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Mishra SK, Chaudhary C, Baliyan S, Poonia AK, Sirohi P, Kanwar M, Gazal S, Kumari A, Sircar D, Germain H, Chauhan H. Heat-stress-responsive HvHSFA2e gene regulates the heat and drought tolerance in barley through modulation of phytohormone and secondary metabolic pathways. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2024; 43:172. [PMID: 38874775 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03251-6] [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: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE The heat stress transcription factor HSFA2e regulates both temperature and drought response via hormonal and secondary metabolism alterations. High temperature and drought are the primary yield-limiting environmental constraints for staple food crops. Heat shock transcription factors (HSF) terminally regulate the plant abiotic stress responses to maintain growth and development under extreme environmental conditions. HSF genes of subclass A2 predominantly express under heat stress (HS) and activate the transcriptional cascade of defense-related genes. In this study, a highly heat-inducible HSF, HvHSFA2e was constitutively expressed in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to investigate its role in abiotic stress response and plant development. Transgenic barley plants displayed enhanced heat and drought tolerance in terms of increased chlorophyll content, improved membrane stability, reduced lipid peroxidation, and less accumulation of ROS in comparison to wild-type (WT) plants. Transcriptome analysis revealed that HvHSFA2e positively regulates the expression of abiotic stress-related genes encoding HSFs, HSPs, and enzymatic antioxidants, contributing to improved stress tolerance in transgenic plants. The major genes of ABA biosynthesis pathway, flavonoid, and terpene metabolism were also upregulated in transgenics. Our findings show that HvHSFA2e-mediated upregulation of heat-responsive genes, modulation in ABA and flavonoid biosynthesis pathways enhance drought and heat stress tolerance.
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- Sumit Kumar Mishra
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
- Magadh University, BodhGaya, 824234, Bihar, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Bd des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H9, Canada
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Bd des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H9, Canada
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Hazra S, Moulick D, Mukherjee A, Sahib S, Chowardhara B, Majumdar A, Upadhyay MK, Yadav P, Roy P, Santra SC, Mandal S, Nandy S, Dey A. Evaluation of efficacy of non-coding RNA in abiotic stress management of field crops: Current status and future prospective. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 203:107940. [PMID: 37738864 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Abiotic stresses are responsible for the major losses in crop yield all over the world. Stresses generate harmful ROS which can impair cellular processes in plants. Therefore, plants have evolved antioxidant systems in defence against the stress-induced damages. The frequency of occurrence of abiotic stressors has increased several-fold due to the climate change experienced in recent times and projected for the future. This had particularly aggravated the risk of yield losses and threatened global food security. Non-coding RNAs are the part of eukaryotic genome that does not code for any proteins. However, they have been recently found to have a crucial role in the responses of plants to both abiotic and biotic stresses. There are different types of ncRNAs, for example, miRNAs and lncRNAs, which have the potential to regulate the expression of stress-related genes at the levels of transcription, post-transcription, and translation of proteins. The lncRNAs are also able to impart their epigenetic effects on the target genes through the alteration of the status of histone modification and organization of the chromatins. The current review attempts to deliver a comprehensive account of the role of ncRNAs in the regulation of plants' abiotic stress responses through ROS homeostasis. The potential applications ncRNAs in amelioration of abiotic stresses in field crops also have been evaluated.
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- Swati Hazra
- Sharda School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201310, India.
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal 741235, India.
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- S. S. Cottage, Njarackal, P.O.: Perinad, Kollam, 691601, Kerala, India.
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science and Technology, Arunachal University of Studies, Arunachal Pradesh 792103, India.
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal 741246, India.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Kalyani, West Bengal 741235, India.
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal 741235, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Arts, Commerce & Science College (affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University), Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra-411018, India.
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- School of Pharmacy, Graphic Era Hill University, Bell Road, Clement Town, Dehradun, 248002, Uttarakhand, India; Department of Botany, Vedanta College, 33A Shiv Krishna Daw Lane, Kolkata-700054, India.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073, India.
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Chen Z, Halford NG, Liu C. Real-Time Quantitative PCR: Primer Design, Reference Gene Selection, Calculations and Statistics. Metabolites 2023; 13:806. [PMID: 37512513 PMCID: PMC10384377 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13070806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Real-time quantitative PCR is a technique that can measure the content of the target nucleic acid sequence of interest in a given sample. It is mainly divided into absolute and relative quantitative methods. The relative quantification is mainly used in gene expressions for functional genomic and transcriptome studies. However, to use this technology accurately, there are some key points to master. First, specific primers need to be designed to ensure amplification of the gene of interest (GOI). Second, the appropriate reference gene or reference gene combination has to be selected. Finally, scientific gene expression level calculations and statistics are required to obtain accurate results. Therefore, this work proposes a workflow for relative quantitative PCR and introduces the relevant points so that beginners can better understand and use this technology.
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- Zhiwei Chen
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China
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Khan HA, Sharma N, Siddique KH, Colmer TD, Sutton T, Baumann U. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals molecular regulation of salt tolerance in two contrasting chickpea genotypes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1191457. [PMID: 37360702 PMCID: PMC10289292 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1191457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Salinity is a major abiotic stress that causes substantial agricultural losses worldwide. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important legume crop but is salt-sensitive. Previous physiological and genetic studies revealed the contrasting response of two desi chickpea varieties, salt-sensitive Rupali and salt-tolerant Genesis836, to salt stress. To understand the complex molecular regulation of salt tolerance mechanisms in these two chickpea genotypes, we examined the leaf transcriptome repertoire of Rupali and Genesis836 in control and salt-stressed conditions. Using linear models, we identified categories of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) describing the genotypic differences: salt-responsive DEGs in Rupali (1,604) and Genesis836 (1,751) with 907 and 1,054 DEGs unique to Rupali and Genesis836, respectively, salt responsive DEGs (3,376), genotype-dependent DEGs (4,170), and genotype-dependent salt-responsive DEGs (122). Functional DEG annotation revealed that the salt treatment affected genes involved in ion transport, osmotic adjustment, photosynthesis, energy generation, stress and hormone signalling, and regulatory pathways. Our results showed that while Genesis836 and Rupali have similar primary salt response mechanisms (common salt-responsive DEGs), their contrasting salt response is attributed to the differential expression of genes primarily involved in ion transport and photosynthesis. Interestingly, variant calling between the two genotypes identified SNPs/InDels in 768 Genesis836 and 701 Rupali salt-responsive DEGs with 1,741 variants identified in Genesis836 and 1,449 variants identified in Rupali. In addition, the presence of premature stop codons was detected in 35 genes in Rupali. This study provides valuable insights into the molecular regulation underpinning the physiological basis of salt tolerance in two chickpea genotypes and offers potential candidate genes for the improvement of salt tolerance in chickpeas.
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- Hammad Aziz Khan
- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, NSW, Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Duarte KE, Basso MF, de Oliveira NG, da Silva JCF, de Oliveira Garcia B, Cunha BADB, Cardoso TB, Nepomuceno AL, Kobayashi AK, Santiago TR, de Souza WR, Molinari HBC. MicroRNAs expression profiles in early responses to different levels of water deficit in Setaria viridis. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 28:1607-1624. [PMID: 36389096 PMCID: PMC9530107 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01226-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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UNLABELLED Water deficit is a major constraint for crops of economic importance in almost all agricultural regions. However, plants have an active defense system to adapt to these adverse conditions, acting in the reprogramming of gene expression responsible for encoding microRNAs (miRNAs). These miRNAs promote the regulation to the target gene expression by the post-transcriptional (PTGS) and transcriptional gene silencing (TGS), modulating several pathways including defense response to water deficit. The broader knowledge of the miRNA expression profile and its regulatory networks in response to water deficit can provide evidence for the development of new biotechnological tools for genetic improvement of several important crops. In this study, we used Setaria viridis accession A10.1 as a C4 model plant to widely investigate the miRNA expression profile in early responses to different levels of water deficit. Ecophysiological studies in Setaria viridis under water deficit and after rewatering demonstrated a drought tolerant accession, capable of a rapid recovery from the stress. Deep small RNA sequencing and degradome studies were performed in plants submitted to drought to identify differentially expressed miRNA genes and their predicted targets, using in silico analysis. Our findings showed that several miRNAs were differentially modulated in response to distinctive levels of water deficit and after rewatering. The predicted mRNA targets mainly corresponded to genes related to cell wall remodeling, antioxidant system and drought-related transcription factors, indicating that these genes are rapidly regulated in early responses to drought stress. The implications of these modulations are extensively discussed, and higher-effect miRNAs are suggested as major players for potential use in genetic engineering to improve drought tolerance in economically important crops, such as sugarcane, maize, and sorghum. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-022-01226-z.
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- Karoline Estefani Duarte
- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP 09210-580 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- BIOMOL/BIOTEC Laboratory, Mato Grosso Cotton Institute (IMAmt), Rondonópolis, MT 78740-970 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-900 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- University of Brasília, Brasília, DF 70910-900 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP 09210-580 Brazil
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Byrne MB, Thapa G, Doohan FIM, Burke JI. Lactic Acid Bacteria as Potential Biocontrol Agents for Fusarium Head Blight Disease of Spring Barley. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:912632. [PMID: 35935224 PMCID: PMC9355582 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.912632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease encountered by spring-grown barley. Traditionally, synthetic chemicals have been used to control this disease on small grain cereals. A move toward biological control agents as part of sustainable agriculture is pertinent due to the evolutionary mechanisms employed by fungal diseases to circumvent current protection strategies. This study evaluated the effect of six lactic acid bacteria isolates on the development of FHB under in vitro and glasshouse conditions. The relative expression of Fusarium marker genes and transcription factors under Fusarium infection was examined. Dual-culture assays observed inhibition zones of up to 10 and 17% of total plate area for L. amylovorus FST 2.11 and L. brevis R2Δ, respectively. Detached leaf assays validated the antifungal activity and showed the potential of all test isolates to significantly inhibit sporulation of Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium graminearum strains. Spray inoculation of lactic acid bacteria to barley spikelets prior to Fusarium spore application significantly reduced disease severity for five candidates (P < 0.05) under glasshouse conditions. Mycotoxin analysis revealed the ability of L. amylovorus DSM20552 to significantly reduce deoxynivalenol content in spikelets (P < 0.05). A preliminary gene expression study showed the positive influence of lactic acid bacteria on the expression of important defense-related marker genes and transcription factors upon FHB. These results indicate the potential of lactic acid bacteria to be included as part of an integrated pest management strategy for the management of FHB disease. This strategy will reduce FHB severity and deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination of spring barley, leading to high acceptance in the grain market.
