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Rajewski A, Carter-House D, Stajich J, Litt A. Datura genome reveals duplications of psychoactive alkaloid biosynthetic genes and high mutation rate following tissue culture. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:201. [PMID: 33752605 PMCID: PMC7986286 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07489-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed) is a medicinally and pharmaceutically important plant in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) known for its production of various toxic, hallucinogenic, and therapeutic tropane alkaloids. Recently, we published a tissue-culture based transformation protocol for D. stramonium that enables more thorough functional genomics studies of this plant. However, the tissue culture process can lead to undesirable phenotypic and genomic consequences independent of the transgene used. Here, we have assembled and annotated a draft genome of D. stramonium with a focus on tropane alkaloid biosynthetic genes. We then use mRNA sequencing and genome resequencing of transformants to characterize changes following tissue culture. RESULTS Our draft assembly conforms to the expected 2 gigabasepair haploid genome size of this plant and achieved a BUSCO score of 94.7% complete, single-copy genes. The repetitive content of the genome is 61%, with Gypsy-type retrotransposons accounting for half of this. Our gene annotation estimates the number of protein-coding genes at 52,149 and shows evidence of duplications in two key alkaloid biosynthetic genes, tropinone reductase I and hyoscyamine 6 β-hydroxylase. Following tissue culture, we detected only 186 differentially expressed genes, but were unable to correlate these changes in expression with either polymorphisms from resequencing or positional effects of transposons. CONCLUSIONS We have assembled, annotated, and characterized the first draft genome for this important model plant species. Using this resource, we show duplications of genes leading to the synthesis of the medicinally important alkaloid, scopolamine. Our results also demonstrate that following tissue culture, mutation rates of transformed plants are quite high (1.16 × 10- 3 mutations per site), but do not have a drastic impact on gene expression.
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- Alex Rajewski
- Department of Botany and Plant Science, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Science, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 USA
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Bhat RS, Rockey J, Shirasawa K, Tilak IS, Brijesh Patil MP, Reddy Lachagari VB. DNA methylation and expression analyses reveal epialleles for the foliar disease resistance genes in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). BMC Res Notes 2020; 13:20. [PMID: 31910887 PMCID: PMC6947992 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-4883-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Objective Low DNA sequence polymorphism despite enormous phenotypic variations in peanut indicates the possible role of epigenetic variations. An attempt was made to analyze genome-wide DNA methylation pattern and its influence on gene expression across 11 diverse genotypes of peanut. Results The genotypes were subjected to bisulfite sequencing after 21 days of sowing (DAS). CHG regions showed the highest (30,537,376) DNA methylation followed by CpG (30,356,066) and CHH (15,993,361) across 11 genotypes. The B sub-genome exhibited higher DNA methylation sites (46,294,063) than the A sub-genome (30,415,166). Overall, the DNA methylation was more frequent in inter-genic regions than in the genic regions. The genes showing altered methylation and expression between the parent (TMV 2) and its EMS-derived mutant (TMV 2-NLM) were identified. Foliar disease resistant genotypes showed significant differential DNA methylation at 766 sites corresponding to 25 genes. Of them, two genes (Arahy.1XYC2X on chromosome 01 and Arahy.00Z2SH on chromosome 17) coding for senescence-associated protein showed differential expression with resistant genotypes recording higher fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads (FPKM) at their epialleles. Overall, the study indicated the variation in the DNA methylation pattern among the diverse genotypes of peanut and its influence of gene expression.
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- R S Bhat
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, India.
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- AgriGenome Labs Pvt. Ltd., Kochi, Kerala, 682 042, India
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- Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, India
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Zakharchenko NS, Furs OV, Pigoleva SV, Dyachenko OV, Aripovskii AV, Buryanov YI, Shevchuk TV. Obtainment and Analysis of Marker-Free Oil Plants Camelina sativa (L.) Expressing of Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1 Gene. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683819090096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cui WR, Li ZJ, Chi BZ, Li ZM, Liang RP, Qiu JD. Ultrasensitively electrochemical detection activity of DNA methyltransferase using an autocatalytic and recycling amplification strategy. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Berglund T, Wallström A, Nguyen TV, Laurell C, Ohlsson AB. Nicotinamide; antioxidative and DNA hypomethylation effects in plant cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 118:551-560. [PMID: 28780454 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The effects of nicotinamide (NIC) and its natural plant metabolites nicotinic acid (NIA) and trigonelline (TRIG) were studied with respect to defense in plant cell cultures. NIC and NIA could protect against oxidative stress damage caused by 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH), which generates free radicals. Damage was analyzed as DNA strand breaks in cell cultures of Pisum sativum (garden pea), Daucus carota (carrot), Populus tremula L. × P. tremuloides (hybrid aspen) and Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle), monitored by single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay), and assays of cell leakage in C. roseus. The activities of aconitase and fumarase enzymes, which have key roles in energy metabolism, were analyzed in P. sativum cultures after treatment with NIC or NIA. Aconitase activity was increased by NIA, and fumarase activity was increased by both compounds. These compounds were shown to promote glutathione metabolism in P. sativum cultures, and NIC was shown to have a global DNA hypomethylating effect. Neither TRIG nor poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide offered any protection against DNA damage or cell leakage, nor did they promote aconitase or fumarase activities, or glutathione metabolism. By this broad approach addressing multiple biochemical factors and different plant species, we demonstrate that NIC and NIA protect plant cells from oxidative stress, and that NIC clearly exerts an epigenetic effect; decreased DNA methylation. This indicates that these compounds have important roles in the regulation of metabolism in plant cells, especially in connection to stress.
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- Torkel Berglund
- School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Rd., Cau Giay, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
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- School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Lauria M, Echegoyen-Nava RA, Rodríguez-Ríos D, Zaina S, Lund G. Inter-individual variation in DNA methylation is largely restricted to tissue-specific differentially methylated regions in maize. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:52. [PMID: 28231765 PMCID: PMC5324254 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-0997-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Variation in DNA methylation across distinct genetic populations, or in response to specific biotic or abiotic stimuli, has typically been studied in leaf DNA from pooled individuals using either reduced representation bisulfite sequencing, whole genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) or methylation sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP). The latter represents a useful alterative when sample size is large, or when analysing methylation changes in genomes that have yet to be sequenced. In this study we compared variation in methylation across ten individual leaf and endosperm samples from maize hybrid and inbred lines using MSAP. We also addressed the methodological implications of analysing methylation variation using pooled versus individual DNA samples, in addition to the validity of MSAP compared to WGBS. Finally, we analysed a subset of variable and non-variable fragments with respect to genomic location, vicinity to repetitive elements and expression patterns across leaf and endosperm tissues. RESULTS On average, 30% of individuals showed inter-individual methylation variation, mostly of leaf and endosperm-specific differentially methylated DNA regions. With the exception of low frequency demethylation events, the bulk of inter-individual methylation variation (84 and 80% in leaf and endosperm, respectively) was effectively captured in DNA from pooled individuals. Furthermore, available genome-wide methylation data largely confirmed MSAP leaf methylation profiles. Most variable methylation that mapped within genes was associated with CG methylation, and many of such genes showed tissue-specific expression profiles. Finally, we found that the hAT DNA transposon was the most common class II transposable element found in close proximity to variable DNA regions. CONCLUSIONS The relevance of our results with respect to future studies of methylation variation is the following: firstly, the finding that inter-individual methylation variation is largely restricted to tissue-specific differentially methylated DNA regions, underlines the importance of tissue-type when analysing the methylation response to a defined stimulus. Secondly, we show that pooled sample-based MSAP studies are methodologically appropriate to study methylation variation. Thirdly, we confirm that MSAP is a powerful tool when WGBS is not required or feasible, for example in plant species that have yet to be sequenced.
