Project description:The C. elegans homolog of the Evi1 proto-oncogene, egl-43, coordinates G1 cell cycle arrest with pro-invasive gene expression during anchor cell invasion by regulating the expression of fos-1, and lin-12.
Project description:To identify genes whose expression in Caenorhabditis elegans is regulated by unc-43/CamKII or egl-8/PLCbeta during adulthood, we performed an exploratory whole transcriptome RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) study on unc-43(gf), unc-43(-), egl-8(-) and corresponding unc-43(+)/egl-8(+) control worms. To further account for potential influences of genetic background on unc-43/egl-8 function, these experiments were conducted in long-lived insulin-receptor defective [daf-2(-)], as well as in otherwise wildtype [i.e daf-2(+)] strains.
Project description:Activity-dependent mechanisms have been long known to play a critical role in synaptogenesis. Here, we utilize a recently adapted technology, NanoDam, to perform targeted DamID using endogenously tagged GFP transcription factors.
Project description:RNA-SEQ profiling of mouse whole midbrain and dopaminergic neurons from the mouse mid-brain Murine whole midbrain and murine midbrain dopaminergic neurons
Project description:Depending on the cellular context, TF expression can vary dramatically both spatially and temporally. These differences in expression patterns can result in tissue-specific differences in TF binding to downstream targets. To identify targets on a tissue-specific basis, Targeted DamID (TaDa) has been recently introduced to generate TF binding profiles in various models including C. elegans. However, TaDa suffers from portability such that a new promoter-TF fusion transgene must be constructed for every new experimental condition of interest. Here, we adapt NanoDam for usage in C. elegans, which relies on the use of endogenous TF-GFP knock-ins, a plethora of which have already been generated by the community. We report that NanoDam single copy transgenes consisting of lowly expressed, tissue-specific GFP nanobody-Dam fusions, when combined with endogenous GFP-tagged alleles of TFs, results in robust, tissue-specific profiling. Using an endogenous GFP-tagged allele of EGL-43/EVI1, we performed NanoDam profiling of two disparate tissue types, the anchor cell (AC) and dopaminergic neurons, and identify targets unique to each and shared by both cell types. We also identify two GATA TFs, ELT-6 and EGL-18, as novel regulators of AC invasion. Taken together, we demonstrate that NanoDam is capable of profiling endogenous GFP-tagged TFs to identify novel downstream targets in specific cell types of C. elegans.
Project description:Identification of new small molecules that regulate the step-wise differentiation of hPSC into dopaminergic neurons population. Furthermore, the naturally occurring steroid, guggulsterone, was found to be the most effective inducer of neural stem cells into dopaminergic neurons. Total RNA extracted at different stages of neural differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells
Project description:Engrailed homeoproteins are expressed in adult dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra. In Engrailed1 heterozygous mice, these neurons start dying at 6 weeks, are more sensitive to oxidative stress and progressively develop traits similar to those observed following an acute and strong oxidative stress inflected to wild-type neurons. These changes include DNA strand breaks and the modification (intensity and distribution) of several nuclear and nucleolar heterochromatin marks. Engrailed1 and Engrailed2 are biochemically equivalent transducing proteins previously used to antagonize dopaminergic neuron death in Engrailed heterozygous mice and in mouse models of Parkinson disease. Accordingly, we show that, following an acute oxidative stress, a single Engrailed2 injection restores all nuclear and nucleolar heterochromatin marks, decreases the number of DNA strand breaks and protects dopaminergic neurons against apoptosis. RNA-seq data for differentially expressed genes in the SNpc of En1+/- mice, En2 infused mice and 6-OHDA/En2 injection experiments.
Project description:RNA-SEQ profiling of mouse dopaminergic neurons from the mouse mid-brain, with AAV1 injections using a Satb1 shRNA-EGFP construct or a scrambed shRNA-EGFP construct Murine midbrain dopaminergic neurons with Satb1 shRNA treatment or scrambled control
Project description:Identification of new small molecules that regulate the step-wise differentiation of hPSC into dopaminergic neurons population. Furthermore, the naturally occurring steroid, guggulsterone, was found to be the most effective inducer of neural stem cells into dopaminergic neurons.
Project description:modENCODE_submission_467 This submission comes from a modENCODE project of Robert Waterston. For full list of modENCODE projects, see http://www.genome.gov/26524648 Project Goal: Our experiments are designed to detect all C. elegans transcripts by hybridizing RNA to commerically available genome tiling arrays. To maximize the chances of detecting rare transcripts with limited expression in specific cells, we are extracting RNA from selected embryonic cells isolated by FACS and from postembryonic cells by use of the mRNA tagging method. For data usage terms and conditions, please refer to http://www.genome.gov/27528022 and http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/ENCODE/ENCODEDataReleasePolicyFinal2008.pdf Keywords: Transcript tiling array analysis EXPERIMENT TYPE: Transcript tiling array analysis. BIOLOGICAL SOURCE: Strain: BY200 (engineered, target gene dat-1 tagged by GFP); Tissue: dopaminergic neurons (embryonic); Developmental Stage: Mixed stage of embryos 20dC; Genotype: dat-1::GFP (pRN2003); Sex: Hermaphrodite; NUMBER OF REPLICATES: 3; EXPERIMENTAL FACTORS: Strain BY200 (engineered, target gene dat-1 tagged by GFP); temperature 20; Developmental Stage Mixed stage of embryos 20dC; Tissue dopaminergic neurons (embryonic)