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Luo T, Ma C, Fan Y, Qiu Z, Li M, Tian Y, Shang Y, Liu C, Cao Q, Peng Y, Zhang S, Liu S, Song B. CRISPR-Cas9-mediated editing of GmARM improves resistance to multiple stresses in soybean. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 346:112147. [PMID: 38834106 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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The growth and development of soybean plants can be affected by both abiotic and biotic stressors, such as saline-alkali stress and Phytophthora root rot. In this study, we identified a stress-related gene-GmARM-whose promoter contained several hormone-response and stress-regulatory elements, including ABRE, TCA element, STRE, and MBS. qRT-PCR analysis showed that the expression of GmARM was the highest in seeds at 55 days after flowering. Furthermore, this gene was upregulated after exposure to saline-alkali stress and Phytophthora root rot infection at the seedling stage. Thus, we generated GmARM mutants using the CRISPR-Cas9 system to understand the role of this gene in stress response. T3 plants showed significantly improved salt tolerance, alkali resistance, and disease resistance, with a significantly higher survival rate than the wildtype plants. Moreover, mutations in GmARM affected the expression of related stress-resistance genes, indicating that GmARM mutants achieved multiple stress tolerance. Therefore, this study provides a foundation for further exploration of the genes involved in resistance to multiple stresses in soybean that can be used for breeding multiple stress-resistance soybean varieties.
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- Tingting Luo
- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Keshan Branch of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qiqihar 161000, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China.
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- Soybean Research Institute, Northeast Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of the Chinese Education Ministry, Harbin 150030, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cytogenetics, College of Life Sciences and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China.
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Herrmann PSDP, dos Santos Luccas M, Ferreira EJ, Torre Neto A. Application of electronic nose and machine learning used to detect soybean gases under water stress and variability throughout the daytime. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1323296. [PMID: 38645391 PMCID: PMC11026621 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1323296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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The development of non-invasive methods and accessible tools for application to plant phenotyping is considered a breakthrough. This work presents the preliminary results using an electronic nose (E-Nose) and machine learning (ML) as affordable tools. An E-Nose is an electronic system used for smell global analysis, which emulates the human nose structure. The soybean (Glycine Max) was used to conduct this experiment under water stress. Commercial E-Nose was used, and a chamber was designed and built to conduct the measurement of the gas sample from the soybean. This experiment was conducted for 22 days, observing the stages of plant growth during this period. This chamber is embedded with relative humidity [RH (%)], temperature (°C), and CO2 concentration (ppm) sensors, as well as the natural light intensity, which was monitored. These systems allowed intermittent monitoring of each parameter to create a database. The soil used was the red-yellow dystrophic type and was covered to avoid evapotranspiration effects. The measurement with the electronic nose was done daily, during the morning and afternoon, and in two phenological situations of the plant (with the healthful soy irrigated with deionized water and underwater stress) until the growth V5 stage to obtain the plant gases emissions. Data mining techniques were used, through the software "Weka™" and the decision tree strategy. From the evaluation of the sensors database, a dynamic variation of plant respiration pattern was observed, with the two distinct behaviors observed in the morning (~9:30 am) and afternoon (3:30 pm). With the initial results obtained with the E-Nose signals and ML, it was possible to distinguish the two situations, i.e., the irrigated plant standard and underwater stress, the influence of the two periods of daylight, and influence of temporal variability of the weather. As a result of this investigation, a classifier was developed that, through a non-invasive analysis of gas samples, can accurately determine the absence of water in soybean plants with a rate of 94.4% accuracy. Future investigations should be carried out under controlled conditions that enable early detection of the stress level.
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Yang X, Hu Q, Zhao Y, Chen Y, Li C, He J, Wang ZY. Identification of GmPT proteins and investigation of their expressions in response to abiotic stress in soybean. PLANTA 2024; 259:76. [PMID: 38418674 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-024-04348-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Investigation the expression patterns of GmPT genes in response to various abiotic stresses and overexpression of GmPT11 in soybean hairy roots and Arabidopsis exhibited hypersensitivity to salt stress. Soybean is considered to be one of the significant oil crops globally, as it offers a diverse range of essential nutrients that contribute to human health. Salt stress seriously affects the yield of soybean through negative impacts on the growth, nodulation, reproduction, and other agronomy traits. The phosphate transporters 1(PHT1) subfamily, which is a part of the PHTs family in plants, is primarily found in the cell membrane and responsible for the uptake and transport of phosphorus. However, the role of GmPT (GmPT1-GmPT14) genes in response to salt stress has not been comprehensively studied. Here, we conducted a systematic analysis to ascertain the distribution and genomic duplications of GmPT genes, as well as their expression patterns in response to various abiotic stresses. Promoter analysis of GmPT genes revealed that six stress-related cis-elements were enriched in these genes. The overexpression of GmPT11 in soybean hairy roots and Arabidopsis exhibited hypersensitivity to salt stress, while no significant change was observed under low phosphate treatment, suggesting a crucial role in the response to salt stress. These findings provide novel insights into enhancing plant tolerance to salt stress.
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- Xiaolan Yang
- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guizhou, 550025, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510316, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510316, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510316, China
- Zhanjiang Research Center, Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 524300, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510316, China.
- Zhanjiang Research Center, Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 524300, China.
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guizhou, 550025, China.
