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PLOS ONE | 2011

Rational Design of Temperature-Sensitive Alleles Using Computational Structure Prediction

Christopher S. Poultney; Glenn L. Butterfoss; Michelle Gutwein; Kevin Drew; David Gresham; Kristin C. Gunsalus; Dennis E. Shasha; Richard Bonneau

Temperature-sensitive (ts) mutations are mutations that exhibit a mutant phenotype at high or low temperatures and a wild-type phenotype at normal temperature. Temperature-sensitive mutants are valuable tools for geneticists, particularly in the study of essential genes. However, finding ts mutations typically relies on generating and screening many thousands of mutations, which is an expensive and labor-intensive process. Here we describe an in silico method that uses Rosetta and machine learning techniques to predict a highly accurate “top 5” list of ts mutations given the structure of a protein of interest. Rosetta is a protein structure prediction and design code, used here to model and score how proteins accommodate point mutations with side-chain and backbone movements. We show that integrating Rosetta relax-derived features with sequence-based features results in accurate temperature-sensitive mutation predictions.


Computers in Biology and Medicine | 2014

Label free cell-tracking and division detection based on 2D time-lapse images for lineage analysis of early embryo development

Marcelo Cicconet; Michelle Gutwein; Kristin C. Gunsalus; Davi Geiger

In this paper we report a database and a series of techniques related to the problem of tracking cells, and detecting their divisions, in time-lapse movies of mammalian embryos. Our contributions are (1) a method for counting embryos in a well, and cropping each individual embryo across frames, to create individual movies for cell tracking; (2) a semi-automated method for cell tracking that works up to the 8-cell stage, along with a software implementation available to the public (this software was used to build the reported database); (3) an algorithm for automatic tracking up to the 4-cell stage, based on histograms of mirror symmetry coefficients captured using wavelets; (4) a cell-tracking database containing 100 annotated examples of mammalian embryos up to the 8-cell stage; and (5) statistical analysis of various timing distributions obtained from those examples.


Development | 2016

A novel small molecule that disrupts a key event during the oocyte-to-embryo transition in C. elegans

Steven E. Weicksel; Assaf Mahadav; Mark Moyle; Patricia G. Cipriani; Michelle Kudron; Zachary Pincus; Shirin Bahmanyar; Laura Abriola; Janie Merkel; Michelle Gutwein; Anita G. Fernandez; Fabio Piano; Kristin C. Gunsalus; Valerie Reinke

The complex cellular events that occur in response to fertilization are essential for mediating the oocyte-to-embryo transition. Here, we describe a comprehensive small-molecule screen focused on identifying compounds that affect early embryonic events in Caenorhabditis elegans. We identify a single novel compound that disrupts early embryogenesis with remarkable stage and species specificity. The compound, named C22, primarily impairs eggshell integrity, leading to osmotic sensitivity and embryonic lethality. The C22-induced phenotype is dependent upon the upregulation of the LET-607/CREBH transcription factor and its candidate target genes, which primarily encode factors involved in diverse aspects of protein trafficking. Together, our data suggest that in the presence of C22, one or more key components of the eggshell are inappropriately processed, leading to permeable, inviable embryos. The remarkable specificity and reversibility of this compound will facilitate further investigation into the role and regulation of protein trafficking in the early embryo, as well as serve as a tool for manipulating the life cycle for other studies such as those involving aging. Summary: The small molecule C22 induces expression of the LET-607 transcription factor, leading to mis-regulation of protein trafficking and thus impairing eggshell formation and the oocyte-to-embryo transition.


Genome Biology | 2018

Developmental dynamics of gene expression and alternative polyadenylation in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline

Sean West; D. Mecenas; Michelle Gutwein; David Aristizábal-Corrales; Fabio Piano; Kristin C. Gunsalus

BackgroundThe 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNAs play a major role in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Selection of transcript cleavage and polyadenylation sites is a dynamic process that produces multiple transcript isoforms for the same gene within and across different cell types. Using LITE-Seq, a new quantitative method to capture transcript 3′ ends expressed in vivo, we have characterized sex- and cell type-specific transcriptome-wide changes in gene expression and 3′UTR diversity in Caenorhabditis elegans germline cells undergoing proliferation and differentiation.ResultsWe show that nearly half of germline transcripts are alternatively polyadenylated, that differential regulation of endogenous 3′UTR variants is common, and that alternative isoforms direct distinct spatiotemporal protein expression patterns in vivo. Dynamic expression profiling also reveals temporal regulation of X-linked gene expression, selective stabilization of transcripts, and strong evidence for a novel developmental program that promotes nucleolar dissolution in oocytes. We show that the RNA-binding protein NCL-1/Brat is a posttranscriptional regulator of numerous ribosome-related transcripts that acts through specific U-rich binding motifs to down-regulate mRNAs encoding ribosomal protein subunits, rRNA processing factors, and tRNA synthetases.ConclusionsThese results highlight the pervasive nature and functional potential of patterned gene and isoform expression during early animal development.


Science | 2010

The Landscape of C. elegans 3′UTRs

Marco Mangone; Arun Prasad Manoharan; Danielle Thierry-Mieg; Jean Thierry-Mieg; Ting Han; Sebastian D. Mackowiak; Emily K. Mis; Charles Zegar; Michelle Gutwein; Vishal Khivansara; Oliver Attie; Kevin C. Chen; Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani; Marc Vidal; Timothy T. Harkins; Pascal Bouffard; Yutaka Suzuki; Sumio Sugano; Yuji Kohara; Nikolaus Rajewsky; Fabio Piano; Kristin C. Gunsalus; John Kim


Current Biology | 2017

Genome Architecture and Evolution of a Unichromosomal Asexual Nematode

Hélène Fradin; Karin Kiontke; Charles Zegar; Michelle Gutwein; Jessica Lucas; Mikhail Kovtun; David L. Corcoran; L. Ryan Baugh; David H. A. Fitch; Fabio Piano; Kristin C. Gunsalus


Archive | 2017

Supplemental Tables 1-6

Sean West; Kristin C. Gunsalus; David Aristizábal; Michelle Gutwein


Archive | 2017

Supplemental Figures 1-18

Sean West; Kristin C. Gunsalus; David Aristizábal; Michelle Gutwein


Archive | 2017

Cleavage and polyadenylation sites

Sean West; Kristin C. Gunsalus; David Aristizábal; Michelle Gutwein

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Danielle Thierry-Mieg

National Institutes of Health

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