GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) RNA libraries from immunoprecipitates of Tdrd1, Ziwi and Zili, total testis RNA, total RNA from 3 week old wild-type and tdrd1 mutant gonads.

Organism:

Danio rerio

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9319

7 Samples

Download data

(Submitter supplied) Piwi proteins and their associated Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are implicated in transposon silencing in the murine germline. There is currently little information on additional proteins in the murine Piwi complex and how they might regulate the entry of transcripts that accumulate as piRNAs in the Piwi ribonucleoprotein (piRNP). We isolated Mili-containing complexes from adult mouse testes and identified Tudor domain-containing protein 1 (Tdrd1) as a factor specifically associated with the Mili piRNP throughout spermatogenesis. more...

Organism:

Mus musculus

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9185

3 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) small RNA libraries from wild-type and Hen1 mutant testes were made with either polyA tailing (VASAGFPHen1minus/plus) or adapter ligation (Hen1Testis and WTTestis) and sequenced on an Illumina GAII platform.

Organism:

Danio rerio

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9319

4 Samples

Download data

(Submitter supplied) Small RNAs exert an effect through diverse RNA interference pathways to transcriptionally or post-transcriptionally silence their targets. The Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) represent a germline-specific small RNA pathway where Piwi proteins themselves are thought to mediate piRNA biosynthesis. Here, we provide strong evidence for a piRNA amplification loop in zebrafish, in which Ziwi and Zili bind piRNAs of opposite polarity. more...

Organism:

Danio rerio

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL7207

6 Samples

Download data: FA, FNA, QUAL

(Submitter supplied) Piwi proteins and their associated piRNAs are essential in the germline where they repress transposition, regulate translation, and guide epigenetic programming. Little is known, however, about the molecular mechanisms through which Piwi proteins and piRNAs mediate these processes. Here, we show that an evolutionarily conserved Tudor and KH-domain containing protein, Tdrkh (a.k.a. Tdrd2), partners with Miwi and Miwi2 in mice via symmetrically dimethylated arginine residues in Miwi and Miwi2. more...

Organism:

Mus musculus

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9250

2 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) guide PIWI proteins to suppress transposable elements in animal gonads. Here we demonstrate that in the mouse embryonic male germline, endonucleolytic cleavage (slicing) of a transcript by cytosolic MILI acts as a trigger to initiate its further 5??3? processing into non-overlapping fragments. These fragments accumulate as new piRNAs within the nuclear PIWI protein MIWI2. more...

Organism:

Mus musculus

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13112

13 Samples

Download data: CSV, TXT

(Submitter supplied) Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are gonad-specific small RNAs that provide defence against transposable genetic elements called transposons. Our knowledge of piRNA biogenesis is sketchy, partly due to an incomplete inventory of the factors involved. Here, we identify Tudor domain-containing 12 (TDRD12; also known as ECAT8) as a novel piRNA biogenesis factor in mice. TDRD12 is detected in complexes containing MILI (PIWIL2), its associated primary piRNAs, and TDRD1, all of which are already implicated in secondary piRNA biogenesis. more...

Organism:

Bombyx mori; Mus musculus

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing; Other

Platforms:

GPL11002 GPL15780

12 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Piwi proteins specify an animal-specific subclass of the Argonaute family, that in vertebrates are specifically expressed in germ cells. We demonstrate that zebrafish Piwi (Ziwi) is expressed in both the male and the female gonad, and is a component of a germline specifying structure, called nuage. Loss of Ziwi function results in a progressive loss of germ cells due to apoptosis during larval development. more...

Organism:

Danio rerio

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL11102

2 Samples

Download data

(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

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) PIWI proteins and their bound piRNAs form the core of a gonad specific small RNA silencing pathway in animals that protects the genome against the deleterious activity of transposable elements. Recent studies linked the piRNA pathway to TUDOR biology, where TUDOR domains of various proteins recognize and bind symmetrically methylated Arginine residues in PIWI proteins. We systematically analyzed the Drosophila TUDOR protein family and identified three previously not characterized TUDOR domain-containing genes (CG4771, CG14303 and CG11133) as essential piRNA pathway members. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9061

8 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) The repression of transposable elements in eukaryotes often involves their transcriptional silencing via targeted chromatin modifications. In animal gonads, nuclear Argonaute proteins of the PIWI-clade complexed with small guide RNAs (piRNAs) serve as sequence specificity determinants in this process. How binding of nuclear PIWI-piRNA complexes to nascent transcripts orchestrates heterochromatin formation and transcriptional silencing is unknown. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

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

Platform:

GPL13304

46 Samples

Download data: BEDGRAPH, BW, XLSX

(Submitter supplied) In germ cells, Piwi proteins interact with a specific class of small non-coding RNAs, piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). Together, these form a pathway that represses transposable elements, thus safeguarding germ cell genomes. While basic models describe the operation of piRNA pathways, neither the protein compositions of Piwi complexes, the critical protein-protein interactions that drive small RNA production and target recognition, or the precise molecular consequences of conserved localization to germline structures, call nuage, is well understood. more...

