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Suwabe K, Suzuki G, Takahashi H, Shiono K, Endo M, Yano K, Fujita M, Masuko H, Saito H, Fujioka T, Kaneko F, Kazama T, Mizuta Y, Kawagishi-Kobayashi M, Tsutsumi N, Kurata N, Nakazono M, Watanabe M. Separated transcriptomes of male gametophyte and tapetum in rice: validity of a laser microdissection (LM) microarray. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 49:1407-16. [PMID: 18755754 PMCID: PMC2566930 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/15/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In flowering plants, the male gametophyte, the pollen, develops in the anther. Complex patterns of gene expression in both the gametophytic and sporophytic tissues of the anther regulate this process. The gene expression profiles of the microspore/pollen and the sporophytic tapetum are of particular interest. In this study, a microarray technique combined with laser microdissection (44K LM-microarray) was developed and used to characterize separately the transcriptomes of the microspore/pollen and tapetum in rice. Expression profiles of 11 known tapetum specific-genes were consistent with previous reports. Based on their spatial and temporal expression patterns, 140 genes which had been previously defined as anther specific were further classified as male gametophyte specific (71 genes, 51%), tapetum-specific (seven genes, 5%) or expressed in both male gametophyte and tapetum (62 genes, 44%). These results indicate that the 44K LM-microarray is a reliable tool to analyze the gene expression profiles of two important cell types in the anther, the microspore/pollen and tapetum.
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- Keita Suwabe
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, 582-8582 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, National Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba, 305-8518 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
- Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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Hobo T, Suwabe K, Aya K, Suzuki G, Yano K, Ishimizu T, Fujita M, Kikuchi S, Hamada K, Miyano M, Fujioka T, Kaneko F, Kazama T, Mizuta Y, Takahashi H, Shiono K, Nakazono M, Tsutsumi N, Nagamura Y, Kurata N, Watanabe M, Matsuoka M. Various spatiotemporal expression profiles of anther-expressed genes in rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 49:1417-28. [PMID: 18776202 PMCID: PMC2566926 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/30/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The male gametophyte and tapetum play different roles during anther development although they are differentiated from the same cell lineage, the L2 layer. Until now, it has not been possible to delineate their transcriptomes due to technical difficulties in separating the two cell types. In the present study, we characterized the separated transcriptomes of the rice microspore/pollen and tapetum using laser microdissection (LM)-mediated microarray. Spatiotemporal expression patterns of 28,141 anther-expressed genes were classified into 20 clusters, which contained 3,468 (12.3%) anther-enriched genes. In some clusters, synchronous gene expression in the microspore and tapetum at the same developmental stage was observed as a novel characteristic of the anther transcriptome. Noteworthy expression patterns are discussed in connection with gene ontology (GO) categories and gene annotations, which are related to important biological events in anther development, such as pollen maturation, pollen germination, pollen tube elongation and pollen wall formation.
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- Tokunori Hobo
- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, 582-8582 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Division of Genome and Biodiversity Research, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
- *Corresponding authors: Masao Watanabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-22-217-5683; Makoto Matsuoka, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-52-789-5226
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
- *Corresponding authors: Masao Watanabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-22-217-5683; Makoto Matsuoka, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-52-789-5226
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Plant metabolism research has experienced a second golden age resulting from synergies between genome-enabled technologies and classical biochemistry. The rapid rate at which genomics data are being accumulated creates increased needs for robust metabolomic technologies and fast and accurate methods for identifying the activities of enzymes.
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- Dean DellaPenna
- Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Complex gene regulatory networks are composed of genes, noncoding RNAs, proteins, metabolites, and signaling components. The availability of genome-wide mutagenesis libraries; large-scale transcriptome, proteome, and metabalome data sets; and new high-throughput methods that uncover protein interactions underscores the need for mathematical modeling techniques that better enable scientists to synthesize these large amounts of information and to understand the properties of these biological systems. Systems biology approaches can allow researchers to move beyond a reductionist approach and to both integrate and comprehend the interactions of multiple components within these systems. Descriptive and mathematical models for gene regulatory networks can reveal emergent properties of these plant systems. This review highlights methods that researchers are using to obtain large-scale data sets, and examples of gene regulatory networks modeled with these data. Emergent properties revealed by the use of these network models and perspectives on the future of systems biology are discussed.
