WormMine

WS294

Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

Life Stage :

Definition  The stage that begins when a C.elegans individual is fully-developed and has reached maturity. Primary Identifier  WBls:0000041
Public Name  adult Ce

6 Anatomy Terms

Definition Name Synonym Primary Identifier
A chain of very large cuboidal cells forming a wide central lumen in which food arrives from the posterior pharynx, is digested, and from which waste products proceed to the rectum. Intestinal rings form in groups of two and four cells surrounding the common lumen; thus the epithelium is only one cell deep at any point, with neighboring cells firmly secured to their neighbors by apical adherens junctions. These cells have very large nuclei and many large vacuoles, yolk granules, and other inclusions; the latter increase in number and electron density as the animal ages. intestine gut WBbt:0005772
Epidermal layer. hypodermis epidermis WBbt:0005733
type of cells that make up muscle layers in the pharynx. pharyngeal muscle cell   WBbt:0005451
Major cell type of nervous tissue, specialized for transmission of information in the form of patterns of impulses. neuron neurone WBbt:0003679
H-shaped cell associated with the excretory system, largest cell in C. elegans. excretory cell excretory canal cell WBbt:0005812
Neuron class of one pharyngeal interneuron, posterior sensory. I6 neuron I6 WBbt:0004739

2 Contained In

Remark Definition Other Name Public Name Primary Identifier
  The nematode life-stage that begins when the organism is fully-developed and has reached maturity. nematode adult WBls:0000104
  A developemental life stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that occurs from egg hatching until death. postembryonic Ce WBls:0000022