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- Micheal B. Byrne
- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Baidyussen A, Jatayev S, Khassanova G, Amantayev B, Sereda G, Sereda S, Gupta NK, Gupta S, Schramm C, Anderson P, Jenkins CLD, Soole KL, Langridge P, Shavrukov Y. Expression of Specific Alleles of Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors, HvSAP8 and HvSAP16, and Corresponding SNP Markers, Are Associated with Drought Tolerance in Barley Populations. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12156. [PMID: 34830037 PMCID: PMC8617764 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Two genes, HvSAP8 and HvSAP16, encoding Zinc-finger proteins, were identified earlier as active in barley plants. Based on bioinformatics and sequencing analysis, six SNPs were found in the promoter regions of HvSAP8 and one in HvSAP16, among parents of two barley segregating populations, Granal × Baisheshek and Natali × Auksiniai-2. ASQ and Amplifluor markers were developed for HvSAP8 and HvSAP16, one SNP in each gene, and in each of two populations, showing simple Mendelian segregation. Plants of F6 selected breeding lines and parents were evaluated in a soil-based drought screen, revealing differential expression of HvSAP8 and HvSAP16 corresponding with the stress. After almost doubling expression during the early stages of stress, HvSAP8 returned to pre-stress level or was strongly down-regulated in plants with Granal or Baisheshek genotypes, respectively. For HvSAP16 under drought conditions, a high expression level was followed by either a return to original levels or strong down-regulation in plants with Natali or Auksiniai-2 genotypes, respectively. Grain yield in the same breeding lines and parents grown under moderate drought was strongly associated with their HvSAP8 and HvSAP16 genotypes. Additionally, Granal and Natali genotypes with specific alleles at HvSAP8 and HvSAP16 were associated with improved performance under drought via higher 1000 grain weight and more shoots per plant, respectively.
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- Akmaral Baidyussen
- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.B.); (S.J.); (G.K.); (B.A.)
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.B.); (S.J.); (G.K.); (B.A.)
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.B.); (S.J.); (G.K.); (B.A.)
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.B.); (S.J.); (G.K.); (B.A.)
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- A.F. Khristenko Karaganda Agricultural Experimental Station, Karaganda Region 100435, Kazakhstan; (G.S.); (S.S.)
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- A.F. Khristenko Karaganda Agricultural Experimental Station, Karaganda Region 100435, Kazakhstan; (G.S.); (S.S.)
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- Department of Plant Physiology, SKN Agriculture University, Jobner 303 329, India; (N.K.G.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Plant Physiology, SKN Agriculture University, Jobner 303 329, India; (N.K.G.); (S.G.)
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia; (C.S.); (P.A.); (C.L.D.J.); (K.L.S.)
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia; (C.S.); (P.A.); (C.L.D.J.); (K.L.S.)
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia; (C.S.); (P.A.); (C.L.D.J.); (K.L.S.)
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia; (C.S.); (P.A.); (C.L.D.J.); (K.L.S.)
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- Wheat Initiative, Julius-Kühn-Institute, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA 5005, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia; (C.S.); (P.A.); (C.L.D.J.); (K.L.S.)
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Backes A, Charton S, Planchon S, Esmaeel Q, Sergeant K, Hausman JF, Renaut J, Barka EA, Jacquard C, Guerriero G. Gene expression and metabolite analysis in barley inoculated with net blotch fungus and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 168:488-500. [PMID: 34757299 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Net blotch, caused by the ascomycete Drechslera teres, can compromise barley production. Beneficial bacteria strains are of substantial interest as biological agents for plant protection in agriculture. Belonging to the genus Paraburkholderia, a bacterium, referred to as strain B25, has been identified as protective for barley against net blotch. The strain Paraburkholderia phytofirmans (strain PsJN), which has no effect on the pathogen's growth, has been used as control. In this study, the expression of target genes involved in cell wall-related processes, defense responses, carbohydrate and phenylpropanoid pathways was studied under various conditions (with or without pathogen and/or with or without bacterial strains) at different time-points (0-6-12-48 h). The results show that specific genes were subjected to a circadian regulation and that the expression of most of them increased in barley infected with D. teres and/or bacterized with the strain PsJN. On the contrary, a decreased gene expression was observed in the presence of strain B25. To complement and enrich the gene expression analysis, untargeted metabolomics was carried out on the same samples. The data obtained show an increase in the production of lipid compounds in barley in the presence of the pathogen. In addition, the presence of strain B25 leads to a decrease in the production of defense compounds in this crop. The results contribute to advance the knowledge on the mechanisms occurring at the onset of D. teres infection and in the presence of a biocontrol agent limiting the severity of net blotch in barley.
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- Aurélie Backes
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, RIBP EA4707 USC INRAE 1488, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 51100, Reims, France.
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Biotechnologies and Environmental Analytics Platform (BEAP), 41 rue du Brill, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Biotechnologies and Environmental Analytics Platform (BEAP), 41 rue du Brill, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, RIBP EA4707 USC INRAE 1488, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 51100, Reims, France.
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, GreenTech Innovation Centre, 5 rue Bommel, Z.A.E. Robert Steichen, L-4940, Hautcharage, Luxembourg.
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, GreenTech Innovation Centre, 5 rue Bommel, Z.A.E. Robert Steichen, L-4940, Hautcharage, Luxembourg.
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, GreenTech Innovation Centre, 5 rue Bommel, Z.A.E. Robert Steichen, L-4940, Hautcharage, Luxembourg.
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, RIBP EA4707 USC INRAE 1488, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 51100, Reims, France.
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, RIBP EA4707 USC INRAE 1488, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 51100, Reims, France.
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, GreenTech Innovation Centre, 5 rue Bommel, Z.A.E. Robert Steichen, L-4940, Hautcharage, Luxembourg.
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Hibara KI, Miya M, Benvenuto SA, Hibara-Matsuo N, Mimura M, Yoshikawa T, Suzuki M, Kusaba M, Taketa S, Itoh JI. Regulation of the plastochron by three many-noded dwarf genes in barley. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009292. [PMID: 33970916 PMCID: PMC8136844 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The plastochron, the time interval between the formation of two successive leaves, is an important determinant of plant architecture. We genetically and phenotypically investigated many-noded dwarf (mnd) mutants in barley. The mnd mutants exhibited a shortened plastochron and a decreased leaf blade length, and resembled previously reported plastochron1 (pla1), pla2, and pla3 mutants in rice. In addition, the maturation of mnd leaves was accelerated, similar to pla mutants in rice. Several barley mnd alleles were derived from three genes-MND1, MND4, and MND8. Although MND4 coincided with a cytochrome P450 family gene that is a homolog of rice PLA1, we clarified that MND1 and MND8 encode an N-acetyltransferase-like protein and a MATE transporter-family protein, which are respectively orthologs of rice GW6a and maize BIGE1 and unrelated to PLA2 or PLA3. Expression analyses of the three MND genes revealed that MND1 and MND4 were expressed in limited regions of the shoot apical meristem and leaf primordia, but MND8 did not exhibit a specific expression pattern around the shoot apex. In addition, the expression levels of the three genes were interdependent among the various mutant backgrounds. Genetic analyses using the double mutants mnd4mnd8 and mnd1mnd8 indicated that MND1 and MND4 regulate the plastochron independently of MND8, suggesting that the plastochron in barley is controlled by multiple genetic pathways involving MND1, MND4, and MND8. Correlation analysis between leaf number and leaf blade length indicated that both traits exhibited a strong negative association among different genetic backgrounds but not in the same genetic background. We propose that MND genes function in the regulation of the plastochron and leaf growth and revealed conserved and diverse aspects of plastochron regulation via comparative analysis of barley and rice.
