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Gu Z, Han B. Unlocking the mystery of heterosis opens the era of intelligent rice breeding. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 196:735-744. [PMID: 39115386 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 10/03/2024]
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Heterosis refers to the phenomenon where the first filial offspring (F1) from genetically diverse parents displays advantages in growth rate, yield, and adaptability compared with its parents. The exploitation of heterosis in rice breeding has greatly increased the productivity, making a significant contribution to food security in the last half of the century. Conventional hybrid rice breeding highly relies on the breeder's experience on random crossing and comprehensive field selection. This process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. In recent years, rice hybrid breeding has encountered challenges stemming from limited germplasm resource, low breeding efficiency, and high uncertainty, which constrain the progress in yield increase, coupled with difficulties in balancing grain yield, quality, and resistance. Understanding the genetic basis of rice heterosis could lead to significant advancements in breeding concepts and methods. This will fully unleash the advantages of heterosis. In this review, we focus on the research progress of the genetic dissection of crop heterosis and briefly introduce some key advancements in modern intelligent breeding of rice hybrid.
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- Zhoulin Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, National Center for Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, National Center for Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China
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Zhao J, Yang T, Liu P, Liu H, Zhang H, Guo S, Liu X, Chen X, Chen M. Genome-Wide Identification of the Soybean AlkB Homologue Gene Family and Functional Characterization of GmALKBH10Bs as RNA m 6A Demethylases and Expression Patterns under Abiotic Stress. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:2491. [PMID: 39273973 PMCID: PMC11397283 DOI: 10.3390/plants13172491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2024] [Revised: 08/27/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024]
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Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr) is one of the most important crops worldwide, but its yield is vulnerable to abiotic stresses. In Arabidopsis, the AlkB homologue (ALKBH) family genes plays a crucial role in plant development and stress response. However, the identification and functions of its homologous genes in soybean remain obscured. Here, we identified a total of 22 ALKBH genes in soybean and classified them into seven subfamilies according to phylogenetic analysis. Gene duplication events among the family members and gene structure, conserved domains, and motifs of all candidate genes were analyzed. By comparing the changes in the m6A levels on mRNA from hair roots between soybean seedlings harboring the empty vector and those harboring the GmALKBH10B protein, we demonstrated that all four GmALKBH10B proteins are bona fide m6A RNA demethylases in vivo. Subcellular localization and expression patterns of the GmALKBH10B revealed that they might be functionally redundant. Furthermore, an analysis of cis-elements coupled with gene expression data demonstrated that GmALKBH10B subfamily genes, including GmALKBH10B1, GmALKBH10B2, GmALKBH10B3, and GmALKBH10B4, are likely involved in the cis-elements' response to various environmental stimuli. In summary, our study is the first to report the genome-wide identification of GmALKBH family genes in soybean and to determine the function of GmALKBH10B proteins as m6A RNA demethylases, providing insights into GmALKBH10B genes in response to abiotic stresses.
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- Jie Zhao
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Nanjing Police University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Qi T, Wang M, Wang P, Wang L, Wang J. Insights into heterosis from histone modifications in the flag leaf of inter-subspecific hybrid rice. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:767. [PMID: 39134930 PMCID: PMC11318154 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05487-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Inter-subspecific hybrid rice represents a significant breakthrough in agricultural genetics, offering higher yields and better resilience to various environmental stresses. While the utilization of these hybrids has shed light on the genetic processes underlying hybridization, understanding the molecular mechanisms driving heterosis remains a complex and ongoing challenge. Here, chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) was used to analyze genome-wide profiles of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 modifications in the inter-subspecific hybrid rice ZY19 and its parents, Z04A and ZHF1015, then combined them with the transcriptome and DNA methylation data to uncover the effects of histone modifications on gene expression and the contribution of epigenetic modifications to heterosis. RESULTS In the hybrid, there were 8,126 and 1,610 different peaks for H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 modifications when compared to its parents, respectively, with the majority of them originating from the parental lines. The different modifications between the hybrid and its parents were more frequently observed as higher levels in the hybrid than in the parents. In ZY19, there were 476 and 84 allele-specific genes with H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 modifications identified, representing 7.9% and 12% of the total analyzed genes, respectively. Only a small portion of genes that showed differences in parental H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 modifications which demonstrated allele-specific histone modifications (ASHM) in the hybrid. The H3K4me3 modification level in the hybrid was significantly lower compared to the parents. In the hybrid, DNA methylation occurs more frequently among histone modification target genes. Additionally, over 62.58% of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were affected by epigenetic variations. Notably, there was a strong correlation observed between variations in H3K4me3 modifications and gene expression levels in the hybrid and its parents. CONCLUSION These findings highlight the substantial impact of histone modifications and DNA methylation on gene expression during hybridization. Epigenetic variations play a crucial role in controlling the differential expression of genes, with potential implications for heterosis.
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- Tianpu Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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Huang C, Cheng Y, Hu Y, Fang L, Si Z, Chen J, Cao Y, Guan X, Zhang T. Dynamic patterns of gene expressional and regulatory variations in cotton heterosis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1450963. [PMID: 39166253 PMCID: PMC11333441 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1450963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
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Purpose Although the application of heterosis has significantly increased crop yield over the past century, the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon still remain obscure. Here, we applied transcriptome sequencing to unravel the impacts of parental expression differences and transcriptomic reprogramming in cotton heterosis. Methods A high-quality transcriptomic atlas covering 15 developmental stages and tissues was constructed for XZM2, an elite hybrid of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), and its parental lines, CRI12 and J8891. This atlas allowed us to identify gene expression differences between the parents and to characterize the transcriptomic reprogramming that occurs in the hybrid. Results Our analysis revealed abundant gene expression differences between the parents, with pronounced tissue specificity; a total of 1,112 genes exhibited single-parent expression in at least one tissue. It also illuminated transcriptomic reprogramming in the hybrid XZM2, which included both additive and non-additive expression patterns. Coexpression networks between parents and hybrid constructed via weighted gene coexpression network analysis identified modules closely associated with fiber development. In particular, key regulatory hub genes involved in fiber development showed high-parent dominant or over dominant patterns in the hybrid, potentially driving the emergence of heterosis. Finally, high-depth resequencing data was generated and allele-specific expression patterns examined in the hybrid, enabling the dissection of cis- and trans-regulation contributions to the observed expression differences. Conclusion Parental transcriptional differences and transcriptomic reprogramming in the hybrid, especially the non-additive upregulation of key genes, play an important role in shaping heterosis. Collectively, these findings provide new insights into the molecular basis of heterosis in cotton.
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- Chujun Huang
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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Lu Z, Huang W, Ge Q, Liang G, Sun L, Wu J, Ghouri F, Shahid MQ, Liu X. Seed development-related genes contribute to high yield heterosis in integrated utilization of elite autotetraploid and neo-tetraploid rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1421207. [PMID: 38933462 PMCID: PMC11204133 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1421207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Introduction Autotetraploid rice holds high resistance to abiotic stress and substantial promise for yield increase, but it could not be commercially used because of low fertility. Thus, our team developed neo-tetraploid rice with high fertility and hybrid vigor when crossed with indica autotetraploid rice. Despite these advances, the molecular mechanisms underlying this heterosis remain poorly understood. Methods An elite indica autotetraploid rice line (HD11) was used to cross with neo-tetraploid rice, and 34 hybrids were obtained to evaluate agronomic traits related to yield. WE-CLSM, RNA-seq, and CRISPR/Cas9 were employed to observe endosperm structure and identify candidate genes from two represent hybrids. Results and discussion These hybrids showed high seed setting and an approximately 55% increase in 1000-grain weight, some of which achieved grain yields comparable to those of the diploid rice variety. The endosperm observations indicated that the starch grains in the hybrids were more compact than those in paternal lines. A total of 119 seed heterosis related genes (SHRGs) with different expressions were identified, which might contribute to high 1000-grain weight heterosis in neo-tetraploid hybrids. Among them, 12 genes had been found to regulate grain weight formation, including OsFl3, ONAC023, OsNAC024, ONAC025, ONAC026, RAG2, FLO4, FLO11, OsISA1, OsNF-YB1, NF-YC12, and OsYUC9. Haplotype analyses of these 12 genes revealed the various effects on grain weight among different haplotypes. The hybrids could polymerize more dominant haplotypes of above grain weight regulators than any homozygous cultivar. Moreover, two SHRGs (OsFl3 and SHRG2) mutants displayed a significant reduction in 1000-grain weight and an increase in grain chalkiness, indicating that OsFl3 and SHRG2 positively regulate grain weight. Our research has identified a valuable indica autotetraploid germplasm for generating strong yield heterosis in combination with neo-tetraploid lines and gaining molecular insights into the regulatory processes of heterosis in tetraploid rice.
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- Zijun Lu
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Biology and Agriculture, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Base Bank for Lingnan Rice Germplasm Resources, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Li Q, Qiao X, Li L, Gu C, Yin H, Qi K, Xie Z, Yang S, Zhao Q, Wang Z, Yang Y, Pan J, Li H, Wang J, Wang C, Rieseberg LH, Zhang S, Tao S. Haplotype-resolved T2T genome assemblies and pangenome graph of pear reveal diverse patterns of allele-specific expression and the genomic basis of fruit quality traits. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2024:101000. [PMID: 38859586 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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Hybrid crops often exhibit increased yield and greater resilience, yet the genomic mechanism(s) underlying hybrid vigor or heterosis remain unclear, hindering our ability to predict the expression of phenotypic traits in hybrid breeding. Here, we generated haplotype-resolved T2T genome assemblies of two pear hybrid varieties, 'Yuluxiang' (YLX) and 'Hongxiangsu' (HXS), which share the same maternal parent but differ in their paternal parents. We then used these assemblies to explore the genome-scale landscape of allele-specific expression (ASE) and create a pangenome graph for pear. ASE was observed for close to 6000 genes in both hybrid cultivars. A subset of ASE genes related to aspects of fruit quality such as sugars, organic acids, and cuticular wax were identified, suggesting their important contributions to heterosis. Specifically, Ma1, a gene regulating fruit acidity, is absent in the paternal haplotypes of HXS and YLX. A pangenome graph was built based on our assemblies and seven published pear genomes. Resequencing data for 139 cultivated pear genotypes (including 97 genotypes sequenced here) were subsequently aligned to the pangenome graph, revealing numerous structural variant hotspots and selective sweeps during pear diversification. As predicted, the Ma1 allele was found to be absent in varieties with low organic acid content, and this association was functionally validated by Ma1 overexpression in pear fruit and calli. Overall, these results reveal the contributions of ASE to fruit-quality heterosis and provide a robust pangenome reference for high-resolution allele discovery and association mapping.
