Project description:Hundreds of microbial species were found to be transcriptionally active in the human gut microbiome based on the expression profiling of ca. 680.000 microbial genes
Project description:Here we developed a new high-throughput polymorphism detection and genotyping method based on identifying restriction cut site polymorphisms using a microarray platform. We compared the genomes of 20 individual urchins; 10 from the northern part of the species range (Boiler Bay, OR) and 10 from the southern part of the range (San Diego, CA).
Project description:A small, shed antler fragment of a reindeer from Sjælland, Denmark has been dated to the Mid-Holocene, ca., 4700 cal B.C. Reindeer was an important component of the Lateglacial fauna in Denmark, and the species survived for ca. 1400 years into the Holocene. However, we consider it highly unlikely that this species inhabited Denmark during the Mid-Holocene, when dense forests characterized the vegetation and summer temperatures were somewhat higher than at present. We suggest that the reindeer antler came to Sjælland from Norway or Sweden as a result of trade, perhaps involving flint.
Project description:To investigate lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles in post-cardiac arrest (CA) brains, an external transthoracic electrical current was applied for eight minutes to induce CA (the CA group). Four rats received sham-operations and served as the blank control (BC) group. Upon return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), lncRNA and mRNA expression in the rat cerebral cortex was assayed with high-throughput Agilent lncRNA and mRNA microarrays. Thirty-seven lncRNAs were upregulated and 21 lncRNAs were downregulated in the CA group, and 258 mRNA transcripts were differentially expressed with 177 mRNAs upregulated and 81 mRNAs downregulated in the CA group.
Project description:We used our deep sequence data and bioinformatics to analyzed the miRNA repertoires expressed in the CA of pupae, sugar-fed and blood-fed female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. In total, 156 mature miRNAs were detected in the CA, with 84 displaying significant differences in expression among the three CA developmental stages. Notably, the changes in the miRNA repertoire in the CA in the pupa-adult transition have completely different characteristics compared with the changes from sugar-fed to blood-fed mosquitoes.
Project description:Candida spp. are commensal opportunistic fungal pathogens that often colonize and infect mucosal surfaces of the human body. Candida, along with other microbes in the microbiota, generally grow as biofilms in a polymicrobial environment. Due to the nature of cellular growth in a biofilm (such as production of a protective extracellular matrix) and the recalcitrance of biofilms, infections involving biofilms are very difficult to treat with antibiotics and perpetuate the cycle of infection. The two most commonly isolated Candida spp. from Candida infections are Candida albicans and Candida glabrata, and the presence of both of these species results in increased patient inflammation and overall biofilm formation. This work aims to investigate the interspecies interactions between C. albicans (Ca) and C. glabrata (Cg) in co-culture through transcriptome analysis over the course of biofilm growth. We report that during co-culture, lipid biosynthesis and transporter genes were significantly modulated in both Ca and Cg. Differentially expressed genes in Ca during co-culture growth included putative transporter genes (C2_02180W_A and C1_09210C_B; up-regulated), amino acid biosynthesis (ARO7; up-regulated most in Ca:Cg 1:3), and lipid-related genes (LIP3 and IPT1; down-regulated). Differentially expressed genes in Cg in co-culture included putative transmembrane transporters (CAGL0H03399g and CAGL0K04609g; up-regulated), an oxidative stress response gene (CAGL0E04114g; down-regulated most in Ca:Cg 1:3), genes involved in the TCA cycle (LYS12 and CAGL0J06402g; down-regulated), and several genes involved in cell wall/membrane biosynthesis (SEC53, GAS2, VIG9; down-regulated). Additionally, confocal microscopy was utilized for membrane lipid analysis between monoculture and co-culture biofilms. Through filipin-stained lipid analysis, we found that there was a significant increase in cell membrane lipid content in Ca:Cg 1:3 biofilms compared to Ca and Ca:Cg 3:1 biofilms. These results suggest substantial modifications of both cell wall, cell membrane, and transporters in both Ca and Cg during the time course of co-culture growth, which allows for increased biofilm formation and virulence in Candida co-culture biofilms.
Project description:Botanic drug CA regulated the miRNAs expression in tumor cells. We used microarrays to detail the differentiation miRNAs expression in Huh7 cells treated with CA or not.
Project description:Cold acclimation (CA) leads to increased plant freezing tolerance during exposure to low, non-freezing temperatures as a result of many physiological, biochemical and molecular changes that have been extensively investigated. In addition, many plant species, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, respond to a subsequent exposure to mild, non-damaging freezing temperatures with an additional increase in freezing tolerance referred to as sub-zero acclimation (SZA). There is comparatively little information available about the molecular basis of SZA. However, previous transcriptomic studies indicated that cell wall modification may play an important role during SZA. Here we show that CA and SZA are accompanied by extensive changes in cell wall amount, composition and structure. While CA leads to a significant increase in cell wall amount, the relative proportions of pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose remained unaltered during both CA and SZA. However, both treatments resulted in more subtle changes in structure as determined by infrared spectroscopy and monosaccharide composition as determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. These differences could be related through a proteomic approach to the accumulation of cell wall modifying enzymes such as pectin methylesterases, pectin methylesterase inhibitors and xyloglucan endotransglucosylases/hydrolases in the extracellular matrix.