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Jalil S, Ali Q, Khan AU, Nazir MM, Ali S, Zulfiqar F, Javed MA, Jin X. Molecular and biochemical characterization of rice developed through conventional integration of nDart1-0 transposon gene. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8139. [PMID: 37208408 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35095-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
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Mutations, the genetic variations in genomic sequences, play an important role in molecular biology and biotechnology. During DNA replication or meiosis, one of the mutations is transposons or jumping genes. An indigenous transposon nDart1-0 was successfully introduced into local indica cultivar Basmati-370 from transposon-tagged line viz., GR-7895 (japonica genotype) through conventional breeding technique, successive backcrossing. Plants from segregating populationsshowed variegated phenotypes were tagged as BM-37 mutants. Blast analysis of the sequence data revealed that the GTP-binding protein, located on the BAC clone OJ1781_H11 of chromosome 5, contained an insertion of DNA transposon nDart1-0. The nDart1-0 has "A" at position 254 bp, whereas nDart1 homologs have "G", which efficiently distinguishes nDart1-0 from its homologs. The histological analysis revealed that the chloroplast of mesophyll cells in BM-37 was disrupted with reduction in size of starch granules and higher number of osmophillic plastoglobuli, which resulted in decreased chlorophyll contents and carotenoids, gas exchange parameters (Pn, g, E, Ci), and reduced expression level of genes associated with chlorophyll biosynthesis, photosynthesis and chloroplast development. Along with the rise of GTP protein, the salicylic acid (SA) and gibberellic acid (GA) and antioxidant contents(SOD) and MDA levels significantly enhanced, while, the cytokinins (CK), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), total flavanoid contents (TFC) and total phenolic contents (TPC) significantly reduced in BM-37 mutant plants as compared with WT plants. These results support the notion that GTP-binding proteins influence the process underlying chloroplast formation. Therefore, it is anticipated that to combat biotic or abiotic stress conditions, the nDart1-0 tagged mutant (BM-37) of Basmati-370 would be beneficial.
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- Sanaullah Jalil
- Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
- Crop Sciences Institute, National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China.
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Hartig N, Seibt KM, Heitkam T. How to start a LINE: 5' switching rejuvenates LINE retrotransposons in tobacco and related Nicotiana species. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023. [PMID: 36965091 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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By contrast to their conserved mammalian counterparts, plant long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs) are highly variable, splitting into many low-copy families. Curiously, LINE families from the retrotransposable element (RTE) clade retain a stronger sequence conservation and hence reach higher copy numbers. The cause of this RTE-typical property is not yet understood, but would help clarify why some transposable elements are removed quickly, whereas others persist in plant genomes. Here, we bring forward a detailed study of RTE LINE structure, diversity and evolution in plants. For this, we argue that the nightshade family is the ideal taxon to follow the evolutionary trajectories of RTE LINEs, given their high abundance, recent activity and partnership to non-autonomous elements. Using bioinformatic, cytogenetic and molecular approaches, we detect 4029 full-length RTE LINEs across the Solanaceae. We finely characterize and manually curate a core group of 458 full-length LINEs in allotetraploid tobacco, show an integration event after polyploidization and trace hybridization by RTE LINE composition of parental genomes. Finally, we reveal the role of the untranslated regions (UTRs) as causes for the unique RTE LINE amplification and evolution pattern in plants. On the one hand, we detected a highly conserved motif at the 3' UTR, suggesting strong selective constraints acting on the RTE terminus. On the other hand, we observed successive rounds of 5' UTR cycling, constantly rejuvenating the promoter sequences. This interplay between exchangeable promoters and conserved LINE bodies and 3' UTR likely allows RTE LINEs to persist and thrive in plant genomes.
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- Nora Hartig
- Faculty of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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Ooi SE, Sarpan N, Taranenko E, Feshah I, Nuraziyan A, Roowi SH, Burhan MN, Jayanthi N, Rahmah ARS, Teh OK, Ong-Abdullah M, Tatarinova TV. Small RNAs and Karma methylation in Elaeis guineensis mother palms are linked to high clonal mantling. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 111:345-363. [PMID: 36609897 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01330-4] [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: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The mantled phenotype is an abnormal somaclonal variant arising from the oil palm cloning process and severe phenotypes lead to oil yield losses. Hypomethylation of the Karma retrotransposon within the B-type MADS-box EgDEF1 gene has been associated with this phenotype. While abnormal Karma-EgDEF1 hypomethylation was detected in mantled clones, we examined the methylation state of Karma in ortets that gave rise to high mantling rates in their clones. Small RNAs (sRNAs) were proposed to play a role in Karma hypomethylation as part of the RNA-directed DNA methylation process, hence differential expression analysis of sRNAs between the ortet groups was conducted. While no sRNA was differentially expressed at the Karma-EgDEF1 region, three sRNA clusters were differentially regulated in high-mantling ortets. The first two down-regulated clusters were possibly derived from long non-coding RNAs while the third up-regulated cluster was derived from the intron of a DnaJ chaperone gene. Several predicted mRNA targets for the first two sRNA clusters conversely displayed increased expression in high-mantling relative to low-mantling ortets. These predicted mRNA targets may be associated with defense or pathogenesis response. In addition, several differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were identified in Karma and its surrounding regions, mainly comprising subtle CHH hypomethylation in high-mantling ortets. Four of the 12 DMRs were located in a region corresponding to hypomethylated areas at the 3'end of Karma previously reported in mantled clones. Further investigations on these sRNAs and DMRs may indicate the predisposition of certain ortets towards mantled somaclonal variation.
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- Siew-Eng Ooi
- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biology, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, USA
- Laboratory of Forest Genomics, Genome Research and Education Center, Institute of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Biology, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, USA.
- Laboratory of Forest Genomics, Genome Research and Education Center, Institute of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036.
- Vavilov Institute for General Genetics, Moscow, Russia.
- A.A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Fukai E, Yoshikawa M, Shah N, Sandal N, Miyao A, Ono S, Hirakawa H, Akyol TY, Umehara Y, Nonomura KI, Stougaard J, Hirochika H, Hayashi M, Sato S, Andersen SU, Okazaki K. Widespread and transgenerational retrotransposon activation in inter- and intraspecies recombinant inbred populations of Lotus japonicus. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:1397-1410. [PMID: 35792830 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15896] [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: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Transposable elements (TEs) constitute a large proportion of genomes of multicellular eukaryotes, including flowering plants. TEs are normally maintained in a silenced state and their transpositions rarely occur. Hybridization between distant species has been regarded as a 'shock' that stimulates genome reorganization, including TE mobilization. However, whether crosses between genetically close parents that result in viable and fertile offspring can induce TE transpositions has remained unclear. Here, we investigated the activation of long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons in three Lotus japonicus recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations. We found that at least six LTR retrotransposon families were activated and transposed in 78% of the RILs investigated. LORE1a, one of the transposed LTR retrotransposons, showed transgenerational epigenetic activation, indicating the long-term effects of epigenetic instability induced by hybridization. Our study highlights TE activation as an unexpectedly common event in plant reproduction.
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- Eigo Fukai
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Ikarashi-ninocho, 950-2181, Niigata, Japan
- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2, Oowashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
- Plant Cytogenetics, Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan
- Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2, Oowashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 2-1-2, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8518, Japan
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- Plant Cytogenetics, Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan
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- Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2, Oowashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan
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- Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2, Oowashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2, Oowashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan
- Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Ikarashi-ninocho, 950-2181, Niigata, Japan
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Sun X, Li X, Lu Y, Wang S, Zhang X, Zhang K, Su X, Liu M, Feng D, Luo S, Gu A, Fu Y, Chen X, Xuan S, Wang Y, Xu D, Chen S, Ma W, Shen S, Cheng F, Zhao J. Construction of a high-density mutant population of Chinese cabbage facilitates the genetic dissection of agronomic traits. MOLECULAR PLANT 2022; 15:913-924. [PMID: 35150930 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) is an economically important vegetable crop throughout the world, especially in Asia. High-quality genome sequences are available for Chinese cabbage, but gene functional studies remain challenging. To promote functional genomic studies of Chinese cabbage, we generated an ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) mutant population of ∼8000 M2 plants using the double haploid inbred line A03 as the parent. The genome of A03 was sequenced and used as a reference for high-throughput functional characterization of gene mutations at the whole-genome level. A total of 300 M2 to M5 EMS mutants were phenotypically screened and then sequenced, revealing 750 629 SNPs and 46 272 InDel mutations that cover 98.27% of all predicted genes in the A03 genome. A forward-genetics approach was successfully used to identify two genes with chloroplast-related functions that are responsible for the yellow leaf mutant trait. A reverse-genetics approach was also used to identify associations between mutations in five genes of the glucosinolate biosynthetic pathway and variations in glucosinolate content of the mutant plants. In addition, we built the Chinese cabbage EMS mutation database (CCEMD, www.bioinformaticslab.cn/EMSmutation/home) to increase the usability of this mutant population resource. In summary, we performed large-scale screening of a heading Chinese cabbage EMS mutant collection at the phenotypic and genotypic levels, which will facilitate gene mining of Chinese cabbage and might also be useful for the study of other Brassica crops.
