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Koyamatsu D, Otsubo M, Ohira T, Sato MP, Suzuki-Masuko H, Shiota T, Takenaka Takano K, Ozeki M, Otsuka K, Ogura Y, Hayashi T, Watanabe M, Inaba T, Ito-Inaba Y. Molecular characterization of SrSTP14, a sugar transporter from thermogenic skunk cabbage, and its possible role in developing pollen. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e13957. [PMID: 37338180 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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In floral thermogenesis, sugars play an important role not only as energy providers but also as growth and development facilitators. Yet, the mechanisms underlying sugar translocation and transport in thermogenic plants remain to be studied. Asian skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus renifolius) is a species that can produce durable and intense heat in its reproductive organ, the spadix. Significant morphological and developmental changes in the stamen are well-characterized in this plant. In this study, we focused on the sugar transporters (STPs), SrSTP1 and SrSTP14, whose genes were identified by RNA-seq as the upregulated STPs during thermogenesis. Real-time PCR confirmed that mRNA expression of both STP genes was increased from the pre-thermogenic to the thermogenic stage in the spadix, where it is predominantly expressed in the stamen. SrSTP1 and SrSTP14 complemented the growth defects of a hexose transporter-deficient yeast strain, EBY4000, on media containing 0.02, 0.2, and 2% (w/v) glucose and galactose. Using a recently developed transient expression system in skunk cabbage leaf protoplasts, we revealed that SrSTP1 and SrSTP14-GFP fusion proteins were mainly localized to the plasma membrane. To dig further into the functional analysis of SrSTPs, tissue-specific localization of SrSTPs was investigated by in situ hybridization. Using probes for SrSTP14, mRNA expression was observed in the microspores within the developing anther at the thermogenic female stage. These results indicate that SrSTP1 and SrSTP14 transport hexoses (e.g., glucose and galactose) at the plasma membrane and suggest that SrSTP14 may play a role in pollen development through the uptake of hexoses into pollen precursor cells.
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- Daiki Koyamatsu
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Research and Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Japan
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- Organization for Promotion of Tenure Track, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
- Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Natural Environment Division, Nagano Environmental Conservation Research Institute, Nagano, Japan
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- Natural Environment Division, Nagano Environmental Conservation Research Institute, Nagano, Japan
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- Natural Environment Division, Nagano Environmental Conservation Research Institute, Nagano, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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A Rapid Pipeline for Pollen- and Anther-Specific Gene Discovery Based on Transcriptome Profiling Analysis of Maize Tissues. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22136877. [PMID: 34206810 PMCID: PMC8267723 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Recently, crop breeders have widely adopted a new biotechnology-based process, termed Seed Production Technology (SPT), to produce hybrid varieties. The SPT does not produce nuclear male-sterile lines, and instead utilizes transgenic SPT maintainer lines to pollinate male-sterile plants for propagation of nuclear-recessive male-sterile lines. A late-stage pollen-specific promoter is an essential component of the pollen-inactivating cassette used by the SPT maintainers. While a number of plant pollen-specific promoters have been reported so far, their usefulness in SPT has remained limited. To increase the repertoire of pollen-specific promoters for the maize community, we conducted a comprehensive comparative analysis of transcriptome profiles of mature pollen and mature anthers against other tissue types. We found that maize pollen has much less expressed genes (>1 FPKM) than other tissue types, but the pollen grain has a large set of distinct genes, called pollen-specific genes, which are exclusively or much higher (100 folds) expressed in pollen than other tissue types. Utilizing transcript abundance and correlation coefficient analysis, 1215 mature pollen-specific (MPS) genes and 1009 mature anther-specific (MAS) genes were identified in B73 transcriptome. These two gene sets had similar GO term and KEGG pathway enrichment patterns, indicating that their members share similar functions in the maize reproductive process. Of the genes, 623 were shared between the two sets, called mature anther- and pollen-specific (MAPS) genes, which represent the late-stage pollen-specific genes of the maize genome. Functional annotation analysis of MAPS showed that 447 MAPS genes (71.7% of MAPS) belonged to genes encoding pollen allergen protein. Their 2-kb promoters were analyzed for cis-element enrichment and six well-known pollen-specific cis-elements (AGAAA, TCCACCA, TGTGGTT, [TA]AAAG, AAATGA, and TTTCT) were found highly enriched in the promoters of MAPS. Interestingly, JA-responsive cis-element GCC box (GCCGCC) and ABA-responsive cis-element-coupling element1 (ABRE-CE1, CCACC) were also found enriched in the MAPS promoters, indicating that JA and ABA signaling likely regulate pollen-specific MAPS expression. This study describes a robust and straightforward pipeline to discover pollen-specific promotes from publicly available data while providing maize breeders and the maize industry a number of late-stage (mature) pollen-specific promoters for use in SPT for hybrid breeding and seed production.
