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Li W, Yong Y, Zhang Y, Lyu Y. Transcriptional Regulatory Network of GA Floral Induction Pathway in LA Hybrid Lily. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2694. [PMID: 31159293 PMCID: PMC6600569 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20112694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The LA hybrid lily 'Aladdin' has both excellent traits of Longiflorum hybrids and Asiatic hybrids-such as big and vivid flower, strong stem, high self-propagation coefficient, and shorter low temperature time required to release bulb dormancy in contrast to Oriental hybrids. A genome-wide transcriptional analysis using transcriptome RNA-Seq was performed in order to explore whether there is a gibberellin floral induction pathway in the LA hybrid lily. Subsequently, gene co-expression network analysis was used to analyze the possible interactions of key candidate genes screened from transcriptome data. At the same time, a series of physiological, biochemical, and cultivation tests were carried out. RESULTS The content of five endogenous hormones changed sharply in the shoot apex during the treatment of 200 mg/L exogenous gibberellin and the ratio of ABA/GA3 dropped and stayed at a lower level after 4 hours' treatment from the higher levels initially, reaching a dynamic balance. In addition, the metabolism of carbohydrates in the bulbs increase during exogenous gibberellin treatment. A total of 124,041 unigenes were obtained by RNA-seq. With the transcriptome analysis, 48,927 unigenes and 48,725 unigenes respectively aligned to the NR database and the Uniprot database. 114,138 unigenes, 25,369 unigenes, and 19,704 unigenes respectively aligned to the COG, GO, and KEGG databases. 2148 differentially expression genes (DEGs) were selected with the indicators RPKM ≥ 0, FDR ≤ 0.05 and |log2(ratio)| ≥ 2. The number of the upregulated unigenes was significantly more than the number of the downregulated unigenes. Some MADS-box genes related to flowering transformation-such as AGL20, SOC1, and CO-were found to be upregulated. A large number of gibberellin biosynthesis related genes such as GA2ox, GA3ox, GA20ox, Cytochrome P450, CYP81, and gibberellin signal transduction genes such as DELLA, GASA, and GID1 were significantly differentially expressed. The plant hormones related genes such as NCED3 and sugar metabolism related genes such as α-amylase, sucrose synthase hexokinase, and so on were also found expressing differentially. In addition, stress resistance related genes such as LEA1, LEA2, LEA4, serine/threonine protein kinase, LRR receptor-like serine/threonine protein kinase, P34 kinase, histidine kinase 3 and epigenetic related genes in DNA methylation, histone methylation, acetylation, ubiquitination of ribose were also found. Particularly, a large number of transcription factors responsive to the exogenous gibberellin signal including WRKY40, WRKY33, WRKY27, WRKY21, WRKY7, MYB, AP2/EREBP, bHLH, NAC1, NAC2, and NAC11 were found to be specially expressing. 30 gene sequences were selected from a large number of differentially expressed candidate genes for qRT-PCR expression verification (0, 2, 4, 8, and 16 h) and compared with the transcriptome expression levels. CONCLUSIONS 200mg/L exogenous GA3 can successfully break the bulb's dormancy of the LA hybrid lily and significantly accelerated the flowering process, indicating that gibberellin floral induction pathway is present in the LA lily 'Aladdin'. With the GCNs analysis, two second messenger G protein-coupled receptor related genes that respond to gibberellin signals in the cell were discovered. The downstream transport proteins such as AMT, calcium transport ATPase, and plasma membrane ATPase were also discovered participating in GA signal transduction. Transcription factors including WRKY7, NAC2, NAC11, and CBF specially regulated phosphorylation and glycosylation during the ubiquitination degradation process of DELLA proteins. These transcription factors also activated in abscisic acid metabolism. A large number of transcription factors such as WRKY21, WRKY22, NAC1, AP2, EREB1, P450, and CYP81 that both regulate gibberellin signaling and low-temperature signals have also been found. Finally, the molecular mechanism of GA floral induction pathway in the LA hybrid lily 'Aladdin' was constructed.
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- Wenqi Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, China National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, China National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, China National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, China National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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Chen H, Yang Q, Chen K, Zhao S, Zhang C, Pan R, Cai T, Deng Y, Wang X, Chen Y, Chu W, Xie W, Zhuang W. Integrated microRNA and transcriptome profiling reveals a miRNA-mediated regulatory network of embryo abortion under calcium deficiency in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). BMC Genomics 2019; 20:392. [PMID: 31113378 PMCID: PMC6528327 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5770-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Peanut embryo development is a complex process involving a series of gene regulatory pathways and is easily affected by various elements in the soil. Calcium deficiency in the soil induces early embryo abortion in peanut, which provides an opportunity to determine the mechanism underlying this important event. MicroRNA (miRNA)-guided target gene regulation is vital to a wide variety of biological processes. However, whether miRNAs participate in peanut embryo abortion under calcium deficiency has yet to be explored. Results In this study, with the assistance of a recently established platform for genome sequences of wild peanut species, we analyzed small RNAs (sRNAs) in early peanut embryos. A total of 29 known and 132 potential novel miRNAs were discovered in 12 peanut-specific miRNA families. Among the identified miRNAs, 87 were differentially expressed during early embryo development under calcium deficiency and sufficiency conditions, and 117 target genes of the differentially expressed miRNAs were identified. Integrated analysis of miRNAs and transcriptome expression revealed 52 differentially expressed target genes of 20 miRNAs. The expression profiles for some differentially expressed targets by gene chip analysis were consistent with the transcriptome sequencing results. Together, our results demonstrate that seed/embryo development-related genes such as TCP3, AP2, EMB2750, and GRFs; cell division and proliferation-related genes such as HsfB4 and DIVARICATA; plant hormone signaling pathway-related genes such as CYP707A1 and CYP707A3, with which abscisic acid (ABA) is involved; and BR1, with which brassinosteroids (BRs) are involved, were actively modulated by miRNAs during early embryo development. Conclusions Both a number of miRNAs and corresponding target genes likely playing key roles in the regulation of peanut embryo abortion under calcium deficiency were identified. These findings provide for the first time new insights into miRNA-mediated regulatory pathways involved in peanut embryo abortion under calcium deficiency. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-019-5770-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hua Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu, 30013, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China. .,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular and Cell Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China. .,College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
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Li XY, Guo F, Ma SY, Zhu MY, Pan WH, Bian HW. Regulation of flowering time via miR172-mediated APETALA2-like expression in ornamental gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa). J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2019; 20:322-331. [PMID: 30932377 PMCID: PMC6454313 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1800003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We investigated the microRNA172 (miR172)-mediated regulatory network for the perception of changes in external and endogenous signals to identify a universally applicable floral regulation system in ornamental plants, manipulation of which could be economically beneficial. Transgenic gloxinia plants, in which miR172 was either overexpressed or suppressed, were generated using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. They were used to study the effect of altering the expression of this miRNA on time of flowering and to identify its mRNA target. Early or late flowering was observed in transgenic plants in which miR172 was overexpressed or suppressed, respectively. A full-length complementary DNA (cDNA) of gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) APETALA2-like (SsAP2-like) was identified as a target of miR172. The altered expression levels of miR172 caused up- or down-regulation of SsAP2-like during flower development, which affected the time of flowering. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR analysis of different gloxinia tissues revealed that the accumulation of SsAP2-like was negatively correlated with the expression of miR172a, whereas the expression pattern of miR172a was negatively correlated with that of miR156a. Our results suggest that transgenic manipulation of miR172 could be used as a universal strategy for regulating time of flowering in ornamental plants.
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- Xiao-yan Li
- Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Biology, Key Laboratory for Cell and Gene Engineering of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Biology, Key Laboratory for Cell and Gene Engineering of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Biology, Key Laboratory for Cell and Gene Engineering of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Biology, Key Laboratory for Cell and Gene Engineering of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Biology, Key Laboratory for Cell and Gene Engineering of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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MicroRNA Sequencing Revealed Citrus Adaptation to Long-Term Boron Toxicity through Modulation of Root Development by miR319 and miR171. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20061422. [PMID: 30901819 PMCID: PMC6470687 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Boron (B) toxicity in Citrus is a common physiological disorder leading to reductions in both productivity and quality. Studies on how Citrus roots evade B toxicity may provide new insight into plant tolerance to B toxicity. Here, using Illumina sequencing, differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) were identified in B toxicity-treated Citrus sinensis (tolerant) and C. grandis (intolerant) roots. The results showed that 37 miRNAs in C. grandis and 11 miRNAs in C. sinensis were differentially expressed when exposed to B toxicity. Among them, miR319, miR171, and miR396g-5p were confirmed via 5'-RACE and qRT-PCR to target a myeloblastosis (MYB) transcription factor gene, a SCARECROW-like protein gene, and a cation transporting ATPase gene, respectively. Maintenance of SCARECROW expression in B treated Citrus roots might fulfill stem cell maintenance, quiescent center, and endodermis specification, thus allowing regular root elongation under B-toxic stress. Down-regulation of MYB due to up-regulation of miR319 in B toxicity-treated C. grandis roots might decrease the number of root tips, thereby dramatically changing root system architecture. Our findings suggested that miR319 and miR171 play a pivotal role in Citrus adaptation to long-term B toxicity by targeting MYB and SCARECROW, respectively, both of which are responsible for root growth and development.
