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Wasson JA, Harris G, Keppler-Ross S, Brock TJ, Dar AR, Butcher RA, Fischer SEJ, Kagias K, Clardy J, Zhang Y, Mango SE. Neuronal control of maternal provisioning in response to social cues. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/34/eabf8782. [PMID: 34417172 PMCID: PMC8378817 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf8782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Mothers contribute cytoplasmic components to their progeny in a process called maternal provisioning. Provisioning is influenced by the parental environment, but the molecular pathways that transmit environmental cues between generations are not well understood. Here, we show that, in Caenorhabditis elegans, social cues modulate maternal provisioning to regulate gene silencing in offspring. Intergenerational signal transmission depends on a pheromone-sensing neuron and neuronal FMRFamide (Phe-Met-Arg-Phe)-like peptides. Parental FMRFamide-like peptide signaling dampens oxidative stress resistance and promotes the deposition of mRNAs for translational components in progeny, which, in turn, reduces gene silencing. This study identifies a previously unknown pathway for intergenerational communication that links neuronal responses to maternal provisioning. We suggest that loss of social cues in the parental environment represents an adverse environment that stimulates stress responses across generations.
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Biology, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Proteomic analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans against Salmonella Typhi toxic proteins. Genes Immun 2021; 22:75-92. [PMID: 33986511 DOI: 10.1038/s41435-021-00132-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Bacterial effector molecules are crucial infectious agents that can cause pathogenesis. In the present study, the pathogenesis of toxic Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) proteins on the model host Caenorhabditis elegans was investigated by exploring the host's regulatory proteins during infection through the quantitative proteomics approach. Extracted host proteins were analyzed using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-GE) and differentially regulated proteins were identified using MALDI TOF/TOF/MS analysis. Of the 150 regulated proteins identified, 95 were downregulated while 55 were upregulated. The interaction network of regulated proteins was predicted using the STRING tool. Most downregulated proteins were involved in muscle contraction, locomotion, energy hydrolysis, lipid synthesis, serine/threonine kinase activity, oxidoreductase activity, and protein unfolding. Upregulated proteins were involved in oxidative stress pathways. Hence, cellular stress generated by S. Typhi proteins in the model host was determined using lipid peroxidation as well as oxidant and antioxidant assays. In addition, candidate proteins identified via extract analysis were validated by western blotting, and the roles of several crucial molecules were analyzed in vivo using transgenic strains (myo-2 and col-19) and mutant (ogt-1) of C. elegans. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report protein regulation in host C. elegans exposed to toxic S. Typhi proteins. It highlights the significance of p38 MAPK and JNK immune pathways.
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Bush JT, Chan MC, Mohammed S, Schofield CJ. Quantitative MS-Based Proteomics: Comparing the MCF-7 Cellular Response to Hypoxia and a 2-Oxoglutarate Analogue. Chembiochem 2020; 21:1647-1655. [PMID: 31919953 PMCID: PMC7317498 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are key transcription factors in determining cellular responses involving alterations in protein levels in response to limited oxygen availability in animal cells. 2-Oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases play key roles in regulating levels of HIF and its transcriptional activity. We describe MS-based proteomics studies in which we compared the results of subjecting human breast cancer MCF-7 cells to hypoxia or treating them with a cell-penetrating derivative (dimethyl N-oxalylglycine; DMOG) of the stable 2OG analogue N-oxalylglycine. The proteomic results are consistent with reported transcriptomic analyses and support the proposed key roles of 2OG-dependent HIF prolyl- and asparaginyl-hydroxylases in the hypoxic response. Differences between the data sets for hypoxia and DMOG might reflect context-dependent effects or HIF-independent effects of DMOG.
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- Jacob T. Bush
- Chemistry Research LaboratoryDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Oxford12 Mansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
- Current address: GSKMedicines Research CentreGunnels Wood RoadStevenageSG1 2NYUK
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- Chemistry Research LaboratoryDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Oxford12 Mansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
- Current address: Department of Molecular MedicineFaculty of MedicineUniversity of Malaya, Jalan Universiti50603Kuala LumpurMalaysia
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- Chemistry Research LaboratoryDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Oxford12 Mansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of OxfordSouth Parks RoadOxfordOX1 3QUUK
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- Chemistry Research LaboratoryDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Oxford12 Mansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
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Bito T, Okamoto N, Otsuka K, Yabuta Y, Arima J, Kawano T, Watanabe F. Involvement of Spermidine in the Reduced Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans During Vitamin B 12 Deficiency. Metabolites 2019; 9:metabo9090192. [PMID: 31546940 PMCID: PMC6780408 DOI: 10.3390/metabo9090192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Vitamin B12 deficiency leads to various symptoms such as neuropathy, growth retardation, and infertility. Vitamin B12 functions as a coenzyme for two enzymes involved in amino acid metabolisms. However, there is limited information available on whether amino acid disorders caused by vitamin B12 deficiency induce such symptoms. First, free amino acid levels were determined in vitamin B12-deficient Caenorhabditis elegans to clarify the mechanisms underlying the symptoms caused by vitamin B12 deficiency. Various amino acids (valine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine, and cystathionine, among others) metabolized by vitamin B12-dependent enzymes were found to be significantly changed during conditions of B12 deficiency, which indirectly affected certain amino acids metabolized by vitamin B12-independent enzymes. For example, ornithine was significantly increased during vitamin B12 deficiency, which also significantly increased arginase activity. The accumulation of ornithine during vitamin B12 deficiency constitutes the first report. In addition, the biosynthesis of spermidine from ornithine was significantly decreased during vitamin B12 deficiency, likely due to the reduction of S-adenosylmethionine as a substrate for S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, which catalyzes the formation of spermidine. Moreover, vitamin B12 deficiency also demonstrated a significant reduction in worm lifespan, which was partially recovered by the addition of spermidine. Collectively, our findings suggest that decreased spermidine is one factor responsible for reduced lifespan in vitamin B12-deficient worms.