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- Qionghou Li
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Pomology Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- Pomology Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
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Peng H, Yi Y, Li J, Qing Y, Zhai X, Deng Y, Tian J, Zhang J, Hu Y, Qin X, Lu Y, Yao Y, Wang S, Zheng Y. A haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Malus domestica 'Red Fuji'. Sci Data 2024; 11:592. [PMID: 38844753 PMCID: PMC11156929 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03401-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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The 'Red Fuji' apple (Malus domestica), is one of the most important and popular economic crops worldwide in the fruit industry. Using PacBio HiFi long reads and Hi-C reads, we assembled a high-quality haplotype-resolved genome of 'Red Fuji', with sizes of 668.7 and 668.8 Mb, and N50 sizes of 34.1 and 31.4 Mb. About 97.2% of sequences were anchored in 34 chromosomes. We annotated both haploid genomes, identifying a total of 95,439 protein-coding genes in the two haplotype genomes, with 98% functional annotation. The haplotype-resolved genome of 'Red Fuji' apple stands as a precise benchmark for an array of analyses, such as comparative genomics, transcriptomics, and allelic expression studies. This comprehensive resource is paramount in unraveling variations in allelic expression, advancing quality improvements, and refining breeding efforts.
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- Haixu Peng
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China.
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agriculture Application and New Technique, Colege of Plant Science and Technology, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China.
- Bioinformatics Center, Bejing University of Agriculture, Bejing, 102206, China.
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He C, Zhu B, Gao W, Wu Q, Zhang C. Study on Allele Specific Expression of Long-Term Residents in High Altitude Areas. Evol Bioinform Online 2024; 20:11769343241257344. [PMID: 38826865 PMCID: PMC11141219 DOI: 10.1177/11769343241257344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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In diploid organisms, half of the chromosomes in each cell come from the father and half from the mother. Through previous studies, it was found that the paternal chromosome and the maternal chromosome can be regulated and expressed independently, leading to the emergence of allele specific expression (ASE). In this study, we analyzed the differential expression of alleles in the high-altitude population and the normal population based on the RNA sequencing data. Through gene cluster analysis and protein interaction network analysis, we found some changes occurred at the gene level, and some negative effects. During the study, we realized that the calmodulin homology domain may have a certain correlation with long-term survival at high altitude. The plateau environment is characterized by hypoxia, low air pressure, strong ultraviolet radiation, and low temperature. Accordingly, the genetic changes in the process of adaptation are mainly reflected in these characteristics. High altitude generation living is also highly related to cancer, immune disease, cardiovascular disease, neurological disease, endocrine disease, and other diseases. Therefore, the medical system in high altitude areas should pay more attention to these diseases.
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- Chao He
- The General Hospital of Tibet Military Region, Lhasa, China
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- The General Hospital of Tibet Military Region, Lhasa, China
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- The General Hospital of Tibet Military Region, Lhasa, China
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- The General Hospital of Tibet Military Region, Lhasa, China
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Zhan W, Cui L, Yang S, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Yang J. Natural variations of heterosis-related allele-specific expression genes in promoter regions lead to allele-specific expression in maize. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:476. [PMID: 38745122 PMCID: PMC11092226 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10395-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Heterosis has successfully enhanced maize productivity and quality. Although significant progress has been made in delineating the genetic basis of heterosis, the molecular mechanisms underlying its genetic components remain less explored. Allele-specific expression (ASE), the imbalanced expression between two parental alleles in hybrids, is increasingly being recognized as a factor contributing to heterosis. ASE is a complex process regulated by both epigenetic and genetic variations in response to developmental and environmental conditions. RESULTS In this study, we explored the differential characteristics of ASE by analyzing the transcriptome data of two maize hybrids and their parents under four light conditions. On the basis of allele expression patterns in different hybrids under various conditions, ASE genes were divided into three categories: bias-consistent genes involved in basal metabolic processes in a functionally complementary manner, bias-reversal genes adapting to the light environment, and bias-specific genes maintaining cell homeostasis. We observed that 758 ASE genes (ASEGs) were significantly overlapped with heterosis quantitative trait loci (QTLs), and high-frequency variations in the promoter regions of heterosis-related ASEGs were identified between parents. In addition, 10 heterosis-related ASEGs participating in yield heterosis were selected during domestication. CONCLUSIONS The comprehensive analysis of ASEGs offers a distinctive perspective on how light quality influences gene expression patterns and gene-environment interactions, with implications for the identification of heterosis-related ASEGs to enhance maize yield.
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- Weimin Zhan
- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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Chen L, Li C, Li B, Zhou X, Bai Y, Zou X, Zhou Z, He Q, Chen B, Wang M, Xue Y, Jiang Z, Feng J, Zhou T, Liu Z, Xu P. Evolutionary divergence of subgenomes in common carp provides insights into speciation and allopolyploid success. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 4:589-602. [PMID: 38933191 PMCID: PMC11197550 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2023.06.011] [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: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Hybridization and polyploidization have made great contributions to speciation, heterosis, and agricultural production within plants, but there is still limited understanding and utilization in animals. Subgenome structure and expression reorganization and cooperation post hybridization and polyploidization are essential for speciation and allopolyploid success. However, the mechanisms have not yet been comprehensively assessed in animals. Here, we produced a high-fidelity reference genome sequence for common carp, a typical allotetraploid fish species cultured worldwide. This genome enabled in-depth analysis of the evolution of subgenome architecture and expression responses. Most genes were expressed with subgenome biases, with a trend of transition from the expression of subgenome A during the early stages to that of subgenome B during the late stages of embryonic development. While subgenome A evolved more rapidly, subgenome B contributed to a greater level of expression during development and under stressful conditions. Stable dominant patterns for homoeologous gene pairs both during development and under thermal stress suggest a potential fixed heterosis in the allotetraploid genome. Preferentially expressing either copy of a homoeologous gene at higher levels to confer development and response to stress indicates the dominant effect of heterosis. The plasticity of subgenomes and their shifting of dominant expression during early development, and in response to stressful conditions, provide novel insights into the molecular basis of the successful speciation, evolution, and heterosis of the allotetraploid common carp.
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- Lin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Fisheries, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Henan Academy of Fishery Science, Zhengzhou 450044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse 13244, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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Shi TL, Jia KH, Bao YT, Nie S, Tian XC, Yan XM, Chen ZY, Li ZC, Zhao SW, Ma HY, Zhao Y, Li X, Zhang RG, Guo J, Zhao W, El-Kassaby YA, Müller N, Van de Peer Y, Wang XR, Street NR, Porth I, An X, Mao JF. High-quality genome assembly enables prediction of allele-specific gene expression in hybrid poplar. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 195:652-670. [PMID: 38412470 PMCID: PMC11060683 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Poplar (Populus) is a well-established model system for tree genomics and molecular breeding, and hybrid poplar is widely used in forest plantations. However, distinguishing its diploid homologous chromosomes is difficult, complicating advanced functional studies on specific alleles. In this study, we applied a trio-binning design and PacBio high-fidelity long-read sequencing to obtain haplotype-phased telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies for the 2 parents of the well-studied F1 hybrid "84K" (Populus alba × Populus tremula var. glandulosa). Almost all chromosomes, including the telomeres and centromeres, were completely assembled for each haplotype subgenome apart from 2 small gaps on one chromosome. By incorporating information from these haplotype assemblies and extensive RNA-seq data, we analyzed gene expression patterns between the 2 subgenomes and alleles. Transcription bias at the subgenome level was not uncovered, but extensive-expression differences were detected between alleles. We developed machine-learning (ML) models to predict allele-specific expression (ASE) with high accuracy and identified underlying genome features most highly influencing ASE. One of our models with 15 predictor variables achieved 77% accuracy on the training set and 74% accuracy on the testing set. ML models identified gene body CHG methylation, sequence divergence, and transposon occupancy both upstream and downstream of alleles as important factors for ASE. Our haplotype-phased genome assemblies and ML strategy highlight an avenue for functional studies in Populus and provide additional tools for studying ASE and heterosis in hybrids.
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- Tian-Le Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Ecology and Physiology, Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji’nan 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs & Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
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- College of Forestry, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271000, China
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Bc, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Thünen-Institute of Forest Genetics, 22927 Grosshansdorf, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
- College of Horticulture, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Départment des Sciences du Bois et de la Forêt, Faculté de Foresterie, de Géographie et Géomatique, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Liu C, Mao B, Zhang Y, Tian L, Ma B, Chen Z, Wei Z, Li A, Shao Y, Cheng G, Li L, Li W, Zhang D, Ding X, Peng J, Peng Y, He J, Ye N, Yuan D, Chu C, Duan M. The OsWRKY72-OsAAT30/OsGSTU26 module mediates reactive oxygen species scavenging to drive heterosis for salt tolerance in hybrid rice. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 66:709-730. [PMID: 38483018 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Hybrid rice (Oryza sativa) generally outperforms its inbred parents in yield and stress tolerance, a phenomenon termed heterosis, but the underlying mechanism is not completely understood. Here, we combined transcriptome, proteome, physiological, and heterosis analyses to examine the salt response of super hybrid rice Chaoyou1000 (CY1000). In addition to surpassing the mean values for its two parents (mid-parent heterosis), CY1000 exhibited a higher reactive oxygen species scavenging ability than both its parents (over-parent heterosis or heterobeltiosis). Nonadditive expression and allele-specific gene expression assays showed that the glutathione S-transferase gene OsGSTU26 and the amino acid transporter gene OsAAT30 may have major roles in heterosis for salt tolerance, acting in an overdominant fashion in CY1000. Furthermore, we identified OsWRKY72 as a common transcription factor that binds and regulates OsGSTU26 and OsAAT30. The salt-sensitive phenotypes were associated with the OsWRKY72paternal genotype or the OsAAT30maternal genotype in core rice germplasm varieties. OsWRKY72paternal specifically repressed the expression of OsGSTU26 under salt stress, leading to salinity sensitivity, while OsWRKY72maternal specifically repressed OsAAT30, resulting in salinity tolerance. These results suggest that the OsWRKY72-OsAAT30/OsGSTU26 module may play an important role in heterosis for salt tolerance in an overdominant fashion in CY1000 hybrid rice, providing valuable clues to elucidate the mechanism of heterosis for salinity tolerance in hybrid rice.