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Zhang W, Abdelrahman M, Jiu S, Guan L, Han J, Zheng T, Jia H, Song C, Fang J, Wang C. VvmiR160s/VvARFs interaction and their spatio-temporal expression/cleavage products during GA-induced grape parthenocarpy. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:111. [PMID: 30898085 PMCID: PMC6429806 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1719-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grape (Vitis vinifera) is highly sensitive to gibberellin (GA), which effectively induce grape parthenocarpy. Studies showed that miR160s and their target AUXIN RESPONSIVE FACTOR (ARF) responding hormones are indispensable for various aspects of plant growth and development, but their functions in GA-induced grape parthenocarpy remain elusive. RESULTS In this study, the morphological changes during flower development in response to GA treatments were examined in the 'Rosario Bianco' cultivar. The precise sequences of VvmiR160a/b/c/d/e and their VvARF10/16/17 target genes were cloned, sequenced and characterized. The phylogenetic relationship and intron-exon structure of VvARFs and other ARF family members derived from different species were investigated. All VvmiR160s (except VvmiR160b) and VvARF10/16/17 had the common cis-elements responsive to GA, which support their function in GA-mediated grape parthenocarpy. The cleavage role of VvmiR160s-mediated VvARF10/16/17 was verified in grape flowers. Moreover, spatio-temporal expression analysis demonstrated that among VvmiR160 family, VvmiR160a/b/c highly expressed at late stage of flower/berry development, while VvARF10/16/17showed a reverse expression trend. Interestingly, GA exhibited a long-term effect through inducing the expression of VvmiR160a/b/c/e to increase their cleavage product accumulations from 5 to 9 days after treatment, but GA enhanced the expressions of VvARF10/16/17 only at short term. Pearson correlation analysis based on expression data revealed a negative correlation between VvmiR160a/b/c and VvARF10/16/17 in flowers not berries during GA-induced grape parthenocarpy. CONCLUSIONS This work demonstrated that the negative regulation of VvARF10/16/17 expression by VvmiR160a/b/c as key regulatory factors is critical for GA-mediated grape parthenocarpy, and provide significant implications for molecular breeding of high-quality seedless berry.
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- Wenying Zhang
- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Aswan University, Aswan, 81528 Egypt
- Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-001 Japan
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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Comparative genomics reveals origin of MIR159A–MIR159B paralogy, and complexities of PTGS interaction between miR159 and target GA-MYBs in Brassicaceae. Mol Genet Genomics 2019; 294:693-714. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-019-01540-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Xu J, Hou QM, Khare T, Verma SK, Kumar V. Exploring miRNAs for developing climate-resilient crops: A perspective review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 653:91-104. [PMID: 30408672 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Climate changes and environmental stresses have significant implications on global crop production and necessitate developing crops that can withstand an array of climate changes and environmental perturbations such as irregular water-supplies leading to drought or water-logging, hyper soil-salinity, extreme and variable temperatures, ultraviolet radiations and metal stress. Plants have intricate molecular mechanisms to cope with these dynamic environmental changes, one of the most common and effective being the reprogramming of expression of stress-responsive genes. Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as key post-transcriptional and translational regulators of gene-expression for modulation of stress implications. Recent reports are establishing their key roles in epigenetic regulations of stress/adaptive responses as well as in providing plants genome-stability. Several stress responsive miRNAs are being identified from different crop plants and miRNA-driven RNA-interference (RNAi) is turning into a technology of choice for improving crop traits and providing phenotypic plasticity in challenging environments. Here we presents a perspective review on exploration of miRNAs as potent targets for engineering crops that can withstand multi-stress environments via loss-/gain-of-function approaches. This review also shed a light on potential roles plant miRNAs play in genome-stability and their emergence as potent target for genome-editing. Current knowledge on plant miRNAs, their biogenesis, function, their targets, and latest developments in bioinformatics approaches for plant miRNAs are discussed. Though there are recent reviews discussing primarily the individual miRNAs responsive to single stress factors, however, considering practical limitation of this approach, special emphasis is given in this review on miRNAs involved in responses and adaptation of plants to multi-stress environments including at epigenetic and/or epigenomic levels.
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- Jin Xu
- School of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Savitribai Phule Pune University), Ganeshkhind, Pune 411016, India
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- Biotechnology Laboratory (TUBITAK Fellow), Department of Biology, Bolu Abant Izeet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey
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- Department of Biotechnology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Savitribai Phule Pune University), Ganeshkhind, Pune 411016, India; Department of Environmental Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India.
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Schultz JC, Edger PP, Body MJA, Appel HM. A galling insect activates plant reproductive programs during gall development. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1833. [PMID: 30755671 PMCID: PMC6372598 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38475-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Many insect species have acquired the ability to redirect plant development to form unique organs called galls, which provide these insects with unique, enhanced food and protection from enemies and the elements. Many galls resemble flowers or fruits, suggesting that elements of reproductive development may be involved. We tested this hypothesis using RNA sequencing to quantify the transcriptional responses of wild grapevine (Vitis riparia) leaves to a galling parasite, phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae). If development of reproductive structures is part of gall formation, we expected to find significantly elevated expression of genes involved in flower and/or fruit development in developing galls as opposed to ungalled leaves. We found that reproductive gene ontology categories were significantly enriched in developing galls, and that expression of many candidate genes involved in floral development were significantly increased, particularly in later gall stages. The patterns of gene expression found in galls suggest that phylloxera exploits vascular cambium to provide meristematic tissue and redirects leaf development towards formation of carpels. The phylloxera leaf gall appears to be phenotypically and transcriptionally similar to the carpel, due to the parasite hijacking underlying genetic machinery in the host plant.
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- Jack C Schultz
- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA.
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA
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Arora S, Pandey DK, Chaudhary B. Target-mimicry based diminution of miRNA167 reinforced flowering-time phenotypes in tobacco via spatial-transcriptional biases of flowering-associated miRNAs. Gene 2019; 682:67-80. [PMID: 30292869 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Evolutionarily conserved microRNAs such as miR156, miR159, miR167 and miR172 tightly regulate the extensive array of gene expression during flowering in plants, through instant and long-term alterations in the expression of their target genes. Here we employed a novel target-mimicry approach for the diminution of auxin signalling regulator miRNA167 by developing mimic-transgenic lines in tobacco, to investigate the transcriptional biases of flowering-associated miRNAs in apical and floral meristematic tissues and their phenotypic implications. Recorded morpho-alterations such as uneven flowering-time phenotypes, anomalous floral organ formation, and large variations in the seed forming characteristics permitted us to determine the consequence of the extent of miR167 expression diminution accompanying the transcriptional biases of interrelated miRNAs. We demonstrate that percent diminution of miR167 gene expression is proportionally associated with both early and late flowering-time phenotypes in mimic lines. Also, the associated miRNAs, miR156, miR159, and miR172 showed >90% transcriptional diminution in at least 'early-flowering' miR167 mimic lines. On contrary, low percentages of their respective diminution were recorded in 'late-flowering' lines. Evidently, the misexpression of miR156, miR159, and miR172 led to the over-expression of their respective target genes SPL9, AtMYB33-like and AP2 genes in mimic lines which resulted in assorted phenotypes. We describe the scope of spatial regulation of these microRNAs in floral bud tissues of mimic lines which showed negative- or very low (<25%) misexpression levels in early/late-flowering lines highlighting their roles in the acquisition of flowering mechanism. To our knowledge, this study represents the first characterization of transcriptional biases of flowering associated miRNAs in miR167-mimic lines and certainly augments our understanding of the importance of microRNA-mediated regulation of flowering in plants.
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- Sakshi Arora
- School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida 201310 U.P., India
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- School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida 201310 U.P., India
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- School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida 201310 U.P., India.
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Damayanti F, Lombardo F, Masuda JI, Shinozaki Y, Ichino T, Hoshikawa K, Okabe Y, Wang N, Fukuda N, Ariizumi T, Ezura H. Functional Disruption of the Tomato Putative Ortholog of HAWAIIAN SKIRT Results in Facultative Parthenocarpy, Reduced Fertility and Leaf Morphological Defects. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1234. [PMID: 31681360 PMCID: PMC6801985 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A number of plant microRNAs have been demonstrated to regulate developmental processes by integrating internal and environmental cues. Recently, the Arabidopsis thaliana F-box protein HAWAIIAN SKIRT (HWS) gene has been described for its role in miRNA biogenesis. We have isolated in a forward genetic screen a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) line mutated in the putative ortholog of HWS. We show that the tomato hws-1 mutant exhibits reduction in leaflet serration, leaflet fusion, some degree of floral organ fusion, and alteration in miRNA levels, similarly to the original A. thaliana hws-1 mutant. We also describe novel phenotypes for hws such as facultative parthenocarpy, reduction in fertility and flowering delay. In slhws-1, the parthenocarpy trait is influenced by temperature, with higher parthenocarpy rate in warmer environmental conditions. Conversely, slhws-1 is able to produce seeds when grown in cooler environment. We show that the reduction in seed production in the mutant is mainly due to a defective male function and that the levels of several miRNAs are increased, in accordance with previous HWS studies, accounting for the abnormal leaf and floral phenotypes as well as the altered flowering and fruit development processes. This is the first study of HWS in fleshy fruit plant, providing new insights in the function of this gene in fruit development.
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- Farida Damayanti
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Innovation Center, Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd, Atsugi, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Pegler JL, Grof CPL, Eamens AL. The Plant microRNA Pathway: The Production and Action Stages. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1932:15-39. [PMID: 30701489 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9042-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Plant microRNAs are an endogenous class of small regulatory RNA central to the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression in plant development and environmental stress adaptation or in response to pathogen challenge. The plant microRNA pathway is readily separated into two distinct stages: (1) the production stage, which is localized to the plant cell nucleus and where the microRNA small RNA is processed from a double-stranded RNA precursor transcript, and (2) the action stage, which is localized to the plant cell cytoplasm and where the mature microRNA small RNA is loaded into an effector complex and is used by the complex as a sequence specificity guide to direct expression repression of target genes harboring highly complementary microRNA target sequences. Historical research indicated that the plant microRNA pathway was a highly structured, almost linear pathway requiring a small set of core machinery proteins. However, contemporary research has demonstrated that the plant microRNA pathway is highly dynamic, and to allow for this flexibility, a large and highly functionally diverse set of machinery proteins is now known to be required. For example, recent research has shown that plant microRNAs can regulate target gene expression via a translational repression mechanism of RNA silencing in addition to the standard messenger RNA cleavage-based mechanism of RNA silencing: a mode of RNA silencing originally assigned to all plant microRNAs. Using Arabidopsis thaliana as our model system, here we report on both the core and auxiliary sets of machinery proteins now known to be required for both microRNA production and microRNA action in plants.