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510316, China
- Zhanjiang Research Center, Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 524300, China
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Wu Q, Bai X, Luo Y, Li L, Nie M, Liu C, Ye X, Zou L, Xiang D. Identification of the global diurnal rhythmic transcripts, transcription factors and time-of-day specific cis elements in Chenopodium quinoa. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:96. [PMID: 36793005 PMCID: PMC9933291 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04107-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photoperiod is an important environmental cue interacting with circadian clock pathway to optimize the local adaption and yield of crops. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) in family Amaranthaceae has been known as superfood due to the nutritious elements. As quinoa was originated from the low-latitude Andes, most of the quinoa accessions are short-day type. Short-day type quinoa usually displays altered growth and yield status when introduced into higher latitude regions. Thus, deciphering the photoperiodic regulation on circadian clock pathway will help breed adaptable and high yielding quinoa cultivars. RESULTS In this study, we conducted RNA-seq analysis of the diurnally collected leaves of quinoa plants treated by short-day (SD) and long-day conditions (LD), respectively. We identified 19,818 (44% of global genes) rhythmic genes in quinoa using HAYSTACK analysis. We identified the putative circadian clock architecture and investigated the photoperiodic regulatory effects on the expression phase and amplitude of global rhythmic genes, core clock components and transcription factors. The global rhythmic transcripts were involved in time-of-day specific biological processes. A higher percentage of rhythmic genes had advanced phases and strengthened amplitudes when switched from LD to SD. The transcription factors of CO-like, DBB, EIL, ERF, NAC, TALE and WRKY families were sensitive to the day length changes. We speculated that those transcription factors may function as key mediators for the circadian clock output in quinoa. Besides, we identified 15 novel time-of-day specific motifs that may be key cis elements for rhythm-keeping in quinoa. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, this study lays a foundation for understanding the circadian clock pathway and provides useful molecular resources for adaptable elites breeding in quinoa.
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- Qi Wu
- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industralization, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengluo Road 2025, Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610106 Sichuan China
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Zuo JF, Chen Y, Ge C, Liu JY, Zhang YM. Identification of QTN-by-environment interactions and their candidate genes for soybean seed oil-related traits using 3VmrMLM. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1096457. [PMID: 36578334 PMCID: PMC9792120 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1096457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Although seed oil content and its fatty acid compositions in soybean were affected by environment, QTN-by-environment (QEIs) and gene-by-environment interactions (GEIs) were rarely reported in genome-wide association studies. METHODS The 3VmrMLM method was used to associate the trait phenotypes, measured in five to seven environments, of 286 soybean accessions with 106,013 SNPs for detecting QTNs and QEIs. RESULTS Seven oil metabolism genes (GmSACPD-A, GmSACPD-B, GmbZIP123, GmSWEET39, GmFATB1A, GmDGAT2D, and GmDGAT1B) around 598 QTNs and one oil metabolism gene GmFATB2B around 54 QEIs were verified in previous studies; 76 candidate genes and 66 candidate GEIs were predicted to be associated with these traits, in which 5 genes around QEIs were verified in other species to participate in oil metabolism, and had differential expression across environments. These genes were found to be related to soybean seed oil content in haplotype analysis. In addition, most candidate GEIs were co-expressed with drought response genes in co-expression network, and three KEGG pathways which respond to drought were enriched under drought stress rather than control condition; six candidate genes were hub genes in the co-expression networks under drought stress. DISCUSSION The above results indicated that GEIs, together with drought response genes in co-expression network, may respond to drought, and play important roles in regulating seed oil-related traits together with oil metabolism genes. These results provide important information for genetic basis, molecular mechanisms, and soybean breeding for seed oil-related traits.
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- Jian-Fang Zuo
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Kiekens R, de Koning R, Toili MEM, Angenon G. The Hidden Potential of High-Throughput RNA-Seq Re-Analysis, a Case Study for DHDPS, Key Enzyme of the Aspartate-Derived Lysine Biosynthesis Pathway and Its Role in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses in Soybean. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11131762. [PMID: 35807714 PMCID: PMC9269547 DOI: 10.3390/plants11131762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DHDPS is a key enzyme in the aspartate-derived lysine biosynthesis pathway and an evident object of study for biofortification strategies in plants. DHDPS isoforms with novel regulatory properties in Medicago truncatula were demonstrated earlier and hypothesized to be involved in abiotic and biotic stress responses. Here, we present a phylogenetic analysis of the DHPDS gene family in land plants which establishes the existence of a legume-specific class of DHDPS, termed DHDPS B-type, distinguishable from the DHDPS A-type commonly present in all land plants. The G. max genome comprises two A-type DHDPS genes (Gm.DHDPS-A1; Glyma.09G268200, Gm.DHDPS-A2; Glyma.18G221700) and one B-type (Gm.DHDPS-B; Glyma.03G022300). To further investigate the expression pattern of the G. max DHDPS isozymes in different plant tissues and under various stress conditions, 461 RNA-seq experiments were exploited and re-analyzed covering two expression atlases, 13 abiotic and 5 biotic stress studies. Gm.DHDPS-B is seen almost exclusively expressed in roots and nodules in addition to old cotyledons or senescent leaves while both DHDPS A-types are expressed constitutively in all tissues analyzed with the highest expression in mature seeds. Furthermore, Gm.DHDPS-B expression is significantly upregulated in some but not all stress responses including salt stress, flooding, ethylene or infection with Phytophthora sojae and coincides with downregulation of DHDPS A-types. In conclusion, we demonstrate the potential of an in-depth RNA-seq re-analysis for the guidance of future experiments and to expand on current knowledge.
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- Raphaël Kiekens
- Research Group Plant Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (R.K.); (R.d.K.); (M.E.M.T.)
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- Research Group Plant Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (R.K.); (R.d.K.); (M.E.M.T.)
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- Research Group Plant Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (R.K.); (R.d.K.); (M.E.M.T.)