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Bohra A, Rathore A, Gandham P, Saxena RK, Satheesh Naik SJ, Dutta D, Singh IP, Singh F, Rathore M, Varshney RK, Singh NP. Genome-wide comparative transcriptome analysis of the A4-CMS line ICPA 2043 and its maintainer ICPB 2043 during the floral bud development of pigeonpea. Funct Integr Genomics 2021; 21:251-263. [PMID: 33635500 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-021-00775-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) offers a unique system to understand cytoplasmic nuclear crosstalk, and is also employed for exploitation of hybrid vigor in various crops. Pigeonpea A4-CMS, a predominant source of male sterility, is being used for efficient hybrid seed production. The molecular mechanisms of CMS trait remain poorly studied in pigeonpea. We performed genome-wide transcriptome profiling of A4-CMS line ICPA 2043 and its isogenic maintainer ICPB 2043 at two different stages of floral bud development (stage S1 and stage S2). Consistent with the evidences from some other crops, we also observed significant difference in the expression levels of genes in the later stage, i.e., stage S2. Differential expression was observed for 143 and 55 genes within the two stages of ICPA 2043 and ICPB 2043, respectively. We obtained only 10 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the stage S1 of the two genotypes, whereas expression change was significant for 582 genes in the case of stage S2. The qRT-PCR assay of randomly selected six genes supported the differential expression of genes between ICPA 2043 and ICPB 2043. Further, GO and KEGG pathway mapping suggested a possible compromise in key bioprocesses during flower and pollen development. Besides providing novel insights into the functional genomics of CMS trait, our results were in strong agreement with the gene expression atlas of pigeonpea that implicated various candidate genes like sucrose-proton symporter 2 and an uncharacterized protein along with pectate lyase, pectinesterase inhibitors, L-ascorbate oxidase homolog, ATPase, β-galactosidase, polygalacturonase, and aldose 1-epimerase for pollen development of pigeonpea. The dataset presented here provides a rich genomic resource to improve understanding of CMS trait and its deployment in heterosis breeding in pigeonpea.
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- Abhishek Bohra
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, 208024, India.
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, 502324, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, 502324, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, 502324, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, 208024, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, 208024, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, 208024, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, 208024, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, 208024, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, 502324, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR-IIPR), Kanpur, 208024, India
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Pazhamala LT, Purohit S, Saxena RK, Garg V, Krishnamurthy L, Verdier J, Varshney RK. Gene expression atlas of pigeonpea and its application to gain insights into genes associated with pollen fertility implicated in seed formation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2017; 68:2037-2054. [PMID: 28338822 PMCID: PMC5429002 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is an important grain legume of the semi-arid tropics, mainly used for its protein rich seeds. To link the genome sequence information with agronomic traits resulting from specific developmental processes, a Cajanus cajan gene expression atlas (CcGEA) was developed using the Asha genotype. Thirty tissues/organs representing developmental stages from germination to senescence were used to generate 590.84 million paired-end RNA-Seq data. The CcGEA revealed a compendium of 28 793 genes with differential, specific, spatio-temporal and constitutive expression during various stages of development in different tissues. As an example to demonstrate the application of the CcGEA, a network of 28 flower-related genes analysed for cis-regulatory elements and splicing variants has been identified. In addition, expression analysis of these candidate genes in male sterile and male fertile genotypes suggested their critical role in normal pollen development leading to seed formation. Gene network analysis also identified two regulatory genes, a pollen-specific SF3 and a sucrose-proton symporter, that could have implications for improvement of agronomic traits such as seed production and yield. In conclusion, the CcGEA provides a valuable resource for pigeonpea to identify candidate genes involved in specific developmental processes and to understand the well-orchestrated growth and developmental process in this resilient crop.