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- Ken-Ichiro Hibara
- Graduate School of Agricultural Regional Vitalization, Kibi International University, Minamiawaji, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Regional Vitalization, Kibi International University, Minamiawaji, Japan
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Group of Genetic Resources and Functions, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Tamang P, Richards JK, Solanki S, Ameen G, Sharma Poudel R, Deka P, Effertz K, Clare SJ, Hegstad J, Bezbaruah A, Li X, Horsley RD, Friesen TL, Brueggeman RS. The Barley HvWRKY6 Transcription Factor Is Required for Resistance Against Pyrenophora teres f. teres. Front Genet 2021; 11:601500. [PMID: 33519904 PMCID: PMC7844392 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.601500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Barley is an important cereal crop worldwide because of its use in the brewing and distilling industry. However, adequate supplies of quality malting barley are threatened by global climate change due to drought in some regions and excess precipitation in others, which facilitates epidemics caused by fungal pathogens. The disease net form net blotch caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. teres (Ptt) has emerged as a global threat to barley production and diverse populations of Ptt have shown a capacity to overcome deployed genetic resistances. The barley line CI5791 exhibits remarkably effective resistance to diverse Ptt isolates from around the world that maps to two major QTL on chromosomes 3H and 6H. To identify genes involved in this effective resistance, CI5791 seed were γ-irradiated and two mutants, designated CI5791-γ3 and CI5791-γ8, with compromised Ptt resistance were identified from an M2 population. Phenotyping of CI5791-γ3 and -γ8 × Heartland F2 populations showed three resistant to one susceptible segregation ratios and CI5791-γ3 × -γ8 F1 individuals were susceptible, thus these independent mutants are in a single allelic gene. Thirty-four homozygous mutant (susceptible) CI5791-γ3 × Heartland F2 individuals, representing 68 recombinant gametes, were genotyped via PCR genotype by sequencing. The data were used for single marker regression mapping placing the mutation on chromosome 3H within an approximate 75 cM interval encompassing the 3H CI5791 resistance QTL. Sequencing of the mutants and wild-type (WT) CI5791 genomic DNA following exome capture identified independent mutations of the HvWRKY6 transcription factor located on chromosome 3H at ∼50.7 cM, within the genetically delimited region. Post transcriptional gene silencing of HvWRKY6 in barley line CI5791 resulted in Ptt susceptibility, confirming that it functions in NFNB resistance, validating it as the gene underlying the mutant phenotypes. Allele analysis and transcript regulation of HvWRKY6 from resistant and susceptible lines revealed sequence identity and upregulation upon pathogen challenge in all genotypes analyzed, suggesting a conserved transcription factor is involved in the defense against the necrotrophic pathogen. We hypothesize that HvWRKY6 functions as a conserved signaling component of defense mechanisms that restricts Ptt growth in barley.
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- Prabin Tamang
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States.,Cereal Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Argiculture - Agricultural Research Service, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States.,Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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The Impact of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Cytotoxicity, Genotoxicity, and miRNA Expression in Barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) Seedlings. ScientificWorldJournal 2020; 2020:6649746. [PMID: 33343237 PMCID: PMC7725555 DOI: 10.1155/2020/6649746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Zinc oxide nanoparticles are one of the most commonly engineered nanomaterials and necessarily enter the environment because of the large quantities produced and their widespread application. Understanding the impacts of nanoparticles on plant growth and development is crucial for the assessment of probable environmental risks to food safety and human health, because plants are a fundamental living component of the ecosystem and the most important source in the human food chain. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of different concentrations of zinc oxide nanoparticles on barley Hordeum vulgare L. seed germination, seedling morphology, root cell viability, stress level, genotoxicity, and expression of miRNAs. The results demonstrate that zinc oxide nanoparticles enhance barley seed germination, shoot/root elongation, and H2O2 stress level and decrease root cell viability and genomic template stability and up- and downregulated miRNAs in barley seedlings.
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Baidyussen A, Aldammas M, Kurishbayev A, Myrzabaeva M, Zhubatkanov A, Sereda G, Porkhun R, Sereda S, Jatayev S, Langridge P, Schramm C, Jenkins CLD, Soole KL, Shavrukov Y. Identification, gene expression and genetic polymorphism of zinc finger A20/AN1 stress-associated genes, HvSAP, in salt stressed barley from Kazakhstan. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:156. [PMID: 33050881 PMCID: PMC7556924 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02332-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND A family of genes designated as the Zinc finger A20/AN1 Transcription factors encoding stress-associated proteins (SAP) are well described in Arabidopsis and rice, and include 14 AtSAP and 18 OsSAP genes that are associated with variable tolerances to multiple abiotic stresses. The SAP gene family displays a great diversity in its structure and across different plant species. The aim of this study was to identify all HvSAP genes in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), to analyse the expression of selected genes in response to salinity in barley leaves and develop SNP marker for HvSAP12 to evaluate the association between genotypes of barley plants and their grain yield in field trials. RESULTS In our study, 17 HvSAP genes were identified in barley, which were strongly homologous to rice genes. Five genes, HvSAP5, HvSAP6, HvSAP11, HvSAP12 and HvSAP15, were found to be highly expressed in leaves of barley plants in response to salt stress in hydroponics compared to controls, using both semi-quantitative RT-PCR and qPCR analyses. The Amplifluor-like SNP marker KATU-B30 was developed and used for HvSAP12 genotyping. A strong association (R2 = 0.85) was found between KATU-B30 and grain yield production per plant of 50 F3 breeding lines originating from the cross Granal × Baisheshek in field trials with drought and low to moderate salinity in Northern and Central Kazakhstan. CONCLUSIONS A group of HvSAP genes, and HvSAP12 in particular, play an important role in the tolerance of barley plants to salinity and drought, and is associated with higher grain yield in field trials. Marker-assisted selection with SNP marker KATU-B30 can be applied in barley breeding to improve grain yield production under conditions of abiotic stress.
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- Akmaral Baidyussen
- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- A.F. Khristenko Karaganda Agricultural Experimental Station, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
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- A.F. Khristenko Karaganda Agricultural Experimental Station, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
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- A.F. Khristenko Karaganda Agricultural Experimental Station, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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Regulation of Sulfate Uptake and Assimilation in Barley (Hordeum vulgare) as Affected by Rhizospheric and Atmospheric Sulfur Nutrition. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9101283. [PMID: 32998434 PMCID: PMC7601654 DOI: 10.3390/plants9101283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To study the regulation of sulfate metabolism in barley (Hordeum vulgare), seedlings were exposed to atmospheric hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the presence and absence of a sulfate supply. Sulfate deprivation reduced shoot and root biomass production by 60% and 70%, respectively, and it affected the plant’s mineral nutrient composition. It resulted in a 5.7- and 2.9-fold increased shoot and root molybdenum content, respectively, and a decreased content of several other mineral nutrients. Particularly, it decreased shoot and root total sulfur contents by 60% and 70%, respectively. These decreases could be ascribed to decreased sulfate contents. Sulfate deficiency was additionally characterized by significantly lowered cysteine, glutathione and soluble protein levels, enhanced dry matter, nitrate and free amino acid contents, an increased APS reductase (APR) activity and an increased expression and activity of the root sulfate uptake transporters. When sulfate-deprived barley was exposed to 0.6 µL L−1 atmospheric H2S, the decrease in biomass production and the development of other sulfur deficiency symptoms were alleviated. Clearly, barley could use H2S, absorbed by the foliage, as a sulfur source for growth. H2S fumigation of both sulfate-deprived and sulfate-sufficient plants downregulated APR activity as well as the expression and activity of the sulfate uptake transporters. Evidently, barley switched from rhizospheric sulfate to atmospheric H2S as sulfur source. Though this indicates that sulfate utilization in barley is controlled by signals originating in the shoot, the signal transduction pathway involved in the shoot-to-root regulation must be further elucidated.
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Liu X, Liu S, Zhang J, Wu Y, Wu W, Zhang Y, Liu B, Tang R, He L, Li R, Jia X. Optimization of reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis of microRNA expression under abiotic stress conditions in sweetpotato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 154:379-386. [PMID: 32623093 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas. L) is an important food crop, harvested for its nutrient-rich tuberous roots. Drought and salt stresses are two major factors limiting the sweetpotato production. Since microRNAs (miRNAs) are well known to play crucial roles in regulation of plant stress responses, quantitative profiling of miRNA expression under stress conditions will facilitate identification and genetic manipulation of novel miRNAs to improve stress tolerance. Real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) is a commonly used tool for this purpose, but not without challenges. Although stem-loop and poly(A)-tail modified qRT-PCR methods were developed for characterizing miRNA expression, accurate profiling of miRNAs is still difficult in many plant species because of a lack of reliable reference genes for normalizing miRNA transcripts. To identify reference genes that are suitable for normalizing miRNA expression in sweetpotato, the expression stability of eight candidate miRNAs and two commonly used reference genes were tested in 96 samples involving four tissues and two cultivars under drought and salt stress treatments. Data analysis using the geNorm, NormFinder and Bestkeeper algorithms demonstrated that miRn60, miR482, and their combination were reliable references. We further validated the reference genes by expression analysis of the well-characterized miR319 and miR156 that regulate drought and salt stress responses, respectively. The reference genes identified in this study will facilitate future miRNA analysis under abiotic stress conditions in sweetpotato.
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- Xiayu Liu
- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yuncheng, 044000, Shanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801, Shanxi, China.
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Identification and Selection of Reference Genes for Quantitative Transcript Analysis in Corydalis yanhusuo. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11020130. [PMID: 32012754 PMCID: PMC7074024 DOI: 10.3390/genes11020130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Corydalis yanhusuo is a medicinal plant frequently used in traditional Chinese medicine, which has effective medical effects in many aspects. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been one of the most widely used methods in biosynthesis research due to its high sensitivity and quantitative properties in gene expression analysis. To obtain accurate normalization, reference genes are often selected in advance; however, no reference genes are available in C. yanhusuo. Herein, 12 reference gene candidates, named cyclophilin 2 (CYP2), elongation factor 1-α (EF1-α), protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A), SAND protein family (SAND), polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTBP), TIP41-like protein (TIP41), lyceraldehyde-3-phosphate hydrogenase (GAPDH), ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 9 (UBC9), cyclophilin 1 (CYP1), tubulin beta (TUBA), thioredoxin (YLS8), and polyubiquitin 10 (UBQ10), were selected for stability analysis. After being treated with hormone, UV, salt, metal, oxidative, drought, cold (4 °C), and hot stresses (40 °C), the qRT-PCR data of the selected genes was analyzed with NormFinder, geNorm, and BestKeeper. The result indicated that GAPDH, SNAD, and PP2A were the top three most stable reference genes under most treatments. This study selected and validated reliable reference genes in C. yanhusuo under various environmental conditions, which can provide great help for future research on gene expression normalization in C. yanhusuo.
