Project description:Vitamin D deficiency poses a widespread health challenge, shaped by environmental and genetic determinants. A recent discovery identified a genetic regulator, rs11542462, in the SDR42E1 gene, though its biological implications remain largely unexplored. Our bioinformatic assessments revealed pronounced SDR42E1 expression in skin keratinocytes and the analogous HaCaT human keratinocyte cell lines, prompting us to select the latter as an experimental model. Employing CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology and multi-omics approach, we discovered that depleting SDR42E1 showed a 1.6-fold disruption in steroid biosynthesis pathway (P-value = 0.03), considerably affecting crucial vitamin D biosynthesis regulators. Notably, SERPINB2 (P-value = 2.17 × 10−103), EBP (P-value = 2.46 × 10−13), and DHCR7 (P-value = 8.03 × 10−09) elevated by ∼2–3 fold, while ALPP (P-value <2.2 × 10−308), SLC7A5 (P-value = 1.96 × 10−215), and CYP26A1 (P-value = 1.06 × 10−08) downregulated by ∼1.5–3 fold. These alterations resulted in accumulation of 7-dehydrocholesterol precursor and reduction of vitamin D3 production, as evidenced by the drug enrichment (P-value = 4.39 × 10−06) and total vitamin D quantification (R2 = 0.935, P-value = 0.0016) analyses. Our investigation unveils SDR42E1's significance in vitamin D homeostasis, emphasizing the potential of precision medicine in addressing vitamin D deficiency through understanding its genetic basis.
Project description:Vitamin C (ascorbic acid, AA), as essential micro-nutrient and antioxidant, can affect multiple cellular processes. Previously, we showed that Vitamin C supplement could promote the proliferation and suppress apoptosis of porcine Sertoli cells, via modulating the global nucleic acid methylation levels to alter transcriptome and proteomics. Due to the differences between pig and rodent species, here we investigated the effects of Vitamin C on mouse TM4 Sertoli cells. Vitamin C (250µM) treatment of mouse TM4 Sertoli cells for 36h could significantly increase cell viability, promote cell proliferation and decrease the cell percentage with early apoptosis. Vitamin C (250µM, 36h) also significantly decreased ROS level, elevated mitochondrial function, altered the levels of nucleic acid N6-methylation (m6A) and modified the levels of histone H3 trimethylation (H3K4me3, H3K9Me3 and H3K36me3) of mouse TM4 Sertoli cells. Vitamin C (250µM, 36h) promoted the secretion of anti-müllerian hormone and Estrodiol, but decreased lactate metabolite in mouse TM4 Sertoli cells. RNA-seq identified 112 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (74 up- and 38 down-regulated) (P≤0.05, |log2Fold Change|≥1) as induced by Vitamin C in mouse TM4 Sertoli cells. Gene enrichment analysis found multiple significantly enriched biological terms or pathways, including GO terms of regulation of response to biotic stimulus, homeostasis of number of cells, positive regulation of tumor necrosis factor production, GTPase activity, calmodulin binding etc., and KEGG signal pathways of calcium signal pathway, cGMP-PKG signaling pathway, steroid biosynthesis, arginine biosynthesis etc. 9 DEGs were selected for RT-qPCR validation and 8 of them showed the change trend consistent to RNA-seq. Taken together, Vitamin C (250µM, 36h) could modulate the functions of mouse TM4 Sertoli cells, through modifying the transcriptome to affect multiple signal pathways.
Project description:The l-galactose (Smirnoff-Wheeler) pathway represents the major route to l-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) biosynthesis in plants. Arabidopsis thaliana VTC2 and its paralogue VTC5 function as GDP-l-galactose phosphorylases converting GDP-l-galactose to l-galactose-1-P, thus catalyzing the first committed step in the biosynthesis of l-ascorbate. Here we report that the l-galactose pathway of ascorbate biosynthesis described in higher plants is conserved in green algae. The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii genome encodes all the enzymes required for vitamin C biosynthesis via the Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway. We have characterized recombinant C. reinhardtii VTC2 as an active GDP-l-galactose phosphorylase. C. reinhardtii cells exposed to oxidative stress show increased VTC2 mRNA and l-ascorbate levels. We have also shown that enzymatic components of the ascorbate-glutathione system (e.g. ascorbate peroxidase, Mn superoxide dismutase, dehydroascorbate reductase) are up-regulated in response to increased oxidative stress. These results indicate that C. reinhardtii VTC2, like its plant homologs, is a key enzyme in ascorbate biosynthesis in green algae and together with components of the ascorbate recycling system represents the major route in providing protective levels of ascorbate in oxidatively stressed algal cells. Our results suggest that C. reinhardtii cells exposed to oxidative stress conditions produce more ascorbate both by de novo synthesis (Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway) and by recycling via the ascorbate-glutathione cycle. Sampling of Chlamydomonas 2137 exposed to hydrogen peroxide
Project description:Lactobacillus reuteri has been shown to encode a vitamin B12 biosynthesis pathway that is phylogenetically related to the one present in some representatives of gamma-proteobacteria such as Salmonella and Yersinia. Here we present evidence supporting that the similarities between these otherwise unrelated organisms extend to their regulatory mechanisms. Keywords: cell type comparison Loop design
Project description:The l-galactose (Smirnoff-Wheeler) pathway represents the major route to l-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) biosynthesis in plants. Arabidopsis thaliana VTC2 and its paralogue VTC5 function as GDP-l-galactose phosphorylases converting GDP-l-galactose to l-galactose-1-P, thus catalyzing the first committed step in the biosynthesis of l-ascorbate. Here we report that the l-galactose pathway of ascorbate biosynthesis described in higher plants is conserved in green algae. The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii genome encodes all the enzymes required for vitamin C biosynthesis via the Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway. We have characterized recombinant C. reinhardtii VTC2 as an active GDP-l-galactose phosphorylase. C. reinhardtii cells exposed to oxidative stress show increased VTC2 mRNA and l-ascorbate levels. We have also shown that enzymatic components of the ascorbate-glutathione system (e.g. ascorbate peroxidase, Mn superoxide dismutase, dehydroascorbate reductase) are up-regulated in response to increased oxidative stress. These results indicate that C. reinhardtii VTC2, like its plant homologs, is a key enzyme in ascorbate biosynthesis in green algae and together with components of the ascorbate recycling system represents the major route in providing protective levels of ascorbate in oxidatively stressed algal cells. Our results suggest that C. reinhardtii cells exposed to oxidative stress conditions produce more ascorbate both by de novo synthesis (Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway) and by recycling via the ascorbate-glutathione cycle.
Project description:Lactobacillus reuteri has been shown to encode a vitamin B12 biosynthesis pathway that is phylogenetically related to the one present in some representatives of gamma-proteobacteria such as Salmonella and Yersinia. Here we present evidence supporting that the similarities between these otherwise unrelated organisms extend to their regulatory mechanisms. Keywords: cell type comparison
Project description:Kidneys from our transgenic mouse model of early stage cancer of the kidney (TRACK) exhibit a mitochondrial stress response (MSR) signature, as indicated by increased mRNA for Atf4, a key transcription factor activated in the MSR, and increased transcripts of Atf4 targets, including Asns, Mthfd2, Trib3, Ddit3(Chop;Gadd153), Atf3, Ppp1r15a(Gadd34), Aldh1l2, Fgf21, and Slc20a1. By performing transcriptomics analyses from TRACK versus wild type (WT) kidneys after dietary vitamin A deprivation, we show that both vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and expression of constitutively active HIF1α intensify the MSR, redirect amino acids to one carbon metabolism, and facilitate the biosynthesis of reduced glutathione.