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GSE56549
Danio rerio
12 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Zebrafish Genome Array (zebrafish)
Description
Group living animals must be able to express different behavior profiles depending on their social status. This implies that the same genotype may translate into different behavioral phenotypes through socially driven differential gene expression. Here we show for the first time that what triggers the switch between status-specific neurogenomic states is not the objective structure of the social interaction but rather the subjects perception of its outcome. For this purpose we had male zebrafish fight either a real opponent or their own image on a mirror. Massive changes in the brain transcriptome were observed in real opponent fighters, which experience either a victory or a defeat. In contrast, mirror fighters, which had no information on fight outcome despite expressing aggressive behavior, failed to activate a neurogenomic response. These results indicate that, even in cognitively simple organisms such as zebrafish, neurogenomic responses underlying changes in social status rely on cognitive appraisal.
Publication Title
Assessment of fight outcome is needed to activate socially driven transcriptional changes in the zebrafish brain.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 10 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Yeast Genome S98 Array (ygs98)
Description
The change of genome-wide transcription profiles as a result of Gis1 overexpression is monitored by comparing the transcriptomes isolated from cells where Gis1 overexpression is switched on or off. GIS1 was cloned into pCM190 vector under the control of the tetO7 promoter. The promoter is switched on when there is no doxycycline but off with doxycycline (20ug/ml). Cells were grown in medium with doxycycline, harvested, washes twice in sterile water, resuspended in the same medium with doxycycline (Dox+) or without doxycycline (dox-) and grown for additional 6 hours. Samples were taken for each condition at 3 and 6 hours. Time 0 sample was taken before resuspension.
Publication Title
The transcription activity of Gis1 is negatively modulated by proteasome-mediated limited proteolysis.
Sample Metadata Fields
Subject, Compound, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 26 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
The highly conserved herpesvirus glycoprotein complex, gB/gH-gL, mediates membrane fusion during virion entry and cell-cell fusion. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) characteristically forms multi-nucleated cells, or syncytia, during the infection of human tissues but little is known about this process. The cytoplasmic domain of VZV gB (gBcyt) has been implicated in cell-cell fusion regulation because a gB[Y881F] substitution causes hyperfusion. The gBcyt regulation is necessary for VZV pathogenesis as the hyperfusogenic mutant gB[Y881F] is severely attenuated in human skin xenografts. In this study, gBcyt regulated fusion was investigated by comparing melanoma cells infected with wild type-like VZV or hyperfusogenic mutants. The gB[Y881F] mutant exhibited dramatically accelerated syncytia formation in melanoma cells caused by fusion of infected cells with many uninfected cells, increased cytoskeleton reorganization and rapid displacement of nuclei to dense central structures when compared to pOka using live cell confocal microscopy. VZV and human transcriptomes were concurrently investigated using RNA-seq to identify viral and cellular responses induced when the gBcyt regulation was disrupted by the gB[Y881F] substitution. The expression of four vital VZV genes, ORF61 and glycoproteins, gC, gE and gI, was significantly reduced at 36 hours post infection for the hyperfusogenic mutants. Importantly, hierarchical clustering demonstrated an association of differential gene expression with dysregulated gBcyt-mediated fusion. A subset of Ras GTPase genes linked to membrane remodeling were upregulated in cells infected with the hyperfusogenic mutants. These data implicate the gBcyt in the regulation gB fusion function that, if unmodulated, triggers cellular processes leading to hyperfusion that attenuates VZV infection. Overall design: Biological duplicates from 3 time points (12, 24 and 36 hours post infection) of uninfected MeWo cells or MeWo cells infected with varicella-zoster virus strain pOka or mutants gB[Y881F], gB[Y920F] or gB[Y881/920F]
Publication Title
Dysregulated Glycoprotein B-Mediated Cell-Cell Fusion Disrupts Varicella-Zoster Virus and Host Gene Transcription during Infection.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line, Subject, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 19 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
We profiled gene expression at the maternal-fetal interface during the second trimester of pregnancy (13-22 wks) in trisomy 13 (T13; Patau syndrome, n = 4), trisomy 18 (T18; Edwards syndrome, n = 4), trisomy 21 (T21; Down syndrome, n = 8), and in euploid pregnancies (n = 4). FISH confirmed the ploidy of the samples. Global transcriptional profiling identified differentially expressed transcripts ( 2-fold) in T21 (n = 160), T18 (n = 80), and T13 (n = 125). The majority were upregulated. Unexpectedly, most of the misexpressed genes were not located on the relevant trisomic chromosome, suggesting genome-wide dysregulation. A much smaller proportion of the differentially expressed transcripts were encoded on the aneuploid chromosome, also implicating gene dosage (1-5). In T21, <10% of the genes were transcribed from that chromosome, all but one from the Down syndrome critical region (21q21-22), which is postulated to play an important role in the clinical phenotype. For T13 and T18, a higher proportion of the overexpressed genes were located on the trisomic chromosome. In T13, 15% of the upregulated genes were on the affected chromosome; 15 resided on the long arm, 13q11-14. In T18, the percentage increased to 24, 15 of which were also located on the long arm (18q11-22). Our data suggested that the placental (and possibly fetal) phenotypes that are associated with T13, T18 and T21 are driven by the combined effects of genome-wide phenomena and increased gene dosage from critical regions of the triploid chromosome.
