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Series GSE27178 Query DataSets for GSE27178
Status Public on Apr 28, 2011
Title Perturbation of the Akt/Gsk3-beta signaling pathway is common to Drosophila expressing expanded untranslated CAG, CUG and AUUCU repeat RNAs
Organism Drosophila melanogaster
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary Recent evidence supports a role for RNA as a common pathogenic agent in both the “polyglutamine” and “untranslated” dominant expanded repeat disorders. One feature of all repeat sequences currently associated with disease is their predicted ability to form a hairpin secondary structure at the RNA level. In order to investigate mechanisms by which hairpin forming repeat RNAs could induce neurodegeneration, we have looked for alterations in gene transcripts as hallmarks of the cellular response to toxic hairpin repeat RNAs. Three disease associated repeat sequences - CAG, CUG and AUUCU - were specifically expressed in the neurons of Drosophila and resultant common, early, transcriptional changes assessed by microarray analyses. Transcripts that encode several components of the Akt/Gsk3-β signalling pathway were altered as a consequence of expression of these repeat RNAs, indicating that this pathway is a component of the neuronal response to these pathogenic RNAs and may represent an important common therapeutic target in this class of diseases.
 
Overall design The heads from newly eclosed Male Drosophila were used for RNA extraction and profiling on Affymetrix Drosophile Genome 2.0 microarrays. Twenty samples were analysed, representing control and experimental lines. Two independently derived control lines were used in each exeriment, totaling 4 samples. The tri-nucleotide repeats (CAG, CUG, CAA) were represented by three independently derived two transgene insertion lines each in one experiment and two independent four transgene insertion lines each in a second experiment, totaling 15 samples. A single four transgene insertion line was analysed for AUUCU. Candidates were selected from the pool of transcripts which showed a ‘present’ call in either all independent lines for a particular repeat sequence, or in all samples for the elav- GAL4/+ control in that experiment. Where possible, T-tests were performed on raw values to determine samples that showed a significant difference with a P-value < 0.05.
 
Contributor(s) van Eyk CL, O'Keefe LV, Lawlor KT, Samaraweera SE, McLeod CJ, Price GR, Venter DJ, Richards RI
Citation(s) 21518731
Submission date Feb 09, 2011
Last update date Aug 28, 2018
Contact name Gareth Price
E-mail(s) [email protected]
Phone 61413289611
Organization name Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics
Street address Carmody Road
City Brisbane
State/province Queensland
ZIP/Postal code 4072
Country Australia
 
Platforms (1)
GPL1322 [Drosophila_2] Affymetrix Drosophila Genome 2.0 Array
Samples (20)
GSM671699 Drosophila heads 0-3 days_elav c155>+_rep1
GSM671700 Drosophila heads 0-3 days_elav c155>+_rep2
GSM671701 Drosophila heads 0-3 days_elav c155>2x rCAG_independent line 2
Relations
BioProject PRJNA137367

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Supplementary file Size Download File type/resource
GSE27178_RAW.tar 41.5 Mb (http)(custom) TAR (of CEL, CHP)
Processed data included within Sample table
Processed data provided as supplementary file

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