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Galise TR, Esposito S, D'Agostino N. Guidelines for Setting Up a mRNA Sequencing Experiment and Best Practices for Bioinformatic Data Analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2264:137-162. [PMID: 33263908 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1201-9_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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RNA-sequencing, commonly referred to as RNA-seq, is the most recently developed method for the analysis of transcriptomes. It uses high-throughput next-generation sequencing technologies and has revolutionized our understanding of the complexity and dynamics of whole transcriptomes.In this chapter, we recall the key developments in transcriptome analysis and dissect the different steps of the general workflow that can be run by users to design and perform a mRNA-seq experiment as well as to process mRNA-seq data obtained by the Illumina technology. The chapter proposes guidelines for completing a mRNA-seq study properly and makes available recommendations for best practices based on recent literature and on the latest developments in technology and algorithms. We also remark the large number of choices available (especially for bioinformatic data analysis) in front of which the scientist may be in trouble.In the last part of the chapter we discuss the new frontiers of single-cell RNA-seq and isoform sequencing by long read technology.
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- Teresa Rosa Galise
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, Italy
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- CREA Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, Italy.
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Ambrosino L, Colantuono C, Diretto G, Fiore A, Chiusano ML. Bioinformatics Resources for Plant Abiotic Stress Responses: State of the Art and Opportunities in the Fast Evolving -Omics Era. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9050591. [PMID: 32384671 PMCID: PMC7285221 DOI: 10.3390/plants9050591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Abiotic stresses are among the principal limiting factors for productivity in agriculture. In the current era of continuous climate changes, the understanding of the molecular aspects involved in abiotic stress response in plants is a priority. The rise of -omics approaches provides key strategies to promote effective research in the field, facilitating the investigations from reference models to an increasing number of species, tolerant and sensitive genotypes. Integrated multilevel approaches, based on molecular investigations at genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics levels, are now feasible, expanding the opportunities to clarify key molecular aspects involved in responses to abiotic stresses. To this aim, bioinformatics has become fundamental for data production, mining and integration, and necessary for extracting valuable information and for comparative efforts, paving the way to the modeling of the involved processes. We provide here an overview of bioinformatics resources for research on plant abiotic stresses, describing collections from -omics efforts in the field, ranging from raw data to complete databases or platforms, highlighting opportunities and still open challenges in abiotic stress research based on -omics technologies.
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- Luca Ambrosino
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (Na), Italy; (L.A.); (C.C.)
- Department of Research Infrastructures for Marine Biological Resources (RIMAR), 80121 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (Na), Italy; (L.A.); (C.C.)
- Department of Research Infrastructures for Marine Biological Resources (RIMAR), 80121 Naples, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy; (G.D.); (A.F.)
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy; (G.D.); (A.F.)
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (Na), Italy; (L.A.); (C.C.)
- Department of Research Infrastructures for Marine Biological Resources (RIMAR), 80121 Naples, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-081-253-9492
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Ambrosino L, Bostan H, Ruggieri V, Chiusano ML. Bioinformatics resources for pollen. PLANT REPRODUCTION 2016; 29:133-147. [PMID: 27271281 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-016-0284-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Bioinformatics for Pollen. Pollen plays a key role in crop production, and its development is the most delicate phase in reproduction. Different metabolic pathways are involved in pollen development, and changes in the level of some metabolites, as well as responses to stress, are correlated with the reduction in pollen viability, leading consequently to a decrease in the fruit production. However, studies on pollen may be hard because gamete development and fertilization are complex processes that occur during a short window of time. The rise of the so-called -omics sciences provided key strategies to promote molecular research in pollen tissues, starting from model organisms and moving to increasing number of species. An integrated multi-level approach based on investigations from genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics appears now feasible to clarify key molecular processes in pollen development and viability. To this aim, bioinformatics has a fundamental role for data production and analysis, contributing varied and ad hoc methodologies, endowed with different sensitivity and specificity, necessary for extracting added-value information from the large amount of molecular data achievable. Bioinformatics is also essential for data management, organization, distribution and integration in suitable resources. This is necessary to catch the biological features of the pollen tissues and to design effective approaches to identifying structural or functional properties, enabling the modeling of the major involved processes in normal or in stress conditions. In this review, we provide an overview of the available bioinformatics resources for pollen, ranging from raw data collections to complete databases or platforms, when available, which include data and/or results from -omics efforts on the male gametophyte. Perspectives in the fields will also be described.
