Project description:LIS1 immunoprecipitation in nuclear and cytoplasmic fractions of LIS1 Floxed/-, OE and WT embryonic stem cells. To identify AGO2 dependent and independent interactions LIS1 was immunoprecipitated in AGO1-4 knockout and doxycycline induced AGO2 mouse embryonic stem cells.
Project description:Drosophila miRNAs show distinct change in isoform distribution pattern with age. Some miRNAs show accumulation of the short isoforms, while other miRNAs show the accumulation of the long isoforms with age. The increase of the long isoforms of some miRNAs reflects increased 2'-O-methylated miRNA isoforms with age. The increase in 2'-O-methylated miRNA isoforms reflected increased Ago2-loading, but not Ago1-loading of specific miRNA isoforms with age. This raised a question on whether there is global shift in small RNA loading pattern between Ago1 and Ago2 with age. To investigate change in small RNA loading pattern between Ago1 and Ago2 with age, we performed small RNA deep-sequencing of Ago1 vs Ago2-IP small RNAs at 3d and 30d in Drosophila. This analysis revealed global increase of miRNA loading into Ago2, but not into Ago1 with age.
Project description:Drosophila miRNAs show distinct change in isoform distribution pattern with age. Some miRNAs show accumulation of the short isoforms, while other miRNAs show the accumulation of the long isoforms with age. The increase of the long isoforms of some miRNAs reflects increased 2'-O-methylated miRNA isoforms with age. The increase in 2'-O-methylated miRNA isoforms reflected increased Ago2-loading, but not Ago1-loading of specific miRNA isoforms with age. This raised a question on whether there is global shift in small RNA loading pattern between Ago1 and Ago2 with age. To investigate change in small RNA loading pattern between Ago1 and Ago2 with age, we performed small RNA deep-sequencing of Ago1 vs Ago2-IP small RNAs at 3d and 30d in Drosophila. This analysis revealed global increase of miRNA loading into Ago2, but not into Ago1 with age. 3d and 30d FLAG-HA-Ago2 male flies were collected. Ago1 and Ago2 were immunoprecipitated by anti-Ago1 and anti-FLAG M2 beads respectively. RNA was purified from the beads, P32-labeled, and small RNA fraction was gel-purififed. Small RNA libraries were prepared using Illumina's TruSeq small RNA sample preparation kit (#RS-200-0012, Illumina, Inc. San Diego, CA), following the manufacturer's protocol. The libraries were multiplexed and sequenced on HiSeq2000 platform (Illumina).
Project description:To examine the effect of loss of dFOXO on Ago1 and Ago2 RISC loading in aging animals, we sequenced RNA immunoprecipitated from Ago1 and Ago2 RISC collected from whole wildtype (wDah) and dFOXO-null (dfoxoΔ94) flies at young (5 days) and old (35 days) age. dFOXO is a transcription factor that regulates Ago1 and Ago2 as well as lifespan.
Project description:The RNA-binding protein Trim71/Lin41 is a phylogenetically conserved developmental regulator that functions in mammalian stem cell reprogramming, brain development and cancer. Trim71 recognizes target mRNAs through hairpin motifs and silences them through molecular mechanisms that await identification. Deposited data are mass spectrometry data from immunoprecipitation experiments with endogenously tagged Trim71, Ago2, and Tnrc6a. Experiments are carried out in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) and uncover reciprocal interactions of Trim71, Ago2, and Tnrc6a. Trim71 protein interactions are largely independent of Ago2 levels, but strongly depend on the presence of RNA. A second set of experiments is mass spectrometry data from immunoprecipitation experiments in mESCs overexpressing a tagged peptide derived from Homo sapiens TNRC6B (‘FLAG-HA::T6BWT::Cherry’), that is known to block the Tnrc6-Ago2 interaction. We show that a wild-type version strongly binds Ago1 and Ago2, but not Trim71, while a mutant version binds neither Ago1, 2, nor Trim71.