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- Xiaoxue Sun
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Beijing 271000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Beijing 271000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Beijing 271000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Beijing 271000, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Beijing 271000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China.
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Beijing 271000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China.
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Wang X, Ke L, Wang S, Fu J, Xu J, Hao Y, Kang C, Guo W, Deng X, Xu Q. Variation burst during dedifferentiation and increased CHH-type DNA methylation after 30 years of in vitro culture of sweet orange. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2022; 9:uhab036. [PMID: 35039837 PMCID: PMC8824543 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhab036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Somaclonal variation arising from tissue culture may provide a valuable resource for the selection of new germplasm, but may not preserve true-to-type characteristics, which is a major concern for germplasm conservation or genome editing. The genomic changes associated with dedifferentiation and somaclonal variation during long-term in vitro culture are largely unknown. Sweet orange was one of the earliest plant species to be cultured in vitro and induced via somatic embryogenesis. We compared four sweet orange callus lines after 30 years of constant tissue culture with newly induced calli by comprehensively determining the single-nucleotide polymorphisms, copy number variations, transposable element insertions, methylomic and transcriptomic changes. We identified a burst of variation during early dedifferentiation, including a retrotransposon outbreak, followed by a variation purge during long-term in vitro culture. Notably, CHH methylation showed a dynamic pattern, initially disappearing during dedifferentiation and then more than recovering after 30 years of in vitro culture. We also analyzed the effects of somaclonal variation on transcriptional reprogramming, and indicated subgenome dominance was evident in the tetraploid callus. We identified a retrotransposon insertion and DNA modification alternations in the potential regeneration-related gene CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-RELATED 16. This study provides the foundation to harness in vitro variation and offers a deeper understanding of the variation introduced by tissue culture during germplasm conservation, somatic embryogenesis, gene editing, and breeding programs.
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- Xia Wang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University,
No. 1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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Ohno S, Makishima R, Doi M. Post-transcriptional gene silencing of CYP76AD controls betalain biosynthesis in bracts of bougainvillea. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:6949-6962. [PMID: 34279632 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Betalain is one of four major plant pigments and shares some features with anthocyanin; however, no plant has been found to biosynthesize both pigments. Previous studies have reported that anthocyanin biosynthesis in some plants is regulated by post-transcriptional gene-silencing (PTGS), but the importance of PTGS in betalain biosynthesis remains unclear. In this study, we report the occurrence of PTGS in betalain biosynthesis in bougainvillea (Bougainvillea peruviana) 'Thimma', which produces bracts of three different color on the same plant, namely pink, white, and pink-white. This resembles the unstable anthocyanin pigmentation phenotype that is associated with PTGS, and hence we anticipated the presence of PTGS in the betalain biosynthetic pathway. To test this, we analysed pigments, gene expression, small RNAs, and transient overexpression. Our results demonstrated that PTGS of BpCYP76AD1, a gene encoding one of the betalain biosynthesis enzymes, is responsible for the loss of betalain biosynthesis in 'Thimma'. Neither the genetic background nor DNA methylation in the BpCYP76AD1 sequence could explain the induction of PTGS, implying that another locus controls the unstable pigmentation. Our results indicate that naturally occurring PTGS contributes to the diversification of color patterns not only in anthocyanin biosynthesis but also in betalain biosynthesis.
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- Sho Ohno
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Liu Z, Zhao H, Yan Y, Wei MX, Zheng YC, Yue EK, Alam MS, Smartt KO, Duan MH, Xu JH. Extensively Current Activity of Transposable Elements in Natural Rice Accessions Revealed by Singleton Insertions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:745526. [PMID: 34650583 PMCID: PMC8505701 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.745526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Active transposable elements (TEs) have drawn more attention as they continue to create new insertions and contribute to genetic diversity of the genome. However, only a few have been discovered in rice up to now, and their activities are mostly induced by artificial treatments (e.g., tissue culture, hybridization etc.) rather than under normal growth conditions. To systematically survey the current activity of TEs in natural rice accessions and identify rice accessions carrying highly active TEs, the transposon insertion polymorphisms (TIPs) profile was used to identify singleton insertions, which were unique to a single accession and represented the new insertion of TEs in the genome. As a result, 10,924 high-confidence singletons from 251 TE families were obtained, covering all investigated TE types. The number of singletons varied substantially among different superfamilies/families, perhaps reflecting distinct current activity. Particularly, eight TE families maintained potentially higher activity in 3,000 natural rice accessions. Sixty percent of rice accessions were detected to contain singletons, indicating the extensive activity of TEs in natural rice accessions. Thirty-five TE families exhibited potentially high activity in at least one rice accession, and the majority of them showed variable activity among different rice groups/subgroups. These naturally active TEs would be ideal candidates for elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the transposition and activation of TEs, as well as investigating the interactions between TEs and the host genome.
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- Zhen Liu
- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Institute of Biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Zhengjingyuan Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
- Hangzhou Zhengcaiyuan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Zhou X, Shafique K, Sajid M, Ali Q, Khalili E, Javed MA, Haider MS, Zhou G, Zhu G. Era-like GTP protein gene expression in rice. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 82:e250700. [PMID: 34259718 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.250700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mutations are genetic changes in the genome sequences and have a significant role in biotechnology, genetics, and molecular biology even to find out the genome sequences of a cell DNA along with the viral RNA sequencing. The mutations are the alterations in DNA that may be natural or spontaneous and induced due to biochemical reactions or radiations which damage cell DNA. There is another cause of mutations which is known as transposons or jumping genes which can change their position in the genome during meiosis or DNA replication. The transposable elements can induce by self in the genome due to cellular and molecular mechanisms including hypermutation which caused the localization of transposable elements to move within the genome. The use of induced mutations for studying the mutagenesis in crop plants is very common as well as a promising method for screening crop plants with new and enhanced traits for the improvement of yield and production. The utilization of insertional mutations through transposons or jumping genes usually generates stable mutant alleles which are mostly tagged for the presence or absence of jumping genes or transposable elements. The transposable elements may be used for the identification of mutated genes in crop plants and even for the stable insertion of transposable elements in mutated crop plants. The guanine nucleotide-binding (GTP) proteins have an important role in inducing tolerance in rice plants to combat abiotic stress conditions.
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- X Zhou
- Linyi University, College of Life Science, Linyi, Shandong, China
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- Government Sadiq College Women University, Department of Botany, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- University of Okara, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Okara, Pakistan
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- University of Lahore, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Tarbiat Modarres University, Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Science, Tehran, Iran
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- University of the Punjab Lahore, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University of the Punjab Lahore, Department of Plant Pathology, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Yangzhou University, The Ministry of Education of China, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Yangzhou University, The Ministry of Education of China, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Setiawan AB, Teo CH, Kikuchi S, Sassa H, Kato K, Koba T. Chromosomal Locations of a Non-LTR Retrotransposon, Menolird18, in Cucumis melo and Cucumis sativus, and Its Implication on Genome Evolution of Cucumis Species. Cytogenet Genome Res 2020; 160:554-564. [DOI: 10.1159/000511119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mobile elements are major regulators of genome evolution through their effects on genome size and chromosome structure in higher organisms. Non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons, one of the subclasses of transposons, are specifically inserted into repetitive DNA sequences. While studies on the insertion of non-LTR retrotransposons into ribosomal RNA genes and other repetitive DNA sequences have been reported in the animal kingdom, studies in the plant kingdom are limited. Here, using FISH, we confirmed that <i>Menolird18</i>, a member of LINE (long interspersed nuclear element) in non-LTR retrotransposons and found in <i>Cucumis melo</i>, was inserted into ITS and ETS (internal and external transcribed spacers) regions of 18S rDNA in melon and cucumber. Beside the 18S rDNA regions, <i>Menolird18</i> was also detected in all centromeric regions of melon, while it was located at pericentromeric and sub-telomeric regions in cucumber. The fact that FISH signals of <i>Menolird18</i> were found in centromeric and rDNA regions of mitotic chromosomes suggests that <i>Menolird18</i> is a rDNA and centromere-specific non-LTR retrotransposon in melon. Our findings are the first report on a non-LTR retrotransposon that is highly conserved in 2 different plant species, melon and cucumber. The clear distinction of chromosomal localization of <i>Menolird18</i> in melon and cucumber implies that it might have been involved in the evolutionary processes of the melon (<i>C. melo</i>) and cucumber (<i>C. sativus</i>) genomes.