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- Terri A. Long
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
- IGSP Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
- IGSP Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
- IGSP Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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Hölscher D, Schneider B. Application of Laser-Assisted Microdissection for Tissue and Cell-Specific Analysis of RNA, Proteins, and Metabolites. PROGRESS IN BOTANY 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72954-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Santi S, Schmidt W. Laser microdissection-assisted analysis of the functional fate of iron deficiency-induced root hairs in cucumber. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:697-704. [PMID: 18316319 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Iron ranks fourth in the sequence of abundance of the elements in the Earth's crust, but its low bio-availability often limits plant growth. When present in suboptimal amounts, the acquisition of iron by plants is aided by a suite of responses, comprising molecular and developmental changes that facilitate the uptake of iron from sparingly soluble pools. The expression of genes involved in the mobilization of iron (CsHA1), the reduction of ferric chelates (CsFRO1), and in the uptake of ferrous iron (CsIRT1) was investigated in epidermal cells of Fe-sufficient and Fe-deficient cucumber (Cucumis sativum L.) roots using the Laser Microdissection and Pressure Catapulting (LMPC) method. Growing plants hydroponically in media deprived of iron induced the differentiation of almost all epidermal cells into root hairs. No root hairs were formed under iron-replete conditions. The formation of root hairs in response to Fe starvation was associated with a dramatic increase in message levels of CsFRO1, CsIRT1, and the iron-inducible H(+)-ATPase isoform CsHA1, when compared to epidermal cells of Fe-sufficient plants. On the contrary, transcripts of a housekeeping ATPase isoform, CsHA2, were not detected in root hairs, suggesting that Fe-deficiency-induced acidification is predominantly mediated by CsHA1. These data show that the formation of root hairs in response to iron deficiency is associated with cell-specific accumulation of transcripts that are involved in iron acquisition. The results also show that this includes the differential regulation of ATPase isoforms with similar function, but supposedly different characteristics, to counteract the imbalance in nutrient supply efficiently.
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- Simonetta Santi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 208, I-33100 Udine, Italy
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This 2006 'Plant Proteomics Update' is a continuation of the two previously published in 'Proteomics' by 2004 (Canovas et al., Proteomics 2004, 4, 285-298) and 2006 (Rossignol et al., Proteomics 2006, 6, 5529-5548) and it aims to bring up-to-date the contribution of proteomics to plant biology on the basis of the original research papers published throughout 2006, with references to those appearing last year. According to the published papers and topics addressed, we can conclude that, as observed for the three previous years, there has been a quantitative, but not qualitative leap in plant proteomics. The full potential of proteomics is far from being exploited in plant biology research, especially if compared to other organisms, mainly yeast and humans, and a number of challenges, mainly technological, remain to be tackled. The original papers published last year numbered nearly 100 and deal with the proteome of at least 26 plant species, with a high percentage for Arabidopsis thaliana (28) and rice (11). Scientific objectives ranged from proteomic analysis of organs/tissues/cell suspensions (57) or subcellular fractions (29), to the study of plant development (12), the effect of hormones and signalling molecules (8) and response to symbionts (4) and stresses (27). A small number of contributions have covered PTMs (8) and protein interactions (4). 2-DE (specifically IEF-SDS-PAGE) coupled to MS still constitutes the almost unique platform utilized in plant proteome analysis. The application of gel-free protein separation methods and 'second generation' proteomic techniques such as multidimensional protein identification technology (MudPIT), and those for quantitative proteomics including DIGE, isotope-coded affinity tags (ICAT), iTRAQ and stable isotope labelling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) still remains anecdotal. This review is divided into seven sections: Introduction, Methodology, Subcellular proteomes, Development, Responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, PTMs and Protein interactions. Section 8 summarizes the major pitfalls and challenges of plant proteomics.