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- Joseph L Pegler
- Faculty of Science, Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
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Correa JPDO, Silva EM, Nogueira FTS. Molecular Control by Non-coding RNAs During Fruit Development: From Gynoecium Patterning to Fruit Ripening. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1760. [PMID: 30555499 PMCID: PMC6283909 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Fruits are originated from the transition of a quiescent ovary to a fast-growing young fruit. The evolution of reproductive structures such as ovary and fruit has made seed dispersal easier, which is a key process for reproductive success in flowering plants. The complete fruit development and ripening are characterized by a remarkable phenotypic plasticity which is orchestrated by a myriad of genetic factors. In this context, transcriptional regulation by non-coding small (i.e., microRNAs) and long (lncRNAs) RNAs underlies important mechanisms controlling reproductive organ development. These mechanisms may act together and interact with other pathways (i.e., phytohormones) to regulate cell fate and coordinate reproductive organ development. Functional genomics has shown that non-coding RNAs regulate a diversity of developmental reproductive stages, from carpel formation and ovary development to the softening of the ripe/ripened fruit. This layer of transcriptional control has been associated with ovule, seed, and fruit development as well as fruit ripening, which are crucial developmental processes in breeding programs because of their relevance for crop production. The final ripe fruit is the result of a process under multiple levels of regulation, including mechanisms orchestrated by microRNAs and lncRNAs. Most of the studies we discuss involve work on tomato and Arabidopsis. In this review, we summarize non-coding RNA-controlled mechanisms described in the current literature that act coordinating the main steps of gynoecium development/patterning and fruit ripening.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences (LCB), Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Tian L, Liu H, Ren L, Ku L, Wu L, Li M, Wang S, Zhou J, Song X, Zhang J, Dou D, Liu H, Tang G, Chen Y. MicroRNA 399 as a potential integrator of photo-response, phosphate homeostasis, and sucrose signaling under long day condition. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:290. [PMID: 30463514 PMCID: PMC6249786 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1460-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photoperiod-sensitivity is a critical endogenous regulatory mechanism for plant growth and development under specific environmental conditions, while phosphate and sucrose signaling processes play key roles in cell growth and organ initiation. MicroRNA399 is phosphate-responsive, but, whether it has roles in other metabolic processes remains unknown. RESULTS MicroRNA399 was determined to be sucrose-responsive through a microRNA array assay. High levels of sucrose inhibited the accumulation of microRNA399 family under phosphate starvation conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Similarly, exogenous sucrose supplementation also reduced microRNA399 expression in maize at developmental transition stages. RNA sequencing of a near-isogenic line(photoperiod-sensitive) line and its recurrent parent Huangzao4, a photoperiod-insensitive line, was conducted at various developmental stages. Members of microRNA399 family were down-regulated under long-day conditions in the photoperiod-sensitive near-isogenic line that accumulated more sucrose in vivo compared with the control line Huangzao4. CONCLUSION MicroRNA399s may play central roles in the integration of sucrose sensing and photoperiodic responses under long day conditions in maize.
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- Lei Tian
- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
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- College of Life Science, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Cereal Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Science/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Maize Biology, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
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- College of Agronomy, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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Kondhare KR, Malankar NN, Devani RS, Banerjee AK. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis reveals small RNA profiles involved in early stages of stolon-to-tuber transitions in potato under photoperiodic conditions. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:284. [PMID: 30445921 PMCID: PMC6238349 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1501-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Small RNAs (sRNAs), especially miRNAs, act as crucial regulators of plant growth and development. Two other sRNA groups, trans-acting short-interfering RNAs (tasiRNAs) or phased siRNAs (phasiRNAs), are also emerging as potential regulators of plant development. Stolon-to-tuber transition in potato is an important developmental phase governed by many environmental, biochemical and hormonal cues. Among different environmental factors, photoperiod has a major influence on tuberization. Several mobile signals, mRNAs, proteins and transcription factors have been widely studied for their role in tuber formation in potato, however, no information is yet available that describes the molecular signals governing the early stages of stolon transitions or cell-fate changes at the stolon tip before it matures to potato. Stolon could be an interesting model for studying below ground organ development and we hypothesize that small RNAs might be involved in regulation of stolon-to-tuber transition process in potato. Also, there is no literature that describes the phased siRNAs in potato development. RESULTS We performed sRNA profiling of early stolon stages (4, 7 and 10 d) under long-day (LD; 16 h light, 8 h dark) and short-day (SD; 8 h light, 16 h dark) photoperiodic conditions. Altogether, 7 (out of 324) conserved and 12 (out of 311) novel miRNAs showed differential expression in early stolon stages under SD vs LD photoperiodic conditions. Key target genes (StGRAS, StTCP2/4 and StPTB6) exhibited differential expression in early stolon stages under SD vs LD photoperiodic conditions, indicative of their potential role in tuberization. Out of 830 TAS-like loci identified, 24 were cleaved by miRNAs to generate 190 phased siRNAs. Some of them targeted crucial tuberization genes such as StPTB1, POTH1 and StCDPKs. Two conserved TAS loci, referred as StTAS3 and StTAS5, which share close conservation with members of the Solanaceae family, were identified in our analysis. One TAS-like locus (StTm2) was validated for phased siRNA generation and one of its siRNA was predicted to cleave an important tuber marker gene StGA2ox1. CONCLUSION Our study suggests that sRNAs and their selective target genes could be associated with the regulation of early stages of stolon-to-tuber transitions in a photoperiod-dependent manner in potato.
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- Kirtikumar Ramesh Kondhare
- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008 India
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008 India
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008 India
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008 India
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Shukla PS, Borza T, Critchley AT, Hiltz D, Norrie J, Prithiviraj B. Ascophyllum nodosum extract mitigates salinity stress in Arabidopsis thaliana by modulating the expression of miRNA involved in stress tolerance and nutrient acquisition. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206221. [PMID: 30372454 PMCID: PMC6205635 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Ascophyllum nodosum extract (ANE) contains bioactive compounds that improve the growth of Arabidopsis in experimentally-induced saline conditions; however, the molecular mechanisms through which ANE elicits tolerance to salinity remain largely unexplored. Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators of gene expression, playing crucial roles in plant growth, development, and stress tolerance. Next generation sequencing of miRNAs from leaves of control Arabidopsis and from plants subjected to three treatments (ANE, NaCl and ANE+NaCl) was used to identify ANE-responsive miRNA in the absence and presence of saline conditions. Differential gene expression analysis revealed that ANE had a strong effect on miRNAs expression in both conditions. In the presence of salinity, ANE tended to reduce the up-regulation or the down-regulation trend induced caused by NaCl in miRNAs such as ath-miR396a-5p, ath-miR399, ath-miR2111b and ath-miR827. To further uncover the effects of ANE, the expression of several target genes of a number of ANE-responsive miRNAs was analyzed by qPCR. NaCl, but not ANE, down-regulated miR396a-5p, which negatively regulated the expression of AtGRF7 leading to a higher expression of AtDREB2a and AtRD29 in the presence of ANE+NaCl, as compared to ANE alone. ANE+NaCl initially reduced and then enhanced the expression of ath-miR169g-5p, while the expression of the target genes AtNFYA1 and ATNFYA2, known to be involved in the salinity tolerance mechanism, was increased as compared to ANE or to NaCl treatments. ANE and ANE+NaCl modified the expression of ath-miR399, ath-miR827, ath-miR2111b, and their target genes AtUBC24, AtWAK2, AtSYG1 and At3g27150, suggesting a role of ANE in phosphate homeostasis. In vivo and in vitro experiments confirmed the improved growth of Arabidopsis in presence of ANE, in saline conditions and in phosphate-deprived medium, further substantiating the influence of ANE on a variety of essential physiological processes in Arabidopsis including salinity tolerance and phosphate uptake.
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- Pushp Sheel Shukla
- Marine Bio-products Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Marine Bio-products Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Research and Development, Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Research and Development, Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Research and Development, Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Marine Bio-products Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Alternative processing of its precursor is related to miR319 decreasing in melon plants exposed to cold. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15538. [PMID: 30341377 PMCID: PMC6195573 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34012-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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miRNAs are fundamental endogenous regulators of gene expression in higher organisms. miRNAs modulate multiple biological processes in plants. Consequently, miRNA accumulation is strictly controlled through miRNA precursor accumulation and processing. Members of the miRNA319 family are ancient ribo-regulators that are essential for plant development and stress responses and exhibit an unusual biogenesis that is characterized by multiple processing of their precursors. The significance of the high conservation of these non-canonical biogenesis pathways remains unknown. Here, we analyze data obtained by massive sRNA sequencing and 5′ - RACE to explore the accumulation and infer the processing of members of the miR319 family in melon plants exposed to adverse environmental conditions. Sequence data showed that miR319c was down regulated in response to low temperature. However, the level of its precursor was increased by cold, indicating that miR319c accumulation is not related to the stem loop levels. Furthermore, we found that a decrease in miR319c was inversely correlated with the stable accumulation of an alternative miRNA (#miR319c) derived from multiple processing of the miR319c precursor. Interestingly, the alternative accumulation of miR319c and #miR319c was associated with an additional and non-canonical partial cleavage of the miR319c precursor during its loop-to-base-processing. Analysis of the transcriptional activity showed that miR319c negatively regulated the accumulation of HY5 via TCP2 in melon plants exposed to cold, supporting its involvement in the low temperature signaling pathway associated with anthocyanin biosynthesis. Our results provide new insights regarding the versatility of plant miRNA processing and the mechanisms regulating them as well as the hypothetical mechanism for the response to cold-induced stress in melon, which is based on the alternative regulation of miRNA biogenesis.
