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Zhao C, Cui X, Yu X, Ning X, Yu H, Li J, Yang B, Pan Y, Jiang L. Molecular evolution and functional diversification of metal tolerance protein families in cereals plants and function of maize MTP protein. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 274:133071. [PMID: 38871096 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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Plants employ metal tolerance proteins (MTPs) to confer tolerance by sequestering excess ions into vacuoles. MTPs belong to the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) family, which facilitates the transport of divalent transition metal cations. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the MTP gene families across 21 plant species, including maize (Zea mays). A total of 247 MTP genes were identified within these plant genomes and categorized into distinct subgroups, namely Zn-CDF, Mn-CDF, and Fe/Zn-CDF, based on phylogenetic analyses. This investigation encompassed the characterization of genomic distribution, gene structures, cis-regulatory elements, collinearity relationships, and gene ontology functions associated with MTPs. Transcriptomic analyses unveiled stress-specific expression patterns of MTP genes under various abiotic stresses. Moreover, quantitative RT-PCR assays were employed to assess maize MTP gene responses to diverse heavy metal stress conditions. Functional validation of metal tolerance roles was achieved through heterologous expression in yeast. This integrated evolutionary scrutiny of MTP families in cereals furnishes a valuable framework for the elucidation of MTP functions in subsequent studies. Notably, the prioritized MTP gene ZmMTP6 emerged as a positive regulator of plant Cd tolerance, thereby offering a pivotal genetic asset for the development of Cd-tolerant crops, particularly maize cultivars.
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- Chao Zhao
- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China; Beidahuang Kenfeng Seed Co., Ltd, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang Province, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Environment Change and Resources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Province, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China.
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- College of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, Jilin Province, PR China.
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Zhang Y, Liu P, Zou C, Chen Z, Yuan G, Gao S, Pan G, Shen Y, Ma L. Comprehensive analysis of transcriptional data on seed germination of two maize inbred lines under low-temperature conditions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 201:107874. [PMID: 37429215 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107874] [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: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Seed germination directly affect maize yield and grain quality. Low-temperature reduces maize yield by affecting seed germination and seedling growth. However, the molecular mechanism of maize seed germination under low-temperature remains unclear. In this study, the transcriptome data of two maize inbred lines SCL127 (chilling-sensitive) and SCL326 (chilling-tolerant) were analyzed at five time points (0 H, 4 H, 12 H, 24 H, and 48 H) under low-temperature conditions. Through the comparison of SCL127-0 H-vs-SCL326-0 H (Group I), SCL127-4 H-vs-SCL326-4 H (Group Ⅱ), SCL127-12 H-vs-SCL326-12 H (Group Ⅲ), SCL127-24 H-vs-SCL326-24 H (Group Ⅳ), and SCL127-48 H-vs SCL326-48 H (Group Ⅴ), a total of 8,526 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained. Weighted correlation network analysis revealed that Zm00001d010445 was the hub gene involved in seed germination under low-temperature conditions. Zm00001d010445-based association analysis showed that Hap Ⅱ (G) was the excellent haplotype for seed germination under low-temperature conditions. These findings provide a new perspective for the study of the genetic architecture of maize tolerance to low-temperature and contribute to the cultivation of maize varieties with low-temperature tolerance.
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- Yinchao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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Agarwal T, Wang X, Mildenhall F, Ibrahim IM, Puthiyaveetil S, Varala K. Chilling stress drives organ-specific transcriptional cascades and dampens diurnal oscillation in tomato. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2023; 10:uhad137. [PMID: 37564269 PMCID: PMC10410299 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhad137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Improving chilling tolerance in cold-sensitive crops, e.g. tomato, requires knowledge of the early molecular response to low temperature in these under-studied species. To elucidate early responding processes and regulators, we captured the transcriptional response at 30 minutes and 3 hours in the shoots and at 3 hours in the roots of tomato post-chilling from 24°C to 4°C. We used a pre-treatment control and a concurrent ambient temperature control to reveal that majority of the differential expression between cold and ambient conditions is due to severely compressed oscillation of a large set of diurnally regulated genes in both the shoots and roots. This compression happens within 30 minutes of chilling, lasts for the duration of cold treatment, and is relieved within 3 hours of return to ambient temperatures. Our study also shows that the canonical ICE1/CAMTA-to-CBF cold response pathway is active in the shoots, but not in the roots. Chilling stress induces synthesis of known cryoprotectants (trehalose and polyamines), in a CBF-independent manner, and induction of multiple genes encoding proteins of photosystems I and II. This study provides nuanced insights into the organ-specific response in a chilling sensitive plant, as well as the genes influenced by an interaction of chilling response and the circadian clock.
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- Tina Agarwal
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Samarina L, Wang S, Malyukova L, Bobrovskikh A, Doroshkov A, Koninskaya N, Shkhalakhova R, Matskiv A, Fedorina J, Fizikova A, Manakhova K, Loshkaryova S, Tutberidze T, Ryndin A, Khlestkina E. Long-term cold, freezing and drought: overlapping and specific regulatory mechanisms and signal transduction in tea plant ( Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1145793. [PMID: 37235017 PMCID: PMC10206121 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1145793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Introduction Low temperatures and drought are two main environmental constraints reducing the yield and geographical distribution of horticultural crops worldwide. Understanding the genetic crosstalk between stress responses has potential importance for crop improvement. Methods In this study, Illumina RNA-seq and Pac-Bio genome resequencing were used to annotate genes and analyze transcriptome dynamics in tea plants under long-term cold, freezing, and drought. Results The highest number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was identified under long-term cold (7,896) and freezing (7,915), with 3,532 and 3,780 upregulated genes, respectively. The lowest number of DEGs was observed under 3-day drought (47) and 9-day drought (220), with five and 112 genes upregulated, respectively. The recovery after the cold had 6.5 times greater DEG numbers as compared to the drought recovery. Only 17.9% of cold-induced genes were upregulated by drought. In total, 1,492 transcription factor genes related to 57 families were identified. However, only 20 transcription factor genes were commonly upregulated by cold, freezing, and drought. Among the 232 common upregulated DEGs, most were related to signal transduction, cell wall remodeling, and lipid metabolism. Co-expression analysis and network reconstruction showed 19 genes with the highest co-expression connectivity: seven genes are related to cell wall remodeling (GATL7, UXS4, PRP-F1, 4CL, UEL-1, UDP-Arap, and TBL32), four genes are related to calcium-signaling (PXL1, Strap, CRT, and CIPK6), three genes are related to photo-perception (GIL1, CHUP1, and DnaJ11), two genes are related to hormone signaling (TTL3 and GID1C-like), two genes are involved in ROS signaling (ERO1 and CXE11), and one gene is related to the phenylpropanoid pathway (GALT6). Discussion Based on our results, several important overlapping mechanisms of long-term stress responses include cell wall remodeling through lignin biosynthesis, o-acetylation of polysaccharides, pectin biosynthesis and branching, and xyloglucan and arabinogalactan biosynthesis. This study provides new insight into long-term stress responses in woody crops, and a set of new target candidate genes were identified for molecular breeding aimed at tolerance to abiotic stresses.