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- Massimiliano Lauria
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Gertrud Lund, Department of Genetic Engineering, CINVESTAV - Unidad Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-Leon, Apdo. Postal 629, C. P. 36500 Irapuato, GTO Mexico
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- Gertrud Lund, Department of Genetic Engineering, CINVESTAV - Unidad Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-Leon, Apdo. Postal 629, C. P. 36500 Irapuato, GTO Mexico
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, León Campus, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Gertrud Lund, Department of Genetic Engineering, CINVESTAV - Unidad Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-Leon, Apdo. Postal 629, C. P. 36500 Irapuato, GTO Mexico
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Wemhoff S, Klassen R, Beetz A, Meinhardt F. DNA Damage Responses Are Induced by tRNA Anticodon Nucleases and Hygromycin B. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157611. [PMID: 27472060 PMCID: PMC4966947 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Previous studies revealed DNA damage to occur during the toxic action of PaT, a fungal anticodon ribonuclease (ACNase) targeting the translation machinery via tRNA cleavage. Here, we demonstrate that other translational stressors induce DNA damage-like responses in yeast as well: not only zymocin, another ACNase from the dairy yeast Kluyveromyces lactis, but also translational antibiotics, most pronouncedly hygromycin B (HygB). Specifically, DNA repair mechanisms BER (base excision repair), HR (homologous recombination) and PRR (post replication repair) provided protection, whereas NHEJ (non-homologous end-joining) aggravated toxicity of all translational inhibitors. Analysis of specific BER mutants disclosed a strong HygB, zymocin and PaT protective effect of the endonucleases acting on apurinic sites. In cells defective in AP endonucleases, inactivation of the DNA glycosylase Ung1 increased tolerance to ACNases and HygB. In addition, Mag1 specifically contributes to the repair of DNA lesions caused by HygB. Consistent with DNA damage provoked by translation inhibitors, mutation frequencies were elevated upon exposure to both fungal ACNases and HygB. Since polymerase ζ contributed to toxicity in all instances, error-prone lesion-bypass probably accounts for the mutagenic effects. The finding that differently acting inhibitors of protein biosynthesis induce alike cellular responses in DNA repair mutants is novel and suggests the dependency of genome stability on translational fidelity.
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- Sabrina Wemhoff
- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Fachgebiet Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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Adu-Gyamfi R, Wetten A, Marcelino Rodríguez López C. Effect of Cryopreservation and Post-Cryopreservation Somatic Embryogenesis on the Epigenetic Fidelity of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158857. [PMID: 27403857 PMCID: PMC4942035 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED While cocoa plants regenerated from cryopreserved somatic embryos can demonstrate high levels of phenotypic variability, little is known about the sources of the observed variability. Previous studies have shown that the encapsulation-dehydration cryopreservation methodology imposes no significant extra mutational load since embryos carrying high levels of genetic variability are selected against during protracted culture. Also, the use of secondary rather than primary somatic embryos has been shown to further reduce the incidence of genetic somaclonal variation. Here, the effect of in vitro conservation, cryopreservation and post-cryopreservation generation of somatic embryos on the appearance of epigenetic somaclonal variation were comparatively assessed. To achieve this we compared the epigenetic profiles, generated using Methylation Sensitive Amplified Polymorphisms, of leaves collected from the ortet tree and from cocoa somatic embryos derived from three in vitro conditions: somatic embryos, somatic embryos cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen and somatic embryos generated from cryoproserved somatic embryos. Somatic embryos accumulated epigenetic changes but these were less extensive than in those regenerated after storage in LN. Furthermore, the passage of cryopreserved embryos through another embryogenic stage led to further increase in variation. Interestingly, this detected variability appears to be in some measure reversible. The outcome of this study indicates that the cryopreservation induced phenotypic variability could be, at least partially, due to DNA methylation changes. KEY MESSAGE Phenotypic variability observed in cryostored cocoa somatic-embryos is epigenetic in nature. This variability is partially reversible, not stochastic in nature but a directed response to the in-vitro culture and cryopreservation.
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- Raphael Adu-Gyamfi
- Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, P.O. Box TL 1882, Tamale, Ghana
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- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berks, RG6 6AS, United Kingdom
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- Environmental Epigenetics and Genetics Group, Plant Research Centre, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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Zhao H, Yin H, Yang Y. Label-free electrochemical detection of DNA methyltransferase activity via a DNA tetrahedron-structured probe. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra01845a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Label-free electrochemical detection of DNA methyltransferase activityviaDNA tetrahedron-structured probe.
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- Hongyu Zhao
- The Second Hospital of Nanjing
- Affiliated to Medical School of Southeast University
- Nanjing
- China
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- Chinese People's Liberation Army 454 Hospital
- Nanjing
- China
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- The Second Hospital of Nanjing
- Affiliated to Medical School of Southeast University
- Nanjing
- China
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Hartmann M, Gas-Pascual E, Hemmerlin A, Rohmer M, Bach TJ. Development of an image-based screening system for inhibitors of the plastidial MEP pathway and of protein geranylgeranylation. F1000Res 2015; 4:14. [PMID: 26309725 PMCID: PMC4536634 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5923.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
Abstract
In a preceding study we have recently established an in vivo visualization system for the geranylgeranylation of proteins in a stably transformed tobacco BY-2 cell line, which involves expressing a dexamethasone-inducible GFP fused to the prenylable, carboxy-terminal basic domain of the rice calmodulin CaM61, which naturally bears a CaaL geranylgeranylation motif (GFP-BD-CVIL). By using pathway-specific inhibitors it was there demonstrated that inhibition of the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway with oxoclomazone and fosmidomycin, as well as inhibition of protein geranylgeranyl transferase type 1 (PGGT-1), shifted the localization of the GFP-BD-CVIL protein from the membrane to the nucleus. In contrast, the inhibition of the mevalonate (MVA) pathway with mevinolin did not affect this localization. Furthermore, in this initial study complementation assays with pathway-specific intermediates confirmed that the precursors for the cytosolic isoprenylation of this fusion protein are predominantly provided by the MEP pathway. In order to optimize this visualization system from a more qualitative assay to a statistically trustable medium or a high-throughput screening system, we established now new conditions that permit culture and analysis in 96-well microtiter plates, followed by fluorescence microscopy. For further refinement, the existing GFP-BD-CVIL cell line was transformed with an estradiol-inducible vector driving the expression of a RFP protein, C-terminally fused to a nuclear localization signal (NLS-RFP). We are thus able to quantify the total number of viable cells versus the number of inhibited cells after various treatments. This approach also includes a semi-automatic counting system, based on the freely available image processing software. As a result, the time of image analysis as well as the risk of user-generated bias is reduced to a minimum. Moreover, there is no cross-induction of gene expression by dexamethasone and estradiol, which is an important prerequisite for this test system.
