Obesity-associated metabolic complications are generally considered to emerge from abnormalities in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, whereas the status of protein metabolism is not well studied. Here, we performed comparative polysome and associated transcriptional profiling analyses to study the dynamics and functional implications of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated protein synthesis in the mouse liver under conditions of obesity and nutrient deprivation.
Polysome profiling in liver identifies dynamic regulation of endoplasmic reticulum translatome by obesity and fasting.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesA. thaliana plants were grown in 1/2 MS medium in the presence of carbenicillin (10 µg·mL-1) for 1 or 7 days and RNA from their roots extracted and sequenced in Illumina HiSeq 2000/5000 (2x50 bp). Overall design: Total RNA obtained from A. thaliana roots grown in the absence (mock) or presence of carbenicillin (10 µg·mL-1) for 1 or 7 days. Three replicas per experiment.
β-Lactam Antibiotics Modify Root Architecture and Indole Glucosinolate Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesWound healing is an essential homeostatic mechanism that maintains the epithelial barrier integrity after tissue damage. Although we know the main events participating in the healing of a wound, many of the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Genetically amenable systems, such as wound healing in Drosophila imaginal discs, do not model all aspects of the repair process, but allow exploring many unanswered features of the healing response; e.g., which are the signal(s) responsible for initiating tissue remodeling? How is the sealing of the epithelia achieved? Or which are the inhibitory cues that cancel the healing machinery upon completion? Answering these and other questions demands in first place the identification and functional analysis of wound-specific genes. A variety of different microarray analyses of murine and humans have identified characteristic profiles of gene expression at the wound site, however, very few functional studies in healing regulation have been carried out. We developed an experimentally controlled method to culture imaginal discs that allows live imaging and biochemical analysis and is healing-permissive. Employing this approach, we performed a comparative genome-wide profiling between those Drosophila imaginal cells actively involved in healing versus their non-engaged siblings. This lets us identify a set of potential wound-specific genes. Importantly, besides identifying and categorizing new genes, we functionally tested many of their gene products by genetic interference and overexpression in a healing assay. This non-saturated analysis defines a relevant set of new genes whose changes in expression levels are functionally significant for proper tissue repair. There is promise that our newly identified wound-healing genes will guide future work in the more complex mammalian wound response.
Identification and functional analysis of healing regulators in Drosophila.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesGerstmann Strausller Scheinker (GSS) human prion disease homogenate is i.c. inoculated into mice exhibiting a proline to leucine alteration at codon 101 of the murine prion protein gene (101LL). This results in a disease with an incubation period of approximately 291 days. Normal brain homogenate i.c. inoculated into 101LL mice which are aged matched are used as controls.
Distribution of Misfolded Prion Protein Seeding Activity Alone Does Not Predict Regions of Neurodegeneration.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesWe profiled total mRNA of pancreas and kidney tissues of 3 different strains (p53-null; In4a/Arf-null and WT) of reprogrammable mouse lines (they all express OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, C-MYC under the control of a tetracycline promoter, activated by doxycycline) Overall design: 5 mice of each genotype were treated with doxycycline to induce the expression of the reprogramming factors, they were sacrificed and total mRNA was extracted from pancreas and kidney tissues (we mapped >24M reads per sample)
Tissue damage and senescence provide critical signals for cellular reprogramming in vivo.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesOur analysis indicates that at least 37% of the transcriptome mobilized by KNAT1 is potentially dependent on this interaction, and includes genes involved in secondary cell wall modifications and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Overall design: Seven-day-old Arabidopsis wild-type (No-0) and 35S::KNAT1 seedlings growing in MS plates under continuous light were transferred to a liquid growing medium supplemented with 10 µM paclobutrazol (PAC) for 18 h. Seedlings were then incubated with 10 µM PAC+100 µM GA3 or maintained in 10 µM PAC for 5 h.
Regulation of xylem fiber differentiation by gibberellins through DELLA-KNAT1 interaction.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesAntigen uptake, processing and presentation by dendritic cells are regulated by complex intra- and inter-cellular signalling events. Typical vaccine adjuvants lead to the transcription of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines which relate to immune induction.
Nanoemulsion mucosal adjuvant uniquely activates cytokine production by nasal ciliated epithelium and induces dendritic cell trafficking.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Time
View SamplesUsing RNA-seq, we characterize the global AS regulation of the eight Drosophila SR protein family members Overall design: RNA-seq experiments on two replicate samples from 8 individual SR protein knockdown (exptGroup=S), two replicates of simultaneous SR protein knockdown (XL6:B52 & SC35:B52) (exptGroup=D). Each exptGroup includes duplicate of its own non-specific (NS) controls.
SR proteins control a complex network of RNA-processing events.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesBackground: Gliomas are the most common type of primary brain tumours, and in this group glioblastomas (GBMs) are the higher-grade gliomas with fast progression and unfortunate prognosis. Two major aspects of glioma biology that contributes to its awful prognosis are the formation of new blood vessels through the process of angiogenesis and the invasion of glioma cells. Despite of advances, two-year survival for GBM patients with optimal therapy is less than 30%. Even in those patients with low-grade gliomas, that imply a moderately good prognosis, treatment is almost never curative. Recent studies have demonstrated the existence of a small fraction of glioma cells with characteristics of neural stem cells which are able to grow in vitro forming neurospheres and that can be isolated in vivo using surface markers such as CD133. The aim of this study was to define the molecular signature of GBM cells expressing CD133 in comparison with non expressing CD133 cells. This molecular classification could lead to the finding of new potential therapeutic targets for the rationale treatment of high grade GBM.
Molecular analysis of ex-vivo CD133+ GBM cells revealed a common invasive and angiogenic profile but different proliferative signatures among high grade gliomas.
Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesNanoemulsion adjuvant affects immune gene expression in dendritic cells.
Distinct pathways of humoral and cellular immunity induced with the mucosal administration of a nanoemulsion adjuvant.
Specimen part
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