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Series GSE138116 Query DataSets for GSE138116
Status Public on Sep 28, 2019
Title Spaceflight and simulated microgravity conditions increase virulence of Serratia marcescens in the Drosophila melanogaster infection model
Organism Drosophila melanogaster
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary While it has been shown that astronauts suffer immune disorders after spaceflight, the underlying causes are still poorly understood and there are many variables to consider when investigating the immune system in a complex environment. Additionally, there is growing evidence that suggests that not only is the immune system being altered, but the pathogens that infect the host are significantly influenced by spaceflight and ground-based spaceflight conditions. In this study, we demonstrate that Serratia marcescens (strain Db11) was significantly more lethal to Drosophila melanogaster after growth on the International Space Station than ground-based controls, but that the host immune system is not significantly altered amongst known immune genes. High-throughput sequencing of wild-type (w1118) adult hosts infected with either space or ground-reared S. marcescens revealed few changes in gene expression, with 11 genes significantly differentially expressed (q-values <0.05) and only one gene related to the immune system. This data supports the main findings of the paper, which state that both spaceflight and low-shear modeled microgravity conditions increase the virulence of this pathogen, independent of the host immune system. This data, which shows that there are no significant immune-related changes to the host when infected with space-grown sample compared to ground-grown sample, provides further evidence that there are likely phenotypic changes to the pathogen itself that is causing increased virulence in spaceflight and in low-shear modeled microgravity.
 
Overall design RNA was extracted in triplicate from 2 pooled adult (2-3 day old female) Drosophila melanogaster (w1118) per treatment, with 4 total treatment groups (no injection control, sham injection with PBS, ground bacteria-injected, and space bacteria-injected) with poly(A)+ RNA libraries. Samples were multiplexed and sequenced 100bp paired-end ready were sequenced on one lane of the Illumina HiSeq-4000.
 
Contributor(s) Gilbert R, Torres M, Clemens R, Hateley S, Hosamani R, Wade W, Bhattacharya S, Pachter L
Citation(s) 32047838
Submission date Sep 27, 2019
Last update date Feb 18, 2020
Contact name Rachel Rene Gilbert
E-mail(s) rachel.r.gilbert@nasa.gov
Organization name NASA Ames Research Center
Department Space Biosciences
Street address N261, Rm 105
City Moffett Field
State/province CA
ZIP/Postal code 94035
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL21306 Illumina HiSeq 4000 (Drosophila melanogaster)
Samples (12)
GSM4100369 Adult flies, Control 1 (no injection)
GSM4100370 Adult flies, Control 2 (no injection)
GSM4100371 Adult flies, Control 3 (no injection)
Relations
BioProject PRJNA574643
SRA SRP223532

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GSE138116_RAW.tar 4.8 Mb (http)(custom) TAR (of TSV)
GSE138116_sleuthwaldtesttable2.csv.gz 1.3 Mb (ftp)(http) CSV
GSE138116_spacevsgroundWaldTest.csv.gz 999 b (ftp)(http) CSV
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