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- Lekha T Pazhamala
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502 324, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502 324, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502 324, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502 324, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502 324, India
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- INRA - Research Institute in Horticulture and Seeds (IRHS), 49071 Beaucouze, France
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502 324, India
- School of Plant Biology and Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Osaka M, Matsuda T, Sakazono S, Masuko-Suzuki H, Maeda S, Sewaki M, Sone M, Takahashi H, Nakazono M, Iwano M, Takayama S, Shimizu KK, Yano K, Lim YP, Suzuki G, Suwabe K, Watanabe M. Cell type-specific transcriptome of Brassicaceae stigmatic papilla cells from a combination of laser microdissection and RNA sequencing. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:1894-906. [PMID: 24058146 PMCID: PMC3814185 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Pollination is an early and critical step in plant reproduction, leading to successful fertilization. It consists of many sequential processes, including adhesion of pollen grains onto the surface of stigmatic papilla cells, foot formation to strengthen pollen-stigma interaction, pollen hydration and germination, and pollen tube elongation and penetration. We have focused on an examination of the expressed genes in papilla cells, to increase understanding of the molecular systems of pollination. From three representative species of Brassicaceae (Arabidopsis thaliana, A. halleri and Brassica rapa), stigmatic papilla cells were isolated precisely by laser microdissection, and cell type-specific gene expression in papilla cells was determined by RNA sequencing. As a result, 17,240, 19,260 and 21,026 unigenes were defined in papilla cells of A. thaliana, A. halleri and B. rapa, respectively, and, among these, 12,311 genes were common to all three species. Among the17,240 genes predicted in A. thaliana, one-third were papilla specific while approximately half of the genes were detected in all tissues examined. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that genes related to a wide range of reproduction and development functions are expressed in papilla cells, particularly metabolism, transcription and membrane-mediated information exchange. These results reflect the conserved features of general cellular function and also the specific reproductive role of papilla cells, highlighting a complex cellular system regulated by a diverse range of molecules in these cells. This study provides fundamental biological knowledge to dissect the molecular mechanisms of pollination in papilla cells and will shed light on our understanding of plant reproduction mechanisms.
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- Masaaki Osaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, 514-8507 Japan
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, 514-8507 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, 630-0192 Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, 630-0192 Japan
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Department of Horticulture, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara 582-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, 514-8507 Japan
- *Corresponding authors: Masao Watanabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-22-217-5683; Keita Suwabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-59-231-9540
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- *Corresponding authors: Masao Watanabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-22-217-5683; Keita Suwabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-59-231-9540
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Sanetomo R, Hosaka K. Pollen transcriptome analysis of Solanum tuberosum (2n = 4x = 48), S. demissum (2n = 6x = 72), and their reciprocal F1 hybrids. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2013; 32:623-636. [PMID: 23430172 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1395-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Revised: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Pollen mRNAs were different in reciprocal F 1 hybrids, which were probably caused by a cytoplasm-nuclear chromosomal genes interaction. We have found reciprocal differences in crossability between F1 hybrids of Solanum tuberosum (T) and a Mexican wild potato species S. demissum (D). When the reciprocal hybrids were crossed as pollen parents with S. demissum, a significantly higher berry-setting rate was obtained in TD compared with DT. In this study, we performed a whole-genome transcript analysis of the pollen mRNA using a high-throughput sequencer. We obtained 12.6 billion bases that were aligned into 13,020 transcripts with 9,366 loci. All possible genetic modes were observed between the parents and their progeny, where over-dominance and under-recessive types were relatively frequent (15.7 and 15.3 %, respectively). We found that 59.1 % of transcripts were more abundant in TD and over fourfold higher transcription levels were found in 66 TD transcripts and three DT transcripts. A higher proportion of over-dominance and a lower proportion of under-recessive transcription types were also observed in TD. The percentage contributions of multiple transcripts at the same locus varied greatly and were transcribed differently between species. In the new allelic combinations created by hybridization, approximately three-fourth of the transcripts had intermediate percentage contributions between the parents but no differential transcription patterns were apparent between the reciprocal hybrids. A broad spectrum of functionally different nuclear genes was over-represented in TD pollen, some of which were directly related to pollen behavior. Since TD and DT pollen had the same composition of nuclear genes, a cytoplasm-nuclear chromosomal genes interaction is suggested for the cause of transcriptional and phenotypic differences between reciprocal hybrids.
