GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) Qin, a novel protein comprising amino-terminal E3 ligase and five carboxy terminal Tudor domains, silences transposons and ensures genome stability in the Drosophila germline by promoting antisene piRNA amplification via Aubergine:Ago3 Ping-Pong and preventing futile Aubergine:Aubergine interactions.

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by genome tiling array

Platform:

GPL6629

6 Samples

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(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

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(Submitter supplied) Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) silence transposons in animal germ cells. In Drosophila, the reciprocal “Ping-Pong” cycle of piRNA-directed RNA cleavage, catalyzed by the PIWI proteins Aubergine (Aub) and Argonaute3 (AGO3) through their Slicer activity, is believed to expand the population of antisense piRNAs in response to transposon expression. Whether and how the Slicer activity of AGO3/Aub promotes the process of the secondary piRNA amplification remain unclear. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17520

3 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) suppress transposon activity in animal germ cells. In the Drosophila ovary, primary Aubergine (Aub)-bound antisense piRNAs initiate the ping-pong cycle to produce secondary AGO3-bound sense piRNAs. This increases the number of secondary Aub-bound antisense piRNAs that can act to destroy transposon mRNAs. Here we show that Krimper (Krimp), a Tudor-domain protein, directly interacts with piRNA-free AGO3 to promote symmetrical dimethylarginine (sDMA) modification, ensuring sense piRNA-loading onto sDMA-modified AGO3. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing; Other

Platforms:

GPL13304 GPL16479

12 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) In Drosophila, Piwi proteins use guide piRNAs to repress selfish genomic elements, protecting the genomic integrity of gametes and ensuring the fertility of animal species. Efficient transposon repression depends on amplification of piRNA guides in the ping-pong cycle, which in Drosophila entails tight cooperation between two Piwi proteins, Aub and Ago3. Here we show that post-translational modification, symmetric dimethylarginine (sDMA), of Aub is essential for piRNA biogenesis, transposon silencing and fertility. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17275

6 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Germline-specific RNA helicase Spindle-E (Spn-E) is known to be essential for piRNA silencing in Drosophila that takes place mainly in the perinuclear nuage granules. Loss-of-function spn-E mutations lead to tandem Stellate genes derepression in the testes and retrotransposon mobilization in the ovaries. However, Spn-E functions in the piRNA pathway are still obscure. Analysis of total library of short RNAs from the testes of spn-E heterozygous flies revealed the presence of abundant piRNA ping-pong pairs originating from Su(Ste) transcripts. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

2 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) piRNAs expression analysis in dissected Drosophila ovaries, focused on the 42ab and flamenco locus

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

2 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) We characterized changes of transposon and mRNA expressions in armi, rhino ,aub, ago3 mutants with respect to wild type using Affy tiling array. In most of these mutants, mRNA expressions were mostly unchanged but increased expressions was observed for many transposons indicating the role of these proteins in silencing transposons in Drosophila ovaries Keywords: Tiling array transcriptome profiling

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by genome tiling array

Platform:

GPL6629

15 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Aub protein guided by piRNAs ensures genome integrity by cleaving retrotransposons and genome propagation by trapping mRNAs to form the germ plasm that instructs germ cell formation. The amino terminus of Aub (Aub-NT) is rich in arginines (Aub-NTRs), which are symmetrically dimethylated (sDMAs), and interacts with Tudor protein and other Tudor domain containing proteins (Tdrds). Aub-Tdrd interactions play critical roles in suppressing active retrotransposons via piRNA amplification and in germ plasm formation via generation of Aub-Tudor ribonucleoproteins. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL21306 GPL17275 GPL11203

12 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) In Drosophila, Piwi proteins associate with Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and protect the germline genome by silencing mobile genetic elements. This defense system acts in germline and gonadal somatic tissue to preserve germline development. Genetic control for these silencing pathways varies greatly between tissues of the gonad. Here, we identified Vreteno (Vret), a novel gonad-specific protein essential for germline development. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL1322