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- Luca Ambrosino
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", via Università 100, Portici (NA), 80055, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", via Università 100, Portici (NA), 80055, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", via Università 100, Portici (NA), 80055, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", via Università 100, Portici (NA), 80055, Italy.
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Fasano C, Diretto G, Aversano R, D'Agostino N, Di Matteo A, Frusciante L, Giuliano G, Carputo D. Transcriptome and metabolome of synthetic Solanum autotetraploids reveal key genomic stress events following polyploidization. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 210:1382-94. [PMID: 26915816 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/06/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Polyploids are generally classified as autopolyploids, derived from a single species, and allopolyploids, arising from interspecific hybridization. The former represent ideal materials with which to study the consequences of genome doubling and ascertain whether there are molecular and functional rules operating following polyploidization events. To investigate whether the effects of autopolyploidization are common to different species, or if species-specific or stochastic events are prevalent, we performed a comprehensive transcriptomic and metabolomic characterization of diploids and autotetraploids of Solanum commersonii and Solanum bulbocastanum. Autopolyploidization remodelled the transcriptome and the metabolome of both species. In S. commersonii, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were highly enriched in pericentromeric regions. Most changes were stochastic, suggesting a strong genotypic response. However, a set of robustly regulated transcripts and metabolites was also detected, including purine bases and nucleosides, which are likely to underlie a common response to polyploidization. We hypothesize that autopolyploidization results in nucleotide pool imbalance, which in turn triggers a genomic shock responsible for the stochastic events observed. The more extensive genomic stress and the higher number of stochastic events observed in S. commersonii with respect to S. bulbocastanum could be the result of the higher nucleoside depletion observed in this species.
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- Carlo Fasano
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, 80055, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Development, Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, 00123, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, 80055, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Centro di ricerca per l'orticoltura (CRA-ORT), via dei Cavalleggeri 25, Pontecagnano, Salerno, 84098, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, 80055, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, 80055, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Development, Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, 00123, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Portici, 80055, Italy
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Kalidhasan N, Joshi D, Bhatt TK, Gupta AK. Identification of key genes involved in root development of tomato using expressed sequence tag analysis. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 21:491-503. [PMID: 26600676 PMCID: PMC4646861 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-015-0304-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 04/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Root system of plants are actually fascinating structures, not only critical for plant development, but also important for storage and conduction. Due to its agronomic importance, identification of genes involved in root development has been a subject of intense study. Tomato is the one of the most consumed vegetables in the world. Tomato has been used as model system for dicot plants because of its small genome, well-established transformation techniques and well-constructed physical map. The present study is targeted to identify of root specific genes expressed temporally and also gene(s) involved in lateral root and profuse root development. A total of 890 ESTs were identified from five EST libraries constructed using SSH approach which included temporal gene regulation (early and late) and genes involved in morphogenetic traits (lateral and profuse rooting). One hundred sixty-one unique ESTs identified from various libraries were categorized based on their putative functions and deposited in NCBI-dbEST database. In addition, 36 ESTs were selected for validation of their expression by RT-PCR. The present findings will help in shedding light to the unexplored developmental process of root growth in tomato and plant in general.
