Project description:Here we performed single-cell RNAseq analysis of whole wildtype zebrafish trunks at 30hpf using 10x Genomics' Chromium platform. 22 distinct cell populations were identified, spanning all three embryonic germ layers.
Project description:In order to obtain the transcriptomic information about roof/dorsal and floor/ventral endothelial cells (ECs) of the dorsal aorta (DA) in zebrafish, we isolated single ECs from the DA roof and the floor respectively using the Tg(flk1:eGFP;flk1:NLS-Eos) zebrafish after photoconversion, and then performed scRNA sequencing. These single ECs were isolated at two different time points, 21 hpf and 28 hpf, when the lumen of the DA is established and the EHT begins , respectively.
Project description:We performed single-cell RNAseq analysis of FACs sorted etv2 and jam2b psoitive cells from etv2Gt(2A-Venus) ; jam2bGt(2A-Gal4);UAS:NTR-mCherry zebrafish embryos at 36 hpf using 10x Genomics' Chromium platform. 18 distinct cell populations were identified including vascular endothelial cells and LPM cells.
Project description:Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCIPP) is a high-production volume organophosphate flame retardant widely used within the United States. Within zebrafish, initiation of TDCIPP exposure at 0.75 h post-fertilization (hpf) results in genome-wide alterations in methylation during cleavage (2 hpf) as well as epiboly delay or arrest (at higher concentrations) during late-blastula and early-gastrula (4-6 hpf). To determine whether these TDCIPP-induced effects were associated with impacts on the transcriptome, embryos were exposed to vehicle (0.1% DMSO) or 2 μM TDCIPP from 0.75 hpf to 6 hpf, and total RNA was extracted from triplicate embryo pools per treatment and hybridized onto duplicate Affymetrix Zebrafish Gene 1.0 ST Arrays per RNA sample. Based on transcriptome-wide profiling, TDCIPP resulted in a significant impact on biological pathways involved in dorsoventral patterning and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling. Consistent with pathway-level responses, TDCIPP exposure also resulted in strongly dorsalized embryos by 24 hpf – a phenotype that mimicked the effects of dorsomorphin, a potent and selective BMP inhibitor. Moreover, the majority of dorsalized embryos were preceded by epiboly arrest at 6 hpf. Our microarray data also revealed that the expression of sizzled (szl) – a gene encoding a secreted Frizzled-related protein that limits BMP signaling – was significantly decreased by nearly 4-fold at 6 hpf. Therefore, we used a splice-blocking morpholino to test the hypothesis that knockdown of szl phenocopies TDCIPP-induced delays in epiboly progression. Interestingly, contrary to our hypothesis, injection of szl MOs did not affect epiboly progression but, similar to chordin (chd) morphants, resulted in mildly ventralized embryos by 24 hpf. Overall, our findings suggest that TDCIPP-induced epiboly delay may be independent of szl expression and function, and that TDCIPP-induced dorsalization may – similar to dorsomorphin – be due to interference with BMP signaling during early zebrafish.
Project description:Heterogeneous Tg(hsp70-hRASG12V) embryos were obtained by mating the male homozygous transgenic fish to wildtype females. They were raised to 24 hour-post fertilization (hpf) stage and received heatshock at 37°C in waterbath for one hour, and kept in 28.5°C till 30hpf for RNA extraction. Wildtype embryos receiving the same heatshock treatment were used as controls. Each microarray sample was prepared by pooling 50 embryos and biological duplication was used. The zebrafish has been established as a powerful vertebrate model organism for large-scale genetic screens and chemical screens. Here, we seek to establish that zebrafish embryos can be utilized as an in vivo system to dissect crucial pathways for oncogenesis. A microarray analysis was performed by comparing transcription profile of heterogeneous Tg(hsp70-hRASG12V) embryos with heatshock to wildtype embryos with heatshock. Both groups of embryos received heatshock at 37°C for one hour at 24 hour-post fertilization (hpf) stage, and kept in 28.5°C till 30hpf for RNA extraction. Each microarray sample was prepared by pooling 50 embryos and biological triplicate was used. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) was performed using the upregulated lists. “Cancer “ was the top diseases and disorders, with “Developmental disorder” and “Organismal Injury and Abnormalities” as the second and third diseases and disorders, validating that transient heatshock induction of oncogenic RAS in embryos activates major pathways in oncogenesis.
Project description:Transcriptomic data for 48 hours post-fertilization (hpf) wildtype zebrafish developmentally exposed to 15 PFAS, and for 48, 72, and 96 hpf wildtype zebrafish developmentally exposed to nafion byproduct 2.
Project description:This experiment investigates the role of a novel AHR-regulated gene on the global transcriptome in 48 hpf zebrafish exposed to 0.1% DMSO or 1 ng/mL TCDD.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish embryos comparing wild type untreated embryos with embryos injected with morpholino of zf-grna. This assay is used for the determination of expression profiling at 22 hpf under GRN-A deficiency.
Project description:We sought to identify new factors important for myeloid development. From a forward genetic screen in zebrafish we identified the transciptional repressor Zbtb11. To understand pathways regulated by Zbtb11 we profiled gene expression in 48 hpf WT and mne mutant zebrafish. We identified TP53 as a significantly upregulated gene in mne compared to WT.