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Duarte KE, Basso MF, de Oliveira NG, da Silva JCF, de Oliveira Garcia B, Cunha BADB, Cardoso TB, Nepomuceno AL, Kobayashi AK, Santiago TR, de Souza WR, Molinari HBC. MicroRNAs expression profiles in early responses to different levels of water deficit in Setaria viridis. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2022; 28:1607-1624. [PMID: 36389096 PMCID: PMC9530107 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01226-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Water deficit is a major constraint for crops of economic importance in almost all agricultural regions. However, plants have an active defense system to adapt to these adverse conditions, acting in the reprogramming of gene expression responsible for encoding microRNAs (miRNAs). These miRNAs promote the regulation to the target gene expression by the post-transcriptional (PTGS) and transcriptional gene silencing (TGS), modulating several pathways including defense response to water deficit. The broader knowledge of the miRNA expression profile and its regulatory networks in response to water deficit can provide evidence for the development of new biotechnological tools for genetic improvement of several important crops. In this study, we used Setaria viridis accession A10.1 as a C4 model plant to widely investigate the miRNA expression profile in early responses to different levels of water deficit. Ecophysiological studies in Setaria viridis under water deficit and after rewatering demonstrated a drought tolerant accession, capable of a rapid recovery from the stress. Deep small RNA sequencing and degradome studies were performed in plants submitted to drought to identify differentially expressed miRNA genes and their predicted targets, using in silico analysis. Our findings showed that several miRNAs were differentially modulated in response to distinctive levels of water deficit and after rewatering. The predicted mRNA targets mainly corresponded to genes related to cell wall remodeling, antioxidant system and drought-related transcription factors, indicating that these genes are rapidly regulated in early responses to drought stress. The implications of these modulations are extensively discussed, and higher-effect miRNAs are suggested as major players for potential use in genetic engineering to improve drought tolerance in economically important crops, such as sugarcane, maize, and sorghum. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-022-01226-z.
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- Karoline Estefani Duarte
- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP 09210-580 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- BIOMOL/BIOTEC Laboratory, Mato Grosso Cotton Institute (IMAmt), Rondonópolis, MT 78740-970 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-900 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- University of Brasília, Brasília, DF 70910-900 Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, DF 70297-400 Brazil
- Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP 09210-580 Brazil
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Touzdjian Pinheiro Kohlrausch Távora F, de Assis dos Santos Diniz F, de Moraes Rêgo-Machado C, Chagas Freitas N, Barbosa Monteiro Arraes F, Chumbinho de Andrade E, Furtado LL, Osiro KO, Lima de Sousa N, Cardoso TB, Márcia Mertz Henning L, Abrão de Oliveira Molinari P, Feingold SE, Hunter WB, Fátima Grossi de Sá M, Kobayashi AK, Lima Nepomuceno A, Santiago TR, Correa Molinari HB. CRISPR/Cas- and Topical RNAi-Based Technologies for Crop Management and Improvement: Reviewing the Risk Assessment and Challenges Towards a More Sustainable Agriculture. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:913728. [PMID: 35837551 PMCID: PMC9274005 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.913728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated gene (Cas) system and RNA interference (RNAi)-based non-transgenic approaches are powerful technologies capable of revolutionizing plant research and breeding. In recent years, the use of these modern technologies has been explored in various sectors of agriculture, introducing or improving important agronomic traits in plant crops, such as increased yield, nutritional quality, abiotic- and, mostly, biotic-stress resistance. However, the limitations of each technique, public perception, and regulatory aspects are hindering its wide adoption for the development of new crop varieties or products. In an attempt to reverse these mishaps, scientists have been researching alternatives to increase the specificity, uptake, and stability of the CRISPR and RNAi system components in the target organism, as well as to reduce the chance of toxicity in nontarget organisms to minimize environmental risk, health problems, and regulatory issues. In this review, we discuss several aspects related to risk assessment, toxicity, and advances in the use of CRISPR/Cas and topical RNAi-based technologies in crop management and breeding. The present study also highlights the advantages and possible drawbacks of each technology, provides a brief overview of how to circumvent the off-target occurrence, the strategies to increase on-target specificity, the harm/benefits of association with nanotechnology, the public perception of the available techniques, worldwide regulatory frameworks regarding topical RNAi and CRISPR technologies, and, lastly, presents successful case studies of biotechnological solutions derived from both technologies, raising potential challenges to reach the market and being social and environmentally safe.
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- Department of Phytopathology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- Embrapa Agroenergy, Brasília, Brazil
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- USDA-ARS, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL, United States
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Koltun A, Fuhrmann-Aoyagi MB, Cardoso Moraes LA, Lima Nepomuceno A, Simões Azeredo Gonçalves L, Mertz-Henning LM. Uncovering the roles of hemoglobins in soybean facing water stress. Gene 2022; 810:146055. [PMID: 34737003 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.146055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Water stress drastically hinders crop yield, including soybean - one of the world's most relevant feeding crops - threatening the food security of an ever-growing global population. Hemoglobins (GLBs) are involved in water stress tolerance; however, the role they effectively play in soybean remains underexplored. In this study, in silico and in vivo analyses were performed to identify soybean GLBs, capture their transcriptional profile under water stress, and overexpress promising members to assess how soybean cope with waterlogging. Seven GLBs were found, two GLB1 (non-symbiotic) and five GLB2 (symbiotic or leghemoglobins). Three out of the seven GLBs were differentially expressed in soybean RNA-seq libraries of water stress and were evaluated by real-time PCR. Consistently, GmGLB1-1 and GmGLB1-2 were moderately and highly expressed under waterlogging, respectively. Composite plants with roots overexpressing GmGLB1-1 or GmGLB1-2 (mostly) showed higher transcript abundance of stress-defensive genes involved in anaerobic, nitrogen, carbon, and antioxidant metabolism when subjected to waterlogging. In addition, soybean bearing p35S:GmGLB1-2 had lower H2O2 root content, a reactive oxygen species (ROS), under water excess compared with the control condition. Altogether these results suggest that GmGLB1-2 is a strong candidate for soybean genetic engineering to generate waterlogging-tolerant soybean cultivars.
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Molinari MDC, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Barbosa DDA, Marin SRR, Marin DR, Rech EL, Mertz-Henning LM, Nepomuceno AL. Flowering process in soybean under water deficit conditions: A review on genetic aspects. Genet Mol Biol 2021; 45:e20210016. [PMID: 34919115 PMCID: PMC8679260 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2021-0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Soybean is a key crop in many countries, being used from human food to the animal industry due to its nutritional properties. Financially, the grain chain moves large sums of money into the economy of producing countries. However, like other agricultural commodities around the world, it can have its final yield seriously compromised by abiotic environmental stressors, like drought. As flowers imply in pods and in grains inside it to minimize damages caused by water restriction, researchers have focused on understanding flowering-process related genes and their interactions. Here a review dedicated to the soybean flowering process and gene network involved in it is presented, describing gene interactions and how genes act in this complex mechanism, also ruled by environmental triggers such as day-light and circadian cycle. The objective was to gather information and insights on the soybean flowering process, aiming to provide knowledge useful to assist in the development of drought-tolerant soybean lines, minimizing losses due to delays or anticipation of flowering and, consequently, restraining financial and productivity losses.
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- Mayla Daiane Correa Molinari
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Sintética, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Entine J, Felipe MSS, Groenewald JH, Kershen DL, Lema M, McHughen A, Nepomuceno AL, Ohsawa R, Ordonio RL, Parrott WA, Quemada H, Ramage C, Slamet-Loedin I, Smyth SJ, Wray-Cahen D. Regulatory approaches for genome edited agricultural plants in select countries and jurisdictions around the world. Transgenic Res 2021; 30:551-584. [PMID: 33970411 PMCID: PMC8316157 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-021-00257-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Genome editing in agriculture and food is leading to new, improved crops and other products. Depending on the regulatory approach taken in each country or region, commercialization of these crops and products may or may not require approval from the respective regulatory authorities. This paper describes the regulatory landscape governing genome edited agriculture and food products in a selection of countries and regions.