- Department of Horticulture and Food Security, School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi P.O. Box 62000-00200, Kenya
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- Research Group Plant Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (R.K.); (R.d.K.); (M.E.M.T.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +32-2-629-1935
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Almeida-Silva F, Venancio TM. Pathogenesis-related protein 1 (PR-1) genes in soybean: Genome-wide identification, structural analysis and expression profiling under multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. Gene 2022; 809:146013. [PMID: 34655718 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.146013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Plant pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins are a large group of proteins, classified in 17 families, that are induced by pathological conditions. Here, we characterized the soybean PR-1 (GmPR-1) gene repertoire at the sequence, structural and expression levels. We found 24 GmPR-1 genes, clustered in two phylogenetic groups. GmPR-1 genes are under strong purifying selection, particularly those that emerged by tandem duplications. GmPR-1 promoter regions are abundant in cis-regulatory elements associated with major stress-related transcription factor families, namely WRKY, ERF, HD-Zip, C2H2, NAC, and GATA. We observed that 23 GmPR-1 genes are induced by stress conditions or exclusively expressed upon stress. We explored 1972 transcriptome samples, including 26 stress conditions, revealing that most GmPR-1 genes are differentially expressed in a plethora of biotic and abiotic stresses. Our findings highlight stress-responsive GmPR-1 genes with potential biotechnological applications, such as the development of transgenic lines with increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Fabricio Almeida-Silva
- Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas e Peptídeos, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas e Peptídeos, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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Almeida-Silva F, Venancio TM. Pathogenesis-related protein 1 (PR-1) genes in soybean: Genome-wide identification, structural analysis and expression profiling under multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. Gene 2022; 809:146013. [PMID: 34655718 DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.27.437342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins are a large group of proteins, classified in 17 families, that are induced by pathological conditions. Here, we characterized the soybean PR-1 (GmPR-1) gene repertoire at the sequence, structural and expression levels. We found 24 GmPR-1 genes, clustered in two phylogenetic groups. GmPR-1 genes are under strong purifying selection, particularly those that emerged by tandem duplications. GmPR-1 promoter regions are abundant in cis-regulatory elements associated with major stress-related transcription factor families, namely WRKY, ERF, HD-Zip, C2H2, NAC, and GATA. We observed that 23 GmPR-1 genes are induced by stress conditions or exclusively expressed upon stress. We explored 1972 transcriptome samples, including 26 stress conditions, revealing that most GmPR-1 genes are differentially expressed in a plethora of biotic and abiotic stresses. Our findings highlight stress-responsive GmPR-1 genes with potential biotechnological applications, such as the development of transgenic lines with increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Fabricio Almeida-Silva
- Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas e Peptídeos, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas e Peptídeos, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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Deshmukh R, Rana N, Liu Y, Zeng S, Agarwal G, Sonah H, Varshney R, Joshi T, Patil GB, Nguyen HT. Soybean transporter database: A comprehensive database for identification and exploration of natural variants in soybean transporter genes. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 171:756-770. [PMID: 33231322 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Transporters, a class of membrane proteins that facilitate exchange of solutes including diverse molecules and ions across the cellular membrane, are vital component for the survival of all organisms. Understanding plant transporters is important to get insight of the basic cellular processes, physiology, and molecular mechanisms including nutrient uptake, signaling, response to external stress, and many more. In this regard, extensive analysis of transporters predicted in soybean and other plant species was performed. In addition, an integrated database for soybean transporter protein, SoyTD, was developed that will facilitate the identification, classification, and extensive characterization of transporter proteins by integrating expression, gene ontology, conserved domain and motifs, gene structure organization, and chromosomal distribution features. A comprehensive analysis was performed to identify highly confident transporters by integrating various prediction tools. Initially, 7541 transmembrane (TM) proteins were predicted in the soybean genome; out of these, 3306 non-redundant transporter genes carrying two or more transmembrane domains were selected for further analysis. The identified transporter genes were classified according to a standard transporter classification (TC) system. Comparative analysis of transporter genes among 47 plant genomes provided insights into expansion and duplication of transporter genes in land plants. The whole genome resequencing (WGRS) and tissue-specific transcriptome datasets of soybean were integrated to investigate the natural variants and expression profile associated with transporter(s) of interest. Overall, SoyTD provides a comprehensive interface to study genetic and molecular function of soybean transporters. SoyTD is publicly available at http://artemis.cyverse.org/soykb_dev/SoyTD/.
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- Rupesh Deshmukh
- Agriculture Biotechnology Department, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, India
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- Agriculture Biotechnology Department, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia, USA
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- Agriculture Biotechnology Department, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, India
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics and System Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Division of Plant Science, National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Fuhrmann-Aoyagi MB, de Fátima Ruas C, Barbosa EGG, Braga P, Moraes LAC, de Oliveira ACB, Kanamori N, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nakashima K, Nepomuceno AL, Mertz-Henning LM. Constitutive expression of Arabidopsis bZIP transcription factor AREB1 activates cross-signaling responses in soybean under drought and flooding stresses. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 257:153338. [PMID: 33401097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Abiotic stress, such as drought and flooding, are responsible for considerable losses in grain production worldwide. Soybean, the main cultivated oilseed in the world, is sensitive to both stresses. Plant molecular mechanisms answer via crosstalk of several signaling pathways, in which particular genes can respond to different stresses. Previous studies confirmed that overexpression of transcription factor AtAREB1 confers drought tolerance in soybean. However, plants containing this gene have not yet been tested under flooding. Thus, the objective of this study was to characterize genetically modified (GM) soybean plants overexpressing AtAREB1 under drought and flooding conditions in comparison to its genetic background. Physiological and biochemical measurements were performed. In addition, the expression level of genes commonly activated under both stresses was evaluated. The results supported the role of the AtAREB1 gene in conferring tolerance to water deficit in soybeans. Furthermore, under flooding, the GM line was efficient in maintaining a higher photosynthetic rate, intrinsic efficiency in water use, and instantaneous carboxylation efficiency, resulting in higher grain yield under stress. The GM line also presented higher protein content, lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide, and lower expression levels of genes related to fermentative metabolism and alanine biosynthesis. These results indicate that in addition to drought stress, plants overexpressing AtAREB1 exhibited better performance under flooding when compared to the non-GM line, suggesting a cross-signaling response to both abiotic factors.
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- Martina Bianca Fuhrmann-Aoyagi
- Department of General Biology, Londrina State University, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Campus Universitário, 86.057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Department of General Biology, Londrina State University, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Campus Universitário, 86.057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento (FAPED), Rua Dr. Campos Júnior, 49 - Centro, 35700-039, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil.
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- Agronomy Department, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Pr 445, Km 380, 86050-900, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan; Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan.
