Project description:A QTOF-based project on detecting possible fipronil, fipronil desulfinyl and fipronil sulfone contamination of bees and bee products (honey, brood, collected pollen etc) from wasp treatment areas that had been exposed to Vespex(R) toxic wasp bait.
Project description:Here we present the first characterisation of small RNAs in honey bee reproductive tissues. We conclude that small RNAs are likely to play an integral role in honey bee gametogenesis and reproduction and provide a plausible mechanism for parent-of origin-effects on gene expression and reproductive physiology. present in honey bee reproductive tissues: ovaries, spermatheca, semen, fertilised and unfertilised eggs, and testes.
Project description:In this study, single-cell sequencing of the BALF of CARDS patients yielded the following results: (1) IL1B+ neutrophils were significantly increased in the BALF of CARDS patients with exacerbated disease, which was associated with poor prognosis of CARDS patients, and this type of neutrophils underwent fatty acid metabolism reprogramming in comparison with other types of neutrophils, which may be related to their high-inflammatory response. (2) IL1B+ neutrophils promoted TNF secretion from hyperinflammatory type M1 macrophages through a caspase-dependent pathway, suggesting that neutrophil-macrophage interactions play an important role in the mechanism of CARDS development.
Project description:A major concern in common disease epigenomics is distinguishing causal from consequential epigenetic variation. One means of addressing this issue is to identify the temporal origins of epigenetic variants via longitudinal analyses. However, prospective birth-cohort studies are expensive and time-consuming. Here we report DNA methylomics of archived Guthrie cards for the retrospective longitudinal analyses of in utero-derived DNA methylation variation. We first validate two methodologies for generating comprehensive DNA methylomes from Guthrie cards. Then, using an integrated epigenomic/genomic analysis of Guthrie cards and follow-up samplings, we identify inter-individual DNA methylation variation that is present both at birth and three years later. These findings suggest that disease-relevant epigenetic variation could be detected at birth i.e. before overt clinical disease. Guthrie card methylomics offers a potentially powerful and cost-effective strategy for studying the dynamics of inter-individual epigenomic variation in a range of common human diseases. Bisulphite converted DNA was sequenced
Project description:Honey bee non-CG DNA hydroxymethylation is enriched in the introns, which supplements previous findings that honey bee CG DNA methylation is enriched in exons. Bisulfite sequencing combined with Pvu-Seq to distinguish 5-methylcytosine from 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and RNA-Seq
Project description:Background: Honey bee is a major insect used for pollination of a number of commercial crops worldwide. However, the number of managed honey bee colonies has recently declined in several countries, and a number of possible causes are proposed. Although the use of honey bees for pollination can be considered as disruption of the habitat, its effects on honey bees' physiology have never been addressed. In Japan, more than 100 thousands colonies are annually used for pollination, and intriguingly 80% of them are used in greenhouses. Recently, honey bee colonies have often collapsed when they are introduced into greenhouses. Thus, to suppress colony collapses and maintain the number of worker bees in the colonies are essential for successful long-term pollination in greenhouses and recycling honey bee colonies.