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Chen Z, Liao M, Yang Z, Chen W, Wei S, Zou J, Peng Z. Co-expression network analysis of genes and networks associated with wheat pistillody. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13902. [PMID: 36039368 PMCID: PMC9419718 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Crop male sterility has great value in theoretical research and breeding application. HTS-1, whose stamens transformed into pistils or pistil-like structures, is an important male sterility material selecting from Chinese Spring three-pistil (CSTP) wheat. However the molecular mechanism of pistillody development in HTS-1 remains a mystery. RNA-seq data of 11 wheat tissues were obtained from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), including the stamens of CSTP and the pistils and pistillodic stamen of HTS-1. The Salmon program was utilized to quantify the gene expression levels of the 11 wheat tissues; and gene quantification results were normalized by transcripts per million (TPM). In total, 58,576 genes were used to construct block-wise network by co-expression networks analysis (WGCNA) R package. We obtained all of modules significantly associated with the 11 wheat tissues. AgriGO V2.0 was used to do Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis; and genes and transcription factors (TFs) in these significant modules about wheat pistillody development were identified from GO enrichment results. Basic local alignment search tool (BLAST) was used to align HTS-1 proteins with the published pistillody-related proteins and TFs. Genes about wheat pistillody development were analyzed and validated by qRT-PCR. The MEturquoise, MEsaddlebrown, MEplum, MEcoral1, MElightsteelblue1, and MEdarkslateblue modules were significantly corelated to pistillodic stamen (correlation p < 0.05). Moreover, 206 genes related to carpel development (GO:0048440) or gynoecium development (GO:0048467) were identified only in the MEturquoise module by Gene Ontology (GO) analysis, and 42 of 206 genes were hub genes in MEturquoise module. qRT-PCR results showed that 38 of the 42 hub genes had highly expressed in pistils and pistillodic stamens than in stamens. A total of 15 pistillody development-related proteins were validated by BLAST. Transcription factors (TFs) were also analyzed in the MEturquoise module, and 618 TFs were identified. In total, 56 TFs from 11 families were considered to regulate the development of pistillodic stamen. The co-expression network showed that six of HB and three of BES1 genes were identified in 42 hub genes. This indicated that TFs played important roles in wheat pistillody development. In addition, there were 11 of ethylene-related genes connected with TFs or hub genes, suggesting the important roles of ethylene-related genes in pistillody development. These results provide important insights into the molecular interactions underlying pistillody development.
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- Zhenyong Chen
- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Agricultural Science, Xichang University, Xichang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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Guo J, Zhang G, Song Y, Ma S, Niu N, Wang J. Comparative transcriptome profiling of multi-ovary wheat under heterogeneous cytoplasm suppression. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8301. [PMID: 31165748 PMCID: PMC6549160 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43277-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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DUOII is a multi-ovary wheat line with two or three pistils and three stamens in each floret. The multi-ovary trait of DUOII is controlled by a dominant gene, whose expression can be suppressed by the heterogeneous cytoplasm of TeZhiI (TZI), a line with the nucleus of common wheat and the cytoplasm of Aegilops. DUOII (♀) × TZI (♂) shows multi-ovary trait, while TZI (♀) × DUOII (♂) shows mono-ovary. Observing the developmental process, we found that the critical stage of additional pistil primordium development was when the young spikes were 2–6 mm long. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the heterogeneous cytoplasmic suppression of the multi-ovary gene, we RNA-sequenced the entire transcriptome of 2–6 mm long young spikes obtained from the reciprocal crosses between DUOII and TZI. A total of 600 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was identified. Functional annotation of these DEGs showed that the heterogeneous cytoplasmic suppression of additional pistil development mainly involved four pathways, i.e., chloroplast metabolism, DNA replication and repair, hormone signal transduction, and trehalose-6-phosphate in the primordium development stage, which cooperated to modulate the multi-ovary gene expression under heterogeneous cytoplasmic suppression.
