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SRP044640
Mus musculus
5 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Huntington neurodegenerative disease (HD) is associated with extensive down-regulation of neuronal genes. We show preferential down-regulation of super-enhancer-regulated neuronal function genes in the striatum of HD mice. Striatal super-enhancers display extensive H3K27 acetylation within gene bodies and drive transcription characterized by low levels of paused RNAPII. Down-regulation of gene expression is associated with diminished H3K27 acetylation and RNAPII recruitment. Striatal super-enhancers are enriched in binding motifs for Gata transcription factors, such as Gata2 regulating striatal identity genes. Thus, enhancer topography and transcription dynamics are major parameters determining the propensity of a gene to be deregulated in a neurodegenerative disease. Overall design: RNA profiles in Striatum of WT and R6/1 mice by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 2000.
Publication Title
Altered enhancer transcription underlies Huntington's disease striatal transcriptional signature.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Ion Torrent Proton
Description
The neurobiological functions of a number of kinases expressed in the brain are unknown. Here, we report new findings on DCLK3 (Doublecortin-like kinase 3) which is preferentially expressed in neurons in the striatum and dentate gyrus. Its function has never been investigated. DCLK3 expression is markedly reduced in Huntington''s disease. Recent data obtained in studies related to cancer suggest DCLK3 could have anti-apoptotic effect. Thus, we hypothesized that early loss of DCLK3 in Huntington''s disease may render striatal neurons more susceptible to mutant huntingtin (mHtt). We discovered that DCLK3 silencing in the striatum of mice exacerbated the toxicity of an N-terminal fragment of mHtt. Conversely, overexpression of DCLK3 reduced neurodegeneration produced by mHtt. DCLK3 also produced beneficial effects on motor symptoms in a knock-in mouse model of Huntington''s disease. Using different mutants of DCLK3, we found that the kinase activity of the protein plays a key role in neuroprotection. To investigate the potential mechanisms underlying DCLK3 effects, we studied the transcriptional changes produced by the kinase domain in human striatal neurons in culture. Results show that DCLK3 regulates in a kinase-dependent manner the expression of many genes involved in transcription regulation and nucleosome/chromatin remodeling. Consistent with this, histological evaluation showed DCLK3 is present in the nucleus of striatal neurons and, protein-protein interaction experiments suggested that the kinase domain interacts with zinc finger proteins, including TADA3, a core component of SAGA complex. Our novel findings suggest that the presence of DCLK3 in striatal neurons may play a key role in transcription regulation and chromatin remodeling in these brain cells, and show that reduced expression of the kinase in Huntington's disease could render the striatum highly vulnerable to neurodegeneration. Examination of DCLK3 as neuroprotector against mutant huntingtin in vivo and in vitro models. Overall design: Examination of DCLK3 as neuroprotector against mutant huntingtin in vitro experiments.
Publication Title
The striatal kinase DCLK3 produces neuroprotection against mutant huntingtin.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
Vanin1, a regulator of vitamin B5 metabolism, is expressed by sarcoma tumors. We evaluated its impact on sarcoma growth by using sarcoma cell lines derived from p16p19Vnn1-deficient mice and further transduced with an oncogenic RasV12 oncogene (R tumors) in the presence or not of a catalytically active (VR tumors) or mutated (VdR tumors) Vnn1 isoform.
Publication Title
Vnn1 pantetheinase limits the Warburg effect and sarcoma growth by rescuing mitochondrial activity.
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Specimen part, Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
Analysis of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive MCF7 cell total RNA expression and polysome-assiciated RNA expression following treatment with estradiol (E2) and vehicle (etoh).
Publication Title
Estrogen coordinates translation and transcription, revealing a role for NRSF in human breast cancer cells.
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Cell line
View Samples- Arabidopsis thaliana
- 2 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Arabidopsis Genome Array (ag)
Description
T2 progenies of two transgenic lines overexpressing ERF transcription factor WIN1 were grown on soil in parallel under identical conditions. mRNA was extracted from pooled leaves from multiple plants of each line for the microarray experiement.
Publication Title
WIN1, a transcriptional activator of epidermal wax accumulation in Arabidopsis.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Rattus norvegicus
- 9 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Rat Genome 230 2.0 Array (rat2302)
Description
The objective of the study was to better understand the mechanism behind scar formation by identifying ECM factors and other unique genes differentially expressed during rat ligament healing via microarray. Rat medial collateral ligaments (MCL) were surgically transected or left intact. MCLs were collected at day 3 or 7 post-injury and used for microarray analysis. Results were compared to the normal intact ligaments.