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Selection of the Reference Gene for Expression Normalization in Papaver s omniferum L. under Abiotic Stress and Hormone Treatment. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11020124. [PMID: 31979407 PMCID: PMC7074096 DOI: 10.3390/genes11020124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Papaver somniferum L. is an important medical plant that produces analgesic drugs used for the pain caused by cancers and surgeries. Recent studies have focused on the expression genes involved in analgesic drugs biosynthesis, and the real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) technique is the main strategy. However, no reference genes have been reported for gene expression normalization in P. somniferum. Herein, nine reference genes (actin (ACT), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), cyclophilin 2 (CYP2), elongation factor 1-alpha (EF-1α), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 2, cytosolic (GAPC2), nuclear cap-binding protein subunit 2 (NCBP2), protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), TIP41-like protein (TIP41), and tubulin beta chain (TUB)) of P. somniferum were selected and analyzed under five different treatments (cold, drought, salt, heavy metal, and hormone stress). Then, BestKeeper, NormFinder, geNorm, and RefFinder were employed to analyze their gene expression stability. The results reveal that NCBP2 is the most stable reference gene under various experimental conditions. The work described here is the first report regarding on reference gene selection in P. somniferum, which could be used for the accurate normalization of the gene expression involved in analgesic drug biosynthesis.
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Analysis of Small RNAs of Barley Genotypes Associated with Resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9010060. [PMID: 31906504 PMCID: PMC7020447 DOI: 10.3390/plants9010060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) causes an often-devastating disease of cereals that is most effectively controlled by using plant genotypes that are resistant or tolerant to the virus. New barley lines Vir8:3 and Vir13:8, with pyramided resistance genes against different pathogens and resistance gene Ryd2 against BYDV, are currently being tested. Because microRNAs (miRNAs) are associated with antiviral plant defense, here we compared the miRNA profiles in these lines and in cultivar Wysor (carrying one resistance gene, Ryd2), with and without BYDV infection and after feeding by virus-free aphids, to determine whether the miRNA profile in the resistant variety bear similarities with the newly developed lines. The BYDV titer for each group was also determined and compared to the titer in sensitive cultivar Graciosa. Among 746 miRNAs identified in barley, 66 were known miRNAs, and 680 were novel. The expression of 73 miRNAs differed significantly after BYDV infection, including the strong, specific upregulation of novel miRNA10778 that was conserved across all the barley genotypes. This miRNA belongs to the H box and ACA box (H/ACA) snoR14 family of RNAs (Rf01280) and is associated with pseudourydilation. The expression of 48 miRNAs also differed depending on the barley genotype. The profile of miRNAs expressed in Vir8:3 and Vir13:8 in response to BYDV was similar and differed from that of Wysor. Insights into the expression patterns of miRNAs in response to BYDV in barley provided here will benefit further studies toward understanding the resistance mechanisms and developing novel strategies against virus infections.
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Kalpachidou T, Kummer KK, Mitrić M, Kress M. Tissue Specific Reference Genes for MicroRNA Expression Analysis in a Mouse Model of Peripheral Nerve Injury. Front Mol Neurosci 2019; 12:283. [PMID: 31824261 PMCID: PMC6883285 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as master switch regulators in many biological processes in health and disease, including neuropathy. miRNAs are commonly quantified by reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), usually estimated as relative expression through reference genes normalization. Different non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are used for miRNA normalization; however, there is no study identifying the optimal reference genes in animal models for peripheral nerve injury. We evaluated the stability of eleven ncRNAs, commonly used for miRNA normalization, in dorsal root ganglia (DRG), dorsal horn of the spinal cord (dhSC), and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in the mouse spared nerve injury (SNI) model. After RT-qPCR, the stability of each ncRNA was determined by using four different methods: BestKeeper, the comparative delta-Cq method, geNorm, and NormFinder. The candidates were rated according to their performance in each method and an overall ranking list was compiled. The most stable ncRNAs were: sno420, sno429, and sno202 in DRG; sno429, sno202, and U6 in dhSC; sno202, sno420, and sno142 in mPFC. We provide the first reference genes' evaluation for miRNA normalization in different neuronal tissues in an animal model of peripheral nerve injury. Our results underline the need for careful selection of reference genes for miRNA normalization in different tissues and experimental conditions. We further anticipate that our findings can be used in a broad range of nerve injury related studies, to ensure validity and promote reproducibility in miRNA quantification.
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Ube N, Yabuta Y, Tohnooka T, Ueno K, Taketa S, Ishihara A. Biosynthesis of Phenylamide Phytoalexins in Pathogen-Infected Barley. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20225541. [PMID: 31698855 PMCID: PMC6888128 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Phytoalexins are inducible antimicrobial metabolites in plants, and have been indicated to be important for the rejection of microbial infection. HPLC analysis detected the induced accumulation of three compounds 1–3 in barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots infected by Fusarium culmorum, the causal agent of Fusarium root rot. Compounds 1–3 were identified as cinnamic acid amides of 9-hydroxy-8-oxotryptamine, 8-oxotryptamine, and (1H-indol-3-yl)methylamine, respectively, by spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 had been previously reported from wheat, whereas 3 was an undescribed compound. We named 1–3 as triticamides A–C, respectively, because they were isolated from barley and wheat, which belong to the Triticeae tribe. These compounds showed antimicrobial activities, indicating that triticamides function as phytoalexins in barley. The administration of deuterium-labeled N-cinnamoyl tryptamine (CinTry) to barley roots resulted in the effective incorporation of CinTry into 1 and 2, which suggested that they were synthesized through the oxidation of CinTry. Nine putative tryptamine hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (THT)-encoding genes (HvTHT1–HvTHT9) were identified by database search on the basis of homology to known THT gene sequences from rice. Since HvTHT7 and HvTHT8 had the same sequences except one base, we measured their expression levels in total by RT-qPCR. HvTHT7/8 were markedly upregulated in response to infection by F. culmorum. The HvTHT7 and HvTHT8 enzymes preferred cinnamoyl- and feruloyl-CoAs as acyl donors and tryptamine as an acyl acceptor, and (1H-indol-3-yl)methylamine was also accepted as an acyl acceptor. These findings suggested that HvTHT7/8 are responsible for the induced accumulation of triticamides in barley.
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- Naoki Ube
- United Graduate School of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan;
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan; (Y.Y.); (K.U.)
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-8518, Japan;
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan; (Y.Y.); (K.U.)
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan;
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan; (Y.Y.); (K.U.)
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Alexander RD, Wendelboe-Nelson C, Morris PC. The barley transcription factor HvMYB1 is a positive regulator of drought tolerance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 142:246-253. [PMID: 31374377 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Transcription factors such as MYB have previously been associated with the plant response to drought. In this work, studies on the function of the barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) transcription factor HvMYB1 show that gene expression is upregulated in wildtype barley roots and leaves under drought and osmotic stress. Transgenic barley plants that overexpress HvMYB1 were found to be more resistant to drought, showing enhanced relative water content and reduced water loss rate and stomatal conductance as compared to control plants. Levels of the osmolyte proline were enhanced as was expression of dehydrin HvDNH6 in the transgenic lines under drought conditions. The levels of the reactive oxygen species H2O2 were enhanced in wildtype roots and leaves by drought, but less so in the HvMYB1 overexpressing lines. Enzyme activity of the low affinity H2O2 degrading enzyme catalase (EC 1.11.1.6) was also lower in droughted HvMYB1 overexpressing lines. Gene expression of the high affinity ROS scavengers ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE and GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE was found to be constitutively high in the overexpressing lines, whereas CATALASE gene expression was similar to the control plants. These results suggest a role for HvMYB1 in protecting plants against drought in the vegetative plant by acting as a mediator of abscisic acid action.
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- Ross D Alexander
- Institute for Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geosciences, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Institute for Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geosciences, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Institute for Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geosciences, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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Pallotta MA, Warner P, Kouidri A, Tucker EJ, Baes M, Suchecki R, Watson-Haigh N, Okada T, Garcia M, Sandhu A, Singh M, Wolters P, Albertsen MC, Cigan AM, Baumann U, Whitford R. Wheat ms5 male-sterility is induced by recessive homoeologous A and D genome non-specific lipid transfer proteins. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 99:673-685. [PMID: 31009129 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nuclear male-sterile mutants with non-conditional, recessive and strictly monogenic inheritance are useful for both hybrid and conventional breeding systems, and have long been a research focus for many crops. In allohexaploid wheat, however, genic redundancy results in rarity of such mutants, with the ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutant ms5 among the few reported to date. Here, we identify TaMs5 as a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein required for normal pollen exine development, and by transgenic complementation demonstrate that TaMs5-A restores fertility to ms5. We show ms5 locates to a centromere-proximal interval and has a sterility inheritance pattern modulated by TaMs5-D but not TaMs5-B. We describe two allelic forms of TaMs5-D, one of which is non-functional and confers mono-factorial inheritance of sterility. The second form is functional but shows incomplete dominance. Consistent with reduced functionality, transcript abundance in developing anthers was found to be lower for TaMs5-D than TaMs5-A. At the 3B homoeolocus, we found only non-functional alleles among 178 diverse hexaploid and tetraploid wheats that include landraces and Triticum dicoccoides. Apparent ubiquity of non-functional TaMs5-B alleles suggests loss-of-function arose early in wheat evolution and, therefore, at most knockout of two homoeoloci is required for sterility. This work provides genetic information, resources and tools required for successful implementation of ms5 sterility in breeding systems for bread and durum wheats.