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- Jon Entine
- Genetic Literacy Project, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology Program, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciencia Y Tecnología and Maestría en Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Crop Biotechnology Center, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Maligaya, Science City of Munoz, Philippines
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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- Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Industry Engagement), Rautaki Solutions Pty Ltd, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, Cluster Lead-Trait and Genome Engineering, International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC, USA
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Fuhrmann-Aoyagi MB, de Fátima Ruas C, Barbosa EGG, Braga P, Moraes LAC, de Oliveira ACB, Kanamori N, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nakashima K, Nepomuceno AL, Mertz-Henning LM. Constitutive expression of Arabidopsis bZIP transcription factor AREB1 activates cross-signaling responses in soybean under drought and flooding stresses. J Plant Physiol 2021; 257:153338. [PMID: 33401097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Abiotic stress, such as drought and flooding, are responsible for considerable losses in grain production worldwide. Soybean, the main cultivated oilseed in the world, is sensitive to both stresses. Plant molecular mechanisms answer via crosstalk of several signaling pathways, in which particular genes can respond to different stresses. Previous studies confirmed that overexpression of transcription factor AtAREB1 confers drought tolerance in soybean. However, plants containing this gene have not yet been tested under flooding. Thus, the objective of this study was to characterize genetically modified (GM) soybean plants overexpressing AtAREB1 under drought and flooding conditions in comparison to its genetic background. Physiological and biochemical measurements were performed. In addition, the expression level of genes commonly activated under both stresses was evaluated. The results supported the role of the AtAREB1 gene in conferring tolerance to water deficit in soybeans. Furthermore, under flooding, the GM line was efficient in maintaining a higher photosynthetic rate, intrinsic efficiency in water use, and instantaneous carboxylation efficiency, resulting in higher grain yield under stress. The GM line also presented higher protein content, lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide, and lower expression levels of genes related to fermentative metabolism and alanine biosynthesis. These results indicate that in addition to drought stress, plants overexpressing AtAREB1 exhibited better performance under flooding when compared to the non-GM line, suggesting a cross-signaling response to both abiotic factors.
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- Martina Bianca Fuhrmann-Aoyagi
- Department of General Biology, Londrina State University, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Campus Universitário, 86.057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Department of General Biology, Londrina State University, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Campus Universitário, 86.057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento (FAPED), Rua Dr. Campos Júnior, 49 - Centro, 35700-039, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil.
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- Agronomy Department, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Pr 445, Km 380, 86050-900, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan; Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan.
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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Molinari MDC, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Marin SRR, Ferreira LC, Barbosa DDA, Marcolino-Gomes J, Oliveira MCND, Mertz-Henning LM, Kanamori N, Takasaki H, Urano K, Shinozaki K, Nakashima K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nepomuceno AL. Overexpression of AtNCED3 gene improved drought tolerance in soybean in greenhouse and field conditions. Genet Mol Biol 2020; 43:e20190292. [PMID: 32511664 PMCID: PMC7278712 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Water deficit is an important climatic problem that can impair agriculture yield and economy. Genetically modified soybean plants containing the AtNCED3 gene were obtained aiming drought-tolerance improvement. The NCED3 gene encodes a 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED, EC 1.13.11.51), an important enzyme in abscisic acid biosynthesis. ABA activates the expression of drought-responsive genes, in water-deficit conditions, targeting defense mechanisms and enabling plants to survive under low water availability. Results from greenhouse experiments showed that the transgene AtNCED3 and the endogenous genes GmAREB1, GmPP2C, GmSnRK2 and GmAAO3 presented higher expression under water deficit (WD) in the event 2Ha11 than in WT-plants. No significant correlation was observed between the plant materials and WD conditions for growth parameters; however, gas exchange measurements decreased in the GM event, which also showed 80% higher intrinsic water use when compared to WT plants. In crop season 2015/16, event 2Ha11 showed higher total number of pods, higher number of pods with seeds and yield than WT plants. ABA concentration was also higher in GM plants under WD. These results obtained in field screenings suggest that AtNCED3 soybean plants might outperform under drought, reducing economic and yield losses, thus being a good candidate line to be incorporated in the soybean-breeding program to develop drought-tolerant cultivars.
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- Mayla Daiane Correa Molinari
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento Geral de Biologia, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento Geral de Biologia, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Gene Discovery Research Group, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Gene Discovery Research Group, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Gene Discovery Research Group, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Reis RR, Mertz-Henning LM, Marcolino-Gomes J, Rodrigues FA, Rockenbach-Marin S, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Koltun A, Gonçalves LSA, Nepomuceno AL. Differential gene expression in response to water deficit in leaf and root tissues of soybean genotypes with contrasting tolerance profiles. Genet Mol Biol 2020; 43:e20180290. [PMID: 32478791 PMCID: PMC7263426 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2018-0290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Water deficit is one of the major limitations to soybean production worldwide, yet the genetic basis of drought-responsive mechanisms in crops remains poorly understood. In order to study the gene expression patterns in leaves and roots of soybean, two contrasting genotypes, Embrapa 48 (drought-tolerant) and BR 16 (drought-sensitive), were evaluated under moderate and severe water deficit. Transcription factors from the AP2/EREBP and WRKY families were investigated. Embrapa 48 showed 770 more up-regulated genes than BR 16, in eight categories. In general, leaves presented more differentially expressed genes (DEGs) than roots. Embrapa 48 responded to water deficit faster than BR 16, presenting a greater number of DEGs since the first signs of drought. Embrapa 48 exhibited initial modulation of genes associated with stress, while maintaining the level of the ones related to basic functions. The genes expressed exclusively in the drought-tolerant cultivar, belonging to the category of dehydration responsive genes, and the ones with a contrasting expression pattern between the genotypes are examples of important candidates to confer tolerance to plants. Finally, this study identified genes of the AP2/EREBP and WRKY families related to drought tolerance.
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- Rafaela Ribeiro Reis
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Biologia e Departamento de Agronomia, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Biologia e Departamento de Agronomia, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Mesquita RO, Coutinho FS, Vital CE, Nepomuceno AL, Rhys Williams TC, Josué de Oliveira Ramos H, Loureiro ME. Physiological approach to decipher the drought tolerance of a soybean genotype from Brazilian savana. Plant Physiol Biochem 2020; 151:132-143. [PMID: 32220786 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Drought is one of the major constraints for soybean production in Brazil. In this study we investigated the physiological traits of two soybean parental genotypes under progressive soil drying and rewetting. The plants were evaluated under full irrigation (control) conditions and under water deficit imposed by suspending irrigation until the plants reached predawn leaf water potentials (Ψam) of -1.0 MPa (moderate) and -1.5 MPa (severe). Physiological analyses showed that these genotypes exhibit different responses to water deficit. The Embrapa 48 genotype reached moderate and severe water potential two days after the BR16 genotype and was able to maintain higher levels of A, ETR and ΦPSII even under deficit conditions. This result was not related to changes in gs, 13C isotopic composition and presence of a more efficient antioxidant system. In addition, Fv/Fm values did not decrease in Embrapa 48 genotype in relation to irrigated condition showing that stress was not causing photochemical inhibition of photosynthesis. The greater reduction in the relative growth of the shoots, with concomitant greater growth of the root system under drought, indicates that the tolerant genotype is able to preferentially allocated carbon to the roots, presenting less damage to photosynthesis. Therefore, the physiological responses revealed that the tolerant genotype postponed leaf dehydration by a mechanism involving a more efficient use and translocation of water from root to shoot to maintain cell homeostasis and photosynthetic metabolism under stress.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Basso MF, Ferreira PCG, Kobayashi AK, Harmon FG, Nepomuceno AL, Molinari HBC, Grossi‐de‐Sa MF. MicroRNAs and new biotechnological tools for its modulation and improving stress tolerance in plants. Plant Biotechnol J 2019; 17:1482-1500. [PMID: 30947398 PMCID: PMC6662102 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) modulate the abundance and spatial-temporal accumulation of target mRNAs and indirectly regulate several plant processes. Transcriptional regulation of the genes encoding miRNAs (MIR genes) can be activated by numerous transcription factors, which themselves are regulated by other miRNAs. Fine-tuning of MIR genes or miRNAs is a powerful biotechnological strategy to improve tolerance to abiotic or biotic stresses in crops of economic importance. Current approaches for miRNA fine-tuning are based on the down- or up-regulation of MIR gene transcription and the use of genetic engineering tools to manipulate the final concentration of these miRNAs in the cytoplasm. Transgenesis, cisgenesis, intragenesis, artificial MIR genes, endogenous and artificial target mimicry, MIR genes editing using Meganucleases, ZNF proteins, TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 or CRISPR/Cpf1, CRISPR/dCas9 or dCpf1, CRISPR13a, topical delivery of miRNAs and epigenetic memory have been successfully explored to MIR gene or miRNA modulation and improve agronomic traits in several model or crop plants. However, advantages and drawbacks of each of these new biotechnological tools (NBTs) are still not well understood. In this review, we provide a brief overview of the biogenesis and role of miRNAs in response to abiotic or biotic stresses, we present critically the main NBTs used for the manipulation of MIR genes and miRNAs, we show current efforts and findings with the MIR genes and miRNAs modulation in plants, and we summarize the advantages and drawbacks of these NBTs and provide some alternatives to overcome. Finally, challenges and future perspectives to miRNA modulating in important crops are also discussed.
