As Prdm16 deficiency reduces self-renewal potential and depletes neural stem cells in culture we decided to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms of the neural stem cells depletion in the Prdm16 deficient animals. For the experiment we used Prdm16Gt(OST67423)Lex (Prdm16LacZ) genetrap mice obtained from the NIH Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Center (http://www.mmrrc.org/).
Prdm16 promotes stem cell maintenance in multiple tissues, partly by regulating oxidative stress.
Specimen part
View SamplesTrans-splicing is a post-transcriptional event that joins exons from separate pre-mRNAs. Detection of trans-splicing is usually severely hampered by experimental artifacts and genetic rearrangements. Here, we develop a new computational pipeline, TSscan, which integrates different types of high-throughput long-/short-read transcriptome sequencing of different human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines to effectively minimize false positives while detecting trans-splicing. Combining TSscan screening with multiple experimental validation steps revealed that most chimeric RNA products were platform-dependent experimental artifacts of RNA sequencing. We successfully identified and confirmed four trans-spliced RNAs, including the first reported trans-spliced large intergenic noncoding RNA ("tsRMST"). We showed that these trans-spliced RNAs were all highly expressed in human pluripotent stem cells and differentially expressed during hESC differentiation. Our results further indicated that tsRMST can contribute to pluripotency maintenance of hESCs by suppressing lineage-specific gene expression through the recruitment of NANOG and the PRC2 complex factor, SUZ12. Taken together, our findings provide important insights into the role of trans-splicing in pluripotency maintenance of hESCs and help to facilitate future studies into trans-splicing, opening up this important but understudied class of post-transcriptional events for comprehensive characterization
Integrative transcriptome sequencing identifies trans-splicing events with important roles in human embryonic stem cell pluripotency.
Specimen part
View SamplesGene expression profiling of primary mouse articular chondrocyte infected with recombinant adenovirus expressing the zinc transporter ZIP8 (SLC39A8) protein.
Pleiotropic roles of metallothioneins as regulators of chondrocyte apoptosis and catabolic and anabolic pathways during osteoarthritis pathogenesis.
Age, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesGW182 (Tnrc6a) is a key component of RISC (miRNA-Induced Silencing Complex) that plays a critical role in miRNA-mediated gene silencing. Here, we show that GW182 is expressed in the yolk sac endoderm, and that gene-trap disruption of GW182 leads to growth arrest of yolk sac endoderm, impaired hematopoiesis and embryonic lethality.
Trinucleotide repeat containing 6a (Tnrc6a)-mediated microRNA function is required for development of yolk sac endoderm.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe report global gene expression profilies of Brassinosteroid related Arabidopsis mutants in response to dehydration and fixed-carbon starvation stresses by RNA-seq Overall design: Arabidopsis plants of listed genotypes were grown for 4 weeks under long day (16 hour light) conditions before being subjected to control, 4 hour dehydration, or 5 day fixed carbon starvation treatments.
Arabidopsis WRKY46, WRKY54, and WRKY70 Transcription Factors Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Regulated Plant Growth and Drought Responses.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesThe underlying change of gene network expression of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) remains elusive. We sought to identify GBS-associated gene networks and signalling pathways by analyzing the transcriptional profile of leukocytes in the patients with GBS.
Identification of gene networks and pathways associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Race
View SamplesWe performed knockdown of circARID1A, overexpression of circARID1A and overexpression of miR-204-3p in ReNcell, independently. The 22,480 gene expression changes were examined by microarray analysis.
Genome-wide, integrative analysis of circular RNA dysregulation and the corresponding circular RNA-microRNA-mRNA regulatory axes in autism.
Cell line
View SamplesParkinson's disease pathogenesis proceeds through several phases, culminating in the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra (SN). Although the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) model of oxidative SN injury is frequently used to study degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in mice and non-human primates, an understanding of the temporal sequence of molecular events from inhibition of mitochondrial complex 1 to neuronal cell death is limited. Here, microarray analysis and integrative data mining were used to uncover pathways implicated in the progression of changes in dopaminergic neurons after MPTP administration. This approach enabled the identification of small, yet consistently significant, changes in gene expression within the SN of MPTP-treated animals. Such an analysis disclosed dysregulation of genes in three main areas related to neuronal function: cytoskeletal stability and maintenance, synaptic integrity, and cell cycle and apoptosis. The discovery and validation of these alterations provide molecular evidence for an evolving cascade of injury, dysfunction, and cell death.
Dysregulation of gene expression in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse substantia nigra.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesThe feather follicle is a “professional” regenerative organ that undergoes natural cycling and, regeneration after wound plucking. Similar to mammalian hair follicle, dermal papilla (DP) controls feather regeneration, shape, size, and axis. Here we report gene expression profiling for feather DP at different growth stages. For growth phase, we compared gene expression of DP, the ramogenic zone of feather branching epithelium (Erz) and the mesenchymal pulp (Pp). We also compared gene expression of DP at resting phase. To characterize the feather regeneration process, we further profiled gene expression at Day-2 and Day-4 post wound. Our results provide a resource for investigating feather growth and regeneration. Overall design: Examination of gene expression in dermal papilla (DP) at growth phase and resting phase feather follicle, and during feather regeneration.
Dkk2/Frzb in the dermal papillae regulates feather regeneration.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesThe gene expression of bone marrow Hdc-/- and WT (LSK, Lin-c-kit+Sca-1+) hematopoetic stem and progenitor cells were isolated from Hdc-/- or WT mice. Cells were sorted by the cell surface markers of LSK total RNA was isolated from sorted 2,000 HSPCs using the ARCTURUS PicoPure RNA isolation kit (Life Technologies). cDNA was amplified and libraries were constructed by using the SMARTer Ultra Low Input RNA kit (Clontech Laboratories) and the Nextera XT DNA Library Preparation kit (Illumina) according to the respective manufacturer's instructions. Sequencing was performed on the Illumina HiSeq2500 platform. Overall design: a. Hdc-/- bone marrow HSPC (n=4) b. WT bone marrow HSPC (n=4)
Histidine decarboxylase (HDC)-expressing granulocytic myeloid cells induce and recruit Foxp3<sup>+</sup> regulatory T cells in murine colon cancer.
Specimen part, Subject
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