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Sarpan N, Taranenko E, Ooi SE, Low ETL, Espinoza A, Tatarinova TV, Ong-Abdullah M. DNA methylation changes in clonally propagated oil palm. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2020; 39:1219-1233. [PMID: 32591850 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02561-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Several hypomethylated sites within the Karma region of EgDEF1 and hotspot regions in chromosomes 1, 2, 3, and 5 may be associated with mantling. One of the main challenges faced by the oil palm industry is fruit abnormalities, such as the "mantled" phenotype that can lead to reduced yields. This clonal abnormality is an epigenetic phenomenon and has been linked to the hypomethylation of a transposable element within the EgDEF1 gene. To understand the epigenome changes in clones, methylomes of clonal oil palms were compared to methylomes of seedling-derived oil palms. Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing data from seedlings, normal, and mantled clones were analyzed to determine and compare the context-specific DNA methylomes. In seedlings, coding and regulatory regions are generally hypomethylated while introns and repeats are extensively methylated. Genes with a low number of guanines and cytosines in the third position of codons (GC3-poor genes) were increasingly methylated towards their 3' region, while GC3-rich genes remain demethylated, similar to patterns in other eukaryotic species. Predicted promoter regions were generally hypomethylated in seedlings. In clones, CG, CHG, and CHH methylation levels generally decreased in functionally important regions, such as promoters, 5' UTRs, and coding regions. Although random regions were found to be hypomethylated in clonal genomes, hypomethylation of certain hotspot regions may be associated with the clonal mantling phenotype. Our findings, therefore, suggest other hypomethylated CHG sites within the Karma of EgDEF1 and hypomethylated hotspot regions in chromosomes 1, 2, 3 and 5, are associated with mantling.
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- Norashikin Sarpan
- Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biology, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, USA
- Department of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University, 660074, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biology, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, USA.
- Department of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University, 660074, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
- Vavilov Institute for General Genetics, Moscow, Russia.
- A.A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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- Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Azizi P, Hanafi MM, Sahebi M, Harikrishna JA, Taheri S, Yassoralipour A, Nasehi A. Epigenetic changes and their relationship to somaclonal variation: a need to monitor the micropropagation of plantation crops. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2020; 47:508-523. [PMID: 32349860 DOI: 10.1071/fp19077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chromatin modulation plays important roles in gene expression regulation and genome activities. In plants, epigenetic changes, including variations in histone modification and DNA methylation, are linked to alterations in gene expression. Despite the significance and potential of in vitro cell and tissue culture systems in fundamental research and marketable applications, these systems threaten the genetic and epigenetic networks of intact plant organs and tissues. Cell and tissue culture applications can lead to DNA variations, methylation alterations, transposon activation, and finally, somaclonal variations. In this review, we discuss the status of the current understanding of epigenomic changes that occur under in vitro conditions in plantation crops, including coconut, oil palm, rubber, cotton, coffee and tea. It is hoped that comprehensive knowledge of the molecular basis of these epigenomic variations will help researchers develop strategies to enhance the totipotent and embryogenic capabilities of tissue culture systems for plantation crops.
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- Parisa Azizi
- Laboratory of Plantation Science and Technology, Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; and Laboratory of Climate-Smart Food Crop Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Laboratory of Plantation Science and Technology, Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; and Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; and Laboratory of Climate-Smart Food Crop Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; and Corresponding author.
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- Laboratory of Climate-Smart Food Crop Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Centre of Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre of Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Science, Faculty of Science (Kampar Campus), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Laboratory of Plantation Science and Technology, Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Akakpo R, Carpentier MC, Ie Hsing Y, Panaud O. The impact of transposable elements on the structure, evolution and function of the rice genome. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:44-49. [PMID: 31797393 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous in plants and are the primary genomic component of the majority of taxa. Knowledge of their impact on the structure, function and evolution of plant genomes is therefore a priority in the field of genomics. Rice, as one of the most prevalent crops for food security worldwide, has been subjected to intense research efforts over recent decades. Consequently, a considerable amount of genomic resources has been generated and made freely available to the scientific community. These can be exploited both to improve our understanding of some basic aspects of genome biology of this species and to develop new concepts for crop improvement. In this review, we describe the current knowledge on how TEs have shaped rice chromosomes and propose a new strategy based on a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to address the important question of their functional impact on this crop.
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- Roland Akakpo
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR 5096 CNRS/UPVD, Université de Perpignan, Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR 5096 CNRS/UPVD, Université de Perpignan, Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Acadeia Sinica, 128, Section 2, Yien-chu-yuan Road, Nankang, 115, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR 5096 CNRS/UPVD, Université de Perpignan, Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 1 Rue Descartes, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France
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Debladis E, Lee TF, Huang YJ, Lu JH, Mathioni SM, Carpentier MC, Llauro C, Pierron D, Mieulet D, Guiderdoni E, Chen PY, Meyers BC, Panaud O, Lasserre E. Construction and characterization of a knock-down RNA interference line of OsNRPD1 in rice ( Oryza sativa ssp japonica cv Nipponbare). Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2020; 375:20190338. [PMID: 32075556 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In plants, RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is a silencing mechanism relying on the production of 24-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) by RNA POLYMERASE IV (Pol IV) to trigger methylation and inactivation of transposable elements (TEs). We present the construction and characterization of osnrpd1, a knock-down RNA interference line of OsNRPD1 gene that encodes the largest subunit of Pol IV in rice (Oryza sativa ssp japonica cv Nipponbare). We show that osnrpd1 displays a lower accumulation of OsNRPD1 transcripts, associated with an overall reduction of 24-nt siRNAs and DNA methylation level in all three contexts, CG, CHG and CHH. We uncovered new insertions of known active TEs, the LTR retrotransposons Tos17 and Lullaby and the long interspersed nuclear element-type retrotransposon Karma. However, we did not observe any clear developmental phenotype, contrary to what was expected for a mutant severely affected in RdDM. In addition, despite the presence of many putatively functional TEs in the rice genome, we found no evidence of in planta global reactivation of transposition. This knock-down of OsNRPD1 likely led to a weakly affected line, with no effect on development and a limited effect on transposition. We discuss the possibility that a knock-out mutation of OsNRPD1 would cause sterility in rice. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation'.
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- Emilie Debladis
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, MO 63132, USA
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, MO 63132, USA.,Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 52, Avenue Paul alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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Gao D, Chu Y, Xia H, Xu C, Heyduk K, Abernathy B, Ozias-Akins P, Leebens-Mack JH, Jackson SA. Horizontal Transfer of Non-LTR Retrotransposons from Arthropods to Flowering Plants. Mol Biol Evol 2019; 35:354-364. [PMID: 29069493 PMCID: PMC5850137 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Even though lateral movements of transposons across families and even phyla within multicellular eukaryotic kingdoms have been found, little is known about transposon transfer between the kingdoms Animalia and Plantae. We discovered a novel non-LTR retrotransposon, AdLINE3, in a wild peanut species. Sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analyses indicated that AdLINE3 is a member of the RTE clade, originally identified in a nematode and rarely reported in plants. We identified RTE elements in 82 plants, spanning angiosperms to algae, including recently active elements in some flowering plants. RTE elements in flowering plants were likely derived from a single family we refer to as An-RTE. Interestingly, An-RTEs show significant DNA sequence identity with non-LTR retroelements from 42 animals belonging to four phyla. Moreover, the sequence identity of RTEs between two arthropods and two plants was higher than that of homologous genes. Phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses of RTEs from both animals and plants suggest that the An-RTE family was likely transferred horizontally into angiosperms from an ancient aphid(s) or ancestral arthropod(s). Notably, some An-RTEs were recruited as coding sequences of functional genes participating in metabolic or other biochemical processes in plants. This is the first potential example of horizontal transfer of transposons between animals and flowering plants. Our findings help to understand exchanges of genetic material between the kingdom Animalia and Plantae and suggest arthropods likely impacted on plant genome evolution.
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- Dongying Gao
- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
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- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.,Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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Carpentier MC, Manfroi E, Wei FJ, Wu HP, Lasserre E, Llauro C, Debladis E, Akakpo R, Hsing YI, Panaud O. Retrotranspositional landscape of Asian rice revealed by 3000 genomes. Nat Commun 2019; 10:24. [PMID: 30604755 PMCID: PMC6318337 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07974-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The recent release of genomic sequences for 3000 rice varieties provides access to the genetic diversity at species level for this crop. We take advantage of this resource to unravel some features of the retrotranspositional landscape of rice. We develop software TRACKPOSON specifically for the detection of transposable elements insertion polymorphisms (TIPs) from large datasets. We apply this tool to 32 families of retrotransposons and identify more than 50,000 TIPs in the 3000 rice genomes. Most polymorphisms are found at very low frequency, suggesting that they may have occurred recently in agro. A genome-wide association study shows that these activations in rice may be triggered by external stimuli, rather than by the alteration of genetic factors involved in transposable element silencing pathways. Finally, the TIPs dataset is used to trace the origin of rice domestication. Our results suggest that rice originated from three distinct domestication events.
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- Marie-Christine Carpentier
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/UPVD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy., 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Faculdade de Agronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 90040-060, Brazil
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Section 2, Yien-chu-yuan Road, Nankang, 115, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, 305-8687, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Section 2, Yien-chu-yuan Road, Nankang, 115, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/UPVD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy., 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/UPVD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy., 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/UPVD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy., 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/UPVD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy., 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Section 2, Yien-chu-yuan Road, Nankang, 115, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/UPVD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy., 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France.
- Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Banerjee A, Roychoudhury A. The gymnastics of epigenomics in rice. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:25-49. [PMID: 28866772 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2192-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Epigenomics is represented by the high-throughput investigations of genome-wide epigenetic alterations, which ultimately dictate genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic dynamism. Rice has been accepted as the global staple crop. As a result, this model crop deserves significant importance in the rapidly emerging field of plant epigenomics. A large number of recently available data reveal the immense flexibility and potential of variable epigenomic landscapes. Such epigenomic impacts and variability are determined by a number of epigenetic regulators and several crucial inheritable epialleles, respectively. This article highlights the correlation of the epigenomic landscape with growth, flowering, reproduction, non-coding RNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation, transposon mobility and even heterosis in rice. We have also discussed the drastic epigenetic alterations which are reported in rice plants grown from seeds exposed to the extraterrestrial environment. Such abiotic conditions impose stress on the plants leading to epigenomic modifications in a genotype-specific manner. Some significant bioinformatic databases and in silico approaches have also been explained in this article. These softwares provide important interfaces for comparative epigenomics. The discussion concludes with a unified goal of developing epigenome editing to promote biological hacking of the rice epigenome. Such a cutting-edge technology if properly standardized, can integrate genomics and epigenomics together with the generation of high-yielding trait in several cultivars of rice.
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- Aditya Banerjee
- Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), 30, Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), 30, Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India.
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Nouroz F, Noreen S, Khan MF, Ahmed S, Heslop-Harrison JSP. Identification and characterization of mobile genetic elements LINEs from Brassica genome. Gene 2017; 627:94-105. [PMID: 28606835 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.06.015] [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: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Among transposable elements (TEs), the LTR retrotransposons are abundant followed by non-LTR retrotransposons in plant genomes, the lateral being represented by LINEs and SINEs. Computational and molecular approaches were used for the characterization of Brassica LINEs, their diversity and phylogenetic relationships. Four autonomous and four non-autonomous LINE families were identified and characterized from Brassica. Most of the autonomous LINEs displayed two open reading frames, ORF1 and ORF2, where ORF1 is a gag protein domain, while ORF2 encodes endonuclease (EN) and a reverse transcriptase (RT). Three of four families encoded an additional RNase H (RH) domain in pol gene common to 'R' and 'I' type of LINEs. The PCR analyses based on LINEs RT fragments indicate their high diversity and widespread occurrence in tested 40 Brassica cultivars. Database searches revealed the homology in LINE sequences in closely related genera Arabidopsis indicating their origin from common ancestors predating their separation. The alignment of 58 LINEs RT sequences from Brassica, Arabidopsis and other plants depicted 4 conserved domains (domain II-V) showing similarity to previously detected domains. Based on RT alignment of Brassica and 3 known LINEs from monocots, Brassicaceae LINEs clustered in separate clade, further resolving 4 Brassica-Arabidopsis specific families in 2 sub-clades. High similarities were observed in RT sequences in the members of same family, while low homology was detected in members across the families. The investigation led to the characterization of Brassica specific LINE families and their diversity across Brassica species and their cultivars.
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- Faisal Nouroz
- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, UK; Department of Botany, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan.
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- Department of Microbiology, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan
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Deng X, Song X, Wei L, Liu C, Cao X. Epigenetic regulation and epigenomic landscape in rice. Natl Sci Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nww042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Epigenetic regulation has been implicated in the control of complex agronomic traits in rice (Oryza sativa), a staple food crop and model monocot plant. Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing and the moderately complex genome of rice have made it possible to study epigenetic regulation in rice on a genome-wide scale. This review discusses recent advances in our understanding of epigenetic regulation in rice, with an emphasis on the roles of key epigenetic regulators, the epigenomic landscape, epigenetic variation, transposon repression, and plant development.
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- Xian Deng
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Fletcher RS, Herrmann D, Mullen JL, Li Q, Schrider DR, Price N, Lin J, Grogan K, Kern A, McKay JK. Identification of Polymorphisms Associated with Drought Adaptation QTL in Brassica napus by Resequencing. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2016; 6:793-803. [PMID: 26801646 PMCID: PMC4825650 DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.021279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Brassica napus is a globally important oilseed for which little is known about the genetics of drought adaptation. We previously mapped twelve quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying drought-related traits in a biparental mapping population created from a cross between winter and spring B. napus cultivars. Here we resequence the genomes of the mapping population parents to identify genetic diversity across the genome and within QTL regions. We sequenced each parental cultivar on the Illumina HiSeq platform to a minimum depth of 23 × and performed a reference based assembly in order to describe the molecular variation differentiating them at the scale of the genome, QTL and gene. Genome-wide patterns of variation were characterized by an overall higher single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) density in the A genome and a higher ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions in the C genome. Nonsynonymous substitutions were used to categorize gene ontology terms differentiating the parent genomes along with a list of putative functional variants contained within each QTL. Marker assays were developed for several of the discovered polymorphisms within a pleiotropic QTL on chromosome A10. QTL analysis with the new, denser map showed the most associated marker to be that developed from an insertion/deletion polymorphism located in the candidate gene Bna.FLC.A10, and it was the only candidate within the QTL interval with observed polymorphism. Together, these results provide a glimpse of genome-wide variation differentiating annual and biennial B. napus ecotypes as well as a better understanding of the genetic basis of root and drought phenotypes.
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- Cargill Specialty Seeds & Oils, Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J7, Canada
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
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Ong-Abdullah M, Ordway JM, Jiang N, Ooi SE, Kok SY, Sarpan N, Azimi N, Hashim AT, Ishak Z, Rosli SK, Malike FA, Bakar NAA, Marjuni M, Abdullah N, Yaakub Z, Amiruddin MD, Nookiah R, Singh R, Low ETL, Chan KL, Azizi N, Smith SW, Bacher B, Budiman MA, Van Brunt A, Wischmeyer C, Beil M, Hogan M, Lakey N, Lim CC, Arulandoo X, Wong CK, Choo CN, Wong WC, Kwan YY, Alwee SSRS, Sambanthamurthi R, Martienssen RA. Loss of Karma transposon methylation underlies the mantled somaclonal variant of oil palm. Nature 2015; 525:533-7. [PMID: 26352475 PMCID: PMC4857894 DOI: 10.1038/nature15365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Somaclonal variation arises in plants and animals when differentiated somatic cells are induced into a pluripotent state, but the resulting clones differ from each other and from their parents. In agriculture, somaclonal variation has hindered the micropropagation of elite hybrids and genetically modified crops, but the mechanism responsible remains unknown. The oil palm fruit 'mantled' abnormality is a somaclonal variant arising from tissue culture that drastically reduces yield, and has largely halted efforts to clone elite hybrids for oil production. Widely regarded as an epigenetic phenomenon, 'mantling' has defied explanation, but here we identify the MANTLED locus using epigenome-wide association studies of the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis. DNA hypomethylation of a LINE retrotransposon related to rice Karma, in the intron of the homeotic gene DEFICIENS, is common to all mantled clones and is associated with alternative splicing and premature termination. Dense methylation near the Karma splice site (termed the Good Karma epiallele) predicts normal fruit set, whereas hypomethylation (the Bad Karma epiallele) predicts homeotic transformation, parthenocarpy and marked loss of yield. Loss of Karma methylation and of small RNA in tissue culture contributes to the origin of mantled, while restoration in spontaneous revertants accounts for non-Mendelian inheritance. The ability to predict and cull mantling at the plantlet stage will facilitate the introduction of higher performing clones and optimize environmentally sensitive land resources.
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- Meilina Ong-Abdullah
- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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- United Plantations Berhad, Jendarata Estate, 36009 Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia
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- United Plantations Berhad, Jendarata Estate, 36009 Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia
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- Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn Bhd, No. 11, Jalan Teknologi 3/6, Taman Sains Selangor 1, 47810 Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn Bhd, No. 11, Jalan Teknologi 3/6, Taman Sains Selangor 1, 47810 Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn Bhd, No. 11, Jalan Teknologi 3/6, Taman Sains Selangor 1, 47810 Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- FELDA Global Ventures R&D Sdn Bhd, c/o FELDA Biotechnology Centre, PT 23417, Lengkuk Teknologi, 71760 Bandar Enstek, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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- FELDA Global Ventures R&D Sdn Bhd, c/o FELDA Biotechnology Centre, PT 23417, Lengkuk Teknologi, 71760 Bandar Enstek, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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Cheng C, Tarutani Y, Miyao A, Ito T, Yamazaki M, Sakai H, Fukai E, Hirochika H. Loss of function mutations in the rice chromomethylase OsCMT3a cause a burst of transposition. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 83:1069-1081. [PMID: 26243209 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Methylation patterns of plants are unique as, in addition to the methylation at CG dinucleotides that occurs in mammals, methylation also occurs at non-CG sites. Genes are methylated at CG sites, but transposable elements (TEs) are methylated at both CG and non-CG sites. The role of non-CG methylation in transcriptional silencing of TEs is being extensively studied at this time, but only very rare transpositions have been reported when non-CG methylation machineries have been compromised. To understand the role of non-CG methylation in TE suppression and in plant development, we characterized rice mutants with changes in the chromomethylase gene, OsCMT3a. oscmt3a mutants exhibited a dramatic decrease in CHG methylation, changes in the expression of some genes and TEs, and pleiotropic developmental abnormalities. Genome resequencing identified eight TE families mobilized in oscmt3a during normal propagation. These TEs included tissue culture-activated copia retrotransposons Tos17 and Tos19 (Lullaby), a pericentromeric clustered high-copy-number non-autonomous gypsy retrotransposon Dasheng, two copia retrotransposons Osr4 and Osr13, a hAT-tip100 transposon DaiZ, a MITE transposon mPing, and a LINE element LINE1-6_OS. We confirmed the transposition of these TEs by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and/or Southern blot analysis, and showed that transposition was dependent on the oscmt3a mutation. These results demonstrated that OsCMT3a-mediated non-CG DNA methylation plays a critical role in development and in the suppression of a wide spectrum of TEs. These in planta mobile TEs are important for studying the interaction between TEs and the host genome, and for rice functional genomics.