199 Expression Clusters

Regulated By Treatment Description Algorithm Primary Identifier
  Genes with expression altered >= 3-fold in dpy-10(e128) mutants. Data across the wild type series was analyzed using the Significance analysis of Microarrays (SAM) algorithm (to calculate the False Discovery Rate (FDR)). WBPaper00035873:dpy-10_regulated
adult vs dauer larva Transcripts that showed differential expression in adult vs dauer lava in N2 animals at 20C. N.A. WBPaper00050488:adult_vs_dauer_regulated_N2_20C
  Neuronally enriched transcripts according to a comparison of neuronal nuclei IP samples to total nuclei using isolation of nuclei from tagged specific cell types (INTACT) technology. DESEQ2, fold change > 2 and FDR < 0.01. WBPaper00062103:neuron_enriched
Bacteria infection: Enterococcus faecalis Genes with increased expression after 24 hours of infection by E.faecalis Fold changes shown are pathogen vs OP50. For RNA-seq and tiling arrays, log2 fold changes between gene expression values of infected versus uninfected nematodes were calculated. For log2 fold changes > 0.00001 the values > 81.25th percentile were defined as up-regulated and for log2 fold changes < -0.00001 the values < 18.75th percentile were defined as down-regulated. WBPaper00038438:E.faecalis_24hr_upregulated_TilingArray
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in prx-5(RNAi) animals. Fold change > 2, p-value < 0.05. WBPaper00060911:prx-5(RNAi)_downregulated_mRNA
Bacteria infection: Photorhabdus luminescens Genes down-regulated in animals infected with Photorhabdus luminescens compared to the E. coli OP50 control after 24h of infection. MAANOVA and BRB-Array-Tools. WBPaper00030985:Photorhabdus_luminescens_downregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in Y56A3A.22(cck200) and Y56A3A.22(cck201) animals comparing to wild type animals. N.A. WBPaper00061045:Y56A3A.22(cck200)_upregulated
  Genes down regulated by mir-243(n4759). RNAs that changed at least 2-fold with a probability of p > 0.05 in three biological replicates were considered differentially regulated between wild-type and mir-243. WBPaper00036130:mir-243_down_regulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in dissected female germline comparing to in dissected male germline. Log2 Fold change > 2 or <-1, p-value < 0.05. WBPaper00053599:female_vs_male_downregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in oocyte germline cells comparing to in mitosis germline cells. Log2 Fold change > 2 or <-1, p-value < 0.05. WBPaper00053599:oocyte_vs_mitosis_upregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in dhgd-1(tm6671) comparing to in N2 animals. DESeq2 v3.6.3. Fold change > 2, FDR < 0.05. WBPaper00065272:dhgd-1(tm6671)_downregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in strain GC1459 containing daf-18(ok480) comparing to control strain GC1171. edgeR, p-value < 0.05, fold change > 2. WBPaper00061699:daf-18(ok480)_downregulated
Bacteria infection: Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 Genes that showed decreased expression after 4 hours of infection by P.aeruginosa PA14. P value and fold-change calculations were performed using Partek Genomics Suite (Partek Inc.). A P value of < 0.05 using the FDR linear step-up procedure 55 was considered significant. WBPaper00050096:P.aeruginosa_downregulated
  Genes found to be regulated by low-copy overexpression of sir-2.1 with p < 0.014. N.A. WBPaper00026929:sir-2.1_overexpression_regulated
20C vs 25C Transcripts that showed differential expression in 20C vs 25C in mir-34(OverExpression) animals at adult stage. N.A. WBPaper00050488:20C_vs_25C_regulated_mir-34(OverExpression)_adult