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- Margaret A Pallotta
- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., 7250 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA, 50131-0552, USA
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- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., 7250 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA, 50131-0552, USA
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- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., 7250 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA, 50131-0552, USA
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- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., 7250 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA, 50131-0552, USA
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- DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., 7250 NW 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA, 50131-0552, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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Repeated evolution of cytochrome P450-mediated spiroketal steroid biosynthesis in plants. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3206. [PMID: 31324795 PMCID: PMC6642093 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11286-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Diosgenin is a spiroketal steroidal natural product extracted from plants and used as the single most important precursor for the world steroid hormone industry. The sporadic occurrences of diosgenin in distantly related plants imply possible independent biosynthetic origins. The characteristic 5,6-spiroketal moiety in diosgenin is reminiscent of the spiroketal moiety present in anthelmintic avermectins isolated from actinomycete bacteria. How plants gained the ability to biosynthesize spiroketal natural products is unknown. Here, we report the diosgenin-biosynthetic pathways in himalayan paris (Paris polyphylla), a monocot medicinal plant with hemostatic and antibacterial properties, and fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), an eudicot culinary herb plant commonly used as a galactagogue. Both plants have independently recruited pairs of cytochromes P450 that catalyze oxidative 5,6-spiroketalization of cholesterol to produce diosgenin, with evolutionary progenitors traced to conserved phytohormone metabolism. This study paves the way for engineering the production of diosgenin and derived analogs in heterologous hosts.
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Vicente R, Vergara-Díaz O, Kerfal S, López A, Melichar J, Bort J, Serret MD, Araus JL, Kefauver SC. Identification of traits associated with barley yield performance using contrasting nitrogen fertilizations and genotypes. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 282:83-94. [PMID: 31003614 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Much attention has been paid to understanding the traits associated with crop performance and the associated underlying physiological mechanisms, with less effort done towards combining different plant scales, levels of observation, or including hybrids of autogamous species. We aim to identify mechanisms at canopy, leaf and transcript levels contributing to crop performance under contrasting nitrogen supplies in three barley genotypes, two hybrids and one commercial line. High nitrogen fertilization did not affect photosynthetic capacity on a leaf area basis and lowered nitrogen partial factor productivity past a certain point, but increased leaf area and biomass accumulation, parameters that were closely tracked using various different high throughput remote sensing based phenotyping techniques. These aspects, together with a larger catabolism of leaf nitrogen compounds amenable to sink translocation, contributed to higher crop production. Better crop yield and growth in hybrids compared to the line was linked to a nitrogen-saving strategy in source leaves to the detriment of larger sink size, as indicated by the lower leaf nitrogen content and downregulation of nitrogen metabolism and aquaporin genes. While these changes did not reduce photosynthesis capacity on an area basis, they were related with better nitrogen use in the hybrids compared with the line.
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- Rubén Vicente
- Section of Plant Physiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, and AGROTECNIO (Centre for Research in Agrotechnology), Av. Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
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- Section of Plant Physiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, and AGROTECNIO (Centre for Research in Agrotechnology), Av. Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
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- Syngenta España, S.A.U., Calle de la Ribera del Loira 8-10, 28042 Madrid, Spain.
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- Syngenta España, S.A.U., Calle de la Ribera del Loira 8-10, 28042 Madrid, Spain.
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- Syngenta U.K., Hill Farm Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB22 4QT, United Kingdom.
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- Section of Plant Physiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, and AGROTECNIO (Centre for Research in Agrotechnology), Av. Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
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- Section of Plant Physiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, and AGROTECNIO (Centre for Research in Agrotechnology), Av. Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
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- Section of Plant Physiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, and AGROTECNIO (Centre for Research in Agrotechnology), Av. Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
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- Section of Plant Physiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, and AGROTECNIO (Centre for Research in Agrotechnology), Av. Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
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Ehlert M, Jagd LM, Braumann I, Dockter C, Crocoll C, Motawia MS, Møller BL, Lyngkjær MF. Deletion of biosynthetic genes, specific SNP patterns and differences in transcript accumulation cause variation in hydroxynitrile glucoside content in barley cultivars. Sci Rep 2019; 9:5730. [PMID: 30952890 PMCID: PMC6450869 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41884-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) produces five leucine-derived hydroxynitrile glucosides, potentially involved in alleviating pathogen and environmental stresses. These compounds include the cyanogenic glucoside epiheterodendrin. The biosynthetic genes are clustered. Total hydroxynitrile glucoside contents were previously shown to vary from zero to more than 10,000 nmoles g-1 in different barley lines. To elucidate the cause of this variation, the biosynthetic genes from the high-level producer cv. Mentor, the medium-level producer cv. Pallas, and the zero-level producer cv. Emir were investigated. In cv. Emir, a major deletion in the genome spanning most of the hydroxynitrile glucoside biosynthetic gene cluster was identified and explains the complete absence of hydroxynitrile glucosides in this cultivar. The transcript levels of the biosynthetic genes were significantly higher in the high-level producer cv. Mentor compared to the medium-level producer cv. Pallas, indicating transcriptional regulation as a contributor to the variation in hydroxynitrile glucoside levels. A correlation between distinct single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) patterns in the biosynthetic gene cluster and the hydroxynitrile glucoside levels in 227 barley lines was identified. It is remarkable that in spite of the demonstrated presence of a multitude of SNPs and differences in transcript levels, the ratio between the five hydroxynitrile glucosides is maintained across all the analysed barley lines. This implies the involvement of a stably assembled multienzyme complex.
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- Marcus Ehlert
- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 4, 1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 4, 1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 4, 1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- DynaMo Center, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 4, 1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Li XQ, Yu Q, Tan WF, Zhang ZL, Ma H. MicroRNA-125b mimic inhibits ischemia reperfusion-induced neuroinflammation and aberrant p53 apoptotic signalling activation through targeting TP53INP1. Brain Behav Immun 2018; 74:154-165. [PMID: 30193876 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury affects neuronal function through multiple pathogeneses that induce neuroinflammation and cellular apoptosis. The important roles of microRNAs (miRs) in the regulation of spinal cord IR have been recently reported. Among these roles, we investigated whether miR-125b and its downstream targets regulated the p53 signalling network and participated in both inflammation and apoptosis. METHODS An IR model was established via 12-min occlusion of the aortic arch. The direct interaction between miR-125b and TP53INP1 was demonstrated by Western blotting and luciferase assays. The cellular distributions of TP53INP1 were visualised by double immunofluorescence labelling. The effects of miR-125b on the expression of TP53INP1, p53 and release of proinflammatory cytokines were evaluated by synthetic miRs. Additionally, the detection of hind-limb motor function in vivo and motor neuronal apoptosis in vitro were evaluated to explore the potential mechanisms. RESULTS IR-induced alterations in hind-limb motor function were closely related to the temporal changes in miR-125b and TP53INP1 expression. The miR-125b/TP53INP1 gene pair was confirmed by luciferase assay. Compared with Sham controls, IR treatment resulted in increased TP53INP1 immunoreactivity that was primarily distributed in neurons. Treatment with miR-125b mimic markedly decreased the protein levels of TP53INP1, p53 and cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, whereas miR-125b control or inhibitor did not have the above-mentioned effects. Moreover, miR-125b mimic improved motor function in vivo and attenuated neuronal apoptosis in vitro, as demonstrated by the increased average Tarlov scores in lower limbs and lower percentages of neurons in the A4 and A2 quadrants of flow cytometry. Fluorescent staining and quantification further indicated that miR-125b mimic decreased the immunoreactivities of p53 and cleaved caspase 3 in neurons and simultaneously reduced the number of double-labelled cells with TP53INP1. CONCLUSIONS miR-125b mimic partially protected neurons against neuroinflammation and aberrant p53 network activation-induced apoptosis during IR injury through downregulation of TP53INP1.
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- Xiao-Qian Li
- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fourth Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110032, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, China.
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Das A, Christ B, Hörtensteiner S. Characterization of the pheophorbide a oxygenase/phyllobilin pathway of chlorophyll breakdown in grasses. PLANTA 2018; 248:875-892. [PMID: 29951845 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-018-2946-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Although the PAO/phyllobilin pathway of chlorophyll breakdown is active in grass leaf senescence, the abundance of phyllobilins is far below the amount of degraded chlorophyll. The yellowing of fully developed leaves is the most prominent visual symptom of plant senescence. Thereby, chlorophyll is degraded via the so-called pheophorbide a oxygenase (PAO)/phyllobilin pathway to a species-specific set of phyllobilins, linear tetrapyrrolic products of chlorophyll breakdown. Here, we investigated the diversity and abundance of phyllobilins in cereal and forage crops, i.e. barley, rice, ryegrass, sorghum and wheat, using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of thirteen phyllobilins were identified, among them four novel, not yet described ones, pointing to a rather high diversity of phyllobilin-modifying activities present in the Gramineae. Along with these phyllobilins, barley orthologs of known Arabidopsis thaliana chlorophyll catabolic enzymes were demonstrated to localize in the chloroplast, and two of them, i.e. PAO and pheophytin pheophorbide hydrolase, complemented respective Arabidopsis mutants. These data confirm functionality of the PAO/phyllobilin pathway in grasses. Interestingly, when comparing phyllobilin abundance with amounts of degraded chlorophyll in senescent leaves, in most analyzed grass species only minor fractions of chlorophyll were recovered as phyllobilins, opposite to A. thaliana where phyllobilin quantities match degraded chlorophyll rather well. These data show that, despite the presence and activity of the PAO/phyllobilin pathway in barley (and other cereals), phyllobilins do not accumulate stoichiometrically, implying possible degradation of chlorophyll beyond the phyllobilin level.
