Project description:Background: It remains unclear how high-risk Escherichia coli lineages, like sequence type (ST) 131, initially adapt to carbapenem exposure in its progression to becoming carbapenem resistant. Methods: Carbapenem mutation frequency was measured in multiple subclades of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) positive ST131 clinical isolates using a fluctuation assay followed by whole genome sequencing (WGS) characterization. Genomic, transcriptomic, and porin analyses of ST131 C2/H30Rx isolate, MB1860, under prolonged, increasing carbapenem exposure was performed using two distinct experimental evolutionary platforms to measure fast vs. slow adaptation. Results: All thirteen ESBL positive ST131 strains selected from a diverse (n=184) ST131 bacteremia cohort had detectable ertapenem (ETP) mutational frequencies with a statistically positive correlation between initial ESBL gene copy number and mutation frequency (r = 0.87, P<1e-5). WGS analysis of mutants showed initial response to ETP exposure resulted in significant increases in ESBL gene copy numbers or mutations in outer membrane porin (Omp) encoding genes in the absence of ESBL gene amplification with subclade specific adaptations. In both experimental evolutionary platforms, MB1860 responded to initial ETP exposure by increasing blaCTX-M-15 copy numbers via modular, insertion sequence 26 (IS26) mediated pseudocompound transposons (PCTns). Transposase activity driven by PCTn upregulation was a conserved expression signal in both experimental evolutionary platforms. Stable mutations in Omp encoding genes were detected only after prolonged increasing carbapenem exposure consistent with clinical observations. Conclusions: ESBL gene amplification is a conserved response to initial carbapenem exposure, especially within the high-risk ST131 C2 subclade. Targeting such amplification could assist with mitigating carbapenem resistance development.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to understand the signaling pathway alteration in cancer cell line treated with TEAD palmitoylation inhibitor MGH-CP1, and to further validate TEAD inhibitor for specifity in TEAD-YAP interuption. Methods:Breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 was chosen to be treated with TEAD palmitoylation inhibitor MGH-CP1 at 10μM for 24 hours. Total RNA was isolated for the analysis. RNA samples were sent to Novogen for library construction, RNA sequencing and raw data process. Results: MGH-CP1 specifically blocks TEAD transcriptional activity compared with YAP/TAZ siRNA in MDA-MB-231 cells. Conclusions: Our study privides gene expression profiling evidence to validate our TEAD palmitoylation inhibitor MGH-CP1 as specific small molecule to block TEAD transcriptional activity. We report the application of next generation sequencing technology for high-throughput profiling of TEAD palmitoylation inhibitor MGH-CP1 in breast cancer cells.
Project description:The present study examines changes in global gene expression patterns and in virulence factor-associated genes in an extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing UPEC (ESBL019) during the morphologic transitions induced by an ineffective antibiotic and in the presence of human primary bladder epithelial cells. The morphological shifts induced by ineffective antibiotics are associated with significant transcriptional virulence alterations in ESBL-producing UPEC, which may affect survival and persistence in the urinary tract.
Project description:To investigate the whole-genome gene expression difference between the wild-type and capsule deletion mutant in Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in Huang T.W., Stapleton J.C., Chang H.Y., Tsai S.F., Palsson B.O., Charusanti P. Capsule removal via lambda-Red knockout system perturbs biofilm formation and fimbriae extression in Klesiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 (manuscript submission) A six chip study using total RNA recovered from three separate wild-type cultures and three separate cultures of a capsule deltion mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578. The capsule gene cluster (KPN_02493 to KPN_02515) was entirely removed in the capsule deletion mutant. Each chip measures the expression level of 5,305 genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 and the associated five plasmids (pKPN3, pKPN4, pKPN5, pKPN6 and pKPN7) with 50-mer oligo tiling array with 30-mer spacer.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to understand the signaling pathway alteration inMDA-MB-231cells treated with TEAD autopalmitoylation inhibitor MGH-CP1, and to further validate TEAD inhibitor for specifity in TEAD-YAP interuption. Methods:Breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 was chosen to be treated with TEAD palmitoylation inhibitor MGH-CP1 at 10μM for 24 hours. Total RNA was isolated for the analysis. RNA samples were sent to Novogen for library construction, RNA sequencing and raw data process. Conclusions: Our study privides gene expression profiling evidence to validate our TEAD palmitoylation inhibitor MGH-CP1 as specific small molecule to block TEAD transcriptional activity.
Project description:To investigate the whole-genome gene expression difference between the wild-type and capsule deletion mutant in Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in Huang T.W., Stapleton J.C., Chang H.Y., Tsai S.F., Palsson B.O., Charusanti P. Capsule removal via lambda-Red knockout system perturbs biofilm formation and fimbriae extression in Klesiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 (manuscript submission)
Project description:Genome-wide identification of RNA polymerase (RNAP) binding sites were performed in Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 (KP). Anti-RNAP is used to capture the RNAP in KP. ChIP-chip was performed on tiling array specifically made for KP.