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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Wang H, Wang H, Zhang H, Liu S, Wang Y, Gao Y, Xi F, Zhao L, Liu B, Reddy ASN, Lin C, Gu L. The interplay between microRNA and alternative splicing of linear and circular RNAs in eleven plant species. Bioinformatics 2020; 35:3119-3126. [PMID: 30689723 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION MicroRNA (miRNA) and alternative splicing (AS)-mediated post-transcriptional regulation has been extensively studied in most eukaryotes. However, the interplay between AS and miRNAs has not been explored in plants. To our knowledge, the overall profile of miRNA target sites in circular RNAs (circRNA) generated by alternative back splicing has never been reported previously. To address the challenge, we identified miRNA target sites located in alternatively spliced regions of the linear and circular splice isoforms using the up-to-date single-molecule real-time (SMRT) isoform sequencing (Iso-Seq) and Illumina sequencing data in eleven plant species. RESULTS In total, we identified 399 401 and 114 574 AS events from linear and circular RNAs, respectively. Among them, there were 64 781 and 41 146 miRNA target sites located in linear and circular AS region, respectively. In addition, we found 38 913 circRNAs to be overlapping with 45 648 AS events of its own parent isoforms, suggesting circRNA regulation of AS of linear RNAs by forming R-loop with the genomic locus. Here, we present a comprehensive database of miRNA targets in alternatively spliced linear and circRNAs (ASmiR) and a web server for deposition and identification of miRNA target sites located in the alternatively spliced region of linear and circular RNAs. This database is accompanied by an easy-to-use web query interface for meaningful downstream analysis. Plant research community can submit user-defined datasets to the web service to search AS regions harboring small RNA target sites. In conclusion, this study provides an unprecedented resource to understand regulatory relationships between miRNAs and AS in both gymnosperms and angiosperms. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION The readily accessible database and web-based tools are available at http://forestry.fafu.edu.cn/bioinfor/db/ASmiR. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Huiyuan Wang
- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology
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- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology.,College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology.,College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology.,College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Biology, Program in Molecular Plant Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology.,Department of Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, College of Forestry, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology
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Molinari MDC, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Marin SRR, Ferreira LC, Barbosa DDA, Marcolino-Gomes J, Oliveira MCND, Mertz-Henning LM, Kanamori N, Takasaki H, Urano K, Shinozaki K, Nakashima K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nepomuceno AL. Overexpression of AtNCED3 gene improved drought tolerance in soybean in greenhouse and field conditions. Genet Mol Biol 2020; 43:e20190292. [PMID: 32511664 PMCID: PMC7278712 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Water deficit is an important climatic problem that can impair agriculture yield and economy. Genetically modified soybean plants containing the AtNCED3 gene were obtained aiming drought-tolerance improvement. The NCED3 gene encodes a 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED, EC 1.13.11.51), an important enzyme in abscisic acid biosynthesis. ABA activates the expression of drought-responsive genes, in water-deficit conditions, targeting defense mechanisms and enabling plants to survive under low water availability. Results from greenhouse experiments showed that the transgene AtNCED3 and the endogenous genes GmAREB1, GmPP2C, GmSnRK2 and GmAAO3 presented higher expression under water deficit (WD) in the event 2Ha11 than in WT-plants. No significant correlation was observed between the plant materials and WD conditions for growth parameters; however, gas exchange measurements decreased in the GM event, which also showed 80% higher intrinsic water use when compared to WT plants. In crop season 2015/16, event 2Ha11 showed higher total number of pods, higher number of pods with seeds and yield than WT plants. ABA concentration was also higher in GM plants under WD. These results obtained in field screenings suggest that AtNCED3 soybean plants might outperform under drought, reducing economic and yield losses, thus being a good candidate line to be incorporated in the soybean-breeding program to develop drought-tolerant cultivars.
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- Mayla Daiane Correa Molinari
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento Geral de Biologia, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento Geral de Biologia, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Gene Discovery Research Group, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Gene Discovery Research Group, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Gene Discovery Research Group, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Reis RR, Mertz-Henning LM, Marcolino-Gomes J, Rodrigues FA, Rockenbach-Marin S, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Koltun A, Gonçalves LSA, Nepomuceno AL. Differential gene expression in response to water deficit in leaf and root tissues of soybean genotypes with contrasting tolerance profiles. Genet Mol Biol 2020; 43:e20180290. [PMID: 32478791 PMCID: PMC7263426 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2018-0290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Water deficit is one of the major limitations to soybean production worldwide, yet the genetic basis of drought-responsive mechanisms in crops remains poorly understood. In order to study the gene expression patterns in leaves and roots of soybean, two contrasting genotypes, Embrapa 48 (drought-tolerant) and BR 16 (drought-sensitive), were evaluated under moderate and severe water deficit. Transcription factors from the AP2/EREBP and WRKY families were investigated. Embrapa 48 showed 770 more up-regulated genes than BR 16, in eight categories. In general, leaves presented more differentially expressed genes (DEGs) than roots. Embrapa 48 responded to water deficit faster than BR 16, presenting a greater number of DEGs since the first signs of drought. Embrapa 48 exhibited initial modulation of genes associated with stress, while maintaining the level of the ones related to basic functions. The genes expressed exclusively in the drought-tolerant cultivar, belonging to the category of dehydration responsive genes, and the ones with a contrasting expression pattern between the genotypes are examples of important candidates to confer tolerance to plants. Finally, this study identified genes of the AP2/EREBP and WRKY families related to drought tolerance.
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- Rafaela Ribeiro Reis
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Biologia e Departamento de Agronomia, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Biologia e Departamento de Agronomia, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Feng Z, Ding C, Li W, Wang D, Cui D. Applications of metabolomics in the research of soybean plant under abiotic stress. Food Chem 2020; 310:125914. [PMID: 31835223 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Qualitative and quantitative metabolomics analysis of all small-molecule metabolites in organisms is an emerging omics technology alongside genomics and proteomics. Plant metabolites are extremely diverse both within species and in terms of their physiological function. Plant metabolomics studies use mainly liquid/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/GC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques combined with chemometrics and multivariate statistical analysis to analyze plant metabolites, and metabolomics plays a key role in agricultural and food science research. In this review, we discuss the status of metabolomics in soybean in response to abiotic stresses such as drought, heat, salinity, flooding, chilling and heavy metal stresses and analyze the challenges and opportunities. Furthermore, the notable metabolites detected in response to different stresses are summarized to provide a reference for applications of metabolomics in soybean research.
