Project description:The leaf transcriptome of the nickel hyperaccumulator Leucocroton havanensis (Euphorbiaceae) living on serpentine Cuabal, from Cuba, was compared to the closely related non-accumulator Lasiocroton microphyllus living on Gallery forest on limestone soil, to identity differentially expressed genes potentially involved in Ni hyperaccumulation.
2019-06-05 | GSE116049 | GEO
Project description:Sequence of gut microbiota in rhesus macaques
| PRJNA863230 | ENA
Project description:Gut Microbiota Depletion in Infant Rhesus Macaques
Project description:Although modern clinical practices such as cesarean sections and perinatal antibiotics have improved infant survival, treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics alters intestinal microbiota and causes dysbiosis. Infants exposed to perinatal antibiotics have an increased likelihood of life-threatening infections, including pneumonia. Here, we investigated how the gut microbiota sculpt pulmonary immune responses, promoting recovery and resolution of infection in newborn rhesus macaques. Early-life antibiotic exposure interrupted the maturation of intestinal commensal bacteria and disrupted the developmental trajectory of the pulmonary immune system, as assessed by single-cell proteomic and transcriptomic analyses. Early-life antibiotic exposure rendered newborn macaques more susceptible to bacterial pneumonia, concurrent with increases in neutrophil senescence and hyperinflammation, broad inflammatory cytokine signaling, and macrophage dysfunction. This pathogenic reprogramming of pulmonary immunity was further reflected by a hyperinflammatory signature in all pulmonary immune cell subsets coupled with a global loss of tissue-protective, homeostatic pathways in the lungs of dysbiotic newborns. Fecal microbiota transfer was associated with partial correction of the broad immune maladaptations and protection against severe pneumonia. These data demonstrate the importance of intestinal microbiota in programming pulmonary immunity and support the idea that gut microbiota promote the balance between pathways driving tissue repair and inflammatory responses associated with clinical recovery from infection in infants. Our results highlight a potential role for microbial transfer for immune support in these at-risk infants.
Project description:The dysregulation of the microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) in people living with HIV (PLWH) consequent to gastrointestinal dysfunction (dysbiosis) can lead to neuroinflammation and persistent cognitive impairment, which underscores the need for new treatments. Here, we show that delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) reduced neuroinflammation and microbiome alterations and enhanced plasma endocannabinoid, endocannabinoid-like and indole-3-propionate levels in chronically SIV-infected rhesus macaques. Long-term low-dose THC potently blocked expression of genes associated with type I interferon responses and excitotoxicity (SLC7A11) and enhanced protein expression of WFS1 (endoplasmic reticulum stress) and CRYM (oxidative stress) in basal ganglia. Additionally, THC successfully countered miR-142-3p mediated suppression of WFS1 via a CB1R mediated mechanism in HCN2 neuronal cells. Most importantly, THC increased the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Clostridia including IPA producersing C. botulinum, C. paraputrificum, C. cadaveris and butyrate producersing C. butyricum, Faecalibacterium prauzsnitzii and Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum in the colon. This study highlights low-dose THC as a potential disease-modifying agent that can positively modulate the MGBA by concurrently reducing neuroinflammation and promoting the growth of gut microbial species that produce neuroprotective metabolites like indole-3-propionate in PLWH HIV and other neurodegenerative diseases, thus meriting clinical trials.
Project description:The leaf transcriptome of the nickel hyperaccumulator Geissois pruinosa (Rubiaceae) endemic from New Caledonia was compared to the closely related non-accumulator Geissois racemosa, living respectively in serpentine maquis or rainforest on limestone, to identity differentially expressed genes potentially involved in Ni hyperaccumulation.
Project description:Rhesus macaques vaccinated by rhesus cytomegalovirus vectors expressing simian immunodeficiency virus proteins (RhCMV/SIV) activate gene expression signature associated with IL15. To examine the gene expression signature activated by IL15, we performed longitudinal examinations of rhesus macaques during IL15 treament.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE33090: Dramatic effects of social behavior on gene regulation in rhesus macaques [Individual_expression] GSE34127: Dramatic effects of social behavior on gene regulation in rhesus macaques [Cell type_expression] GSE34128: Dramatic effects of social behavior on gene regulation in rhesus macaques [Bisulfite_seq] Refer to individual Series
Project description:A spectrum dataset with 329 tree leaf samples and a blank control file from Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Collection and extraction was completed in Yang Jie Group