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- Rena Sanetomo
- NARO Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Shinsei, Memuro, Hokkaido, 082-0081, Japan
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De Pino V, Marino Busjle C, Moreno S. Oligomerization of the reversibly glycosylated polypeptide: its role during rice plant development and in the regulation of self-glycosylation. PROTOPLASMA 2013; 250:111-119. [PMID: 22367534 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-012-0382-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A multigenic family of self-glycosylating proteins named reversibly glycosylated polypeptides, designated as RGPs, have been usually associated with carbohydrate metabolism, although they are an enigma both at the functional, as well as at the structural level. In this work, we used biochemical approaches to demonstrate that complex formation is linked to rice plant development, in which class 1 Oryza sativa RGP (OsRGP) would be involved in an early stage of growing plants, while class 2 OsRGP would be associated with a late stage linked to an active polysaccharide synthesis that occurs during the elongation of plant. Here, a further investigation of the complex formation of the Solanum tuberosum RGP (StRGP) was performed. Results showed that disulfide bonds are at least partially responsible for maintaining the oligomeric protein structure, so that the nonreduced StRGP protein showed an apparent higher molecular weight and a lower radioglycosylation of the monomer with respect to its reduced form. Hydrophobic cluster analysis and secondary structure prediction revealed that class 2 RGPs no longer maintained the Rossman fold described for class 1 RGP. A 3D structure of the StRGP protein resolved by homology modeling supports the possibility of intercatenary disulfide bridges formed by exposed cysteines residues C79, C303 and C251 and they are most probably involved in complex formation occurring into the cell cytoplasm.
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- Verónica De Pino
- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Cátedra de Farmacognosia, INQUIMEFA-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Junín 954, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (1113), Argentina
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Isolation and gene expression analysis of a papain-type cysteine protease in thermogenic skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus renifolius). Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2012; 76:1990-2. [PMID: 23047088 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus renifolius) spadices contain abundant transcripts for cysteine protease (CP). From thermogenic spadices, we isolated SrCPA, a highly expressed CP gene that encoded a papain-type CP. SrCPA is structurally similar to other plant CPs, including the senescence-associated CPs found in aroids. The expression of SrCPA increased during floral development, and was observed in all floral tissues except for the stamens.
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Watanabe M, Suwabe K, Suzuki G. Molecular genetics, physiology and biology of self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2012; 88:519-35. [PMID: 23229748 PMCID: PMC3552045 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.88.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is defined as the inability to produce zygotes after self-pollination in a fertile hermaphrodite plant, which has stamens and pistils in the same flower. This structural organization of the hermaphrodite flower increases the risk of self-pollination, leading to low genetic diversity. To avoid this problem plants have established several pollination systems, among which the most elegant system is surely SI. The SI trait can be observed in Brassica crops, including cabbage, broccoli, turnip and radish. To produce hybrid seed of these crops efficiently, the SI trait has been employed in an agricultural context. From another point of view, the recognition reaction of SI during pollen-stigma interaction is an excellent model system for cell-cell communication and signal transduction in higher plants. In this review, we describe the molecular mechanisms of SI in Brassicaceae, which have been dissected by genetic, physiological, and biological approaches, and we discuss the future prospects in relation to associated scientific fields and new technologies.