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Li Z, Xu R, Li N. MicroRNAs from plants to animals, do they define a new messenger for communication? Nutr Metab (Lond) 2018; 15:68. [PMID: 30302122 PMCID: PMC6167836 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-018-0305-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of single-stranded non-coding RNA of about 22 nucleotides, are potent regulators of gene expression existing in both plants and animals. Recent studies showed that plant miRNAs could enter mammalian bloodstream via gastrointestinal tract, through which access a variety of tissues and cells of recipients to exert therapeutic effects. This intriguing phenomenon indicates that miRNAs of diet/plant origin may act as a new class of bioactive ingredients communicating with mammalian systems. In this review, in order to pinpoint the reason underlying discrepancies of miRNAs transmission from diet/plant to animals, the pathways that generate miRNAs and machineries involved in the functions of miRNAs in both kingdoms were outlined and compared. Then, the current controversies concerning cross-kingdom regulations and the potential mechanisms responsible for absorption and transfer of diet/plant-derived miRNAs were interpreted. Furthermore, the hormone-like action of miRNAs and the intricate interplay between miRNAs and hormones were implicated. Finally, how these findings may impact nutrition and medicine were briefly discussed.
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- Zhiqing Li
- 1State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100005 People's Republic of China
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- 2Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700 People's Republic of China.,3Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- 2Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700 People's Republic of China
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Huang F, Wu X, Hou X, Shao S, Liu T. Vernalization can regulate flowering time through microRNA mechanism in Brassica rapa. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2018; 164:204-215. [PMID: 29345323 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Vernalization is an important process that regulates the floral transition in plants. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous non-coding small RNA (sRNA) molecules that function in plant growth and development. Despite that miRNAs related to flowering have previously been characterized, their roles in response to vernalization in pak-choi (Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis) has never been studied. Here, two sRNA libraries from B. rapa leaves (vernalized and non-vernalized plants) were constructed and sequenced. Two hundred eight known and 535 novel miRNAs were obtained, of which 20 known and 66 new miRNAs were significantly differentially expressed and considered as vernalization-related miRNAs. The corresponding targets were predicted on the basic of sequence homology search. In addition, 11 miRNAs and eight targets were selected for real-time quantitative PCR to confirm their expression profiles. Functional annotation of targets using gene ontology and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes results suggested that most targets were significantly enriched in the hormone signaling pathway. Moreover, a decreased indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and an increased GA3 hormone were detected after vernalization, indicating that the IAA and GA3 might response to vernalization. These results indicated that vernalization regulates flowering through microRNA mechanism by affecting endogenous hormone level in B. rapa. This study provides useful insights of promising miRNAs candidates involved in vernalization in B. rapa, and facilitates further investigation of the miRNA-mediated molecular mechanisms of vernalization in B. rapa.
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- Feiyi Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Shi J, Chen L, Zheng R, Guan C, Wang Y, Liang W, Yang S, Wang L, Gong L, Zheng G, Huang B. Comparative phenotype and microRNAome in developing anthers of wild-type and male-sterile Lycium barbarum L. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 274:349-359. [PMID: 30080623 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Lycium barbarum L. (L. barbarum) is an economically important plant, as its fruit is highly marketable for its healthy nutrient content. In this study, we characterized the anther development of a major cultivar (Ningqi No. 1) and a male-sterile mutant (Ningqi No. 5) of L. barbarum. We initially investigated the phenotypes of Ningqi No. 1 and Ningqi No. 5 using microscopy and chemical staining, which showed that Ningqi No. 5 failed in the degradation of anther callose, leading to an absence of mature pollen grains and thus to male sterility. Then, to understand the dynamic profile of miRNA expression during the development of the anthers, we collected anther samples from both Ningqi No. 1 and Ningqi No. 5 throughout anther development, and we further identified 137 novel miRNAs from these anther samples by using next-generation deep sequencing technology. Of these 137 novel miRNAs, 96 miRNAs were conserved miRNAs classified into 65 miRNA families, including a few well-known miRNA families related to anther development, such as miR156, miR159 and miR172. In addition, the remaining 41 miRNAs were considered lineage-specific miRNAs, which had no orthologues in other species. The expression data showed that 45 of the 137 miRNAs were differentially expressed in the different samples, including 4 Ningqi No. 5-specific miRNAs and 15 stage-specific miRNAs. The expression patterns of six miRNAs and their predicted targets were verified by Q-PCR, and one of miRNAs and its target were chosen for transient co-expression in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves to verify the correlations between the miRNA and its predicted target. Overall, the identification of the miRNAs in the anther development of Ningqi No. 1 and Ningqi No. 5 provides a valuable resource for understanding the molecular mechanisms of male sterility in L. barbarum.
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- Jing Shi
- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Ning Xia University, Ning Xia, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Edible Wild Plants Conservation and Utilization, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Ning Xia University, Ning Xia, China
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- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Ning Xia University, Ning Xia, China
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- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Ning Xia University, Ning Xia, China
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- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Ning Xia University, Ning Xia, China
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- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Ning Xia University, Ning Xia, China
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- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Ning Xia University, Ning Xia, China
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- Agricultural Bio-Technology Center, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Ning Xia, China
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- Agricultural Bio-Technology Center, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Ning Xia, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Singh A, Gautam V, Singh S, Sarkar Das S, Verma S, Mishra V, Mukherjee S, Sarkar AK. Plant small RNAs: advancement in the understanding of biogenesis and role in plant development. PLANTA 2018; 248:545-558. [PMID: 29968061 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-018-2927-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Present review addresses the advances made in the understanding of biogenesis of plant small RNAs and their role in plant development. We discuss the elaborate role of microRNAs (miRNAs) and trans-acting small interfering RNAs (ta-siRNAs) in various aspects of plant growth and development and highlight relevance of small RNA mobility. Small non-coding RNAs regulate various aspects of plant development. Small RNAs (sRNAs) of 21-24 nucleotide length are derived from double-stranded RNAs through the combined activity of several biogenesis and processing components. These sRNAs function by negatively regulating the expression of target genes. miRNAs and ta-siRNAs constitute two important classes of endogenous small RNAs in plants, which play important roles in plant growth and developmental processes like embryogenesis, organ formation and patterning, shoot and root growth, and reproductive development. Biogenesis of miRNAs is a multistep process which includes transcription, processing and modification, and their loading onto RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). RISC-loaded miRNAs carry out post-transcriptional silencing of their target(s). Recent studies identified orthologues of different biogenesis components of novel and conserved small RNAs from different model plants. Although many small RNAs have been identified from diverse plant species, only a handful of them have been functionally characterized. In this review, we discuss the advances made in understanding the biogenesis, functional conservation/divergence in miRNA-mediated gene regulation, and the developmental role of small RNAs in different plant species.
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- Archita Singh
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Chen J, Su P, Chen P, Li Q, Yuan X, Liu Z. Insights into the cotton anther development through association analysis of transcriptomic and small RNA sequencing. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:154. [PMID: 30075747 PMCID: PMC6091077 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1376-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant anther development is a systematic and complex process precisely controlled by genes. Regulation genes and their regulatory mechanisms for this process remain elusive. In contrast to numerous researches on anther development with respect to mRNAs or miRNAs in many crops, the association analysis combining both omics has not been reported on cotton anther. RESULTS In this study, the molecular mechanism of cotton anther development was investigated with the employment of association analysis of transcriptome and small RNA sequencing during the predefined four stages of cotton anther development, sporogenuous cell proliferation (SCP), meiotic phase (MP), microspore release period (MRP) and pollen maturity (PM). Analysis revealed that the differentially expressed genes are increasingly recruited along with the developmental progress. Expression of functional genes differed significantly among developmental stages. The genes related with cell cycle, progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation, and meiosis are predominantly expressed at the early stage of anther development (SCP and MP), and the expression of genes involved in energy metabolism, flavonoid biosynthesis, axon guidance and phospholipase D signaling pathways is mainly enriched at the late stage of anther development (MRP and PM). Analysis of expression patterns revealed that there was the largest number of differentially expressed genes in the MP and the expression profiles of differentially expressed genes were significantly increased, which implied the importance of MP in the entire anther development cycle. In addition, prediction and analysis of miRNA targeted genes suggested that miRNAs play important roles in anther development. The miRNAs ghr-miR393, Dt_chr12_6065 and At_chr9_3080 participated in cell cycle, carbohydrate metabolism and auxin anabolism through the target genes, respectively, to achieve the regulation of anther development. CONCLUSIONS Through the association analysis of mRNA and miRNA, our work gives a better understanding of the preferentially expressed genes and regulation in different developmental stages of cotton anther and the importance of meiotic phase, and also the involvement of miRNAs in precise regulation for this process, which would be valuable for clarifying the mechanism of plant anther development in response to internal and external environments.
