subtractive hybridization strategy for the identification of differentially expressed genes was performed between LPSchallenged and naive Ciona intestinalis. This strategy allowed the characterization of two transcripts (Ci8short and Ci8long) generated by the use of two Alternative Polyadenylation sites. The Ci8long transcript contains a protein domain with relevant homology to several components of the Receptor Transporting Protein (RTP) family not present in the Ci8short mRNA. By means of Real Time PCR and Northern Blot, the Ci8short and Ci8long transcripts showed a different pattern of gene expression with the Ci8short mRNA being strongly activated after LPS injection in the pharynx. In situ hybridization analysis demonstrated that the activation of the APA site also influenced the tissue localization of the Ci8short transcript. This analysis showed that the Ci8long mRNA was expressed in hemocytes meanwhile the Ci8short mRNA was highly transcribed also in vessel endothelial cells and in the epithelium of pharynx. These findings demonstrated that regulation of gene expression based on different polyadenylation sites is an ancestral powerful strategy influencing both the level of expression and tissue distribution of alternative transcripts.

Vizzini, A., Bonura, A., Parrinello, D., Sanfratello, M.A., Longo, V., Colombo, P. (2013). LPS Challenge Regulates Gene Expression and Tissue Localization of a Ciona intestinalis Gene through an Alternative Polyadenylation Mechanism. PLOS ONE, 8(8) [10.1371/journal.pone.0063235].

LPS Challenge Regulates Gene Expression and Tissue Localization of a Ciona intestinalis Gene through an Alternative Polyadenylation Mechanism

VIZZINI, Aiti;PARRINELLO, Daniela;SANFRATELLO, Maria Antonietta;
2013-01-01

Abstract

subtractive hybridization strategy for the identification of differentially expressed genes was performed between LPSchallenged and naive Ciona intestinalis. This strategy allowed the characterization of two transcripts (Ci8short and Ci8long) generated by the use of two Alternative Polyadenylation sites. The Ci8long transcript contains a protein domain with relevant homology to several components of the Receptor Transporting Protein (RTP) family not present in the Ci8short mRNA. By means of Real Time PCR and Northern Blot, the Ci8short and Ci8long transcripts showed a different pattern of gene expression with the Ci8short mRNA being strongly activated after LPS injection in the pharynx. In situ hybridization analysis demonstrated that the activation of the APA site also influenced the tissue localization of the Ci8short transcript. This analysis showed that the Ci8long mRNA was expressed in hemocytes meanwhile the Ci8short mRNA was highly transcribed also in vessel endothelial cells and in the epithelium of pharynx. These findings demonstrated that regulation of gene expression based on different polyadenylation sites is an ancestral powerful strategy influencing both the level of expression and tissue distribution of alternative transcripts.
2013
Settore BIO/05 - Zoologia
Vizzini, A., Bonura, A., Parrinello, D., Sanfratello, M.A., Longo, V., Colombo, P. (2013). LPS Challenge Regulates Gene Expression and Tissue Localization of a Ciona intestinalis Gene through an Alternative Polyadenylation Mechanism. PLOS ONE, 8(8) [10.1371/journal.pone.0063235].
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