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- Lidiia Samarina
- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
- Center of Genetics and Life Sciences, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sirius, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
- Center of Genetics and Life Sciences, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sirius, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
- Center of Genetics and Life Sciences, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sirius, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
- Center of Genetics and Life Sciences, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sirius, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Center of Genetics and Life Sciences, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sirius, Russia
- Federal Research Center, N. I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), Saint Petersburg, Russia
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QTL Mapping and a Transcriptome Integrative Analysis Uncover the Candidate Genes That Control the Cold Tolerance of Maize Introgression Lines at the Seedling Stage. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032629. [PMID: 36768951 PMCID: PMC9917090 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Chilling injury owing to low temperatures severely affects the growth and development of maize (Zea mays.L) seedlings during the early and late spring seasons. The existing maize germplasm is deficient in the resources required to improve maize's ability to tolerate cold injury. Therefore, it is crucial to introduce and identify excellent gene/QTLs that confer cold tolerance to maize for sustainable crop production. Wild relatives of maize, such as Z. perennis and Tripsacum dactyloides, are strongly tolerant to cold and can be used to improve the cold tolerance of maize. In a previous study, a genetic bridge among maize that utilized Z. perennis and T. dactyloides was created and used to obtain a highly cold-tolerant maize introgression line (MIL)-IB030 by backcross breeding. In this study, two candidate genes that control relative electrical conductivity were located on MIL-IB030 by forward genetics combined with a weighted gene co-expression network analysis. The results of the phenotypic, genotypic, gene expression, and functional verification suggest that two candidate genes positively regulate cold tolerance in MIL-IB030 and could be used to improve the cold tolerance of cultivated maize. This study provides a workable route to introduce and mine excellent genes/QTLs to improve the cold tolerance of maize and also lays a theoretical and practical foundation to improve cultivated maize against low-temperature stress.
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Liu Y, Cai Y, Li Y, Zhang X, Shi N, Zhao J, Yang H. Dynamic changes in the transcriptome landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to cold stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:983460. [PMID: 36110360 PMCID: PMC9468617 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.983460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plants must reprogram gene expression to adapt constantly changing environmental temperatures. With the increased occurrence of extremely low temperatures, the negative effects on plants, especially on growth and development, from cold stress are becoming more and more serious. In this research, strand-specific RNA sequencing (ssRNA-seq) was used to explore the dynamic changes in the transcriptome landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to cold temperatures (4°C) at different times. In total, 7,623 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) exhibited dynamic temporal changes during the cold treatments. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis showed that the DEGs were enriched in cold response, secondary metabolic processes, photosynthesis, glucosinolate biosynthesis, and plant hormone signal transduction pathways. Meanwhile, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) were identified after the assembly of the transcripts, from which 247 differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs) and their potential target genes were predicted. 3,621 differentially alternatively spliced (DAS) genes related to RNA splicing and spliceosome were identified, indicating enhanced transcriptome complexity due to the alternative splicing (AS) in the cold. In addition, 739 cold-regulated transcription factors (TFs) belonging to 52 gene families were identified as well. This research analyzed the dynamic changes of the transcriptome landscape in response to cold stress, which reveals more complete transcriptional patterns during short- and long-term cold treatment and provides new insights into functional studies of that how plants are affected by cold stress.
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- Yue Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, China
- RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Xuhui L, Weiwei C, Siqi L, Junteng F, Hang Z, Xiangbo Z, Yongwen Q. Full-length transcriptome analysis of maize root tips reveals the molecular mechanism of cold stress during the seedling stage. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:398. [PMID: 35963989 PMCID: PMC9375949 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03787-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND As maize originated in tropical or subtropical zones, most maize germplasm is extremely sensitive to low temperatures during the seedling stage. Clarifying the molecular mechanism of cold acclimation would facilitate the breeding of cold tolerant maize varieties, which is one of the major sustainability factors for crop production. To meet this goal, we investigated two maize inbred lines with contrasting levels of cold tolerance at the seedling stage (IL85, a cold tolerant line; B73, a cold sensitive line), and performed full-length transcriptome sequencing on the root tips of seedlings before and after 24 h of cold treatment. RESULTS We identified 152,263 transcripts, including 20,993 novel transcripts, and determined per-transcript expression levels. A total of 1,475 transcripts were specifically up-regulated in the cold tolerant line IL85 under cold stress. GO enrichment analysis revealed that 25 transcripts were involved in reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolic processes and 15 transcripts were related to the response to heat. Eight genes showed specific differential alternative splicing (DAS) in IL85 under cold stress, and were mainly involved in amine metabolism. A total of 1,111 lncRNAs were further identified, 62 of which were up-regulated in IL85 or B73 under cold stress, and their corresponding target genes were enriched in protein phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS These results provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of cold acclimation during the seedling stage in maize, and will facilitate the development of cultivars with improved cold stress tolerance.
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- Li Xuhui
- Institute of Nanfan & Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510316, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Nanfan & Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510316, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510325, Guangdong, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510325, Guangdong, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Nanfan & Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510316, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Nanfan & Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510316, Guangdong, China.
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China.
- College of Agriculture and Biology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510325, Guangdong, China.
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Xie Y, Chen Y, Li Z, Zhu J, Liu M, Zhang Y, Dong Z. Enhancer transcription detected in the nascent transcriptomic landscape of bread wheat. Genome Biol 2022; 23:109. [PMID: 35501845 PMCID: PMC9063354 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-022-02675-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The precise spatiotemporal gene expression is orchestrated by enhancers that lack general sequence features and thus are difficult to be computationally identified. By nascent RNA sequencing combined with epigenome profiling, we detect active transcription of enhancers from the complex bread wheat genome. We find that genes associated with transcriptional enhancers are expressed at significantly higher levels, and enhancer RNA is more precise and robust in predicting enhancer activity compared to chromatin features. We demonstrate that sub-genome-biased enhancer transcription could drive sub-genome-biased gene expression. This study highlights enhancer transcription as a hallmark in regulating gene expression in wheat.
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- Yilin Xie
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.,National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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de Sosa I, Verdes A, Tilikj N, Marchán DF, Planelló R, Herrero Ó, Almodóvar A, Cosín DD, Novo M. How to thrive in unstable environments: Gene expression profile of a riparian earthworm under abiotic stress. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 817:152749. [PMID: 34990683 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152749] [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: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nowadays, extreme weather events caused by climate change are becoming more frequent. This leads to the occurrence of extreme habitats to which species must adapt. This challenge becomes crucial for species living in unstable environments, such as the riparian earthworm Eiseniella tetraedra. Its cosmopolitan distribution exposes it to various environmental changes, such as freezing in subarctic regions or droughts in Mediterranean areas. Transcriptional changes under cold and desiccation conditions could therefore shed light on the adaptive mechanisms of this species. An experiment was performed for each condition. In the cold experiment, the temperature was lowered to -14 °C ± 2 °C (compared to 8 °C for control samples), and in the desiccation treatment, humidity was lowered from 60% to 15%. Comparisons of gene expression levels between earthworms under freezing conditions and control earthworms revealed a total of 84 differentially expressed genes and comparisons between the desiccation experiment and the control yielded 163 differentially expressed genes. However, no common responses were found between the two treatments. The results suggest that E. tetraedra can acclimate to low temperatures due to the upregulation of genes involved in glucose accumulation. However, downregulation of the respiratory chain suggests that this earthworm does not tolerate freezing conditions. Under desiccation conditions, genes involved in cell protection from apoptosis and DNA repair were upregulated. In contrast, lipid metabolism was downregulated, presumably to conserve resources by reducing the rate at which they are consumed.
