RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Transcriptome analysis of Pv11 cells infers the mechanism of desiccation tolerance and recovery JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 368175 DO 10.1101/368175 A1 Takahiro G Yamada A1 Yoshitaka Suetsugu A1 Ruslan Deviatiiarov A1 Oleg Gusev A1 Richard Cornette A1 Alexander Nesmelov A1 Noriko Hiroi A1 Takahiro Kikawada A1 Akira Funahashi YR 2018 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/07/13/368175.abstract AB Some organisms, such as larvae of the African midge Polypedilum vanderplanki, can enter an ametabolic state called anhydro-biosis to conquer fatal desiccation stress. In 2010, the Pv11 cell line was established, which was derived from embryos of the midge. Desiccated Pv11 cells pretreated with medium containing 600 mM trehalose resume proliferation after rehydration. The desiccation tolerance of Pv11 cells includes tolerance induction by trehalose treatment and recovery after rehydration. To address the underlying molecular mechanisms, we performed CAGE-seq of mRNA from Pv11 cells first treated with trehalose, then desiccated, and finally rehydrated, and analysed differentially expressed genes (DEGs). We detected 384 DEGs after trehalose treatment and 14 DEGs after rehydration. Hierarchical clustering of the identified DEGs indicated that rehydration returns their expression pattern to that in the control culture state. DEGs involved in various stress responses, detoxification of harmful chemicals, and regulation of oxidoreduction were upregulated by trehalose treatment. DEGs for rehydration revealed that DNA repair may be involved in recovery. This study provided initial insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the extreme desiccation tolerance of Pv11 cells with a potential for proliferation following rehydration.