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- Jin Chen
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128 China
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- Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Plant Protection, Changsha, 410125 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128 China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128 China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128 China
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Jian H, Ma J, Wei L, Liu P, Zhang A, Yang B, Li J, Xu X, Liu L. Integrated mRNA, sRNA, and degradome sequencing reveal oilseed rape complex responses to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) infection. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10987. [PMID: 30030454 PMCID: PMC6054686 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29365-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), caused by the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a devastating disease resulting in yield losses and decreases in seed quality in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) worldwide. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the response of oilseed rape to S. sclerotiorum infection at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels are poorly understood. Here, we used an integrated omics approach (transcriptome, sRNAome, and degradome sequencing) on the Illumina platform to compare the RNA expression and post-transcriptional profiles of oilseed rape plants inoculated or not with S. sclerotiorum. In total, 7,065 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) compared with the mock-inoculated control at 48 hours post inoculation were identified. These DEGs were associated with protein kinases, signal transduction, transcription factors, hormones, pathogenesis-related proteins, secondary metabolism, and transport. In the sRNA-Seq analysis, 77 known and 176 novel miRNAs were identified; however, only 10 known and 41 novel miRNAs were differentially expressed between the samples inoculated or not with S. sclerotiorum. Degradome sequencing predicted 80 cleavage sites with 64 miRNAs. Integrated mRNA, sRNA and degradome sequencing analysis reveal oilseed rape complex responses to S. sclerotiorum infection. This study provides a global view of miRNA and mRNA expression profiles in oilseed rape following S. sclerotiorum infection.
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- Hongju Jian
- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Rapeseed, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China.
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Franke KR, Schmidt SA, Park S, Jeong DH, Accerbi M, Green PJ. Analysis of Brachypodium miRNA targets: evidence for diverse control during stress and conservation in bioenergy crops. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:547. [PMID: 30029591 PMCID: PMC6053804 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4911-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Since the proposal of Brachypodium distachyon as a model for the grasses, over 500 Bdi-miRNAs have been annotated in miRBase making Brachypodium second in number only to rice. Other monocots, such as switchgrass, are completely absent from the miRBase database. While a significant number of miRNAs have been identified which are highly conserved across plants, little research has been done with respect to the conservation of miRNA targets. Plant responses to abiotic stresses are regulated by diverse pathways many of which involve miRNAs; however, it can be difficult to identify miRNA guided gene regulation when the miRNA is not the primary regulator of the target mRNA. RESULTS To investigate miRNA target conservation and stress response involvement, a set of PARE (Parallel Analysis of RNA Ends) libraries totaling over two billion reads was constructed and sequenced from Brachypodium, switchgrass, and sorghum representing the first report of RNA degradome data from the latter two species. Analysis of this data provided not only PARE evidence for miRNA guided cleavage of over 7000 predicted target mRNAs in Brachypodium, but also evidence for miRNA guided cleavage of over 1000 homologous transcripts in sorghum and switchgrass. A pipeline was constructed to compare RNA-seq and PARE data made from Brachypodium plants exposed to various abiotic stress conditions. This resulted in the identification of 44 miRNA targets which exhibit stress regulated cleavage. Time course experiments were performed to reveal the relationship between miR393ab, miR169a, miR394ab, and their respective targets throughout the first 36 h of the cold stress response in Brachypodium. CONCLUSIONS Knowledge gained from this study provides considerable insight into the RNA degradomes and the breadth of miRNA target conservation among these three species. Additionally, associations of a number of miRNAs and target mRNAs with the stress responses have been revealed which could aid in the development of stress tolerant transgenic crops.
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- Karl R. Franke
- Department of Biology and Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711 USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711 USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711 USA
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- Department of Life Science, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711 USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711 USA
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Wang C, Jogaiah S, Zhang W, Abdelrahman M, Fang JG. Spatio-temporal expression of miRNA159 family members and their GAMYB target gene during the modulation of gibberellin-induced grapevine parthenocarpy. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:3639-3650. [PMID: 29905866 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Grapevine, Vitis vinifera, is an important economic fruit crop that is highly sensitive to gibberellin (GA), and the exogenous application of GA can efficiently induce grapevine parthenocarpy. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this process remain elusive. In this study, morphological changes during flower development in response to GA treatments were examined in the 'Zuijinxiang' cultivar. To obtain insights into the roles of miRNA159s in GA-induced grapevine parthenocarpy, VvmiR159a, VvmiR159b, VvmiR159c, and their target gene VvGAMYB were isolated, sequenced and characterized. Spatial-temporal expression analyses showed that VvmiR159c exhibited the highest expression levels at 4 d before flowering, followed by a gradual decrease, while VvGAMYB displayed an opposite pattern of expression with the lowest expression at the corresponding stage in response to GA treatment. A cleavage interaction between VvmiR159s and VvGAMYB and variations of their cleavage roles were confirmed in grapevine floral development. In addition, the potential roles of VvmiR159s in GA signaling were investigated through DELLA-protein repressors, indicating that GA-DELLA (SLR1)-VvmiR159c-VvGAMYB is the key signaling regulatory module in grapevine. Our findings provide novel insights into the GA-responsive roles of VvmiR159s in modulating grapevine floral development, which have important implications for the molecular breeding of high-quality seedless grapevine berry.
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- Chen Wang
- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Plant Healthcare and Diagnostic Center, Department of Studies in Biotechnology and Microbiology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Guo Z, Chen D, Röder MS, Ganal MW, Schnurbusch T. Genetic dissection of pre-anthesis sub-phase durations during the reproductive spike development of wheat. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 95:909-918. [PMID: 29906301 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Flowering time is an important factor affecting grain yield in wheat. In this study, we divided reproductive spike development into eight sub-phases. These sub-phases have the potential to be delicately manipulated to increase grain yield. We measured 36 traits with regard to sub-phase durations, determined three grain yield-related traits in eight field environments and mapped 15 696 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, based on 90k Infinium chip and 35k Affymetrix chip) markers in 210 wheat genotypes. Phenotypic and genetic associations between grain yield traits and sub-phase durations showed significant consistency (Mantel test; r = 0.5377, P < 0.001). The shared quantitative trait loci (QTLs) revealed by the genome-wide association study suggested a close association between grain yield and sub-phase duration, which may be attributed to effects on spikelet initiation/spikelet number (double ridge to terminal spikelet stage, DR-TS) and assimilate accumulation (green anther to anthesis stage, GA-AN). Moreover, we observed that the photoperiod-sensitivity allele at the Ppd-D1 locus on chromosome 2D markedly extended all sub-phase durations, which may contribute to its positive effects on grain yield traits. The dwarfing allele at the Rht-D1 (chromosome 4D) locus altered the sub-phase duration and displayed positive effects on grain yield traits. Data for 30 selected genotypes (from among the original 210 genotypes) in the field displayed a close association with that from the greenhouse. Most importantly, this study demonstrated specific connections to grain yield in narrower time windows (i.e. the eight sub-phases), rather than the entire stem elongation phase as a whole.
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- Zifeng Guo
- Independent Heisenberg Research Group Plant Architecture, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, 06466, Germany
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- Department of Breeding Research, Research Group Image Analysis, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, 06466, Germany
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- Research Group Gene and Genome Mapping, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, 06466, Germany
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- TraitGenetics GmbH, Stadt Seeland, Gatersleben, 06466, OT, Germany
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- Independent Heisenberg Research Group Plant Architecture, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, 06466, Germany
- Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, 06099, Germany
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Kim MH, Cho JS, Lee JH, Bae SY, Choi YI, Park EJ, Lee H, Ko JH. Poplar MYB transcription factor PtrMYB012 and its Arabidopsis AtGAMYB orthologs are differentially repressed by the Arabidopsis miR159 family. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 38:801-812. [PMID: 29301041 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A phenotype-based screening of the T1 transgenic Arabidopsis population transformed by overexpression constructs of the entire poplar MYB transcription factor family found that overexpression of a poplar MYB transcription factor, PtrMYB012, in Arabidopsis resulted in upwardly curled rosette leaves, dwarfism and male sterility. Sequence analysis identified that PtrMYB012 is homologous to the Arabidopsis GAMYB genes (e.g., AtMYB65 and AtMYB33). Gene expression analysis revealed that PtrMYB012 is specifically expressed in floral tissues, especially in male catkins, similar to AtMYB65. It was well known that Arabidopsis GAMYBs are negatively regulated by microRNA159 (miR159) during vegetative growth; thus, the typical phenotypes of upwardly curled leaves, dwarfism and male sterility were only shown in overexpression of GAMYBs with mutations in the miR159 target sequence. To confirm our phenotypic consequences, we independently re-produced transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing PtrMYB012 without mutations in the miR159 target sequence. The resulting 35 S::PtrMYB012 Arabidopsis plants phenocopied the previous transgenic Arabidopsis plants, suggesting that PtrMYB012 is probably not a target of Arabidopsis miR159 despite containing the conserved miR159 target sequence. To gain further insight, we produced transgenic poplars overexpressing the intact PtrMYB012. As a result, no conspicuous phenotype was found in 35 S::PtrMYB012 poplar plants. These results suggest that PtrMYB012 transcripts are down-regulated by miR159 in poplar but not in Arabidopsis. Indeed, subsequent 5'-RACE analysis confirmed that PtrMYB012 transcripts are completely degraded in poplar, probably by miR159, but not in Arabidopsis. These results suggest that species-specific family members of miR159 are important for the regulation of normal growth and development in plants.
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- Min-Ha Kim
- Department of Plant & Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant & Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant & Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant & Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Forest Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute, Suwon 441-847, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Forest Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute, Suwon 441-847, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Forest Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute, Suwon 441-847, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant & Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Republic of Korea
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Analysis of microRNA reveals cleistogamous and chasmogamous floret divergence in dimorphic plant. Sci Rep 2018; 8:6287. [PMID: 29674749 PMCID: PMC5908857 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24477-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cleistogenes songorica, a grass species that exhibits two spatially different type of inflorescence, chastogamy (CH), flowers localized at the top, and cleistogamy (CL) flowers embedded in leaf sheath. This study aimed at dissecting reasons underlying these distinct floral development patterns at morphological and microRNA level. Phenotyping for CH and CL was conducted and four small RNA libraries were constructed from the CH and CL flowers for high-throughput sequencing to identify the differentiated miRNAs. As results, spikelet, stigma, anther, lemma and lodicule length of CH flowers were found larger than that of CL, and so was seed setting. Also, 17 flower-related differential expression miRNAs were identified which were associated with floral organ development and morphogenesis, and the flower development. Further results showed that miR159a.1-CL3996.Contig2 pair was related to anther development, miR156a-5p-CL1954.Contig2 was linked to response to high light intensity, miR408-3p/miR408d-Unigene429 was related to pollination and Unigene429 positively regulated flower development. To our knowledge, this is the first study on differential miRNA accumulation between CH and CL flowers and our study serves as a foundation to the future elucidation of regulatory mechanisms of miRNAs in the divergent development of CL and CH flowers in a single plant.
