Project description:The mucosa is an ideal route for vaccination against pathogen infection, but the effective adjuvant capable of overcoming the tolerogenic dendritic cell (DC) environment is unavailable. We characterized type 2 conventional DCs and lysozyme-expressing monocyte-derived DCs (LysoDCs) of Peyer’s patches to identify the vaccination target cells through single-cell RNA sequencing. Based on functional analysis of the data, we suggest that C5aR+ LysoDCs and Co1 peptide, a C5aR ligand, as a target cell and an adjuvant, respectively, for mucosal vaccination. Co1-mediated stimulation of C5aR+ LysoDCs increased the level of reactive oxygen species, leading to CCL3-mediated chemotaxis and exogenous antigen cross-presentation, which elicited an antigen-specific CD8+ T cell response. In a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine model, Co1 peptide increased the frequency of antigen-specific polyfunctional CD8+ T cells in systemic as well as mucosal compartments. Collectively, LysoDC activation by Co1 peptide potentiates vaccination efficiency by constructing an immunostimulatory environment in the mucosal immune inductive site.
Project description:We conducted microarray experiments by comparing constitutive constructs with appropriate controls, followed by the identification of downstream targets of Pro35S:CO1 Four samples of mature leaf tissues were collected from four independent lines of 35S:CO1 and pBI101. RNA was extracted from tissues and hybridized on Affymetrix Genechip Poplar Genome Array.
Project description:The implementation of a new genomic assembly pipeline named only the best (otb) has effectively addressed various challenges associated with data management during the development and storage of genome assemblies. otb, which incorporates a comprehensive pipeline involving a setup layer, quality checks, templating, and the integration of Nextflow and Singularity. The primary objective of otb is to streamline the process of creating a HiFi/HiC genome, aiming to minimize the manual intervention required in the genome assembly process. The 2-lined spittlebug, (Prosapia bicincta, Hemiptera: Cercopidae), a true bug insect herbivore, serves as a practical test case for evaluating otb. The 2-lined spittlebug is both a crucial agricultural pest and a genomically understudied insect belonging to the order Hemiptera. This insect is a significant threat to grasslands and pastures, leading to plant wilting and phytotoxemia when infested. Its presence in tropical and subtropical regions around the world poses a long-term threat to the composition of plant communities in grassland landscapes, impacting rangelands, and posing a substantial risk to cattle production.
Project description:The Root-lesion nematode (RLN) Pratylenchus coffeae is a major ramie pest causing severe fiber yield loss annual in China. The response mechanism of ramie to RLN-infection is poorly understood. Two RLN-infected plants (Inf1 and Inf2) and two control plants (CO1 and CO2) were individually used to sequence by Illumina pair-end sequencing. About 56.3, 51.7, 43.4 and 45.0 million sequencing reads were generated from the libraries of CO1, CO2, Inf1 and Inf2, respectively. De novo assembly for these 196 million reads yielded 50,486 unigenes with an average length of 853.3 bp. Based on sequence similarity search with known proteins, a total of 24,820 (49.2%) genes were annotated for their function. Comparison of gene expression level between CO and Inf ramie based on the normalized value of read counts per kilobase of exon model per million reads (RPKM) revealed that there were 777 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Further, these functional category of DEGs were classified by assigning them to gene ontology (GO) and clusters of orthologous group (COG). Pathway enrichment analysis showed that three pathways (Phenylalanine metabolism, Carotenoid biosynthesis and Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis) were severely influenced by RLN-infection. The genome-wide expression profiling of ramie responding to RLN-infection was first characterized. A series of candidate genes and pathways that may contribute to defense response against RLN in ramie will be helpful for further improving the resistance to RLN-infection. A total of four samples, two replicates of control plant (CO1 and CO2) and two replicates of RLN-infected plants (Inf1 and Inf2) were used for RNA-seq.