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- Citao Liu
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Center for Crop Genome Engineering, College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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Shen N, Xie H, Liu K, Li X, Wang L, Deng Y, Chen L, Bian Y, Xiao Y. Near-gapless genome and transcriptome analyses provide insights into fruiting body development in Lentinula edodes. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 263:130610. [PMID: 38447851 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Fruiting body development in macrofungi is an intensive research subject. In this study, high-quality genomes were assembled for two sexually compatible monokaryons from a heterokaryotic Lentinula edodes strain WX1, and variations in L. edodes genomes were analyzed. Specifically, differential gene expression and allele-specific expression (ASE) were analyzed using the two monokaryotic genomes and transcriptome data from four different stages of fruiting body development in WX1. Results revealed that after aeration, mycelia sensed cell wall stress, pheromones, and a decrease in CO2 concentration, leading to up-regulated expression in genes related to cell adhesion, cell wall remodeling, proteolysis, and lipid metabolism, which may promote primordium differentiation. Aquaporin genes and those related to proteolysis, mitosis, lipid, and carbohydrate metabolism may play important roles in primordium development, while genes related to tissue differentiation and sexual reproduction were active in fruiting body. Several essential genes for fruiting body development were allele-specifically expressed and the two nuclear types could synergistically regulate fruiting body development by dominantly expressing genes with different functions. ASE was probably induced by long terminal repeat-retrotransposons. Findings here contribute to the further understanding of the mechanism of fruiting body development in macrofungi.
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- Nan Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Institute of Applied Mycology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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Lu Y, Chen X, Yu H, Zhang C, Xue Y, Zhang Q, Wang H. Haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Phanera championii reveals molecular mechanisms of flavonoid synthesis and adaptive evolution. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 118:488-505. [PMID: 38173092 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Phanera championii is a medicinal liana plant that has successfully adapted to hostile karst habitats. Despite extensive research on its medicinal components and pharmacological effects, the molecular mechanisms underlying the biosynthesis of critical flavonoids and its adaptation to karst habitats remain elusive. In this study, we performed high-coverage PacBio and Hi-C sequencing of P. championii, which revealed its high heterozygosity and phased the genome into two haplotypes: Hap1 (384.60 Mb) and Hap2 (383.70 Mb), encompassing a total of 58 612 annotated genes. Comparative genomes analysis revealed that P. championii experienced two whole-genome duplications (WGDs), with approximately 59.59% of genes originating from WGD events, thereby providing a valuable genetic resource for P. championii. Moreover, we identified a total of 112 genes that were strongly positively selected. Additionally, about 81.60 Mb of structural variations between the two haplotypes. The allele-specific expression patterns suggested that the dominant effect of P. championii was the elimination of deleterious mutations and the promotion of beneficial mutations to enhance fitness. Moreover, our transcriptome and metabolome analysis revealed alleles in different tissues or different haplotypes collectively regulate the synthesis of flavonoid metabolites. In summary, our comprehensive study highlights the significance of genomic and morphological adaptation in the successful adaptation of P. championii to karst habitats. The high-quality phased genomes obtained in this study serve as invaluable genomic resources for various applications, including germplasm conservation, breeding, evolutionary studies, and elucidation of pathways governing key biological traits of P. championii.
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- Yongbin Lu
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yanshan, Guilin, 541006, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yanshan, Guilin, 541006, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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Han L, Luo X, Zhao Y, Li N, Xu Y, Ma K. A haplotype-resolved genome provides insight into allele-specific expression in wild walnut (Juglans regia L.). Sci Data 2024; 11:278. [PMID: 38459062 PMCID: PMC10923786 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03096-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
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Wild germplasm resources are crucial for gene mining and molecular breeding because of their special trait performance. Haplotype-resolved genome is an ideal solution for fully understanding the biology of subgenomes in highly heterozygous species. Here, we surveyed the genome of a wild walnut tree from Gongliu County, Xinjiang, China, and generated a haplotype-resolved reference genome of 562.99 Mb (contig N50 = 34.10 Mb) for one haplotype (hap1) and 561.07 Mb (contig N50 = 33.91 Mb) for another haplotype (hap2) using PacBio high-fidelity (HiFi) reads and Hi-C technology. Approximately 527.20 Mb (93.64%) of hap1 and 526.40 Mb (93.82%) of hap2 were assigned to 16 pseudochromosomes. A total of 41039 and 39744 protein-coding gene models were predicted for hap1 and hap2, respectively. Moreover, 123 structural variations (SVs) were identified between the two haplotype genomes. Allele-specific expression genes (ASEGs) that respond to cold stress were ultimately identified. These datasets can be used to study subgenome evolution, for functional elite gene mining and to discover the transcriptional basis of specific traits related to environmental adaptation in wild walnut.
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- Liqun Han
- Institute of Horticulture Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation of Crop Resistance in Arid Desert Regions, Key Laboratory of Genome Research and Genetic Improvement of Xinjiang Characteristic Fruits and Vegetables, Urumqi, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Institute of Horticulture Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation of Crop Resistance in Arid Desert Regions, Key Laboratory of Genome Research and Genetic Improvement of Xinjiang Characteristic Fruits and Vegetables, Urumqi, China
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- Institute of Horticulture Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation of Crop Resistance in Arid Desert Regions, Key Laboratory of Genome Research and Genetic Improvement of Xinjiang Characteristic Fruits and Vegetables, Urumqi, China
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- Institute of Horticulture Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation of Crop Resistance in Arid Desert Regions, Key Laboratory of Genome Research and Genetic Improvement of Xinjiang Characteristic Fruits and Vegetables, Urumqi, China.
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- Institute of Horticulture Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation of Crop Resistance in Arid Desert Regions, Key Laboratory of Genome Research and Genetic Improvement of Xinjiang Characteristic Fruits and Vegetables, Urumqi, China.
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Liu W, He G, Deng XW. Toward understanding and utilizing crop heterosis in the age of biotechnology. iScience 2024; 27:108901. [PMID: 38533455 PMCID: PMC10964264 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108901] [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] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Heterosis, a universal phenomenon in nature, mainly reflected in the superior productivity, quality, and fitness of F1 hybrids compared with their inbred parents, has been exploited in agriculture and greatly benefited human society in terms of food security. However, the flexible and efficient utilization of heterosis has remained a challenge in hybrid breeding systems because of the limitations of "three-line" and "two-line" methods. In the past two decades, rapidly developed biotechnologies have provided unprecedented conveniences for both understanding and utilizing heterosis. Notably, "third-generation" (3G) hybrid breeding technology together with high-throughput sequencing and gene editing greatly promoted the efficiency of hybrid breeding. Here, we review emerging ideas about the genetic or molecular mechanisms of heterosis and the development of 3G hybrid breeding system in the age of biotechnology. In addition, we summarized opportunities and challenges for optimal heterosis utilization in the future.
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- Wenwen Liu
- School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong 261325, China
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- School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong 261325, China
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Nie B, Chen X, Hou Z, Guo M, Li C, Sun W, Ji J, Zang L, Yang S, Fan P, Zhang W, Li H, Tan Y, Li W, Wang L. Haplotype-phased genome unveils the butylphthalide biosynthesis and homoploid hybrid origin of Ligusticum chuanxiong. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadj6547. [PMID: 38324681 PMCID: PMC10849598 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj6547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Butylphthalide is one of the first-line drugs for ischemic stroke therapy, while no biosynthetic enzyme for butylphthalide has been reported. Here, we present a haplotype-resolved genome of Ligusticum chuanxiong, a long-cultivated and phthalide-rich medicinal plant in Apiaceae. On the basis of comprehensive screening, four Fe(II)- and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases and two CYPs were mined and further biochemically verified as phthalide C-4/C-5 desaturases (P4,5Ds) that effectively promoted the forming of (S)-3-n-butylphthalide and butylidenephthalide. The substrate promiscuity and functional redundancy featured for P4,5Ds may contribute to the high phthalide diversity in L. chuanxiong. Notably, comparative genomic evidence supported L. chuanxiong as a homoploid hybrid with Ligusticum sinense as a potential parent. The two haplotypes demonstrated exceptional structure variance and diverged around 3.42 million years ago. Our study is an icebreaker for the dissection of phthalide biosynthetic pathway and reveals the hybrid origin of L. chuanxiong, which will facilitate the metabolic engineering for (S)-3-n-butylphthalide production and breeding for L. chuanxiong.
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- Bao Nie
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310063, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
- Key Laboratory for Quality Ensurance and Sustainable Use of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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Pan Y, Zhang W, Wang X, Jouhet J, Maréchal E, Liu J, Xia XQ, Hu H. Allele-dependent expression and functionality of lipid enzyme phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase affect diatom carbon storage and growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 194:1024-1040. [PMID: 37930282 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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In the acyl-CoA-independent pathway of triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis unique to plants, fungi, and algae, TAG formation is catalyzed by the enzyme phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT). The unique PDAT gene of the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum strain CCMP2561 boasts 47 single nucleotide variants within protein coding regions of the alleles. To deepen our understanding of TAG synthesis, we observed the allele-specific expression of PDAT by the analysis of 87 published RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data and experimental validation. The transcription of one of the two PDAT alleles, Allele 2, could be specifically induced by decreasing nitrogen concentrations. Overexpression of Allele 2 in P. tricornutum substantially enhanced the accumulation of TAG by 44% to 74% under nutrient stress; however, overexpression of Allele 1 resulted in little increase of TAG accumulation. Interestingly, a more serious growth inhibition was observed in the PDAT Allele 1 overexpression strains compared with Allele 2 counterparts. Heterologous expression in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) showed that enzymes encoded by PDAT Allele 2 but not Allele 1 had TAG biosynthetic activity, and 7 N-terminal and 3 C-terminal amino acid variants between the 2 allele-encoded proteins substantially affected enzymatic activity. P. tricornutum PDAT, localized in the innermost chloroplast membrane, used monogalactosyldiacylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine as acyl donors as demonstrated by the increase of the 2 lipids in PDAT knockout lines, which indicated a common origin in evolution with green algal PDATs. Our study reveals unequal roles among allele-encoded PDATs in mediating carbon storage and growth in response to nitrogen stress and suggests an unsuspected strategy toward lipid and biomass improvement for biotechnological purposes.
