Project description:We report the application of single-molecule-based sequencing technology for high-throughput profiling of histone modifications in kidney. By obtaining over four billion bases of sequence from chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA, we generated genome-wide chromatin-state maps of mouse kidney. This study provides a framework for the application of comprehensive chromatin profiling towards characterization of kidney of wild type (WT) and pod-SAHH-/- mice and ADA-treated mice.
Project description:Objective: the next generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the system-based analysis of cellular pathways. The purpose of this study was to explore the mechanism of methylation changes caused by SAHH knockout and dietary betaine addition in atherosclerosis.
Project description:Objective: the next generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the system-based analysis of cellular pathways. The purpose of this study was to explore the mechanism of methylation changes caused by SAHH knockout and dietary betaine addition in atherosclerosis.
Project description:Pod size varies among soybean cultivars, but the mechanism is largely unknown. We investigated pod size differences between two cultivars. The larger pod of ‘Tachinagaha’ was due to longer cell proliferation activity than in the shorter pod of ‘Iyodaizu’. Pod size of soybean 9 (GmPSS9), a member of the heat shock protein 70 family, was detected in a major QTL (qPSS on Chr. 2) as a candidate gene for determining pod length by QTL and expression QTL analysis. Expression of GmPSS9 in pods was higher in ‘Tachinagaha’ than in ‘Iyodaizu’ and was highest in early pod development. The difference in expression resulted from an indel polymorphism, Tachinagaha-specific-1, which has a 5′-UTR Py-rich stretch motif that boosts transcription. Treatment with an HSP70 inhibitor reduced plant height, pod length, and pod cell number. Our results identify GmPSS9 as a target gene for pod length which regulates cell number during early pod development.
Project description:The goal of this study was to detemine the genes responsible of the pod indehiscence in Phaseolus vulgaris by comparing 4 accesions with total, middle and null dehiscence transcriptomes of three stages of pod develoment of Phaseolus vulgaris
Project description:Alkylation damage to DNA occurs when cells encounter alkylating agents in the environment or when active alkylators are generated by nitrosation of amino acids in metabolic pathways. To cope with DNA alkylation damage, cells have evolved genes that encode proteins with alkylation-specific DNA repair activities. It is notable that these repair systems are conserved from bacteria to humans. In Escherichia coli, cells exposed to a low concentration of an alkylating agent, such as N-methyl-Nâ-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) or methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), show a remarkable increase in resistance to both the lethal and mutagenic effects of subsequent high-level challenge treatments with the same or other alkylating agents. This increased resistance has been known as âadaptive responseâ to alkylation damage in DNA. To date, four genes have been identified as components of this response, ada, alkA, alkB and aidB. The ada gene encodes the Ada protein, which has the dual function of a transcriptional regulator for the genes involved in the adaptive response, and a methyltransferase that demethylates two methylated bases (O6meG and O4meT) and methylphosphotriesters produced by methylating agents in the sugar phosphate backbone. The differences between the wild-type and mutant strains were characterized at transcriptome levels. In addition, the global changes in gene expressions in response to alkylating agents (MMS), in E. coli K-12 W3110 and ada mutant strains were also analyzed. The analysis of time- and strain-dependent adaptive responses revealed the regulatory and physiological characteristics of the Ada-dependent adaptive response in E. coli. In order to examine the intracellular changes that are induced by the ada gene deletion in the MMS-untreated, normal growth condition, the expression levels of genes of ada mutant cells were compared with those of wild-type cells at the mid-log growth phase (at 0.5 h sampling point). Cells were cultivated at 37oC and 250 rpm in 100 mL of Luria-Bertani (LB) medium (10 g/L tryptone, 5 g/L yeast extract, and 5 g/L NaCl) in 250-mL Erlenmeyer flasks. Transcriptome analysis were also performed for the samples (E. coli wildtype and ada mutant strains) taken at 0.5, 1.5 and 3.9 h following MMS treatment for both MMS-treated and -untreated control cultures, and the expression levels were compared.