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- Plant Gene Expression CenterUSDA‐ARSAlbanyCAUSA
- Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyUC BerkeleyBerkeleyCAUSA
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and BiotechnologyBrasíliaDFBrazil
- Post‐Graduation Program in Genomic Sciences and BiotechnologyCatholic University of BrasíliaBrasíliaDFBrazil
- Post‐Graduation Program in BiotechnologyPotiguar University (UNP)NatalRNBrazil
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Marinho JP, Coutinho ID, da Fonseca Lameiro R, Marin SRR, Colnago LA, Nakashima K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nepomuceno AL, Mertz-Henning LM. Metabolic alterations in conventional and genetically modified soybean plants with GmDREB2A;2 FL and GmDREB2A;2 CA transcription factors during water deficit. Plant Physiol Biochem 2019; 140:122-135. [PMID: 31100705 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Water deficit is one of the main abiotic stress that affects plant growth and productivity. The GmDREB2A;2 (Glyma14g06080) gene is an important transcription factor involved in regulating the plants' responses under water deficit. In previous studies, soybean plants overexpressing full-length (GmDREB2A;2 FL) and constitutively active (GmDREB2A;2 CA) forms of the GmDREB2A;2 gene, presented higher tolerance to water deficit when compared with the conventional cultivar BRS 283. Therefore, identifying the changes in metabolite profile in these tolerant genotypes can contribute to the understanding of the metabolic pathways involved in the tolerance mechanism. In this work, the metabolic changes in roots and leaves of genetically modified (GM) soybean plants subjected to water deficit were elucidated by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Three events were analyzed, one containing the gene in FL form (GmDREB2A;2 FL) and two presenting its CA form (GmDREB2A;2 CA-1 and GmDREB2A;2 CA-2) and compared with the conventional cultivar BRS 283. The results indicated different responses between leaves and roots for all genotypes. Most of these metabolic variations were related to carbohydrate and amino acid pathways. BRS 283 stood out with higher accumulation of amino acids in leaves under water deficit. The results also showed that the events GmDREB2A;2 FL and GmDREB2A;2 CA-1 presented higher concentrations of β-glucose and fructose in leaves, whereas BRS 283 accumulated more sucrose and pinitol. In roots, the GM events accumulated higher β-glucose, fructose, asparagine and phenylalanine, when compared with the conventional cultivar. These insights can add information on how the transcription factor (TF) DREB2A acts in soybean plants triggering and controlling a network of complex responses to drought.
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- Juliane Prela Marinho
- Department of General Biology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil; Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentação, Rua XV de Novembro, 1452, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Avenida Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13566-590, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil; Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentação, Rua XV de Novembro, 1452, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Warta, PO. Box 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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Rakocevic M, Müller M, Matsunaga FT, Neumaier N, Farias JRB, Nepomuceno AL, Fuganti-Pagliarini R. Daily heliotropic movements assist gas exchange and productive responses in DREB1A soybean plants under drought stress in the greenhouse. Plant J 2018; 96:801-814. [PMID: 30118573 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Revised: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Drought stress is one of the most severe environmental constraints on plant production. Under environmental pressures, complex daily heliotropic adjustments of leaflet angles in soybean can help to reduce transpiration losses by diminishing light interception (paraheliotropism), increase diurnal carbon gain in sparse canopies and reduce carbon gain in dense canopies by solar tracking (diaheliotropism). The plant materials studied were cultivar BR 16 and its genetically engineered isoline P58, ectopically overexpressing AtDREB1A, which is involved in abiotic stress responses. We aimed to follow the movements of central and lateral leaflets in vegetative stages V7-V10 and reproductive stages R4-R5, integrating the reversible morphogenetic changes into an estimate of daily plant photosynthesis using three-dimensional modeling, and to analyze the production parameters of BR 16 and P58. The patterns of daily movements of central leaflets of BR 16 in V7-V10 and R4-R5 were similar, expressing fewer diaheliotropic movements under drought stress than under non-limiting water conditions. Daily heliotropic patterns of lateral leaflets in V7-V10 and R4-R5 showed more diaheliotropic movements in drought-stressed P58 plants than in those grown under non-limiting water conditions. Leaf area in R4-R5 was generally higher in P58 than in BR 16. Drought significantly affected gas exchange and vegetative and reproductive architectural features. DREB1A could be involved in various responses to drought stress. Compared with the parental BR 16, P58 copes with drought through better compensation between diaheliotropic and paraheliotropic movements, finer tuning of water-use efficiency, a lower transpiration rate, higher leaf area and higher pod abortion to accomplish the maximum possible grain production under continued drought conditions.
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- Miroslava Rakocevic
- Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, Av. André Tosello 209, PO Box 6041, 13083-886, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, R. Monteiro Lobato, 255, Cidade Universitária, 13083-862, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of Passo Fundo, BR 285 Km 292, 99052-900, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Federal University of Technology of Paraná - UTFPR, Av. Alberto Carazzai, 1640, 86300-000, Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Distrito de Warta, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Vinson CC, Mota APZ, Oliveira TN, Guimaraes LA, Leal-Bertioli SCM, Williams TCR, Nepomuceno AL, Saraiva MAP, Araujo ACG, Guimaraes PM, Brasileiro ACM. Early responses to dehydration in contrasting wild Arachis species. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198191. [PMID: 29847587 PMCID: PMC5976199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Wild peanut relatives (Arachis spp.) are genetically diverse and were selected throughout evolution to a range of environments constituting, therefore, an important source of allelic diversity for abiotic stress tolerance. In particular, A. duranensis and A. stenosperma, the parents of the reference Arachis A-genome genetic map, show contrasting transpiration behavior under limited water conditions. This study aimed to build a comprehensive gene expression profile of these two wild species under dehydration stress caused by the withdrawal of hydroponic nutrient solution. For this purpose, roots of both genotypes were collected at seven time-points during the early stages of dehydration and used to construct cDNA paired-end libraries. Physiological analyses indicated initial differences in gas exchange parameters between the drought-tolerant genotype of A. duranensis and the drought-sensitive genotype of A. stenosperma. High-quality Illumina reads were mapped against the A. duranensis reference genome and resulted in the identification of 1,235 and 799 Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs) that responded to the stress treatment in roots of A. duranensis and A. stenosperma, respectively. Further analysis, including functional annotation and identification of biological pathways represented by these DEGs confirmed the distinct gene expression behavior of the two contrasting Arachis species genotypes under dehydration stress. Some species-exclusive and common DEGs were then selected for qRT-PCR analysis, which corroborated the in silico expression profiling. These included genes coding for regulators and effectors involved in drought tolerance responses, such as activation of osmosensing molecular cascades, control of hormone and osmolyte content, and protection of macromolecules. This dataset of transcripts induced during the dehydration process in two wild Arachis genotypes constitute new tools for the understanding of the distinct gene regulation processes in these closely related species but with contrasting drought responsiveness. In addition, our findings provide insights into the nature of drought tolerance in wild germoplasm, which might be explored as novel sources of diversity and useful wild alleles to develop climate-resilient crop varieties.