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- Chaoyang Cheng
- National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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Ferreira LJ, Azevedo V, Maroco J, Oliveira MM, Santos AP. Salt Tolerant and Sensitive Rice Varieties Display Differential Methylome Flexibility under Salt Stress. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124060. [PMID: 25932633 PMCID: PMC4416925 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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DNA methylation has been referred as an important player in plant genomic responses to environmental stresses but correlations between the methylome plasticity and specific traits of interest are still far from being understood. In this study, we inspected global DNA methylation levels in salt tolerant and sensitive rice varieties upon salt stress imposition. Global DNA methylation was quantified using the 5-methylcytosine (5mC) antibody and an ELISA-based technique, which is an affordable and quite pioneer assay in plants, and in situ imaging of methylation sites in interphase nuclei of tissue sections. Variations of global DNA methylation levels in response to salt stress were tissue- and genotype-dependent. We show a connection between a higher ability of DNA methylation adjustment levels and salt stress tolerance. The salt-tolerant rice variety Pokkali was remarkable in its ability to quickly relax DNA methylation in response to salt stress. In spite of the same tendency for reduction of global methylation under salinity, in the salt-sensitive rice variety IR29 such reduction was not statistically supported. In 'Pokkali', the salt stress-induced demethylation may be linked to active demethylation due to increased expression of DNA demethylases under salt stress. In 'IR29', the induction of both DNA demethylases and methyltransferases may explain the lower plasticity of DNA methylation. We further show that mutations for epigenetic regulators affected specific phenotypic parameters related to salinity tolerance, such as the root length and biomass. This work emphasizes the role of differential methylome flexibility between salt tolerant and salt sensitive rice varieties as an important player in salt stress tolerance, reinforcing the need to better understand the connection between epigenetic networks and plant responses to environmental stresses.
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- Liliana J. Ferreira
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Genomics of Plant Stress. Av. da República, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Genomics of Plant Stress. Av. da República, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- UIPES, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Genomics of Plant Stress. Av. da República, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Genomics of Plant Stress. Av. da República, 2780–157 Oeiras, Portugal
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Grandbastien MA. LTR retrotransposons, handy hitchhikers of plant regulation and stress response. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2015; 1849:403-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Revised: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Arabidopsis thaliana serves as a very good model organism to investigate the control of transposable elements (TEs) by genetic and genomic approaches. As TE movements are potentially deleterious to the hosts, hosts silence TEs by epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation. DNA methylation is controlled by DNA methyltransferases and other regulators, including histone modifiers and chromatin remodelers. RNAi machinery directs DNA methylation to euchromatic TEs, which is under developmental control. In addition to the epigenetic controls, some TEs are controlled by environmental factors. TEs often affect expression of nearby genes, providing evolutionary sources for epigenetic, developmental, and environmental gene controls, which could even be beneficial for the host.
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Heitkam T, Holtgräwe D, Dohm JC, Minoche AE, Himmelbauer H, Weisshaar B, Schmidt T. Profiling of extensively diversified plant LINEs reveals distinct plant-specific subclades. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 79:385-97. [PMID: 24862340 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Revised: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A large fraction of eukaryotic genomes is made up of long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs). Due to their capability to create novel copies via error-prone reverse transcription, they generate multiple families and reach high copy numbers. Although mammalian LINEs have been well described, plant LINEs have been only poorly investigated. Here, we present a systematic cross-species survey of LINEs in higher plant genomes shedding light on plant LINE evolution as well as diversity, and facilitating their annotation in genome projects. Applying a Hidden Markov Model (HMM)-based analysis, 59 390 intact LINE reverse transcriptases (RTs) were extracted from 23 plant genomes. These fall in only two out of 28 LINE clades (L1 and RTE) known in eukaryotes. While plant RTE LINEs are highly homogenous and mostly constitute only a single family per genome, plant L1 LINEs are extremely diverse and form numerous families. Despite their heterogeneity, all members across the 23 species fall into only seven L1 subclades, some of them defined here. Exemplarily focusing on the L1 LINEs of a basal reference plant genome (Beta vulgaris), we show that the subclade classification level does not only reflect RT sequence similarity, but also mirrors structural aspects of complete LINE retrotransposons, like element size, position and type of encoded enzymatic domains. Our comprehensive catalogue of plant LINE RTs serves the classification of highly diverse plant LINEs, while the provided subclade-specific HMMs facilitate their annotation.
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- Tony Heitkam
- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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Mirouze M, Vitte C. Transposable elements, a treasure trove to decipher epigenetic variation: insights from Arabidopsis and crop epigenomes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2801-12. [PMID: 24744427 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In the past decade, plant biologists and breeders have developed a growing interest in the field of epigenetics, which is defined as the study of heritable changes in gene expression that cannot be explained by changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic marks can be responsive to the environment, and evolve faster than genetic changes. Therefore, epigenetic diversity may represent an unexplored resource of natural variation that could be used in plant breeding programmes. On the other hand, crop genomes are largely populated with transposable elements (TEs) that are efficiently targeted by epigenetic marks, and part of the epigenetic diversity observed might be explained by TE polymorphisms. Characterizing the degree to which TEs influence epigenetic variation in crops is therefore a major goal to better use epigenetic variation. To date, epigenetic analyses have been mainly focused on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and have provided clues on epigenome features, components that silence pathways, and effects of silencing impairment. But to what extent can Arabidopsis be used as a model for the epigenomics of crops? In this review, we discuss the similarities and differences between the epigenomes of Arabidopsis and crops. We explore the relationship between TEs and epigenomes, focusing on TE silencing control and escape, and the impact of TE mobility on epigenomic variation. Finally, we provide insights into challenges to tackle, and future directions to take in the route towards using epigenetic diversity in plant breeding programmes.
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- Marie Mirouze
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR232 DIADE Diversité Adaptation et Développement des Plantes, Université Montpellier 2, 911 avenue Agropolis F-34394 Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, UMR de Génétique Végétale, Chemin de Moulon, F-91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Zhang D, Wang Z, Wang N, Gao Y, Liu Y, Wu Y, Bai Y, Zhang Z, Lin X, Dong Y, Ou X, Xu C, Liu B. Tissue culture-induced heritable genomic variation in rice, and their phenotypic implications. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96879. [PMID: 24804838 PMCID: PMC4013045 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Somaclonal variation generally occurs in plants regenerated from tissue culture. However, fundamental issues regarding molecular characteristics, mutation rates and mutation spectra of plant somatic variation as well as their phenotypic relevance have been addressed only recently. Moreover, these studies have reported highly discrepant results in different plant species and even in the same plant genotype. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We investigated heritable genomic variation induced by tissue culture in rice by whole genome re-sequencing of an extensively selfed somaclonal line (TC-reg-2008) and its wild type (WT) donor (cv. Hitomebore). We computed the overall mutation rate, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), small scale insertions/deletions (Indels) and mobilization of transposable elements (TEs). We assessed chromosomal distribution of the various types of genomic variations, tested correlations between SNPs and Indels, and examined concomitancy between TE activity and its cytosine methylation states. We also performed gene ontology (GO) analysis of genes containing nonsynonymous mutations and large-effect mutations, and assayed effects of the genomic variations on phenotypes under both normal growing condition and several abiotic stresses. We found that heritable somaclonal genomic variation occurred extensively in rice. The genomic variations distributed non-randomly across each of the 12 rice chromosomes, and affected a large number of functional genes. The phenotypic penetrance of the genomic variations was condition-dependent. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Tissue culture is a potent means to generate heritable genetic variations in rice, which bear distinct difference at least in space (chromosomal distribution) from those occurred under natural settings. Our findings have provided new information regarding the mutation rate and spectrum as well as chromosomal distribution pattern of somaclonal variation in rice. Our data also suggest that rice possesses a strong capacity to canalize genetic variations under normal growing conditions to maintain phenotypic robustness, which however can be released by certain abiotic stresses to generate variable phenotypes.