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- Zhe Feng
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
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Jameel A, Noman M, Liu W, Ahmad N, Wang F, Li X, Li H. Tinkering Cis Motifs Jigsaw Puzzle Led to Root-Specific Drought-Inducible Novel Synthetic Promoters. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E1357. [PMID: 32085397 PMCID: PMC7072871 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21041357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Following an in-depth transcriptomics-based approach, we first screened out and analyzed (in silico) cis motifs in a group of 63 drought-inducible genes (in soybean). Six novel synthetic promoters (SynP14-SynP19) were designed by concatenating 11 cis motifs, ABF, ABRE, ABRE-Like, CBF, E2F-VARIANT, G-box, GCC-Box, MYB1, MYB4, RAV1-A, and RAV1-B (in multiple copies and various combination) with a minimal 35s core promoter and a 222 bp synthetic intron sequence. In order to validate their drought-inducibility and root-specificity, the designed synthetic assemblies were transformed in soybean hairy roots to drive GUS gene using pCAMBIA3301. Through GUS histochemical assay (after a 72 h 6% PEG6000 treatment), we noticed higher glucuronidase activity in transgenic hairy roots harboring SynP15, SynP16, and SynP18. Further screening through GUS fluorometric assay flaunted SynP16 as the most appropriate combination of efficient drought-responsive cis motifs. Afterwards, we stably transformed SynP15, SynP16, and SynP18 in Arabidopsis and carried out GUS staining as well as fluorometric assays of the transgenic plants treated with simulated drought stress. Consistently, SynP16 retained higher transcriptional activity in Arabidopsis roots in response to drought. Thus the root-specific drought-inducible synthetic promoters designed using stimulus-specific cis motifs in a definite fashion could be exploited in developing drought tolerance in soybean and other crops as well. Moreover, the rationale of design extends our knowledge of trial-and-error based cis engineering to construct synthetic promoters for transcriptional upgradation against other stresses.
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- College of Life Sciences, Engineering Research Center of the Chinese Ministry of Education for Bioreactor and Pharmaceutical Development, Jilin Agricultural University, 2888 Xincheng Street, Changchun 130118, China; (A.J.); (M.N.); (W.L.); (N.A.)
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- College of Life Sciences, Engineering Research Center of the Chinese Ministry of Education for Bioreactor and Pharmaceutical Development, Jilin Agricultural University, 2888 Xincheng Street, Changchun 130118, China; (A.J.); (M.N.); (W.L.); (N.A.)
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Ng JWX, Tan QW, Ferrari C, Mutwil M. Diurnal.plant.tools: Comparative Transcriptomic and Co-expression Analyses of Diurnal Gene Expression of the Archaeplastida Kingdom. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:212-220. [PMID: 31501868 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Almost all organisms coordinate some aspects of their biology through the diurnal cycle. Photosynthetic organisms, and plants especially, have established complex programs that coordinate physiological, metabolic and developmental processes with the changing light. The diurnal regulation of the underlying transcriptional processes is observed when groups of functionally related genes (gene modules) are expressed at a specific time of the day. However, studying the diurnal regulation of these gene modules in the plant kingdom was hampered by the large amount of data required for the analyses. To meet this need, we used gene expression data from 17 diurnal studies spanning the whole Archaeplastida kingdom (Plantae kingdom in the broad sense) to make an online diurnal database. We have equipped the database with tools that allow user-friendly cross-species comparisons of gene expression profiles, entire co-expression networks, co-expressed clusters (involved in specific biological processes), time-specific gene expression and others. We exemplify how these tools can be used by studying three important biological questions: (i) the evolution of cell division, (ii) the diurnal control of gene modules in algae and (iii) the conservation of diurnally controlled modules across species. The database is freely available at http://diurnal.plant.tools.
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- Jonathan Wei Xiong Ng
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, 637551 Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, 637551 Singapore, Singapore
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, 637551 Singapore, Singapore
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Li M, Cao L, Mwimba M, Zhou Y, Li L, Zhou M, Schnable PS, O'Rourke JA, Dong X, Wang W. Comprehensive mapping of abiotic stress inputs into the soybean circadian clock. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:23840-23849. [PMID: 31676549 PMCID: PMC6876155 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708508116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The plant circadian clock evolved to increase fitness by synchronizing physiological processes with environmental oscillations. Crop fitness was artificially selected through domestication and breeding, and the circadian clock was identified by both natural and artificial selections as a key to improved fitness. Despite progress in Arabidopsis, our understanding of the crop circadian clock is still limited, impeding its rational improvement for enhanced fitness. To unveil the interactions between the crop circadian clock and various environmental cues, we comprehensively mapped abiotic stress inputs to the soybean circadian clock using a 2-module discovery pipeline. Using the "molecular timetable" method, we computationally surveyed publicly available abiotic stress-related soybean transcriptomes to identify stresses that have strong impacts on the global rhythm. These findings were then experimentally confirmed using a multiplexed RNA sequencing technology. Specific clock components modulated by each stress were further identified. This comprehensive mapping uncovered inputs to the plant circadian clock such as alkaline stress. Moreover, short-term iron deficiency targeted different clock components in soybean and Arabidopsis and thus had opposite effects on the clocks of these 2 species. Comparing soybean varieties with different iron uptake efficiencies suggests that phase modulation might be a mechanism to alleviate iron deficiency symptoms in soybean. These unique responses in soybean demonstrate the need to directly study crop circadian clocks. Our discovery pipeline may serve as a broadly applicable tool to facilitate these explorations.
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- Meina Li
- School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, 100048 Beijing, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA 50011
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708;
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011;
- State Key Laboratory for Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, 100871 Beijing, China
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Nagatoshi Y, Fujita Y. Accelerating Soybean Breeding in a CO2-Supplemented Growth Chamber. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:77-84. [PMID: 30219921 PMCID: PMC6343635 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Soybean (Glycine max) is the most important dicot crop worldwide, and is increasingly used as a model legume due to the wide availability of genomic soybean resources; however, the slow generation times of soybean plants are currently a major hindrance to research. Here, we demonstrate a method for accelerating soybean breeding in compact growth chambers, which greatly shortens the generation time of the plants and accelerates breeding and research projects. Our breeding method utilizes commonly used fluorescent lamps (220 µmol m-2 s-1 at the canopy level), a 14 h light (30°C)/10 h dark (25°C) cycle and carbon dioxide (CO2) supplementation at >400 p.p.m. Using this approach, the generation time of the best-characterized elite Japanese soybean cultivar, Enrei, was shortened from 102-132 d reported in the field to just 70 d, thereby allowing up to 5 generations per year instead of the 1-2 generations currently possible in the field and/or greenhouse. The method also facilitates the highly efficient and controlled crossing of soybean plants. Our method uses CO2 supplementation to promote the growth and yield of plants, appropriate light and temperature conditions to reduce the days to flowering, and the reaping and sowing of immature seeds to shorten the reproductive period greatly. Thus, the appropriate parameters enable acceleration of soybean breeding in the compact growth chambers commonly used for laboratory research. The parameters used in our method could therefore be optimized for other species, cultivars, accessions and experimental designs to facilitate rapid breeding in a wide range of crops.