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- Michael Hartmann
- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
- Current address: Department Biologie, Institut für Molekulare Ökophysiologie der Pflanzen, Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
- Current address: Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, 208 Williams Hall, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
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- UMR 7177 CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, F-67070 Strasbourg, France
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- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
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Hartmann M, Gas-Pascual E, Hemmerlin A, Rohmer M, Bach TJ. Development of an image-based screening system for inhibitors of the plastidial MEP pathway and of protein geranylgeranylation. F1000Res 2015; 4:14. [PMID: 26309725 PMCID: PMC4536634 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5923.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
We have recently established an in vivo visualization system for the geranylgeranylation of proteins in a stably transformed tobacco BY-2 cell line, which involves expressing a dexamethasone-inducible GFP fused to the prenylable, carboxy-terminal basic domain of the rice calmodulin CaM61, which naturally bears a CaaL geranylgeranylation motif (GFP-BD-CVIL). By using pathway-specific inhibitors it was demonstrated that inhibition of the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway with oxoclomazone and fosmidomycin, as well as inhibition of protein geranylgeranyl transferase type 1 (PGGT-1), shifted the localization of the GFP-BD-CVIL protein from the membrane to the nucleus. In contrast, the inhibition of the mevalonate (MVA) pathway with mevinolin did not affect this localization. Furthermore, complementation assays with pathway-specific intermediates confirmed that the precursors for the cytosolic isoprenylation of this fusion protein are predominantly provided by the MEP pathway. In order to optimize this visualization system from a more qualitative assay to a statistically trustable medium or a high-throughput screening system, we established new conditions that permit culture and analysis in 96-well microtiter plates, followed by fluorescence microscopy. For further refinement, the existing GFP-BD-CVIL cell line was transformed with an estradiol-inducible vector driving the expression of a RFP protein, C-terminally fused to a nuclear localization signal (NLS-RFP). We are thus able to quantify the total number of viable cells versus the number of inhibited cells after various treatments. This approach also includes a semi-automatic counting system, based on the freely available image processing software. As a result, the time of image analysis as well as the risk of user-generated bias is reduced to a minimum. Moreover, there is no cross-induction of gene expression by dexamethasone and estradiol, which is an important prerequisite for this test system.
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- Michael Hartmann
- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
- Current address: Department Biologie, Institut für Molekulare Ökophysiologie der Pflanzen, Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
- Current address: Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, 208 Williams Hall, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
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- UMR 7177 CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, F-67070 Strasbourg, France
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- Département “Réseaux Métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083 Strasbourg, France
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Zhao HF, Liang RP, Wang JW, Qiu JD. One-pot synthesis of GO/AgNPs/luminol composites with electrochemiluminescence activity for sensitive detection of DNA methyltransferase activity. Biosens Bioelectron 2015; 63:458-464. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.07.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Revised: 07/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Rodríguez López CM, Wilkinson MJ. Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:397. [PMID: 26097484 PMCID: PMC4456566 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Increasing crop production at a time of rapid climate change represents the greatest challenge facing contemporary agricultural research. Our understanding of the genetic control of yield derives from controlled field experiments designed to minimize environmental variance. In spite of these efforts there is substantial residual variability among plants attributable to Genotype × Environment interactions. Recent advances in the field of epigenetics have revealed a plethora of gene control mechanisms that could account for much of this unassigned variation. These systems act as a regulatory interface between the perception of the environment and associated alterations in gene expression. Direct intervention of epigenetic control systems hold the enticing promise of creating new sources of variability that could enhance crop performance. Equally, understanding the relationship between various epigenetic states and responses of the crop to specific aspects of the growing environment (epigenetic fingerprinting) could allow for a more tailored approach to plant agronomy. In this review, we explore the many ways in which epigenetic interventions and epigenetic fingerprinting can be deployed for the improvement of crop production and quality.
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- Carlos M. Rodríguez López
- *Correspondence: Carlos M. Rodríguez López, Plant Research Centre, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1, Glen Osmond, Adelaide, SA 5064, Australia
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Mastan SG, Rathore MS, Bhatt VD, Chikara J, Ghosh A. DNA methylation and methylation polymorphism in ecotypes of Jatropha curcas L. using methylation-sensitive AFLP markers. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:8261-71. [PMID: 25227523 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3734-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We investigated DNA methylation and polymorphism in the methylated DNA using AFLP based methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism (MS-AFLP) markers in ecotypes of Jatropha curcas L. growing in similar and different geo-ecological conditions. Three ecotypes growing in different geo-ecological conditions with environmental heterogeneity (Group-1) and five ecotypes growing in similar environmental conditions (Group-2) were assessed. In ecotypes growing in group-1, 44.32 % DNA was methylated and of which 93.59 % DNA was polymorphic. While in group-2, 32.27 % DNA was methylated, of which 51.64 % DNA was polymorphic. In site 1 and site 2 of group-1, overall methylation was 18.94 and 22.44 % respectively with difference of 3.5 %, while overall polymorphism was 41.14 and 39.23 % with a difference of 1.91 %. In site 1 and site 2 of group-2, overall methylation was 24.68 and 24.18 % respectively with difference of 0.5 %, while overall polymorphism was 12.19 and 12.65 % with a difference of 0.46 %. The difference of methylation percentage and percentage of methylation polymorphism throughout the genome of J. curcas at site 1 and 2 of group-1 is higher than that of J. curcas at site 1 and 2 of group-2. These results correlated the physico-chemical properties of soil at these sites. The variations of physico-chemical properties of soil at Chorwadla (site 1 in group-1 and site 2 in group-2) compared to the soil at Brahmapur (site 2 in group-1) is higher than that of soil at Neswad (site 1 in group-2). The study suggests that these homologous nucleotide sequences probably play important role in ecotype adaptation to environmental heterogeneity by creating epiallelic variations hence in evolution of ecotypes/clines or forms of species showing phenotypic/genotypic differences in different geographical areas.
