Project description:Transcriptional profiling of pooled adult kidneys from transgenic zebrafish expressing human KIT-D816V mutant gene versus wild-type zebrafish was performed. The aim of this experiment was to determine the expression and cellular changes caused by expression of KIT-D816V oncogene in the hematopoietic organ in zebrafish. This transgenic zebrafish represents a model of systemic mastocytosis with many features of this disease present in adults Two-condition experiment, Tg(actb2:KIT-D816V) versus wild-type(AB), one replicate of each prepared from 3 adult kidneys of each genotype and a dye-swap hybridization of these RNA samples.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 28 hpf zebrafish transgenic expressing human KIT-D816V mutant gene versus wild-type embryos was performed. The aim of this experiment was to determine the expression changes caused by expression of KIT-D816V oncogene. This transgenic zebrafish represents a model of systemic mastocytosis with many features of this disease present in adults, but no very clear phenotypes in embryos. Thus, we attempted to determine if there are certain expression changes, which can be used as molecular features of active KIT expressed in these embryos. Two-condition experiment, Tg(actb2:KIT-D816V) versus wild-type(AB), 4 replicate experiments with a dye-swap each time
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of pooled adult kidneys from transgenic zebrafish expressing human KIT-D816V mutant gene versus wild-type zebrafish was performed. The aim of this experiment was to determine the expression and cellular changes caused by expression of KIT-D816V oncogene in the hematopoietic organ in zebrafish. This transgenic zebrafish represents a model of systemic mastocytosis with many features of this disease present in adults
Project description:Low temperatures may cause severe growth inhibition and mortality in fish. In order to understand the mechanism of cold tolerance, a transgenic zebrafish Tg (smyd1:m3ck) model was established to study the effect of energy homeostasis during cold stress. The muscle-specific promoter Smyd1 was used to express the carp muscle form III of creatine kinase (M3-CK), which maintained enzymatic activity at a relatively low temperature, in zebrafish skeletal muscle. In situ hybridization showed that M3-CK was expressed strongly in the skeletal muscle. When exposed to 13°C, Tg (smyd1:m3ck) fish maintained their swimming behavior, while the wild-type could not. Energy measurements showed that the concentration of ATP increased in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) versus wild-type fish at 28°C. After 2 h at 13°C, ATP concentrations were 2.16-fold higher in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) than in wild-type (P < 0.05). At 13°C, the ATP concentration in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) fish and wild-type fish was 63.3% and 20.0%, respectively, of that in wild-type fish at 28°C. Microarray analysis revealed differential expression of 1249 transcripts in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) versus wild-type fish under cold stress. Biological processes that were significantly overrepresented in this group included circadian rhythm, energy metabolism, lipid transport, and metabolism. These results are clues to understanding the mechanisms underlying temperature acclimation in fish.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 28 hpf zebrafish transgenic expressing human KIT-D816V mutant gene versus wild-type embryos was performed. The aim of this experiment was to determine the expression changes caused by expression of KIT-D816V oncogene. This transgenic zebrafish represents a model of systemic mastocytosis with many features of this disease present in adults, but no very clear phenotypes in embryos. Thus, we attempted to determine if there are certain expression changes, which can be used as molecular features of active KIT expressed in these embryos.
Project description:Low temperatures may cause severe growth inhibition and mortality in fish. In order to understand the mechanism of cold tolerance, a transgenic zebrafish Tg (smyd1:m3ck) model was established to study the effect of energy homeostasis during cold stress. The muscle-specific promoter Smyd1 was used to express the carp muscle form III of creatine kinase (M3-CK), which maintained enzymatic activity at a relatively low temperature, in zebrafish skeletal muscle. In situ hybridization showed that M3-CK was expressed strongly in the skeletal muscle. When exposed to 13M-BM-0C, Tg (smyd1:m3ck) fish maintained their swimming behavior, while the wild-type could not. Energy measurements showed that the concentration of ATP increased in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) versus wild-type fish at 28M-BM-0C. After 2 h at 13M-BM-0C, ATP concentrations were 2.16-fold higher in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) than in wild-type (P < 0.05). At 13M-BM-0C, the ATP concentration in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) fish and wild-type fish was 63.3% and 20.0%, respectively, of that in wild-type fish at 28M-BM-0C. Microarray analysis revealed differential expression of 1249 transcripts in Tg (smyd1:m3ck) versus wild-type fish under cold stress. Biological processes that were significantly overrepresented in this group included circadian rhythm, energy metabolism, lipid transport, and metabolism. These results are clues to understanding the mechanisms underlying temperature acclimation in fish. Gene expression in triplicate samples of m3ck-13M-BM-0C, m3ck-28M-BM-0C, wt-13M-BM-0C, and wt-28M-BM-0C was assessed. Twelve microarray experiments were performed, each with three fish.