This study focus a comparative toxicogenomic analysis of the effects of four herbicides (alachlor, ALA, S-metolachlor, S-MET, diuron, DIU, and MCPA-methyl ester, MCPA-ME), one insecticide (carbofuran, CAB), and one fungicide (pyrimethanil, PYR), in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to predict potential cytotoxic effects of these xenobiotics while providing mechanistic clues possibly relevant for experimentally less accessible non-target eukaryotes. The six model pesticides selected have been used worldwide in agricultural activities, at the present time or in the past, and have different modes of action on their target-organisms. Moreover, some of them are currently in Annex 1 of EC Directive 1107/2009 (repealing 91/414), that is they are in use in the EU, but having some ecotoxicological concerns (e.g. S-MET, PYR, MCPA-ME), others have their use restricted and/or are priority substances under the Water Framework Directive (e.g. ALA, DIU), and one was banned (e.g. CAB).
Comparative analysis of transcriptomic responses to sub-lethal levels of six environmentally relevant pesticides in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Treatment
View SamplesThe world-wide used herbicide alachlor is among the priority substances listed in the European Water Framework Directive. We aimed at finding molecular biomarkers in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that may be used to predict potential cytotoxic effects of this xenobiotic while providing mechanistic clues possibly relevant for experimentally less accessible non-target eukaryotes.
Transcriptional profiling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae relevant for predicting alachlor mechanisms of toxicity.
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View SamplesPyrimethanil (PYR) is a world-wide used fungicide approved for use in plant protection products in Agriculture, and with some (eco)toxicological concerns.We aimed at finding molecular biomarkers in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that may be used to predict potential cytotoxic effects of this xenobiotic while providing mechanistic clues possibly relevant for experimentally less accessible non-target eukaryotes.
Potential mechanisms underlying response to effects of the fungicide pyrimethanil from gene expression profiling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Treatment
View SamplesTo understand the transcriptional program by which GR regulates skin development, we performed a microarray analysis using the skin of E18.5 GR-/- and GR+/+ mouse embryos.
Glucocorticoid receptor regulates overlapping and differential gene subsets in developing and adult skin.
Specimen part
View SamplesOxidative stress can arise when in vitro propagated plants developed under low light conditions are exposed to high light during transfer to ex vitro conditions. In such a situation, among the many potential stresses to which the transferred plant can be exposed, oxidative stress is commonly experienced, most likely brought about by absorption of light energy in excess of that required for very low levels of photosynthetic metabolism. In vitro propagated grapevine when transferred to ex vitro conditions with a 4 fold increase in PPFD shows an initial inhibition of PET accompanied by an accumulation of H2O2, suggesting a signal for the upregulation in gene expression and antioxidant enzyme activity, which peaked at 48h after transfer of in vitro grapevine to ex vitro growing conditions.
Comparative transcriptomic profiling of Vitis vinifera under high light using a custom-made array and the Affymetrix GeneChip.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesThe experiment describes the transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4741 and of the deletion mutant Δhaa1 following an incubation in the presence of 50 mM acetic acid (at pH 4.0)
Genomic expression program involving the Haa1p-regulon in Saccharomyces cerevisiae response to acetic acid.
Compound
View SamplesMice selected for high and low acute inflammation were tested for pristane induced arthritis, showing to be susceptible and resistant, respectively.
Pristane-induced arthritis loci interact with the Slc11a1 gene to determine susceptibility in mice selected for high inflammation.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesPlants regulate their time to flowering by gathering information from the environment. Photoperiod and temperature are among the most important environmental variables. Suboptimal, but not near-freezing, temperatures regulate flowering through the thermosensory pathway, which overlaps with the autonomous pathway. Here we show that ambient temperature regulates flowering by two genetically distinguishable pathways, one that requires TFL1 and another that requires ELF3. The delay in flowering time observed at lower temperatures was partially suppressed in single elf3 and tfl1 mutants, whereas double elf3 tfl1 mutants were insensitive to temperature. tfl1 mutations abolished the temperature response in cryptochrome mutants that are deficient in photoperiod perception, but not in phyB mutants that have a constitutive photoperiodic response. Contrary to tfl1, elf3 mutations were able to suppress the temperature response in phyB mutants, but not in cryptochrome mutants. The gene expression profile revealed that the tfl1 and elf3 effects are due to the activation of different sets of genes and identified CCA1 and SOC1/AGL20 as being important cross talk points. Finally, genome-wide gene expression analysis strongly suggests a general and complementary role for ELF3 and TFL1 in temperature signalling.
A complementary role for ELF3 and TFL1 in the regulation of flowering time by ambient temperature.
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View SamplesGroup living animals must be able to express different behavior profiles depending on their social status. This implies that the same genotype may translate into different behavioral phenotypes through socially driven differential gene expression. Here we show for the first time that what triggers the switch between status-specific neurogenomic states is not the objective structure of the social interaction but rather the subjects perception of its outcome. For this purpose we had male zebrafish fight either a real opponent or their own image on a mirror. Massive changes in the brain transcriptome were observed in real opponent fighters, which experience either a victory or a defeat. In contrast, mirror fighters, which had no information on fight outcome despite expressing aggressive behavior, failed to activate a neurogenomic response. These results indicate that, even in cognitively simple organisms such as zebrafish, neurogenomic responses underlying changes in social status rely on cognitive appraisal.
Assessment of fight outcome is needed to activate socially driven transcriptional changes in the zebrafish brain.
Specimen part
View SamplesDengue is one of the most important arboviruses in the world, with 2.5 billion people living in areas under risk to contagious. Mosquitos from Aedes genus is the transmission vector of viral particles.
Single point mutations in the helicase domain of the NS3 protein enhance dengue virus replicative capacity in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells and circumvent the type I interferon response.
Specimen part, Time
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