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- Irene de Sosa
- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Department, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, C/José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Jose Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Department, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, C/José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- CEFE, UMR 5175, CNRS-Univ Montpellier-Univ Paul-Valéry-EPHE-SupAgro Montpellier-INRA-IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Biology and Environmental Toxicology Group, Faculty of Science, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Campus UNED Las Rozas, Avda. Esparta s/n, 28232, Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Biology and Environmental Toxicology Group, Faculty of Science, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Campus UNED Las Rozas, Avda. Esparta s/n, 28232, Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Department, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, C/José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Department, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, C/José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution Department, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, C/José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Li X, Hu H, Hu X, Wang G, Du X, Li L, Wang F, Fu J, Wang G, Wang J, Gu R. Transcriptome Analysis of Near-Isogenic Lines Provides Novel Insights into Genes Associated with Seed Low-Temperature Germination Ability in Maize ( Zea mays L.). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11070887. [PMID: 35406867 PMCID: PMC9002958 DOI: 10.3390/plants11070887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Maize originated from tropical regions and is extremely sensitive to low temperature during germination. Our previous work identified a major QTL, qp1ER1-1, for low temperature germination ability (LTGA) of maize. Here, we introgressed qp1ER1-1 from the tolerant line L220 into the sensitive line PH4CV to generate two near isogenic lines NIL220-3 and NIL220-25. When germinated under cold temperature for 25 days (Cold-25), the NILs showed similar seedling root length and shoot length to L220, but significantly higher than PH4CV. However, when germinated under cold temperature for 15 days (Cold-15) or under normal temperature (25 °C) for 3 days (CK-3), all lines showed similar seedling performance, indicating that introgression of qp1ER1-1 from L220 into PH4CV could improve LTGA of NIL220-3 and NIL220-25. The whole seedlings, including root and shoot, of Cold-15 and CK-3 were harvested for transcriptome analysis, when both stayed at a similar developmental stage. Dry seed embryo was sequenced as a non-germination control (CK-0). Compared with PH4CV, the tolerant line (L220, NIL220-3, and NIL220-25) specifically expressed genes (different expressed genes, DEGs) were identified for CK-0, Cold-15, and CK-3. Then, DEGs identified from Cold-15, but not from CK-0 or CK-3, were defined as tolerant line specifically expressed LTGA genes. Finally, 1786, 174, and 133 DEGs were identified as L220, NIL220-3, and NIL220-25 specifically expressed LTGA genes, respectively. Of them, 27 were common LTGA genes that could be identified from all three tolerant lines, with two (Zm00001d031209 and Zm00001d031292) locating in the confidence interval of qp1ER1-1. In addition, GO analysis revealed that L220 specifically expressed LTGA genes were majorly enriched in the cell division process and plasma membrane related categories. Taken together, these results provided new insight into the molecular mechanism of maize seed LTGA and facilitated the cloning of the qp1ER1-1 gene.
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- Xuhui Li
- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
- Institute of Nanfan & Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510316, China
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (J.F.); (G.W.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (J.F.); (G.W.)
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (R.G.)
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- Beijing Innovation Center for Crop Seed Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (X.L.); (H.H.); (X.H.); (G.W.); (X.D.); (L.L.); (F.W.)
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (R.G.)
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Li W, Fu Y, Lv W, Zhao S, Feng H, Shao L, Li C, Yang J. Characterization of the early gene expression profile in Populus ussuriensis under cold stress using PacBio SMRT sequencing integrated with RNA-seq reads. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 42:646-663. [PMID: 34625806 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Populus ussuriensis is an important and fast-growing afforestation plant species in north-eastern China. The whole-genome sequencing of P. ussuriensis has not been completed. Also, the transcriptional network of P. ussuriensis response to cold stress remains unknown. To unravel the early response of P. ussuriensis to chilling (3 °C) stress and freezing (-3 °C) stresses at the transcriptional level, we performed single-molecule real-time (SMRT) and Illumina RNA sequencing for P. ussuriensis. The SMRT long-read isoform sequencing led to the identification of 29,243,277 subreads and 575,481 circular consensus sequencing reads. Approximately 50,910 high-quality isoforms were generated, and 2272 simple sequence repeats and 8086 long non-coding RNAs were identified. The Ca2+ content and abscisic acid (ABA) content in P. ussuriensis were significantly increased under cold stresses, while the value in the freezing stress treatment group was significantly higher than the chilling stress treatment group. A total of 49 genes that are involved in the signal transduction pathways related to perception and transmission of cold stress signals, such as the Ca2+ signaling pathway, ABA signaling pathway and MAPK signaling cascade, were found to be differentially expressed. In addition, 158 transcription factors from 21 different families, such as MYB, WRKY and AP2/ERF, were differentially expressed during chilling and freezing treatments. Moreover, the measurement of physiological indicators and bioinformatics observations demonstrated the altered expression pattern of genes involved in reactive oxygen species balance and the sugar metabolism pathway during chilling and freezing stresses. This is the first report of the early responses of P. ussuriensis to cold stress, which lays the foundation for future studies on the regulatory mechanisms in cold-stress response. In addition the full-length reference transcriptome of P. ussuriensis deciphered could be used in future studies on P. ussuriensis.
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- Wenlong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Harbin University of Commerce, No.138 Tongdajie Street, Harbin 150028, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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Li G, Wang Q, Lu L, Wang S, Chen X, Khan MHU, Zhang Y, Yang S. Identification of the soybean small auxin upregulated RNA (SAUR) gene family and specific haplotype for drought tolerance. Biologia (Bratisl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-022-01010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gharaghanipor N, Arzani A, Rahimmalek M, Ravash R. Physiological and Transcriptome Indicators of Salt Tolerance in Wild and Cultivated Barley. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:819282. [PMID: 35498693 PMCID: PMC9047362 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.819282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Barley is used as a model cereal to decipher salt tolerance mechanisms due to its simpler genome than wheat and enhanced salt tolerance compared to rice and wheat. In the present study, RNA-Seq based transcriptomic profiles were compared between salt-tolerant wild (Hordeum spontaneum, genotype no. 395) genotype and salt-sensitive cultivated (H. vulgare, 'Mona' cultivar) subjected to salt stress (300 mM NaCl) and control (0 mM NaCl) conditions. Plant growth and physiological attributes were also evaluated in a separate experiment as a comparison. Wild barley was significantly less impacted by salt stress than cultivated barley in growth and physiology and hence was more stress-responsive functionally. A total of 6,048 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) including 3,025 up-regulated and 3,023 down-regulated DEGs were detected in the wild genotype in salt stress conditions. The transcripts of salt-stress-related genes were profoundly lower in the salt-sensitive than the tolerant barley having a total of 2,610 DEGs (580 up- and 2,030 down-regulated). GO enrichment analysis showed that the DEGs were mainly enriched in biological processes associated with stress defenses (e.g., cellular component, signaling network, ion transporter, regulatory proteins, reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging, hormone biosynthesis, osmotic homeostasis). Comparison of the candidate genes in the two genotypes showed that the tolerant genotype contains higher functional and effective salt-tolerance related genes with a higher level of transcripts than the sensitive one. In conclusion, the tolerant genotype consistently exhibited better tolerance to salt stress in physiological and functional attributes than did the sensitive one. These differences provide a comprehensive understanding of the evolved salt-tolerance mechanism in wild barley. The shared mechanisms between these two sub-species revealed at each functional level will provide more reliable insights into the basic mechanisms of salt tolerance in barley species.
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- Narges Gharaghanipor
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
- *Correspondence: Narges Gharaghanipor,
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
- Ahmad Arzani, , orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-6724
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- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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Li H, Yue H, Xie J, Bu J, Li L, Xin X, Zhao Y, Zhang H, Yang L, Wang J, Jiang X. Transcriptomic profiling of the high-vigour maize (Zea mays L.) hybrid variety response to cold and drought stresses during seed germination. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19345. [PMID: 34588562 PMCID: PMC8481303 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98907-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Abiotic stresses, including cold and drought, negatively affect maize (Zea mays L.) seed field emergence and later yield and quality. In order to reveal the molecular mechanism of maize seed resistance to abiotic stress at seed germination, the global transcriptome of high- vigour variety Zhongdi175 exposed to cold- and drought- stress was analyzed by RNA-seq. In the comparison between the control and different stressed sample, 12,299 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected, of which 9605 and 7837 DEGs were identified under cold- and drought- stress, respectively. Functional annotation analysis suggested that stress response mediated by the pathways involving ribosome, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, among others. Of the obtained DEGs (12,299), 5,143 genes are common to cold- and drought- stress, at least 2248 TFs in 56 TF families were identified that are involved in cold and/or drought treatments during seed germination, including bHLH, NAC, MYB and WRKY families, which suggested that common mechanisms may be originated during maize seed germination in response to different abiotic stresses. This study will provide a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of response to abiotic stress during maize seed germination, and could be useful for cultivar improvement and breeding of high vigour maize cultivars.