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- Masao Watanabe
- Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Genetics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan.
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Comprehensive network analysis of anther-expressed genes in rice by the combination of 33 laser microdissection and 143 spatiotemporal microarrays. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26162. [PMID: 22046259 PMCID: PMC3202526 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 09/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Co-expression networks systematically constructed from large-scale transcriptome data reflect the interactions and functions of genes with similar expression patterns and are a powerful tool for the comprehensive understanding of biological events and mining of novel genes. In Arabidopsis (a model dicot plant), high-resolution co-expression networks have been constructed from very large microarray datasets and these are publicly available as online information resources. However, the available transcriptome data of rice (a model monocot plant) have been limited so far, making it difficult for rice researchers to achieve reliable co-expression analysis. In this study, we performed co-expression network analysis by using combined 44 K agilent microarray datasets of rice, which consisted of 33 laser microdissection (LM)-microarray datasets of anthers, and 143 spatiotemporal transcriptome datasets deposited in RicexPro. The entire data of the rice co-expression network, which was generated from the 176 microarray datasets by the Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) method with the mutual rank (MR)-based cut-off, contained 24,258 genes and 60,441 genes pairs. Using these datasets, we constructed high-resolution co-expression subnetworks of two specific biological events in the anther, “meiosis” and “pollen wall synthesis”. The meiosis network contained many known or putative meiotic genes, including genes related to meiosis initiation and recombination. In the pollen wall synthesis network, several candidate genes involved in the sporopollenin biosynthesis pathway were efficiently identified. Hence, these two subnetworks are important demonstrations of the efficiency of co-expression network analysis in rice. Our co-expression analysis included the separated transcriptomes of pollen and tapetum cells in the anther, which are able to provide precise information on transcriptional regulation during male gametophyte development in rice. The co-expression network data presented here is a useful resource for rice researchers to elucidate important and complex biological events.
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Suwabe K, Suzuki G, Watanabe M. Achievement of genetics in plant reproduction research: the past decade for the coming decade. Genes Genet Syst 2011; 85:297-310. [PMID: 21317542 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.85.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In the last decade, a variety of innovations of emerging technologies in science have been accomplished. Advanced research environment in plant science has made it possible to obtain whole genome sequence in plant species. But now we recognize this by itself is not sufficient to understand the overall biological significance. Since Gregor Mendel established a principle of genetics, known as Mendel's Laws of Inheritance, genetics plays a prominent role in life science, and this aspect is indispensable even in modern plant biology. In this review, we focus on achievements of genetics on plant sexual reproduction research in the last decade and discuss the role of genetics for the coming decade. It is our hope that this will shed light on the importance of genetics in plant biology and provide valuable information to plant biologists.
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- Keita Suwabe
- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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Ito-Inaba Y, Sato M, Masuko H, Hida Y, Toyooka K, Watanabe M, Inaba T. Developmental changes and organelle biogenesis in the reproductive organs of thermogenic skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus renifolius). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:3909-22. [PMID: 19640927 PMCID: PMC2736897 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2009] [Revised: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Sex-dependent thermogenesis during reproductive organ development in the inflorescence is a characteristic feature of some of the protogynous arum species. One such plant, skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus renifolius), can produce massive heat during the female stage but not during the subsequent male stage in which the stamen completes development, the anthers dehisce, and pollen is released. Unlike other thermogenic species, skunk cabbage belongs to the bisexual flower group. Although recent studies have identified the spadix as the thermogenic organ, it remains unclear how individual tissues or intracellular structures are involved in thermogenesis. In this study, reproductive organ development and organelle biogenesis were examined during the transition from the female to the male stage. During the female stage, the stamens exhibit extensive structural changes including changes in organelle structure and density. They accumulate high levels of mitochondrial proteins, including possible thermogenic factors, alternative oxidase, and uncoupling protein. By contrast, the petals and pistils do not undergo extensive changes during the female stage. However, they contain a larger number of mitochondria than during the male stage in which they develop large cytoplasmic vacuoles. Comparison between female and male spadices suggests that mitochondrial number rather than their level of activity correlates with thermogenesis. Their spadices, even in the male, contain a larger amount of mitochondria that had greater oxygen consumption, compared with non-thermogenic plants. Taken together, our data suggest that the extensive maturation process in stamens produces massive heat through increased metabolic activities. The possible mechanisms by which petal and pistil metabolism may affect thermogenesis are also discussed.