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Zhang X, Li K, Xing R, Liu S, Chen X, Yang H, Li P. miRNA and mRNA Expression Profiles Reveal Insight into Chitosan-Mediated Regulation of Plant Growth. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:3810-3822. [PMID: 29584426 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b06081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Chitosan has been numerously studied as a plant growth regulator and stress tolerance inducer. To investigate the roles of chitosan as bioregulator on plant and unravel its possible metabolic responses mechanisms, we simultaneously investigated mRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs) expression profiles of wheat seedlings in response to chitosan heptamer. We found 400 chitosan-responsive differentially expressed genes, including 268 up-regulated and 132 down-regulated mRNAs, many of which were related to photosynthesis, primary carbon and nitrogen metabolism, defense responses, and transcription factors. Moreover, miRNAs also participate in chitosan-mediated regulation on plant growth. We identified 87 known and 21 novel miRNAs, among which 56 miRNAs were induced or repressed by chitosan heptamer, such as miRNA156, miRNA159a, miRNA164, miRNA171a, miRNA319, and miRNA1127. The integrative analysis of miRNA and mRNA expression profiles in this case provides fundamental information for further investigation of regulation mechanisms of chitosan on plant growth and will facilitate its application in agriculture.
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- Xiaoqian Zhang
- Key Laborotory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 , China
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- Key Laborotory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266237 , China
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- Key Laborotory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266237 , China
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- Key Laborotory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266237 , China
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- Key Laborotory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266237 , China
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- Key Laborotory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266237 , China
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- Key Laborotory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266237 , China
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Ujino-Ihara T, Ueno S, Uchiyama K, Futamura N. Comprehensive analysis of small RNAs expressed in developing male strobili of Cryptomeria japonica. PLoS One 2018. [PMID: 29529051 PMCID: PMC5846777 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Deep sequencing of small RNAs (sRNAs) in developing male strobili of second-generation offspring originating from a nuclear genic male sterile tree of Cryptomeria japonica were performed to characterize sRNA populations in the male strobili at early pollen developmental stages. Comparing to sequences of microRNA (miRNA) families of plant species and sRNAs expressed in the reproductive organs of representative vascular plants, 37 conserved miRNA families were detected, of which eight were ubiquitously expressed in the reproductive organs of land plant species. In contrast, miR1083 was common in male reproductive organs of gymnosperm species but absent in angiosperm species. In addition to conserved miRNAs, 199 novel miRNAs candidates were predicted. The expression patterns of the obtained sRNAs were further investigated to detect the differentially expressed (DE) sRNAs between genic male sterile and fertile individuals. A total of 969 DE sRNAs were obtained and only three known miRNA families were included among them. These results suggest that both conserved and species-specific sRNAs contribute to the development of male strobili in C. japonica.
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- Tokuko Ujino-Ihara
- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Tripathi A, Goswami K, Tiwari M, Mukherjee SK, Sanan-Mishra N. Identification and comparative analysis of microRNAs from tomato varieties showing contrasting response to ToLCV infections. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 24:185-202. [PMID: 29515314 PMCID: PMC5834980 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-017-0482-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Increasing incidence of viral infections in crop plants adversely affects their growth and yield. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is considered to be a favorite host for viruses with over 50 species of begomoviruses naturally infecting this crop. Tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV) is among the most widespread and devastating begomoviruses affecting tomato production. microRNAs (miRs) have been established as key regulators of gene expression and plant development. The miR pathways are disturbed during infection by viruses. Thus, comprehension of regulatory miR networks is crucial in understanding the effect of viral pathogenicity. To identify key miRs involved in ToLCV infection, a high throughput approach involving next generation sequencing was employed. Healthy and infected leaf tissues of two tomato varieties, differing in their susceptibility to ToLCV infection were analyzed. NGS data analysis followed by computational predictions, led to identification of 91 known miRs, 15 novel homologs and 53 novel miRs covering two different varieties of tomato, susceptible (Pusa Ruby) and tolerant (LA1777) to ToLCV infection. The cleaved targets of these miRs were identified using online available degradome libraries from leaf, flower and fruit of tomato and showed their involvement in various biological pathways through KEGG Orthology. With detailed comparative profiling of expression pattern of these miRs, we could associate the specific miRs with the resistant and infected genotypes. This study depicted that in depth analysis of miR expression patterns and their functions will help in identification of molecules that can be used for manipulation of gene expression to increase crop production and developing resistance against diseases.
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- Anita Tripathi
- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Liu H, Yu H, Tang G, Huang T. Small but powerful: function of microRNAs in plant development. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:515-528. [PMID: 29318384 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2246-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of endogenous noncoding small RNAs frequently 21 nucleotides long. miRNAs act as negative regulators of their target genes through sequence-specific mRNA cleavage, translational repression, or chromatin modifications. Alterations of the expression of a miRNA or its targets often result in a variety of morphological and physiological abnormalities, suggesting the strong impact of miRNAs on plant development. Here, we review the recent advances on the functional studies of plant miRNAs. We will summarize the regulatory networks of miRNAs in a series of developmental processes, including meristem development, establishment of lateral organ polarity and boundaries, vegetative and reproductive organ growth, etc. We will also conclude the conserved and species-specific roles of plant miRNAs in evolution and discuss the strategies for further elucidating the functional mechanisms of miRNAs during plant development.
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- Haiping Liu
- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China
- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China.
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Wang Y, Zou W, Xiao Y, Cheng L, Liu Y, Gao S, Shi Z, Jiang Y, Qi M, Xu T, Li T. MicroRNA1917 targets CTR4 splice variants to regulate ethylene responses in tomato. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:1011-1025. [PMID: 29365162 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Ethylene perception is regulated by receptors, and the downstream protein CONSTITUTIVE TRIPLE RESPONSE1 is a key suppressor of ethylene signalling. The non-conserved tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) microRNA1917 (Sly-miR1917) mediates degradation of SlCTR4 splice variants (SlCTR4sv) but the molecular details of this pathway remain unknown. Sly-miR1917 and the targeted SlCTR4sv are ubiquitously expressed in all tomato organs. Overexpression of Sly-miR1917 enhances ethylene responses, including the triple response in etiolated seedlings, in the absence of ethylene, as well as epinastic petiole growth, accelerated pedicel abscission, and fruit ripening. Enhanced ethylene signalling in Sly-miR1917-overexpressing plants (1917-OE) is accompanied by up-regulation of ethylene biosynthesis and signalling genes, and increased ethylene emission. These phenotypes were recovered by repressing the positive ethylene regulator EIN2. Moreover, the Sly-miR1917-targeted SlCTR4 splice variant SlCTR4sv3, expressed specifically in the abscission zone, exhibited the opposite expression pattern to Sly-miR1917. Complementation of the Arabidopsis thaliana ctr-1 mutant and yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays suggested that SlCTR4sv3 functions in ethylene signalling. Co-expression of Sly-miR1917 and SlCTR4sv3 in Nicotiana benthamiana further suggested that Sly-miR1917 cleaves SlCTR4sv3 in vivo. Database homology searching revealed a Solanum tuberosum CTR-like splice variant containing a Sly-miR1917 binding sequence, and a homologue of mature Sly-miR1917 in potato, indicating a conserved function for miR1917 and the regulatory miRNA-mediated ethylene network in solanaceous species.
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- Yanling Wang
- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- Liaoning Cash Crop Institute, Liaoyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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Jalmi SK, Bhagat PK, Verma D, Noryang S, Tayyeba S, Singh K, Sharma D, Sinha AK. Traversing the Links between Heavy Metal Stress and Plant Signaling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:12. [PMID: 29459874 PMCID: PMC5807407 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plants confront multifarious environmental stresses widely divided into abiotic and biotic stresses, of which heavy metal stress represents one of the most damaging abiotic stresses. Heavy metals cause toxicity by targeting crucial molecules and vital processes in the plant cell. One of the approaches by which heavy metals act in plants is by over production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) either directly or indirectly. Plants act against such overdose of metal in the environment by boosting the defense responses like metal chelation, sequestration into vacuole, regulation of metal intake by transporters, and intensification of antioxidative mechanisms. This response shown by plants is the result of intricate signaling networks functioning in the cell in order to transmit the extracellular stimuli into an intracellular response. The crucial signaling components involved are calcium signaling, hormone signaling, and mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling that are discussed in this review. Apart from signaling components other regulators like microRNAs and transcription factors also have a major contribution in regulating heavy metal stress. This review demonstrates the key role of MAPKs in synchronously controlling the other signaling components and regulators in metal stress. Further, attempts have been made to focus on metal transporters and chelators that are regulated by MAPK signaling.