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- Yukari Nagatoshi
- Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Xu C, Xia C, Xia Z, Zhou X, Huang J, Huang Z, Liu Y, Jiang Y, Casteel S, Zhang C. Physiological and transcriptomic responses of reproductive stage soybean to drought stress. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:1611-1624. [PMID: 30099610 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-018-2332-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE The dynamic alterations of the physiological and molecular processes in reproductive stage soybean indicated the dramatic impact caused by drought. Drought is a major abiotic stress that limits soybean (Glycine max) production. Most prior studies were focused on either model species or crops that are at their vegetative stages. It is known that the reproductive stage of soybean is more susceptible to drought. Therefore, an understanding on the responsive mechanisms during this stage will not only be important for basic plant physiology, but the knowledge can also be used for crop improvement via either genetic engineering or molecular breeding. In this study, physiological measurements and RNA-Seq analysis were used to dissect the metabolic alterations and molecular responses in the leaves of soybean grown at drought condition. Photosynthesis rate, stomata conductance, transpiration, and water potential were reduced. The activities of SOD and CAT were increased, while the activity of POD stayed unchanged. A total of 2771 annotated genes with at least twofold changes were found to be differentially expressed in the drought-stressed plants in which 1798 genes were upregulated and 973 were downregulated. Via KEGG analysis, these genes were assigned to multiple molecular pathways, including ABA biogenesis, compatible compound accumulation, secondary metabolite synthesis, fatty acid desaturation, plant transcription factors, etc. The large number of differentially expressed genes and the diverse pathways indicated that soybean employs complicated mechanisms to cope with drought. Some of the identified genes and pathways can be used as targets for genetic engineering or molecular breeding to improve drought resistance in soybean.
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- Congshan Xu
- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, Hainan, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- The Institute of Sericulture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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Wang L, Liu L, Ma Y, Li S, Dong S, Zu W. Transcriptome profilling analysis characterized the gene expression patterns responded to combined drought and heat stresses in soybean. Comput Biol Chem 2018; 77:413-429. [PMID: 30476702 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2018.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Heat and drought are the two major abiotic stress limiting soybean growth and output worldwide. Knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying the responses to heat, drought, and combined stress is essential for soybean molecular breeding. In this study, RNA-sequencing was used to determine the transcriptional responses of soybean to heat, drought and combined stress. RNA-sequencing analysis demonstrated that many genes involved in the defense response, photosynthesis, metabolic process, etc. are differentially expressed in response to drought and heat. However, 1468 and 1220 up-regulated and 1146 and 686 down-regulated genes were confirmed as overlapping differentially expressed genes at 8 h and 24 h after treatment, and these genes are mainly involved in transport, binding and defense response. Furthermore, we compared the heat, drought and the combined stress-responsive genes and identified potential new targets for enhancing stress tolerance of soybean. Comparison of single and combined stress suggests the combined stress did not result in a simple additive response, and that there may be a synergistic response to the combination of drought and heat in soybean.
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- Libin Wang
- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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Abdelrahman M, Jogaiah S, Burritt DJ, Tran LSP. Legume genetic resources and transcriptome dynamics under abiotic stress conditions. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2018; 41:1972-1983. [PMID: 29314055 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Grain legumes are an important source of nutrition and income for billions of consumers and farmers around the world. However, the low productivity of new legume varieties, due to the limited genetic diversity available for legume breeding programmes and poor policymaker support, combined with an increasingly unpredictable global climate is resulting in a large gap between current yields and the increasing demand for legumes as food. Hence, there is a need for novel approaches to develop new high-yielding legume cultivars that are able to cope with a range of environmental stressors. Next-generation technologies are providing the tools that could enable the more rapid and cost-effective genomic and transcriptomic studies for most major crops, allowing the identification of key functional and regulatory genes involved in abiotic stress resistance. In this review, we provide an overview of the recent achievements regarding abiotic stress resistance in a wide range of legume crops and highlight the transcriptomic and miRNA approaches that have been used. In addition, we critically evaluate the availability and importance of legume genetic resources with desirable abiotic stress resistance traits.
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- Mostafa Abdelrahman
- Laboratory of Genomic Reproductive Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, 81528, Egypt
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- Plant Healthcare and Diagnostic Center, Department of Studies in Biotechnology and Microbiology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580 003, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Plant Stress Research Group & Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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Gallino JP, Ruibal C, Casaretto E, Fleitas AL, Bonnecarrère V, Borsani O, Vidal S. A Dehydration-Induced Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor iso4G Identified in a Slow Wilting Soybean Cultivar Enhances Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:262. [PMID: 29552022 PMCID: PMC5840855 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Water is usually the main limiting factor for soybean productivity worldwide and yet advances in genetic improvement for drought resistance in this crop are still limited. In the present study, we investigated the physiological and molecular responses to drought in two soybean contrasting genotypes, a slow wilting N7001 and a drought sensitive TJS2049 cultivars. Measurements of stomatal conductance, carbon isotope ratios and accumulated dry matter showed that N7001 responds to drought by employing mechanisms resulting in a more efficient water use than TJS2049. To provide an insight into the molecular mechanisms that these cultivars employ to deal with water stress, their early and late transcriptional responses to drought were analyzed by suppression subtractive hybridization. A number of differentially regulated genes from N7001 were identified and their expression pattern was compared between in this genotype and TJS2049. Overall, the data set indicated that N7001 responds to drought earlier than TJ2049 by up-regulating a larger number of genes, most of them encoding proteins with regulatory and signaling functions. The data supports the idea that at least some of the phenotypic differences between slow wilting and drought sensitive plants may rely on the regulation of the level and timing of expression of specific genes. One of the genes that exhibited a marked N7001-specific drought induction profile encoded a eukaryotic translation initiation factor iso4G (GmeIFiso4G-1a). GmeIFiso4G-1a is one of four members of this protein family in soybean, all of them sharing high sequence identity with each other. In silico analysis of GmeIFiso4G-1 promoter sequences suggested a possible functional specialization between distinct family members, which can attain differences at the transcriptional level. Conditional overexpression of GmeIFiso4G-1a in Arabidopsis conferred the transgenic plants increased tolerance to osmotic, salt, drought and low temperature stress, providing a strong experimental evidence for a direct association between a protein of this class and general abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms. Moreover, the results of this work reinforce the importance of the control of protein synthesis as a central mechanism of stress adaptation and opens up for new strategies for improving crop performance under stress.