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- Yasuko Ito-Inaba
- Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8550, Japan.
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Huang MD, Wei FJ, Wu CC, Hsing YIC, Huang AHC. Analyses of advanced rice anther transcriptomes reveal global tapetum secretory functions and potential proteins for lipid exine formation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:694-707. [PMID: 19091874 PMCID: PMC2633857 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.131128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2008] [Accepted: 12/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The anthers in flowers perform important functions in sexual reproduction. Several recent studies used microarrays to study anther transcriptomes to explore genes controlling anther development. To analyze the secretion and other functions of the tapetum, we produced transcriptomes of anthers of rice (Oryza sativa subsp. japonica) at six progressive developmental stages and pollen with sequencing-by-synthesis technology. The transcriptomes included at least 18,000 unique transcripts, about 25% of which had antisense transcripts. In silico anther-minus-pollen subtraction produced transcripts largely unique to the tapetum; these transcripts include all the reported tapetum-specific transcripts of orthologs in other species. The differential developmental profiles of the transcripts and their antisense transcripts signify extensive regulation of gene expression in the anther, especially the tapetum, during development. The transcriptomes were used to dissect two major cell/biochemical functions of the tapetum. First, we categorized and charted the developmental profiles of all transcripts encoding secretory proteins present in the cellular exterior; these transcripts represent about 12% and 30% of the those transcripts having more than 100 and 1,000 transcripts per million, respectively. Second, we successfully selected from hundreds of transcripts several transcripts encoding potential proteins for lipid exine synthesis during early anther development. These proteins include cytochrome P450, acyltransferases, and lipid transfer proteins in our hypothesized mechanism of exine synthesis in and export from the tapetum. Putative functioning of these proteins in exine formation is consistent with proteins and metabolites detected in the anther locule fluid obtained by micropipetting.
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- Ming-Der Huang
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 11529 Taipei, Taiwan
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Suwabe K, Suzuki G, Takahashi H, Shiono K, Endo M, Yano K, Fujita M, Masuko H, Saito H, Fujioka T, Kaneko F, Kazama T, Mizuta Y, Kawagishi-Kobayashi M, Tsutsumi N, Kurata N, Nakazono M, Watanabe M. Separated transcriptomes of male gametophyte and tapetum in rice: validity of a laser microdissection (LM) microarray. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 49:1407-16. [PMID: 18755754 PMCID: PMC2566930 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/15/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In flowering plants, the male gametophyte, the pollen, develops in the anther. Complex patterns of gene expression in both the gametophytic and sporophytic tissues of the anther regulate this process. The gene expression profiles of the microspore/pollen and the sporophytic tapetum are of particular interest. In this study, a microarray technique combined with laser microdissection (44K LM-microarray) was developed and used to characterize separately the transcriptomes of the microspore/pollen and tapetum in rice. Expression profiles of 11 known tapetum specific-genes were consistent with previous reports. Based on their spatial and temporal expression patterns, 140 genes which had been previously defined as anther specific were further classified as male gametophyte specific (71 genes, 51%), tapetum-specific (seven genes, 5%) or expressed in both male gametophyte and tapetum (62 genes, 44%). These results indicate that the 44K LM-microarray is a reliable tool to analyze the gene expression profiles of two important cell types in the anther, the microspore/pollen and tapetum.