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- N. Kalidhasan
- />Department of Plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021 India
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- />Department of Biotechnology, School of LifeSciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, 305801 India
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- />Department of Biotechnology, School of LifeSciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, 305801 India
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- />Department of Plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021 India
- />Department of Biotechnology, School of LifeSciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, 305801 India
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Chromosomal organizations of major repeat families on potato (Solanum tuberosum) and further exploring in its sequenced genome. Mol Genet Genomics 2014; 289:1307-19. [PMID: 25106953 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0891-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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One of the most powerful technologies in unraveling the organization of a eukaryotic plant genome is high-resolution Fluorescent in situ hybridization of repeats and single copy DNA sequences on pachytene chromosomes. This technology allows the integration of physical mapping information with chromosomal positions, including centromeres, telomeres, nucleolar-organizing region, and euchromatin and heterochromatin. In this report, we established chromosomal positions of different repeat fractions of the potato genomic DNA (Cot100, Cot500 and Cot1000) on the chromosomes. We also analysed various repeat elements that are unique to potato including the moderately repetitive P5 and REP2 elements, where the REP2 is part of a larger Gypsy-type LTR retrotransposon and cover most chromosome regions, with some brighter fluorescing spots in the heterochromatin. The most abundant tandem repeat is the potato genomic repeat 1 that covers subtelomeric regions of most chromosome arms. Extensive multiple alignments of these repetitive sequences in the assembled RH89-039-16 potato BACs and the draft assembly of the DM1-3 516 R44 genome shed light on the conservation of these repeats within the potato genome. The consensus sequences thus obtained revealed the native complete transposable elements from which they were derived.
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Suresh BV, Roy R, Sahu K, Misra G, Chattopadhyay D. Tomato genomic resources database: an integrated repository of useful tomato genomic information for basic and applied research. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86387. [PMID: 24466070 PMCID: PMC3897720 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Tomato Genomic Resources Database (TGRD) allows interactive browsing of tomato genes, micro RNAs, simple sequence repeats (SSRs), important quantitative trait loci and Tomato-EXPEN 2000 genetic map altogether or separately along twelve chromosomes of tomato in a single window. The database is created using sequence of the cultivar Heinz 1706. High quality single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) sites between the genes of Heinz 1706 and the wild tomato S. pimpinellifolium LA1589 are also included. Genes are classified into different families. 5′-upstream sequences (5′-US) of all the genes and their tissue-specific expression profiles are provided. Sequences of the microRNA loci and their putative target genes are catalogued. Genes and 5′-US show presence of SSRs and SNPs. SSRs located in the genomic, genic and 5′-US can be analysed separately for the presence of any particular motif. Primer sequences for all the SSRs and flanking sequences for all the genic SNPs have been provided. TGRD is a user-friendly web-accessible relational database and uses CMAP viewer for graphical scanning of all the features. Integration and graphical presentation of important genomic information will facilitate better and easier use of tomato genome. TGRD can be accessed as an open source repository at http://59.163.192.91/tomato2/.
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- B. Venkata Suresh
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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Bagnaresi P, Sala T, Irdani T, Scotto C, Lamontanara A, Beretta M, Rotino GL, Sestili S, Cattivelli L, Sabatini E. Solanum torvum responses to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:540. [PMID: 23937585 PMCID: PMC3750854 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Solanum torvum Sw is worldwide employed as rootstock for eggplant cultivation because of its vigour and resistance/tolerance to the most serious soil-borne diseases as bacterial, fungal wilts and root-knot nematodes. The little information on Solanum torvum (hereafter Torvum) resistance mechanisms, is mostly attributable to the lack of genomic tools (e.g. dedicated microarray) as well as to the paucity of database information limiting high-throughput expression studies in Torvum. RESULTS As a first step towards transcriptome profiling of Torvum inoculated with the nematode M. incognita, we built a Torvum 3' transcript catalogue. One-quarter of a 454 full run resulted in 205,591 quality-filtered reads. De novo assembly yielded 24,922 contigs and 11,875 singletons. Similarity searches of the S. torvum transcript tags catalogue produced 12,344 annotations. A 30,0000 features custom combimatrix chip was then designed and microarray hybridizations were conducted for both control and 14 dpi (day post inoculation) with Meloidogyne incognita-infected roots samples resulting in 390 differentially expressed genes (DEG). We also tested the chip with samples from the phylogenetically-related nematode-susceptible eggplant species Solanum melongena. An in-silico validation strategy was developed based on assessment of sequence similarity among Torvum probes and eggplant expressed sequences available in public repositories. GO term enrichment analyses with the 390 Torvum DEG revealed enhancement of several processes as chitin catabolism and sesquiterpenoids biosynthesis, while no GO term enrichment was found with eggplant DEG.The genes identified from S. torvum catalogue, bearing high similarity to known nematode resistance genes, were further investigated in view of their potential role in the nematode resistance mechanism. CONCLUSIONS By combining 454 pyrosequencing and microarray technology we were able to conduct a cost-effective global transcriptome profiling in a non-model species. In addition, the development of an in silico validation strategy allowed to further extend the use of the custom chip to a related species and to assess by comparison the expression of selected genes without major concerns of artifacts. The expression profiling of S. torvum responses to nematode infection points to sesquiterpenoids and chitinases as major effectors of nematode resistance. The availability of the long sequence tags in S. torvum catalogue will allow precise identification of active nematocide/nematostatic compounds and associated enzymes posing the basis for exploitation of these resistance mechanisms in other species.
