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Series GSE208131 Query DataSets for GSE208131
Status Public on Nov 03, 2022
Title Patterns of heterochromatin distribution alterations linked to transcriptional changes at Plasmodium falciparum clonally variant gene loci [gene expression]
Organism Plasmodium falciparum
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary The survival of malaria parasites in the changing human blood environment largely depends on their ability to alter gene expression by epigenetic mechanisms. The active state of Plasmodium falciparum clonally variant genes is associated with euchromatin characterized by the histone mark H3K9ac, whereas the silenced state is characterized by H3K9me3-based heterochromatin. However, the localization of the euchromatin-heterochromatin transitions associated with expression switches in different clonally variant genes has not been characterized. Here we compared the distribution of heterochromatin between subclones of the same genetic background with different patterns of expressed and silenced clonally variant genes to identify at a genome-wide level the patterns associated with the different transcriptional states. We found that de novo heterochromatin formation or complete disruption of a heterochromatin domain are relatively rare events, and in the majority of loci expression switches can be explained by expansion or retraction of heterochromatin. We describe different modalities of heterochromatin changes linked to transcriptional differences, revealing a complex scenario. Despite this complexity, heterochromatin distribution patterns generally enable prediction of the transcriptional state of clonally variant genes. Some subclones expressed and had in an active chromatin state several var genes simultaneously. We also found that heterochromatin levels in the putative regulatory region of the gdv1-as non-coding RNA, previously involved in sexual commitment, varied between parasite lines with different sexual conversion rates.
Gene expression data for subclones A7, E5 and B11 (3D7-B stock).
 
Overall design Time-course analysis for 3D7-B subclones: A7, E5 and B11. Samples for transcriptomic analysis of A7, E5 and B11 lines were obtain from tightly synchronized cultures (0-5 h window) achieved by Percoll purification of erythrocytes infected with mature stages followed by 5% sorbitol lysis 5 h later. RNA was extracted from samples collected at 10-15, 20-25, 30-35, 37-42, 40-45 and 43-48 h post-invasion (hpi) using the Trizol method. The reference pool consisted of a mixture of equal amounts of cDNA from rings, trophozoites and schizonts from 3D7-A and 3D7-B stocks. Samples were hybridized oncustom Agilent microarrays (AMADID no. 085763) modified from design AMADID no. 037237.
 
Contributor(s) Rovira-Graells N, Casas-Vila N, Michel-Todó L, Cortés A
Citation(s) 36515553
Submission date Jul 13, 2022
Last update date Feb 02, 2023
Contact name Lucas Michel-Todó
E-mail(s) lucas.michel@isglobal.org
Organization name ISGlobal
Department Malaria Epigenetics
Street address Roselló, 149
City Barcelona
State/province Barcelona
ZIP/Postal code 08036
Country Spain
 
Platforms (1)
GPL26985 Agilent-085763 Pfalciparum15KArray_Sept18
Samples (18)
GSM6337843 A7, timepoint 10-15 hpi
GSM6337844 A7, timepoint 20-25 hpi
GSM6337845 A7, timepoint 30-35 hpi
This SubSeries is part of SuperSeries:
GSE208561 Patterns of heterochromatin distribution alterations linked to transcriptional changes at Plasmodium falciparum clonally variant gene loci
Relations
BioProject PRJNA858441

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GSE208131_RAW.tar 28.9 Mb (http)(custom) TAR (of TXT)
GSE208131_processed_data_with_genename.txt.gz 1.7 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT
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