Project description:The study aimed to investigate the mechanisms that promote compensatory pro-longevity responses during mild mitochondrial stress in Caenorhabditis elegans. This was achieved by performing a DNA microarray analysis to compare gene expression profiles of wild-type and mild mitochondrial-stressed long-lived worms at days 4, 7, and 14 after birth, in five replicates. The worms were fed with either an empty-vector control (pL4440) or vector-expressing dsRNA against nematode frataxin (frh-1) to induce mild mitochondrial stress, for 3 consecutive generation starting from eggs.
Project description:Purpose: To identify the mechanism underlying reduced vitellogenin accumulation regulates the reproductive span, we used RNA-Seq analysis to study the transcriptional profiles Wild Type worms and vit-5 RNAi worms.
Project description:C. elegans totalRNA profiles of worms treated with RNAi for different Integrator complex genes or L4440 (Control). Worms were grown at 15ºC and samples were taken six days after silencing
Project description:Recent advances in the study of Schistosoma mansoni genome and transcriptome have led to a better description of the S. mansoni gene complement. In this work, we report the design and use of a new S. mansoni 60-mer oligonucleotide microarray platform with approximately 44,000 probes, based on all publicly available cDNA sequence data for S. mansoni and S. japonicum. The large number of probes combined with the extensive sequence annotation available allowed a comprehensive approach, where most of the S. mansoni transcriptome is represented. Hybridization with adult worm RNA pointed to a set of genes transcriptionally active in this stage of the parasite life cycle. Interestingly, a large proportion (43%) of genes for which transcription was detected in adults is comprised of no match genes, i.e. S. mansoni genes with unknown function and no identifiable orthologs in GenBank. Moreover, detection of bi-directional transcription for several genes leads us to hypothesize a widespread production of antisense RNA in S. mansoni. Keywords: Expressed genes in adult worms
Project description:This project includes 20 samples after immunoprecipitation of C. elegans myosin heavy chain B (MHC B/UNC-54/F11C3.3, UniProt P02566 with a Gly387Arg mutation) in 4 replicates of 4 conditions. Lysates from a myosin-misfolding C. elegans strain (unc-54(e1301) with a Gly387Arg substitution in MHC B) grown on (A) control RNAi, (B) RNAi against nhl-1 (F54G8.4), (C) RNAi against F40A3.6, and (D) RNAi against nhl-1 and F40A3.6 together were used for immunoprecipitation. Samples from groups A, B, C and D were incubated over night at 4°C with 1 µg of a mouse monoclonal hybridoma antibody against MHC B (mAb 5-8 from the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, DSHB), while 4 lysate samples from unc-54(e1301) worms on control RNAi (Z) were incubated WITHOUT antibody addition. The next day, co-immunoprecipitated proteins were collected on magnetic Dynabeads Protein A for 2 h at 4°C, washed, on-bead digested, and subjected to identification by mass spectrometry.
Project description:Mitochondria are the central hub of energy and metabolism of the cell,acting as one of the most important organelles of living cells.Under mitochondrial stresses, cells will trigger mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt) to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis.We have verified that splicing facotrs are required for the activation of UPRmt.Knocking down of splicing fator prp-19 could supresse UPRmt activation.We analysis the differencial alternative splicing of worms on L4440 RNAi or prp-19 RNAi and untreated or treated with atp-2 RNAi, we found that inhibition of prp-19 interrupts splicing homeostasis of c.elegans.
Project description:We have discovered a novel gene, mekk-3/idr-1, which when knocked down by RNAi dramatically increases life span. In order to understand how this gene works, we performed microarray analysis to compare the gene expression profiles of control and mekk-3/idr-1 RNAi-grown worms.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE15843: Functional genomic analysis of frataxin deficiency, Agilent data GSE15848: Functional genomic analysis of frataxin deficiency, Illumina data Refer to individual Series
Project description:Functional genomic analysis of frataxin deficiency reveals tissue-specific alterations and identifies the PPARγ pathway as a therapeutic target in Friedreich's ataxia Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), the most common inherited ataxia, is characterized by focal neurodegeneration, diabetes mellitus, and life-threatening cardiomyopathy. Frataxin, which is significantly reduced in patients with this recessive disorder, is a mitochondrial iron-binding protein, but how its deficiency leads to neurodegeneration and metabolic derangements is not known. We performed microarray analysis of heart and skeletal muscle in a mouse model of frataxin deficiency, and found molecular evidence of increased lipogenesis in skeletal muscle, and alteration of fiber-type composition in heart, consistent with insulin resistance and cardiomyopathy, respectively. Since the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) pathway is known to regulate both processes, we hypothesized that dysregulation of this pathway could play a key role in frataxin deficiency. We confirmed this by showing a coordinate dysregulation of the PPARγ coactivator Pgc1a and transcription factor Srebp1 in cellular and animal models of frataxin deficiency, and in cells from FRDA patients, who have marked insulin resistance. Finally, we show that genetic modulation of the PPARγ pathway affects frataxin levels in vitro, supporting PPARγ as a novel therapeutic target in FRDA. To compare frataxin deficient (KIKO) mice vs. WT, heart, skeletal muscle, and liver.