ABSTRACT: An ectopic network of transcription factors regulated by Hippo signaling drives growth and invasion of a malignant tumor model [larval imaginal discs (eye, wing and leg)]
Project description:We mapped open chromatin by FAIRE-seq and measured gene expression by RNA-seq in 3 types of Drosophila samples: staged whole embryos, imaginal discs, pharate appendages. We first demonstrate that regions of open chromatin precisely define regions of enhancer activity in developing embryos. In contrast to the dynamic changes in open chromatin observed between different stages of embryogenesis, we found that the open chromatin profiles in wing, leg, and haltere imaginal discs are nearly identical. This was also true again later in development, where the adult appendages also share nearly identical open chromatin profiles. Therefore, at a given developmental time point, different appendages are specified using a shared set of DNA regulatory elements. However, from one time point to the next, the set of accessible regulatory elements changes. Open chromatin profiles in appendage imaginal discs are almost entirely different than those of the adult appendages. We propose that master regulator transcription factors create morphologically distinct structures by differentially influencing the function of the same set of DNA regulatory modules. Open chromatin profiling during Drosophila development: 3 stages of embryogenesis (2-replicates each); wing, leg, and haltere 3rd instar imaginal discs (3-replicates each); 3rd larval central nervous system (2-replicates); eye-antennal imaginal discs (2-replicates); wing, leg, and haltere pharate appendages (2-replicates each); Genomic DNA Inputs. Sequencing performed on Illumina GAII and HiSeq.
Project description:The transcription cofactor Yki drives growth and proliferation in part by controlling mitochondrial network formation. To determine if Yki and Sd are directly bound to DNA corresponding to mitochondrial genes, we used chromatin immunoprecipitation and whole genome tiling arrays (ChIP-chip) to identify regions bound by these factors in eye-antenna and wing imaginal discs. The supplementary .bed files contain all Yki or Sd binding sites (called at 5% FDR) in wing or eye-antenna imaginal discs, as well as shared Sd+Yki sites and associated target genes. Wing or eye-antenna imaginal discs ChIPped for Yki or Sd-GFP vs. input DNA from corresponding imaginal discs.
Project description:We have conducted ChIP-Seq of H3K4me1/H3K27ac in order to perform a comparative study between wing imaginal discs and eye imaginal discs from Drosophila melanogaster.
Project description:We have conducted ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq analyses in order to perform a comparative study between wing imaginal discs and eye imaginal discs from Drosophila melanogaster.
Project description:Screening for binding partners of the splicing factor SmD3 and changes in interaction upon depletion of the protein Ecdysoneless (Ecd) in the nubbin domain of third-instar larval wing imaginal discs.
Project description:In Drosophila, homozygosity for neoplastic tumor suppressors, like lethal giant larvae, lgl results in malignant transformation of all larval imaginal discs. To gain insight into the molecular players involved in fly tumorigenesis we undertook genome-wide transcriptional profiling of neoplastically transformed wing imaginal discs of lgl mutants. Wild type (Canton S) wing imaginal discs served as control. The transcriptional profile, for instance, revealed the misregulation of JNK and JAK-STAT signaling which is implicated in epithelial transformation in Drosophila. These transcriptional profiles, therefore, provide a useful resource for identification of genes/pathways that are functionally relevant for carcinogenesis.
Project description:In Drosophila, homozygosity for tumor suppressors, like lethal giant larvae, lgl, results in neoplastic transformation of imaginal disc epithelium - characterized by loss of their apico-basal polarity, unrestricted growth and invasion into neighboring tissues/organs. In genetic mosaics, however, lgl mutant clones are eliminated shortly after their initiation by cell competition. On the other hand, lgl mutant clones generated in Minute (M) genetic background, which compromises cell competition from the neighboring wild type cells, display clonal progression and tissue invasion. To gain insight into the molecular players of fly tumorigensis we undertook genome-wide transcriptional profiling of neoplastically transformed mosaic wing imaginal discs where lgl- clones were induced in M genetic background. Mosaic wing imaginal discs carrying wild type (lgl+) clones, also generated in M genetic background, served as controls. Transcriptional profile revealed up-regulation of a number of signaling pathways, such as Hippo, Wnt, TGF-beta or EGFR. Transcriptional profile of lgl- mosaic imaginal discs therefore provides a useful resource for identification of genes/pathways that are functionally relevant for carcinogenesis
Project description:RNA-seq on 120hr L3 larval wing imaginal discs. 3 replicates of dis3L2 null mutant, and 3 replicates of control wing discs. rRNA depleted, Illumina TruSeq libraries. Paired-end sequencing on a HiSeq 3000.