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- Jesús V Jorrín
- Agricultural and Plant Biochemistry Research Group-Plant Proteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
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Balestrini R, Gómez-Ariza J, Lanfranco L, Bonfante P. Laser microdissection reveals that transcripts for five plant and one fungal phosphate transporter genes are contemporaneously present in arbusculated cells. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2007; 20:1055-62. [PMID: 17849708 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-20-9-1055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The establishment of a symbiotic interaction between plant roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi requires both partners to undergo significant morphological and physiological modifications which eventually lead to reciprocal beneficial effects. Extensive changes in gene expression profiles recently have been described in transcriptomic studies that have analyzed the whole mycorrhizal root. However, because root colonization by AM fungi involves different cell types, a cell-specific gene expression pattern is likely to occur. We have applied the laser microdissection (LMD) technology to investigate expression profiles of both plant and fungal genes in Lycopersicon esculentum roots colonized by Glomus mosseae. A protocol to harvest arbuscule-containing cells from paraffin sections of mycorrhizal roots has been developed using a Leica AS LMD system. RNA of satisfactory quantity and quality has been extracted for molecular analysis. Transcripts for plant phosphate transporters (LePTs), selected as molecular markers for a functional symbiosis, have been detected by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assays and associated to distinct cell types, leading to novel insights into the distribution of LePT mRNAs. In fact, the transcripts of the five phosphate transporters (PTs) have been detected contemporaneously in the same arbusculated cell population, unlike from the neighboring noncolonized cells. In addition, fungal H(+)ATPase (GmHA5) and phosphate transporter (GmosPT) mRNAs were found exclusively in arbusculated cells. The discovery that five plant and one fungal PT genes are consistently expressed inside the arbusculated cells provides a new scenario for plant-fungus nutrient exchanges.
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- Raffaella Balestrini
- Istituto Protezione Piante, CNR and Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università di Torino, Viale Mattioli, 25-10125 Torino, Italy
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Yu Y, Lashbrook CC, Hannapel DJ. Tissue integrity and RNA quality of laser microdissected phloem of potato. PLANTA 2007; 226:797-803. [PMID: 17387510 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0509-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2007] [Accepted: 03/04/2007] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The phloem is an important conduit for the transport of signaling molecules including RNA. Phloem sap has served as a source of RNA to profile uncontaminated phloem transcriptomes but its collection is difficult in many species. Laser capture microdissection techniques offer a valuable alternative for isolating RNA from specific vascular cells. In potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), there are seven BEL1-like transcription factors expressed throughout the plant with diverse functions. The RNA of one of these, StBEL5, moves through the phloem from the leaf to stolon tips to regulate tuber formation. In this study, the presence of several BEL RNAs and one Knotted1-like RNA was determined in phloem cells collected by laser microdissection coupled to laser pressure catapulting (LMPC). Three fixatives were compared for their effect on cell morphology and RNA quality in transverse sections of stems of potato. For optimum tissue integrity and quality of RNA from potato stem sections, the best results were achieved using ethanol acetate as the fixative. In addition, the RT-PCR results demonstrated the presence of six out of seven of the StBEL RNAs and a potato Knox RNA in phloem cells.