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- Juan P. Gallino
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Unidad de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Nakayama TJ, Rodrigues FA, Neumaier N, Marcolino-Gomes J, Molinari HBC, Santiago TR, Formighieri EF, Basso MF, Farias JRB, Emygdio BM, de Oliveira ACB, Campos ÂD, Borém A, Harmon FG, Mertz-Henning LM, Nepomuceno AL. Insights into soybean transcriptome reconfiguration under hypoxic stress: Functional, regulatory, structural, and compositional characterization. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187920. [PMID: 29145496 PMCID: PMC5690659 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the major crops worldwide and flooding stress affects the production and expansion of cultivated areas. Oxygen is essential for mitochondrial aerobic respiration to supply the energy demand of plant cells. Because oxygen diffusion in water is 10,000 times lower than in air, partial (hypoxic) or total (anoxic) oxygen deficiency is important component of flooding. Even when oxygen is externally available, oxygen deficiency frequently occurs in bulky, dense or metabolically active tissues such as phloem, meristems, seeds, and fruits. In this study, we analyzed conserved and divergent root transcriptional responses between flood-tolerant Embrapa 45 and flood-sensitive BR 4 soybean cultivars under hypoxic stress conditions with RNA-seq. To understand how soybean genes evolve and respond to hypoxia, stable and differentially expressed genes were characterized structurally and compositionally comparing its mechanistic relationship. Between cultivars, Embrapa 45 showed less up- and more down-regulated genes, and stronger induction of phosphoglucomutase (Glyma05g34790), unknown protein related to N-terminal protein myristoylation (Glyma06g03430), protein suppressor of phyA-105 (Glyma06g37080), and fibrillin (Glyma10g32620). RNA-seq and qRT-PCR analysis of non-symbiotic hemoglobin (Glyma11g12980) indicated divergence in gene structure between cultivars. Transcriptional changes for genes in amino acids and derivative metabolic process suggest involvement of amino acids metabolism in tRNA modifications, translation accuracy/efficiency, and endoplasmic reticulum stress in both cultivars under hypoxia. Gene groups differed in promoter TATA box, ABREs (ABA-responsive elements), and CRT/DREs (C-repeat/dehydration-responsive elements) frequency. Gene groups also differed in structure, composition, and codon usage, indicating biological significances. Additional data suggests that cis-acting ABRE elements can mediate gene expression independent of ABA in soybean roots under hypoxia.
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- Thiago J. Nakayama
- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergia, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergia, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergia, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergia, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Clima Temperado, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Embrapa Clima Temperado, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Embrapa Clima Temperado, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Coutinho ID, Moraes TB, Mertz-Henning LM, Nepomuceno AL, Giordani W, Marcolino-Gomes J, Santagneli S, Colnago LA. Integrating High-Resolution and Solid-State Magic Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy and a Transcriptomic Analysis of Soybean Tissues in Response to Water Deficiency. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2017; 28:529-540. [PMID: 28722224 DOI: 10.1002/pca.2702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Solid-state NMR (SSNMR) spectroscopy methods provide chemical environment and ultrastructural details that are not easily accessible by other non-destructive, high-resolution spectral techniques. High-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) has been widely used to obtain the metabolic profile of a heterogeneous sample, combining the resolution enhancement provided by MAS in SSNMR with the shimming and locking procedures in liquid-state NMR. OBJECTIVE In this work, we explored the feasibility of using the HR-MAS and SSNMR techniques to identify metabolic changes in soybean leaves subjected to water-deficient conditions. METHODOLOGY Control and water-deficient soybean leaves were analysed using one-dimensional (1D) HR-MAS and SSNMR. Total RNA was extracted from the leaves for the transcriptomic analysis. RESULTS The 1 H HR-MAS and CP-MAS 13 C{1 H} spectra of soybean leaves grown with and without water deficiency stress revealed striking differences in metabolites. A total of 30 metabolites were identified, and the impact of water deficiency on the metabolite profile of soybean leaves was to induce amino acid synthesis. High expression levels of genes required for amino acid biosynthesis were highly correlated with the compounds identified by 1 H HR-MAS. CONCLUSIONS The integration of the 1 H HR-MAS and SSNMR spectra with the transcriptomic data provided a complete picture of the major changes in the metabolic profile of soybeans in response to water deficiency. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Isabel D Coutinho
- Embrapa Instrumentação, XV de Novembro, 1452, Centro, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentação, XV de Novembro, 1452, Centro, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Londrina State University, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, 86051-900, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Distrito de Warta, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo State, Rua Prof. Francisco Degni, 55, 14800-060, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Distrito de Warta, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Greenham K, Guadagno CR, Gehan MA, Mockler TC, Weinig C, Ewers BE, McClung CR. Temporal network analysis identifies early physiological and transcriptomic indicators of mild drought in Brassica rapa. eLife 2017; 6:e29655. [PMID: 28826479 PMCID: PMC5628015 DOI: 10.7554/elife.29655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The dynamics of local climates make development of agricultural strategies challenging. Yield improvement has progressed slowly, especially in drought-prone regions where annual crop production suffers from episodic aridity. Underlying drought responses are circadian and diel control of gene expression that regulate daily variations in metabolic and physiological pathways. To identify transcriptomic changes that occur in the crop Brassica rapa during initial perception of drought, we applied a co-expression network approach to associate rhythmic gene expression changes with physiological responses. Coupled analysis of transcriptome and physiological parameters over a two-day time course in control and drought-stressed plants provided temporal resolution necessary for correlation of network modules with dynamic changes in stomatal conductance, photosynthetic rate, and photosystem II efficiency. This approach enabled the identification of drought-responsive genes based on their differential rhythmic expression profiles in well-watered versus droughted networks and provided new insights into the dynamic physiological changes that occur during drought.
