To understand how an inhibition of the mitochondrial ATP synthase affects transcriptional programming and to identify potential candidates of the signaling machinery involved in ATP synthase deficiency responses, we used oligomycin on seedling liquid cultures. Seedlings were harvested at time points 0, 1 and 4 h after the start of oligomycin and control (EtOH) treatments. Already 1 h after addition of oligomycin a total of 102 genes were more than threefold up-regulated and 14 genes were repressed, with most of them showing persistent changes. After 4 h, 580 additional genes were more than threefold up-regulated, and 152 genes were repressed by oligomycin. Several genes for alternative NAD(P)H dehydrogenases and alternative oxidases (AOX1a, AOX1d and NDA1) were up-regulated early, and additional homologs (NDA2, NDB2, NDB4 and AOX1b) followed 4 h after the start of treatment. Several genes for subunits of complex I, complex IV and the ATP synthase were induced whereas hardly any genes encoding enzymes of glycolysis and the TCA cycle changed. Additionally, four of five hallmark genes for oxidative stress were increased by oligomycin. These genes are At2g21640 (UPOX), At1g19020, At1g05340 and At1g57630 and code for proteins of unknown function. Among oxidative stress proteins with known functions, several H2O2-responsive Glutathione-S-transferases and BCS1 (CYTOCHROME BC1 SYNTHESIS) were strongly up-regulated already after 1 h. BCS1 is induced by salicylic acid and independent of other reactive oxygen signaling (ROS) pathways, such as H2O2. The results indicate that several different ROS and defense signaling pathways were induced simultaneously by oligomycin. This is further corroborated by induction of several transcription factors of the WRKY and NAC families, which have been previously implicated in coordinating cellular defense signaling.
Downregulation of the δ-subunit reduces mitochondrial ATP synthase levels, alters respiration, and restricts growth and gametophyte development in Arabidopsis.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesUpon illumination, etiolated seedlings experience a transition from heterotrophic to photoautotrophic growth. During this process, the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway provides chlorophyll for photosynthesis. This pathway has to be tightly controlled to prevent the accumulation of photoreactive metabolites and to provide stoichiometric amounts of chlorophyll for its incorporation into photosynthetic protein complexes. Therefore, plants have evolved regulatory mechanisms to synchronize the biosynthesis of chlorophyll and chlorophyll-binding proteins. Two phytochrome-interacting factors (PIF1 and PIF3) and the DELLA proteins, which are controlled by the gibberellin pathway, are key regulators of this process. Here, we show that impairment of TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) activity in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), either by mutation of the TOR complex component RAPTOR1B or by treatment with TOR inhibitors, leads to a significantly reduced accumulation of the photoreactive chlorophyll precursor protochlorophyllide in darkness but an increased greening rate of etiolated seedlings after exposure to light. Detailed profiling of metabolic, transcriptomic, and physiological parameters revealed that the TOR-repressed lines not only grow slower, they grow in a nutrient-saving mode, which allows them to resist longer periods of low nutrient availability. Our results also indicated that RAPTOR1B acts upstream of the gibberellin-DELLA pathway and its mutation complements the repressed greening phenotype of pif1 and pif3 after etiolation.
Inhibition of TOR Represses Nutrient Consumption, Which Improves Greening after Extended Periods of Etiolation.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesCD4+T cells are differentiated into Th1, Th2, Th17 and Treg cells after Antigen presentation by other cell types such as dendritic cells, macrophages and B cells in Lymph nodes. Those differentiated CD4+T cells are subdivided into cell subsets by their producing cytokines and surface markers. We recently identified that ST2 expressing Th2 cells highly produced IL-5 comparing to ST2- Th2 cells in helminth infection. In this study, we investigated the RNAseq analysis to characterize these Th2 cells. Overall design: Characterization of ST2+ and ST2- mTh cells are assessed by RNA-seq.
CXCR6<sup>+</sup>ST2<sup>+</sup> memory T helper 2 cells induced the expression of major basic protein in eosinophils to reduce the fecundity of helminth.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
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Methionine metabolism regulates maintenance and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesIn undifferentiated human ES cells, 5hr Met deprivation (delta Met) led to decreased proliferation, and prolonged 24hr Met deprivation resulted in G0-G1 phase cell cycle arrest, which then led to apoptosis.
Methionine metabolism regulates maintenance and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesIn undifferentiated human ES cells, 48hr Leucine deprivation (delta Leu) or Lysine deprivation (delta Lys) led to apoptosis.
Methionine metabolism regulates maintenance and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesDrought is an important environmental factor affecting plant growth and biomass production. Despite this importance, little is known on the molecular mechanisms regulating plant growth under water limiting conditions. The main goal of this work was to investigate, using a combination of growth and molecular profiling techniques, how Arabidopsis thaliana leaves adapt their growth to prolonged mild osmotic stress. Fully proliferating, expanding and mature leaves were harvested from plants grown on plates without (control) or with 25mM mannitol (osmotic stress) and compared to seedlings at stage 1.03.
Developmental stage specificity and the role of mitochondrial metabolism in the response of Arabidopsis leaves to prolonged mild osmotic stress.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe goal of this study is to evaluate the function of eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) pathogenesis and assess its potential as a disease activity marker. Overall design: To determine the pathological role of eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS), we performed RNA sequencing to analyze gene expression in human nasal epithelial cells (HNEpCs) stimulated with EDN.
Eosinophil-derived neurotoxin enhances airway remodeling in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis and correlates with disease severity.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
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The epigenetic regulator Uhrf1 facilitates the proliferation and maturation of colonic regulatory T cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesCommensal bacteria shapes gut immune system. Colonization bacteria increase the frequency of regulatory T cells, however, the molecular mechanisms has not yet been unknown. To reveal the mechanism, we isolated Treg cells and Non-Treg cells and performed the global expression analysis.
The epigenetic regulator Uhrf1 facilitates the proliferation and maturation of colonic regulatory T cells.
Specimen part
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