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- Yueyue Yu
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Major, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Le BH, Wagmaister JA, Kawashima T, Bui AQ, Harada JJ, Goldberg RB. Using genomics to study legume seed development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 144:562-74. [PMID: 17556519 PMCID: PMC1914191 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.100362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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- Brandon H Le
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Zhang X, Madi S, Borsuk L, Nettleton D, Elshire RJ, Buckner B, Janick-Buckner D, Beck J, Timmermans M, Schnable PS, Scanlon MJ. Laser microdissection of narrow sheath mutant maize uncovers novel gene expression in the shoot apical meristem. PLoS Genet 2007; 3:e101. [PMID: 17571927 PMCID: PMC1904365 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Microarrays enable comparative analyses of gene expression on a genomic scale, however these experiments frequently identify an abundance of differentially expressed genes such that it may be difficult to identify discrete functional networks that are hidden within large microarray datasets. Microarray analyses in which mutant organisms are compared to nonmutant siblings can be especially problematic when the gene of interest is expressed in relatively few cells. Here, we describe the use of laser microdissection microarray to perform transcriptional profiling of the maize shoot apical meristem (SAM), a ~100-μm pillar of organogenic cells that is required for leaf initiation. Microarray analyses compared differential gene expression within the SAM and incipient leaf primordium of nonmutant and narrow sheath mutant plants, which harbored mutations in the duplicate genes narrow sheath1 (ns1) and narrow sheath2 (ns2). Expressed in eight to ten cells within the SAM, ns1 and ns2 encode paralogous WUSCHEL1-like homeobox (WOX) transcription factors required for recruitment of leaf initials that give rise to a large lateral domain within maize leaves. The data illustrate the utility of laser microdissection-microarray analyses to identify a relatively small number of genes that are differentially expressed within the SAM. Moreover, these analyses reveal potentially conserved WOX gene functions and implicate specific hormonal and signaling pathways during early events in maize leaf development. Unlike animals, plants exhibit a prolonged period of organogenesis, generating new leaves throughout their life cycle. This ability to maintain an embryo-like state is dependent upon the activity of shoot meristems, whose dual functions are to supply an inner core of pluripotent cells that sustain the shoot meristem while simultaneously generating new leaves derived from cells at the meristem periphery. Deciphering the complex combinations of molecular signals that transform meristematic cells into leaf primordia is a central question in plant developmental biology. In this study, we used the power of focused laser light to microdissect shoot meristems from neighboring leaf and stem tissue in the maize plant. Once isolated, we compared patterns of gene expression in normal shoot meristems to those of genetically mutant shoot meristems that form abnormal, narrow leaves. Out of more than 21,000 maize genes analyzed, 66 genes were identified as misexpressed in the mutant shoot meristems. All but one of the differentially expressed genes are previously unstudied in maize, and the majority are predicted to function during cell division, growth, or developmental signaling. Many of these novel genes are expressed in specific domains of the shoot meristem, consistent with their predicted function during maize leaf initiation.
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- Xiaolan Zhang
- Plant Biology Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Science, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, United States of America
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- Division of Science, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, United States of America
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- Division of Mathematics and Computer Science, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, United States of America
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Plant Biology Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Demura T, Fukuda H. Transcriptional regulation in wood formation. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2007; 12:64-70. [PMID: 17224301 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2006.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2006] [Revised: 11/06/2006] [Accepted: 12/20/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Wood (i.e. xylem tissue) in trees is mainly composed of two types of cells, fibres and tracheary elements. Recent molecular studies of various trees, as well as the non-tree species Arabidopsis thaliana and Zinnia elegans, have revealed coordinated gene expression during differentiation of these cells in wood and the presence of several transcription factors that might govern the complex networks of transcriptional regulation. This article reviews recent findings concerning the regulation of genes by transcription factors involved in wood formation such as AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR (ARF), CLASS III HOMEODOMAIN-LEUCINE ZIPPER (HD-ZIPIII), KANADI (KAN), MYB and NAM/ATAF/CUC (NAC).