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- Yufang Pan
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Laboratory for Algae Biotechnology and Innovation, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRA, IRIG-LPCV, Grenoble Cedex 9 38054, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRA, IRIG-LPCV, Grenoble Cedex 9 38054, France
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- Laboratory for Algae Biotechnology and Innovation, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Liu Z, Chen B, Zou Z, Li D, Zhu J, Yu J, Xiao W, Yang H. Non-Additive and Asymmetric Allelic Expression of p38 mapk in Hybrid Tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ♀ × O. aureus ♂). Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:266. [PMID: 38254435 PMCID: PMC10812652 DOI: 10.3390/ani14020266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Hybridization is a widely used breeding technique in fish species that enhances desirable traits in cultured species through heterosis. However, the mechanism by which hybrids alter gene expression to form heterosis remains unclear. In this study, a group of hybrid tilapia was used to elucidate heterosis through interspecies crossing. Specifically, p38 was analyzed to describe the regulation of gene expression variation in hybrid tilapia. Transcripts from the Nile tilapia allele were found to be significantly higher than those from the blue tilapia allele in hybrid individuals, indicating that the expression of p38 was dominated by Nile tilapia sub-genomic alleles. The study also found a compensatory interaction of cis- and trans-acting elements of the Nile tilapia and blue tilapia sub-genomes, inducing a non-additive expression of p38 in hybrids. Eight specific SNPs were identified in the p38 promoter regions of Nile tilapia and blue tilapia, and were found to be promoter differences leading to differences in gene expression efficiencies between parental alleles using a dual-luciferase reporter system. This study provides insights into the non-additive expression patterns of key functional genes in fish hybrids related to growth and immunity response.
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- Zihui Liu
- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China;
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China;
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China; (B.C.); (Z.Z.); (D.L.); (J.Z.); (J.Y.)
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Paril J, Reif J, Fournier-Level A, Pourkheirandish M. Heterosis in crop improvement. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 117:23-32. [PMID: 37971883 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Heterosis, also known as hybrid vigor, is the phenomenon wherein a progeny exhibits superior traits relative to one or both parents. In terms of crop breeding, this usually refers to the yield advantage of F1 hybrids over both inbred parents. The development of high-yielding hybrid cultivars across a wider range of crops is key to meeting future food demands. However, conventional hybrid breeding strategies are proving to be exceptionally challenging to apply commercially in many self-pollinating crops, particularly wheat and barley. Currently in these crops, the relative performance advantage of hybrids over inbred line cultivars does not outweigh the cost of hybrid seed production. Here, we review the genetic basis of heterosis, discuss the challenges in hybrid breeding, and propose a strategy to recruit multiple heterosis-associated genes to develop lines with improved agronomic characteristics. This strategy leverages modern genetic engineering tools to synthesize supergenes by fusing multiple heterotic alleles across multiple heterosis-associated loci. We outline a plan to assess the feasibility of this approach to improve line performance using barley (Hordeum vulgare) as the model self-pollinating crop species, and a few heterosis-associated genes. The proposed method can be applied to all crops for which heterotic gene combinations can be identified.
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- Jefferson Paril
- Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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Zhong H, Ren B, Lou C, Zhou Y, Luo Y, Xiao J. Nonadditive and allele-specific expression of ghrelin in hybrid tilapia. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1292730. [PMID: 38152137 PMCID: PMC10751329 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1292730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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Background Interspecies hybridization is an important breeding method to generate fishes with heterosis in aquaculture. Using this method, hybrid Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, ♀) × blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus, ♂) has been produced and widely farmed due to its growth and appetite superiorities. However, the genetic mechanism of these advanced traits is still not well understood. Ghrelin is a crucial gene that regulates growth and appetite in fishes. In the present study, we focused on the expression characteristics and its regulation of ghrelin in the hybrid. Results The tissue distribution analysis showed that ghrelin was predominantly expressed in the stomach in the hybrid. Ghrelin was more highly expressed in the stomach in the hybrid and Nile tilapia, compared to blue tilapia, showing a nonadditive pattern. Two single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites were identified including T/C and C/G from the second exon in the ghrelin gene from Nile tilapia and blue tilapia. By pyrosequencing based on the SNP sites, the allele-specific expression (ASE) of ghrelin in the hybrid was assayed. The result indicated that ghrelin in the hybrid showed higher maternal allelic transcript ratios. Fasting significantly increased ghrelin overall expression at 4, 8, 12, 24, and 48 h. In addition, higher maternal allelic transcript ratios were not changed in the fasting hybrids at 48 h. The cis and trans effects were determined by evaluating the overall expression and ASE values in the hybrid. The expression of ghrelin was mediated by compensating cis and trans effects in hybrid. Conclusion In summary, the present lines of evidence showed the nonadditive expression of ghrelin in the hybrid tilapia and its regulation by subgenomes, offering new insight into gene expression characteristics in hybrids.
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- Huan Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Tilapia Genetics and Breeding Center, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Tilapia Genetics and Breeding Center, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, China
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Zhou W, Zhang L, He J, Chen W, Zhao F, Fu C, Li M. Transcriptome Shock in Developing Embryos of a Brassica napus and Brassica rapa Hybrid. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16238. [PMID: 38003428 PMCID: PMC10671433 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Interspecific crosses that fuse the genomes of two different species may result in overall gene expression changes in the hybrid progeny, called 'transcriptome shock'. To better understand the expression pattern after genome merging during the early stages of allopolyploid formation, we performed RNA sequencing analysis on developing embryos of Brassica rapa, B. napus, and their synthesized allotriploid hybrids. Here, we show that the transcriptome shock occurs in the developing seeds of the hybrids. Of the homoeologous gene pairs, 17.1% exhibit expression bias, with an overall expression bias toward B. rapa. The expression level dominance also biases toward B. rapa, mainly induced by the expression change in homoeologous genes from B. napus. Functional enrichment analysis revealed significant differences in differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to photosynthesis, hormone synthesis, and other pathways. Further study showed that significant changes in the expression levels of the key transcription factors (TFs) could regulate the overall interaction network in the developing embryo, which might be an essential cause of phenotype change. In conclusion, the present results have revealed the global changes in gene expression patterns in developing seeds of the hybrid between B. rapa and B. napus, and provided novel insights into the occurrence of transcriptome shock for harnessing heterosis.
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- Weixian Zhou
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (W.Z.); (L.Z.); (J.H.); (W.C.); (F.Z.); (C.F.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (W.Z.); (L.Z.); (J.H.); (W.C.); (F.Z.); (C.F.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (W.Z.); (L.Z.); (J.H.); (W.C.); (F.Z.); (C.F.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (W.Z.); (L.Z.); (J.H.); (W.C.); (F.Z.); (C.F.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (W.Z.); (L.Z.); (J.H.); (W.C.); (F.Z.); (C.F.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (W.Z.); (L.Z.); (J.H.); (W.C.); (F.Z.); (C.F.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (W.Z.); (L.Z.); (J.H.); (W.C.); (F.Z.); (C.F.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
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Xing L, Wang M, He Q, Zhang H, Liang H, Zhou Q, Liu Y, Liu Z, Wang Y, Du C, Xiao Y, Liu J, Li W, Liu G, Du H. Differential subgenome expression underlies biomass accumulation in allotetraploid Pennisetum giganteum. BMC Biol 2023; 21:161. [PMID: 37480118 PMCID: PMC10362693 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01643-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pennisetum giganteum (AABB, 2n = 4x = 28) is a C4 plant in the genus Pennisetum with origin in Africa but currently also grown in Asia and America. It is a crucial forage and potential energy grass with significant advantages in yield, stress resistance, and environmental adaptation. However, the mechanisms underlying these advantageous traits remain largely unexplored. Here, we present a high-quality genome assembly of the allotetraploid P. giganteum aiming at providing insights into biomass accumulation. RESULTS Our assembly has a genome size 2.03 Gb and contig N50 of 88.47 Mb that was further divided into A and B subgenomes. Genome evolution analysis revealed the evolutionary relationships across the Panicoideae subfamily lineages and identified numerous genome rearrangements that had occurred in P. giganteum. Comparative genomic analysis showed functional differentiation between the subgenomes. Transcriptome analysis found no subgenome dominance at the overall gene expression level; however, differentially expressed homoeologous genes and homoeolog-specific expressed genes between the two subgenomes were identified, suggesting that complementary effects between the A and B subgenomes contributed to biomass accumulation of P. giganteum. Besides, C4 photosynthesis-related genes were significantly expanded in P. giganteum and their sequences and expression patterns were highly conserved between the two subgenomes, implying that both subgenomes contributed greatly and almost equally to the highly efficient C4 photosynthesis in P. giganteum. We also identified key candidate genes in the C4 photosynthesis pathway that showed sustained high expression across all developmental stages of P. giganteum. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides important genomic resources for elucidating the genetic basis of advantageous traits in polyploid species, and facilitates further functional genomics research and genetic improvement of P. giganteum.
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- Longsheng Xing
- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
- Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
- Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
- Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Baoding, 071000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China.
- Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Baoding, 071000, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China.
- Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Baoding, 071000, China.
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Baldauf JA, Hochholdinger F. Molecular dissection of heterosis in cereal roots and their rhizosphere. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:173. [PMID: 37474870 PMCID: PMC10359381 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04419-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Heterosis is already manifested early in root development. Consistent with the dominance model of heterosis, gene expression complementation is a general mechanism that contributes to phenotypic heterosis in maize hybrids. Highly heterozygous F1-hybrids outperform their parental inbred lines, a phenomenon known as heterosis. Utilization of heterosis is of paramount agricultural importance and has been widely applied to increase yield in many crop cultivars. Plant roots display heterosis for many traits and are an important target for further crop improvement. To explain the molecular basis of heterosis, several genetic hypotheses have been proposed. In recent years, high-throughput gene expression profiling techniques have been applied to investigate hybrid vigor. Consistent with the classical genetic dominance model, gene expression complementation has been demonstrated to be a general mechanism to contribute to phenotypic heterosis in diverse maize hybrids. Functional classification of these genes supported the notion that gene expression complementation can dynamically promote hybrid vigor under fluctuating environmental conditions. Hybrids tend to respond differently to available nutrients in the soil. It was hypothesized that hybrid vigor is promoted through a higher nutrient use efficiency which is linked to an improved root system performance of hybrids in comparison to their inbred parents. Recently, the interaction between soil microbes and their plant host was added as further dimension to disentangle heterosis in the belowground part of plants. Soil microbes influenced the performance of maize hybrids as illustrated in comparisons of sterile soil and soil inhabited by beneficial microorganisms.
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- Jutta A Baldauf
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Crop Functional Genomics, University of Bonn, 53113, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Crop Functional Genomics, University of Bonn, 53113, Bonn, Germany.