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- Shaik G Mastan
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364 002, Gujarat, India
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Sun S, Zhong J, Li S, Wang X. Tissue culture-induced somaclonal variation of decreased pollen viability in torenia (Torenia fournieri Lind.). BOTANICAL STUDIES 2013; 54:36. [PMID: 28510883 PMCID: PMC5432822 DOI: 10.1186/1999-3110-54-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phenotypic and genotypic variations, collectively called somaclonal variations, are induced during tissue culture. RESULTS We studied the phenotypic variation in pollen viability of regenerants of torenia after subculturing for one to nine generations. We found that pollen viability of regenerants continuously decreased with increasing subculture time. High concentrations of plant growth regulators applied to the Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium also resulted in diminished pollen viability. Furthermore, antibiotic application during gene transformation also decreased pollen viability of the transformants. However, the process of long-term culture did not significantly change pollen viability. The mean methylation level of regenerants showed a 0.28% to 3.95% decrease in seedlings subcultured in vitro for nine generations. Moreover, when the ninth subcultured regenerants with reduced pollen vibility were recovered in soil to get seeds, the pollen viability of seed-derive plants was similar to that of the wild type. CONCLUSIONS The results show that plant growth regulators, antibiotics, and the number of subculture generations influence somaclonal variations in torenia. The somaclonal variations in torenia may results from epigenetic changes.
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- ShuLan Sun
- Guangdong Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510631 People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510631 People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510631 People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510631 People’s Republic of China
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Zeng YP, Hu J, Long Y, Zhang CY. Sensitive detection of DNA methyltransferase using hairpin probe-based primer generation rolling circle amplification-induced chemiluminescence. Anal Chem 2013; 85:6143-50. [PMID: 23692336 DOI: 10.1021/ac4011292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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DNA methyltransferases (MTases) catalyze the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to the 5-positon of cytosine in CpG islands, eventually inducing the DNA methylation in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Despite the development of various methods for the MTase assay, most of them are laborious and costly with poor sensitivity. Herein, we develop a highly sensitive chemiluminescence method for the MTase assay using hairpin probe-based primer generation rolling circle amplification (PG-RCA). In the presence of DNA adenine methylation (Dam) MTase, the methylation-responsive sequence of hairpin probe is methylated and cleaved by the methylation-sensitive restriction endonuclease Dpn I. The cleaved hairpin probe then functions as a signal primer to initiate PG-RCA reaction by hybridizing with the circular DNA template, producing a large number of horseradish peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme chains, which can catalyze the oxidation of luminal by H2O2 in the presence of hemin to yield distinct chemiluminescence signal. While in the absence of Dam MTase, neither methylation/cleavage nor PG-RCA reaction can be initiated and no chemiluminescence signal is observed. The proposed method exhibits a wide dynamic range from 0.025 to 400 U/mL and an extremely low detection limit of 1.29 × 10(-4) U/mL, which is superior to most conventional approaches for the MTase assay. This method can be used for the screening of antimicrobial drugs and has a great potential to be further applied in early clinical diagnosis.
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- Ya-ping Zeng
- Single-Molecule Detection and Imaging Laboratory, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong 518055, China
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Wang QM, Wang L. An evolutionary view of plant tissue culture: somaclonal variation and selection. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2012; 31:1535-47. [PMID: 22610486 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1281-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plants regenerated from in vitro cultures possess an array of genetic and epigenetic changes. This phenomenon is known as 'somaclonal variation' and the frequency of somaclonal variation (SV) is usually elevated far beyond that expected in nature. Initially, the relationship between time in culture and detected SV was found to support the widespread belief that SV accumulates with culture age. However, a few studies indicated that older cultures yielded regenerants with less SV. What leads to this seemed contradiction? In this article, we have proposed a novel in vitro callus selection hypothesis, differentiation bottleneck (D-bottleneck) and dedifferentiation bottleneck (Dd-bottleneck), which consider natural selection theory to be fit for cell population in vitro. The results of multiplication races between the cells with the true-to-type phenotype and the deleterious cells determine the increase/decrease of SV frequencies in calli or regenerants as in vitro culture time goes on. The possibility of interpreting the complex situation of time-related SV by the evolutionary theory is discussed in this paper. In addition, the SV threshold, space-determined hypothesis and D-bottleneck are proposed to interpret the loss of the regenerability through a long period of plant tissue culture (PTC).
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- Qin-Mei Wang
- Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China.
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Wang QM, Wang YZ, Sun LL, Gao FZ, Sun W, He J, Gao X, Wang L. Direct and indirect organogenesis of Clivia miniata and assessment of DNA methylation changes in various regenerated plantlets. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2012; 31:1283-96. [PMID: 22532007 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1248-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2011] [Revised: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED Clivia miniata is an important indoor ornamental plant and has been reported to have medicinal value. We developed an efficient in vitro micropropagation protocol from young leaves (indirect organogenesis), young petals (indirect organogenesis) and shoot tips (direct organogenesis) of this plant. Using young leaves and shoot tips as explants, the regeneration frequencies were much higher than those in previous investigation and the regeneration was dependent upon less nutrition. We speculated that the leaf-derived callus can generate amino acids necessary for protein synthesis by itself. We employed the methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) method to assess cytosine methylation variation in various regenerated plantlets and between organs. The MSAP profiles indicated that the frequency of somaclonal variation in the form of cytosine methylation was highest in petal-derived plantlets followed by secondary leaf-derived, primary leaf-derived and shoot tip-derived plantlets, but the methylation variation in petal-derived plantlets was lower than between petals and leaves of a single plant. The results indicated that the methylation variation in regenerated plantlets was related to the types of explants, regeneration pathways and number of regeneration generations. Two possible factors for the highest somaclonal variation rate in petal-derived plantlets are the callus phase and petal-specific set of epigenetic regulators. The property of meristem integrity can account for the lowest variation rate in shoot tip-derived plantlets. Moreover, the secondary plantlets underwent a longer total period of in vitro culture, which can explain why the methylation variation rate in the secondary plantlets is higher than in the primary ones. KEY MESSAGE Methylation variation in regenerated plantlets of C. miniata was found to be related to the types of explants, regeneration pathways and number of regeneration generations.
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- Qin-Mei Wang
- Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, People's Republic of China
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Neelakandan AK, Wang K. Recent progress in the understanding of tissue culture-induced genome level changes in plants and potential applications. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2012; 31:597-620. [PMID: 22179259 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1202-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In vitro cell and tissue-based systems have tremendous potential in fundamental research and for commercial applications such as clonal propagation, genetic engineering and production of valuable metabolites. Since the invention of plant cell and tissue culture techniques more than half a century ago, scientists have been trying to understand the morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular changes associated with tissue culture responses. Establishment of de novo developmental cell fate in vitro is governed by factors such as genetic make-up, stress and plant growth regulators. In vitro culture is believed to destabilize the genetic and epigenetic program of intact plant tissue and can lead to chromosomal and DNA sequence variations, methylation changes, transposon activation, and generation of somaclonal variants. In this review, we discuss the current status of understanding the genomic and epigenomic changes that take place under in vitro conditions. It is hoped that a precise and comprehensive knowledge of the molecular basis of these variations and acquisition of developmental cell fate would help to devise strategies to improve the totipotency and embryogenic capability in recalcitrant species and genotypes, and to address bottlenecks associated with clonal propagation.