Organism:

Mus musculus

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9185

8 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Silencing of transposons in the Drosophila ovary relies on three Piwi-family proteins, Piwi, Aubergine (Aub), and Ago3, acting in concert with their small RNA guides, the piRNAs. Aub and Ago3 are found in the germ cell cytoplasm, where they function in the ping-pong cycle to consume transposon mRNAs. The nuclear Piwi protein is required for transposon silencing in both germ and somatic follicle cells, yet the precise mechanisms by which Piwi acts remain largely unclear. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

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

Platforms:

GPL13304 GPL16479

16 Samples

Download data: TXT, XLS

(Submitter supplied) Epigenetic silencing of transposons by Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) constitutes an RNA-based genome defense mechanism. Piwi endonuclease action amplifies the piRNA pool by generating new piRNAs from target transcripts by a poorly understood mechanism. Here, we identified mouse Fkbp6 as a factor in this biogenesis pathway delivering piRNAs to the Piwi protein Miwi2. Mice lacking Fkbp6 derepress LINE1 (L1) retrotransposon and display reduced DNA methylation due to deficient nuclear accumulation of Miwi2. more...

Organism:

Mus musculus; Bombyx mori

Type:

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

Platforms:

GPL11002 GPL15780

24 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Germ cells of most animals critically depend on piRNAs and Piwi proteins. Surprisingly, piRNAs in mouse oocytes are relatively rare and dispensable. We present compelling evidence for strong Piwi-piRNA expression in oocytes of other mammals. Human fetal oocytes express PIWIL2 and transposon-enriched piRNAs. Oocytes in adult human ovary express PIWIL1 and PIWIL2, while those in bovine ovary just express PIWIL1. more...

Organism:

Bos taurus; Macaca fascicularis; Homo sapiens

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL19647 GPL15520 GPL19646

41 Samples

Download data: FASTA

(Submitter supplied) We identify small RNA partners of Mili from 14 dpp testes of Tdrd9-/- and Tdrd9+/- mice. Two technical replicates of the same library are indicated as replicate 1 and 2.

Organism:

Mus musculus

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9185

4 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) PIWI-clade Argonaute proteins silence transposon expression in animal gonads. Their target specificity is defined by bound ~23-30nt piRNAs that are processed from single-stranded precursor transcripts via two distinct pathways. Primary piRNAs are defined by the endo-nuclease Zucchini, while biogenesis of secondary piRNAs depends on piRNA-guided transcript cleavage and results in piRNA amplification. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

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

Platform:

GPL13304

46 Samples

Download data: BW, TXT

(Submitter supplied) Small RNAs called PIWI -interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are essential for transposon control and fertility in animals. Primary processing is the small RNA biogenesis pathway that uses long single-stranded RNA precursors to generate millions of individual piRNAs, but the molecular mechanisms that identify a transcript as a precursor are poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that artificial tethering of the piRNA biogenesis factor, Armi, to a transcript is sufficient to direct it into primary processing in Drosophila ovaries and in an ovarian cell culture model. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

108 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) PIWI proteins and their associated small RNAs called PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) restrict transposon activity in animal gonads to ensure fertility. Distinct biogenesis pathways load piRNAs into the PIWI proteins MILI and MIWI2 in the mouse male embryonic germline. While most of MILI piRNAs derive via a slicer-independent pathway, a MILI slicer endonuclease-initiated pathway loads nuclear MIWI2 with a series of phased piRNAs. more...

Organism:

Mus musculus

Type:

Other; Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13112

32 Samples

Download data: CSV

(Submitter supplied) In animal gonads, 23-30nt long PIWI interacting RNAs (piRNAs) guarantee genome integrity by guiding the sequence specific silencing of selfish genetic elements such as transposons. Two major branches of piRNA biogenesis, namely primary processing and ping-pong amplification, feed into the PIWI clade of Argonaute proteins. Despite our conceptual understanding of piRNA biogenesis, major gaps exist in the mechanistic understanding of the underlying molecular processes as well as in the knowledge of the involved players. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

13 Samples

Download data: CSV