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Zhang Q, Ye Z, Wang Y, Zhang X, Kong W. Haplotype-Resolution Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Important Responsive Gene Modules and Allele-Specific Expression Contributions under Continuous Salt and Drought in Camellia sinensis. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1417. [PMID: 37510320 PMCID: PMC10379978 DOI: 10.3390/genes14071417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze, is one of the most important beverage crops with significant economic and cultural value. Global climate change and population growth have led to increased salt and drought stress, negatively affecting tea yield and quality. The response mechanism of tea plants to these stresses remains poorly understood due to the lack of reference genome-based transcriptional descriptions. This study presents a high-quality genome-based transcriptome dynamic analysis of C. sinensis' response to salt and drought stress. A total of 2244 upregulated and 2164 downregulated genes were identified under salt and drought stress compared to the control sample. Most of the differentially expression genes (DEGs) were found to involve divergent regulation processes at different time points under stress. Some shared up- and downregulated DEGs related to secondary metabolic and photosynthetic processes, respectively. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) revealed six co-expression modules significantly positively correlated with C. sinensis' response to salt or drought stress. The MEpurple module indicated crosstalk between the two stresses related to ubiquitination and the phenylpropanoid metabolic regulation process. We identified 1969 salt-responsive and 1887 drought-responsive allele-specific expression (ASE) genes in C. sinensis. Further comparison between these ASE genes and tea plant heterosis-related genes suggests that heterosis likely contributes to the adversity and stress resistance of C. sinensis. This work offers new insight into the underlying mechanisms of C. sinensis' response to salt and drought stress and supports the improved breeding of tea plants with enhanced salt and drought tolerance.
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- Qing Zhang
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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Fu C, Ma C, Zhu M, Liu W, Ma X, Li J, Liao Y, Liu D, Gu X, Wang H, Wang F. Transcriptomic and methylomic analyses provide insights into the molecular mechanism and prediction of heterosis in rice. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 115:139-154. [PMID: 36995901 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Heterosis has been widely used in multiple crops. However, the molecular mechanism and prediction of heterosis remains elusive. We generated five F1 hybrids [four showing better-parent heterosis (BPH) and one showing mid-parent heterosis], and performed the transcriptomic and methylomic analyses to identify the candidate genes for BPH and explore the molecular mechanism of heterosis and the potential predictors for heterosis. Transcriptomic results showed that most of the differentially expressed genes shared in the four better-parent hybrids were significantly enriched into the terms of molecular function, and the additive and dominant effects played crucial roles for BPH. DNA methylation level, especially in CG context, significantly and positively correlated with grain yield per plant. The ratios of differentially methylated regions in CG context in exons to transcription start sites between the parents exhibited significantly negative correlation with the heterosis levels of their hybrids, as was further confirmed in 24 pairwise comparisons of other rice lines, implying that this ratio could be a feasible predictor for heterosis level, and this ratio of less than 5 between parents in early growth stages might be a critical index for judging that their F1 hybrids would show BPH. Additionally, we identified some important genes showing differential expression and methylation, such as OsDCL2, Pi5, DTH2, DTH8, Hd1 and GLW7 in the four better-parent hybrids as the candidate genes for BPH. Our findings helped shed more light on the molecular mechanism and heterosis prediction.
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- Chongyun Fu
- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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- Novogene Biotechnology Inc, Beijing, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Rice Engineering Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing, China
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Zhou H, Zhang W, Sheng Y, Qiu K, Liao L, Shi P, Xie Q, Pan H, Zhang J, Han Y. A large-scale behavior of allelic dropout and imbalance caused by DNA methylation changes in an early-ripening bud sport of peach. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 239:13-18. [PMID: 36960535 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- Hui Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement and Eco-Physiology of Anhui Province, Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement and Eco-Physiology of Anhui Province, Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement and Eco-Physiology of Anhui Province, Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement and Eco-Physiology of Anhui Province, Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement and Eco-Physiology of Anhui Province, Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement and Eco-Physiology of Anhui Province, Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement and Eco-Physiology of Anhui Province, Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Upton RN, Correr FH, Lile J, Reynolds GL, Falaschi K, Cook JP, Lachowiec J. Design, execution, and interpretation of plant RNA-seq analyses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1135455. [PMID: 37457354 PMCID: PMC10348879 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1135455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Genomics has transformed our understanding of the genetic architecture of traits and the genetic variation present in plants. Here, we present a review of how RNA-seq can be performed to tackle research challenges addressed by plant sciences. We discuss the importance of experimental design in RNA-seq, including considerations for sampling and replication, to avoid pitfalls and wasted resources. Approaches for processing RNA-seq data include quality control and counting features, and we describe common approaches and variations. Though differential gene expression analysis is the most common analysis of RNA-seq data, we review multiple methods for assessing gene expression, including detecting allele-specific gene expression and building co-expression networks. With the production of more RNA-seq data, strategies for integrating these data into genetic mapping pipelines is of increased interest. Finally, special considerations for RNA-seq analysis and interpretation in plants are needed, due to the high genome complexity common across plants. By incorporating informed decisions throughout an RNA-seq experiment, we can increase the knowledge gained.
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Cheng Q, Huang S, Lin L, Zhong Q, Huang T, He H, Bian J. Genetic Analysis for the Flag Leaf Heterosis of a Super-Hybrid Rice WFYT025 Combination Using RNA-Seq. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2496. [PMID: 37447057 DOI: 10.3390/plants12132496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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The photosynthetic capacity of flag leaf plays a key role in grain yield in rice. Nevertheless, there are few studies on the heterosis of the rice flag leaf. Therefore, this study focuses on investigating the genetic basis of heterosis for flag leaf in the indica super hybrid rice combination WFYT025 in China using a high-throughput next-generation RNA-seq strategy. We analyzed the gene expression of flag leaf in different environments and different time periods between WFYT025 and its female parent. After obtaining the gene expression profile of the flag leaf, we further investigated the gene regulatory network. Weighted gene expression network analysis (WGCNA) was used to identify the co-expressed gene sets, and a total of 5000 highly expressed genes were divided into 24 co-expression groups. In CHT025, we found 13 WRKY family transcription factors in SDGhps under the environment of early rice and 16 WRKY family genes in SDGhps of under the environment of middle rice. We found nine identical transcription factors in the two stages. Except for five reported TFs, the other four TFs might play an important role in heterosis for grain number and photosynthesis. Transcription factors such as WRKY3, WRKY68, and WRKY77 were found in both environments. To eliminate the influence of the environment, we examined the metabolic pathway with the same SDGhp (SSDGhp) in two environments. There were 312 SSDGhps in total. These SSDGhps mainly focused on the phosphorus metallic process, phosphorylation, plasma membrane, etc. These results provide resources for studying heterosis during super hybrid rice flag leaf development.
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- Qin Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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Zhou H, Deng XW, He H. Gene expression variations and allele-specific expression of two rice and their hybrid in caryopses at single-nucleus resolution. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1171474. [PMID: 37287712 PMCID: PMC10242081 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1171474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Seeds are an indispensable part of the flowering plant life cycle and a critical determinant of agricultural production. Distinct differences in the anatomy and morphology of seeds separate monocots and dicots. Although some progress has been made with respect to understanding seed development in Arabidopsis, the transcriptomic features of monocotyledon seeds at the cellular level are much less understood. Since most important cereal crops, such as rice, maize, and wheat, are monocots, it is essential to study transcriptional differentiation and heterogeneity during seed development at a finer scale. Here, we present single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) results of over three thousand nuclei from caryopses of the rice cultivars Nipponbare and 9311 and their intersubspecies F1 hybrid. A transcriptomics atlas that covers most of the cell types present during the early developmental stage of rice caryopses was successfully constructed. Additionally, novel specific marker genes were identified for each nuclear cluster in the rice caryopsis. Moreover, with a focus on rice endosperm, the differentiation trajectory of endosperm subclusters was reconstructed to reveal the developmental process. Allele-specific expression (ASE) profiling in endosperm revealed 345 genes with ASE (ASEGs). Further pairwise comparisons of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in each endosperm cluster among the three rice samples demonstrated transcriptional divergence. Our research reveals differentiation in rice caryopsis from the single-nucleus perspective and provides valuable resources to facilitate clarification of the molecular mechanism underlying caryopsis development in rice and other monocots.
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- Han Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences at Weifang, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences at Weifang, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences at Weifang, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang, Shandong, China
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Sun Z, Peng J, Lv Q, Ding J, Chen S, Duan M, He Q, Wu J, Tian Y, Yu D, Tan Y, Sheng X, Chen J, Sun X, Liu L, Peng R, Liu H, Zhou T, Xu N, Lou J, Yuan L, Wang B, Yuan D. Dissecting the genetic basis of heterosis in elite super-hybrid rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 192:307-325. [PMID: 36755501 PMCID: PMC10152689 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Y900 is one of the top hybrid rice (Oryza sativa) varieties, with its yield exceeding 15 t·hm-2. To dissect the mechanism of heterosis, we sequenced the male parent line R900 and female parent line Y58S using long-read and Hi-C technology. High-quality reference genomes of 396.41 Mb and 398.24 Mb were obtained for R900 and Y58S, respectively. Genome-wide variations between the parents were systematically identified, including 1,367,758 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, 299,149 insertions/deletions, and 4,757 structural variations. The level of variation between Y58S and R900 was the lowest among the comparisons of Y58S with other rice genomes. More than 75% of genes exhibited variation between the two parents. Compared with other two-line hybrids sharing the same female parent, the portion of Geng/japonica (GJ)-type genetic components from different male parents increased with yield increasing in their corresponding hybrids. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the partial dominance effect was the main genetic effect that constituted the heterosis of Y900. In the hybrid, both alleles from the two parents were expressed, and their expression patterns were dynamically regulated in different tissues. The cis-regulation was dominant for young panicle tissues, while trans-regulation was more common in leaf tissues. Overdominance was surprisingly prevalent in stems and more likely regulated by the trans-regulation mechanism. Additionally, R900 contained many excellent GJ haplotypes, such as NARROW LEAF1, Oryza sativa SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE13, and Grain number, plant height, and heading date8, making it a good complement to Y58S. The fine-tuned mechanism of heterosis involves genome-wide variation, GJ introgression, key functional genes, and dynamic gene/allele expression and regulation pattern changes in different tissues and growth stages.