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Karthikeyan A, Pandian SK, Ramesh M. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of leaf base derived callus tissues of popular indica rice (Oryza sativa L. sub sp. indica cv. ADT 43). PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 181:258-68. [PMID: 21763536 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A simple and efficient protocol for the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of an agronomically useful abiotic sensitive popular indica rice cv. ADT 43 has been developed. Initiation of calli were best achieved from the leaf bases of 4 days old rice seedlings on LS medium supplemented with 2.5mg/L 2,4-D and 1.0mg/L thiamine-HCl. Rice calli immersed in Agrobacterium suspension (strain EHA 105, OD(600)=0.8) were co-cultured on LS30-AsPC medium for 2 days at 25±2°C in the dark. Based on GUS expression analysis, 10min co-cultivation time with 100μM acetosyringone was found optimum for the delivery of gus gene. Calli were proved to be very sensitive to Agrobacterium infection and we found that the level of necrotic response can be minimized after co-cultivation with 30% LS, 10g/L PVP, 10% coconut water and 250mg/L timentin which improved the final transformation efficiency to 9.33%. Molecular and genetic analysis of transgenic plants reveals the integration, expression and inheritance of transgene in the progeny (T(1)) of these plants. The copy number of transgenes has been found to vary from 1 to 2 in transgenic plants (T(0) and T(1)).
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Miguel C, Marum L. An epigenetic view of plant cells cultured in vitro: somaclonal variation and beyond. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:3713-25. [PMID: 21617249 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Epigenetic mechanisms are highly dynamic events that modulate gene expression. As more accurate and powerful tools for epigenetic analysis become available for application in a broader range of plant species, analysis of the epigenetic landscape of plant cell cultures may turn out to be crucial for understanding variant phenotypes. In vitro plant cell and tissue culture methodologies are important for many ongoing plant propagation and breeding programmes as well as for cutting-edge research in several plant model species. Although it has long been known that in vitro conditions induce variation at several levels, most studies using such conditions rely on the assumption that in vitro cultured plant cells/tissues mostly conform genotypically and phenotypically. However, when large-scale clonal propagation is the aim, there has been a concern in confirming true-to-typeness using molecular markers for evaluating stability. While in most reports genetic variation has been found to occur at relatively modest frequencies, variation in DNA methylation patterns seems to be much more frequent and in some cases it has been directly implicated in phenotypic variation. Recent advances in the field of epigenetics have uncovered highly dynamic mechanisms of chromatin remodelling occurring during cell dedifferentiation and differentiation processes on which in vitro adventitious plant regeneration systems are based. Here, an overview of recent findings related to developmental switches occurring during in vitro culture is presented. Additionally, an update on the detection of epigenetic variation in plant cell cultures will be provided and discussed in the light of recent progress in the plant epigenetics field.
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- Célia Miguel
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Yu H, Zhao J, Xu J, Li X, Zhang F, Wang Y, Carr C, Zhang J, Zhang G. Detection of Changes in DNA Methylation Induced by Low-Energy Ion Implantation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Radiat Res 2011; 175:599-609. [DOI: 10.1667/rr2209.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Padilla IMG, Burgos L. Aminoglycoside antibiotics: structure, functions and effects on in vitro plant culture and genetic transformation protocols. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2010; 29:1203-13. [PMID: 20644935 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0900-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2010] [Revised: 07/06/2010] [Accepted: 07/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Plant transformation protocols generally involve the use of selectable marker genes for the screening of transgenic material. The bacterial gene nptII, coding for a neomycin phosphotransferase, and the hpt gene, coding for a hygromycin phosphotransferase, are frequently used. These enzymes detoxify aminoglycoside antibiotics by phosphorylation, thereby permitting cell growth in the presence of antibiotics. Nevertheless, the screening for transgenic regenerated shoots is often partial and difficult due to regeneration of escapes and chimeras. These difficulties can be caused, in part, by an incorrect assumption about the mode of action of antibiotics in bacterial and eukaryotic cells and in in vitro tissue culture. The information contained in this review could be useful to establish better selection strategies by taking into account factors such as explant complexity, transformation and selection protocols that allow better accessibility to cells of Agrobacterium and antibiotics, and faster regeneration methods that avoid collateral effects of antibiotics on recovered, putative transgenic shoots.
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- I M G Padilla
- Grupo de Biotecnología de Frutales, Departamento de Mejora, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Apartado de correos 164, 30100, Murcia, Spain.
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Rodríguez López CM, Wetten AC, Wilkinson MJ. Progressive erosion of genetic and epigenetic variation in callus-derived cocoa (Theobroma cacao) plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2010; 186:856-868. [PMID: 20406408 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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*Relatively little is known about the timing of genetic and epigenetic forms of somaclonal variation arising from callus growth. We surveyed for both types of change in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) plants regenerated from calli of various ages, and also between tissues from the source trees. *For genetic change, we used 15 single sequence repeat (SSR) markers from four source trees and from 233 regenerated plants. For epigenetic change, we used 386 methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) markers on leaf and explant (staminode) DNA from two source trees and on leaf DNA from 114 regenerants. *Genetic variation within source trees was limited to one slippage mutation in one leaf. Regenerants were far more variable, with 35% exhibiting at least one mutation. Genetic variation initially accumulated with culture age but subsequently declined. MSAP (epigenetic) profiles diverged between leaf and staminode samples from source trees. Multivariate analysis revealed that leaves from regenerants occupied intermediate eigenspace between leaves and staminodes of source plants but became progressively more similar to source tree leaves with culture age. *Statistical analysis confirmed this rather counterintuitive finding that leaves of 'late regenerants' exhibited significantly less genetic and epigenetic divergence from source leaves than those exposed to short periods of callus growth.
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- Carlos M Rodríguez López
- Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University Penglais, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, SY23 3DA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Harborne Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AS, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University Penglais, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, SY23 3DA
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Dyachenko OV, Shevchuk TV, Buryanov YI. Structural and functional features of the 5-methylcytosine distribution in the eukaryotic genome. Mol Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893310020019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mazin AL. Suicidal function of DNA methylation in age-related genome disintegration. Ageing Res Rev 2009; 8:314-27. [PMID: 19464391 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2009.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2009] [Revised: 04/17/2009] [Accepted: 04/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This article is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of 5-methylcytosine discovery in DNA. Cytosine methylation can affect genetic and epigenetic processes, works as a part of the genome-defense system and has mutagenic activity; however, the biological functions of this enzymatic modification are not well understood. This review will put forward the hypothesis that the host-defense role of DNA methylation in silencing and mutational destroying of retroviruses and other intragenomic parasites was extended during evolution to most host genes that have to be inactivated in differentiated somatic cells, where it acquired a new function in age-related self-destruction of the genome. The proposed model considers DNA methylation as the generator of 5mC>T transitions that induce 40-70% of all spontaneous somatic mutations of the multiple classes at CpG and CpNpG sites and flanking nucleotides in the p53, FIX, hprt, gpt human genes and some transgenes. The accumulation of 5mC-dependent mutations explains: global changes in the structure of the vertebrate genome throughout evolution; the loss of most 5mC from the DNA of various species over their lifespan and the Hayflick limit of normal cells; the polymorphism of methylation sites, including asymmetric mCpNpN sites; cyclical changes of methylation and demethylation in genes. The suicidal function of methylation may be a special genetic mechanism for increasing DNA damage and the programmed genome disintegration responsible for cell apoptosis and organism aging and death.