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- Jialin Guo
- College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,National Yangling Agricultural Biotechnology & Breeding Center, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Yangling Branch of State Wheat Improvement Centre, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Wheat Breeding Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China. .,National Yangling Agricultural Biotechnology & Breeding Center, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China. .,Yangling Branch of State Wheat Improvement Centre, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China. .,Wheat Breeding Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China. .,Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,National Yangling Agricultural Biotechnology & Breeding Center, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Yangling Branch of State Wheat Improvement Centre, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Wheat Breeding Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,National Yangling Agricultural Biotechnology & Breeding Center, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Yangling Branch of State Wheat Improvement Centre, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Wheat Breeding Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,National Yangling Agricultural Biotechnology & Breeding Center, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Yangling Branch of State Wheat Improvement Centre, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Wheat Breeding Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,National Yangling Agricultural Biotechnology & Breeding Center, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Yangling Branch of State Wheat Improvement Centre, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Wheat Breeding Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China
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Zhu XX, Li QY, Shen CC, Duan ZB, Yu DY, Niu JS, Ni YJ, Jiang YM. Transcriptome Analysis for Abnormal Spike Development of the Wheat Mutant dms. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149287. [PMID: 26982202 PMCID: PMC4794226 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) spike development is the foundation for grain yield. We obtained a novel wheat mutant, dms, characterized as dwarf, multi-pistil and sterility. Although the genetic changes are not clear, the heredity of traits suggests that a recessive gene locus controls the two traits of multi-pistil and sterility in self-pollinating populations of the medium plants (M), such that the dwarf genotype (D) and tall genotype (T) in the progeny of the mutant are ideal lines for studies regarding wheat spike development. The objective of this study was to explore the molecular basis for spike abnormalities of dwarf genotype. Results Four unigene libraries were assembled by sequencing the mRNAs of the super-bulked differentiating spikes and stem tips of the D and T plants. Using integrative analysis, we identified 419 genes highly expressed in spikes, including nine typical homeotic genes of the MADS-box family and the genes TaAP2, TaFL and TaDL. We also identified 143 genes that were significantly different between young spikes of T and D, and 26 genes that were putatively involved in spike differentiation. The result showed that the expression levels of TaAP1-2, TaAP2, and other genes involved in the majority of biological processes such as transcription, translation, cell division, photosynthesis, carbohydrate transport and metabolism, and energy production and conversion were significantly lower in D than in T. Conclusions We identified a set of genes related to wheat floral organ differentiation, including typical homeotic genes. Our results showed that the major causal factors resulting in the spike abnormalities of dms were the lower expression homeotic genes, hormonal imbalance, repressed biological processes, and deficiency of construction materials and energy. We performed a series of studies on the homeotic genes, however the other three causal factors for spike abnormal phenotype of dms need further study.
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- Xin-Xin Zhu
- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Shangqiu Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Shangqiu, Henan, China
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- National Centre of Engineering and Technological Research for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University / Key Laboratory of Physiological Ecology and Genetic Improvement of Food Crops in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Kianian PMA, Kianian SF. Mitochondrial dynamics and the cell cycle. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:222. [PMID: 24904617 PMCID: PMC4035010 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 05/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Nuclear-mitochondrial (NM) communication impacts many aspects of plant development including vigor, sterility, and viability. Dynamic changes in mitochondrial number, shape, size, and cellular location takes place during the cell cycle possibly impacting the process itself and leading to distribution of this organelle into daughter cells. The genes that underlie these changes are beginning to be identified in model plants such as Arabidopsis. In animals disruption of the drp1 gene, a homolog to the plant drp3A and drp3B, delays mitochondrial division. This mutation results in increased aneuploidy due to chromosome mis-segregation. It remains to be discovered if a similar outcome is observed in plants. Alloplasmic lines provide an opportunity to understand the communication between the cytoplasmic organelles and the nucleus. Examples of studies in these lines, especially from the extensive collection in wheat, point to the role of mitochondria in chromosome movement, pollen fertility and other aspects of development.
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- Penny M. A. Kianian
- Department of Horticultural Science, University of MinnesotaSt. Paul, MN, USA
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- Cereal Disease Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research ServiceSt. Paul, MN, USA
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Murai K. Homeotic Genes and the ABCDE Model for Floral Organ Formation in Wheat. PLANTS 2013; 2:379-95. [PMID: 27137382 PMCID: PMC4844379 DOI: 10.3390/plants2030379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Floral organ formation has been the subject of intensive study for over 20 years, particularly in the model dicot species Arabidopsis thaliana. These studies have led to the establishment of a general model for the development of floral organs in higher plants, the so-called ABCDE model, in which floral whorl-specific combinations of class A, B, C, D, or E genes specify floral organ identity. In Arabidopsis, class A, B, C, D, E genes encode MADS-box transcription factors except for the class A gene APETALA2. Mutation of these genes induces floral organ homeosis. In this review, I focus on the roles of these homeotic genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum), particularly with respect to the ABCDE model. Pistillody, the homeotic transformation of stamens into pistil-like structures, occurs in cytoplasmic substitution (alloplasmic) wheat lines that have the cytoplasm of the related wild species Aegilops crassa. This phenomenon is a valuable tool for analysis of the wheat ABCDE model. Using an alloplasmic line, the wheat ortholog of DROOPING LEAF (TaDL), a member of the YABBY gene family, has been shown to regulate pistil specification. Here, I describe the current understanding of the ABCDE model for floral organ formation in wheat.
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- Koji Murai
- Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, 4-1-1 Matsuoka-kenjojima, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui 910-1195, Japan.
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