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- Paolo Bagnaresi
- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Genomics Research Centre, via S Protaso 302, I-29107, Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura, Montanaso Lombardo (LO), Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di ricerca per l’agrobiologia e la pedologia, Cascine del Riccio, 50125, Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di ricerca per l’agrobiologia e la pedologia, Cascine del Riccio, 50125, Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Genomics Research Centre, via S Protaso 302, I-29107, Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Italy
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- UNIMORE, Scienze Agrarie e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, via Giovanni Amendola 2, Padiglione Besta, Reggio Emilia 42122, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura, Montanaso Lombardo (LO), Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura, Monsampolo del Tronto, AP, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Genomics Research Centre, via S Protaso 302, I-29107, Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura, Monsampolo del Tronto, AP, Italy
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Production of pharmaceutical proteins in solanaceae food crops. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:2753-73. [PMID: 23434646 PMCID: PMC3588013 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14022753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The benefits of increased safety and cost-effectiveness make vegetable crops appropriate systems for the production and delivery of pharmaceutical proteins. In particular, Solanaceae edible crops could be inexpensive biofactories for oral vaccines and other pharmaceutical proteins that can be ingested as minimally processed extracts or as partially purified products. The field of crop plant biotechnology is advancing rapidly due to novel developments in genetic and genomic tools being made available today for the scientific community. In this review, we briefly summarize data now available regarding genomic resources for the Solanaceae family. In addition, we describe novel strategies developed for the expression of foreign proteins in vegetable crops and the utilization of these techniques to manufacture pharmaceutical proteins.
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Sturbois B, Dubrana-Ourabah MP, Gombert J, Lasseur B, Macquet A, Faure C, Bendahmane A, Baurès I, Candresse T. Identification and characterization of tomato mutants affected in the Rx-mediated resistance to PVX isolates. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2012; 25:341-54. [PMID: 22088194 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-11-0181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Five tomato mutants affected in the Rx-mediated resistance against Potato virus X (PVX) were identified by screening a mutagenized population derived from a transgenic, Rx1-expressing 'Micro-Tom' line. Contrary to their parental line, they failed to develop lethal systemic necrosis upon infection with the virulent PVX-KH2 isolate. Sequence analysis and quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction experiments indicated that the mutants are not affected in the Rx1 transgene or in the Hsp90, RanGap1 and RanGap2, Rar1 and Sgt1 genes. Inoculation with the PVX-CP4 avirulent isolate demonstrated that the Rx1 resistance was still effective in the mutants. In contrast, the virulent PVX-KH2 isolate accumulation was readily detectable in all mutants, which could further be separated in two groups depending on their ability to restrict the accumulation of PVX-RR, a mutant affected at two key positions for Rx1 elicitor activity. Finally, transient expression of the viral capsid protein elicitor indicated that the various mutants have retained the ability to mount an Rx1-mediated hypersensitive response. Taken together, the results obtained are consistent with a modification of the specificity or intensity of the Rx1-mediated response. The five Micro-Tom mutants should provide very valuable resources for the identification of novel tomato genes affecting the functioning of the Rx gene.
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- Bénédicte Sturbois
- URGV, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Université d'Evry d'Essonne, INRA, France.