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- Aditi Das
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland
- Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139-4307, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Fu L, Shen Q, Kuang L, Yu J, Wu D, Zhang G. Metabolite profiling and gene expression of Na/K transporter analyses reveal mechanisms of the difference in salt tolerance between barley and rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 130:248-257. [PMID: 30021179 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare) and rice (Oryza sativa) differ greatly in their salt tolerance, although both species belong to the Poaceae family. To understand the mechanisms in the difference of salt tolerance between the two species, the responses of ionome, metabolome and gene expression of Na and K transporters to the different salt treatments were analyzed using 4 barley and 4 rice genotypes differing in salt tolerance. In comparison with 4 rice genotypes, four barley genotypes showed better plant growth, lower shoot Na concentration and higher K concentration at the 9 day after salt treatments. There was a dramatic difference in absolute expression levels of SOS, HKT and NHX family genes between barley and rice, which might account for their difference in Na/K homeostasis and salt tolerance. Moreover, rice leaves accumulated excess Na under salt treatments, which caused serious damages to physiological metabolisms based on metabolomic analysis, but barley leaves had lower Na concentration and small changes in the most metabolites. These results provide useful insights into the molecular mechanism in the difference of salt tolerance between rice and barley.
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- Liangbo Fu
- Department of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Department of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Reference gene selection for quantitative RT-PCR normalisation in barley under low-nitrogen stress, based on RNAseq data. J Cereal Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2018.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Vera Hernández FP, Martínez Núñez M, Ruiz Rivas M, Vázquez Portillo RE, Bibbins Martínez MD, Luna Suárez S, Rosas Cárdenas FDF. Reference genes for RT-qPCR normalisation in different tissues, developmental stages and stress conditions of amaranth. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2018; 20:713-721. [PMID: 29603549 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Studies of gene expression are very important for the identification of genes that participate in different biological processes. Currently, reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) is a high-throughput, sensitive and widely used method for gene expression analysis. Nevertheless, RT-qPCR requires precise normalisation of data to avoid the misinterpretation of experimental data. In this sense, the selection of reference genes is critical for gene expression analysis. At this time, several studies focus on the selection of reference genes in several species. However, the identification and validation of reference genes for the normalisation of RT-qPCR have not been described in amaranth. A set of seven housekeeping genes were analysed using RT-qPCR, to determine the most stable reference genes in amaranth for normalisation of gene expression analysis. Transcript stability and gene expression level of candidate reference genes were analysed in different tissues, at different developmental stages and under different types of stress. The data were compared using the geNorm, NormFinder and Bestkeeper statistical methods. The reference genes optimum for normalisation of data varied with respect to treatment. The results indicate that AhyMDH, AhyGAPDH, AhyEF-1α and AhyACT would be optimum for accurate normalisation of experimental data, when all treatment are analysed in the same experiment. This study presents the most stable reference genes for normalisation of gene expression analysis in amaranth, which will contribute significantly to future gene studies of this species.
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- F P Vera Hernández
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada (CIBA-IPN), Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, México
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada (CIBA-IPN), Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, México
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada (CIBA-IPN), Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, México
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada (CIBA-IPN), Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, México
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada (CIBA-IPN), Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, México
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada (CIBA-IPN), Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, México
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada (CIBA-IPN), Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, México
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Zhou H, Hussain SS, Hackenberg M, Bazanova N, Eini O, Li J, Gustafson P, Shi B. Identification and characterisation of a previously unknown drought tolerance-associated microRNA in barley. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 95:138-149. [PMID: 29681080 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Drought is the most serious abiotic stress, and causes crop losses on a worldwide scale. The present study identified a previously unknown microRNA (designated as hvu-miRX) of 21 nucleotides (nt) in length in barley. Its precursor (designated pre-miRX) and primary transcript (designated pri-miRX) were also identified, with lengths of 73 and 559 nt, respectively. The identified upstream sequence of pri-miRX contained both the TATA box and the CAAT box, which are both required for initiation of transcription. Transient promoter activation assays showed that the core promoter region of pri-miRX ranged 500 nt from the transcription start site. In transgenic barley overexpression of the wheat DREB3 transcription factor (TaDREB3) caused hvu-miRX to be highly expressed as compared with the same miRNA in non-transgenic barley. However, the high expression was not directly associated with TaDREB3. Genomic analysis revealed that the hvu-miRX gene was a single copy located on the short arm of chromosome 2 and appeared to be only conserved in Triticeae, but not in other plant species. Notably, transgenic barley that overexpressed hvu-miRX showed drought tolerance. Degradome library analysis and other tests showed that hvu-miRX targeted various genes including transcription factors via the cleavage mode. Our data provides an excellent opportunity to develop drought stress tolerant cereals using hvu-miRX.
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- Hui Zhou
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics Group, Genetics Department, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., 3001, Australia
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- Plant Sciences Division, 1-32 Agriculture, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211-7020, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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Identification and characterization of some putative genes involved in arabinoxylan biosynthesis in Plantago ovata. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:266. [PMID: 29868304 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1289-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Plantago ovata is an important source of Psyllium (Isabgol), which swells upon contact with water forming mucilaginous mass, largely composed of arabinoxylans. In this study, we analyzed the expression pattern of arabinoxylan biosynthetic pathway genes at different stages of seed development in P. ovata. Besides, arabinoxylans were quantified at different stages of seed development in water extractable and water unextractable fractions. The expression analysis revealed 5-8 fold increase in the levels of expression of some genes involved in arabinoxylan biosynthetic pathway such as UDP-arabinopyranose mutase, UDP-xylosyltransferase 2 and xylan glucuronosyltransferase at 15 days after pollination stage in seed. The xylose and arabinose units were analyzed at different stages of seed development and also in water-soluble (cold water and hot water), alkali and ethanolic fractions. The concentration of xylose and arabinose units increased steadily after pollination. Overall, alkali extract had high concentration of xylose (0.70 ± 0.022 mg/g) and arabinose units (0.10 ± 0.01 mg/g) at 15 days after pollination stage.
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Walling JG, Zalapa LA, Vinje MA. Evaluation and selection of internal reference genes from two- and six-row U.S. malting barley varieties throughout micromalting for use in RT-qPCR. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196966. [PMID: 29738567 PMCID: PMC5940201 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is a popular method for measuring transcript abundance. The most commonly used method of interpretation is relative quantification and thus necessitates the use of normalization controls (i.e. reference genes) to standardize transcript abundance. The most popular gene targets for RT-qPCR are housekeeping genes because they are thought to maintain a static transcript level among a variety of samples. However, more recent studies have shown, several housekeeping genes are not reliably stable. This is the first study to examine the potential of several reference genes for use in RT-qPCR normalization during barley malting. The process of malting barley mechanizes the imbibition and subsequent germination of barley seeds under controlled conditions. Malt quality is controlled by many pleiotropic genes that are determined by examining the result of physiological changes the barley seed undergoes during the malting process. We compared the stability of 13 reference genes across both two-and six-row malting barleys (Conrad and Legacy, respectfully) throughout the entirety of the malting process. Initially, primer target specificity, amplification efficiency and average Ct values were determined for each of the selected primer pairs. Three statistical programs (geNorm, NormFinder, and BestKeeper) were used to rank the stability of each reference gene. Rankings were similar between the two- and six-row with the exception of BestKeeper’s ranking of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). A consensus ranking among programs was determined using RefFinder. Our results show that Actin (ACT) and Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) were the most stable throughout micromalting, while GAPDH and Cyclophilin (CYP) were the least stable. Two reference genes are necessary for stable transcript normalization according to geNorm and the best two reference genes (ACT and HSP70) provided a sufficient level of stability.
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- Jason G. Walling
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Zhang L, Zhang Q, Jiang Y, Li Y, Zhang H, Li R. Reference genes identification for normalization of qPCR under multiple stresses in Hordeum brevisubulatum. PLANT METHODS 2018; 14:110. [PMID: 30568722 PMCID: PMC6297944 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-018-0379-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Real-time quantitative PCR has been widely used as the most reliable method to measure gene expression, due to its high accuracy and specificity. Wild barley (Hordeum brevisubulatum (Trin.) Link) is a wild relative species in Triticeae that has strong tolerance to abiotic stresses and extremely wide adaptation. However, suitable references gene have not been documented for standardization of gene expression in wild barley under abiotic stress. RESULTS Here we report the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR standardization in wild barley. We selected 11 genes, including ACT (Actin), ADP (ADP-ribosylation factor 1), CYP2 (Cyclophilin 2), EF-1α (Elongation factor 1-alpha), GAPDH (Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase), HSP90 (Heat shock protein 90), TUBα (Alpha-tubulin), TUBβ6 (Beta-tubulin 6), UBI (Ubiquitin), 18SrRNA-1 (guanine1575-N7-methyltransferase) and 18SrRNA-3 (adenine1779-N6-dimethyltransferase) from a wild barley transcriptome database and analyzed their expression stabilities in shoots and roots of wild barley seedling under various stress conditions using comparative ΔCt, BestKeeper, Normfinder and geNorm software. The results demonstrated that ADP was the most suitable reference gene in salt stress while UBI showed peak stability under mannitol and ABA stress; EF-1α was the most appropriate reference gene for PEG, GA3, ethylene and heat stress; 18SrRNA-3 was the best choice for cold stress; and TUBα was the first stable gene across different tissues. CONCLUSIONS Our main contribution was to identify reference genes with suitable and stable expression in wild barley under various stress conditions and in different tissues to provide a useful resource for future studies. The results demonstrate the importance of transcriptome data as a useful resource for the screening of candidate reference genes and highlight the need for specific reference genes for specific conditions. Furthermore, these findings will provide valuable information for wild barley and relative species for future research.