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- Kathleen Greenham
- Department of Biological SciencesDartmouth CollegeHanoverUnited States
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. LouisUnited States
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of BotanyUniversity of WyomingLaramieUnited States
- Department of Molecular BiologyUniversity of WyomingLaramieUnited States
- Program in EcologyUniversity of WyomingLaramieUnited States
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- Department of BotanyUniversity of WyomingLaramieUnited States
- Program in EcologyUniversity of WyomingLaramieUnited States
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Das A, Rushton PJ, Rohila JS. Metabolomic Profiling of Soybeans (Glycine max L.) Reveals the Importance of Sugar and Nitrogen Metabolism under Drought and Heat Stress. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 6:E21. [PMID: 28587097 PMCID: PMC5489793 DOI: 10.3390/plants6020021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Soybean is an important crop that is continually threatened by abiotic stresses, especially drought and heat stress. At molecular levels, reduced yields due to drought and heat stress can be seen as a result of alterations in metabolic homeostasis of vegetative tissues. At present an incomplete understanding of abiotic stress-associated metabolism and identification of associated metabolites remains a major gap in soybean stress research. A study with a goal to profile leaf metabolites under control conditions (28/24 °C), drought [28/24 °C, 10% volumetric water content (VWC)], and heat stress (43/35 °C) was conducted in a controlled environment. Analyses of non-targeted metabolomic data showed that in response to drought and heat stress, key metabolites (carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, cofactors, nucleotides, peptides and secondary metabolites) were differentially accumulated in soybean leaves. The metabolites for various cellular processes, such as glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, the pentose phosphate pathway, and starch biosynthesis, that regulate carbohydrate metabolism, amino acid metabolism, peptide metabolism, and purine and pyrimidine biosynthesis, were found to be affected by drought as well as heat stress. Computationally based regulatory networks predicted additional compounds that address the possibility of other metabolites and metabolic pathways that could also be important for soybean under drought and heat stress conditions. Metabolomic profiling demonstrated that in soybeans, keeping up with sugar and nitrogen metabolism is of prime significance, along with phytochemical metabolism under drought and heat stress conditions.
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- Aayudh Das
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
- 22nd Century Group Inc., Clarence, NY 14031, USA.
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, USDA-ARS, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA.
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Marcolino-Gomes J, Nakayama TJ, Molinari HBC, Basso MF, Henning LMM, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Harmon FG, Nepomuceno AL. Functional Characterization of a Putative Glycine max ELF4 in Transgenic Arabidopsis and Its Role during Flowering Control. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:618. [PMID: 28473844 PMCID: PMC5397463 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Flowering is an important trait in major crops like soybean due to its direct relation to grain production. The circadian clock mediates the perception of seasonal changes in day length and temperature to modulate flowering time. The circadian clock gene EARLY FLOWERING 4 (ELF4) was identified in Arabidopsis thaliana and is believed to play a key role in the integration of photoperiod, circadian regulation, and flowering. The molecular circuitry that comprises the circadian clock and flowering control in soybeans is just beginning to be understood. To date, insufficient information regarding the soybean negative flowering regulators exist, and the biological function of the soybean ELF4 (GmELF4) remains unknown. Here, we investigate the ELF4 family members in soybean and functionally characterize a GmELF4 homologous gene. The constitutive overexpression of GmELF4 delayed flowering in Arabidopsis, showing the ELF4 functional conservation among plants as part of the flowering control machinery. We also show that GmELF4 alters the expression of Arabidopsis key flowering time genes (AtCO and AtFT), and this down-regulation is the likely cause of flowering delay phenotypes. Furthermore, we identified the GmELF4 network genes to infer the participation of GmELF4 in soybeans. The data generated in this study provide original insights for comprehending the role of the soybean circadian clock ELF4 gene as a negative flowering controller.
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrasília, Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrasília, Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrasília, Brazil
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- Plant Gene Expression Center, Agricultural Research Service – United States Department of Agriculture, AlbanyNY, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley, BerkeleyCA, USA
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Marcolino-Gomes J, Rodrigues FA, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Nakayama TJ, Ribeiro Reis R, Bouças Farias JR, Harmon FG, Correa Molinari HB, Correa Molinari MD, Nepomuceno A. Transcriptome-Wide Identification of Reference Genes for Expression Analysis of Soybean Responses to Drought Stress along the Day. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139051. [PMID: 26407065 PMCID: PMC4583485 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The soybean transcriptome displays strong variation along the day in optimal growth conditions and also in response to adverse circumstances, like drought stress. However, no study conducted to date has presented suitable reference genes, with stable expression along the day, for relative gene expression quantification in combined studies on drought stress and diurnal oscillations. Recently, water deficit responses have been associated with circadian clock oscillations at the transcription level, revealing the existence of hitherto unknown processes and increasing the demand for studies on plant responses to drought stress and its oscillation during the day. We performed data mining from a transcriptome-wide background using microarrays and RNA-seq databases to select an unpublished set of candidate reference genes, specifically chosen for the normalization of gene expression in studies on soybean under both drought stress and diurnal oscillations. Experimental validation and stability analysis in soybean plants submitted to drought stress and sampled during a 24 h timecourse showed that four of these newer reference genes (FYVE, NUDIX, Golgin-84 and CYST) indeed exhibited greater expression stability than the conventionally used housekeeping genes (ELF1-β and β-actin) under these conditions. We also demonstrated the effect of using reference candidate genes with different stability values to normalize the relative expression data from a drought-inducible soybean gene (DREB5) evaluated in different periods of the day.
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- Juliana Marcolino-Gomes
- Embrapa Soybean, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Department of Biology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Department of Crop Science, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Department of Biology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Plant Gene Expression Center, ARS/USDA, Albany, California, United States of America
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Embrapa Soybean, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Department of Biology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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