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- Di Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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Dicer-like 3 produces transposable element-associated 24-nt siRNAs that control agricultural traits in rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:3877-82. [PMID: 24554078 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318131111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) and repetitive sequences make up over 35% of the rice (Oryza sativa) genome. The host regulates the activity of different TEs by different epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation, histone H3K9 methylation, and histone H3K4 demethylation. TEs can also affect the expression of host genes. For example, miniature inverted repeat TEs (MITEs), dispersed high copy-number DNA TEs, can influence the expression of nearby genes. In plants, 24-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are mainly derived from repeats and TEs. However, the extent to which TEs, particularly MITEs associated with 24-nt siRNAs, affect gene expression remains elusive. Here, we show that the rice Dicer-like 3 homolog OsDCL3a is primarily responsible for 24-nt siRNA processing. Impairing OsDCL3a expression by RNA interference caused phenotypes affecting important agricultural traits; these phenotypes include dwarfism, larger flag leaf angle, and fewer secondary branches. We used small RNA deep sequencing to identify 535,054 24-nt siRNA clusters. Of these clusters, ∼82% were OsDCL3a-dependent and showed significant enrichment of MITEs. Reduction of OsDCL3a function reduced the 24-nt siRNAs predominantly from MITEs and elevated expression of nearby genes. OsDCL3a directly targets genes involved in gibberellin and brassinosteroid homeostasis; OsDCL3a deficiency may affect these genes, thus causing the phenotypes of dwarfism and enlarged flag leaf angle. Our work identifies OsDCL3a-dependent 24-nt siRNAs derived from MITEs as broadly functioning regulators for fine-tuning gene expression, which may reflect a conserved epigenetic mechanism in higher plants with genomes rich in dispersed repeats or TEs.
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Zhao HJ, Cui HR, Xu XH, Tan YY, Fu JJ, Liu GZ, Poirier Y, Shu QY. Characterization of OsMIK in a rice mutant with reduced phytate content reveals an insertion of a rearranged retrotransposon. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2013; 126:3009-20. [PMID: 24042572 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2189-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The rice low phytic acid (lpa) mutant Os-lpa-XS110-1(XS-lpa) has ~45 % reduction in seed phytic acid (PA) compared with the wild-type cultivar Xiushui 110. Previously, a single recessive gene mutation was shown to be responsible for the lpa phenotype and was mapped to a region of chromosome 3 near OsMIK (LOC_Os03g52760) and OsIPK1 (LOC_Os03g51610), two genes involved in PA biosynthesis. Here, we report the identification of a large insert in the intron of OsMIK in the XS-lpa mutant. Sequencing of fragments amplified through TAIL-PCRs revealed that the insert was a derivative of the LINE retrotransposon gene LOC_Os03g56910. Further analyses revealed the following characteristics of the insert and its impacts: (1) the inserted sequence of LOC_Os03g56910 was split at its third exon and rejoined inversely, with its 5' and 3' flanking sequences inward and the split third exon segments outward; (2) the LOC_Os03g56910 remained in its original locus in XS-lpa, and the insertion probably resulted from homologous recombination repair of a DNA double strand break; (3) while the OsMIK transcripts of XS-lpa and Xiushui 110 were identical, substantial reductions of the transcript abundance (~87 %) and the protein level (~60 %) were observed in XS-lpa, probably due to increased methylation in its promoter region. The above findings are discussed in the context of plant mutagenesis, epigenetics and lpa breeding.
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- Hai-Jun Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences of the Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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RNA-Mediated Gene Duplication and Retroposons: Retrogenes, LINEs, SINEs, and Sequence Specificity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 2013; 2013:424726. [PMID: 23984183 PMCID: PMC3747384 DOI: 10.1155/2013/424726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A substantial number of “retrogenes” that are derived from the mRNA of various intron-containing genes have been reported. A class of mammalian retroposons, long interspersed element-1 (LINE1, L1), has been shown to be involved in the reverse transcription of retrogenes (or processed pseudogenes) and non-autonomous short interspersed elements (SINEs). The 3′-end sequences of various SINEs originated from a corresponding LINE. As the 3′-untranslated regions of several LINEs are essential for retroposition, these LINEs presumably require “stringent” recognition of the 3′-end sequence of the RNA template. However, the 3′-ends of mammalian L1s do not exhibit any similarity to SINEs, except for the presence of 3′-poly(A) repeats. Since the 3′-poly(A) repeats of L1 and Alu SINE are critical for their retroposition, L1 probably recognizes the poly(A) repeats, thereby mobilizing not only Alu SINE but also cytosolic mRNA. Many flowering plants only harbor L1-clade LINEs and a significant number of SINEs with poly(A) repeats, but no homology to the LINEs. Moreover, processed pseudogenes have also been found in flowering plants. I propose that the ancestral L1-clade LINE in the common ancestor of green plants may have recognized a specific RNA template, with stringent recognition then becoming relaxed during the course of plant evolution.
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Cui X, Jin P, Cui X, Gu L, Lu Z, Xue Y, Wei L, Qi J, Song X, Luo M, An G, Cao X. Control of transposon activity by a histone H3K4 demethylase in rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:1953-8. [PMID: 23319643 PMCID: PMC3562835 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217020110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitously present in plant genomes and often account for significant fractions of the nuclear DNA. For example, roughly 40% of the rice genome consists of TEs, many of which are retrotransposons, including 14% LTR- and ∼1% non-LTR retrotransposons. Despite their wide distribution and abundance, very few TEs have been found to be transpositional, indicating that TE activities may be tightly controlled by the host genome to minimize the potentially mutagenic effects associated with active transposition. Consistent with this notion, a growing body of evidence suggests that epigenetic silencing pathways such as DNA methylation, RNA interference, and H3K9me2 function collectively to repress TE activity at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. It is not yet clear, however, whether the removal of histone modifications associated with active transcription is also involved in TE silencing. Here, we show that the rice protein JMJ703 is an active H3K4-specific demethylase required for TEs silencing. Impaired JMJ703 activity led to elevated levels of H3K4me3, the misregulation of numerous endogenous genes, and the transpositional reactivation of two families of non-LTR retrotransposons. Interestingly, loss of JMJ703 did not affect TEs (such as Tos17) previously found to be silenced by other epigenetic pathways. These results indicate that the removal of active histone modifications is involved in TE silencing and that different subsets of TEs may be regulated by distinct epigenetic pathways.
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- Xiekui Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Korea
- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea; and
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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The initial identification of transposable elements (TEs) was attributed to the activity of DNA transposable elements, which are prevalent in plants. Unlike RNA elements, which accumulate in the gene-poor heterochromatic regions, most DNA elements are located in the gene rich regions and many of them carry genes or gene fragments. As such, DNA elements have a more intimate relationship with genes and may have an immediate impact on gene expression and gene function. DNA elements are structurally distinct from RNA elements and most of them have terminal inverted repeats (TIRs). Such structural features have been used to identify the relevant elements from genomic sequences. Among the DNA elements in plants, the most abundant type is the miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs). This chapter discusses the methods to identify MITEs, Helitrons, and other DNA transposable elements.
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- Ning Jiang
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Saze H, Tsugane K, Kanno T, Nishimura T. DNA methylation in plants: relationship to small RNAs and histone modifications, and functions in transposon inactivation. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:766-84. [PMID: 22302712 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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DNA methylation is a type of epigenetic marking that strongly influences chromatin structure and gene expression in plants and mammals. Over the past decade, DNA methylation has been intensively investigated in order to elucidate its control mechanisms. These studies have shown that small RNAs are involved in the induction of DNA methylation, that there is a relationship between DNA methylation and histone methylation, and that the base excision repair pathway has an important role in DNA demethylation. Some aspects of DNA methylation have also been shown to be shared with mammals, suggesting that the regulatory pathways are, in part at least, evolutionarily conserved. Considerable progress has been made in elucidating the mechanisms that control DNA methylation; however, many aspects of the mechanisms that read the information encoded by DNA methylation and mediate this into downstream regulation remain uncertain, although some candidate proteins have been identified. DNA methylation has a vital role in the inactivation of transposons, suggesting that DNA methylation is a key factor in the evolution and adaptation of plants.
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- Hidetoshi Saze
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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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: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [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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Smith AM, Hansey CN, Kaeppler SM. TCUP: A Novel hAT Transposon Active in Maize Tissue Culture. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:6. [PMID: 22639634 PMCID: PMC3355664 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Transposable elements (TEs) are capable of inducing heritable de novo genetic variation. The sequences capable of reactivation, and environmental factors that induce mobilization, remain poorly defined even in well-studied genomes such as maize. We treated maize tissue culture with the demethylating agent 5-aza-2-deoxcytidine and examined long-term tissue culture lines to discover silenced TEs that have the potential to induce heritable genetic variation. Through these screens we have identified a novel low copy number hAT transposon, Tissue Culture Up-Regulated (TCUP), which is transcribed at high levels in long-term maize black Mexican sweet (BMS) tissue culture and is transcribed in response to treatment with 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine. Analysis of the TIGR Maize Gene Index revealed that this element is the most frequently represented EST from the BMS cell culture library and is not represented in other tissue libraries, which is the basis for its name. A full-length sequence was assembled in inbred B73 that contains the putative functional motifs required for autonomous movement of a hAT transposon. Transposon display detected novel TCUP insertions in two long-term tissue-cultured cell lines of the genotype Hi-II A × B and BMS. This research implicates TCUP as a transposon that is capable of reactivation and which may also be particularly sensitive to the stress of the tissue culture environment. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that epigenetic alterations potentiate genomic responses to stress during clonal propagation of plants.