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- Keita Suwabe
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, 582-8582 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, National Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba, 305-8518 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
- Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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Hobo T, Suwabe K, Aya K, Suzuki G, Yano K, Ishimizu T, Fujita M, Kikuchi S, Hamada K, Miyano M, Fujioka T, Kaneko F, Kazama T, Mizuta Y, Takahashi H, Shiono K, Nakazono M, Tsutsumi N, Nagamura Y, Kurata N, Watanabe M, Matsuoka M. Various spatiotemporal expression profiles of anther-expressed genes in rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 49:1417-28. [PMID: 18776202 PMCID: PMC2566926 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/30/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The male gametophyte and tapetum play different roles during anther development although they are differentiated from the same cell lineage, the L2 layer. Until now, it has not been possible to delineate their transcriptomes due to technical difficulties in separating the two cell types. In the present study, we characterized the separated transcriptomes of the rice microspore/pollen and tapetum using laser microdissection (LM)-mediated microarray. Spatiotemporal expression patterns of 28,141 anther-expressed genes were classified into 20 clusters, which contained 3,468 (12.3%) anther-enriched genes. In some clusters, synchronous gene expression in the microspore and tapetum at the same developmental stage was observed as a novel characteristic of the anther transcriptome. Noteworthy expression patterns are discussed in connection with gene ontology (GO) categories and gene annotations, which are related to important biological events in anther development, such as pollen maturation, pollen germination, pollen tube elongation and pollen wall formation.
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- Tokunori Hobo
- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, 582-8582 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, 214-8571 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Division of Genome and Biodiversity Research, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602 Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
- The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Iwate University, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
- *Corresponding authors: Masao Watanabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-22-217-5683; Makoto Matsuoka, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-52-789-5226
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
- *Corresponding authors: Masao Watanabe, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-22-217-5683; Makoto Matsuoka, E-mail, ; Fax, +81-52-789-5226
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Suzuki H, Sasaki R, Ogata Y, Nakamura Y, Sakurai N, Kitajima M, Takayama H, Kanaya S, Aoki K, Shibata D, Saito K. Metabolic profiling of flavonoids in Lotus japonicus using liquid chromatography Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2008; 69:99-111. [PMID: 17669449 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2007] [Revised: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 06/09/2007] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Flavonoids detected from a model legume plant, Lotus japonicus accessions Miyakojima MG-20 and Gifu B-129, were profiled using liquid chromatography Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (LC-FTICR/MS). Five flavonols and two anthocyanidins were detected as aglycones. LC-FTICR/MS facilitated simultaneous detection of 61 flavonoids including compounds that have not been reported previously. Chemical information of the peaks such as retention time, lambdamax, m/z value of the quasi-molecular ion, m/z value of MS/MS fragment ions, and relative intensity of MS/MS fragments was obtained, along with the molecular formulas and conjugate structures. Fourteen were completely identified by comparison with authentic compounds. The high accuracy of m/z values, being 0.081 ppm between observed and theoretical values, allowed prediction of molecular formulas of unknown compounds with the help of isotope peak information for determination of chemical composition. Based on a predicted elemental composition, the presence of a novel nitrogen-containing flavonoid was proposed. A comparison of flavonoid profiles in flowers, stems, and leaves demonstrated that the flowers yielded the most complex profile, containing 30 flower-specific flavonoids including gossypetin glycosides and isorhamnetin glycosides. A comparison of flavonoid profiles between MG-20 and B-129 grown under the same conditions revealed that the accumulation of anthocyanins was higher in B-129 than MG-20, particularly in the stem. Developmental changes in the flavonoid profiles demonstrated that kaempferol glycosides increased promptly after germination. In contrast, quercetin glycosides, predominant flavonoids in the seeds, were not detectable in growing leaves.