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- Lili Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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Thapa G, Gunupuru LR, Hehir JG, Kahla A, Mullins E, Doohan FM. A Pathogen-Responsive Leucine Rich Receptor Like Kinase Contributes to Fusarium Resistance in Cereals. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:867. [PMID: 29997638 PMCID: PMC6029142 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Receptor-like kinases form the largest family of receptors in plants and play an important role in recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns and modulating the plant immune responses to invasive fungi, including cereal defenses against fungal diseases. But hitherto, none have been shown to modulate the wheat response to the economically important Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease of small-grain cereals. Homologous genes were identified on barley chromosome 6H (HvLRRK-6H) and wheat chromosome 6DL (TaLRRK-6D), which encode the characteristic domains of surface-localized receptor like kinases. Gene expression studies validated that the wheat TaLRRK-6D is highly induced in heads as an early response to both the causal pathogen of FHB disease, Fusarium graminearum, and its' mycotoxic virulence factor deoxynivalenol. The transcription of other wheat homeologs of this gene, located on chromosomes 6A and 6B, was also up-regulated in response to F. graminearum. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of the barley HvLRRK-6H compromised leaf defense against F. graminearum. VIGS of TaLRRK-6D in two wheat cultivars, CM82036 (resistant to FHB disease) and cv. Remus (susceptible to FHB), confirmed that TaLRRK-6D contributes to basal resistance to FHB disease in both genotypes. Although the effect of VIGS did not generally reduce grain losses due to FHB, this experiment did reveal that TaLRRK-6D positively contributes to grain development. Further gene expression studies in wheat cv. Remus indicated that VIGS of TaLRRK-6D suppressed the expression of genes involved in salicylic acid signaling, which is a key hormonal pathway involved in defense. Thus, this study provides the first evidence of receptor like kinases as an important component of cereal defense against Fusarium and highlights this gene as a target for enhancing cereal resistance to FHB disease.
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- Ganesh Thapa
- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD Earth Institute and UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College of Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD Earth Institute and UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College of Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Crop Science Department, Oak Park Crops Research Centre, Teagasc, Carlow, Ireland
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- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD Earth Institute and UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College of Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Crop Science Department, Oak Park Crops Research Centre, Teagasc, Carlow, Ireland
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- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD Earth Institute and UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College of Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
- *Correspondence: Fiona M. Doohan,
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Identification of Reference Genes for Analysis of microRNA Expression Patterns in Equine Chorioallantoic Membrane and Serum. Mol Biotechnol 2017; 60:62-73. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-017-0047-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fausto AKS, Silva TDF, Romanel E, Vaslin MFS. microRNAs as reference genes for quantitative PCR in cotton. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174722. [PMID: 28414734 PMCID: PMC5393557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the most important non-food plant in the world. Studies concerning the fiber quality and plant fitness of cotton at molecular level depend on high sensitive and reproducible gene-expression assays. However, only a few reports have described genes suitable for normalizing gene expression data. In this study, we report for the first time that microRNAs (miRNAs) are reliable reference genes (RGs) for cotton gene expression normalization in quantitative real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. The stability of cotton miRNAs was assayed in root, stem, leaf and flower samples from three different cultivars [FiberMax (FM966), Delta Opal (DO) and Cedro] and under conditions of biotic stress caused by infection with Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV). The stability of mRNAs already described as reference genes in cotton was also assessed. The geNorm, NormFinder, BestKeeper and ΔCt algorithms were used to select the best reference genes. In 8 of the 12 sets tested, miRNAs (miR172, 168 and 390) were found to be the best RGs. To validate the best selected RGs, miR159, miR164, miR2118, miR2910, miR3476, GhDCL2 and GhDCL4 expression levels were evaluated under biotic stress conditions, and miR164 and a putative myo-inositol oxigenase gene (GhMIOX) were assessed in leaves and flowers. The RGs selected in this work proved to be excellent reference genes in the two cases studied. Our results support the use of miRNAs as reference genes for miRNA and protein-coding genes.
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- Anna Karoline Silva Fausto
- Lab. Virologia Molecular Vegetal, Depto. Virologia, IMPPG, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Lab. Virologia Molecular Vegetal, Depto. Virologia, IMPPG, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Lorena, SP, Brasil
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- Lab. Virologia Molecular Vegetal, Depto. Virologia, IMPPG, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Lorena, SP, Brasil
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- Lab. Virologia Molecular Vegetal, Depto. Virologia, IMPPG, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Wang L, Shan D, Zhang Y, Liu X, Sun Y, Zhang Z, Fang J. Effects of high temperature on life history traits and heat shock protein expression in chlorpyrifos-resistant Laodelphax striatella. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 136:64-69. [PMID: 28187833 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2016.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The resistance of the small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatella, to insecticides has been widely found in China, and has posed serious problems to efforts to control the pest. To determine the costs and benefits of resistance, the life tables of chlorpyrifos-resistant and -susceptible strains were constructed at 24 and 30°C. The results showed the resistant SBPH (YN-CPF) had lower fitness at 24°C, but slightly higher fitness at 30°C compared to the susceptible SBPH. Transcriptomic analysis showed there are five heat shock protein genes changed their expression, and the up-regulated genes are LsHsc70-1 and LsHsc70-2. The deduced amino acid sequences of LsHsc70-1 and LsHsc70-2 include three heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family signatures, but LsHSC70-1 has the conserved HSP70 carboxyl terminal region of the "EEVD" motif, while LsHSC70-2 has the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal of the "KDEL" motif. The phylogenetic tree further identified LsHsc70-1 has closer evolutionary distances to cytoplasmic/nuclear HSP70s from human and Drosophila melanogaster, while LsHsc70-2 has closer evolutionary distances to HSP70s localized to ER. After treatment at 30-44°C, the expression of LsHsc70-1 and LsHsc70-2 was slightly increased in YN-CPF. These results suggested that LsHsc70-1 and LsHsc70-2 are members of Hsc70 family, localized to the cytosol/nucleus and ER, respectively. The up-regulated expression of these genes may protect the chlorpyrifos-resistant pest against damage under high temperatures, increasing its relative fitness, but the lower relative fitness of this population under optimal temperature may be the trade-off.
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- Lihua Wang
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China.
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China; College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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Ferdous J, Sanchez-Ferrero JC, Langridge P, Milne L, Chowdhury J, Brien C, Tricker PJ. Differential expression of microRNAs and potential targets under drought stress in barley. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:11-24. [PMID: 27155357 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2015] [Revised: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Drought is a crucial environmental constraint limiting crop production in many parts of the world. microRNA (miRNA) based gene regulation has been shown to act in several pathways, including crop response to drought stress. Sequence based profiling and computational analysis have revealed hundreds of miRNAs and their potential targets in different plant species under various stress conditions, but few have been biologically verified. In this study, 11 candidate miRNAs were tested for their expression profiles in barley. Differences in accumulation of only four miRNAs (Ath-miR169b, Osa-miR1432, Hv-miRx5 and Hv-miR166b/c) were observed between drought-treated and well-watered barley in four genotypes. miRNA targets were predicted using degradome analysis of two, different genotypes, and genotype-specific target cleavage was observed. Inverse correlation of mature miRNA accumulation with miRNA target transcripts was also genotype dependent under drought treatment. Drought-responsive miRNAs accumulated predominantly in mesophyll tissues. Our results demonstrate genotype-specific miRNA regulation under drought stress and evidence for their role in mediating expression of target genes for abiotic stress response in barley.
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- Jannatul Ferdous
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
- Phenomics and Bioinformatics Research Centre, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Phenomics and Bioinformatics Research Centre, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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Transcriptomics analysis of hulless barley during grain development with a focus on starch biosynthesis. Funct Integr Genomics 2016; 17:107-117. [PMID: 27913887 PMCID: PMC5203864 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-016-0537-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Hulless barley, with its unique nutritional value and potential health benefits, has increasingly attracted attentions in recent years. However, the transcription dynamics during hulless barley grain development is not well understood. In the present study, we investigated the transcriptome changes during barley grain development using Illumina paired-end RNA-sequencing. Two datasets of the developing grain transcriptomes from two barley landraces with the differential seed starch synthesis traits were generated, and comparative transcriptome approach in both genotypes was performed. The results showed that 38 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were found co-modulated in both genotypes during the barley grain development. Of those, the proteins encoded by most of those DGEs were found, such as alpha-amylase-related proteins, lipid-transfer protein, homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-Zip), NUCLEAR FACTOR-Y, subunit B (NF-YBs), as well as MYB transcription factors. More interestingly, two genes Hvulgare_GLEAN_10012370 and Hvulgare_GLEAN_10021199 encoding SuSy, AGPase (Hvulgare_GLEAN_10033640 and Hvulgare_GLEAN_10056301), as well as SBE2b (Hvulgare_GLEAN_10018352) were found to significantly contribute to the regulatory mechanism during grain development in both genotypes. Moreover, six co-expression modules associated with specific biological processes or pathways (M1 to M6) were identified by consensus co-expression network. Significantly enriched pathways of those module genes showed difference in both genotypes. These results will expand our understanding of the complex molecular mechanism of starch synthesis during barley grain development.
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Ferdous J, Whitford R, Nguyen M, Brien C, Langridge P, Tricker PJ. Drought-inducible expression of Hv-miR827 enhances drought tolerance in transgenic barley. Funct Integr Genomics 2016; 17:279-292. [PMID: 27730426 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-016-0526-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses reducing crop yield. Since the discovery of plant microRNAs (miRNAs), considerable progress has been made in clarifying their role in plant responses to abiotic stresses, including drought. miR827 was previously reported to confer drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. We examined barley (Hordeum vulgare L. 'Golden Promise') plants over-expressing miR827 for plant performance under drought. Transgenic plants constitutively expressing CaMV-35S::Ath-miR827 and drought-inducible Zm-Rab17::Hv-miR827 were phenotyped by non-destructive imaging for growth and whole plant water use efficiency (WUEwp). We observed that the growth, WUEwp, time to anthesis and grain weight of transgenic barley plants expressing CaMV-35S::Ath-miR827 were negatively affected in both well-watered and drought-treated growing conditions compared with the wild-type plants. In contrast, transgenic plants over-expressing Zm-Rab17::Hv-miR827 showed improved WUEwp with no growth or reproductive timing change compared with the wild-type plants. The recovery of Zm-Rab17::Hv-miR827 over-expressing plants also improved following severe drought stress. Our results suggest that Hv-miR827 has the potential to improve the performance of barley under drought and that the choice of promoter to control the timing and specificity of miRNA expression is critical.