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- Zhizhong Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
- Longping Branch, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
- Longping Branch, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
- Longping Branch, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- Biobin Data Sciences Co., Ltd., Changsha 410221, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
- Longping Branch, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410125, China
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Ouyang W, Zhang X, Guo M, Wang J, Wang X, Gao R, Ma M, Xiang X, Luan S, Xing F, Cao Z, Yan J, Li G, Li X. Haplotype mapping of H3K27me3-associated chromatin interactions defines topological regulation of gene silencing in rice. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112350. [PMID: 37071534 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
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Histone modification H3K27me3 is an important chromatin mark that plays vital roles in repressing expression of developmental genes. Here, we construct high-resolution 3D genome maps using long-read chromatin interaction analysis by paired-end tag sequencing (ChIA-PET) and characterize H3K27me3-associated chromatin interactions in an elite rice hybrid, Shanyou 63. We find that many H3K27me3-marked regions may function as silencer-like regulatory elements. The silencer-like elements can come into proximity with distal target genes via forming chromatin loops in 3D space of the nuclei, regulating gene silencing and plant traits. Natural and induced deletion of silencers upregulate expression of distal connected genes. Furthermore, we identify extensive allele-specific chromatin loops. We find that genetic variations alter allelic chromatin topology, thus modulating allelic gene imprinting in rice hybrids. In conclusion, the characterization of silencer-like regulatory elements and haplotype-resolved chromatin interaction maps provide insights into the understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying allelic gene silencing and plant trait controlling.
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- Weizhi Ouyang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Life Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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- Department of Resources and Environment, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou 451191, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
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Dong X, Luo H, Yao J, Guo Q, Yu S, Zhang X, Cheng X, Meng D. Characterization of Genes That Exhibit Genotype-Dependent Allele-Specific Expression and Its Implications for the Development of Maize Kernel. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054766. [PMID: 36902194 PMCID: PMC10002780 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Heterosis or hybrid vigor refers to the superior phenotypic traits of hybrids relative to their parental inbred lines. An imbalance between the expression levels of two parental alleles in the F1 hybrid has been suggested as a mechanism of heterosis. Here, based on genome-wide allele-specific expression analysis using RNA sequencing technology, 1689 genes exhibiting genotype-dependent allele-specific expression (genotype-dependent ASEGs) were identified in the embryos, and 1390 genotype-dependent ASEGs in the endosperm, of three maize F1 hybrids. Of these ASEGs, most were consistent in different tissues from one hybrid cross, but nearly 50% showed allele-specific expression from some genotypes but not others. These genotype-dependent ASEGs were mostly enriched in metabolic pathways of substances and energy, including the tricarboxylic acid cycle, aerobic respiration, and energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds and ADP binding. Mutation and overexpression of one ASEG affected kernel size, which indicates that these genotype-dependent ASEGs may make important contributions to kernel development. Finally, the allele-specific methylation pattern on genotype-dependent ASEGs indicated that DNA methylation plays a potential role in the regulation of allelic expression for some ASEGs. In this study, a detailed analysis of genotype-dependent ASEGs in the embryo and endosperm of three different maize F1 hybrids will provide an index of genes for future research on the genetic and molecular mechanism of heterosis.
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- Xiaomei Dong
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Shenyang City Key Laboratory of Maize Genomic Selection Breeding, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Shenyang City Key Laboratory of Maize Genomic Selection Breeding, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Shenyang City Key Laboratory of Maize Genomic Selection Breeding, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Shenyang City Key Laboratory of Maize Genomic Selection Breeding, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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Ma X, Jia Q, Li S, Chen Z, Ming X, Zhao Y, Zhou DX. An enhanced network of energy metabolism, lysine acetylation, and growth-promoting protein accumulation is associated with heterosis in elite hybrid rice. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2023:100560. [PMID: 36774536 PMCID: PMC10363507 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Heterosis refers to the superior performance of a hybrid compared with its parental lines. Although several genetic and molecular models have been proposed to explain heterosis, it remains unclear how hybrid cells integrate complementary gene expression or activity to drive heterotic growth. In this work, we show that accumulation of growth-promoting and energy metabolism proteins, enhanced energy metabolism activities, and increased protein lysine acetylation were associated with superior growth of the panicle meristem in the elite hybrid rice Shanyou 63 relative to its parental varieties. Metabolism of nuclear/cytosolic acetyl-coenzyme A was also enhanced in the hybrid, which paralleled increases in histone H3 acetylation to selectively target the expression of growth-promoting and metabolic genes. Lysine acetylation of cellular proteins, including TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN complex 1, ribosomal proteins, and energy metabolism enzymes, was also augmented and/or remodeled to modulate their activities. The data indicate that an enhanced network of energy-producing metabolic activity and growth-promoting histone acetylation/gene expression in the hybrid could contribute to its superior growth rate and may constitute a model to explain heterosis.
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- Xuan Ma
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Institute of Plant Science Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRAE, University Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Pi K, Huang Y, Luo W, Zeng S, Mo Z, Duan L, Liu R. Overdominant expression of genes plays a key role in root growth of tobacco hybrids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1107550. [PMID: 36798711 PMCID: PMC9927235 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1107550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Heterosis has greatly improved the yield and quality of crops. However, previous studies often focused on improving the yield and quality of the shoot system, while research on the root system was neglected. We determined the root numbers of 12 F1 hybrids, all of which showed strong heterosis, indicating that tobacco F1 hybrids have general heterosis. To understand its molecular mechanism, we selected two hybrids with strong heterosis, GJ (G70 × Jiucaiping No.2) and KJ (K326 × Jiucaiping No.2), and their parents for transcriptome analysis. There were 84.22% and 90.25% of the differentially expressed genes were overdominantly expressed. The enrichment analysis of these overdominantly expressed genes showed that "Plant hormone signal transduction", "Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis", "MAPK signaling pathway - plant", and "Starch and sucrose metabolism" pathways were associated with root development. We focused on the analysis of the biosynthetic pathways of auxin(AUX), cytokinins(CTK), abscisic acid(ABA), ethylene(ET), and salicylic acid(SA), suggesting that overdominant expression of these hormone signaling pathway genes may enhance root development in hybrids. In addition, Nitab4.5_0011528g0020、Nitab4.5_0003282g0020、Nitab4.5_0004384g0070 may be the genes involved in root growth. Genome-wide comparative transcriptome analysis enhanced our understanding of the regulatory network of tobacco root development and provided new ideas for studying the molecular mechanisms of tobacco root development.
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- Kai Pi
- College of Tobacco, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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- College of Tobacco, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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- College of Tobacco, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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- College of Tobacco, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- College of Tobacco, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
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Ma M, Zhong W, Zhang Q, Deng L, Wen J, Yi B, Tu J, Fu T, Zhao L, Shen J. Genome-wide analysis of transcriptome and histone modifications in Brassica napus hybrid. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1123729. [PMID: 36778699 PMCID: PMC9911877 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1123729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Although utilization of heterosis has largely improved the yield of many crops worldwide, the underlying molecular mechanism of heterosis, particularly for allopolyploids, remains unclear. Here, we compared epigenome and transcriptome data of an elite hybrid and its parental lines in three assessed tissues (seedling, flower bud, and silique) to explore their contribution to heterosis in allopolyploid B. napus. Transcriptome analysis illustrated that a small proportion of non-additive genes in the hybrid compared with its parents, as well as parental expression level dominance, might have a significant effect on heterosis. We identified histone modification (H3K4me3 and H3K27me3) variation between the parents and hybrid, most of which resulted from the differences between parents. H3K4me3 variations were positively correlated with gene expression differences among the hybrid and its parents. Furthermore, H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 were rather stable in hybridization and were mainly inherited additively in the B. napus hybrid. Together, our data revealed that transcriptome reprogramming and histone modification remodeling in the hybrid could serve as valuable resources for better understanding heterosis in allopolyploid crops.
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Wang Y, Yu J, Jiang M, Lei W, Zhang X, Tang H. Sequencing and Assembly of Polyploid Genomes. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2545:429-458. [PMID: 36720827 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2561-3_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Polyploidy has been observed throughout major eukaryotic clades and has played a vital role in the evolution of angiosperms. Recent polyploidizations often result in highly complex genome structures, posing challenges to genome assembly and phasing. Recent advances in sequencing technologies and genome assembly algorithms have enabled high-quality, near-complete chromosome-level assemblies of polyploid genomes. Advances in novel sequencing technologies include highly accurate single-molecule sequencing with HiFi reads, chromosome conformation capture with Hi-C technique, and linked reads sequencing. Additionally, new computational approaches have also significantly improved the precision and reliability of polyploid genome assembly and phasing, such as HiCanu, hifiasm, ALLHiC, and PolyGembler. Herein, we review recently published polyploid genomes and compare the various sequencing, assembly, and phasing approaches that are utilized in these genome studies. Finally, we anticipate that accurate and telomere-to-telomere chromosome-level assembly of polyploid genomes could ultimately become a routine procedure in the near future.
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- Yibin Wang
- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Her L, Shi J, Wang X, He B, Smith LS, Jiang H, Zhu HJ. Identification of regulatory variants of carboxylesterase 1 (CES1): A proof-of-concept study for the application of the Allele-Specific Protein Expression (ASPE) assay in identifying cis-acting regulatory genetic polymorphisms. Proteomics 2023; 23:e2200176. [PMID: 36413357 PMCID: PMC10077986 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202200176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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It is challenging to study regulatory genetic variants as gene expression is affected by both genetic polymorphisms and non-genetic regulators. The mRNA allele-specific expression (ASE) assay has been increasingly used for the study of cis-acting regulatory variants because cis-acting variants affect gene expression in an allele-specific manner. However, poor correlations between mRNA and protein expressions were observed for many genes, highlighting the importance of studying gene expression regulation at the protein level. In the present study, we conducted a proof-of-concept study to utilize a recently developed allele-specific protein expression (ASPE) assay to identify the cis-acting regulatory variants of CES1 using a large set of human liver samples. The CES1 gene encodes for carboxylesterase 1 (CES1), the most abundant hepatic hydrolase in humans. Two cis-acting regulatory variants were found to be significantly associated with CES1 ASPE, CES1 protein expression, and its catalytic activity on enalapril hydrolysis in human livers. Compared to conventional gene expression-based approaches, ASPE demonstrated an improved statistical power to detect regulatory variants with small effect sizes since allelic protein expression ratios are less prone to the influence of non-genetic regulators (e.g., diseases and inducers). This study suggests that the ASPE approach is a powerful tool for identifying cis-regulatory variants.