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- Tomohiro Bito
- Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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Liu P, Shao H, Ding X, Yang R, Rui Q, Wang D. Dysregulation of Neuronal Gαo Signaling by Graphene Oxide in Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6026. [PMID: 30988375 PMCID: PMC6465305 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42603-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Exposure to graphene oxide (GO) induced some dysregulated microRNAs (miRNAs), such as the increase in mir-247, in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We here further identified goa-1 encoding a Gαo and pkc-1 encoding a serine/threonine protein kinase as the targets of neuronal mir-247 in the regulation of GO toxicity. GO exposure increased the expressions of both GOA-1 and PKC-1. Mutation of goa-1 or pkc-1 induced a susceptibility to GO toxicity, and suppressed the resistance of mir-247 mutant to GO toxicity. GOA-1 and PKC-1 could also act in the neurons to regulate the GO toxicity, and neuronal overexpression of mir-247 could not affect the resistance of nematodes overexpressing neuronal goa-1 or pkc-1 lacking 3'-UTR to GO toxicity. In the neurons, GOA-1 acted upstream of diacylglycerol kinase/DGK-1 and PKC-1 to regulate the GO toxicity. Moreover, DGK-1 and GOA-1 functioned synergistically in the regulation of GO toxicity. Our results highlight the crucial role of neuronal Gαo signaling in response to GO in nematodes.
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- Peidang Liu
- Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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Sousa DM, Cunha NMFD, Silva DRD, Aragão PDTTDD, Aguiar MVDA, Lobo MDP, Moreira ACDOM, Cunha RMSD, Miranda RRCD, Bevilaqua CML. Differences in protein expression associated with ivermectin resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA = BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY : ORGAO OFICIAL DO COLEGIO BRASILEIRO DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA 2019; 28:105-112. [PMID: 30916256 DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612019013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The indiscriminate administration of synthetic anthelmintics such as ivermectin contributes to the selection of subpopulations capable of resisting the drugs' effects. To understand the mechanisms of ivermectin resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans, this study attempted to identify molecular targets. C. elegans lineages that were sensitive and resistant to ivermectin were used. Collected nematodes were added to an extraction buffer and macerated in liquid nitrogen for protein extraction. The extracted proteins were separated according to molecular weight by SDS-PAGE to verify their integrity. Subsequently, proteins from both lineages were separated using two-dimensional electrophoresis. The gels were analyzed and the relevant spots were excised and identified by mass spectrometry (NanoESI-Q-TOF and MASCOT®) and subsequently assessed by GO enrichment and STRING® analyses. The increased expression of proteins associated with high metabolic activity, such as ATP-2 and ENOL-1, which are responsible for ATP synthesis, was observed. Furthermore, proteins with involvement in mediating muscular function (MLC-1, ACT-1, and PDI-2), signaling (FAR-1 and FAR-2), and embryo development (VHA-2) were identified. Protein interaction analysis indicated that the majority of the identified proteins in the resistant lineages participated in the same reaction triggered by ivermectin.