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- Jannatul Ferdous
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Plant Genomics Centre, Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, Adelaide, South Australia, 5064, Australia
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Plant Genomics Centre, Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, Adelaide, South Australia, 5064, Australia
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Phenomics and Bioinformatics Research Centre, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia
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- Phenomics and Bioinformatics Research Centre, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Plant Genomics Centre, Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, Adelaide, South Australia, 5064, Australia.
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia.
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Guo B, Wei Y, Xu R, Lin S, Luan H, Lv C, Zhang X, Song X, Xu R. Genome-Wide Analysis of APETALA2/Ethylene-Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF) Gene Family in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161322. [PMID: 27598245 PMCID: PMC5012588 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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APETALA2/Ethylene-Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF) gene family is plant specific transcription factor. It plays critical roles in development process, tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and responses to plant hormones. However, limited data are available on the contributions of AP2/ERF gene family in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). In the present study, 121 HvAP2/ERF genes in barley were identified by using bioinformatics methods. A total of 118 HvAP2/ERF (97.5%) genes were located on seven chromosomes. According to phylogenetic classification of AP2/ERF family in Arabidopsis, HvAP2/ERF proteins were divided into AP2 (APETALA2), RAV (Related to ABI3/VP), DREB (dehydration responsive element binding), ERF (ethylene responsive factors) and soloist sub families. The analysis of duplication events indicated that tandem repeat and segmental duplication contributed to the expansion of the AP2/ERF family in barley. HvDREB1s/2s genes displayed various expression patterns under abiotic stress and phytohormone. Taken together, the data generated in this study will be useful for genome-wide analysis to determine the precise role of the HvAP2/ERF gene during barley development, abiotic stress and phytohormone responses with the ultimate goal of improving crop production.
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- Baojian Guo
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- JiangSu Yanjiang Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Nantong, China
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- College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Barley Research Institution of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Cassol D, Cruz FP, Espindola K, Mangeon A, Müller C, Loureiro ME, Corrêa RL, Sachetto-Martins G. Identification of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR analysis of microRNAs and mRNAs in castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) under drought stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 106:101-7. [PMID: 27156134 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) is one of the most powerful and sensitive techniques to the study of gene expression. Several factors influence RT-qPCR performance though, including the stability of the reference genes used for data normalization. While the selection of appropriate reference genes is crucial for accurate and reliable gene expression analysis, no suitable reference genes have been previously identified in castor bean under drought stress. In this study, the expression stability of eleven mRNAs, thirteen microRNAs (miRNAs) and one small nuclear RNA were analyzed in roots and leaves across different levels of water deficit. Three different algorithms were employed to analyze the RT-qPCR data, and the resulting outputs were merged using a non-weighted unsupervised rank aggregation method. Our analysis indicated that the Elongation factor 1-beta (EF1B), Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) and ADP-ribosylation factor (ADP) ranked as the best candidates across diverse samples submitted to different levels of drought conditions. EF1B and Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and EF1B and SKP1/ASK-interacting protein 16 (SKIP16) were found as the most suitable reference genes for expression analysis in roots and leaves, respectively. In addition, miRNAs miR168, miR160 and miR397 were selected as optimal reference genes across all tissues and treatments. miR168 and miR156 were recommended as reference for roots, while miR168 and miR160 were recommended for leaves. Together, our results constitute the first attempt to identify and validate the most suitable reference genes for accurate normalization of gene expression in castor bean under drought stress.
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- Daniela Cassol
- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Brazil; Department of Plant Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Brazil.
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- Department of Plant Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil.
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- Department of Plant Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Brazil.
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Zeng X, Bai L, Wei Z, Yuan H, Wang Y, Xu Q, Tang Y, Nyima T. Transcriptome analysis revealed the drought-responsive genes in Tibetan hulless barley. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:386. [PMID: 27207260 PMCID: PMC4875595 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2685-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Hulless barley, also called naked barley, is an important cereal crop worldwide, serving as a healthy food both for human consumption and animal feed. Nevertheless, it often suffered from drought stress during its growth and development, resulting in a drastic reduction in barley yields. Therefore, study on molecular mechanism of hulless barley drought-tolerance is very important for increasing barley production. To investigate molecular mechanism of barley drought-resistance, this study examined co-regulated mRNAs that show a change in expression pattern under early well water, later water deficit and finally water recovery treatments, and to identify mRNAs specific to water limiting conditions. Results Total of 853 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected and categorized into nine clusters, in which VI and VIII were apparently up-regulated under low relative soil moisture content (RSMC) level. The majority of genes in these two clusters was relevant to abiotic stress responses in abscisic acid (ABA) dependent and independent signaling pathway, including NCED, PYR/PYL/RCAR, SnRK2, ABF, MYB/MYC, AP2/ERF family, LEA and DHN. In contrast, genes within clusters II and IV were generally down-regulated under water stress; cluster IX genes were up-regulated during water recovery response to both low and high RSMC levels. Genes in implicated in tetrapyrrole binding, photosystem and photosynthetic membrane were the most affected in cluster IX. Conclusion Taken together, our findings indicate that the responses of hulless barley to drought stress shows differences in the pathways and genes activated. Furthermore, all these genes displayed different sensitivities to soil water deficit and might be profitable for future drought tolerance improvement in barley and other crops. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2685-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xingquan Zeng
- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850002, China
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- Chengdu Life Baseline Technology Co., LTD, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850002, China
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- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850002, China.,Barley Improvement and Yak Breeding Key Laboratory of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, 850002, China
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- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850002, China.,Barley Improvement and Yak Breeding Key Laboratory of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, 850002, China
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- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850002, China.,Barley Improvement and Yak Breeding Key Laboratory of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, 850002, China
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- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850002, China.,Barley Improvement and Yak Breeding Key Laboratory of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, 850002, China
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- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850002, China. .,Barley Improvement and Yak Breeding Key Laboratory of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, 850002, China.
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Liu W, Deng Y, Zhou Y, Chen H, Dong Y, Wang N, Li X, Jameel A, Yang H, Zhang M, Chen K, Wang F, Li H. Normalization for Relative Quantification of mRNA and microRNA in Soybean Exposed to Various Abiotic Stresses. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155606. [PMID: 27176476 PMCID: PMC4866712 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Plant microRNAs are small non-coding, endogenic RNA molecule (containing 20-24 nucleotides) produced from miRNA precursors (pri-miRNA and pre-miRNA). Evidence suggests that up and down regulation of the miRNA targets the mRNA genes involved in resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. Reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is a powerful technique to analyze variations in mRNA levels. Normalizing the data using reference genes is essential for the analysis of reliable RT-qPCR data. In this study, two groups of candidate reference mRNAs and miRNAs in soybean leaves and roots treated with various abiotic stresses (PEG-simulated drought, salinity, alkalinity, salinity+alkalinity, and abscisic acid) were analyzed by RT-qPCR. We analyzed the most appropriate reference mRNA/miRNAs using the geNorm, NormFinder, and BestKeeper algorithms. According to the results, Act and EF1b were the most suitable reference mRNAs in leaf and root samples, for mRNA and miRNA precursor data normalization. The most suitable reference miRNAs found in leaf and root samples were 166a and 167a for mature miRNA data normalization. Hence the best combinations of reference mRNAs for mRNA and miRNA precursor data normalization were EF1a + Act or EF1b + Act in leaf samples, and EF1a + EF1b or 60s + EF1b in root samples. For mature miRNA data normalization, the most suitable combinations of reference miRNAs were 166a + 167d in leaf samples, and 171a + 156a or 167a + 171a in root samples. We identified potential reference mRNA/miRNAs for accurate RT-qPCR data normalization for mature miRNA, miRNA precursors, and their targeted mRNAs. Our results promote miRNA-based studies on soybean plants exposed to abiotic stress conditions.
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- Weican Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Engineering Research Center of the Chinese Ministry of Education for Bioreactor and Pharmaceutical Development, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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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, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China
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Pennington HG, Li L, Spanu PD. Identification and selection of normalization controls for quantitative transcript analysis in Blumeria graminis. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2016; 17:625-33. [PMID: 26238194 PMCID: PMC5102671 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The investigation of obligate biotrophic pathogens, for example Blumeria graminis, presents a number of challenges. The sensitivity of many assays is reduced because of the presence of host material. Furthermore, the fungal structures inside and outside of the plant possess very different characteristics. Normalization genes are used in quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to compensate for changes as a result of the quantity and quality of template material. Such genes are used as references against which genes of interest are compared, enabling true quantification. Here, we identified six potential B. graminis and five barley genes for qPCR normalization. The relative changes in abundance of the transcripts were assayed across an infection time course in barley epidermis, in B. graminis epiphytic structures and haustoria. The B. graminis glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), actin (ACT) and histone 3 (H3) genes and the barley GAPDH, ubiquitin (UBI) and α-tubulin 2B (TUBA2B) genes were optimal normalization controls for qPCR during the infection cycle. These genes were then used for normalization in the quantification of the members of a Candidate Secreted Effector Protein (CSEP) family 21, a conidia-specific gene and barley genes encoding putative interactors of CSEP0064. The analysis demonstrates the importance of identifying which reference genes are appropriate for each investigation.
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- Helen G Pennington
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Correction: Identification of Reference Genes for Quantitative Expression Analysis of MicroRNAs and mRNAs in Barley under Various Stress Conditions. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126167. [PMID: 25946146 PMCID: PMC4422744 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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