Project description:Saccharina japonica is one of the most important marine economic crops worldwide. Blue light usually plays a significant role in the lives of Saccharina that may be beneficial to the culture system. Here we applied high-throughput paired-end RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) to the transcriptome of Saccharina japonica with blue light and dark exposure respectively. Comparative analysis of gene expression was conducted to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms. RNA-seq analysis yielded 70,497 non-redundant unigenes. 25,924 unigenes of them had good comparability with known gene sequences in existing species. Based on the values of RPKM, 11,660 differentially expressed unigenes were detected in expression profiles between blue light and dark exposed samples. Our results provide clues to potential genes identification in the species and lay the foundation for future functional genomics study.
Project description:Saccharina japonica is one of the most important marine economic crops worldwide. Blue light usually plays a significant role in the lives of Saccharina that may be beneficial to the culture system. Here we applied high-throughput paired-end RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) to the transcriptome of Saccharina japonica with blue light and dark exposure respectively. Comparative analysis of gene expression was conducted to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms. RNA-seq analysis yielded 70,497 non-redundant unigenes. 25,924 unigenes of them had good comparability with known gene sequences in existing species. Based on the values of RPKM, 11,660 differentially expressed unigenes were detected in expression profiles between blue light and dark exposed samples. Our results provide clues to potential genes identification in the species and lay the foundation for future functional genomics study. mRNA expression of Saccharina japonica with 2 different treatment (sample exposed to Dark condition, and sample exposed to blue light respectively) was determined by method of RNA-Seq
Project description:Long chain sulfated polysaccharides such as fucoidans are promising feed additives to improve animal health and welfare. Thus, our study evaluated the bioactive properties of a fucoidan-enriched fraction from sugar kelp (Saccharina lattissima) on the intestinal transcriptome of pre-smolts Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fed with novel functional aquafeeds for 5 weeks in freshwater.
Project description:We performed a laboratory experiment with vegetative gametophytes of the kelp Saccharina latissima and exposed the gametophytes to three temperatures (4°C, 12°C and 20°C) by sex (female, male) for 14 days.
Project description:Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight. Copper is widely used for fire blight management but there is limited information on the pathogen’s copper homeostasis mechanisms. Upon identifyingE. amylovora strains with unusually high (EaR2, Ea17) and intermediate (Ea19) copper sensitivity, we characterized them phenotypically to find potential correlations with other traits.The highly copper-sensitive strains EaR2 and Ea17 grew slower, showed increased sensitivity to paraquat and cadmium, and developed a characteristic copper-dependent overproduction of amylovoran and levan, with patterns not observed in strain, Ea273, with regular copper tolerance. Copper sensitivity was also associated with higher copper-shock death rates after copper pre-exposure during growth. RNA-Seq analysis revealed similar responses to copper-shock in EaR2 and Ea273 but very different transcriptomic responses during copper adaptation(prolonged growth with copper). EaR2 responded to copper adaptation with earlier activation ofstress responses, exopolysaccharide biosynthesis pathways, and protein quality control systems, while reducing the expression of genes linked to iron uptake. Ea273 mostly displayed an activation of copper homeostasis-related genes, with a characteristic downregulation of histidine catabolism.
Project description:The transcription factor Mac1 is a key regulator of copper homeostasis and controls the transcriptional response to copper-limiting conditions in fungi. Expression analyses performed in the soil-borne plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum revealed that almost all copper starvation-induced genes are downregulated in the absence of the regulator Mac1. The aim of this ChIP-seq analysis is to elucidate which of these genes are direct targets of Mac1.
Project description:Biomining microorganisms are classified as extremophiles due to their chronic exposure to elevated metal ion concentrations, which drives evolutionary adaptations for environmental stress resistance. This study investigates the copper tolerance mechanisms in Acidithiobacillus caldus CCTCC M 2018727, a strain demonstrating exceptional metal resistance through long-term adaptive laboratory evolution (survival at 250 mM Cu²⁺). Comparative analysis revealed a 350.6% increase in intracellular reactive sulfur species (RSS) levels under 250 mM Cu²⁺ stress. Sulfur-related post-translational modification proteomics demonstrated system-wide persulfidation enhancement and identified SscRAc, a novel RSS-sensitive MarR family transcription factor. Genetic deletion of sscRAc increased copper susceptibility and disrupted cellular redox homeostasis. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and qRT-PCR analyses revealed SscRAc’s dual regulatory mechanism: suppressing copper efflux systems while activating RSS metabolic pathways to maintain intracellular equilibrium. LC-MS/MS analysis revealed that both Cys74 and Cys78 in SscRAc interact with RSS and undergo persulfidation, resulting in the dissociation of the protein from the promoter-DNA of target genes. Furthermore, upstream signaling analysis uncovered a reciprocal regulatory relationship between SscRAc and the copper-sensitive transcription factor CsoRAc, establishing a coordinated copper-RSS signaling network. This work identifies SscRAc as a pivotal regulator of copper tolerance in A. caldus and delineates a novel metal stress response pathway connecting copper toxicity with sulfur redox biochemistry.