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- Taku Demura
- RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
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With the completion of the Populus trichocarpa genome sequence and the development of various genetic, genomic, and biochemical tools, Populus now offers many possibilities to study questions that cannot be as easily addressed in Arabidopsis and rice, the two prime model systems of plant biology and genomics. Tree-specific traits such as wood formation, long-term perennial growth, and seasonality are obvious areas of research, but research in other areas such as control of flowering, biotic interactions, and evolution of adaptive traits is enriched by adding a tree to the suite of model systems. Furthermore, the reproductive biology of Populus (a dioeceous wind-pollinated long-lived tree) offers both new possibilities and challenges in the study and analysis of natural genetic and phenotypic variation. The relatively close phylogenetic relationship of Populus to Arabidopsis in the Eurosid clade of Eudicotyledonous plants aids in comparative functional studies and comparative genomics, and has the potential to greatly facilitate studies on genome and gene family evolution in eudicots.
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- Stefan Jansson
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
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Ohtsu K, Takahashi H, Schnable PS, Nakazono M. Cell type-specific gene expression profiling in plants by using a combination of laser microdissection and high-throughput technologies. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 48:3-7. [PMID: 17148694 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Laser microdissection (LM) allows for the isolation of specific cells of interest from heterogeneous tissues under direct microscopic visualization with the assistance of a laser beam. By permitting global analyses of gene expression and metabolites in the selected cells, it is a powerful tool for understanding the biological processes in individual cell types during development or in response to various stimuli. Recently, LM technology has been successfully applied to the separation of individual plant cell types. Here, we provide an overview of applications of LM combined with high-throughput technologies including transcript analyses [microarrays, serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) and 454-sequencing], proteomic analyses and metabolomic profiling, for cell type-specific gene expression analyses in plants.
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- Kazuhiro Ohtsu
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3650, USA
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Galbraith DW. DNA Microarray Analyses in Higher Plants. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2006; 10:455-73. [PMID: 17233557 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2006.10.455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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DNA microarrays were originally devised and described as a convenient technology for the global analysis of plant gene expression. Over the past decade, their use has expanded enormously to cover all kingdoms of living organisms. At the same time, the scope of applications of microarrays has increased beyond expression analyses, with plant genomics playing a leadership role in the on-going development of this technology. As the field has matured, the rate-limiting step has moved from that of the technical process of data generation to that of data analysis. We currently face major problems in dealing with the accumulating datasets, not simply with respect to how to archive, access, and process the huge amounts of data that have been and are being produced, but also in determining the relative quality of the different datasets. A major recognized concern is the appropriate use of statistical design in microarray experiments, without which the datasets are rendered useless. A vigorous area of current research involves the development of novel statistical tools specifically for microarray experiments. This article describes, in a necessarily selective manner, the types of platforms currently employed in microarray research and provides an overview of recent activities using these platforms in plant biology.
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- David W Galbraith
- Department of Plant Sciences, Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Cai S, Lashbrook CC. Laser capture microdissection of plant cells from tape-transferred paraffin sections promotes recovery of structurally intact RNA for global gene profiling. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 48:628-37. [PMID: 17026538 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02886.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Laser capture microdissection and related technologies permit the harvest of individual cells and cell types. Isolation of either nucleic acids or proteins from laser-captured cells supports such downstream applications as the construction of cell-specific cDNA libraries and the profiling of expressed genes and proteins. The success of these endeavors is dependent upon the yield, purity and structural integrity of the macromolecules derived from harvested cells. Here, we report protocols that promote the isolation of structurally intact RNA from laser-captured cells of paraffin-embedded tissues. The use of a tape transfer system that obviates the need to wet paraffin sections prior to slide mounting significantly increases RNA structural quality. Integrity is assessed directly via electrophoretic separation of picogram-nanogram levels of total RNA isolated from multiple cell types, including those comprising Arabidopsis ovules, replums and stamen abscission zones. RNA prepared from specialized cells within siliques provided targets for profiling the Arabidopsis genome during replum cell development. Digital northern analysis of transcripts expressed near the threshold of the system's ability to score signal presence suggests that low-abundance transcripts representing as little as approximately 0.002% of total mRNA can be reliably detected. Microarray data reveal a significant shift from primary cell-wall metabolism to lignin biosynthesis in replum tissues during fruit maturation.