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- Lucy Her
- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Alliance Pharma, Inc, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Liang Z, Liu K, Jiang C, Yang A, Yan J, Han X, Zhang C, Cong P, Zhang L. Insertion of a TRIM-like sequence in MdFLS2-1 promoter is associated with its allele-specific expression in response to Alternaria alternata in apple. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1090621. [PMID: 36643297 PMCID: PMC9834810 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1090621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Alternaria blotch disease, caused by Alternaria alternata apple pathotype (AAAP), is one of the major fungal diseases in apple. Early field observations revealed, the anther-derived homozygote Hanfu line (HFTH1) was highly susceptible to AAAP, whereas Hanfu (HF) exhibited resistance to AAAP. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the difference in sensitivity of HF and HFTH1 to AAAP, we performed allele-specific expression (ASE) analysis and comparative transcriptomic analysis before and after AAAP inoculation. We reported an important immune gene, namely, MdFLS2, which displayed strong ASE in HF with much lower expression levels of HFTH1-derived alleles. Transient overexpression of the dominant allele of MdFLS2-1 from HF in GL-3 apple leaves could enhance resistance to AAAP and induce expression of genes related to salicylic acid pathway. In addition, MdFLS2-1 was identified with an insertion of an 85-bp terminal-repeat retrotransposon in miniature (TRIM) element-like sequence in the upstream region of the nonreference allele. In contrast, only one terminal direct repeat (TDR) from TRIM-like sequence was present in the upstream region of the HFTH1-derived allele MdFLS2-2. Furthermore, the results of luciferase and β-glucuronidase reporter assays demonstrated that the intact TRIM-like sequence has enhancer activity. This suggested that insertion of the TRIM-like sequence regulates the expression level of the allele of MdFLS2, in turn, affecting the sensitivity of HF and HFTH1 to AAAP.
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- Zhaolin Liang
- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Germplasm Resources Utilization), Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Xingcheng, China
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Xie J, Wang W, Yang T, Zhang Q, Zhang Z, Zhu X, Li N, Zhi L, Ma X, Zhang S, Liu Y, Wang X, Li F, Zhao Y, Jia X, Zhou J, Jiang N, Li G, Liu M, Liu S, Li L, Zeng A, Du M, Zhang Z, Li J, Zhang Z, Li Z, Zhang H. Large-scale genomic and transcriptomic profiles of rice hybrids reveal a core mechanism underlying heterosis. Genome Biol 2022; 23:264. [PMID: 36550554 PMCID: PMC9773586 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-022-02822-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Heterosis is widely used in agriculture. However, its molecular mechanisms are still unclear in plants. Here, we develop, sequence, and record the phenotypes of 418 hybrids from crosses between two testers and 265 rice varieties from a mini-core collection. RESULTS Phenotypic analysis shows that heterosis is dependent on genetic backgrounds and environments. By genome-wide association study of 418 hybrids and their parents, we find that nonadditive QTLs are the main genetic contributors to heterosis. We show that nonadditive QTLs are more sensitive to the genetic background and environment than additive ones. Further simulations and experimental analysis support a novel mechanism, homo-insufficiency under insufficient background (HoIIB), underlying heterosis. We propose heterosis in most cases is not due to heterozygote advantage but homozygote disadvantage under the insufficient genetic background. CONCLUSION The HoIIB model elucidates that genetic background insufficiency is the intrinsic mechanism of background dependence, and also the core mechanism of nonadditive effects and heterosis. This model can explain most known hypotheses and phenomena about heterosis, and thus provides a novel theory for hybrid rice breeding in future.
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- Jianyin Xie
- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, 572024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, 572024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, 572024, China
- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, 572024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, 572024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, 572024, China.
- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, 572024, China.
- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, 572024, China.
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Wang P, Gu M, Yu X, Shao S, Du J, Wang Y, Wang F, Chen S, Liao Z, Ye N, Zhang X. Allele-specific expression and chromatin accessibility contribute to heterosis in tea plants (Camellia sinensis). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 112:1194-1211. [PMID: 36219505 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Heterosis is extensively used to improve crop productivity, yet its allelic and chromatin regulation remains unclear. Based on our resolved genomes of the maternal TGY and paternal HD, we analyzed the contribution of allele-specific expression (ASE) and chromatin accessibility of JGY and HGY, the artificial hybrids of oolong tea with the largest cultivated area in China. The ASE genes (ASEGs) of tea hybrids with maternal-biased were mainly related to the energy and terpenoid metabolism pathways, whereas the ASEGs with paternal-biased tend to be enriched in glutathione metabolism, and these parental bias of hybrids may coordinate and lead to the acquisition of heterosis in more biological pathways. ATAC-seq results showed that hybrids have significantly higher accessible chromatin regions (ACRs) compared with their parents, which may confer broader and stronger transcriptional activity of genes in hybrids. The number of ACRs with significantly increased accessibility in hybrids was much greater than decreased, and the associated alleles were also affected by differential ACRs across different parents, suggesting enhanced positive chromatin regulation and potential genetic effects in hybrids. Core ASEGs of terpene and purine alkaloid metabolism pathways with significant positive heterosis have greater chromatin accessibility in hybrids, and were potentially regulated by several members of the MYB, DOF and TRB families. The binding motif of CsMYB85 in the promoter ACR of the rate-limiting enzyme CsDXS was verified by DAP-seq. These results suggest that higher numbers and more accessible ACRs in hybrids contribute to the regulation of ASEGs, thereby affecting the formation of heterotic metabolites.
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- Pengjie Wang
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University/Key Laboratory of Tea Science in Universities of Fujian Province, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University/Key Laboratory of Tea Science in Universities of Fujian Province, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University/Key Laboratory of Tea Science in Universities of Fujian Province, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- College of Tea and Food Science, Wuyi University, Wuyishan, Fujian, 354300, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University/Key Laboratory of Tea Science in Universities of Fujian Province, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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Ren X, Liu Y, Zhao Y, Li B, Bai D, Bou G, Zhang X, Du M, Wang X, Bou T, Shen Y, Dugarjaviin M. Analysis of the Whole-Genome Sequences from an Equus Parent-Offspring Trio Provides Insight into the Genomic Incompatibilities in the Hybrid Mule. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13122188. [PMID: 36553455 PMCID: PMC9778318 DOI: 10.3390/genes13122188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Interspecific hybridization often shows negative effects on hybrids. However, only a few multicellular species, limited to a handful of plants and animals, have shown partial genetic mechanisms by which hybridization leads to low fitness in hybrids. Here, to explore the outcome of combining the two genomes of a horse and donkey, we analyzed the whole-genome sequences from an Equus parent-offspring trio using Illumina platforms. We generated 41.39× and 46.21× coverage sequences for the horse and mule, respectively. For the donkey, a 40.38× coverage sequence was generated and stored in our laboratory. Approximately 24.86 million alleles were discovered that varied from the reference genome. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were used as polymorphic markers for assigning alleles to their parental genomic inheritance. We identified 25,703 Mendelian inheritance error single nucleotide polymorphisms in the mule genome that were not inherited from the parents through Mendelian inheritance. A total of 555 de novo single nucleotide polymorphisms were also identified. The rate of de novo single nucleotide polymorphisms was 2.21 × 10-7 in the mule from the Equus parent-offspring trio. This rate is obviously higher than the natural mutation rate for Equus, which is also consistent with the previous hypothesis that interracial crosses may have a high mutation rate. The genes associated with these single nucleotide polymorphisms are mainly involved in immune processes, DNA repair, and cancer processes. The results of the analysis of three genomes from an Equus parent-offspring trio improved our knowledge of the consequences of the integration of parental genomes in mules.
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Ma J, Cao Y, Wang Y, Ding Y. Development of the maize 5.5K loci panel for genomic prediction through genotyping by target sequencing. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:972791. [PMID: 36438102 PMCID: PMC9691890 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.972791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Genotyping platforms are important for genetic research and molecular breeding. In this study, a low-density genotyping platform containing 5.5K SNP markers was successfully developed in maize using genotyping by target sequencing (GBTS) technology with capture-in-solution. Two maize populations (Pop1 and Pop2) were used to validate the GBTS panel for genetic and molecular breeding studies. Pop1 comprised 942 hybrids derived from 250 inbred lines and four testers, and Pop2 contained 540 hybrids which were generated from 123 new-developed inbred lines and eight testers. The genetic analyses showed that the average polymorphic information content and genetic diversity values ranged from 0.27 to 0.38 in both populations using all filtered genotyping data. The mean missing rate was 1.23% across populations. The Structure and UPGMA tree analyses revealed similar genetic divergences (76-89%) in both populations. Genomic prediction analyses showed that the prediction accuracy of reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) was slightly lower than that of genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) and three Bayesian methods for general combining ability of grain yield per plant and three yield-related traits in both populations, whereas RKHS with additive effects showed superior advantages over the other four methods in Pop1. In Pop1, the GBLUP and three Bayesian methods with additive-dominance model improved the prediction accuracies by 4.89-134.52% for the four traits in comparison to the additive model. In Pop2, the inclusion of dominance did not improve the accuracy in most cases. In general, low accuracies (0.33-0.43) were achieved for general combing ability of the four traits in Pop1, whereas moderate-to-high accuracies (0.52-0.65) were observed in Pop2. For hybrid performance prediction, the accuracies were moderate to high (0.51-0.75) for the four traits in both populations using the additive-dominance model. This study suggests a reliable genotyping platform that can be implemented in genomic selection-assisted breeding to accelerate maize new cultivar development and improvement.
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Zhou T, Afzal R, Haroon M, Ma Y, Zhang H, Li L. Dominant complementation of biological pathways in maize hybrid lines is associated with heterosis. PLANTA 2022; 256:111. [PMID: 36352050 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-04028-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Allele-specific expressed genes (ASEGs) are widespread in maize hybrid lines and play important roles of complementation of biological pathways in heterosis. Heterosis (hybrid vigor) is an important phenomenon with both theoretical and practical value. However, our understanding of the genetic and molecular mechanisms behind heterosis is still limited. Here, we analyzed a comprehensive dataset of maize (Zea mays L.), including RNA-seq data from three hybrid-parent triplets (HPTs) and acetylated protein data from one HPT. The gene expression patterns exhibited extensive variation between the hybrids and their parents, and a substantial number of allele-specific expressed genes (ASEGs) were identified in the hybrids. Notably, ASEGs from different HPTs were significantly enriched in various conserved pathways. The parental alleles of ASEGs with fewer deleterious single-nucleotide polymorphisms were more likely to be expressed in hybrid lines than other parental alleles. ASEGs were mainly enriched in the functional gene ontology terms protein biosynthesis, photosynthesis, and metabolism. In addition, the ASEGs across the three HPTs were involved in key photosynthetic pathways and might enhance the photosynthetic efficiency of the hybrids. These findings suggest that ASEGs involved in complementary biological pathways in maize hybrids contribute to heterosis, shedding new light on the molecular mechanism of heterosis.