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- Christina Cleo Vinson
- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, CP, Final W5 Norte, Brasília, DF–Brazil
- Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF–Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, CP, Final W5 Norte, Brasília, DF–Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Campus do Vale, Porto Alegre, RS—Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, CP, Final W5 Norte, Brasília, DF–Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Campus do Vale, Porto Alegre, RS—Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, CP, Final W5 Norte, Brasília, DF–Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, CP, Final W5 Norte, Brasília, DF–Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, CP, Final W5 Norte, Brasília, DF–Brazil
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Montanari-Coelho KK, Costa AT, Polonio JC, Azevedo JL, Marin SRR, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Fujita Y, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nakashima K, Pamphile JA, Nepomuceno AL. Endophytic bacterial microbiome associated with leaves of genetically modified (AtAREB1) and conventional (BR 16) soybean plants. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 34:56. [PMID: 29594576 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-018-2439-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Plant leaves (phyllosphere) have a great potential for colonization and microbial growth, consisting of a dynamic environment in which several factors can interfere with the microbial population structure. The use of genetically modified (GM) plants has introduced several traits in agriculture, such as the improvement of plant drought tolerance, as observed in the AtAREB1 transcription factor overexpression in soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill). The present study aimed at investigating the taxonomic and functional profile of the leaf microbial community of bacteria found in GM (drought-tolerant event 1Ea2939) and conventional (BR 16) soybean plants. Bacterial DNA was extracted from leaf samples collected from each genotype and used for microbial diversity and richness analysis through the MiSeq Illumina platform. Functional prediction was performed using the PICRUSt tool and the STAMP v 2.1.3 software. The obtainment of the GM event 1Ea2939 showed minimum effects on the microbial community and in the potential for chemical-genetic communication, i.e. in the potential for symbiotic and/or mutualistic interaction between plants and their natural microbiota.
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- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular (DBC), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular (DBC), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja (EMBRAPA/Soja), Londrina, Brazil
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular (DBC), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja (EMBRAPA/Soja), Londrina, Brazil
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Coutinho ID, Moraes TB, Mertz-Henning LM, Nepomuceno AL, Giordani W, Marcolino-Gomes J, Santagneli S, Colnago LA. Integrating High-Resolution and Solid-State Magic Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy and a Transcriptomic Analysis of Soybean Tissues in Response to Water Deficiency. Phytochem Anal 2017; 28:529-540. [PMID: 28722224 DOI: 10.1002/pca.2702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Solid-state NMR (SSNMR) spectroscopy methods provide chemical environment and ultrastructural details that are not easily accessible by other non-destructive, high-resolution spectral techniques. High-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) has been widely used to obtain the metabolic profile of a heterogeneous sample, combining the resolution enhancement provided by MAS in SSNMR with the shimming and locking procedures in liquid-state NMR. OBJECTIVE In this work, we explored the feasibility of using the HR-MAS and SSNMR techniques to identify metabolic changes in soybean leaves subjected to water-deficient conditions. METHODOLOGY Control and water-deficient soybean leaves were analysed using one-dimensional (1D) HR-MAS and SSNMR. Total RNA was extracted from the leaves for the transcriptomic analysis. RESULTS The 1 H HR-MAS and CP-MAS 13 C{1 H} spectra of soybean leaves grown with and without water deficiency stress revealed striking differences in metabolites. A total of 30 metabolites were identified, and the impact of water deficiency on the metabolite profile of soybean leaves was to induce amino acid synthesis. High expression levels of genes required for amino acid biosynthesis were highly correlated with the compounds identified by 1 H HR-MAS. CONCLUSIONS The integration of the 1 H HR-MAS and SSNMR spectra with the transcriptomic data provided a complete picture of the major changes in the metabolic profile of soybeans in response to water deficiency. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Isabel D Coutinho
- Embrapa Instrumentação, XV de Novembro, 1452, Centro, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentação, XV de Novembro, 1452, Centro, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Londrina State University, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, 86051-900, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Distrito de Warta, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo State, Rua Prof. Francisco Degni, 55, 14800-060, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, Distrito de Warta, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Paes de Andrade P, Aragão FJL, Colli W, Dellagostin OA, Finardi-Filho F, Hirata MH, Lira-Neto ADC, Almeida de Melo M, Nepomuceno AL, Gorgônio da Nóbrega F, Delfino de Sousa G, Valicente FH, Zanettini MHB. Use of transgenic Aedes aegypti in Brazil: risk perception and assessment. Bull World Health Organ 2016; 94:766-771. [PMID: 27843167 PMCID: PMC5043214 DOI: 10.2471/blt.16.173377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The OX513A strain of Aedes aegypti, which was developed by the British company Oxitec, expresses a self-limiting transgene that prevents larvae from developing to adulthood. In April 2014, the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety completed a risk assessment of OX513A and concluded that the strain did not present new biological risks to humans or the environment and could be released in Brazil. At that point, Brazil became the first country to approve the unconstrained release of a genetically modified mosquito. During the assessment, the commission produced a comprehensive list of – and systematically analysed – the perceived hazards. Such hazards included the potential survival to adulthood of immature stages carrying the transgene – should the transgene fail to be expressed or be turned off by exposure to sufficient environmental tetracycline. Other perceived hazards included the potential allergenicity and/or toxicity of the proteins expressed by the gene, the potential for gene flow or increased transmission of human pathogens and the occupation of vacant breeding sites by other vector species. The Zika epidemic both elevated the perceived importance of Ae. aegypti as a vector – among policy-makers and regulators as well as the general public – and increased concerns over the release of males of the OX513A strain. We have therefore reassessed the potential hazards. We found that release of the transgenic mosquitoes would still be both safe and of great potential value in the control of diseases spread by Ae. aegypti, such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika.
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- Paulo Paes de Andrade
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Moraes Rego s/s, 50670-901, Recife, Brazil
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da Fonseca GC, de Oliveira LFV, de Morais GL, Abdelnor RV, Nepomuceno AL, Waterhouse PM, Farinelli L, Margis R. Unusual RNA plant virus integration in the soybean genome leads to the production of small RNAs. Plant Sci 2016; 246:62-69. [PMID: 26993236 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is known to be a major force in genome evolution. The acquisition of genes from viruses by eukaryotic genomes is a well-studied example of HGT, including rare cases of non-retroviral RNA virus integration. The present study describes the integration of cucumber mosaic virus RNA-1 into soybean genome. After an initial metatranscriptomic analysis of small RNAs derived from soybean, the de novo assembly resulted a 3029-nt contig homologous to RNA-1. The integration of this sequence in the soybean genome was confirmed by DNA deep sequencing. The locus where the integration occurred harbors the full RNA-1 sequence followed by the partial sequence of an endogenous mRNA and another sequence of RNA-1 as an inverted repeat and allowing the formation of a hairpin structure. This region recombined into a retrotransposon located inside an exon of a soybean gene. The nucleotide similarity of the integrated sequence compared to other Cucumber mosaic virus sequences indicates that the integration event occurred recently. We described a rare event of non-retroviral RNA virus integration in soybean that leads to the production of a double-stranded RNA in a similar fashion to virus resistance RNAi plants.
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- Guilherme Cordenonsi da Fonseca
- Centro de Biotecnologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Genética, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
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Arraes FBM, Beneventi MA, Lisei de Sa ME, Paixao JFR, Albuquerque EVS, Marin SRR, Purgatto E, Nepomuceno AL, Grossi-de-Sa MF. Implications of ethylene biosynthesis and signaling in soybean drought stress tolerance. BMC Plant Biol 2015; 15:213. [PMID: 26335593 PMCID: PMC4557918 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0597-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ethylene is a phytohormone known for inducing a triple response in seedlings, leaf abscission and other responses to various stresses. Several studies in model plants have evaluated the importance of this hormone in crosstalk signaling with different metabolic pathways, in addition to responses to biotic stresses. However, the mechanism of action in plants of agricultural interest, such as soybean, and its participation in abiotic stresses remain unclear. RESULTS The studies presented in this work allowed for the identification of 176 soybean genes described elsewhere for ethylene biosynthesis (108 genes) and signal transduction (68 genes). A model to predict these routes in soybean was proposed, and it had great representability compared to those described for Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa. Furthermore, analysis of putative gene promoters from soybean gene orthologs permitted the identification of 29 families of cis-acting elements. These elements are essential for ethylene-mediated regulation and its possible crosstalk with other signaling pathways mediated by other plant hormones. From genes that are differentially expressed in the transcriptome database, we analyzed the relative expression of some selected genes in resistant and tolerant soybean plants subjected to water deficit. The differential expression of a set of five soybean ethylene-related genes (MAT, ACS, ACO, ETR and CTR) was validated with RT-qPCR experiments, which confirmed variations in the expression of these soybean target genes, as identified in the transcriptome database. In particular, two families of ethylene biosynthesis genes (ACS and ACO) were upregulated under these experimental conditions, whereas CTR (involved in ethylene signal transduction) was downregulated. In the same samples, high levels of ethylene production were detected and were directly correlated with the free fraction levels of ethylene's precursor. Thus, the combination of these data indicated the involvement of ethylene biosynthesis and signaling in soybean responses to water stress. CONCLUSIONS The in silico analysis, combined with the quantification of ethylene production (and its precursor) and RT-qPCR experiments, allowed for a better understanding of the importance of ethylene at a molecular level in this crop as well as its role in the response to abiotic stresses. In summary, all of the data presented here suggested that soybean responses to water stress could be regulated by a crosstalk network among different signaling pathways, which might involve various phytohormones, such as auxins, ABA and jasmonic acid. The integration of in silico and physiological data could also contribute to the application of biotechnological strategies to the development of improved cultivars with regard to different stresses, such as the isolation of stress-specific plant promoters.