Publication Title
Placental transcriptomes in the common aneuploidies reveal critical regions on the trisomic chromosomes and genome-wide effects.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 46 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
The mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) drives daily rhythmic behavior and physiology, yet a detailed understanding of its coordinated transcriptional programmes is lacking. To reveal the true nature of circadian variation in the mammalian SCN transcriptome we combined laser-capture microdissection (LCM) and RNA-Seq over a 24-hour light / dark cycle. We show that 7-times more genes exhibited a classic sinusoidal expression signature than previously observed in the SCN. Another group of 766 genes unexpectedly peaked twice, near both the start and end of the dark phase; this twin-peaking group is significantly enriched for synaptic transmission genes that are crucial for light-induced phase-shifting of the circadian clock. 342 intergenic non-coding RNAs, together with novel exons of annotated protein-coding genes, including Cry1, also show specific circadian expression variation. Overall, our data provide an important chronobiological resource (www.wgpembroke.com/shiny/SCNseq/) and allow us to propose that transcriptional timing in the SCN is gating clock resetting mechanisms. Overall design: Pooled dissected tissue of the suprachiasmatic nucleus from five adult male mice provided one of three replicates for each of six timepoints over a 12:12 light/dark (LD) cycle (ZT2, 6, 10, 14, 18 and 22). Each biological replicate was sequenced over 3 seperate lanes using Illumina HiSeq.
Publication Title
Temporal transcriptomics suggest that twin-peaking genes reset the clock.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- IlluminaHiSeq2000
Description
Influenza A viruses generate annual epidemics and occasional pandemics of respiratory disease with important consequences for human health and economy. Therefore, a large effort has been devoted to the development of new anti-influenza drugs directed to viral targets, as well as to the identification of cellular targets amenable for anti-influenza therapy. Here we describe a new approach to identify such potential cellular targets by screening collections of drugs approved for human use. We reasoned that this would most probably ensure addressing a cellular target and, if successful, the compound would have a well known pharmacological profile. In addition, we reasoned that a screening using a GFP-based recombinant replicon system would address virus trancription/replication and/or gene expression, and hence address a stage in virus infection more useful for inhibition. By using such strategy we identified Montelukast as an inhibitor of virus gene expression, which reduced virus multiplication in virus-infected cells but did not alter virus RNA synthesis in vitro or viral RNA accumulation in vivo. By deep sequencing of RNA isolated from mock- and virus-infected human cells, treated or not with Montelukast, we identified the PERK-mediated unfolded protein response as the pathway responsible for Montelukast action. Accordingly, PERK phosphorylation was inhibited in infected cells but stimulated in Montelukast-treated cells. These results suggest the PERK-mediated unfolded protein response as a potential cellular target to modulate influenza virus infection. Overall design: Comparison of gene expression measured by deep sequencing (single-ends, 50nt, RNA-seq) of "Infected", "Not infected", "Infected+Montelukast" and "Not infect+Montelukast" in human A549 cells. Infected means "Infected with influenza virus".
Publication Title
Chemical Genomics Identifies the PERK-Mediated Unfolded Protein Stress Response as a Cellular Target for Influenza Virus Inhibition.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Arabidopsis thaliana
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genome Array (ath1121501)
Description
Heat stress is one of the most prominent and deleterious environmental threads affecting plant growth and development. Upon high temperatures, plants launch specialized gene expression programs that promote stress protection and survival. These programs involve global and specific changes at the transcriptional and translational levels. However the coordination of these processes and their specific role in the establishment of the heat stress response is not fully elucidated.
Publication Title
Analysis of genome-wide changes in the translatome of Arabidopsis seedlings subjected to heat stress.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Pseudomonas aeruginosa Array (paeg1a)
Description
We used microarrays to determine the expression profile of the P. aeruginosa creBC mutant regarding its parental wild type strain PAO1.
Publication Title
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa CreBC two-component system plays a major role in the response to β-lactams, fitness, biofilm growth, and global regulation.
Sample Metadata Fields
Treatment
View Samples- Sus scrofa
- 14 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Porcine Genome Array (porcine)
Description
Innate immune response is the first line of antiviral defense resulting, in most cases, in pathogen clearance with minimal clinical consequences. Viruses have developed diverse strategies to evade innate immune response and to ensure their survival. Using transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) as a model, we previously reported that accessory gene 7 counteracts host antiviral response by its association with the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1c). A transcriptomic analysis was performed to further investigate the effect of gene 7 absence on the host cell.
Publication Title
Alphacoronavirus protein 7 modulates host innate immune response.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Time
View Samples- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Yeast Genome 2.0 Array (yeast2)
Description
The use of yeast as a delivery system is an attractive option for the oral administration of therapeutic agents. We recently developed mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae capable of lysis upon conditional down-regulation of the expression of the cell wall genes PKC1 and SRB1. The lysis mechanism of the mutant is based on the use of the MET3 promoter, which, upon addition of methionine and cysteine, blocks transcription of SRB1 and PKC1. This strain has the potential to be an integral part of an oral yeast delivery system, in which there is lysis of yeasts in the human gut, followed by release of recombinant proteins for therapeutic use. In order to provide proof-of-principle, the system was evaluated testing the cells viability and lysis performance under conditions, which simulate those found in the human stomach and the duodenum. Upon incubation of yeast cells in these conditions, lysis could be induced and was accompanied by release of GFP reporter protein into the medium. However, the conditional lysis mechanism based on the MET3 promoter is not applicable in vivo. Therefore, alternative promoters suitable for in-vivo down-regulation of SRB1 and PKC1 were identified by a microarray experiments. The transcripts of genes ANB1, TIR1, and MF(ALPHA)2 were significantly reduced upon exposure of the yeast cells to conditions of the two gut compartments. Their promoters could be used to down-regulate SRB1/VIG9 and PKC1 in vivo to achieve lysis of the yeast in the gut to release cargo therapeutic proteins.
Publication Title
Conditional cell-wall mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as delivery vehicles for therapeutic agents in vivo to the GI tract.
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