title: Transcriptomics tool for the human Schistosoma blood flukes using microarray gene expression profiling.
abstract: We report the design, fabrication, and validation of a microarray covering the majority of the Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni transcriptomes. The oligonucleotide microarray contains 12,166 S. mansoni and 7055 S. japonicum target sequences. A confidence threshold of <or=0.001 (P value) was used in all analyses. The cross hybridization potential of the microarray was representative of 10,362 probes detected in both channels, while 12,052 probes hybridised to S. japonicum and 11,254 probes hybridised to S. mansoni. Differential hybridisation consisted of 3422 probes to S. mansoni mRNA and 3103 probes to S. japonicum mRNA. Important biological functions, such as transport, metabolism, immune evasion and host-parasite immunological interplay, cell communication, and sexual maturation are represented on this microarray. This is the first microarray commercially manufactured for studying schistosomes, and the large size and verified quality of the resource demonstrate its power for characterising the schistosome transcriptome.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International Health and Nutrition, Brisbane, Qld., Australia. geoffG@qimr.edu.au <geoffG@qimr.edu.au>
authors.forename: Geoffrey N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Gobert
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McInnes
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moertel
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Malcolm K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Donald P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: McManus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000276:immunology; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018510:RNA, Helminth / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018510:RNA, Helminth; D012333:RNA, Messenger