ABSTRACT: Gene expression profiling of Tg(14xUAS:GFP-EWSR1-ERG) x Et(E1b:Gal4-VP16)s1101t, Tg(UAS:Kaede) s1999t zebrafish embryos at 3 days post fertilization
Project description:Wild-type Drosophila melanogaster expressing nuclear GFP-KASH fusion protein in photoreceptors for cell type-specific gene expression profiling (Rh1-Gal4>UAS-GFPKASH ; Genotype = w1118;; P{w+mC=[UAS-GFP-Msp300KASH}attP2, P{ry+t7.2=rh1-GAL4}3, ry506) were raised in 12:12h light:dark cycle at 25°C. Flies were aged for 10 or 40 days post-eclosion, and eyes were harvested from male flies for global quantitative proteomic analysis. Significantly changed proteins were identified that may contribute to age-associated retinal degeneration and loss of visual function in the aging Drosophila eye.
Project description:CbtOE (Tim-gal4; UAS-cbtFLAG), Tim-gal4 (control for CbtOE), cbtRNAi (Tim-gal4-UAS-Dcr2-UAS-cbtIR-cbtE1) and Tim-gal4;UAS-Dcr2 (control for CbtRNAi) flies. Flies were entrained in LD (light: dark) condition for 3-4 days and harvested at six time points: ZT3, ZT7, ZT11, ZT15, ZT19, ZT23 Fly heads were collected, RNA was extracted and RNA-seq libraries were prepared as previously described (Engreitz et al., 2013)
Project description:Fly strains: All transgenes are P[+] in w strains. w+;+;Act 5c > CD2 > GAL4 UAS-GFP (Neufeld et al. 1998 ); y w hs-FLP122; +; UAS-dMyc (Zaffran et al. 1998 ). y w hs-FLP122; +; +. Adult flies and larvae were raised in regular fly food consisting of cornmeal and molasses at 25°C. Larvae overexpressing either UAS-regulated dMyc;GFP or GFP alone transgenes were generated using the Flp/Gal4 method (Struhl and Basler 1993 ; Pignoni and Zipursky 1997 ; Neufeld et al. 1998 ). Larvae were staged from hatching and raised at a density of 50 per vial at 25°C. Third instar larvae (110 h after egg deposition, AED) were heat shocked at 37°C for 2 h, and larvae were collected 7 h after heat shock (~120 h AED). Total RNA was isolated using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen) as described by manufacturer followed by RNeasy (Qiagen) clear up. cRNA targets were generated using a standard amino-allyl labeling protocol, where 30 µg each of "experimental" (dMyc;GFP: hs-FLP122; Act-GAL4, UAS-GFP; UAS-dMyc) and "reference" (GFP only :ywhs-FLP122; Act-GAL4, UAS-GFP; +) total RNAs were coupled to either Cy3 or Cy5 fluorophores. Paired labeled targets were processed on microarrays using protocols described elsewhere (Fazzio et al. 2001 ). Posthybridized arrays were scanned using a GenePix 4000 scanner (Axon Instruments). Data were generated from five independent replicates (two with one dye orientation and three with the reversed dye orientation) at 7h and 14h Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:Purpose: To identify genes that are transcriptionally controlled by Notch signaling during zebrafish lateral line proneuromast formation. Methods: We isolated primordium cells from dissected tails of 36 hpf Tg((cldnB:GFP);Tg(cldnB:gal4) x Tg(UAS:nicd)) and sibling Tg((cldnB:GFP);Tg(cldnB:gal4)) embryos by FACS and performed RNASeq analysis. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 26 million sequence reads per sample to the zebrafish genome (build danRer10) and identified 32,105 transcripts in the dissociated tails of WT and NICD zebrafish with TopHat workflow. Approximately 2% of the transcripts showed differential expression between the WT and NICD tails, with a fold change ≥0.5 and p value <0.01. Conclusion: RNASeq analyses revealed that Notch signaling cell-autonomously induces apical constriction and cell adhesion.
Project description:Fly strains: All transgenes are P[+] in w strains. w+;+;Act 5c > CD2 > GAL4 UAS-GFP (Neufeld et al. 1998 ); y w hs-FLP122; +; UAS-dMyc (Zaffran et al. 1998 ). y w hs-FLP122; +; +. Adult flies and larvae were raised in regular fly food consisting of cornmeal and molasses at 25°C. Larvae overexpressing either UAS-regulated dMyc;GFP or GFP alone transgenes were generated using the Flp/Gal4 method (Struhl and Basler 1993 ; Pignoni and Zipursky 1997 ; Neufeld et al. 1998 ). Larvae were staged from hatching and raised at a density of 50 per vial at 25°C. Third instar larvae (110 h after egg deposition, AED) were heat shocked at 37°C for 2 h, and larvae were collected 7 h after heat shock (~120 h AED). Total RNA was isolated using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen) as described by manufacturer followed by RNeasy (Qiagen) clear up. cRNA targets were generated using a standard amino-allyl labeling protocol, where 30 µg each of "experimental" (dMyc;GFP: hs-FLP122; Act-GAL4, UAS-GFP; UAS-dMyc) and "reference" (GFP only :ywhs-FLP122; Act-GAL4, UAS-GFP; +) total RNAs were coupled to either Cy3 or Cy5 fluorophores. Paired labeled targets were processed on microarrays using protocols described elsewhere (Fazzio et al. 2001 ). Posthybridized arrays were scanned using a GenePix 4000 scanner (Axon Instruments). Data were generated from five independent replicates (two with one dye orientation and three with the reversed dye orientation) at 7h and 14h
Project description:In the present study, we have used the zebrafish to investigate the functional role of the glucocorticoid receptor beta-isoform (GRbeta). A transgenic zebrafish line, Tg(hsp70:Gal4, UAS:EGFP-grbeta), was generated, showing heat shock-inducible expression of a GFP-tagged GRbeta. After heat shock treatment at 1 and 2 days post fertilization (dpf), 3 dpf larvae (control and transgenic) were treated with beclomethasone. A microarray study was performed to study transcriptional effects of GRbeta: its effect on transcription in the absence of beclomethasone (intrinsic transcriptional activity) and its effects on beclomethasone-induced transcriptional changes (dominant-negative activity). Although the microarray results revealed minor transcriptional effects of GRbeta expression, these data could not be validated using qPCR. It was therefore concluded that GRbeta did not show any transcriptional activity under these conditions.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of Piwi-deficient ISCs isolated by FACS. We used esg::Gal4, UAS::GFP; tub::Gal80ts to drive the expression of an RNAi against mCherry (control) or Piwi for 7 days.
Project description:The sclerotome region of the somite (labelled by nkx3.1:Gal4-VP16; UAS:NTR-mCherry) gives rise to numerous fibroblasts populations in the zebrafish trunk. We performed single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) on sclerotome-derived fibroblasts from 52 hpf embryos to determine population heterogeneity and plasticity.
Project description:CbtOE (Tim-gal4; UAS-cbtFLAG), Tim-gal4 (control for CbtOE), cbtRNAi (Tim-gal4-UAS-Dcr2-UAS-cbtIR-cbtE1) and Tim-gal4;UAS-Dcr2 (control for CbtRNAi) flies. Flies were entrained in LD (light: dark) condition for 3-4 days and harvested at six time points: ZT3, ZT7, ZT11, ZT15, ZT19, ZT23 Fly heads were collected, RNA was extracted and RNA-seq libraries were prepared as previously described (Engreitz et al., 2013) Three samples of cbtRNAi and three samples of their controls. Two samples of cbtOE with two samples of their controls.