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- Hideyuki Suzuki
- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kazusa-Kamatari 2-6-7, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan
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Hsu YF, Tzeng JD, Liu MC, Yei FL, Chung MC, Wang CS. Identification of anther-specific/predominant genes regulated by gibberellin during development of lily anthers. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 165:553-63. [PMID: 17391804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2007.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2006] [Revised: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 01/22/2007] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We successfully identify anther-specific/predominant genes induced by gibberellin (GA) at the microspore stage of lily (Lilium longiflorum) anthers. We used a suppression-subtractive hybridization strategy to identify 22 individual cDNAs followed by a reverse RNA dot plot to determine their specificities at the microspore stage. Of the 22 genes, 12 are clearly anther-specific and three are anther-predominant. Sequence analysis revealed that five anther-specific/predominant genes are novel. The transcripts of anther-specific/predominant genes were differentially detected at the microspore development phase; some began accumulating in level as early as the occurrence of meiosis. When uniconazole, an inhibitor of GA biosynthesis was applied in young lily plants we found that all of the anther-specific/predominant genes, with the exception of LLA-139, were up-regulated by GAs in the anther while only some were responsive to the exogenous addition of 100 microM GA3. In situ hybridization with antisense riboprobes of selected genes in the anther showed a strong signal localized to the tapetal layer. The different actions of GA on gene expression in anthers are discussed.
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- Yi-Feng Hsu
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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Wijeratne AJ, Zhang W, Sun Y, Liu W, Albert R, Zheng Z, Oppenheimer DG, Zhao D, Ma H. Differential gene expression in Arabidopsis wild-type and mutant anthers: insights into anther cell differentiation and regulatory networks. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 52:14-29. [PMID: 17666023 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03217.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In flowering plants, the anther contains highly specialized reproductive and somatic cells that are required for male fertility. Genetic studies have uncovered several genes that are important for anther development. However, little information is available regarding most genes active during anther development, including possible relationships between these genes and genetically defined regulators. In Arabidopsis, two previously isolated male-sterile mutants display dramatically altered anther cell differentiation patterns. The sporocyteless (spl)/nozzle (nzz) mutant is defective in the differentiation of primary sporogenous cells into microsporocytes, and does not properly form the anther wall. The excess microsporocytes1 (ems1)/extrasporogenous cells (exs) mutants produce excess microsporocytes at the expense of the tapetum. To gain additional insights into microsporocyte and tapetum differentiation and to uncover potential genetic interactions, expression profiles were compared between wild-type anthers (stage 4-6) and those of the spl or ems1 mutants. A total of 1954 genes were found to be differentially expressed in the ems1 and/or spl anthers, and these were grouped into 14 co-expression clusters. The presence of genes with known and predicted functions in specific clusters suggests potential functions for other genes in the same cluster. To obtain clues about possible co-regulation within co-expression clusters, we searched for shared cis-regulatory motifs in putative promoter regions. Our analyses were combined with data from previous studies to develop a model of the anther gene regulatory network. This model includes hypotheses that can be tested experimentally to gain further understanding of the mechanisms controlling anther development.
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- Asela J Wijeratne
- Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Park JI, Endo M, Kazama T, Saito H, Hakozaki H, Takada Y, Kawagishi-Kobayashi M, Watanabe M. Molecular characterization of two anther-specific genes encoding putative RNA-binding proteins, AtRBP45s, in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Genet Syst 2007; 81:355-9. [PMID: 17159297 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.81.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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RRM (RNA-recognition motif) domain is important for the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression including RNA processing. In our previous study, we found one anther- and/or pollen-specific gene (LjRRM1, previously named as LjMfb-U93) in model legume, Lotus japonicus. Because of the richness of genomic information of another model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, for functional analysis, we identified and characterized the orthologous genes in A. thaliana. By comparison of the partial nucleotide sequence of LjRRM1 to the public database, we identified three homologous genes (AtRBP45a, AtRBP45b, and AtRBP45c) in A. thaliana genome. Based on promoter analysis, both AtRBP45a and AtRBP45c were specifically expressed in immature anther tissues (tapetum cells) and mature pollen grains of transgenic plants. This expression pattern of AtRBP45a and AtRBP45c is quite similar to that of LjRRM1, indicating that AtRBP45a and AtRBP45c would be orthologous to LjRRM1. Because in another previous experiment, it was shown that proteins having RRM domains were related to pre-mRNA maturation, and as a conclusion, it is possible that LjRRM1, AtRBP45a, and AtRBP45c genes encoding RNA-binding proteins are functionally involved in the repression of translation in mature pollen grains in L. japonicus and A. thaliana.
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- Jong-In Park
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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