GEO DataSets

(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

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(Submitter supplied) PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) repress transposons to maintain germline genome integrity. Previous studies showed that artificial tethering of Armitage (Armi) to reporter RNAs induced piRNA biogenesis. However, lack of female sterile (1) Yb (Yb) in Drosophila ovarian somatic cells (OSCs) impaired production of transposon-targeting piRNAs even in the presence of Armi. Here, we show that specific interaction of Armi with RNA transcripts of flamenco piRNA cluster, the primary source of transposon-targeting piRNAs in OSCs, is strictly regulated by Yb. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Other

Platforms:

GPL13304 GPL21306 GPL16479

19 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) 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

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(Submitter supplied) Armitage (Armi) is a component of Yb bodies and functions in the primary piRNA processing pathway. Armi interaction with Piwi does not require Yb expression; however, without Yb, the Armi-Piwi complex does not localize at Yb bodies and contains few piR-ILs (small RNAs associated with Armitage complex). These results suggest that only upon its localization at Yb bodies does the Armi-Piwi-Yb complex gain an opportunity to interact with piR-ILs. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL10876

1 Sample

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(Submitter supplied) The piRNA pathway is a small RNA-based immune system that silences mobile genetic elements in animal germlines. piRNA biogenesis requires a specialised machinery that converts long single-stranded precursors into small RNAs of ~25-nucleotides in length. This process involves factors that operate in two different subcellular compartments: the nuage/Yb-body and mitochondria. How these two sites communicate to achieve accurate substrate selection and efficient processing remains unclear. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL21306

18 Samples

Download data: BW

(Submitter supplied) Despite exciting progress in understanding the Piwi-associ-ated RNA (piRNA) pathway in the germ line, less is known about this pathway in somatic cells. We showed previously that Piwi, a key component of the piRNA pathway in Drosophila, is regulated in somatic cells by Yb, a novel protein containing an RNA helicase-like motif and a Tudor-like domain. Yb is specifically expressed in gonadal somatic cells and regulates piwi in somatic niche cells to control germ line and somatic stem cell self-renewal. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9061

2 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) piRNAs direct Piwi to repress transposons to maintain genome integrity in Drosophila ovarian somatic cells. piRNA maturation and association with Piwi occur at perinuclear Yb bodies, the centers of piRNA biogenesis. Here, we show that piRNA intermediates arising from the piRNA cluster flamenco (flam) concentrate into perinuclear foci adjacent to Yb bodies, termed Flam bodies. Although flam expression is not required for Yb body formation, Yb, the core component of Yb bodies, is required for Flam body formation. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing; Other

Platform:

GPL13304

1 Sample

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) 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) In Drosophila ovarian somatic cells, piRNAs against transposable elements are mainly produced from the ~180-kb flamenco (flam) locus. flam transcripts are gathered into one-two foci, located close to nuclear envelope, and processed into piRNAs in the cytoplasmic Yb bodies. The mechanism of Yb body formation remains unknown. Using RNA FISH, we found that in the follicle cells of ovaries the 5’-ends of flam transcripts are usually located in close proximity to the nuclear envelope and outside of Yb bodies, while their extended downstream regions mostly overlap with Yb bodies. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL25244

2 Samples

Download data: BEDGRAPH

(Submitter supplied) Transposable elements can drive genome evolution, but their enhanced activity is detrimental to the host and therefore must be tightly regulated. The piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs) pathway is critically important for transposable element regulation, by inducing transcriptional silencing or post-transcriptional decay of mRNAs. We show that piRNAs and piRNA biogenesis components regulate pre-mRNA splicing of P transposable element transcripts in vivo, leading to the production of the non-transposase-encoding mature mRNA isoform in germ cells. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing; Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL17275

20 Samples

Download data: BEDGRAPH, BIGWIG

(Submitter supplied) PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are animal gonad-specific small RNAs that control the activity of transposable elements. Long single stranded RNAs from a variety of sources are substrates for the nebulous primary processing pathway that converts these into thousands of 24-30 nucleotide (nt) piRNAs. How these transcripts are selected as precursors is not known. Here we show that targeting a transcript with PIWI slicer activity of cysosolic Ago3 is sufficient to trigger ~30-nt waves of non-overlapping primary piRNAs in the fly ovarian germline. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster; Mus musculus; Bombyx mori

Type:

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

Platforms:

GPL13304 GPL13112 GPL16216

53 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Combining RNAi in cultured cells and analysis of mutant animals, we probed roles of known piRNA pathway components in the initiation and effector phases of transposon silencing.

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing; Other

Platform:

GPL9061

8 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) In the Drosophila germline, transposable elements (TEs) are silenced by PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) that originate from distinct genomic regions termed piRNA clusters and are processed by PIWI-subfamily Argonaute proteins. Here, we explore the variation in the ability to restrain an alien TE in different Drosophila strains. The I-element is a retrotransposon involved in the phenomenon of I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL13304

7 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Primary piRNAs in Drosophila ovarian somatic cells arise from piRNA cluster transcripts and the 3′ UTRs of a subset of mRNAs, including Traffic jam (Tj) mRNA. However, it is unclear how these RNAs are determined as primary piRNA sources. Here, we identify a cis-acting 100-nt fragment in the Tj 3′ UTR that is sufficient for producing artificial piRNAs from unintegrated DNA. These artificial piRNAs were effective in endogenous gene transcriptional silencing. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL13304 GPL16479

8 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

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

Platform:

GPL9061

4 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Piwi proteins and their associated small RNAs are essential for fertility in animals. This is due, in part, to their roles in guarding germ cell genomes against the activity of mobile genetic elements. piRNA populations direct Piwi proteins to silence transposon targets and as such form a molecular code that discriminates transposons from endogenous genes. Information ultimately carried by piRNAs is encoded within genomic loci, termed piRNA clusters. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9061

2 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Piwi proteins and their associated small RNAs are essential for fertility in animals. This is due, in part, to their roles in guarding germ cell genomes against the activity of mobile genetic elements. piRNA populations direct Piwi proteins to silence transposon targets and as such form a molecular code that discriminates transposons from endogenous genes. Information ultimately carried by piRNAs is encoded within genomic loci, termed piRNA clusters. more...

Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster

Type:

Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL9061

2 Samples

Download data: TXT