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- Heqin Li
- Maize Research Institute/College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Dryland Farming Institute, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Hengshui, 053000, China
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- Dryland Farming Institute, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Hengshui, 053000, China
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- Dryland Farming Institute, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Hengshui, 053000, China
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- Seed Science and Technology Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Maize Research Institute/College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Maize Research Institute/College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Maize Research Institute/College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Taocheng Branch of Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of Hengshui City, Hengshui, 053000, China
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- Seed Science and Technology Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Maize Research Institute/College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
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Zhang J, Huang D, Zhao X, Zhang M. Evaluation of drought resistance and transcriptome analysis for the identification of drought-responsive genes in Iris germanica. Sci Rep 2021; 11:16308. [PMID: 34381085 PMCID: PMC8358056 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95633-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Iris germanica, a species with very high ornamental value, exhibits the strongest drought resistance among the species in the genus Iris, but the molecular mechanism underlying its drought resistance has not been evaluated. To investigate the gene expression profile changes exhibited by high-drought-resistant I. germanica under drought stress, 10 cultivars with excellent characteristics were included in pot experiments under drought stress conditions, and the changes in the chlorophyll (Chl) content, plasma membrane relative permeability (RP), and superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), free proline (Pro), and soluble protein (SP) levels in leaves were compared among these cultivars. Based on their drought-resistance performance, the 10 cultivars were ordered as follows: 'Little Dream' > 'Music Box' > 'X'Brassie' > 'Blood Stone' > 'Cherry Garden' > 'Memory of Harvest' > 'Immortality' > 'White and Gold' > 'Tantara' > 'Clarence'. Using the high-drought-resistant cultivar 'Little Dream' as the experimental material, cDNA libraries from leaves and rhizomes treated for 0, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h with 20% polyethylene glycol (PEG)-6000 to simulate a drought environment were sequenced using the Illumina sequencing platform. We obtained 1, 976, 033 transcripts and 743, 982 unigenes (mean length of 716 bp) through a hierarchical clustering analysis of the resulting transcriptome data. The unigenes were compared against the Nr, Nt, Pfam, KOG/COG, Swiss-Prot, KEGG, and gene ontology (GO) databases for functional annotation, and the gene expression levels in leaves and rhizomes were compared between the 20% PEG-6000 stress treated (6, 12, 24, and 48 h) and control (0 h) groups using DESeq2. 7849 and 24,127 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained from leaves and rhizomes, respectively. GO and KEGG enrichment analyses of the DEGs revealed significantly enriched KEGG pathways, including ribosome, photosynthesis, hormone signal transduction, starch and sucrose metabolism, synthesis of secondary metabolites, and related genes, such as heat shock proteins (HSPs), transcription factors (TFs), and active oxygen scavengers. In conclusion, we conducted the first transcriptome sequencing analysis of the I. germanica cultivar 'Little Dream' under drought stress and generated a large amount of genetic information. This study lays the foundation for further exploration of the molecular mechanisms underlying the responses of I. germanica to drought stress and provides valuable genetic resources for the breeding of drought-resistant plants.
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- Jingwei Zhang
- grid.274504.00000 0001 2291 4530College of Landscape Architecture and Tourism, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- grid.274504.00000 0001 2291 4530College of Landscape Architecture and Tourism, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- grid.274504.00000 0001 2291 4530College of Landscape Architecture and Tourism, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- grid.274504.00000 0001 2291 4530State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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Xue C, Jiang Y, Wang Z, Shan X, Yuan Y, Hua J. Tissue-level transcriptomic responses to local and distal chilling reveal potential chilling survival mechanisms in maize. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:erab323. [PMID: 34240135 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Chilling is a major stress to plants of subtropical and tropical origins including maize (Zea mays L.). To reveal molecular mechanisms underlying chilling tolerance and survival, we investigated transcriptomic responses to chilling stress in differentiated leaves and roots as well as in crowns with meristem activity in maize. Chilling stress on shoots and roots is found to each contributes to seedling lethality in maize. Comparison of maize lines with different chilling tolerance capacities reveals that chilling survival is highly associated with upregulation of abscisic acid biosynthesis and response as well as transcriptional regulators in leaves and crowns. It is also associated with the downregulation of translation in leaves and heat response in crowns. Chilling treatment on whole or part of the plants reveals that response to distal-chilling is very distinct from, and sometimes opposite to, response to local- or whole-plant chilling in both leaves and roots, suggesting a communication between shoots and roots in environmental response. This study thus provides transcriptomic responses in leaves, roots and crowns under differential chilling stresses in maize and reveals potential chilling tolerance and survival mechanisms which lays ground for improving chilling tolerance in crop plants.
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- Chunmei Xue
- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Bolortuya B, Kawabata S, Yamagami A, Davaapurev BO, Takahashi F, Inoue K, Kanatani A, Mochida K, Kumazawa M, Ifuku K, Jigjidsuren S, Battogtokh T, Udval G, Shinozaki K, Asami T, Batkhuu J, Nakano T. Transcriptome Analysis of Chloris virgata, Which Shows the Fastest Germination and Growth in the Major Mongolian Grassland Plant. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:684987. [PMID: 34262584 PMCID: PMC8275185 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.684987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plants in Mongolian grasslands are exposed to short, dry summers and long, cold winters. These plants should be prepared for fast germination and growth activity in response to the limited summer rainfall. The wild plant species adapted to the Mongolian grassland environment may allow us to explore useful genes, as a source of unique genetic codes for crop improvement. Here, we identified the Chloris virgata Dornogovi accession as the fastest germinating plant in major Mongolian grassland plants. It germinated just 5 h after treatment for germination initiation and showed rapid growth, especially in its early and young development stages. This indicates its high growth potential compared to grass crops such as rice and wheat. By assessing growth recovery after animal bite treatment (mimicked by cutting the leaves with scissors), we found that C. virgata could rapidly regenerate leaves after being damaged, suggesting high regeneration potential against grazing. To analyze the regulatory mechanism involved in the high growth potential of C. virgata, we performed RNA-seq-based transcriptome analysis and illustrated a comprehensive gene expression map of the species. Through de novo transcriptome assembly with the RNA-seq reads from whole organ samples of C. virgata at the germination stage (2 days after germination, DAG), early young development stage (8 DAG), young development stage (17 DAG), and adult development stage (28 DAG), we identified 21,589 unified transcripts (contigs) and found that 19,346 and 18,156 protein-coding transcripts were homologous to those in rice and Arabidopsis, respectively. The best-aligned sequences were annotated with gene ontology groups. When comparing the transcriptomes across developmental stages, we found an over-representation of genes involved in growth regulation in the early development stage in C. virgata. Plant development is tightly regulated by phytohormones such as brassinosteroids, gibberellic acid, abscisic acid, and strigolactones. Moreover, our transcriptome map demonstrated the expression profiles of orthologs involved in the biosynthesis of these phytohormones and their signaling networks. We discuss the possibility that C. virgata phytohormone signaling and biosynthesis genes regulate early germination and growth advantages. Comprehensive transcriptome information will provide a useful resource for gene discovery and facilitate a deeper understanding of the diversity of the regulatory systems that have evolved in C. virgata while adapting to severe environmental conditions.