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
- *Correspondence: Shawn M. Kaeppler, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. e-mail:
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Genome-Wide Analysis of Transposition Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies. PLANT TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31842-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fujino K, Sekiguchi H. Transposition behavior of nonautonomous a hAT superfamily transposon nDart in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Mol Genet Genomics 2011; 286:135-42. [PMID: 21710178 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-011-0633-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Transposable elements (TEs) have a significant impact on the evolution of gene function and genome structures. An endogenous nonautonomous transposable element nDart was discovered in an albino mutant that had an insertion in the Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase gene in rice. In this study, we elucidated the transposition behavior of nDart, the frequency of nDart transposition and characterized the footprint of nDart. Novel independent nDart insertions in backcrossed progenies were detected by DNA blotting analysis. In addition, germinal excision of nDart occurred at very low frequency compared with that of somatic excision, 0-13.3%, in the nDart1-4(3-2) and nDart1-A loci by a locus-specific PCR strategy. A total of 253 clones from somatic excision at five nDart loci in 10 varieties were determined. nDart rarely caused deletions beyond target site duplication (TSD). The footprint of nDart contained few transversions of nucleotides flanking to both sides of the TSD. The predominant footprint of nDart was an 8-bp addition. Precise excision of nDart was detected at a rate of only 2.2%, which occurred at two loci among the five loci examined. Furthermore, the results in this study revealed that a highly conserved mechanism of transposition is involved between maize Ac/Ds and rice Dart/nDart, which are two-component transposon systems of the hAT superfamily transposons in plant species.
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- Kenji Fujino
- Agricultural Research Institute, HOKUREN Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Naganuma, Hokkaido 067-1317, Japan.
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Cho JI, Kim HB, Kim CY, Hahn TR, Jeon JS. Identification and characterization of the duplicate rice sucrose synthase genes OsSUS5 and OsSUS7 which are associated with the plasma membrane. Mol Cells 2011; 31:553-61. [PMID: 21533550 PMCID: PMC3887615 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-011-1038-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Systematic searches using the complete genome sequence of rice (Oryza sativa) identified OsSUS7, a new member of the rice sucrose synthase (OsSUS) gene family, which shows only nine single nucleotide substitutions in the OsSUS5 coding sequence. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the synteny between OsSUS5 and OsSUS7 is conserved, and that significant numbers of transposable elements are scattered at both loci. In particular, a 17.6-kb genomic region containing transposable elements was identified in the 5' upstream sequence of the OsSUS7 gene. GFP fusion experiments indicated that OsSUS5 and OsSUS7 are largely associated with the plasma membrane and partly with the cytosol in maize mesophyll protoplasts. RT-PCR analysis and transient expression assays revealed that OsSUS5 and OsSUS7 exhibit similar expression patterns in rice tissues, with the highest expression evident in roots. These results suggest that two redundant genes, OsSUS5 and OsSUS7, evolved via duplication of a chromosome region and through the transposition of transposable elements.
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Korea
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Sabot F, Picault N, El-Baidouri M, Llauro C, Chaparro C, Piegu B, Roulin A, Guiderdoni E, Delabastide M, McCombie R, Panaud O. Transpositional landscape of the rice genome revealed by paired-end mapping of high-throughput re-sequencing data. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 66:241-6. [PMID: 21219509 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04492.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile entities that densely populate most eukaryotic genomes and contribute to both their structural and functional dynamics. However, most TE-related sequences in both plant and animal genomes correspond to inactive, degenerated elements, due to the combined effect of silencing pathways and elimination through deletions. One of the major difficulties in fully characterizing the molecular basis of genetic diversity of a given species lies in establishing its genome-wide transpositional activity. Here, we provide an extensive survey of the transpositional landscape of a plant genome using a deep sequencing strategy. This was achieved through paired-end mapping of a fourfold coverage of the genome of rice mutant line derived from an in vitro callus culture using Illumina technology. Our study shows that at least 13 TE families are active in this genotype, causing 34 new insertions. This next-generation sequencing-based strategy provides new opportunities to quantify the impact of TEs on the genome dynamics of the species.
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- François Sabot
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/IRD/UPVD, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, F-66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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Osipova ES, Lysenko EA, Troitsky AV, Dolgikh YI, Shamina ZB, Gostimskii SA. Analysis of SCAR marker nucleotide sequences in maize (Zea mays L.) somaclones. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 180:313-322. [PMID: 21421376 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2010] [Revised: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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SCAR (sequence characterized amplified region) markers allow the reliable identification of unique somaclonal variations. Six SCAR markers were developed previously and were thought to be exclusively characteristic of eight maize somaclones. However, we detected two of these markers in maize lines and a cultivar unrelated to the progenitor line of the somaclones. Therefore, we sequenced these markers and performed bioinformatic searches to understand the molecular events that may underlie the variability observed in the somaclones. All changes were found in noncoding sequences and were induced by different molecular events, such as the insertion of long terminal repeat (LTR) transposon(s), precise miniature inverted repeat transposable element (MITE) excision, microdeletion, recombination, and a change in the pool of mitochondrial DNA. For example, the SCAR marker QR is represented by the two variants QR-A and QR-2. The sequences of the two variants were similar, except for a 457-bp fragment found only in QR-A; this region was denoted as Q. Region Q was flanked by the direct 3-bp repeat 5'-TAA-3' (target site duplication; TSD) and the inverted 14-bp repeat 5'-GGGCCTGTTTGGAA-3' (terminal inverted repeats; TIRs). These features confer the Q region with similarity to the nonautonomic Tourist-like MITE. In two groups of independently produced somaclones, the same features (morphological, molecular) were variable, which confirms the theory of 'hot spots' occurring in the genome. The distribution of one of the SCAR markers was confirmed using Southern blot hybridization. The presence of the same molecular markers in the somaclones and in different non-somaclonal maize variants suggests that in some cases, the same mechanisms determine both in vitro and in vivo variability and that cell culture enhances the rate of heritable genomic changes that naturally occur in living organisms.
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- E S Osipova
- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya 35, Moscow 127276, Russia.
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Zeliang PK, Pattanayak A, Iangrai B, Khongwir EA, Sarma BK. Fertile plant regeneration from cryopreserved calli of Oryza rufipogon Griff. and assessment of variation in the progeny of regenerated plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2010; 29:1423-33. [PMID: 20960202 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0932-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2010] [Revised: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 09/24/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A protocol was developed for preservation of calli of Oryza rufipogon Griff. in liquid nitrogen (-196°C). Optimal conditions for cryoprotection, pre-freezing and post-thaw recovery of calli were identified. Cryoprotectant treatment at low temperature, pre-freezing in isopropanol bath for 1 h at -70°C, rapid thawing and proper removal of cryoprotectant were critical for post-thaw survival. Genetic fidelity of the R1 plants obtained from cryopreserved, cryoprotectant-treated and untreated calli was assessed by phenotypic and molecular characterization. Comparison of phenotypic characters with seed-derived control plants showed no significant variation in the agronomic characters, but seed physical characters showed significant reduction in all the in vitro generated plants. Molecular data generated using 26 rice simple sequence repeat markers showed 4.78-7.25% change from control. Results suggested that both callus induction and cryopreservation induced heritable variations in O. rufipogon. In addition, a combination of phenotypic and molecular characterization using an appropriate marker provided better insight into genetic fidelity of recovered plants.