Bacteria infection: Serratia marcescens Genes with increased expression after 24 hours of infection by S.marcescens Fold changes shown are pathogen vs OP50. For RNA-seq and tiling arrays, log2 fold changes between gene expression values of infected versus uninfected nematodes were calculated. For log2 fold changes > 0.00001 the values > 81.25th percentile were defined as up-regulated and for log2 fold changes < -0.00001 the values < 18.75th percentile were defined as down-regulated. WBPaper00038438:S.marcescens_24hr_upregulated_TilingArray
hypergravitational 15xg force for 4 days via centrifugation. Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in animals grew under the hypergravitational 15xg force for 4 days via centrifugation. N.A. WBPaper00061274:hypergravity_15xg_downregulated
24 hours of AgNPs exposure. Genes downregulated more than 2 fold after 24 hours of AgNPs exposure. Statistical differences between the control and exposed worms were determined by a parametric t test, and a Pearson correlation test was performed for correlation analysis, using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, Chicago, IL). WBPaper00034661:AgNPs_downregulated
Oxidative stress. Genes upregulated by oxidative stress. Assessed by SAM (Significance Analysis of Microarray) [false discovery rate (FDR) = 11%] WBPaper00034757:up_by_oxidative_stress
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in bcf-1(ylf1) comparing to in N2 adult animals. DESeq2 WBPaper00064933:bcf-1(ylf1)_downregulated_transcript
  Genes with expression altered >= 3-fold in osm-11(n1604) mutants. Data across the wild type series was analyzed using the Significance analysis of Microarrays (SAM) algorithm (to calculate the False Discovery Rate (FDR)). WBPaper00035873:osm-11_regulated
  Genes upregulated by > 2-fold in CY262(sqt-1(sc13) age-1(mg44); bvIs1) adults, which intestinally express age-1, relative to wildtype. > 2-fold-change, p-value <= 0.05, t-test. WBPaper00038237:age-1_upregulated_intestine_rescue
  Genes upregulated by > 2-fold in CY251(sqt-1(sc13) age-1(mg44); bvIs2) adults, which neuronally express age-1, relative to wildtype. > 2-fold-change, p-value <= 0.05, t-test. WBPaper00038237:age-1_upregulated_neuron_rescue
  Genes upregulated by > 2-fold in SP75 (sqt-1(sc13) age-1(mg44)/mnC1) adults relative to wildtype. > 2-fold-change, p-value <= 0.05, t-test. WBPaper00038237:age-1_upregulated_nontransgenic
20C vs 25C Transcripts that showed differential expression in 20C vs 25C in mir-34(gk437) animals at adult stage. N.A. WBPaper00050488:20C_vs_25C_regulated_mir-34(gk437)_adult
Bacteria infection: Serratia marcescens Genes with increased expression after 24 hours of infection by S.marcescens Fold changes shown are pathogen vs OP50. For RNA-seq and tiling arrays, log2 fold changes between gene expression values of infected versus uninfected nematodes were calculated. For log2 fold changes > 0.00001 the values > 81.25th percentile were defined as up-regulated and for log2 fold changes < -0.00001 the values < 18.75th percentile were defined as down-regulated. WBPaper00038438:S.marcescens_24hr_upregulated_RNAseq
20C vs 25C Transcripts that showed differential expression in 20C vs 25C in N2 animals at adult stage. N.A. WBPaper00050488:20C_vs_25C_regulated_N2_adult
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in plp-1(ok2155) adult animals comparing to in wild type. DESeq2. Genes with at least 2-fold upregulation with a raw P value <= 0.05 only are listed. WBPaper00060526:plp-1(ok2155)_upregulated
  Genes upregulated in daf-2(-) compared to daf-16(-); daf-2(-) Significance Analysis of Microarray (SAM) was performed to identify genes that were differentially regulated in each of the comparisons.For DAF-16 regulated genes, 1% median false positive discovery rate was used. WBPaper00035479:daf-16(RNAi)_downregulated
  Genes that showed significant differential expressed between control and 150 mg\/L Atrazine treatment. t-test, p < 0.05. WBPaper00036123:Atrazine_regulated