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- Byambajav Bolortuya
- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Bioproductivity Informatics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Bioproductivity Informatics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Bioproductivity Informatics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, Mongolian University of Life Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, Mongolian University of Life Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, Mongolian University of Life Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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Hu J, Lan M, Xu X, Yang H, Zhang L, Lv F, Yang H, Yang D, Li C, He J. Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Molecular Changes during Flower Development between Male Sterile and Fertile Chinese Cabbage ( Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) Lines. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11060525. [PMID: 34199781 PMCID: PMC8227754 DOI: 10.3390/life11060525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Male sterility exists widely in flowering plants and is used as a fascinating tool by breeders for creating hybrid varieties. Herein, stamen samples from male sterile CCR20000 and male fertile CCR20001 lines during two developmental stages were employed to elucidate the molecular changes during flower development in fertile and sterile Chinese cabbage lines. RNA-seq revealed weak transcriptional activity in the sterile line, which may have led to the abnormal stamen development. The differentially expressed genes were enriched in plant hormone, carbon metabolism, and biosynthesis of amino acid pathways. Important genes with opposite patterns of regulation between the two lines have been associated with the male sterility trait. Members of the transcription factor families such as AP2, MYB, bHLH, and WRKY were highly active in the regulation of structural genes involved in pollen fertility. This study generated important genomic information to support the exploitation of the male sterility trait in Chinese cabbage breeding programs.
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- Jingfeng Hu
- Institute of Horticultural Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Branch of the National Vegetable Improvement Center, Kunming 650205, China; (J.H.); (M.L.); (X.X.); (H.Y.); (L.Z.)
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- Institute of Horticultural Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Branch of the National Vegetable Improvement Center, Kunming 650205, China; (J.H.); (M.L.); (X.X.); (H.Y.); (L.Z.)
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- Institute of Horticultural Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Branch of the National Vegetable Improvement Center, Kunming 650205, China; (J.H.); (M.L.); (X.X.); (H.Y.); (L.Z.)
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- Institute of Horticultural Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Branch of the National Vegetable Improvement Center, Kunming 650205, China; (J.H.); (M.L.); (X.X.); (H.Y.); (L.Z.)
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- Institute of Horticultural Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Branch of the National Vegetable Improvement Center, Kunming 650205, China; (J.H.); (M.L.); (X.X.); (H.Y.); (L.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan & School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; (F.L.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- Lijiang Teachers College, Lijiang 674100, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan & School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; (F.L.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan & School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; (F.L.); (D.Y.); (C.L.)
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- Institute of Horticultural Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Branch of the National Vegetable Improvement Center, Kunming 650205, China; (J.H.); (M.L.); (X.X.); (H.Y.); (L.Z.)
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Zhang X, Lu M, Xia A, Xu T, Cui Z, Zhang R, Liu W, He Y. Genetic analysis of three maize husk traits by QTL mapping in a maize-teosinte population. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:386. [PMID: 34034669 PMCID: PMC8152318 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07723-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The maize husk consists of numerous leafy layers and plays vital roles in protecting the ear from pathogen infection and dehydration. Teosinte, the wild ancestor of maize, has about three layers of small husk outer covering the ear. Although several quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying husk morphology variation have been reported, the genetic basis of husk traits between teosinte and maize remains unclear. RESULTS A linkage population including 191 BC2F8 inbred lines generated from the maize line Mo17 and the teosinte line X26-4 was used to identify QTL associated with three husk traits: i.e., husk length (HL), husk width (HW) and the number of husk layers (HN). The best linear unbiased predictor (BLUP) depicted wide phenotypic variation and high heritability of all three traits. The HL exhibited greater correlation with HW than HN. A total of 4 QTLs were identified including 1, 1, 2, which are associated with HL, HW and HN, respectively. The proportion of phenotypic variation explained by these QTLs was 9.6, 8.9 and 8.1% for HL, HN and HW, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The QTLs identified in this study will pave a path to explore candidate genes regulating husk growth and development, and benefit the molecular breeding program based on molecular marker-assisted selection to cultivate maize varieties with an ideal husk morphology.
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- Xiaolei Zhang
- Quality and Safety Institute of Agricultural Products, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150086, China
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- Maize Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, 136100, China
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- Sanya institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Tieling Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tieling, 112000, China
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- College of Biological Science and Technology, Liaoning Province Research Center of Plant Genetic Engineering Technology, Shenyang Key Laboratory of Maize Genomic Selection Breeding, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China.
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- Quality and Safety Institute of Agricultural Products, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150086, China.
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- Maize Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, 136100, China.
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- Sanya institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, 572025, China.
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Lu X, Liu S, Zhi S, Chen J, Ye G. Comparative transcriptome profile analysis of rice varieties with different tolerance to zinc deficiency. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2021; 23:375-390. [PMID: 33296551 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Zinc (Zn) is an indispensable element for rice growth. Zn deficiency results in brown blotches and streaks 2-3 weeks after transplanting, as well as stunting, reduced tillering, and low productivity of rice plants. These processes are controlled by different families of expressed genes. A comparative transcriptome profile analysis was conducted using the roots of two Zn deficiency tolerant varieties (UCP122 and KALIBORO26) and two sensitive varieties (IR26 and IR64) by merging data from untreated control (CK) and Zn deficiency treated samples. Results revealed a total of 4,688 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the normal Zn and deficient conditions, with 2,702 and 1,489 unique DEGs upregulated and downregulated, respectively. Functional enrichment analysis identified transcription factors (TFs), such as WRKY, MYB, ERF, and bHLH which are important in the regulation of the Zn deficiency response. Furthermore, chitinases, jasmonic acid, and phenylpropanoid pathways were found to be important in the Zn deficiency response. The metal tolerance protein (MTP) genes also appeared to play an important role in conferring tolerance to Zn deficiency. A heavy metal-associated domain-containing protein 7 was associated with tolerance to Zn deficiency and negatively regulated downstream genes. Collectively, our findings provide valuable expression patterns and candidate genes for the study of molecular mechanisms underlying the response to Zn deficiency and for improvements in breeding for tolerance to Zn deficiency in rice.
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- X Lu
- CAAS-IRRI Joint Laboratory for Genomics-Assisted Germplasm Enhancement, Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- CAAS-IRRI Joint Laboratory for Genomics-Assisted Germplasm Enhancement, Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- Group of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- CAAS-IRRI Joint Laboratory for Genomics-Assisted Germplasm Enhancement, Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- College of Resources and Environment, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CAAS-IRRI Joint Laboratory for Genomics-Assisted Germplasm Enhancement, Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- CAAS-IRRI Joint Laboratory for Genomics-Assisted Germplasm Enhancement, Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- Group of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
- Strategic Innovation Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Estrella-Maldonado H, Ramírez AG, Ortiz GF, Peraza-Echeverría S, Martínez-de la Vega O, Góngora-Castillo E, Santamaría JM. Transcriptomic analysis reveals key transcription factors associated to drought tolerance in a wild papaya (Carica papaya) genotype. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0245855. [PMID: 33513158 PMCID: PMC7845985 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Most of the commercial papaya genotypes show susceptibility to water deficit stress and require high volumes of irrigation water to yield properly. To tackle this problem, we have collected wild native genotypes of Carica papaya that have proved to show better physiological performance under water deficit stress than the commercial cultivar grown in Mexico. In the present study, plants from a wild Carica papaya genotype and a commercial genotype were subjected to water deficit stress (WDS), and their response was characterized in physiological and molecular terms. The physiological parameters measured (water potential, photosynthesis, Fv/Fm and electrolyte leakage) confirmed that the papaya wild genotype showed better physiological responses than the commercial one when exposed to WDS. Subsequently, RNA-Seq was performed for 4 cDNA libraries in both genotypes (susceptible and tolerant) under well-watered conditions, and when they were subjected to WDS for 14 days. Consistently, differential expression analysis revealed that after 14 days of WDS, the wild tolerant genotype had a higher number of up-regulated genes, and a higher number of transcription factors (TF) that were differentially expressed in response to WDS, than the commercial genotype. Thus, six TF genes (CpHSF, CpMYB, CpNAC, CpNFY-A, CpERF and CpWRKY) were selected for further qRT-PCR analysis as they were highly expressed in response to WDS in the wild papaya genotype. qRT-PCR results confirmed that the wild genotype had higher expression levels (REL) in all 6 TF genes than the commercial genotype. Our transcriptomic analysis should help to unravel candidate genes that may be useful in the development of new drought-tolerant cultivars of this important tropical crop.