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- Fabricio Barbosa Monteiro Arraes
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Campus do Vale, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Postal Code 15005, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, PqEB, Av. W5-Norte, Postal Code 02372, CEP 70770-910, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Campus do Vale, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Postal Code 15005, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, PqEB, Av. W5-Norte, Postal Code 02372, CEP 70770-910, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, PqEB, Av. W5-Norte, Postal Code 02372, CEP 70770-910, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
- Agricultural Research Company of Minas Gerais State, Rua Afonso Rato 1301, Postal Code 311, CEP 38001-970, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, PqEB, Av. W5-Norte, Postal Code 02372, CEP 70770-910, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
- Brasilia University - Biology Institute, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soybean, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, SN, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Distrito de Warta, Postal Code 231, CEP 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Food Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory, Sao Paulo University, Av. Lineu Prestes 580, Bloco 14, Cidade Universitaria, CEP 05508-000, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soybean, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, SN, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Distrito de Warta, Postal Code 231, CEP 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, PqEB, Av. W5-Norte, Postal Code 02372, CEP 70770-910, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
- Catholic University of Brasilia, SGAN 916, Modulo B, Av. W5, Asa Norte, CEP 70790-160, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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Rodrigues FA, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Marcolino-Gomes J, Nakayama TJ, Molinari HBC, Lobo FP, Harmon FG, Nepomuceno AL. Daytime soybean transcriptome fluctuations during water deficit stress. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:505. [PMID: 26149272 PMCID: PMC4491896 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1731-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Since drought can seriously affect plant growth and development and little is known about how the oscillations of gene expression during the drought stress-acclimation response in soybean is affected, we applied Illumina technology to sequence 36 cDNA libraries synthesized from control and drought-stressed soybean plants to verify the dynamic changes in gene expression during a 24-h time course. Cycling variables were measured from the expression data to determine the putative circadian rhythm regulation of gene expression. RESULTS We identified 4866 genes differentially expressed in soybean plants in response to water deficit. Of these genes, 3715 were differentially expressed during the light period, from which approximately 9.55% were observed in both light and darkness. We found 887 genes that were either up- or down-regulated in different periods of the day. Of 54,175 predicted soybean genes, 35.52% exhibited expression oscillations in a 24 h period. This number increased to 39.23% when plants were submitted to water deficit. Major differences in gene expression were observed in the control plants from late day (ZT16) until predawn (ZT20) periods, indicating that gene expression oscillates during the course of 24 h in normal development. Under water deficit, dissimilarity increased in all time-periods, indicating that the applied stress influenced gene expression. Such differences in plants under stress were primarily observed in ZT0 (early morning) to ZT8 (late day) and also from ZT4 to ZT12. Stress-related pathways were triggered in response to water deficit primarily during midday, when more genes were up-regulated compared to early morning. Additionally, genes known to be involved in secondary metabolism and hormone signaling were also expressed in the dark period. CONCLUSIONS Gene expression networks can be dynamically shaped to acclimate plant metabolism under environmental stressful conditions. We have identified putative cycling genes that are expressed in soybean leaves under normal developmental conditions and genes whose expression oscillates under conditions of water deficit. These results suggest that time of day, as well as light and temperature oscillations that occur considerably affect the regulation of water deficit stress response in soybean plants.
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- Fabiana Aparecida Rodrigues
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation- Embrapa Soybean, Embrapa Soybean- Rod. Carlos João Strass, s/n, Londrina, 86001-970, PR, Brazil.
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation- Embrapa Soybean, Embrapa Soybean- Rod. Carlos João Strass, s/n, Londrina, 86001-970, PR, Brazil.
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation- Embrapa Soybean, Embrapa Soybean- Rod. Carlos João Strass, s/n, Londrina, 86001-970, PR, Brazil.
- Department of Biology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation- Embrapa Soybean, Embrapa Soybean- Rod. Carlos João Strass, s/n, Londrina, 86001-970, PR, Brazil.
- Department of Crop Science, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Embrapa Agroenergy (CNPAE), Brasília, DF, Brazil.
- Embrapa LABEX US Plant Biotechnology at ARS/USDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, CA, USA.
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation-Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, CA, USA.
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation- Embrapa Soybean, Embrapa Soybean- Rod. Carlos João Strass, s/n, Londrina, 86001-970, PR, Brazil.
- Embrapa LABEX US Plant Biotechnology at ARS/USDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, CA, USA.
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Leite JP, Barbosa EGG, Marin SRR, Marinho JP, Carvalho JFC, Pagliarini RF, Cruz AS, Oliveira MCN, Farias JRB, Neumaier N, Guimarães FCM, Yoshida T, Kanamori N, Fujita Y, Nakashima K, Shinozaki KY, Desidério JA, Nepomuceno AL. Overexpression of the activated form of the AtAREB1 gene (AtAREB1ΔQT) improves soybean responses to water deficit. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:6272-86. [PMID: 25158254 DOI: 10.4238/2014.august.15.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Abscisic acid-responsive element binding protein (AREB1) is a basic domain/leucine zipper transcription factor that binds to the abscisic acid (ABA)-responsive element motif in the promoter region of ABA-inducible genes. Because AREB1 is not sufficient to direct the expression of downstream genes under non-stress conditions, an activated form of AREB1 (AREB1ΔQT) was created. Several reports claim that plants overexpressing AREB1 or AREB1ΔQT show improved drought tolerance. In our studies, soybean plants overexpressing AREB1ΔQT were characterized molecularly, and the phenotype and drought response of three lines were accessed under greenhouse conditions. Under conditions of water deficit, the transformed plants presented a higher survival rate (100%) than those of their isoline, cultivar BR 16 (40%). Moreover, the transformed plants displayed better water use efficiency and had a higher number of leaves than their isoline. Because the transgenic plants had higher stomatal conductance than its isoline under well-watered conditions, it was suggested that the enhanced drought response of AREB1ΔQT soybean plants might not be associated with altered transpiration rates mediated by ABA-dependent stomatal closure. However, it is possible that the smaller leaf area of the transgenic plants reduced their transpiration and water use, causing delayed stress onset. The difference in the degree of wilting and percentage of survival between the 35S-AREB1ΔQT and wildtype plants may also be related to the regulation of genes that protect against dehydration because metabolic impairment of photosynthesis, deduced by an increasing internal CO2 concentration, was not observed in the transgenic plants.
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- J P Leite
- Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agricultura, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departmento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departmento de Biometria, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agricultura, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Reis RR, da Cunha BADB, Martins PK, Martins MTB, Alekcevetch JC, Chalfun A, Andrade AC, Ribeiro AP, Qin F, Mizoi J, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nakashima K, Carvalho JDFC, de Sousa CAF, Nepomuceno AL, Kobayashi AK, Molinari HBC. Induced over-expression of AtDREB2A CA improves drought tolerance in sugarcane. Plant Sci 2014; 221-222:59-68. [PMID: 24656336 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Drought is one of the most challenging agricultural issues limiting sustainable sugarcane production and, in some cases, yield losses caused by drought are nearly 50%. DREB proteins play vital regulatory roles in abiotic stress responses in plants. The transcription factor DREB2A interacts with a cis-acting DRE sequence to activate the expression of downstream genes that are involved in drought-, salt- and heat-stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of stress-inducible over-expression of AtDREB2A CA on gene expression, leaf water potential (ΨL), relative water content (RWC), sucrose content and gas exchanges of sugarcane plants submitted to a four-days water deficit treatment in a rhizotron-grown root system. The plants were also phenotyped by scanning the roots and measuring morphological parameters of the shoot. The stress-inducible expression of AtDREB2A CA in transgenic sugarcane led to the up-regulation of genes involved in plant response to drought stress. The transgenic plants maintained higher RWC and ΨL over 4 days after withholding water and had higher photosynthetic rates until the 3rd day of water-deficit. Induced expression of AtDREB2A CA in sugarcane increased sucrose levels and improved bud sprouting of the transgenic plants. Our results indicate that induced expression of AtDREB2A CA in sugarcane enhanced its drought tolerance without biomass penalty.