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- Plant Signaling, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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Weber K, Burow M. Nitrogen - essential macronutrient and signal controlling flowering time. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2018; 162:251-260. [PMID: 29095491 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nitrogen, as limiting nutrient for plant growth and crop yield, is a main component of fertilizers and heavily used in modern agriculture. Early reports from over-application of fertilizers in crop production have shown to repress the transition from vegetative to reproductive phase. For the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, there is evidence that low nitrogen conditions promote early flowering, while high nitrogen as well as nitrogen starvation conditions display the opposite effect. To gain a better understanding of how nitrogen affects the onset of flowering, we reviewed the existing literature for A. thaliana and carried out a meta-analysis on available transcriptomics data, seeking for potential genes and pathways involved in both nitrogen responses and flowering time control. With this strategy, we aimed at identifying potential gateways for integration of nitrogen signaling and potential regulators that might link the regulatory networks controlling nitrogen and flowering in A. thaliana. We found that photoperiodic pathway genes have high potential to be involved in nitrogen-dependent flowering.
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- Konrad Weber
- DynaMo Center, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- DynaMo Center, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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High-throughput sequencing analysis revealed the regulation patterns of small RNAs on the development of A. comosus var. bracteatus leaves. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1947. [PMID: 29386560 PMCID: PMC5792487 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20261-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Studies of the molecular mechanisms involved in the formation of the albino leaf cells are important for understanding the development of chimera leaves in Ananas comosus var. bracteatus. In this study, we identified a total of 163 novel miRNAs involved in the development of complete white (CWh) and complete green (CGr) leaves using high-throughput sequencing method. The potential miRNA target genes were predicted and annotated using the NR, Swiss-Prot, GO, COG, KEGG, KOG and Pfam databases. The main biological processes regulated by miRNAs were revealed. The miRNAs which potentially play important roles in the development of the leaves and the albino of the CWh leaf cells were selected and their expression patterns were analyzed. The expression levels of nine miRNAs and their potential target genes were studied using qRT-PCR. These results will help to elucidate the functional and regulatory roles of miRNAs in the formation of the albino cells and the development of the leaves of A. comosus var. bracteatus. These data may also be helpful as a resource for studies of small RNA in other leaf color chimeric plant species.
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Ma C, Yang J, Cheng Q, Mao A, Zhang J, Wang S, Weng Y, Wen C. Comparative analysis of miRNA and mRNA abundance in determinate cucumber by high-throughput sequencing. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0190691. [PMID: 29304061 PMCID: PMC5755913 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Determinate cucumber is a type of short vines, fewer nodes, and terminal flowers, it is suitable for high-density planting and available harvesting in field cultivation, whereas the indeterminate cucumber is preferred to cultivate in greenhouses. However, many biotic or abiotic stresses could lead indeterminate cucumber to be determinate in greenhouse cultivation, which may decrease yield and fruit quality. Therefore, it is urgent and essential to investigate the key factors forming determinate and terminal flowering in cucumber. In this study, two close background inbred lines were selected and conducted the miRNA and mRNA high throughput sequencing. Interestingly, ethylene-associated miRNAs and mRNAs were intensively obtained, indicating that the plant hormone ethylene is a key factor impacting determinate and terminal flowering in cucumber. The ethylene metabolites analysis showed that significant higher ethylene was observed in determinate line than that in the indeterminate line. The RT-qPCR validation of ethylene related miRNAs Cas-miR172, Cas-miR396, and Cas-miR414 and their target mRNAs showed a significant negative correlation. These data suggested that ethylene-associated miRNAs might affect determinate and terminal flower phenotypes by regulating their target genes expression. This study not only provides a potential molecular mechanism for determinate formation in cucumber but also establishes a method to demonstrate important physiological processes through the comprehensive association of miRNA and mRNA high-throughput sequencing.
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- Chao Ma
- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing, China
- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Center for Viticulture and Enology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Institute of Agro-food Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Agro-products Processing Technology of Shandong, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, United States of America
- USDA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
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Ma X, Zhang X, Zhao K, Li F, Li K, Ning L, He J, Xin Z, Yin D. Small RNA and Degradome Deep Sequencing Reveals the Roles of microRNAs in Seed Expansion in Peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:349. [PMID: 29662498 PMCID: PMC5890158 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Seed expansion in peanut is a complex biological process involving many gene regulatory pathways. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important regulatory roles in plant growth and development, but little is known about their functions during seed expansion, or how they contribute to seed expansion in different peanut lines. We examined seed miRNA expression patterns at 15 and 35 days after flowering (DAF) in two peanut eighth-generation recombinant inbred lines (RIL8); 8106, a medium-pod variety, and 8107, a super-pod variety. Using high-throughput sequencing, we identified 1,082 miRNAs in developing peanut seeds including 434 novel miRNAs. We identified 316 differentially expressed miRNAs by comparing expression levels between the two peanut lines. Interestingly, 24 miRNAs showed contrasting patterns of expression in the two RILs, and 149 miRNAs were expressed predominantly in only one RIL at 35 DAF. Also, potential target genes for some conserved and novel miRNAs were identified by degradome sequencing; target genes were predicted to be involved in auxin mediated signaling pathways and cell division. We validated the expression patterns of some representative miRNAs and 12 target genes by qPCR, and found negative correlations between the expression level of miRNAs and their targets. miR156e, miR159b, miR160a, miR164a, miR166b, miR168a, miR171n, miR172c-5p, and miR319d and their corresponding target genes may play key roles in seed expansion in peanut. The results of our study also provide novel insights into the dynamic changes in miRNAs that occur during peanut seed development, and increase our understanding of miRNA function in seed expansion.
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- *Correspondence: Dongmei Yin, Zeyu Xin,
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Kajal M, Singh K. Small RNA profiling for identification of miRNAs involved in regulation of saponins biosynthesis in Chlorophytum borivilianum. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:265. [PMID: 29281971 PMCID: PMC5745966 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1214-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND MicroRNAs act as molecular regulator of cell signaling, plant growth and development, and regulate various primary and secondary plant metabolic processes. In the present study, deep sequencing of small RNAs was carried out to identify known and novel miRNAs from pharmaceutically important plant, Chlorophytum borivilianum. RESULTS Total 442 known miRNAs and 5 novel miRNAs were identified from young leaf small RNA library. Experimental validation with stem loop RT-PCR confirmed the in silico identification. Based on transcriptome data of root and leaf of C. borivilianum, Oryza sativa, and Arabidopsis thaliana target gene prediction was done using psRNAtarget and mirRanda. BLAST2GO helped in localization of predicted targets and KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia for Genes and Genomes) pathway analysis concluded that miR9662, miR894, miR172, and miR166 might be involved in regulating saponin biosynthetic pathway. The correlation between miRNA and its target gene was further validated by RT-qPCR analysis. CONCLUSION This study provides first elaborated glimpse of miRNA pool of C. borivilianum, which can help to understand the miRNA dependent regulation of saponin biosynthesis and to design further metabolic engineering experiment to enhance their contents in the plant.
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- Monika Kajal
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
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Zhang GZ, Jin SH, Li P, Jiang XY, Li YJ, Hou BK. Ectopic expression of UGT84A2 delayed flowering by indole-3-butyric acid-mediated transcriptional repression of ARF6 and ARF8 genes in Arabidopsis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1995-2006. [PMID: 29027578 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2225-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- Gui-Zhi Zhang
- The Key Lab of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education of China, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
- School of Pharmacy, Linyi University, Linyi, 276000, China
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- The Key Lab of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education of China, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
- School of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- The Key Lab of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education of China, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- The Key Lab of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education of China, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- The Key Lab of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education of China, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- The Key Lab of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education of China, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
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D'Ario M, Griffiths-Jones S, Kim M. Small RNAs: Big Impact on Plant Development. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 22:1056-1068. [PMID: 29032035 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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While the role of proteins in determining cell identity has been extensively studied, the contribution of small noncoding RNA molecules such as miRNAs and siRNAs has been also recognised. miRNAs bind to complementary sites in target mRNA molecules to trigger the degradation or translational inhibition of those targets. Recent studies have revealed that miRNAs play pivotal roles in key developmental processes such as patterning of the embryo, meristem, leaf, and flower. Furthermore, these miRNAs have been recruited throughout plant evolution into pathways that create diverse plant organ forms and shapes. This review focuses on the roles of miRNAs in establishing plant cell identity during key plant development processes and creating morphological diversity during plant evolution.
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- Marco D'Ario
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Singh I, Smita S, Mishra DC, Kumar S, Singh BK, Rai A. Abiotic Stress Responsive miRNA-Target Network and Related Markers (SNP, SSR) in Brassica juncea. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1943. [PMID: 29209340 PMCID: PMC5702422 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Abiotic stress is one of the major factors responsible for huge yield loss in crop plants. MicroRNAs play a key role in adaptive responses of plants under abiotic stress conditions through post-transcriptional gene regulations. In present study, 95 potential miRNAs were predicted in Brassica juncea using comparative genomics approach. It was noted that these miRNAs, target several transcription factors (TFs), transporter family proteins, signaling related genes, and protease encoding genes. Nineteen distinct miRNA-target regulatory networks were observed with significant involvement in regulation of transcription, response to stimulus, hormone and auxin mediated signaling pathway related gene ontology (GO) term. The sucrose-starch metabolism and pentose-gluconate interconversion pathways were found significantly enriched for these target genes. Molecular markers such as Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPs) were identified on miRNAs (miR-SSRs and miR-SNPs) and their target genes in B. juncea. Notably, one of the miR-SNP (C/T) was found at the 5th position on mature region of miR2926. This C/T transition led to the distorted and unstable hairpin structure of miR2926, consequently complete loss of target function. Hence, findings from this study will lay a foundation for marker assisted breeding for abiotic stress tolerant varieties of B. juncea.