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Mérida, Yucatán, México
- * E-mail: (EGC); (JMS)
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Mérida, Yucatán, México
- * E-mail: (EGC); (JMS)
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Samarina LS, Bobrovskikh AV, Doroshkov AV, Malyukova LS, Matskiv AO, Rakhmangulov RS, Koninskaya NG, Malyarovskaya VI, Tong W, Xia E, Manakhova KA, Ryndin AV, Orlov YL. Comparative Expression Analysis of Stress-Inducible Candidate Genes in Response to Cold and Drought in Tea Plant [ Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze]. Front Genet 2020; 11:611283. [PMID: 33424935 PMCID: PMC7786056 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.611283] [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: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cold and drought are two of the most severe threats affecting the growth and productivity of the tea plant, limiting its global spread. Both stresses cause osmotic changes in the cells of the tea plant by decreasing their water potential. To develop cultivars that are tolerant to both stresses, it is essential to understand the genetic responses of tea plant to these two stresses, particularly in terms of the genes involved. In this study, we combined literature data with interspecific transcriptomic analyses (using Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum) to choose genes related to cold tolerance. We identified 45 stress-inducible candidate genes associated with cold and drought responses in tea plants based on a comprehensive homologous detection method. Of these, nine were newly characterized by us, and 36 had previously been reported. The gene network analysis revealed upregulated expression in ICE1-related cluster of bHLH factors, HSP70/BAM5 connected genes (hexokinases, galactinol synthases, SnRK complex, etc.) indicating their possible co-expression. Using qRT-PCR we revealed that 10 genes were significantly upregulated in response to both cold and drought in tea plant: HSP70, GST, SUS1, DHN1, BMY5, bHLH102, GR-RBP3, ICE1, GOLS1, and GOLS3. SnRK1.2, HXK1/2, bHLH7/43/79/93 were specifically upregulated in cold, while RHL41, CAU1, Hydrolase22 were specifically upregulated in drought. Interestingly, the expression of CIP was higher in the recovery stage of both stresses, indicating its potentially important role in plant recovery after stress. In addition, some genes, such as DHN3, bHLH79, PEI54, SnRK1.2, SnRK1.3, and Hydrolase22, were significantly positively correlated between the cold and drought responses. CBF1, GOLS1, HXK2, and HXK3, by contrast, showed significantly negative correlations between the cold and drought responses. Our results provide valuable information and robust candidate genes for future functional analyses intended to improve the stress tolerance of the tea plant and other species.
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- Lidiia S Samarina
- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia.,Institute Cytology and Genetics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia.,Institute Cytology and Genetics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia
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- Biotechnology Department, Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia.,Agrarian and Technological Institute, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia
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Wang C, Ou D, Wang C, Lu X, Du J, Li J, Lai J, Zhang S, Yang C. Functional characterization of a chloroplast-localized Mn 2+(Ca 2+)/H + antiporter, ZmmCCHA1 from Zea mays ssp. mexicana L. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 155:396-405. [PMID: 32814276 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The annual Zea mays ssp. mexicana L. is a member of the teosinte group and a close wild relative of maize. Thus, Zea mays ssp. mexicana L. can be effectively used in maize breeding. AtCCHA1 is a Mn2+ and/or Ca2+/H+ antiporter localized in chloroplasts in Arabidopsis. In this study, its homolog from Zea mays ssp. mexicana L., ZmmCCHA1, was isolated and characterized. The transcriptional level of ZmmCCHA1 in Zea mays ssp. mexicana L. was repressed in response to excessive Ca2+ or Mn2+. Heterologous functional complementation assays using yeast mutants showed that ZmmCCHA1 mediates Ca2+ and Mn2+ transport. The ZmmCCHA1 protein was localized in the chloroplasts when expressed in tobacco leaves. Furthermore, ectopic overexpression of ZmmCCHA1 in the Arabidopsis ccha1 mutant rescued the mutant defects on growth and the photosynthetic proteins in the thylakoid membranes. Moreover, the photosynthetic phenotypes of Arabidopsis ccha1 mutant at steady-state were greatly but not completely complemented by the overexpression of ZmmCCHA1. In addition, overexpressing the ZmmCCHA1 rescued the sensitives of PSII in the Arabidopsis ccha1 mutant to Mn2+ deficiency or high Ca2+ condition. These results indicate that the isolated ZmmCCHA1 is the homolog of AtCCHA1 and plays a conserved role in maintaining the Mn2+ and/or Ca2+ homeostasis in chloroplasts which is critical for the function of PSII in photosynthesis.
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- Caijuan Wang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China; Dongli Planting and Farming Industrial Co., LTD, Lianzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China.
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Liu G, Zenda T, Liu S, Wang X, Jin H, Dong A, Yang Y, Duan H. Comparative transcriptomic and physiological analyses of contrasting hybrid cultivars ND476 and ZX978 identify important differentially expressed genes and pathways regulating drought stress tolerance in maize. Genes Genomics 2020; 42:937-955. [PMID: 32623576 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-020-00962-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Drought is the major abiotic stress factor that negatively influences growth and yield in cereal grain crops such as maize (Zea mays L.). A multitude of genes and pathways tightly modulate plant growth, development and responses to environmental stresses including drought. Therefore, crop breeding efforts for enhanced drought resistance require improved knowledge of plant drought responses. OBJECTIVE Here, we sought to elucidate the molecular and physiological mechanisms underpinning maize drought stress tolerance. METHODS We therefore applied a 12-day water-deficit stress treatment to maize plants of two contrasting (drought tolerant ND476 and drought sensitive ZX978) hybrid cultivars at the late vegetative (V12) growth stage and performed a large-scale RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) transcriptome analysis of the leaf tissues. RESULTS A comparative analysis of the two genotypes leaf transcriptomes and physiological parameters revealed the key differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and metabolic pathways that respond to drought in a genotype-specific manner. A total of 3114 DEGs were identified, with 21 DEGs being specifically expressed in tolerant genotype ND476 in response to drought stress. Of these, genes involved in secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transcription factor regulation, detoxification and stress defense were highly expressed in ND476. Physiological analysis results substantiated our RNA-seq data, with ND476 exhibiting better cell water retention, higher soluble protein content and guaiacol peroxidase activity, along with low lipid peroxidation extent than the sensitive cultivar ZX978 under drought conditions. CONCLUSION Our findings enrich the maize genetic resources and enhance our further understanding of the molecular mechanisms regulating drought stress tolerance in maize. Additionally, the DEGs screened in this study may provide a foundational basis for our future targeted cloning studies.
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- Guo Liu
- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Department of Crop Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China. .,North China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources of the Education Ministry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China.