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Rukavtsova EB, Gayazova AR, Chebotareva EN, Buryanov YI. Production of marker-free plants expressing the gene of the hepatitis B virus surface antigen. RUSS J GENET+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795409080055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rukavtsova EB, Zakharchenko NS, Pigoleva SV, Yukhmanova AA, Chebotareva EN, Bur’yanov YI. Obtaining marker-free transgenic plants. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2009; 426:143-6. [DOI: 10.1134/s1607672909030053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Filipecki M, Malepszy S. Unintended consequences of plant transformation: A molecular insight. J Appl Genet 2006; 47:277-86. [PMID: 17132892 DOI: 10.1007/bf03194637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Plant genomes are dynamic structures having both the system to maintain and accurately reproduce the information encoded therein and the ability to accept more or less random changes, which is one of the foundations of evolution. Crop improvement and various uncontrolled stress factors can induce unintended genetic and epigenetic variations. In this review it is attempted to summarize factors causing such changes and the molecular nature of these variations in transgenic plants. Unintended effects in transgenic plants can be divided into three main groups: first, pleiotropic effects of integrated DNA on the host plant genome; second, the influence of the integration site and transgene architecture on transgene expression level and stability; and third, the effect of various stresses related to tissue handling, regeneration and clonal propagation. Many of these factors are recently being redefined due to new researches, which apply modern highly sensitive analytical techniques and sequenced model organisms. The ability to inspect large portions of genomes clearly shows that tissue culture contributes to a vast majority of observed genetic and epigenetic changes. Nevertheless, monitoring of thousands transcripts, proteins and metabolites reveals that unintended variation most often falls in the range of natural differences between landraces or varieties. We expect that an increasing amount of evidence on many important crop species will support these observations in the nearest future.
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Schumacher A, Petronis A. Epigenetics of Complex Diseases: From General Theory to Laboratory Experiments. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2006; 310:81-115. [PMID: 16909908 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31181-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Despite significant effort, understanding the causes and mechanisms of complex non-Mendelian diseases remains a key challenge. Although numerous molecular genetic linkage and association studies have been conducted in order to explain the heritable predisposition to complex diseases, the resulting data are quite often inconsistent and even controversial. In a similar way, identification of environmental factors causal to a disease is difficult. In this article, a new interpretation of the paradigm of "genes plus environment" is presented in which the emphasis is shifted to epigenetic misregulation as a major etiopathogenic factor. Epigenetic mechanisms are consistent with various non-Mendelian irregularities of complex diseases, such as the existence of clinically indistinguishable sporadic and familial cases, sexual dimorphism, relatively late age of onset and peaks of susceptibility to some diseases, discordance of monozygotic twins and major fluctuations on the course of disease severity. It is also suggested that a substantial portion of phenotypic variance that traditionally has been attributed to environmental effects may result from stochastic epigenetic events in the cell. It is argued that epigenetic strategies, when applied in parallel with the traditional genetic ones, may significantly advance the discovery of etiopathogenic mechanisms of complex diseases. The second part of this chapter is dedicated to a review of laboratory methods for DNA methylation analysis, which may be useful in the study of complex diseases. In this context, epigenetic microarray technologies are emphasized, as it is evident that such technologies will significantly advance epigenetic analyses in complex diseases.
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- A Schumacher
- The Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, ON, Toronto, Canada
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Buryanov YI, Shevchuk TV. DNA methyltransferases and structural-functional specificity of eukaryotic DNA modification. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2006; 70:730-42. [PMID: 16097936 DOI: 10.1007/s10541-005-0178-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Properties of the main families of mammalian, plant, and fungal DNA methyltransferases are considered. Structural-functional specificity of eukaryotic genome sequences methylated by DNA methyltransferases is characterized. The total methylation of cytosine in DNA sequences is described, as well as its relation with RNA interference. Mechanisms of regulation of expression and modulation of DNA methyltransferase activity in the eukaryotic cell are discussed.
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- Ya I Buryanov
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Pushchino Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
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Brena RM, Huang THM, Plass C. Quantitative assessment of DNA methylation: potential applications for disease diagnosis, classification, and prognosis in clinical settings. J Mol Med (Berl) 2006; 84:365-77. [PMID: 16416310 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0034-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/29/2005] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Deregulation of the epigenome is now recognized as a major mechanism involved in the development and progression of human diseases such as cancer. As opposed to the irreversible nature of genetic events, which introduce changes in the primary DNA sequence, epigenetic modifications are reversible and leave the original DNA sequence intact. There is now evidence that the epigenetic landscape in humans undergoes modifications as the result of normal aging, with older individuals exhibiting higher levels of promoter hypermethylation compared to younger ones. Thus, it has been proposed that the higher incidence of certain disease in older individuals might be, in part, a consequence of an inherent change in the control and regulation of the epigenome. These observations are of remarkable clinical significance since the aberrant epigenetic changes characteristic of disease provide a unique platform for the development of new therapeutic approaches. In this review, we address the significance of DNA methylation changes that result or lead to disease, occur with aging, or may be the result of environmental exposure. We provide a detailed description of quantitative techniques currently available for the detection and analysis of DNA methylation and provide a comprehensive framework that may allow for the incorporation of protocols which include DNA methylation as a tool for disease diagnosis and classification, which could lead to the tailoring of therapeutic approaches designed to individual patient needs.
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- Romulo Martin Brena
- Division of Human Cancer Genetics, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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LaFayette PR, Kane PM, Phan BH, Parrott WA. Arabitol dehydrogenase as a selectable marker for rice. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2005; 24:596-602. [PMID: 16151815 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0015-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2004] [Revised: 04/15/2005] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Arabitol dehydrogenase has been adapted for use as a plant selectable marker. Arabitol is a five-carbon sugar alcohol that can be used by E. coli strain C, but not by the laboratory K12 strains. The enzyme converts the non-plant-metabolizable sugar arabitol into xylulose, which is metabolized by plant cells. Rice was transformed with a plant-expression-optimized synthetic gene using Biolistic-mediated transformation. Selection on 2.75% arabitol and 0.25% sucrose yielded a transformation efficiency (9.3%) equal to that obtained with hygromycin (9.2%). Molecular analyses showed that the atlD gene was integrated into the rice genome of selected plants and was inherited in a Mendelian manner. This study indicates that arabitol could serve as an effective means of plant selection.