12 Samples

Download data: CEL

(Submitter supplied) Here, we analyzed small RNA libraries derived from ovarian tissues heterozygous or mutant for the Tudor gene, Vreteno. In the absence of vret, Piwi-bound piRNAs are lost without changes in piRNA precursor transcript production, supporting a role for Vret in primary piRNA biogenesis. In the germline, piRNAs can engage in an Aub/Argonaute 3 (AGO3)-dependent amplification in the absence of Vret, suggesting that Vret function can distinguish between primary piRNAs loaded into Piwi/Aub complexes and piRNAs engaged in the amplification cycle. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9061

2 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Drosophila Piwi-family proteins have been implicated in transposon control. Here, we examine piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) associated with each Drosophila Piwi protein and find that Piwi and Aubergine bind RNAs that are predominantly antisense to transposons, whereas Ago3 complexes contain predominantly sense piRNAs. As in mammals, the majority of Drosophila piRNAs are derived from discrete genomic loci. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9058

4 Samples

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(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

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(Submitter supplied) We show that heterologous RNA that lacks complementary piRNAs is processed into piRNAs upon recruitment of several piRNA pathway factors. Our approach utilizes tethering of components of the piRNA pathway to the transcript of a reporter and then small RNA cloning from total RNA from Drosophila ovaries. Our approach allows discrimination of proteins involved in transcription and export of piRNA precursors from components required for the cytoplasmic processing steps. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17275

70 Samples

Download data: BEDGRAPH, FA

(Submitter supplied) piRNAs function in silencing retrotransposons by associating with the PIWI proteins, AGO3, Aub, and Piwi, in Drosophila germlines. Bioinformatics analyses of piRNAs in Drosophila ovaries suggested that piRNAs are produced by two systems, the primary processing pathway and the amplification loop, from repetitive genes and piRNA clusters in the genome. The amplification loop occurs in a Dicer-independent, PIWI-Slicer-dependent manner. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9333

1 Sample

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(Submitter supplied) Small regulatory RNAs guide Argonaute (Ago) proteins in a sequence-specific manner to their targets and therefore have important roles in eukaryotic gene silencing. Of the three small RNA classes, microRNAs and short interfering RNAs are processed from double-stranded precursors into defined 21- to 23-mers by Dicer, an endoribonuclease with intrinsic ruler function. PIWI- interacting RNAs (piRNAs)—the 22–30-nt-long guides for PIWI- clade Ago proteins that silence transposons in animal gonads— are generated independently of Dicer from single-stranded precursors. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17275

35 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Germline-specific Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) protect the genome against selfish genetic elements and are essential for fertility in animals. piRNAs targeting active transposons are amplified by a feed-forward loop known as the Ping-pong cycle, which links endonucleolytic slicing of target RNAs by Piwi proteins to biogenesis of new piRNAs. However, the biochemical framework for this pathway remains elusive. more...

Organism:

Bombyx mori

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL18754 GPL16216

13 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) The repression of transposons by the Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is essential to protect animal germ cells. In Drosophila ovaries, Panoramix (Panx) enforces transcriptional silencing by binding to the target-engaged Piwi-piRNA complex, although the precise mechanisms by which this occur remain elusive. Here, we show that Panx functions together with a germline specific paralogue of a nuclear export factor, dNxf2, and its cofactor dNxt1 (p15) as a ternary complex to suppress transposon expression. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing; Other

Platforms:

GPL23702 GPL17275

16 Samples

Download data: BIGWIG

(Submitter supplied) The repression of transposons by the Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is essential to protect animal germ cells. In Drosophila ovaries, Panoramix (Panx) enforces transcriptional silencing by binding to the target-engaged Piwi-piRNA complex, although the precise mechanisms by which this occur remain elusive. Here, we show that Panx functions together with a germline specific paralogue of a nuclear export factor, dNxf2, and its cofactor dNxt1 (p15) as a ternary complex to suppress transposon expression. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Other

Platform:

GPL23702

4 Samples

Download data: BIGWIG

(Submitter supplied) The repression of transposons by the Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is essential to protect animal germ cells. In Drosophila ovaries, Panoramix (Panx) enforces transcriptional silencing by binding to the target-engaged Piwi-piRNA complex, although the precise mechanisms by which this occur remain elusive. Here, we show that Panx functions together with a germline specific paralogue of a nuclear export factor, dNxf2, and its cofactor dNxt1 (p15) as a ternary complex to suppress transposon expression. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL23702 GPL17275

12 Samples

Download data: BIGWIG, TXT