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Zhang Q, Liu H, Wu X, Wang W. Identification of drought tolerant mechanisms in a drought-tolerant maize mutant based on physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic analyses. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:315. [PMID: 32620139 PMCID: PMC7350183 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02526-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Frequently occurring drought stress negatively affects the production of maize worldwide. Numerous efforts have been made to develop drought-tolerant maize lines and to explore drought tolerant mechanisms in maize. However, there is a lack of comparative studies on transcriptomic changes between drought-tolerant and control maize lines. RESULTS In the present study, we have developed a drought-tolerant maize mutant (C7-2t) by irradiating the seeds of maize inbred line ChangC7-2 (C7-2) with 60Co-γ. Compared to its wild type C7-2, C7-2t exhibited a significantly delayed wilting and higher drought tolerance under both the controlled and field conditions, indicating its high water-holding ability. Transcriptomic profiling was performed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between C7-2 and C7-2t during drought. As a result, a total of 4552 DEGs were implied in drought tolerance of C7-2 and C7-2t. In particular, the expression of photosynthesis-related genes in C7-2 was inhibited, whereas these genes in C7-2t were almost unaffected under drought. Moreover, a specific set of the DEGs were involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and taurine (hypotaurine) metabolism in C7-2t; these DEGs were enriched in cell components associated with membrane systems and cell wall biosynthesis. CONCLUSIONS The drought tolerance of C7-2t was largely due to its high water-holding ability, stable photosynthesis (for supporting osmoregulation) and strengthened biosynthesis of cell walls under drought conditions.
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- Qinbin Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Wei X, Lv Y, Zhao Y, Nath UK, Yuan Y, Wang Z, Yang S, Jia H, Wei F, Zhang X. Comparative transcriptome analysis in Chinese cabbage ( Brassica rapa ssp. pekinesis) for DEGs of Ogura-, Polima-CMS and their shared maintainer. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 26:719-731. [PMID: 32255935 PMCID: PMC7113364 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-020-00775-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is maternally inherited trait, which hinders the ability to produce viable pollen in plants. It serves as a useful tool for hybrid seed production via exploiting heterosis in crops. The molecular mechanism of CMS and fertility restoration has been investigated in different crops. However, limited number of reports is available on comparison of Ogura- and Polima-CMS with their shared maintainer in Chinese cabbage. We performed transcript profiling of sterile Ogura CMS (Tyms), Polima CMS (22m2) and their shared maintainer line (231-330) with an aim to identify genes associated with male sterility. In this work, we identified 912, 7199 and 6381 DEGs (Differentially Expressed Genes) in 22m2 Vs Tyms, 231-330 VS 22m2 and 231-330 Vs Tyms, respectively. The GO (Gene Ontology) annotation and KEGG pathway analysis suggested that most of the DEGs were involved in pollen development, carbon metabolism, lipase activity, lipid binding, penta-tricopeptide repeat (PPR), citrate cycle and oxidative phosphorylation, which were down-regulated in both CMS lines. This result will provide an important resource for further understanding of functional pollen development, the CMS mechanism and to improve molecular breeding in Chinese cabbage.
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- Xiaochun Wei
- School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202 Bangladesh
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 People’s Republic of China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 People’s Republic of China
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Sowiński P, Fronk J, Jończyk M, Grzybowski M, Kowalec P, Sobkowiak A. Maize Response to Low Temperatures at the Gene Expression Level: A Critical Survey of Transcriptomic Studies. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:576941. [PMID: 33133117 PMCID: PMC7550719 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.576941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Maize is a cold-sensitive plant whose physiological reactions to sub-optimal temperatures are well understood, but their molecular foundations are only beginning to be deciphered. In an attempt to identify key genes involved in these reactions, we surveyed several independent transcriptomic studies addressing the response of juvenile maize to moderate or severe cold. Among the tens of thousands of genes found to change expression upon cold treatment less than 500 were reported in more than one study, indicating an astonishing variability of the expression changes, likely depending on the experimental design and plant material used. Nearly all these "common" genes were specific to either moderate or to severe cold and formed distinct interaction networks, indicating fundamentally different responses. Moreover, down-regulation of gene expression dominated strongly in moderate cold and up-regulation prevailed in severe cold. Very few of these genes have ever been mentioned in the literature as cold-stress-related, indicating that most response pathways remain poorly known at the molecular level. We posit that the genes identified by the present analysis are attractive candidates for further functional studies and their arrangement in complex interaction networks indicates that a re-interpretation of the present state of knowledge on the maize cold-response is justified.
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- Paweł Sowiński
- Department of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Plant Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
- *Correspondence: Paweł Sowiński,
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Plant Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Plant Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Plant Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Plant Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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Zhang X, Wei X, Wang M, Zhu X, Zhao Y, Wei F, Xia Z. Overexpression of NtabDOG1L promotes plant growth and enhances drought tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 287:110186. [PMID: 31481202 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Drought is one of the major environmental stresses limiting crop growth and production. It is very important to exploit and utilize drought-tolerance genes to improve crop drought-resistance. In this study, we identified two homoeologs of a Nicotiana tabacum (Ntab) DELAY OF GERMINATION (DOG) 1 like gene, named as NtabDOG1L-T and NtabDOG1L-S, respectively. The NtabDOG1L genes were preferentially expressed in roots and their expression levels were induced by polyethylene glycol, high salt, cold, and abscisic acid treatments. Subcellular localization results indicated that NtabDOG1L-T was localized in the nucleus, cytoplasm and cell membrane. Overexpression of NtabDOG1L-T in tobacco resulted in roots growth enhancement in transgenic plants. Furthermore, overexpression of NtabDOG1L-T enhanced drought stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco. The transgenic tobacco lines exhibited lower leaf water loss and electrolyte leakage, lower content of malondialdehyde and reactive oxygen species (ROS), and higher antioxidant enzymes activities after drought treatment when compared with wild type (WT) plants. In addition, the expression levels of several genes encoding key antioxidant enzymes and drought-related proteins were higher in the transgenic plants than in the WT plants under drought stress. Taken together, our results showed that NtabDOG1L functions as a novel regulator that improves plant growth and drought tolerance in tobacco.
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- Xiaoquan Zhang
- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Library of Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Henan Institute of Tobacco Science, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Life Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Díaz ML, Soresi DS, Basualdo J, Cuppari SJ, Carrera A. Transcriptomic response of durum wheat to cold stress at reproductive stage. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:2427-2445. [PMID: 30798485 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-04704-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Understanding the genetic basis of cold tolerance is a key step towards obtaining new and improved crop varieties. Current geographical distribution of durum wheat in Argentina exposes the plants to frost damage when spikes have already emerged. Biochemical pathways involved in cold tolerance are known to be early activated at above freezing temperatures. In this study we reported the transcriptome of CBW0101 spring durum wheat by merging data from untreated control and cold (5 °C) treated plant samples at reproductive stage. A total of 128,804 unigenes were predicted. Near 62% of the unigenes were annotated in at least one database. In total 876 unigenes were differentially expressed (DEGs), 562 were up-regulated and 314 down-regulated in treated samples. DEGs are involved in many critical processes including, photosynthetic activity, lipid and carbohydrate synthesis and accumulation of amino acids and seed proteins. Twenty-eight transcription factors (TFs) belonging to 14 families resulted differentially expressed from which eight families comprised of only TFs induced by cold. We also found 31 differentially expressed Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), most of them up-regulated in treated plants. Two of these lncRNAs could operate via microRNAs (miRNAs) target mimic. Our results suggest a reprogramming of expression patterns in CBW0101 that affects a number of genes that is closer to the number reported in winter genotypes. These observations could partially explain its moderate tolerance (low proportion of frost-damaged spikes) when exposed to freezing days in the field.