5291 Expression Patterns

Remark Reporter Gene Primary Identifier Pattern Subcellular Localization
    Expr16078 In adult hermaphrodites, CBR-CSR-1 was enriched in both germline and somatic nuclei. We observed CBR-CSR-1 in association with oocyte nuclei and enriched on chromosomes in oocytes. Again, we did not reliably observe CSR-1 localization to perinuclear and cytoplasmic granules, which would be indicative of P granules. CBR-CSR-1 was also enriched in somatic gut nuclei, further supporting a nuclear role for this Argonaute.  
Other strain-- UL190   Expr2113 Expression is seen in a number of cells in the body of adult worms.  
Picture: Figure 1.   Expr8361 GFP expression initiated in the early gastrula. Robust expression of Prncs-1::GFP was observed in the midgut (E cell lineage) starting at the 28-cell stage and continuing into adulthood. By the comma stage, fluorescence was also visible in the embryo periphery in cells that give rise to hypodermis. In L1 larva and subsequent stages, strong expression of GFP was seen in hypodermal cells, including Hyp 7 syncytium and head and tail hypodermis. The expression pattern was identical in hermaphrodites and males, but adult hermaphrodites displayed fluorescence in vulval epithelium. Expression was absent in seam cells, nervous system, and pharynx. The Prncs-1::GFP reporter showed increased expression during starvation. Although fluorescence intensity was enhanced under starved conditions, the spatial expression pattern was unchanged. Expression of the Prncs-1::GFP transgene was also enhanced in males. An ~2.5-fold increase in rncs-1 expression in total RNA prepared from wild-type, well fed males, compared with hermaphrodites.  
Picture: Figure 2.   Expr4899 Levels of the drh-3 transcripts in animals at adult stages were approximately threefold higher than that in larval nematodes.  
Picture: Fig 5.   Expr4890 Several globin genes (C06E4.7, C09H10.8, C36E8.2, C52A11.2, F52A8.4, R01E6.6, R13A1.8, R90.5, and W01C9.5) are similarly upregulated in L3 and dauers relative to young adults, although some reach significance in dauers only. Many genes exhibited more than 2- fold upregulation but didn't reach statistical significance because strong upregulation was only seen in 2 biological replicates, A significant downregulation in L3 stage relative to young adults was observed for C26C6.7, T22C1.2 and ZK637.13. A similar trend was seen in dauers. C26C6.7 was the only globin which exressed at a significantly higher level in dauers relative to L3. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR experiments were done to compare the relative bundance of all 33 globins in wild type adults. Results demonstrate T22C1.2 and ZK637.13 are expressed at substantially higher levels. The difference with the other globins ranges within 1-3 orders of magnitude.  
Picture: Fig. 2A, B.   Expr4881 The Venus expression began during the early L2 stage when DTCs start to migrate and was maintained specifically in DTCs until the adult stage.  
Picture: Fig. 4A.   Expr4883 Low GFP signals were detected exclusively in the intestinal cells of late embryos, L1L4, and adult hermaphrodites.  
Picture: Figure 4D, 4E. nfyb-1 and nfyc-1 displayed identical expression patterns.   Expr4874 nfyb-1 was expressed in many cells in the developing embryo. At the larval stages, the expression level of nfyb-1 was reduced in most somatic cells except in some head neurons and in the developing hermaphrodite vulva and male tail. NFYB-1 was localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
Picture: Figure 4D, 4E. nfyb-1 and nfyc-1 displayed identical expression patterns.   Expr4875 nfyc-1 was expressed in many cells in the developing embryo. At the larval stages, the expression level of nfyc-1 was reduced in most somatic cells except in some head neurons and in the developing hermaphrodite vulva and male tail. NFYC-1 was localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
Picture: Figure 4H, 4I.   Expr4876 The expression of nfya-2 was restricted to few tissues, including the spermatheca, some neurons in the head and other body regions. Notably, it was highly expressed in intestine cells at all developmental stages. NFYA-2 localized to the nucleus.
Picture: Figure 4A, B, C.   Expr4873 NFYA-1 was localized to the nucleus and was ubiquitously expressed in all nuclei at all developmental stages. In larvae and adult animals, strong expression of nfya-1 was observed in the head ganglia neurons and also in the developing hermaphrodite vulva and mail tail, while its expression was lower in most somatic cells. NFYA-1 was localized to the nucleus.
Picture: Figure 8 C and D.   Expr4838 The major site of agrin expression was around the pharynx and the staining was particularly enriched in the anterior part. The posterior bulb was labeled more weakly correlating with the fainter GFP reporter expression in the posterior part. Polyclonal antiserum staining resulted in the same staining pattern in wild type worms of different developmental stages. Young larvae (L1) generally showed stronger agrin staining compared to young adults. In addition to the pharynx staining in the wild type worms, the polyclonal antiserum stained the gut lumen both in the wild type worms as well as in the agrin mutants, but not when preimmune serum was used. The staining of the lumen of the gut represents an unrelated cross-reactivity of the antiserum, possibly corresponding to the background bands detected on the western blots. Agrin was detected in the basal lamina around the pharynx procorpus and anterior bulb. Posterior bulb staining was weaker possibly due to poor antibody penetration.