Publication Title
Gene profiling of the rat medial collateral ligament during early healing using microarray analysis.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part
View Samples- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 83 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2500, Illumina HiSeq 2000, Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx
Description
Purpose: The ability to rationally manipulate the transcriptional states of cells would be of great use in medicine and bioengineering. We have developed a novel algorithm, NetSurgeon, which utilizes genome-wide gene regulatory networks to identify interventions that force a cell toward a desired expression state. Results: We used NetSurgeon to select transcription factor deletions aimed at improving ethanol production in S. cerevisiae cultures that are catabolizing xylose. We reasoned that interventions that move the transcriptional states of cells utilizing xylose toward the fermentative state typical of cells that are producing ethanol rapidly (while utilizing glucose) might improve xylose fermentation. Some of the interventions selected by NetSurgeon successfully promoted a fermentative transcriptional state in the absence of glucose, resulting in strains with a 2.7-fold increase in xylose import rates, a 4-fold improvement in xylose integration into central carbon metabolism, or a 1.3-fold increase in ethanol production rate. Conclusions: We conclude by presenting an integrated model of transcriptional regulation and metabolic flux that will enable future metabolic engineering efforts aimed at improving xylose fermentation to prioritize functional regulators of central carbon metabolism. Overall design: Mutant and wildtype S. cerevisiae cells were put into 48 hour aerobic batch fermentations of synthetic complete medium supplmented with 2% glucose and 5% xylose and culture samples were taken at 4 hours and 24 hours for transcriptional profiling performed by RNA-Seq analysis. In addition, wildtype S. cerevisiae cells were grown in various single carbon sources for 12 hours and culture samples were taken for transcriptional profiling performed by RNA-Seq analysis.
Publication Title
Model-based transcriptome engineering promotes a fermentative transcriptional state in yeast.
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Subject
View Samples- Caenorhabditis elegans
- 26 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Higher order chromosome structure and nuclear architecture can have profound effects on gene regulation. We analyzed how compartmentalizing the genome by tethering heterochromatic regions to the nuclear lamina affects dosage compensation in the nematode C. elegans. In this organism, the dosage compensation complex (DCC) binds both X chromosomes of hermaphrodites to repress transcription two-fold, thus balancing gene expression between XX hermaphrodites and XO males. X chromosome structure is disrupted by mutations in DCC subunits. Using X chromosome paint fluorescence microscopy, we found that X chromosome structure and subnuclear localization are also disrupted when the mechanisms that anchor heterochromatin to the nuclear lamina are defective. Strikingly, the heterochromatic left end of the X chromosome is less affected than the gene-rich middle region, which lacks heterochromatic anchors. These changes in X chromosome structure and subnuclear localization are accompanied by small, but significant levels of derepression of X-linked genes as measured by RNA-seq, without any observable defects in DCC localization and DCC-mediated changes in histone modifications. We propose a model in which heterochromatic tethers on the left arm of the X cooperate with the DCC to compact and peripherally relocate the X chromosomes, contributing to gene repression. Overall design: RNA-seq profiles of C. elegans L1 wild type hermaphrodites, cec-4, met-2 set-25, and DPY-27 RNAi. RNA-seq profiles or C. elegans. Strains are N2 Bristol strain (wild type), RB2301 cec-4(ok3124) IV, and EKM99 met-2(n4256) set-25(n5021) III. Biological replicates for each strain/stage listed separately.
Publication Title
Anchoring of Heterochromatin to the Nuclear Lamina Reinforces Dosage Compensation-Mediated Gene Repression.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- NextSeq 500
Description
Single-cell RNA-seq (Smart-Seq2) to profile of cardiac progenitor cells Overall design: Transcriptional profiling of cultured CPCs was performed by scRNA-Seq approaches using Smart-Seq2 technology
Publication Title
In situ transcriptome characteristics are lost following culture adaptation of adult cardiac stem cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 4000
Description
Bulk RNA-seq to profile of c-kit+ cardiac interstitial cells, comparing the transcriptomes of Pim-1 enhanced cardiac progenitor cells and transfection control Overall design: Transcriptional profiling of Pim-1 enhanced human derived cardiac interstitial cells by bulk RNA-Seq
Publication Title
Safety profiling of genetically engineered Pim-1 kinase overexpression for oncogenicity risk in human c-kit+ cardiac interstitial cells.
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Specimen part, Subject
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