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- Marina L Díaz
- Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas (CIC), Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS), Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS), Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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De Novo Assembly and Discovery of Genes That Involved in Drought Tolerance in the Common Vetch. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20020328. [PMID: 30650531 PMCID: PMC6359484 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20020328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The common vetch (Vicia sativa) is often used as feed for livestock because of its high nutritional value. However, drought stress reduces forage production through plant damage. Here, we studied the transcriptional profiles of common vetch exposed to drought in order to understand the molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance in this species. The genome of the common vetch has not been sequenced, therefore we used Illumina sequencing to generate de novo transcriptomes. Nearly 500 million clean reads were used to generate 174,636 transcripts, including 122,299 unigenes. In addition, 5313 transcription factors were identified and these transcription factors were classified into 79 different gene families. We also identified 11,181 SSR loci from di- to hexa-nucleotides whose repeat number was greater than five. On the basis of differentially expressed genes, Gene Ontology analysis identified many drought-relevant categories, including “oxidation-reduction process”, “lipid metabolic process” and “oxidoreductase activity”. In addition to these, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis identified pathways, such as “Plant hormone signal transduction”, “Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis” and “Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis”, as differentially expressed in the plants exposed to drought. The expression results in this study will be useful for further extending our knowledge on the drought tolerance of common vetch.
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Speth C, Szabo EX, Martinho C, Collani S, Zur Oven-Krockhaus S, Richter S, Droste-Borel I, Macek B, Stierhof YD, Schmid M, Liu C, Laubinger S. Arabidopsis RNA processing factor SERRATE regulates the transcription of intronless genes. eLife 2018; 7:37078. [PMID: 30152752 PMCID: PMC6135607 DOI: 10.7554/elife.37078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Intron splicing increases proteome complexity, promotes RNA stability, and enhances transcription. However, introns and the concomitant need for splicing extend the time required for gene expression and can cause an undesirable delay in the activation of genes. Here, we show that the plant microRNA processing factor SERRATE (SE) plays an unexpected and pivotal role in the regulation of intronless genes. Arabidopsis SE associated with more than 1000, mainly intronless, genes in a transcription-dependent manner. Chromatin-bound SE liaised with paused and elongating polymerase II complexes and promoted their association with intronless target genes. Our results indicate that stress-responsive genes contain no or few introns, which negatively affects their expression strength, but that some genes circumvent this limitation via a novel SE-dependent transcriptional activation mechanism. Transcriptome analysis of a Drosophila mutant defective in ARS2, the metazoan homologue of SE, suggests that SE/ARS2 function in regulating intronless genes might be conserved across kingdoms.
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- Corinna Speth
- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.,Chemical Genomics Centre (CGC) of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.,Chemical Genomics Centre (CGC) of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany.,Institute for Biology and Environmental Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.,Chemical Genomics Centre (CGC) of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Umea Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Proteome Centre, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Umea Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.,Chemical Genomics Centre (CGC) of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany.,Institute for Biology and Environmental Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Nepolean T, Kaul J, Mukri G, Mittal S. Genomics-Enabled Next-Generation Breeding Approaches for Developing System-Specific Drought Tolerant Hybrids in Maize. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:361. [PMID: 29696027 PMCID: PMC5905169 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Breeding science has immensely contributed to the global food security. Several varieties and hybrids in different food crops including maize have been released through conventional breeding. The ever growing population, decreasing agricultural land, lowering water table, changing climate, and other variables pose tremendous challenge to the researchers to improve the production and productivity of food crops. Drought is one of the major problems to sustain and improve the productivity of food crops including maize in tropical and subtropical production systems. With advent of novel genomics and breeding tools, the way of doing breeding has been tremendously changed in the last two decades. Drought tolerance is a combination of several component traits with a quantitative mode of inheritance. Rapid DNA and RNA sequencing tools and high-throughput SNP genotyping techniques, trait mapping, functional characterization, genomic selection, rapid generation advancement, and other tools are now available to understand the genetics of drought tolerance and to accelerate the breeding cycle. Informatics play complementary role by managing the big-data generated from the large-scale genomics and breeding experiments. Genome editing is the latest technique to alter specific genes to improve the trait expression. Integration of novel genomics, next-generation breeding, and informatics tools will accelerate the stress breeding process and increase the genetic gain under different production systems.
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- Thirunavukkarsau Nepolean
- Maize Research Lab, Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Transcriptome Sequencing of Dianthus spiculifolius and Analysis of the Genes Involved in Responses to Combined Cold and Drought Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18040849. [PMID: 28420173 PMCID: PMC5412433 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Dianthus spiculifolius, a perennial herbaceous flower and a member of the Caryophyllaceae family, has strong resistance to cold and drought stresses. To explore the transcriptional responses of D. spiculifolius to individual and combined stresses, we performed transcriptome sequencing of seedlings under normal conditions or subjected to cold treatment (CT), simulated drought treatment (DT), or their combination (CTDT). After de novo assembly of the obtained reads, 112,015 unigenes were generated. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) showed that 2026, 940, and 2346 genes were up-regulated and 1468, 707, and 1759 were down-regulated in CT, DT, and CTDT samples, respectively. Among all the DEGs, 182 up-regulated and 116 down-regulated genes were identified in all the treatment groups. Analysis of metabolic pathways and regulatory networks associated with the DEGs revealed overlaps and cross-talk between cold and drought stress response pathways. The expression profiles of the selected DEGs in CT, DT, and CTDT samples were characterized and confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR. These DEGs and metabolic pathways may play important roles in the response of D. spiculifolius to the combined stress. Functional characterization of these genes and pathways will provide new targets for enhancement of plant stress tolerance through genetic manipulation.
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Yuan HM, Sheng Y, Chen WJ, Lu YQ, Tang X, Ou-Yang M, Huang X. Overexpression of Hevea brasiliensis HbICE1 Enhances Cold Tolerance in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1462. [PMID: 28878797 PMCID: PMC5572258 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) were successfully introduced to south China in the 1950s on a large-scale; however, due to the climate, are prone to cold injury during the winter season. Increased cold tolerance is therefore an important goal, yet the mechanism underlying rubber tree responses to cold stress remains unclear. This study carried out functional characterization of HbICE1 (Inducer of CBF Expression 1) from H. brasiliensis. A nucleic protein with typical features of ICEs, HbICE1 was able to bind to MYC recognition sites and had strong transactivation activity. HbICE1 was constitutively expressed in all tested tissues, with highest levels in the bark, and was up-regulated when subjected to various stresses including cold, dehydration, salinity and wounding. When overexpressed in Arabidopsis, 35S::HbICE1 plants showed enhanced cold resistance with increased proline content, reduced malondialdehyde (MDA) metabolism and electrolyte leakage, and decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation. Expression of the cold responsive genes (COR15A, COR47, RD29A, and KIN1) was also significantly promoted in 35S::HbICE1 compared to wild-type plants under cold stress. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) analysis showed that cold treatment changed genes expression profiles involved in many biological processes and phytohormones perception and transduction. Ethylene, JA, ABA, as well as ICE-CBF signaling pathways might work synergistically to cope with cold tolerance in rubber tree. Taken together, these findings suggest that HbICE1 is a member of the ICE gene family and a positive regulator of cold tolerance in H. brasiliensis.
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- Hong-Mei Yuan
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan UniversityHaikou, China
- *Correspondence: Hong-Mei Yuan
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan UniversityWuhan, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan UniversityHaikou, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan UniversityHaikou, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan UniversityHaikou, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan UniversityHaikou, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan UniversityHaikou, China
- Xi Huang
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