Picture: Figs. 4A-D.   Expr4836 In hermaphrodites, the expression of bro-1 was restricted to seam cells. Its expression was first detected at bean-stage embryos and persisted throughout the developmental stages. In the male tail, bro-1 was also expressed in the ray precursor cells. GFP::BRO-1 was localized to both the cytoplasm and the nucleus.
Picture: Figure 5.   Expr4837 Fluorescence started to be visible in two cells of young embryos at around the 64 AB cell stage. Towards the end of gastrulation expression was visible in about 40 cells throughout the embryo including neuronal precursors, ventral hypodermal cells, and pharyngeal precursor cells. At the 1 to 2 fold stages fluorescence was observed in IL1 neurons (the identity was determined post-embryonically), the nine buccal epidermal cells, and additional cells in the head, most likely arcade cells. Transient expression was also observed in embryonic motoneurons (no longer visible in 3 fold stage embryos) and in a few apoptotic cells in the head. Based on their position they could be the sister cells of some of the IL1 neurons, which are known to undergo programmed cell death at this developmental stage. At the 3 fold stage expression was restricted to the buccal epidermal cells, most of the arcade cells (3 anterior and the DL and DR posterior arcade cells), and the six IL1 neurons. The two lateral IL1 neurons expressed the marker only weakly also in the L1 larval stage (but not later during development), whereas the dorsal and ventral IL1 neurons expressed GFP strongly throughout all larval stages and in the adults. Starting from the L1 larval stage expression could also be observed in the posterior cells of the gut. Starting from the L2 stage, when gonad development and migration begins, fluorescence became also visible in the distal tip cells of the gonad.  
Picture: Fig. 6A, 6B. Reporter gene fusion type not specified.   Expr4829 Exclusively expressed throughout the nervous system in C. elegans. F25B3.3::gfp is a postmitotic pan-neuronal marker, i.e. its onset of expression is observed after the terminal division of neurons (around 450 minutes of embryonic development).  
Picture: Fig. 10, A and B.   Expr4821 The hex-1 promoter was particularly active in coelomocytes as well as in neurons of the pharyngeal region and nerve cord, as compared with the head and tail pattern observed in strain BC14144 (see Expr6695). Expressed throughout the life-cycle.  
Picture: Fig. 10, C.   Expr4822 The hex-2::gfp construct appeared to be active in the hypodermal cells, vulval toroids, and various adult head and tail neurons, Expressed throughout the life-cycle.  
Picture: Fig. 10 H.   Expr4823 The hex-3 construct was expressed in gut granules. Expressed throughout the life-cycle.  
Picture: Fig. 10, J and K.   Expr4825 Expression of hex-5 was restricted to certain cells at the 3-fold stage but was also present in the vulval, head (muscle), and tail regions in larval and adult worms. Expressed throughout the life-cycle.  
Picture: Fig. 1A, 1B, 1C.   Expr4818 aqp-8 localized exclusively to the excretory system of the worm. Expression of aqp-8 also appears to be localized to an additional cell. The aqp-8p::GFP-PEST-expressing worms displayed an identical spatial pattern to the worms carrying the usual aqp-8::GFP construct, but due to the short half-life of the GFP-PEST construct, authors were able to determine that aqp-8 is transcribed only in the interval between the first larval stage and early adulthood. The relative levels of expression in the excretory cell and the excretory gland cell appeared to be similar to each other. Expression patterns derived from extrachromosomal arrays may be confounded by somatic loss of the transgene (leading to mosaically expressing transgenes). Therefore, the expression pattern of aqp-8 was confirmed by generating a genome-integrated aqp-8p::GFP transgenic line to prevent the sporadic loss of the transgene in somatic tissue.  
Picture: Figure 7, C and D.   Expr4813 Expression was observed throughout development, starting at midembryogenesis. VHA-5 was also detected at the lumen of the vulva and rectum. In addition, authors found VHA-5 expressed in the sheath cells associated with head and tail sensory organs. Three-dimensional reconstructions showed that VHA-5 and RDY-2 formed a sixfold symmetrical pattern, which includes a larger spot that presumably corresponds to the amphid. In the amphid sheath cell, VHA-5 was found in the most distal part of the cell lining the sheath pocket, which can be equated to its apical side.
Reporter gene fusion type not specified.   Expr4690 It was observed that the fusion gene expression continued from embryonic and post-embryonic stages. At embryonic stage, several cells were stained in post-gastrulating embryos whereas in postembryonic stages staining of cells was seen from L1 to young adults.  