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Di Filippo M, Traini A, D'Agostino N, Frusciante L, Chiusano ML. Euchromatic and heterochromatic compositional properties emerging from the analysis of Solanum lycopersicum BAC sequences. Gene 2012; 499:176-81. [PMID: 22391094 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The consortium responsible for the sequencing of the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) genome initially focused on the sequencing of the euchromatic regions using a BAC-by-BAC strategy. We analyzed the compositional features of the whole collection of BAC sequences publically available. This analysis highlights specific peculiarities of heterochromatic and euchromatic BACs, in particular: the whole BAC collection has i) a large variability in repeat and gene content, ii) a positive and significant correlation of LTR retrotransposons of the Gypsy class with the repeat content and iii) the preferential location of the SINEs (short interspersed nuclear elements) in BAC sequences showing a low repeat content. Our results point out a typical design of the tomato chromosomes and pave the way for further investigations on the relationship between DNA primary structure and chromatin organization in Solanaceae genomes.
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- Miriam Di Filippo
- University of Naples Federico II, Dept. of Soil, Plant, Environmental and Animal Production Sciences, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy.
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Mochida K, Shinozaki K. Advances in omics and bioinformatics tools for systems analyses of plant functions. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 52:2017-38. [PMID: 22156726 PMCID: PMC3233218 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized sequencing approaches in genomics and have produced opportunities for various emerging analytical applications. Driven by technological advances, several new omics layers such as the interactome, epigenome and hormonome have emerged. Furthermore, in several plant species, the development of omics resources has progressed to address particular biological properties of individual species. Integration of knowledge from omics-based research is an emerging issue as researchers seek to identify significance, gain biological insights and promote translational research. From these perspectives, we provide this review of the emerging aspects of plant systems research based on omics and bioinformatics analyses together with their associated resources and technological advances.
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- Keiichi Mochida
- RIKEN Biomass Engineering Program, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan.
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Mochida K, Shinozaki K. Advances in omics and bioinformatics tools for systems analyses of plant functions. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2011. [PMID: 22156726 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized sequencing approaches in genomics and have produced opportunities for various emerging analytical applications. Driven by technological advances, several new omics layers such as the interactome, epigenome and hormonome have emerged. Furthermore, in several plant species, the development of omics resources has progressed to address particular biological properties of individual species. Integration of knowledge from omics-based research is an emerging issue as researchers seek to identify significance, gain biological insights and promote translational research. From these perspectives, we provide this review of the emerging aspects of plant systems research based on omics and bioinformatics analyses together with their associated resources and technological advances.
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- Keiichi Mochida
- RIKEN Biomass Engineering Program, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan.
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Shoji T, Kajikawa M, Hashimoto T. Clustered transcription factor genes regulate nicotine biosynthesis in tobacco. THE PLANT CELL 2010; 22:3390-409. [PMID: 20959558 PMCID: PMC2990138 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.078543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Revised: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) synthesizes nicotine and related pyridine alkaloids in the root, and their synthesis increases upon herbivory on the leaf via a jasmonate-mediated signaling cascade. Regulatory NIC loci that positively regulate nicotine biosynthesis have been genetically identified, and their mutant alleles have been used to breed low-nicotine tobacco varieties. Here, we report that the NIC2 locus, originally called locus B, comprises clustered transcription factor genes of an ethylene response factor (ERF) subfamily; in the nic2 mutant, at least seven ERF genes are deleted altogether. Overexpression, suppression, and dominant repression experiments using transgenic tobacco roots showed both functional redundancy and divergence among the NIC2-locus ERF genes. These transcription factors recognized a GCC-box element in the promoter of a nicotine pathway gene and specifically activated all known structural genes in the pathway. The NIC2-locus ERF genes are expressed in the root and upregulated by jasmonate with kinetics that are distinct among the members. Thus, gene duplication events generated a cluster of highly homologous transcription factor genes with transcriptional and functional diversity. The NIC2-locus ERFs are close homologs of ORCA3, a jasmonate-responsive transcriptional activator of indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus, indicating that the NIC2/ORCA3 ERF subfamily was recruited independently to regulate jasmonate-inducible secondary metabolism in distinct plant lineages.
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Affiliation(s)
| | | | - Takashi Hashimoto
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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