In plants, many gene transcripts are very unstable, which is important for the tight control of their temporal and spatial expression patterns. To identify cellular factors controlling the stability of unstable mRNAs in plants, we used luciferase imaging in Arabidopsis to isolate a recessive mutant, stabilized 1 (sta1), with enhanced stability of the normally unstable luciferase transcript. The sta1 mutation also causes the stabilization of some endogenous gene transcripts and has a range of developmental and stress response phenotypes. STA1 encodes a nuclear protein similar to the human U5 snRNP-associated 102-kDa protein and to the yeast pre-mRNA splicing factor Prp1p and Prp6p. STA1 expression is up-regulated by cold stress, and the sta1 mutant is defective in the splicing of the cold-induced COR15A gene. Our results show that STA1 is a pre-mRNA splicing factor required for not only splicing but also the turnover of unstable transcripts and that it has an important role in plant responses to abiotic stresses.
STABILIZED1, a stress-upregulated nuclear protein, is required for pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA turnover, and stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.
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View Samplesced1 mutant has reduced expression of NCED3 in response to osmotic stress (polyethylene glycol) treatments compared to the wild type. Other ABA biosynthesis genes are also greatly reduced in ced1 under osmotic stress.
The plant cuticle is required for osmotic stress regulation of abscisic acid biosynthesis and osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.
Specimen part
View SamplesSin3a, a known master scaffold, provides unique contact surfaces for interaction with particular accessory proteins to repress the transcription of specific genes. Surprisingly, our results also suggest that Sin3a has a role in transcriptional activation.
Sin3a-Tet1 interaction activates gene transcription and is required for embryonic stem cell pluripotency.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesWe carried out a microarray experiment by using Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genechips in order to identify genes that show reduced expression in ros1-1 plants.
The DNA glycosylase/lyase ROS1 functions in pruning DNA methylation patterns in Arabidopsis.
Specimen part
View SamplesNFYA5 is a transcription factor important for drought resistance. Drought stress up-regulates NFYA5 gene expression not only at the transcriptional level but also at the posttranscriptional level by down-regulating the expression of miR169a that targets NFYA5 transcript for cleavage.
The Arabidopsis NFYA5 transcription factor is regulated transcriptionally and posttranscriptionally to promote drought resistance.
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View SamplesUpon virus infection, RIG-I-like receptors in host cells recognize viral RNA and activate type I interferon expression. To investigate the role of protein methylation in the anti-viral signaling pathway, we screened all the SET domain containing proteins and identified TTLL12 as a negative regulator of RIG-I signaling pathway. TTLL12 contains SET and TTL domains, which are predicted to have lysine methyltransferase and tubulin tyrosine ligase activities, respectively. Exogenous expression of TTLL12 represses IFN-ß expression induced by SeV. TTLL12 deficiency by RNA interference and CRISPR-gRNA techniques increases the induced IFN-ß expression and inhibits virus replication in the cell. Gene expression profiling also indicated that TTLL12 specifically inhibits the expression of the downstream genes of innate immunity pathways. Cell fractionation and fluorescent staining indicated that TTLL12 is localized in the cytosol. The study of various mutants suggested TTLL12's ability to repress RIG-I pathway is probably not dependent on protein modifications. Instead, TTLL12 directly interacts with VISA, TBK1 and IKKe, and inhibits the interactions of VISA with other signaling proteins. Taken together, our findings demonstrate TTLL12 as a negative regulator of RNA-virus-induced type I IFNs expression through inhibition of the interaction of VISA with other proteins. Overall design: TTLL12 was knocked down by siRNA in HCT116 and the gene expression profile was studied by RNA sequencing
TTLL12 Inhibits the Activation of Cellular Antiviral Signaling through Interaction with VISA/MAVS.
Cell line, Subject
View SamplesPrimary cilium serves as a cellular antenna to sense environmental signals. Ciliogenesis requires the removal of CP110 to convert the mother centriole into the basal body. Actin dynamics is also critical for cilia formation. How these distinct processes are properly regulated remains unknown. Here we show that miR-129-3p, a microRNA conserved in the vertebrates, controlled cilia assembly by down-regulating both CP110 and four proteins critical for actin dynamics, Arp2, Toca1, abLIM1, and abLIM3. Consistently, blocking miR-129-3p repressed cilia formation in cultured mammalian cells, whereas its overexpression potently induced ciliogenesis in proliferating cells and extraordinary cilia elongation. Moreover, inhibition of miR-129-3p in zebrafish embryos suppressed cilia assembly in the Kupffers vesicle and pronephric duct, leading to developmental abnormalities including curved body, pericardial oedema, and randomised left-right patterning. Our results thus unravel a novel mechanism that orchestrates both the centriole-to-basal body transition and subsequent cilia assembly via microRNA-mediated posttranscriptional regulations.
miR-129-3p controls cilia assembly by regulating CP110 and actin dynamics.
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View SamplesTo investigate Pten function in neonatal developing brain, we conditionally inactivated Pten in neural stem/progenitor cells at birth using a Nestin-CreER transgenic driver. Pten inactivation created a novel perivascular proliferative niche in the cerebellum that did not progress to malignancy during the lifespan of the mouse. Co-deletion of Pten and Trp53 synergized to cause fully penetrant medulloblastoma originating from a perivascular niche. The Pten and Trp53 double knock-out medulloblastomas showed an extensive and abnormal blood vessel network and advanced neuronal differentiation of tumor cells compared to medulloblastomas arising in Nestin-creER;Trp53fl/fl mice, suggesting that Pten loss promoted angiogenesis and neuronal differentiation in medulloblastoma. EdU pulse-chase experiments demonstrated a lineage hierarchy of the double knock-out medulloblastomas consistent with a perivascular cancer stem cell population. The Pten and Trp53 double knock-out medulloblastomas showed somatic loss of chromosomes 7, 13 and 16, and inactivating mutations in the tumor suppressor gene Ptch1. Gene expression profiles showed that this model recapitulated the subgroup of human medulloblastomas with de-regulated SHH signaling.
PTEN Signaling in the Postnatal Perivascular Progenitor Niche Drives Medulloblastoma Formation.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesInvestigation of differentially expressed genes in Ccp2-deficient CHILPs
IL-7Rα glutamylation and activation of transcription factor Sall3 promote group 3 ILC development.
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View SamplesPurpose: To gain molecular insights of HBV integration that may contribute to HCC tumorigenesis, we performed whole transcriptome sequencing and whole genome copy number profiling of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) samples from 50 Chinese patients. Results: We identified a total of 33 HBV-human integration sites in 16 of 44 HBV-positive HCC tissues, which were enriched in HBV genotype C-infected patients. In addition, significantly recurrent HBV-MLL4 integration (18%; 8/44) was found in this cohort of patients. Conclusions: This is the first report on the molecular basis of the MLL4 integration driving MLL4 over-expression. HBV-MLL4 integration occurred frequently in Chinese HCC patients, representing a unique molecular segment for HCC with HBV infection. Overall design: mRNA profiles of 50 Chinese Hepatocellular Carcinoma patients and 5 adjacent tissues by Illumina Hiseq 2000.
Identification of HBV-MLL4 Integration and Its Molecular Basis in Chinese Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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