Transcriptome profiling of Drosophila wild type and ttk-RNAi, dpn overexpressed, Nicd overexpressed and seq&Nicd overexpressed intestinal progenitor cells

Purpose: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized systems-based analysis of cellular pathways. The goals of this study are to compare transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) of intestinal progenitor cells in Drosophila wild type and ttk-RNAi, dpn overexpressed, Nicd overexpressed and seq&Nicd overexpressed midguts Methods: mRNA profiles of intestinal progenitor cells isolated from 7-day-old wild-type (Ctrl) and ttk-RNAi, dpn overexpressed(dpn OE), Nicd overexpressed(Nicd OE) and seq&Nicd overexpressed(seq&Nicd OE) Drosophila midgut were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 2500. Results: ttk-RNAi in intestinal progenitor cells induces the expression of many neural-specific genes, including dpn and seq. Dpn ectopic expresion explains most of the ttk-RNAi expression profile change. Seq ectopic expression explains the expression of neural-specific Notch targets in the ttk-RNAi intestinal progenitor cells. Overall design: mRNA profiles of intestinal progenitor cells isolated from 7-day-old wild-type (Ctrl) and ttk-RNAi, dpn overexpressed(dpn OE), Nicd overexpressed(Nicd OE) and seq&Nicd overexpressed(seq&Nicd OE) Drosophila midgut were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 2500.