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- Dauana Mesquita Sousa
- Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Núcleo de Biotecnologia de Sobral, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA, Sobral, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Núcleo de Biotecnologia de Sobral, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA, Sobral, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Núcleo de Biotecnologia de Sobral, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC, Sobral, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Núcleo de Biotecnologia de Sobral, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA, Sobral, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Núcleo de Biotecnologia de Sobral, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA, Sobral, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil
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Durai S, Singh N, Kundu S, Balamurugan K. Proteomic investigation of Vibrio alginolyticus challenged Caenorhabditis elegans revealed regulation of cellular homeostasis proteins and their role in supporting innate immune system. Proteomics 2014; 14:1820-32. [PMID: 25044714 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Caenorhabditis elegans has been the preferred model system for many investigators to study pathogenesis. In the present investigation, regulation of C. elegans proteome was explored against V. alginolyticus infection using quantitative proteomics approach. Proteins were separated using 2D-DIGE and the differentially regulated proteins were identified using PMF and MALDI TOF/TOF analysis. The results thus obtained were validated using Western blotting for candidate proteins. The corresponding transcriptional regulation was quantified subsequently using real-time PCR. Interaction network for candidate proteins was predicted using search tool for the retrieval of interacting genes/proteins (STRING) and functional validation was performed using respective mutant strains. Out of the 25 proteins identified, 21 proteins appeared to be upregulated while four were downregulated. Upregulated proteins included those involved in stress-response (PDI-2, HSP-6), immune-response (protein kinase -18, GST-8) and energy-production (ATP-2) while proteins involved in structural maintenance (IFB-2) and lipid metabolism (SODH-1) were downregulated. The roles of these players in the host system during Vibrio infection was analyzed in vivo using wild type and mutant C. elegans. Survival assays using mutants lacking pdi-2, ire-1, and xbp-1 displayed enhanced susceptibility to V. alginolyticus. Cellular stress generated by V. alginolyticus was determined using ROS assay. This is the first report of proteome changes in C. elegans against V. alginolyticus challenge and highlights the significance of unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway during bacterial infection.
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Kandasamy S, Khan W, Evans FD, Critchley AT, Zhang J, Fitton JH, Stringer DN, Gardiner VA, Prithiviraj B. A fucose containing polymer-rich fraction from the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum mediates lifespan increase and thermal-tolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans, by differential effects on gene and protein expression. Food Funct 2014; 5:275-84. [PMID: 24323434 DOI: 10.1039/c3fo60050e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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The extracts of the brown alga, Ascophyllum nodosum, which contains several bioactive compounds, have been shown to impart biotic and abiotic stress tolerance properties when consumed by animals. However, the physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanism underlying such effects remain elusive. We investigated the effect of A. nodosum fucose-containing polymer (FCP) on tolerance to thermally induced stress using the invertebrate animal model, Caenorhabditis elegans. FCP at a concentration of 150 μg mL(-1) significantly improved the life span and tolerance against thermally induced stress in C. elegans. The treatment increased the C. elegans survival by approximately 24%, when the animals were under severe thermally induced stress (i.e. 35 °C) and 27% under mild stress (i.e. 30 °C) conditions. The FCP induced differential expression of genes and proteins is associated with stress response pathways. Under thermal stress, FCP treatment significantly altered the expression of 65 proteins (54 up-regulated & 11 down-regulated). Putative functional analysis of FCP-induced differential proteins signified an association of altered proteins in stress-related molecular and biochemical pathways of the model worm.
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- Saveetha Kandasamy
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, Truro, NS B2B 5E3, Canada.
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The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a model organism that has seen extensive use over the last four decades in multiple areas of investigation. In this study we explore the response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to acute anoxia using gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS). We focus on the readily-accessible worm exometabolome to show that C. elegans are mixed acid fermenters that utilize several metabolic pathways in unconventional ways to remove reducing equivalents - including partial reversal of branched-chain amino acid catabolism and a potentially novel use of the glyoxylate pathway. In doing so, we provide detailed methods for the collection and analysis of excreted metabolites that, with minimal adjustment, should be applicable to many other species. We also describe a procedure for collecting highly volatile compounds from C. elegans. We are distributing our mass spectral library in an effort to facilitate wider use of metabolomics.
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Tohsato Y, Monobe K, Suzuki K, Hayano T, Kawasaki I, Ito M. Comparative proteomic analysis reveals differentially expressed proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans pgl-1 mutants grown at 20°C and 25°C. J Proteomics 2012; 75:4792-801. [PMID: 22579749 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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PGL-1 is an RNA-binding protein component of germ granules and essential for fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans. To clarify the molecular function of PGL-1, we performed comparative proteomic analysis using 2-D DIGE and LC-MS/MS. Five groups of synchronized adult hermaphrodites were analyzed: (1) wild-type N2 grown at 20°C, (2) pgl-1(bn101) mutants grown at 20°C, (3) pgl-1(bn101) mutants grown at 20°C then upshifted to 25°C after the L1 stage, (4) pgl-1(ct131) mutants grown at 20°C, and (5) pgl-1(ct131) mutants grown at 20°C then upshifted to 25°C after the L1 stage. The five groups were divided into two experimental sets for 2-D DIGE: set A included N2 and pgl-1(bn101) mutants, and set B included N2 and pgl-1(ct131) mutants. Dunnett's test indicated 90 and 100 specific spots, respectively, with significantly different expression levels from the rest of the experimental set (q≤0.1). Among them, 69 and 58 spots, respectively, were analyzed by LC-MS/MS. Finally, we identified 19 proteins from 24 specific spots common to both the experimental sets. RNAi analysis indicated that decreased eef-1G expression is strongly associated with the temperature-sensitive sterile phenotype of pgl-1. Our results suggest that PGL-1 is closely involved in translational processes during C. elegans germline development.
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- Yukako Tohsato
- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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