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- Indra Singh
- Centre for Agricultural Bio-Informatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bio-Informatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bio-Informatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bio-Informatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bio-Informatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Li W, He Z, Zhang L, Lu Z, Xu J, Cui J, Wang L, Jin B. miRNAs involved in the development and differentiation of fertile and sterile flowers in Viburnum macrocephalum f. keteleeri. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:783. [PMID: 29029607 PMCID: PMC5640959 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4180-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sterile and fertile flowers are important evolutionary developmental phenotypes in angiosperm flowers. The development of floral organs, critical in angiosperm reproduction, is regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs). However, the mechanisms underpinning the miRNA regulation of the differentiation and development of sterile and fertile flowers remain unclear. RESULTS Here, based on investigations of the morphological differences between fertile and sterile flowers, we used high-throughput sequencing to characterize the miRNAs in the differentiated floral organs of Viburnum macrocephalum f. keteleeri. We identified 49 known miRNAs and 67 novel miRNAs by small RNA (sRNA) sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, and 17 of these known and novel miRNA precursors were validated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Sanger sequencing. Furthermore, by comparing the sequencing results of two sRNA libraries, we found that 30 known and 39 novel miRNA sequences were differentially expressed, and 35 were upregulated and 34 downregulated in sterile compared with fertile flowers. Combined with their predicted targets, the potential roles of miRNAs in V. macrocephalum f. keteleeri flowers include involvement in floral organogenesis, cell proliferation, hormonal pathways, and stress responses. miRNA precursors and targets were further validated by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Specifically, miR156a-5p, miR156g, and miR156j expression levels were significantly higher in fertile flowers than in sterile flowers, while SPL genes displayed the opposite expression pattern. Considering that the targets of miR156 are predicted to be SPL genes, we propose that miR156 may be involved in the regulation of stamen development in V. macrocephalum f. keteleeri. CONCLUSIONS We identified miRNAs differentially expressed between fertile and sterile flowers in V. macrocephalum f. keteleeri and provided new insights into the important regulatory roles of miRNAs in the differentiation and development of fertile and sterile flowers.
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- Weixing Li
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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Smith O, Palmer SA, Clapham AJ, Rose P, Liu Y, Wang J, Allaby RG. Small RNA Activity in Archeological Barley Shows Novel Germination Inhibition in Response to Environment. Mol Biol Evol 2017; 34:2555-2562. [PMID: 28655202 PMCID: PMC5850308 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The recovery of ancient RNA from archeological material could enable the direct study of microevolutionary processes. Small RNAs are a rich source of information because their small size is compatible with biomolecular preservation, and their roles in gene regulation make them likely foci of evolutionary change. We present here the small RNA fraction from a sample of archeological barley generated using high-throughput sequencing that has previously been associated with localized adaptation to drought. Its microRNA profile is broadly similar to 19 globally distributed modern barley samples with the exception of three microRNAs (miRNA159, miRNA319, and miR396), all of which are known to have variable expression under stress conditions. We also found retrotransposon activity to be significantly reduced in the archeological barley compared with the controls, where one would expect the opposite under stress conditions. We suggest that the archeological barley's conflicting stress signals could be the result of long-term adaptation to its local environment.
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- Oliver Smith
- School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- The Austrian Archaeological Institute, Cairo Branch, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
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- BGI-Europe-UK, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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da Silva EM, Silva GFFE, Bidoia DB, da Silva Azevedo M, de Jesus FA, Pino LE, Peres LEP, Carrera E, López-Díaz I, Nogueira FTS. microRNA159-targeted SlGAMYB transcription factors are required for fruit set in tomato. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 92:95-109. [PMID: 28715118 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The transition from flowering to fruit production, namely fruit set, is crucial to ensure successful sexual plant reproduction. Although studies have described the importance of hormones (i.e. auxin and gibberellins) in controlling fruit set after pollination and fertilization, the role of microRNA-based regulation during ovary development and fruit set is still poorly understood. Here we show that the microRNA159/GAMYB1 and -2 pathway (the miR159/GAMYB1/2 module) is crucial for tomato ovule development and fruit set. MiR159 and SlGAMYBs were expressed in preanthesis ovaries, mainly in meristematic tissues, including developing ovules. SlMIR159-overexpressing tomato cv. Micro-Tom plants exhibited precocious fruit initiation and obligatory parthenocarpy, without modifying fruit shape. Histological analysis showed abnormal ovule development in such plants, which led to the formation of seedless fruits. SlGAMYB1/2 silencing in SlMIR159-overexpressing plants resulted in misregulation of pathways associated with ovule and female gametophyte development and auxin signalling, including AINTEGUMENTA-like genes and the miR167/SlARF8a module. Similarly to SlMIR159-overexpressing plants, SlGAMYB1 was downregulated in ovaries of parthenocarpic mutants with altered responses to gibberellins and auxin. SlGAMYBs likely contribute to fruit initiation by modulating auxin and gibberellin responses, rather than their levels, during ovule and ovary development. Altogether, our results unveil a novel function for the miR159-targeted SlGAMYBs in regulating an agronomically important trait, namely fruit set.
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- Eder Marques da Silva
- Bioscience Institute, State University of Sao Paulo, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, 18618-970, Brazil
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences, Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences, Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Bioscience Institute, State University of Sao Paulo, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, 18618-970, Brazil
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences, Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Control of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences (LCB), Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz' (ESALQ), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Control of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences (LCB), Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz' (ESALQ), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Control of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences (LCB), Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz' (ESALQ), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Control of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences (LCB), Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz' (ESALQ), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Ingeniero Fausto Elío s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Ingeniero Fausto Elío s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Department of Biological Sciences, Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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Wang K, Wang X, Li M, Shi T, Yang P. Low genetic diversity and functional constraint of miRNA genes participating pollen-pistil interaction in rice. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 95:89-98. [PMID: 28735504 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-017-0638-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the expression and evolution of rice miRNA genes participating pollen-pistil interaction that is crucial to rice yield. Pollen-pistil interaction is an essential reproductive process for all flowering plants. While microRNAs (miRNAs) are important noncoding small RNAs that regulate mRNA levels in eukaryotic cells, there is little knowledge about which miRNAs involved in the early stages of pollen-pistil interaction in rice and how they evolve under this conserved process. In this study, we sequenced the small RNAs in rice from unpollinated pistil (R0), pistil from 5 min and 15 min after pollination, respectively, to identify known and novel miRNAs that are involved in this process. By comparing the corresponding mRNA-seq dataset, we identified a group of miRNAs with strong negative expression pattern with their target genes. Further investigation of all miRNA loci (MIRNAs) across 1083 public rice accessions revealed significantly reduced genetic diversity in MIRNAs with strong negative expression of their targets when comparing to those with little or no impact on targets during pollen-pistil interaction. Annotation of targets suggested that those MIRNAs with strong impact on targets were pronounced in cell wall related processes such as xylan metabolism. Additionally, plant conserved miRNAs, such as those with functions in gibberellic acid, auxin and nitrate signaling, were also with strong negative expression of their targets. Overall, our analyses identified key miRNAs participating pollen-pistil interaction and their evolutionary patterns in rice, which can facilitate the understanding of molecular mechanisms associated with seed setting.
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- Kun Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
- Sino-African Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
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Xue T, Liu Z, Dai X, Xiang F. Primary root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana is inhibited by the miR159 mediated repression of MYB33, MYB65 and MYB101. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 262:182-189. [PMID: 28716415 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Organ growth is a fundamental developmental process basing on cell proliferation and differentiation. The growth of the plant root is sustained by the activity of the root meristem, a process controlled in part by various transcription factors. Here, the miR159 has been identified as a post transcriptional repressor of root growth, on the basis that the mir159ab double mutant developed a larger meristem than did the wild type, and that it formed longer roots. In the mutant, the abundance of MYB33, MYB65 and MYB101 transcript was substantially increased. When MYB33, MYB65 and MYB101 were replaced by the miR159-resistant forms mMYB33, mMYB65 and mMYB101 respectively, the root meristem was similarly enlarged and the growth of the primary root enhanced. MYB65 activity promoted cell division in the root meristem by accelerating the cell cycle. The data suggest that miR159 acts as a key repressor of the primary root's growth, acting through its repression of MYB65 and consequent blocking of the cell cycle.
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- Tao Xue
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Bai JF, Wang YK, Wang P, Duan WJ, Yuan SH, Sun H, Yuan GL, Ma JX, Wang N, Zhang FT, Zhang LP, Zhao CP. Uncovering Male Fertility Transition Responsive miRNA in a Wheat Photo-Thermosensitive Genic Male Sterile Line by Deep Sequencing and Degradome Analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1370. [PMID: 28848574 PMCID: PMC5550412 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small RNAs which play important negative regulatory roles at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels in plants. Wheat is the most commonly cultivated plant species worldwide. In this study, RNA-seq analysis was used to examine the expression profiles of miRNA in the spikelets of photo-thermosenisitive genic male sterile (PTGMS) wheat line BS366 during male fertility transition. Through mapping on their corresponding precursors, 917-7,762 novel miRNAs were found in six libraries. Six novel miRNAs were selected for examination of their secondary structures and confirmation by stem-loop RT-PCR. In a differential expression analysis, 20, 22, and 58 known miRNAs exhibited significant differential expression between developmental stages 1 (secondary sporogenous cells had formed), 2 (all cells layers were present and mitosis had ceased), and 3 (meiotic division stage), respectively, of fertile and sterile plants. Some of these differential expressed miRNAs, such as tae-miR156, tae-miR164, tae-miR171, and tae-miR172, were shown to be associated with their targets. These targets were previously reported to be related to pollen development and/or male sterility, indicating that these miRNAs and their targets may be involved in the regulation of male fertility transition in the PTGMS wheat line BS366. Furthermore, target genes of miRNA cleavage sites were validated by degradome sequencing. In this study, a possible signal model for the miRNA-mediated signaling pathway during the process of male fertility transition in the PTGMS wheat line BS366 was developed. This study provides a new perspective for understanding the roles of miRNAs in male fertility in PTGMS lines of wheat.
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- Jian-Fang Bai
- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of AgricultureBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- College of Life Science, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetic of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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