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- Rafaela Ribeiro Reis
- Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Embrapa Agroenergy (CNPAE), Brasília, DF, Brazil; Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Embrapa Agroenergy (CNPAE), Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (CENARGEN), Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Embrapa Agroenergy (CNPAE), Brasília, DF, Brazil; Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil
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- Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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Nakayama TJ, Rodrigues FA, Neumaier N, Marcelino-Guimarães FC, Farias JRB, de Oliveira MCN, Borém A, de Oliveira ACB, Emygdio BM, Nepomuceno AL. Reference genes for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction studies in soybean plants under hypoxic conditions. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:860-71. [PMID: 24615050 DOI: 10.4238/2014.february.13.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is a powerful tool used to measure gene expression. However, because of its high sensitivity, the method is strongly influenced by the quality and concentration of the template cDNA and by the amplification efficiency. Relative quantification is an effective strategy for correcting random and systematic errors by using the expression level of reference gene(s) to normalize the expression level of the genes of interest. To identify soybean reference genes for use in studies of flooding stress, we compared 5 candidate reference genes (CRGs) with the NormFinder and GeNorm programs to select the best internal control. The expression stability of the CRGs was evaluated in root tissues from soybean plants subjected to hypoxic conditions. Elongation factor 1-beta and actin-11 were identified as the most appropriate genes for RT-qPCR normalization by both the NormFinder and GeNorm analyses. The expression profiles of the genes for alcohol dehydrogenase 1, sucrose synthase 4, and ascorbate peroxidase 2 were analyzed by comparing different normalizing combinations (including no normalization) of the selected reference genes. Here, we have identified potential genes for use as references for RT-qPCR normalization in experiments with soybean roots growing in O2-depleted environments, such as flooding-stressed plants.
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- T J Nakayama
- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Embrapa Clima Temperado, Pelotas, RS, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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de Paiva Rolla AA, de Fátima Corrêa Carvalho J, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Engels C, do Rio A, Marin SRR, de Oliveira MCN, Beneventi MA, Marcelino-Guimarães FC, Farias JRB, Neumaier N, Nakashima K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nepomuceno AL. Phenotyping soybean plants transformed with rd29A:AtDREB1A for drought tolerance in the greenhouse and field. Transgenic Res 2014; 23:75-87. [PMID: 23807320 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9723-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 06/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The development of drought tolerant plants is a high priority because the area suffering from drought is expected to increase in the future due to global warming. One strategy for the development of drought tolerance is to genetically engineer plants with transcription factors (TFs) that regulate the expression of several genes related to abiotic stress defense responses. This work assessed the performance of soybean plants overexpressing the TF DREB1A under drought conditions in the field and in the greenhouse. Drought was simulated in the greenhouse by progressively drying the soil of pot cultures of the P58 and P1142 lines. In the field, the performance of the P58 line and of 09D-0077, a cross between the cultivars BR16 and P58, was evaluated under four different water regimes: irrigation, natural drought (no irrigation) and water stress created using rain-out shelters in the vegetative or reproductive stages. Although the dehydration-responsive element-binding protein (DREB) plants did not outperform the cultivar BR16 in terms of yield, some yield components were increased when drought was introduced during the vegetative stage, such as the number of seeds, the number of pods with seeds and the total number of pods. The greenhouse data suggest that the higher survival rates of DREB plants are because of lower water use due to lower transpiration rates under well watered conditions. Further studies are needed to better characterize the soil and atmospheric conditions under which these plants may outperform the non-transformed parental plants.
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- Amanda Alves de Paiva Rolla
- Department of General Biology, Londrina State University, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, P.O. Box 6001, Londrina, 86051-990, Brazil,
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Ferreira Neto JRC, Pandolfi V, Guimaraes FCM, Benko-Iseppon AM, Romero C, Silva RLDO, Rodrigues FA, Abdelnoor RV, Nepomuceno AL, Kido EA. Early transcriptional response of soybean contrasting accessions to root dehydration. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83466. [PMID: 24349513 PMCID: PMC3861472 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Drought is a significant constraint to yield increase in soybean. The early perception of water deprivation is critical for recruitment of genes that promote plant tolerance. DeepSuperSAGE libraries, including one control and a bulk of six stress times imposed (from 25 to 150 min of root dehydration) for drought-tolerant and sensitive soybean accessions, allowed to identify new molecular targets for drought tolerance. The survey uncovered 120,770 unique transcripts expressed by the contrasting accessions. Of these, 57,610 aligned with known cDNA sequences, allowing the annotation of 32,373 unitags. A total of 1,127 unitags were up-regulated only in the tolerant accession, whereas 1,557 were up-regulated in both as compared to their controls. An expression profile concerning the most representative Gene Ontology (GO) categories for the tolerant accession revealed the expression "protein binding" as the most represented for "Molecular Function", whereas CDPK and CBL were the most up-regulated protein families in this category. Furthermore, particular genes expressed different isoforms according to the accession, showing the potential to operate in the distinction of physiological behaviors. Besides, heat maps comprising GO categories related to abiotic stress response and the unitags regulation observed in the expression contrasts covering tolerant and sensitive accessions, revealed the unitags potential for plant breeding. Candidate genes related to "hormone response" (LOX, ERF1b, XET), "water response" (PUB, BMY), "salt stress response" (WRKY, MYB) and "oxidative stress response" (PER) figured among the most promising molecular targets. Additionally, nine transcripts (HMGR, XET, WRKY20, RAP2-4, EREBP, NAC3, PER, GPX5 and BMY) validated by RT-qPCR (four different time points) confirmed their differential expression and pointed that already after 25 minutes a transcriptional reorganization started in response to the new condition, with important differences between both accessions.
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Vegetal Biotechnology, Genetics Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Vegetal Biotechnology, Genetics Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research – Embrapa Soybean, Londrina, Brazil
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- LABEX Plant Biotechnology, Agricultural Research Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, California, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Genetics Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Engels C, Fuganti-Pagliarini R, Marin SRR, Marcelino-Guimarães FC, Oliveira MCN, Kanamori N, Mizoi J, Nakashima K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Nepomuceno AL. Introduction of the rd29A:AtDREB2A CA gene into soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) and its molecular characterization in leaves and roots during dehydration. Genet Mol Biol 2013; 36:556-65. [PMID: 24385860 PMCID: PMC3873188 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572013000400015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The loss of soybean yield to Brazilian producers because of a water deficit in the 2011–2012 season was 12.9%. To reduce such losses, molecular biology techniques, including plant transformation, can be used to insert genes of interest into conventional soybean cultivars to produce lines that are more tolerant to drought. The abscisic acid (ABA)-independent Dehydration Responsive Element Binding (DREB) gene family has been used to obtain plants with increased tolerance to abiotic stresses. In the present study, the rd29A:AtDREB2A CA gene from Arabidopsis thaliana was inserted into soybean using biolistics. Seventy-eight genetically modified (GM) soybean lines containing 2–17 copies of the AtDREB2A CA gene were produced. Two GM soybean lines (P1397 and P2193) were analyzed to assess the differential expression of the AtDREB2A CA transgene in leaves and roots submitted to various dehydration treatments. Both GM lines exhibited high expression of the transgene, with the roots of P2193 showing the highest expression levels during water deficit. Physiological parameters examined during water deficit confirmed the induction of stress. This analysis of AtDREB2A CA expression in GM soybean indicated that line P2193 had the greatest stability and highest expression in roots during water deficit-induced stress.
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- Cibelle Engels
- Departamento de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-Harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan . ; Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Britto-Kido SDA, Ferreira Neto JRC, Pandolfi V, Marcelino-Guimarães FC, Nepomuceno AL, Vilela Abdelnoor R, Benko-Iseppon AM, Kido EA. Natural antisense transcripts in plants: a review and identification in soybean infected with Phakopsora pachyrhizi SuperSAGE library. ScientificWorldJournal 2013; 2013:219798. [PMID: 23878522 PMCID: PMC3710604 DOI: 10.1155/2013/219798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Natural antisense ranscripts (NAT) are RNA molecules complementary to other endogenous RNAs. They are capable of regulating the expression of target genes at different levels (transcription, mRNA stability, translation, etc.). Such a property makes them ideal for interventions in organisms' metabolism. The present study reviewed plant NAT aspects, including features, availability and genesis, conservation and distribution, coding capacity, NAT pair expression, and functions. Besides, an in silico identification of NATs pairs was presented, using deepSuperSAGE libraries of soybean infected or not with Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Results showed that around 1/3 of the 77,903 predicted trans-NATs (by PlantsNATsDB database) detected had unitags mapped in both sequences of each pair. The same 1/3 of the 436 foreseen cis-NATs showed unitags anchored in both sequences of the related pairs. For those unitags mapped in NAT pairs, a modulation expression was assigned as upregulated, downregulated, or constitutive, based on the statistical analysis (P < 0.05). As a result, the infected treatment promoted the expression of 2,313 trans-NATs pairs comprising unitags exclusively from that library (1,326 pairs had unitags only found in the mock library). To understand the regulation of these NAT pairs could be a key aspect in the ASR plant response.
