Project description:ABX464, a new drug for curing HIV and treating inflammatory diseases induces upregulation of the anti-inflammatory miR-124. We used microarrays to show the implication of ABX464 in the biogenesis of small noncoding RNAs. So, we decided to evaluate if miRNAs or small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) were differentially regulated by ABX464.
Project description:The expression of 30362 plant genes from uninfected flowers of Boechera stricta, uninfected steam and leaves of B. stricta and infected B. stricta with Puccinia monoica forming pseudoflowers. We hybridized cDNA from each sample to an Arabidopsis thaliana gene expression 4x72K format NimbleGen array (ATH6_60mer_expr).
Project description:Frozen PBMC from infants 7 days before randomization (PBMC from two infant were 28 days after randomization) were stimulated in RPMI with 10% Feotal calf serum (FCS) at 5 million/ml with 1 million CFU/ml BCG (SII) or left unstimulated in a total volumn of 200ul/well in 96-well plates. Cells were incubated for 12 hours (37C, 5% CO2). Plates were centrifuged and 200ul supernatant was removed without disrupting the pellet and transferred into clean U-bottom plates. The plates were centrifuged again, the supernatant were flicked-out and the cells were resuspended in 200ul RLT buffer with beta-mercaptoethanol (10ul/ml). The samples were mixed with the buffer to lyse the cells and the plates were sealed and stored at -20C. At the time of RNA-extraction, plates were thawed at 37% for 10 mins. RNA extraction was performed using the Qiagen RNeasy kit following manufacturer's instructions (including optional DNase digestion) and RNA was eluted twice, 30 ul per elution. RNA was quantified by nanodrop and samples were stored at -80C.
Project description:A comparison was made between the THP-1(Human monocytic leukemia cells - TIB-202; ATCC) transcriptional responses of; (i) uninfected versus Coxiella burnetii NMII infected and (ii) uninfected versus Coxiella burnetii NMII infected THP-1 cells transiently treated with bacteriostatic levels (10μg/ml) of chloramphenicol (CAM). Briefly, infections were initiated and cultured in parallel with uninfected cells. At 48 hours post infection (hpi), media containing CAM (10μg/ml) was added to one set of cells (uninfected and infected THP-1 cells) and culturing was continued. The other set of cells were mock treated with normal media. Total RNA was isolated at 72 hpi from all conditions. Microarrays were performed for both condition sets and the results from each of the two microarrays were compared to define the host genes modulated by de novo C. burnetii NMII protein synthesis.
Project description:T cells were collected from four healthy donors using heparin anti-coagulant, diluted with equal amounts of PBS EDTA, then layered over Lymphoprep and spun to collect PBMCs. CD4+ T cells were purifed using the Miltenyi positive selection magnetic labeling kit. Cells were resuspended in RPMI (Invitrogen) with 10% FCS amd 50 U/ml IL-2 (Immunotools), and 3.5x105 plated out per well in 48 well plates, coated overnight with 2 µg/ml anti-CD3 and either anti-CD28 or anti-CD46. Purity was assessed by flow cytometry and was in all cases ⥠95%. RNA was purified from a set of unactivated cells before plating, to represent the resting, 0 hr time point samples. For early activation samples, CD28 or CD46 co-stimulated cells were harvested 2 hrs after plating. Then, 36 hours after plating, the remaining CD46-stimulated cells were harvested and labeled for IL-10 or IFN-g secretion using the Miltenyi cytokine detection kits, according to manufacturerâs instructions. Cells were then sorted into separate cytokine-secreting populations (IFN-g+/IL-10â, IFN-g+/IL-10+, and IFN-gâ/IL-10+) using a BD biosciences FACS machine.RNA from separate populations was labeled using the Hy3 microRNA (miRNA) Power labeling kit (Exiqon) and hybridised to an LNA (locked nucleic acid)-based miRCURY miRNA microarray slides (Exiqon, version 11) using a Maui hybridisation chamber (BioMicrosystems). Spot signals were acquired with an Agilent array scanner and GenePix Pro 4.1 was used for annotation (mirBase 14.0), signal processing and quantification using default background subtraction.