Project description:Zebrafish transgenic lines Tg(fabp10a:dsRed), Tg(hand2:EGFP) and Tg(kdrl:ras-mCherry) in AB wild-type background were anesthetized with MS-222 and adult females were injected intraperitoneally with 500 mg/kg thioacetamide (TAA) or sterile water as a control 6 times over the course of 2 weeks. We have characterized chromatin accessibility profiles of FACS-isolated hepatocytes (dsRed+), stellate cells (EGFP+) and liver endothelial cells (mCherry+) from fishes treated with TAA or sterile water. Cells negative for the fluorescence were used as a control.
Project description:Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) represents a convenient model to study microevolution - adaptation to freshwater environment. While genetic adaptations to freshwater are well-studied, epigenetic adaptations attracted little attention. In this work, we investigated the role of DNA methylation in the adaptation of marine stickleback population to freshwater conditions. DNA methylation profiling was performed in marine and freshwater populations of sticklebacks, as well as in marine sticklebacks placed into freshwater environment and freshwater sticklebacks placed into seawater. For the first time, we demonstrated that genes encoding ion channels kcnd3, cacna1fb, gja3 are differentially methylated between marine and freshwater populations. We also showed that after placing marine stickleback into fresh water, its DNA methylation profile partially converges to the one of a freshwater stickleback. This suggests that immediate epigenetic response to freshwater conditions can be maintained in freshwater population. Interestingly, we observed enhanced epigenetic plasticity in freshwater sticklebacks that may serve as a compensatory regulatory mechanism for the lack of genetic variation in the freshwater population. Some of the regions that were reported previously to be under selection in freshwater populations also show differential methylation. Thus, epigenetic changes might represent a parallel mechanism of adaptation along with genetic selection in freshwater environment.
Project description:Microbials cultures isolated from the phycosphere of freshwater green algae.
Bacterial communities originated from Experimental Pond Facility at the The University of Michigan E.S. George Reserve, Pickney, Michigan, USA.
Project description:Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) represents a convenient model to study microevolution - adaptation to freshwater environment. While genetic adaptations to freshwater are well-studied, epigenetic adaptations attracted little attention. In this work, we investigated the role of DNA methylation in the adaptation of marine stickleback population to freshwater conditions. DNA methylation profiling was performed in marine and freshwater populations of sticklebacks, as well as in marine sticklebacks placed into freshwater environment and freshwater sticklebacks placed into seawater. For the first time, we demonstrated that genes encoding ion channels kcnd3, cacna1fb, gja3 are differentially methylated between marine and freshwater populations. We also showed that after placing marine stickleback into fresh water, its DNA methylation profile partially converges to the one of a freshwater stickleback. This suggests that immediate epigenetic response to freshwater conditions can be maintained in freshwater population. Interestingly, we observed enhanced epigenetic plasticity in freshwater sticklebacks that may serve as a compensatory regulatory mechanism for the lack of genetic variation in the freshwater population. Some of the regions that were reported previously to be under selection in freshwater populations also show differential methylation. Thus, epigenetic changes might represent a parallel mechanism of adaptation along with genetic selection in freshwater environment. This is the RNA-seq experiment, DNA methylation data (bisulfite-seq) is provided under accession number GSE82310.
Project description:Recirculation systems (RAS), which reduce water consumption and improve pathogen control are increasingly used in Atlantic salmon aquaculture. Performance and adaptation of fish to new farming environment is actively investigated. Here, responses to crowding stress were compared in salmon reared in two systems (RAS with brackish water and flowthrough with full salinity water) at low and high density.
Project description:Zebrafish transgenic lines Tg(fabp10a:dsRed), Tg(hand2:EGFP) and Tg(kdrl:ras-mCherry) in AB wild-type background were anesthetized with MS-222 and adult females were injected intraperitoneally with 500 mg/kg thioacetamide (TAA) or sterile water as a control 6 times over the course of 2 weeks. We have characterized transcriptomic profiles of FACS-isolated hepatocytes (dsRed+), stellate cells (EGFP+) and liver endothelial cells (mCherry+) from fishes treated with TAA or sterile water. Cells negative for the fluorescence were used as a control.
Project description:Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 strain was grown to stationary phase in AYE broth and starved in freshwater for 2 hours and RNA was harvested with or without sublethal heat shock via immersion in a 55 degree C hot water bath for 5 minutes
Project description:Alkalinity stress is considered to be one of the major stressors for fish in saline-alkali water. Thus, it is of great significance from both aquaculture and physiological viewpoint to understand the molecular genetic response of aquatic organisms to alkalinity stress. The objective of this study is to determine genome-wide gene expression profiles to better understand the physiology response of medaka (Oryzias latipes) to high carbonate alkalinity stress. In lab-based cultures, adult fish were exposed to freshwater and high carbonate alkalinity water .We designed a microarray containing 26429 oligonucleotides and describe our experimental results for measuring gene expression changes in the gill of carbonate alkalinity stress exposed fish. The fish were exposed to freshwater (FW) and high carbonate alkalinity water (AW) for 96h, each with three replicates.