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- P K Zeliang
- Division of Plant Breeding, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India
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Fukai E, Umehara Y, Sato S, Endo M, Kouchi H, Hayashi M, Stougaard J, Hirochika H. Derepression of the plant Chromovirus LORE1 induces germline transposition in regenerated plants. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1000868. [PMID: 20221264 PMCID: PMC2832683 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Transposable elements represent a large proportion of the eukaryotic genomes. Long Terminal Repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are very abundant and constitute the predominant family of transposable elements in plants. Recent studies have identified chromoviruses to be a widely distributed lineage of Gypsy elements. These elements contain chromodomains in their integrases, which suggests a preference for insertion into heterochromatin. In turn, this preference might have contributed to the patterning of heterochromatin observed in host genomes. Despite their potential importance for our understanding of plant genome dynamics and evolution, the regulatory mechanisms governing the behavior of chromoviruses and their activities remain largely uncharacterized. Here, we report a detailed analysis of the spatio-temporal activity of a plant chromovirus in the endogenous host. We examined LORE1a, a member of the endogenous chromovirus LORE1 family from the model legume Lotus japonicus. We found that this chromovirus is stochastically de-repressed in plant populations regenerated from de-differentiated cells and that LORE1a transposes in the male germline. Bisulfite sequencing of the 5′ LTR and its surrounding region suggests that tissue culture induces a loss of epigenetic silencing of LORE1a. Since LTR promoter activity is pollen specific, as shown by the analysis of transgenic plants containing an LTR::GUS fusion, we conclude that male germline-specific LORE1a transposition in pollen grains is controlled transcriptionally by its own cis-elements. New insertion sites of LORE1a copies were frequently found in genic regions and show no strong insertional preferences. These distinctive novel features of LORE1 indicate that this chromovirus has considerable potential for generating genetic and epigenetic diversity in the host plant population. Our results also define conditions for the use of LORE1a as a genetic tool. In contrast to animals, where germline differentiation initiates early in embryogenesis, germline differentiation in plants starts in the adult phase during reproductive development. Transpositions of transposable elements in both somatic and gametic cells can be transmitted to the next generation. As a result, plant genomes may contain transposable elements exhibiting a variety of tissue-specific activities. Thus far, the spatio-temporal activity of LTR retrotransposons, the most abundant class of transposable elements in plants, has not been well characterized. Here, we report a detailed analysis of the spatio-temporal transposition pattern of a plant LTR retrotransposon in the endogenous system. Using the model legume Lotus japonicus, we found that LORE1a, a member of the chromovirus LORE1 family that belongs to the Gypsy superfamily, was epigenetically de-repressed via tissue culture. Activation was stochastic and derepression was maintained in regenerated plants. This feature made it possible to trace the original spatio-temporal activity of the retrotransposon in the intact plants. We determined that the plant chromovirus retrotransposes mainly in the male germline, without obvious insertional preferences for chromosomal regions. This finding suggests that the tissue specificity of transposable elements should be taken into account when considering their impact on the host genome dynamics and evolution.
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- Eigo Fukai
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Wenke T, Holtgräwe D, Horn AV, Weisshaar B, Schmidt T. An abundant and heavily truncated non-LTR retrotransposon (LINE) family in Beta vulgaris. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 71:585-97. [PMID: 19697140 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9542-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 08/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We describe a non-LTR retrotransposon family,BvL, of the long interspersed nuclear elements L1 clade isolated from sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Characteristic molecular domains of three full-length BvL elements were determined in detail, showing that coding sequences are interrupted and most likely non-functionally. In addition,eight highly conserved endonuclease regions were defined by comparison with other plant LINEs. The abundant BvL family is widespread within the genus Beta, however, the vast majority of BvL copies are extremely 50 truncated indicating an error-prone reverse transcriptase activity. The dispersed distribution of BvL copies on all sugar beet chromosomes with exclusion of most heterochromatic regions was shown by fluorescent in situ hybridization. The analysis of BvL 30 end sequences and corresponding flanking regions, respectively, revealed the preferred integration of BvL into A/T-rich regions of the sugar beet genome, but no specific target sequences.
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- Torsten Wenke
- Institute of Botany, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Zou J, Gong H, Yang TJ, Meng J. Retrotransposons - a major driving force in plant genome evolution and a useful tool for genome analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s12892-009-0070-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heitkam T, Schmidt T. BNR - a LINE family from Beta vulgaris - contains a RRM domain in open reading frame 1 and defines a L1 sub-clade present in diverse plant genomes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 59:872-82. [PMID: 19473321 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03923.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We characterized a novel type of plant non-LTR retrotransposons, identified as the BNR family, in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) genomes. Although their ORF2 sequences were similar to those of previously analysed LINEs (long interspersed nuclear elements) of the L1 clade, their ORF1 sequences differ strongly from those of most plant LINEs. Two novel domains were identified, containing a conserved secondary motif, known as the RNA recognition motif (RRM). ORF1 lacks the zinc finger motif that is typical of plant LINEs, but has an RRM that is likely to have a RNA-binding function. BNR LINEs are highly diverse, and were characterized by gel-blot and fluorescent in situ hybridization, showing a widespread occurrence and clustering along chromosome arms. Insertion of BNR1 into a well-described satellite repeat was detected in two cultivars only, indicating recent activity. Database searches revealed the existence of LINE families possessing an ORF1 sequence similar to that of BNR in the genomes of higher plants such as poplar, lotus and soybean. Comparing their reverse transcriptase regions with those of other retrotransposons, these LINEs were assigned to the L1 clade, but form a distinct group, providing evidence of a major separation of L1 elements in plants. This indicates a common origin of BNR-like LINEs, suggesting that these elements form a sub-clade designated as the BNR sub-clade.
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- Tony Heitkam
- Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Botany, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Picault N, Chaparro C, Piegu B, Stenger W, Formey D, Llauro C, Descombin J, Sabot F, Lasserre E, Meynard D, Guiderdoni E, Panaud O. Identification of an active LTR retrotransposon in rice. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 58:754-65. [PMID: 19187041 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03813.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Transposable elements are ubiquitous components of plant genomes. When active, these mobile elements can induce changes in the genome at both the structural and functional levels. Availability of the complete genome sequence for several model plant species provides the opportunity to study TEs in plants at an unprecedented scale. In the case of rice, annotation of the genomic sequence of the variety Nipponbare has revealed that TE-related sequences form more than 25% of its genome. However, most of the elements found are inactive, either because of structural alterations or because they are the target of various silencing pathways. In this paper, we propose a new post-genomic strategy aimed at identifying active TEs. Our approach relies on transcript profiling of TE-related sequences using a tiling microarray. We applied it to a particular class of TEs, the LTR retrotransposons. A transcript profiling assay of rice calli led to identification of a new transpositionally active family, named Lullaby. We provide a complete structural description of this element. We also show that it has recently been active in planta in rice, and discuss its phylogenetic relationships with Tos17, the only other active LTR retrotransposon described so far in the species.
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- Nathalie Picault
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR CNRS/IRD/UPVD, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan cedex, France.
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Huang J, Zhang K, Shen Y, Huang Z, Li M, Tang D, Gu M, Cheng Z. Identification of a high frequency transposon induced by tissue culture, nDaiZ, a member of the hAT family in rice. Genomics 2009; 93:274-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2008.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2008] [Revised: 10/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fujino K, Sekiguchi H. Site specific cytosine methylation in rice nonautonomous transposable element nDart. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 67:511-8. [PMID: 18409027 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9335-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2008] [Accepted: 04/03/2008] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The mobile nonautonomous element nDart, which is active in intact rice plants, exhibits locus specific transposition. Due to the high homogeneity of nDart elements, the locus specificity of nDart transposition might be controlled by factors other than genetic differences. In this study, we elucidated the regulation of the locus specificity of nDart transposition. The difference of transpositional activities in 10 nDart elements among rice varieties exhibiting nDart transposition was clearly correlated with the methylation state of nDart elements. Both hyper- and hypo-methylated nDart elements were inactive, while site specific methylation in both subterminal regions was identified in active nDart loci. The specific methylation sites contain the pentamer motif GCC/ACG. The repeated motifs in the subterminal region of nDart elements may contribute to the stable secondary structure of nDart elements with low free energy. Our results suggested that site specific cytosine methylation may loosen the stable secondary structure of the nDart element to allow it to bind TPase, which then perform the excision of nDart elements from genomic loci.
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- Kenji Fujino
- Agricultural Research Institute, HOKUREN Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Higashi-5, Kita-15, Naganuma 0691317, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Takata M, Kiyohara A, Takasu A, Kishima Y, Ohtsubo H, Sano Y. Rice transposable elements are characterized by various methylation environments in the genome. BMC Genomics 2007; 8:469. [PMID: 18093338 PMCID: PMC2222647 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies using high-throughput methods have revealed that transposable elements (TEs) are a comprehensive target for DNA methylation. However, the relationship between TEs and their genomic environment regarding methylation still remains unclear. The rice genome contains representatives of all known TE families with different characteristics of chromosomal distribution, structure, transposition, size, and copy number. Here we studied the DNA methylation state around 12 TEs in nine genomic DNAs from cultivated rice strains and their closely related wild strains. RESULTS We employed a transposon display (TD) method to analyze the methylation environments in the genomes. The 12 TE families, consisting of four class I elements, seven class II elements, and one element of a different class, were differentially distributed in the rice chromosomes: some elements were concentrated in the centromeric or pericentromeric regions, but others were located in euchromatic regions. The TD analyses revealed that the TE families were embedded in flanking sequences with different methylation degrees. Each TE had flanking sequences with similar degrees of methylation among the nine rice strains. The class I elements tended to be present in highly methylated regions, while those of the class II elements showed widely varying degrees of methylation. In some TE families, the degrees of methylation were markedly lower than the average methylation state of the genome. In two families, dramatic changes of the methylation state occurred depending on the distance from the TE. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate that the TE families in the rice genomes can be characterized by the methylation states of their surroundings. The copy number and degree of conservation of the TE family are not likely to be correlated with the degree of methylation. We discuss possible relationships between the methylation state of TEs and their surroundings. This is the first report demonstrating that TEs in the genome are associated with a particular methylation environment that is a feature of a given TE.
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- Miwako Takata
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
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