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- Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Department of Genetics, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Rod. Carlos João Strass, Distrito de Warta, Caixa Postal 231, 86.001-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soybean, Rod. Carlos João Strass, Distrito de Warta, Caixa Postal 231, 86.001-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Department of Genetics, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Marcolino-Gomes J, Rodrigues FA, Oliveira MCN, Farias JRB, Neumaier N, Abdelnoor RV, Marcelino-Guimarães FC, Nepomuceno AL. Expression patterns of GmAP2/EREB-like transcription factors involved in soybean responses to water deficit. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62294. [PMID: 23667465 PMCID: PMC3646874 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Soybean farming has faced several losses in productivity due to drought events in the last few decades. However, plants have molecular mechanisms to prevent and protect against water deficit injuries, and transcription factors play an important role in triggering different defense mechanisms. Understanding the expression patterns of transcription factors in response to water deficit and to environmental diurnal changes is very important for unveiling water deficit stress tolerance mechanisms. Here, we analyzed the expression patterns of ten APETALA2/Ethylene Responsive Element Binding-like (AP2/EREB-like) transcription factors in two soybean genotypes (BR16: drought-sensitive; and Embrapa 48: drought-tolerant). According to phylogenetic and domain analyses, these genes can be included in the DREB and ERF subfamilies. We also analyzed a GmDRIP-like gene that encodes a DREB negative regulator. We detected the up-regulation of 9 GmAP2/EREB-like genes and identified transcriptional differences that were dependent on the levels of the stress applied and the tissue type analyzed (the expression of the GmDREB1F-like gene, for example, was four times higher in roots than in leaves). The GmDRIP-like gene was not induced by water deficit in BR16 during the longest periods of stress, but was significantly induced in Embrapa 48; this suggests a possible genetic/molecular difference between the responses of these cultivars to water deficit stress. Additionally, RNAseq gene expression analysis over a 24-h time course indicates that the expression patterns of several GmDREB-like genes are subject to oscillation over the course of the day, indicating a possible circadian regulation.
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- Juliana Marcolino-Gomes
- Department of Biology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
- Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research–Embrapa Soybean, Londrina, Brazil
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- Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research–Embrapa Soybean, Londrina, Brazil
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- Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research–Embrapa Soybean, Londrina, Brazil
- Embrapa LABEX US Plant Biotechnology at ARS/USDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Neves-Borges AC, Guimarães-Dias F, Cruz F, Mesquita RO, Nepomuceno AL, Romano E, Loureiro ME, de Fátima Grossi-de-Sá M, Alves-Ferreira M. Expression pattern of drought stress marker genes in soybean roots under two water deficit systems. Genet Mol Biol 2012; 35:212-21. [PMID: 22802707 PMCID: PMC3392874 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572012000200003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The study of tolerance mechanisms for drought stress in soybean is fundamental to the understanding and development of tolerant varieties. Using in silico analysis, four marker genes involved in the classical ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathways of drought response were identified in the Glycine max genome in the present work. The expression profiles of the marker genes ERD1-like, GmaxRD20A-like, GmaxRD22-like and GmaxRD29B-like were investigated by qPCR in root samples of drought sensitive and tolerant soybean cultivars (BR 16 and Embrapa 48, respectively), submitted to water deficit conditions in hydroponic and pot-based systems. Among the four putative soybean homologs to Arabidopsis genes investigated herein, only GmaxRD29B-like was not regulated by water deficit stress. Distinct expression profiles and different induction levels were observed among the genes, as well as between the two drought-inducing systems. Our results showed contrasting gene expression responses for the GmaxRD20A-like and GmaxRD22-like genes. GmaxRD20A-like was highly induced by continuous drought acclimating conditions, whereas GmaxRD22-like responses decreased after abrupt water deprivation. GmaxERD1-like showed a different expression profile for the cultivars in each system. Conversely, GmaxRD20A-like and GmaxRD22-like genes exhibited similar expression levels in tolerant plants in both systems.
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Rodrigues FA, Marcolino-Gomes J, de Fátima Corrêa Carvalho J, do Nascimento LC, Neumaier N, Farias JRB, Carazzolle MF, Marcelino FC, Nepomuceno AL. Subtractive libraries for prospecting differentially expressed genes in the soybean under water deficit. Genet Mol Biol 2012; 35:304-14. [PMID: 22802715 PMCID: PMC3392882 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572012000200011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Soybean has a wide range of applications in the industry and, due to its crop potential, its improvement is widely desirable. During drought conditions, soybean crops suffer significant losses in productivity. Therefore, understanding the responses of the soybean under this stress is an effective way of targeting crop improvement techniques. In this study, we employed the Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization (SSH) technique to investigate differentially expressed genes under water deficit conditions. Embrapa 48 and BR 16 soybean lines, known as drought-tolerant and -sensitive, respectively, were grown hydroponically and subjected to different short-term periods of stress by withholding the nutrient solution. Using this approach, we have identified genes expressed during the early response to water deficit in roots and leaves. These genes were compared among the lines to assess probable differences in the plant transcriptomes. In general, similar biochemical processes were predominant in both cultivars; however, there were more considerable differences between roots and leaves of Embrapa 48. Moreover, we present here a fast, clean and straightforward method to obtain drought-stressed root tissues and a large enriched collection of transcripts expressed by soybean plants under water deficit that can be useful for further studies towards the understanding of plant responses to stress.
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Guimarães-Dias F, Neves-Borges AC, Viana AAB, Mesquita RO, Romano E, de Fátima Grossi-de-Sá M, Nepomuceno AL, Loureiro ME, Alves-Ferreira M. Expression analysis in response to drought stress in soybean: Shedding light on the regulation of metabolic pathway genes. Genet Mol Biol 2012; 35:222-32. [PMID: 22802708 PMCID: PMC3392875 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572012000200004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Metabolomics analysis of wild type Arabidopsis thaliana plants, under control and drought stress conditions revealed several metabolic pathways that are induced under water deficit. The metabolic response to drought stress is also associated with ABA dependent and independent pathways, allowing a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms in this model plant. Through combining an in silico approach and gene expression analysis by quantitative real-time PCR, the present work aims at identifying genes of soybean metabolic pathways potentially associated with water deficit. Digital expression patterns of Arabidopsis genes, which were selected based on the basis of literature reports, were evaluated under drought stress condition by Genevestigator. Genes that showed strong induction under drought stress were selected and used as bait to identify orthologs in the soybean genome. This allowed us to select 354 genes of putative soybean orthologs of 79 Arabidopsis genes belonging to 38 distinct metabolic pathways. The expression pattern of the selected genes was verified in the subtractive libraries available in the GENOSOJA project. Subsequently, 13 genes from different metabolic pathways were selected for validation by qPCR experiments. The expression of six genes was validated in plants undergoing drought stress in both pot-based and hydroponic cultivation systems. The results suggest that the metabolic response to drought stress is conserved in Arabidopsis and soybean plants.
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- Fábia Guimarães-Dias
- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Vegetal, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório Integrado de Biologia Vegetal II, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Vegetal, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Droval AA, Binneck E, Marin SRR, Paião FG, Oba A, Nepomuceno AL, Shimokomaki M. A new single nucleotide polymorphism in the ryanodine gene of chicken skeletal muscle. Genet Mol Res 2012; 11:821-9. [PMID: 22576910 DOI: 10.4238/2012.april.3.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Some genes affect meat quality in chickens. We looked for polymorphisms in the Gallus gallus α-RyR gene (homologous to RyR 1) that could be associated with PSE (pale, soft and exudative) meat. Because RyR genes are over 100,000 bp long and code for proteins with about 5000 amino acids, primers were designed to amplify a fragment of hotspot region 2, a region with a high density of mutations in other species. Total blood DNA was extracted from 50 birds, 25 that had PSE meat and 25 normal chickens. The DNA samples were amplified by PCR, cloned, sequenced, and used to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The amplified fragment of α-RyR was 604 nucleotides in length; 181 nucleotides were similar to two exons from a hypothetical turkey cDNA sequence for α-RyR. A non-synonymous nucleotide substitution (G/A) was identified in at least one of the three sequenced clones obtained from nine animals, six PSE (HAL+) birds and three normal (HAL-) birds; they were heterozygous for this mutation. This SNP causes a change from Val to Met in the α-RYR protein. Since the frequencies of this SNP were not significantly different in the PSE versus normal chickens, it appears that this mutation (in heterozygosity) does not alter the structure or function of the muscle protein, making it an inappropriate candidate as a genetic marker for PSE meat.
