F14’ nematodes, respectively, indicating increased activity of their regulated genes. In F11 nematodes, the genes regulating metabolic and biosynthetic processes of phospholipid, glycerolipid and glycerophospholipid were significantly activated with a mean enrichment fold change of 50.57. The genes regulating nervous system and development were also activated with a mean enrichment fold change of 65.03 and 58.14, respectively. In F14’ nematodes, 96 and 67 genes showed up- and down-regulations compared with those in F11 nematodes. In the up-regulation, genes regulating development, reproduction and transmembrane transport showed mean enrichment fold changes of 2.52, 22.41 and 34.47, respectively. The down-regulated genes were also related with development, reproduction and transmembrane activities with mean enrichment fold changes ranging from 1.51 to 8.32. Our findings demonstrated the epigenetic involvement in the SMX trans-generational effects.
Project description:From a Caenorhabditis elegans - S. aureus anti-infective screen, we identified benzimidazole derivative C162 as one of the potential anti-infective candidate that rescued the infected-nematodes from infection. This compound was found to exhibit anti-biofilm activity against S. aureus. To investigate the transcriptome profile of S. aureus in response to benzimidazole derivative C162, a genome-wide transcriptome analysis was performed on C162-treated S. aureus using the Affymetrix GeneChip S. aureus Genome Arrays. Our main interest is to look at the expression profiles of the biofilm-associated and virulence genes.
Project description:Comparison of miRNA profiles of wildtype and lin-28(n719); lin-46(ma164) Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes at the L1 stage Two genotypes, wildtype vs. mutant. Biological replicates: 3 wild type, 3 mutant, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per slide.