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MESH Headings
- Agriculture/methods
- Agriculture/trends
- Biolistics/methods
- Cinnamates/pharmacology
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/genetics
- Gene Transfer Techniques/trends
- Genetic Markers/genetics
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Genome, Plant/genetics
- Hygromycin B/analogs & derivatives
- Hygromycin B/pharmacology
- Molecular Biology/methods
- Molecular Biology/trends
- Oryza/enzymology
- Oryza/genetics
- Oryza/growth & development
- Oxidoreductases/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/enzymology
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/growth & development
- Sucrose/metabolism
- Sucrose/pharmacology
- Sugar Alcohols/metabolism
- Sugar Alcohols/pharmacology
- Transformation, Genetic/drug effects
- Transformation, Genetic/genetics
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- P R LaFayette
- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, 111 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602-6810, USA
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Schneider-Stock R, Roessner A, Ullrich O. Methyltransferases in apoptosis and cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/sita.200400047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lund G, Andersson L, Lauria M, Lindholm M, Fraga MF, Villar-Garea A, Ballestar E, Esteller M, Zaina S. DNA methylation polymorphisms precede any histological sign of atherosclerosis in mice lacking apolipoprotein E. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:29147-54. [PMID: 15131116 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403618200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The present work investigates the occurrence and significance of aberrant DNA methylation patterns during early stages of atherosclerosis. To this end, we asked whether the genetically atherosclerosis-prone APOE-null mice show any changes in DNA methylation patterns before the appearance of histologically detectable vascular lesion. We exploited a combination of various techniques: DNA fingerprinting, in vitro methyl-accepting assay, 5-methylcytosine quantitation, histone post-translational modification analysis, Southern blotting, and PCR. Our results show that alterations in DNA methylation profiles, including both hyper- and hypomethylation, were present in aortas and PBMC of 4-week-old mutant mice with no detectable atherosclerotic lesion. Sequencing and expression analysis of 60 leukocytic polymorphisms revealed that epigenetic changes involve transcribed genic sequences, as well as repeated interspersed elements. Furthermore, we showed for the first time that atherogenic lipoproteins promote global DNA hypermethylation in a human monocyte cell line. Taken together, our results unequivocally show that alterations in DNA methylation profiles are early markers of atherosclerosis in a mouse model and may play a causative role in atherogenesis.
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- Gertrud Lund
- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Fojtova M, Van Houdt H, Depicker A, Kovarik A. Epigenetic switch from posttranscriptional to transcriptional silencing is correlated with promoter hypermethylation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 133:1240-50. [PMID: 14551338 PMCID: PMC281619 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.023796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2003] [Revised: 05/14/2003] [Accepted: 07/01/2003] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Changes in the distribution of methylcytosine residues along a transgene locus of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in relation to the type of gene silencing were studied in parental plant leaves, calli, and regenerated plants derived thereof. Parental-silenced HeLo1 (hemizygous for locus 1) plants show posttranscriptional silencing of the residing nptII (neomycin phosphotransferase II) transgene and cytosine methylation restricted to the 3' end and center part of the transcribed region. Here, we report that with an increasing number of cell cycles, DNA methylation changes gradually, and methylation is introduced into the promoter during cell culture and more slowly in vegetatively propagated plants. After 24 months of callus in vitro cultivation, an epigenetic variant, designated locus 1E, was obtained in which cytosine methylation of symmetrical (CG and CNG) sites was almost complete within the 5' end of the nptII-transcribed region and the 35S promoter. Further, methylation of nonsymmetrical sites appeared de novo in the promoter, whereas this type of methylation was significantly reduced in the 3' end of the transcribed region when compared with locus 1. The newly established epigenetic patterns were stably transmitted from calli into regenerated plants and their progeny. The protein and steady-state RNA levels remained low in locus 1E, whereas with nuclear run-on assays, no detectable amounts of primary transcripts were found along the nptII gene, indicating that the methylated promoter became inactivated. The results suggest that a switch between posttranscriptional and transcriptional gene silencing could be a mechanism leading to irrevocable shut down of gene expression within a finite number of generations.
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- Miloslava Fojtova
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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We explore the extent and sources of epigenetic variation in cytosine methylation in natural accessions of the flowering plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, by focusing on the methylation of the major rRNA gene repeats at the two nucleolus organizer regions (NOR). Our findings indicate that natural variation in NOR methylation results from a combination of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. Genetic variation in rRNA gene copy number and trans-acting modifier loci account for some of the natural variation in NOR methylation. Our results also suggest that divergence and inheritance of epigenetic information, independent of changes in underlying nucleotide sequence, may play an important role in maintaining natural variation in cytosine methylation.
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- Nicole C Riddle
- Department of Biology, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Mitsuhara I, Shirasawa-Seo N, Iwai T, Nakamura S, Honkura R, Ohashi Y. Release from post-transcriptional gene silencing by cell proliferation in transgenic tobacco plants: possible mechanism for noninheritance of the silencing. Genetics 2002; 160:343-52. [PMID: 11805069 PMCID: PMC1461942 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/160.1.343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Transgenic tobacco plants that overproduce luciferase (Luc) frequently exhibit post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) of luc. The silencing was observed over five generations and found not to be inherited but acquired by the next generation at a certain frequency. Luc imaging analysis of silenced plants revealed Luc activity only in proliferating tissues such as shoot meristem and developing flower. The luc gene expression has been recovered from silencing before development of germ cells, excluding a possible recovery from the PTGS at meiosis. A systemic silencing signal transferred from older tissue likely induces gene silencing of younger tissues in which cell proliferation has been completed. Only seeds maintained Luc activity, probably because of isolation from the silencing signal by a possible partition from the parent placenta. Calli newly induced from the leaf pieces of silenced plants recovered from the silencing and exhibited strong Luc activity similar to nonsilenced leaves, further indicating that the silencing cannot be maintained in proliferating cells. Thus release from PTGS in proliferating cells is a possible mechanism for noninheritance of silencing.
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- Ichiro Mitsuhara
- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Jost JP, Oakeley EJ, Zhu B, Benjamin D, Thiry S, Siegmann M, Jost YC. 5-Methylcytosine DNA glycosylase participates in the genome-wide loss of DNA methylation occurring during mouse myoblast differentiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:4452-61. [PMID: 11691933 PMCID: PMC60186 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.21.4452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Changes in gene expression during mouse myoblast differentiation were monitored by DNA microarray hybridisation. Four days after the onset of differentiation 2.37% of the genes increased in activity from a value of zero, whereas during the same time 1.68% of total genes had decreased expression. During the first 24 h of differentiation an average of 700 000 CpG sites per haploid genome were demethylated. Maximal loss of DNA methylation is attained after 2 days of differentiation, followed by a gradual remethylation. The highest demethylation is observed in highly repeated DNA sequences, followed by single copy sequences. When DNA replication is inhibited by aphidicolin or L-mimosine this genome-wide demethylation is still observed. During the first 3 h of differentiation there is an increase in the number of hemimethylated CpG sites, which disappear rapidly during the course of genome-wide hypomethylation. Transfection of cells with an antisense morpholino oligonucleotide to 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylase (G/T mismatch DNA glycosylase) decreases both the activity of the enzyme and genome-wide demethylation. It is concluded that the genome-wide loss of DNA methylation in differentiating mouse myoblasts occurs in part by formation of hemimethylated CpG sites, which can serve as the substrate for 5-methylcytosine-DNA glycosylase.
