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Series GSE16261 Query DataSets for GSE16261
Status Public on Dec 15, 2009
Title Effect of human TNF-alpha on adult Schistosoma mansoni gene expression profile
Organism Schistosoma mansoni
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary Schistosoma mansoni is the major causative agent of schistosomiasis in the Americas. This parasite takes advantage from host signaling molecules such as cytokines and hormones to complete its development inside the host. TNF-α is the most important cytokine involved in the inflammatory response when cercaria, the infective stage, penetrates the human skin and a severe inflammatory response is started. In this work the authors describe the complete sequence of a possible TNF-α receptor in S. mansoni and detect that the receptor is most highly expressed in cercaria among all life cycle stages. In an attempt to mimic the situation at the site of skin penetration cercariae have been mechanically transformed in vitro into schistosomula and immediately exposed to human TNF-α . Exposure of these early schistosomula to the human hormone caused a large-scale change in the expression of parasite genes. Exposure of adult worms to human TNF-α caused gene expression changes as well, although the set of parasite altered genes was entirely different from that of schistosomula. This work increases the number of known signaling pathways of the parasite, and opens new perspectives into understanding the molecular components of TNF-α response as well as possibly interfering with parasite-host interaction.
 
Overall design A platform previously designed by our group (PMID: 17517391) was used. 300 ng of RNA from adult schistosomes treated with TNF and its control were used for the hybridization. RNA amplification and labeling kit (Agilent Technologies) were used according to manufacturer´s instructions. Each sample was separately labeled with either Cy3 or Cy5. 825 ng cRNA from each amplification were used for hybridization; self-self experiments were performed. Washing and scanning procedures were according to the manufacturer´s instructions using GenePix 4000B scanner (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). Data was extracted using Feature Extraction software (Agilent Technologies). We calculated a virtual Log2 ratio between intensities of TNF-α Treated/Control, for each gene. With these ratios, we used two different approaches for SAM statistical analyses. SAM one-class approach was used to identify genes with sustained changes in their expression levels along the entire time period of observation (1 and 24 h); SAM two-class approach was used to identify genes with transient changes in their expression levels. In both cases, genes were considered differentially expressed at q-value ≤ 0.05. Hierarchical clustering of selected genes was generated using Spotfire Decision Site software (TIBCO Software Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA). For a gene that was represented in the array by multiple probes, we picked a single representative probe by selecting the probe with the highest absolute value of the Log2 ratio between intensities of TNF-α Treated/Control.
 
Contributor(s) Oliveira KC, Carvalho ML, Venancio TM, Miyasato PA, Kawano T, DeMarco R, Verjovski-Almeida S
Citation(s) 19956564
Submission date May 27, 2009
Last update date May 15, 2014
Contact name Katia Cristina Pereira Oliveira
Organization name Instituto Adolfo Lutz
Department Centro de Parasitologia e Micologia
Lab Nucleo de Enterparasitas
Street address Av Prof lineu prestes 748
City São Paulo
State/province O
ZIP/Postal code 05508000
Country Brazil
 
Platforms (2)
GPL4791 USP Schistosoma mansoni 44K oligo array version 1.0
GPL8606 USP Schistosoma mansoni 4x44K oligo-array version 1.0
Samples (24)
GSM409355 Adult worms treated with human TNF-alpha during 24hs rep 1 cy3
GSM409356 Adult worms treated with human TNF-alpha during 24hs rep 1 cy5
GSM409357 Adult worms treated Tris 10nM pH 8,8 (vehicle) during 24hs rep 1 (Control sample 1) cy3
Relations
BioProject PRJNA115099

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