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- Suqin Cai
- Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Tang W, Coughlan S, Crane E, Beatty M, Duvick J. The application of laser microdissection to in planta gene expression profiling of the maize anthracnose stalk rot fungus Colletotrichum graminicola. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2006; 19:1240-50. [PMID: 17073306 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-19-1240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Laser microdissection (LM) offers a potential means for deep sampling of a fungal plant-pathogen transcriptome during the infection process using whole-genome DNA microarrays. The use of a fluorescent protein-expressing fungus can greatly facilitate the identification of fungal structures for LM sampling. However, fixation methods that preserve both tissue histology and protein fluorescence, and that also yield RNA of suitable quality for microarray applications, have not been reported. We developed a microwave-accelerated acetone fixation, paraffin-embedding method that fulfills these requirements and used it to prepare mature maize stalk tissues infected with an Anemonia majano cyan fluorescent protein-expressing isolate of the anthracnose stalk rot fungus Colletotrichum graminicola. We successfully used LM to isolate individual maize cells associated with C. graminicola hyphae at an early stage of infection. The LM-derived RNA, after two-round linear amplification, was of sufficient quality and quantity for global expression profiling using a fungal microarray. Comparing replicated LM samples representing an early stage of stalk cell infection with samples from in vitro-germinated conidia, we identified 437 and 370 C. graminicola genes showing significant up- or downregulation, respectively. We confirmed the differential expression of several representative transcripts by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and documented extensive overlap of this dataset with a PCR-subtraction library enriched for C. graminicola transcripts in planta. Our results demonstrate that LM is feasible for in planta pathogen expression profiling and can reveal clues about fungal genes involved in pathogenesis. The method in this report may be advantageous for visualizing a variety of cellular features that depend on a high degree of histochemical preservation and RNA integrity prior to LM.
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- Weihua Tang
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, A DuPont Company, Johnston IA 50131-1004, USA
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Murata J, Bienzle D, Brandle JE, Sensen CW, De Luca V. Expressed sequence tags from Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus). FEBS Lett 2006; 580:4501-7. [PMID: 16870181 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Revised: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) is well known to produce the chemotherapeutic anticancer agents, vinblastine and vincristine. In spite of its importance, no expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis of this plant has been reported. Two cDNA libraries were generated from RNA isolated from the base part of young leaves and from root tips to select 9,824 random clones for unidirectional sequencing, to yield 3,327 related sequences and 1,696 singletons by cluster analysis. Putative functions of 3,663 clones were assigned, from 5,023 non-redundant ESTs to establish a resource for transcriptome analysis and gene discovery in this medicinal plant.
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- Jun Murata
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada L2S3A1
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Suwabe K, Tsukazaki H, Iketani H, Hatakeyama K, Fujimura M, Nunome T, Fukuoka H, Matsumoto S, Hirai M. Identification of two loci for resistance to clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin) in Brassica rapa L. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2003; 107:997-1002. [PMID: 12955203 DOI: 10.1007/s00344-009-9091-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2003] [Accepted: 04/03/2003] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In an analysis of 114 F(2) individuals from a cross between clubroot-resistant and susceptible lines of Brassica rapa L., 'G004' and 'Hakusai Chukanbohon Nou 7' (A9709), respectively, we identified two loci, Crr1 and Crr2, for clubroot (caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin) resistance. Each locus segregated independently among the F(2) population, indicating that the loci reside on a different region of chromosomes or on different chromosomes. Genetic analysis showed that each locus had little effect on clubroot resistance by itself, indicating that these two loci are complementary for clubroot resistance. The resistance to clubroot was much stronger when both loci were homozygous for resistant alleles than when they were heterozygous. These results indicate that clubroot resistance in B. rapa is under oligogenic control and at least two loci are necessary for resistance.
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- K Suwabe
- National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science (NIVTS), 360 Kusawa, Ano, Age, Mie 514-2392, Japan
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