The three-dimensional (3D) organization of chromosomes can influence transcription. However, the frequency and magnitude of these effects is still controversial. To determine how changes in chromosome positioning affect transcription we characterized nuclear organization and global gene expression after large-scale chromosomal rearrangements in budding yeast. We used computational modelling and single cell imaging to determine chromosome position and integrated these data with genome-wide transcriptional profiles from RNA sequencing. Chromosome displacement relative to the nuclear periphery has mild but widespread and significant effects on transcription. Our study suggests that basal transcriptional activity is sensitive to radial changes on chromosomal position, and provides support for the functional relevance of budding yeast chromosome-level 3D organization in gene expression. Overall design: We analysed 42 samples in total: wildtype (409) strain (4 replicas), mutant strain 524 (4 replicas), mutant strain 527 (4 replicas), mutant strain 1138 (4 replicas), mutant strain 1228 (4 replicas), mutant strain 1379 (4 replicas), mutant strain 1387 (4 replicas), mutant strain 1380 (4 replicas), mutant strain 1388 (4 replicas), mutant strain 1788 (3 replicas), mutant strain 1793 (3 replicas)
Impact of Chromosome Fusions on 3D Genome Organization and Gene Expression in Budding Yeast.
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View SamplesChromosome dosage plays a significant role in reproductive isolation and speciation in both plants and animals, but underlying mechanisms are largely obscure. Transposable elements can promote hybridity through maternal small RNA, and have been postulated to regulate dosage response via neighboring imprinted genes. Here, we show that a highly conserved microRNA in plants, miR845, targets the tRNAMet primer-binding site (PBS) of LTR-retrotransposons in Arabidopsis pollen, and triggers the accumulation of 21 to 22-nucleotide small RNA in a dose dependent fashion via RNA polymerase IV. We show that these epigenetically activated small-interfering RNAs (easiRNAs) mediate hybridization barriers between diploid seed parents and tetraploid pollen parents (“the triploid block”), and that natural variation for miR845 may account for “endosperm balance” allowing formation of triploid seeds. Targeting the PBS with small RNA is a common mechanism for transposon control in mammals and plants, and provides a uniquely sensitive means to monitor chromosome dosage and imprinting in the developing seed. Overall design: RNA-seq of Arabidopsis pollen
Transposon-derived small RNAs triggered by miR845 mediate genome dosage response in Arabidopsis.
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Mutant human embryonic stem cells reveal neurite and synapse formation defects in type 1 myotonic dystrophy.
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View SamplesAnalysis of genes that were differentially expressed in mutant VUB03_DM1 as compared to controls VUB01 and SA01 Neural Precursor cells
Mutant human embryonic stem cells reveal neurite and synapse formation defects in type 1 myotonic dystrophy.
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View SamplesAnalysis of genes that were differentially expressed in mutant VUB03_DM1 as compared to controls VUB01 and SA01 undifferentiated hES cells
Mutant human embryonic stem cells reveal neurite and synapse formation defects in type 1 myotonic dystrophy.
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View SamplesAnalysis of genes that were differentially expressed in mutant VUB03_DM1 as compared to controls VUB01 and SA01 Mesodermal Precursors Cells.
Mutant human embryonic stem cells reveal neurite and synapse formation defects in type 1 myotonic dystrophy.
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View SamplesHere we used microarray expression profiling to characterise global changes in gene expression during stages of proliferation and differentiation of human neural stem cells
Associations of the Intellectual Disability Gene MYT1L with Helix-Loop-Helix Gene Expression, Hippocampus Volume and Hippocampus Activation During Memory Retrieval.
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DIDO as a Switchboard that Regulates Self-Renewal and Differentiation in Embryonic Stem Cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesTransition from symmetric to asymmetric cell division requires precise coordination of differential gene expression. Embryonic stem cells (ESC) strongly express Dido3, whose C-terminal truncation impedes ESC differentiation while retaining self-renewal. We show that Dido3 binds to its gene locus via H3K4me3 and RNA pol II and, at differentiation onset, induces expression of its splice variant Dido1, which then leads to Dido3 degradation and downregulation of stemness genes. We propose that Dido isoforms act as a switchboard to regulate genetic programs for ESC transition from pluripotency maintenance to promotion of differentiation.
DIDO as a Switchboard that Regulates Self-Renewal and Differentiation in Embryonic Stem Cells.
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View SamplesHuman medulloblastoma (MB) can be segregated into four major categories based on gene expression patterns: Hedgehog (HH) subtype, Wnt subtype, Group 3, and Group 4. However, they all exhibit strikingly different gene expression profiles from Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (AT/RT). We re-analyzed published gene expression microarray dataset of pediatric brain tumors to identify a gene expression profile that clearly distinguished human AT/RT from human MB. We used this profile, choosing only genes that have clear murine orthologs, to compare tumors from Snf5F/Fp53L/LGFAP-Cre mice (in C57Bl/6 strain background) with MB from Ptc1+/- mice (in mixed C57Bl/6 and 129Sv strain background). Snf5F/Fp53L/LGFAP-Cre tumors are clearly very different from mouse MB and the markers that distinguish human AT/RT from human MB also distinguish the mouse tumors.
Generation of a mouse model of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system through combined deletion of Snf5 and p53.
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