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- Tao Zhou
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Postel MD, Culver JO, Ricker C, Craig DW. Transcriptome analysis provides critical answers to the "variants of uncertain significance" conundrum. Hum Mutat 2022; 43:1590-1608. [PMID: 35510381 PMCID: PMC9560997 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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While whole-genome and exome sequencing have transformed our collective understanding of genetics' role in disease pathogenesis, there are certain conditions and populations for whom DNA-level data fails to identify the underlying genetic etiology. Specifically, patients of non-White race and non-European ancestry are disproportionately affected by "variants of unknown/uncertain significance" (VUS), limiting the scope of precision medicine for minority patients and perpetuating health disparities. VUS often include deep intronic and splicing variants which are difficult to interpret from DNA data alone. RNA analysis can illuminate the consequences of VUS, thereby allowing for their reclassification as pathogenic versus benign. Here we review the critical role transcriptome analysis plays in clarifying VUS in both neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases.
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- Mackenzie D. Postel
- Department of Translational GenomicsUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
- Keck School of Medicine of USCUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Keck School of Medicine of USCUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Keck School of Medicine of USCUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Translational GenomicsUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
- Keck School of Medicine of USCUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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Zhou D, Zhou X, Sun C, Tang G, Liu L, Chen L, He H, Xiong Q. Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis Provides Insights into the Heterosis of Yield and Quality Traits in Two Hybrid Rice Varieties (Oryza sativa L.). Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232112934. [PMID: 36361748 PMCID: PMC9654843 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232112934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Heterosis is a common biological phenomenon that is useful for breeding superior lines. Using heterosis to increase the yield and quality of crops is one of the main achievements of modern agricultural science. In this study, we analysed the transcriptome and metabolome of two three-line hybrid rice varieties, Taiyou 871 (TY871), and Taiyou 398 (TY398) and the parental grain endosperm using RNA-seq (three biological repeats per variety) and untargeted metabolomic (six biological repeats per variety) methods. TY871 and TY398 showed specific heterosis in yield and quality. Transcriptome analysis of the hybrids revealed 638 to 4059 differentially expressed genes in the grain when compared to the parents. Metabolome analysis of the hybrids revealed 657 to 3714 differential grain metabolites when compared to the parents. The honeydew1 and grey60 module core genes Os04g0350700 and Os05g0154700 are involved in the regulation of awn development, grain size, and grain number, as well as the regulation of grain length and plant height, respectively. Rice grain length may be an important indicator for improving the quality of three-line hybrid rice. In addition, the rice quality-related metabolite NEG_M341T662 was highly connected to the module core genes Os06g0254300 and Os03g0168100. The functions of Os06g0254300 and Os03g0168100 are EF-hand calcium binding protein and late embroideries absolute protein repeat containing protein, respectively. These genes may play a role in the formation of rice quality. We constructed a gene and metabolite coexpression network, which provides a scientific basis for the utilization of heterosis in producing high-yield and high-quality hybrid rice.
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- Dahu Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences Rice Research Institute, Nanchang 330200, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
- Correspondence: (H.H.); (Q.X.)
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Correspondence: (H.H.); (Q.X.)
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Wang X, Zhou T, Li G, Yao W, Hu W, Wei X, Che J, Yang H, Shao L, Hua J, Li X, Xiao J, Xing Y, Ouyang Y, Zhang Q. A Ghd7-centered regulatory network provides a mechanistic approximation to optimal heterosis in an elite rice hybrid. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 112:68-83. [PMID: 35912411 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Heterosis refers to the superior performance of hybrids over their parents, which is a general phenomenon occurring in diverse organisms. Many commercial hybrids produce high yield without delayed flowering, which we refer to as optimal heterosis and is desired in hybrid breeding. Here, we attempted to illustrate the genomic basis of optimal heterosis by reinvestigating the single-locus quantitative trait loci and digenic interactions of two traits, the number of spikelets per panicle (SP) and heading date (HD), using recombinant inbred lines and 'immortalized F2 s' derived from the elite rice (Oryza sativa) hybrid Shanyou 63. Our analysis revealed a regulatory network that may provide an approximation to the genetic constitution of the optimal heterosis observed in this hybrid. In this network, Ghd7 works as the core element, and three other genes, Ghd7.1, Hd1, and Hd3a/RFT1, also have major roles. The effects of positive dominance by Ghd7 and Ghd7.1 and negative dominance by Hd1 and Hd3a/RFT1 in the hybrid background contribute the major part to the high SP without delaying HD; numerous epistatic interactions, most of which involve Ghd7, also play important roles collectively. The results expand our understanding of the genic interaction networks underlying hybrid rice breeding programs, which may be very useful in future crop genetic improvement.
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- Xianmeng Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Wang M, Wang J. Non-coding RNA expression analysis revealed the molecular mechanism of flag leaf heterosis in inter-subspecific hybrid rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:990656. [PMID: 36226282 PMCID: PMC9549252 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.990656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Heterosis has been used widespread in agriculture, but its molecular mechanism is inadequately understood. Plants have a large number of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), among them, functional ncRNAs that have been studied widely containing long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and circular RNA (circRNA) that play a role in varied biological processes, as well as microRNA (miRNA), which can not only regulate the post-transcriptional expression of target genes, but also target lncRNA and circRNA then participate the competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) regulatory network. However, the influence of these three ncRNAs and their regulatory relationships on heterosis is unknown in rice. In this study, the expression profile of ncRNAs and the ncRNA regulatory network related to heterosis were comprehensively analyzed in inter-subspecific hybrid rice. A total of 867 miRNAs, 3,278 lncRNAs and 2,521 circRNAs were identified in the hybrid and its parents. Analysis of the global profiles of these three types of ncRNAs indicated that significant differences existed in the distribution and sequence characteristics of the corresponding genes. The numbers of miRNA and lncRNA in hybrid were higher than those in its parents. A total of 784 ncRNAs (169 miRNAs, 573 lncRNAs and 42 circRNAs) showed differentially expressed in the hybrid, and their target/host genes were vital in stress tolerance, growth and development in rice. These discoveries suggested that the expression plasticity of ncRNA has an important role of inter-subspecific hybrid rice heterosis. It is worth mentioning that miRNAs exhibited substantially more variations between hybrid and parents compared with observed variation for lncRNA and circRNA. Non-additive expression ncRNAs and allele-specific expression genes-related ncRNAs in hybrid were provided in this study, and multiple sets of ncRNA regulatory networks closely related to heterosis were obtained. Meanwhile, heterosis-related regulatory networks of ceRNA (lncRNA and circRNA) and miRNA were also demonstrated.
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Zhao Y, Guo Q, Cao S, Tian Y, Han K, Sun Y, Li J, Yang Q, Ji Q, Sederoff R, Li Y. Genome-wide identification of the AlkB homologs gene family, PagALKBH9B and PagALKBH10B regulated salt stress response in Populus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:994154. [PMID: 36204058 PMCID: PMC9530910 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.994154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The AlkB homologs (ALKBH) gene family regulates N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation and is involved in plant growth and the abiotic stress response. Poplar is an important model plant for studying perennial woody plants. Poplars typically have a long juvenile period of 7-10 years, requiring long periods of time for studies of flowering or mature wood properties. Consequently, functional studies of the ALKBH genes in Populus species have been limited. Based on AtALKBHs sequence similarity with Arabidopsis thaliana, 23 PagALKBHs were identified in the genome of the poplar 84K hybrid genotype (P. alba × P. tremula var. glandulosa), and gene structures and conserved domains were confirmed between homologs. The PagALKBH proteins were classified into six groups based on conserved sequence compared with human, Arabidopsis, maize, rice, wheat, tomato, barley, and grape. All homologs of PagALKBHs were tissue-specific; most were highly expressed in leaves. ALKBH9B and ALKBH10B are m6A demethylases and overexpression of their homologs PagALKBH9B and PagALKBH10B reduced m6A RNA methylation in transgenic lines. The number of adventitious roots and the biomass accumulation of transgenic lines decreased compared with WT. Therefore, PagALKBH9B and PagALKBH10B mediate m6A RNA demethylation and play a regulatory role in poplar growth and development. Overexpression of PagALKBH9B and PagALKBH10B can reduce the accumulation of H2O2 and oxidative damage by increasing the activities of SOD, POD, and CAT, and enhancing protection for Chl a/b, thereby increasing the salt tolerance of transgenic lines. However, overexpression lines were more sensitive to drought stress due to reduced proline content. This research revealed comprehensive information about the PagALKBH gene family and their roles in growth and development and responsing to salt stress of poplar.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ye Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Engineering Technology Research Center of Black Locust of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Engineering Technology Research Center of Black Locust of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Engineering Technology Research Center of Black Locust of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Engineering Technology Research Center of Black Locust of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Engineering Technology Research Center of Black Locust of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Engineering Technology Research Center of Black Locust of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of Yanshan County, Cangzhou, Hebei, China
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- Shandong Academy of Forestry, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Cangzhou Municipal Forestry Seeding and Cutting Management Center, Cangzhou, China
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- Forest Biotechnology Group, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Engineering Technology Research Center of Black Locust of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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The Genetic Basis of Gene Expression Divergence in Antennae of Two Closely Related Moth Species, Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231710050. [PMID: 36077444 PMCID: PMC9456569 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231710050] [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: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The closely related species Helicoverpa armigera (H. armigera) and Helicoverpa assulta (H. assulta) have different host plant ranges and share two principal components of sex pheromones but with reversed ratios. The antennae are the main olfactory organ of insects and play a crucial role in host plant selection and mate seeking. However, the genetic basis for gene expression divergence in the antennae of the two species is unclear. We performed an allele-specific expression (ASE) analysis in the antennal transcriptomes of the two species and their F1 hybrids, examining the connection between gene expression divergence and phenotypic differences. The results show that the proportion of genes classified as all cis was higher than that of all trans in males and reversed in females. The contribution of regulatory patterns to gene expression divergence in males was less than that in females, which explained the functional differentiation of male and female antennae. Among the five groups of F1 hybrids, the fertile males from the cross of H. armigera female and H. assulta male had the lowest proportion of misexpressed genes, and the inferred regulatory patterns were more accurate. By using this group of F1 hybrids, we discovered that cis-related regulations play a crucial role in gene expression divergence of sex pheromone perception-related proteins. These results are helpful for understanding how specific changes in the gene expression of olfactory-related genes can contribute to rapid evolutionary changes in important olfactory traits in closely related moths.
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