GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) We present an integrated resource of profiling and analysis of small RNAs from mosquiot cells and tissues from 4 main species to determine how the viruses and transposons compare in the production of small regulatory RNAs.

Organism:

Aedes albopictus; Aedes aegypti; Anopheles gambiae; Culex quinquefasciatus

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

4 related Platforms

54 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) We provide a broad overview of sequence diversity in An. gambiae mature microRNAs, including annotation of novel microRNAs identified in this study.

Organism:

Anopheles gambiae

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL17644 GPL15693

8 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Background: The piRNA pathway has been shown in model organisms to be involved in silencing of transposons thereby providing genome stability. In D. melanogaster the majority of piRNAs map to these sequences. The medically important mosquito species Aedes aegypti has a large genome size, a high transposon load which includes Miniature Inverted repeat Transposable Elements (MITES) and an expansion of the piRNA biogenesis genes. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster; Aedes aegypti

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL14869 GPL11203

8 Samples

Download data: BAM, TXT

(Submitter supplied) In Drosophila, PIWI proteins and bound PIWI interacting RNAs (piRNAs) form the core of a small RNA mediated defense system against selfish genetic elements. Within germline cells piRNAs are processed from piRNA clusters and transposons to be loaded into Piwi/Aubergine/AGO3 and a subset of piRNAs undergoes target dependent amplification. In contrast, gonadal somatic support cells express only Piwi, lack signs of piRNA amplification and exhibit primary piRNA biogenesis from piRNA clusters. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9061

5 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Transposable elements are a serious threat for genome integrity and their control via small RNA mediated silencing pathways is an ancient strategy. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has two silencing mechanisms that repress TEs expression: endogenous siRNAs (esiRNAs or endo-siRNAs) and Piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs). The biogenesis of endo-siRNAs involves Loqs-PD, which acts predominantly during processing of dsRNA by Dcr-2, and R2D2 that primarily helps to direct siRNAs for loading into Ago2. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL11203

16 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) The control of transposable element (TE) activity in germ cells provides genome integrity over generations. A distinct small RNA-mediated pathway utilizing Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) suppresses TE expression in gonads of metazoans. In the fly, primary piRNAs derive from so-called piRNA clusters, which are enriched in damaged repeated sequences. These piRNAs launch a cycle of TE and piRNA cluster transcript cleavages resulting in the amplification of piRNA and TE silencing. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

1 Sample

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(Submitter supplied) Transposable elements can drive genome evolution, but their enhanced activity is detrimental to the host and therefore must be tightly regulated. The piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs) pathway is critically important for transposable element regulation, by inducing transcriptional silencing or post-transcriptional decay of mRNAs. We show that piRNAs and piRNA biogenesis components regulate pre-mRNA splicing of P transposable element transcripts in vivo, leading to the production of the non-transposase-encoding mature mRNA isoform in germ cells. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing; Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17275

20 Samples

Download data: BEDGRAPH, BIGWIG

(Submitter supplied) The natural maintenance cycles of many mosquito-borne pathogens require establishment of persistent non-lethal infections in the invertebrate host. The mechanism by which this occurs is not well understood, but we have previously shown that an antiviral response directed by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) is important in modulating the pathogenesis of alphavirus infections in the mosquito. However, we report here that infection of mosquitoes with an alphavirus also triggers the production of another class of virus-derived small RNAs that exhibit many similarities to ping-pong-dependent piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). more...

Organism:

Aedes albopictus; Aedes aegypti

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL14594 GPL14595

20 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) piRNAs are 26-30nt germ-line specific small non-coding RNAs that have evolutionarily conserved function in mobile genetic element silencing and maintenance of genome integrity. It has been shown that Drosophila Hsp70/90 Organizing Protein Homolog (Hop) – a co-chaperone interacts with piRNA binding protein Piwi and mediates silencing of phenotypic variations. However, it is not known if Hop has a direct role in piRNA biogenesis and transposon silencing. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing; Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17275

6 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) repress transposons to maintain germline genome integrity. Previous studies showed that artificial tethering of Armitage (Armi) to reporter RNAs induced piRNA biogenesis. However, lack of female sterile (1) Yb (Yb) in Drosophila ovarian somatic cells (OSCs) impaired production of transposon-targeting piRNAs even in the presence of Armi. Here, we show that specific interaction of Armi with RNA transcripts of flamenco piRNA cluster, the primary source of transposon-targeting piRNAs in OSCs, is strictly regulated by Yb. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Other

Platforms:

GPL13304 GPL21306 GPL16479

19 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) High-throughput sequencing of Drosophila melanogaster small RNAs. total RNA, ~18-26nt RNAs isolated using PAGE, ligation to adapters requires 5' monophosphate and 3' OH

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9058

14 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) In the Drosophila germline, transposable elements (TEs) are silenced by PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) that originate from distinct genomic regions termed piRNA clusters and are processed by PIWI-subfamily Argonaute proteins. Here, we explore the variation in the ability to restrain an alien TE in different Drosophila strains. The I-element is a retrotransposon involved in the phenomenon of I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

7 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) We performed combined transcriptional and chromatin state analyses and showed that these core piRNA clusters in Aedes mosquitoes do not have their own independent promoters, but depend on readthrough transcription from upstream genes for piRNA biogenesis. We further showed core piRNA clusters biogenesis depends on key factors, the mRNA exporter Nxf1, three Tudor proteins, Veneno, Tejas, Yb, and an evolutionarily conserved cochaperone Shutdown.

Organism:

Aedes aegypti

Type:

Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing; Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL26709 GPL22030

38 Samples

Download data: BED, BROADPEAK, NARROWPEAK