nsy-5 = T16H5.1.   Expr4693 A GFP reporter transgene with 5.8 kb of the nsy-5 promoter was expressed exclusively in sensory neurons and interneurons in the head and tail. The neurons that expressed nsy-5::GFP included AWC, ASH, AFD, ASI, ADL, ASK, BAG, AWB, and ADF (head sensory neurons); ADA, AIZ, RIC, AIY, and AIM (head interneurons); PHA and PHB (tail sensory neurons); and PVC and PVQ (tail interneurons). Expression began about halfway through embryogenesis, was strongest in late embryogenesis and the L1 larval stage, and faded thereafter. Adults maintained weak expression in several neurons, including ASH but not AWC.  
    Expr4687 Embryonic expression of pgp-2::gfp was first seen in the daughters of the E blastomere (E2 stage), which generate the intestine. Intestinal expression persisted through embryogenesis and into adulthood. Rarely, weak expression of pgp-2::gfp was detected in embryonic and adult hypodermal cells. Pharyngeal or AWA expression of the pgp-2::gfp reporter were never detected.  
    Expr4689 It was found that the amount of transcript of tbg-1 varies significantly in different stages during the development. In embryos the expression of the gene was high; it has extremely low level of gene expression during L1 larval stage, increased from L2 to L4 stages and showed the maximum expression in young adult stage. In gravid adult stage, the expression was more than that of embryos.  
    Expr4683 hlh-29/hlh-28 mRNA is present at all developmental stages and does not vary significantly during later larval stages. Embryos and early L1-stage larvae produce significantly more hlh-29/hlh-28 RNA than later larvae. In separate assays from three independent cDNA samples, L1-stage larvae produced an average of 3 1/2 times more hlh-29 RNA than did L4 stage larvae and adults.  
    Expr4684 GFP expression was detected at most developmental stages, with the spatial expression depending on the developmental stage of the animal. Neuronal expression of hlh-29 was detected in larvae and adults in both amphid and phasmid sockets, in the ALA and PVT neurons, in the chemosensory and mechanosensory neurons, ASI, ASK, PHA, and PQR, and in neurons of the anterior pharyngeal bulb. Weaker expression was also detected in the ASG chemosensory neurons in some transgenic lines. L1 animals show strong expression of hlh-29 in intestinal cells, and weaker expression in the rectal glands and the pharyngeal muscle cell PM1. By L3 stage, intestinal expression of the hlh-29::GFP is limited to the posterior intestinal cells, and PM1 expression is no longer detected. Expression is also detected in the ventral posterior coelomocytes in the later L3-stage larvae, and in the spermatheca and vulval muscles of L4 and adult animals.  
    Expr4793 For all arrays examined, the reporter gene was expressed exclusively in hypodermal cells. In males, expression of dpy-5::gfp generally resembles that of hermaphrodites. Fluorescence is observed within the head and tail hypodermal cells, the P cells and hyp7, and is absent or of low abundance within the seam cells. This is more easily seen in a higher magnification of the tail region in which GFP is notably absent in the V5-derived seam cell, yet abundant in its sister set cell and the V6- and T-derived specialized hypodermal cells that envelope the sensory rays used in copulation. In summary, expression of the dpy-5::gfp reporter gene in the hypodermal cells begins in L1, and continues throughout larval development, ending in adulthood. In seam cells, expression is variable, suggesting that it may be regulated differently than in the hypodermal cells.  
Reporter gene fusion type not specified.   Expr4796 cnx-1 was expressed ubiquitously in every blastomere of the embryos up to the gastrulation stage but expression became gradually restricted to the head and tail regions at the comma stage during embryogenesis. During post-embryonic development, cnx-1 was expressed prominently in the H-shaped excretory cell, in the neurons of head and tail, in the dorsal and ventral nerve cords, and in the spermatheca. cnx-1 expression was also observed in the spicules of the male tail. The two head neurons expressing cnx-1 are ASK and ADL, and two tail neurons are PHA and PHB. Therefore, cnx-1 is expressed in head neurons including ASK and ASI chemosensory neurons and tail neurons including PHA and PHB.  
    Expr4787 glt-1 is strongly expressed in body wall muscles from early developmental stages. Early in development glt-1 expression was seen in hypodermal cells. Towards adulthood, the GLT-1::GFP signal becomes more restricted to the head muscles. In head muscles, bright GFP punctae seem to project from the cell soma towards the center of the nematode head

0 Followed By

2 Preceded By

Remark Definition Other Name Public Name Primary Identifier
  The fourth stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 40-49.5 hours after fertilization, 26-35.5 hours after hatch. L4 larva Ce WBls:0000038
  A developmental life stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that occurs from egg hatching until adulthood. larva Ce WBls:0000023

3 Sub Stages

Remark Definition Other Name Public Name Primary Identifier
  The stage after an hermaphrodite animal is fully-developed and reaches maturity. adult hermaphrodite Ce WBls:0000057
  A C. elegans adult life stage that occurs after the animal has recovered from the dauer diapause. post dauer adult stage Ce WBls:0000829
  The stage after an male animal is fully-developed and reaches maturity. adult male Ce WBls:0000056