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- J P Jost
- Friedrich Miescher Institut, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.
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Ascenzi R, Ingram JL, Massel M, Thompson WF, Spiker S, Weissinger AK. The role of cell differentiation state and HMG-I/Y in the expression of transgenes flanked by matrix attachment regions. Transgenic Res 2001; 10:465-70. [PMID: 11708656 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012082602587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The tobacco nuclear matrix attachment region (MAR), RB7, has been shown to have a much greater effect on transgene expression in cultured cells than in transgenic plants. This is comparable to work in mouse systems showing that MARs have a positive effect on transgene expression in embryonic tissues but not adult tissues. There are several possible explanations for these observations. One is that cell differentiation state and proliferation rate can affect MAR function. We tested this possibility by initiating suspension cell cultures from well-characterized transgenic plants transformed with 35S::GUS with and without flanking MARs and then comparing GUS specific activity in the cell lines to those of the transgenic plants from which the cell lines were derived. If cell differentiation state and proliferation rate do affect MAR function, we would expect the ratio of transgene expression (cell suspensions : plants) to be greater in MAR lines than in control lines. This turned out not to be the case. Thus, it appears that MAR function is not enhanced simply because cells in culture divide rapidly and are not differentiated. Because in animal systems the chromosomal protein HMG-I/Y has been shown to be upregulated in proliferating cells and may have a role in MAR function, we have also examined the levels of the tobacco HMG-I/Y homolog by immunoblotting. The level of this protein does not differ between primary transformant cultured cells (NT-1) and Nicotiana tabacum plants (SR-1). However, a higher molecular weight cross-reacting polypeptide was found in nuclei from the NT-1 cell suspensions but was not detected in SR-1 leaf nuclei or cell suspensions derived from the SR-1 plants.
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- R Ascenzi
- Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7612, USA
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Zhu B, Benjamin D, Zheng Y, Angliker H, Thiry S, Siegmann M, Jost JP. Overexpression of 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylase in human embryonic kidney cells EcR293 demethylates the promoter of a hormone-regulated reporter gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:5031-6. [PMID: 11296268 PMCID: PMC33158 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.091097298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have shown that the DNA demethylation complex isolated from chicken embryos has a G(.)T mismatch DNA glycosylase that also possesses 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylase (5-MCDG) activity. Herein we show that human embryonic kidney cells stably transfected with 5-MCDG cDNA linked to a cytomegalovirus promoter overexpress 5-MCDG. A 15- to 20-fold overexpression of 5-MCDG results in the specific demethylation of a stably integrated ecdysone-retinoic acid responsive enhancer-promoter linked to a beta-galactosidase reporter gene. Demethylation occurs in the absence of the ligand ponasterone A (an analogue of ecdysone). The state of methylation of the transgene was investigated by Southern blot analysis and by the bisulfite genomic sequencing reaction. Demethylation occurs downstream of the hormone response elements. No genome-wide demethylation was observed. The expression of an inactive mutant of 5-MCDG or the empty vector does not elicit any demethylation of the promoter-enhancer of the reporter gene. An increase in 5-MCDG activity does not influence the activity of DNA methyltransferase(s) when tested in vitro with a hemimethylated substrate. There is no change in the transgene copy number during selection of the clones with antibiotics. Immunoprecipitation combined with Western blot analysis showed that an antibody directed against 5-MCDG precipitates a complex containing the retinoid X receptor alpha. The association between retinoid receptor and 5-MCDG is not ligand dependent. These results suggest that a complex of the hormone receptor with 5-MCDG may target demethylation of the transgene in this system.
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- B Zhu
- Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Rugh CL, Senecoff JF, Meagher RB, Merkle SA. Development of transgenic yellow poplar for mercury phytoremediation. Nat Biotechnol 1998; 16:925-8. [PMID: 9788347 DOI: 10.1038/nbt1098-925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We examined the ability of yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) tissue cultures and plantlets to express modified mercuric reductase (merA) gene constructs. Mercury-resistant bacteria express merA to convert highly toxic, ionic mercury, Hg(II), to much less toxic, elemental mercury, Hg(O). Expression of merA in transgenic plants might provide an ecologically compatible approach for the remediation of mercury pollution. Because the alteration of the bacterial merA gene sequence is necessary for high-level expression in Arabidopsis thaliana, yellow poplar proembryogenic masses (PEMs) were transformed with three modified merA constructs via microprojectile bombardment. Each construct was synthesized to have altered flanking regions with increasing amounts of modified coding sequence. All merA constructs conferred resistance to toxic, ionic mercury in independently transformed PEM colonies. Stability of merA transgene expression increased in parallel with the extent of gene coding sequence modification. Regenerated plantlets containing the most modified merA gene (merA18) germinated and grew vigorously in media containing normally toxic levels of ionic mercury. The merA18 plantlets released elemental mercury at approximately 10 times the rate of untransformed plantlets. These results indicate that plants expressing modified merA constructs may provide a means for the phytoremediation of mercury pollution.
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- C L Rugh
- Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA
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Liu Y, Oakeley EJ, Sun L, Jost JP. Multiple domains are involved in the targeting of the mouse DNA methyltransferase to the DNA replication foci. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:1038-45. [PMID: 9461465 PMCID: PMC147368 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.4.1038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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It has been shown that, during the S-phase of the cell cycle, the mouse DNA methyltransferase (DNA MTase) is targeted to sites of DNA replication by an amino acid sequence (aa 207-455) lying in the N-terminal domain of the enzyme [Leonhardt, H., Page, A. W., Weier, H. U. and Bestor, T. H. (1992) Cell , 71, 865-873]. In this paper it is shown, by using enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) fusions, that other peptide sequences of DNA MTase are also involved in this targeting. The work focuses on a sequence, downstream of the reported targeting sequence (TS), which is homologous to the Polybromo-1 protein. This motif (designated as PBHD) is separated from the reported targeting sequence by a zinc-binding motif [Bestor , T. H. (1992) EMBO J , 11, 2611-2617]. Primed in situ extension using centromeric-specific primers was used to show that both the host DNA MTase and EGFP fusion proteins containing the targeting sequences were localized to centromeric, but not telomeric, regions during late S-phase and mitosis. Also found was that, in approximately 10% of the S-phase cells, the EGFP fusions did not co-localize with the centromeric regions. Mutants containing either, or both, of these targeting sequences could act as dominant negative mutants against the host DNA MTase. EGFP fusion proteins, containing the reported TS (aa 207-455), were targeted to centromeric regions throughout the mitotic stage which lead to the discovery of a similar behavior of the endogenous DNA MTase although the host MTase showed much less intense staining than in S-phase cells. The biological role of the centromeric localization of DNA MTase during mitosis is currently unknown.
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- Y Liu
- Friedrich Miescher-Institut, P.O. Box 2543, Basel, Switzerland
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Jost JP, Bruhat A. The formation of DNA methylation patterns and the silencing of genes. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1997; 57:217-48. [PMID: 9175435 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60282-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- J P Jost
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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