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- A A Droval
- Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Pereira SS, Guimarães FCM, Carvalho JFC, Stolf-Moreira R, Oliveira MCN, Rolla AAP, Farias JRB, Neumaier N, Nepomuceno AL. Transcription factors expressed in soybean roots under drought stress. Genet Mol Res 2011; 10:3689-701. [PMID: 22033904 DOI: 10.4238/2011.october.21.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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To gain insight into stress-responsive gene regulation in soybean plants, we identified consensus sequences that could categorize the transcription factors MYBJ7, BZIP50, C2H2, and NAC2 as members of the gene families myb, bzip, c2h2, and nac, respectively. We also investigated the evolutionary relationship of these transcription factors and analyzed their expression levels under drought stress. The NCBI software was used to find the predicted amino acid sequences of the transcription factors, and the Clustal X software was used to align soybean and other plant species sequences. Phylogenetic trees were built using the Mega 4.1 software by neighbor joining and the degree of confidence test by Bootstrap. Expression level studies were carried out using hydroponic culture; the experiments were designed in completely randomized blocks with three repetitions. The blocks consisted of two genotypes, MG/BR46 Conquista (drought-tolerant) and BR16 (drought-sensitive) and the treatments consisted of increasingly long dehydration periods (0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 min). The transcription factors presented domains and/or conserved regions that characterized them as belonging to the bzip, c2h2, myb, and nac families. Based on the phylogenetic trees, it was found that the myb, bzip and nac genes are closely related to myb78, bzip48 and nac2 of soybean and that c2h2 is closely related to c2h2 of Brassica napus. Expression of all genes was in general increased under drought stress in both genotypes. Major differences between genotypes were due to the lowering of the expression of the mybj7 and c2h2 genes in the drought-tolerant variety at some times. Over-expression or silencing of some of these genes has the potential to increase stress tolerance.
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- S S Pereira
- Universidade Estadual de São Paulo Julio de Mesquita Filho, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil
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Polizel AM, Medri ME, Nakashima K, Yamanaka N, Farias JRB, de Oliveira MCN, Marin SRR, Abdelnoor RV, Marcelino-Guimarães FC, Fuganti R, Rodrigues FA, Stolf-Moreira R, Beneventi MA, Rolla AAP, Neumaier N, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Carvalho JFC, Nepomuceno AL. Molecular, anatomical and physiological properties of a genetically modified soybean line transformed with rd29A:AtDREB1A for the improvement of drought tolerance. Genet Mol Res 2011; 10:3641-56. [PMID: 22033903 DOI: 10.4238/2011.october.21.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We evaluated the molecular, anatomical and physiological properties of a soybean line transformed to improve drought tolerance with an rd29A:AtDREB1A construct. This construct expressed dehydration- responsive element binding protein DREB1A from the stress-inducible rd29A promoter. The greenhouse growth test included four randomized blocks of soybean plants, with each treatment performed in triplicate. Seeds from the non-transformed soybean cultivar BR16 and from the genetically modified soybean P58 line (T(2) generation) were grown at 15% gravimetric humidity for 31 days. To induce water deficit, the humidity was reduced to 5% gravimetric humidity (moderate stress) for 29 days and then to 2.5% gravimetric humidity (severe stress). AtDREB1A gene expression was higher in the genetically modified P58 plants during water deficit, demonstrating transgene stability in T(2) generations and induction of the rd29A promoter. Drought-response genes, including GmPI-PLC, GmSTP, GmGRP, and GmLEA14, were highly expressed in plants submitted to severe stress. Genetically modified plants had higher stomatal conductance and consequently higher photosynthetic and transpiration rates. In addition, they had more chlorophyll. Overexpression of AtDREB1A may contribute to a decrease in leaf thickness; however, a thicker abaxial epidermis was observed. Overexpression of AtDREB1A in soybean appears to enhance drought tolerance.
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- A M Polizel
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Kulcheski FR, Marcelino-Guimaraes FC, Nepomuceno AL, Abdelnoor RV, Margis R. The use of microRNAs as reference genes for quantitative polymerase chain reaction in soybean. Anal Biochem 2010; 406:185-92. [PMID: 20670612 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2010] [Revised: 07/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/22/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is a robust and widely applied technique used to investigate gene expression. However, for correct analysis and interpretation of results, the choice of a suitable gene to use as an internal control is a crucial factor. These genes, such as housekeeping genes, should have a constant expression level in different tissues and across different conditions. The advances in genome sequencing have provided high-throughput gene expression analysis and have contributed to the identification of new genes, including microRNAs (miRNAs). The miRNAs are fundamental regulatory genes of eukaryotic genomes, acting on several biological functions. In this study, miRNA expression stability was investigated in different soybean tissues and genotypes as well as after abiotic or biotic stress treatments. The present study represents the first investigation into the suitability of miRNAs as housekeeping genes in plants. The transcript stability of 10 miRNAs was compared to those of six previously reported housekeeping genes for the soybean. In this study, we provide evidence that the expression stabilities of miR156b and miR1520d were the highest across the soybean experiments. Furthermore, these miRNAs genes were more stable than the most commonly protein-coding genes used in soybean gene expression studies involving RT-qPCR.
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- Franceli Rodrigues Kulcheski
- Centre of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Genomes and Plant Population, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul-UFRGS, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Stolf-Moreira R, Medri ME, Neumaier N, Lemos NG, Pimenta JA, Tobita S, Brogin RL, Marcelino-Guimarães FC, Oliveira MCN, Farias JRB, Abdelnoor RV, Nepomuceno AL. Soybean physiology and gene expression during drought. Genet Mol Res 2010; 9:1946-56. [PMID: 20927713 DOI: 10.4238/vol9-4gmr851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Soybean genotypes MG/BR46 (Conquista) and BR16, drought-tolerant and -sensitive, respectively, were compared in terms of morphophysiological and gene-expression responses to water stress during two stages of development. Gene-expression analysis showed differential responses in Gmdreb1a and Gmpip1b mRNA expression within 30 days of water-deficit initiation in MG/BR46 (Conquista) plants. Within 45 days of initiating stress, Gmp5cs and Gmpip1b had relatively higher expression. Initially, BR16 showed increased expression only for Gmdreb1a, and later (45 days) for Gmp5cs, Gmdefensin and Gmpip1b. Only BR16 presented down-regulated expression of genes, such as Gmp5cs and Gmpip1b, 30 days after the onset of moisture stress, and Gmgols after 45 days of stress. The faster perception of water stress in MG/BR46 (Conquista) and the better maintenance of up-regulated gene expression than in the sensitive BR16 genotype imply mechanisms by which the former is better adapted to tolerate moisture deficiency.
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- R Stolf-Moreira
- Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Kido EA, Pandolfi V, Houllou-Kido LM, Andrade PP, Marcelino FC, Nepomuceno AL, Abdelnoor RV, Burnquist WL, Benko-Iseppon AM. Plant antimicrobial peptides: an overview of SuperSAGE transcriptional profile and a functional review. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2010; 11:220-30. [PMID: 20088771 DOI: 10.2174/138920310791112110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Defensin, thionin and lipid transfer protein (LTP) gene families, which antimicrobial activity has an attractive use in protein engineering and transgenic production of agronomical important plants, have been here functionally reviewed. Also, a transcriptional overview of a set of plant SuperSAGE libraries and analysis looking for 26 bp tags possibly annotated for those families is presented. Tags differentially expressed (p = 0.05) or constitutively transcribed were identified from leaves or roots SuperSAGE libraries from important Brazilian plant species [cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.), soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) and modern sugarcane hybrids (Saccharum spp.)] submitted to abiotic [salt (100 mM NaCl) or drought] or biotic stresses [fungus inoculation (Phakopsora pachyrhizi; Asiatic Soyben Rust phytopathogen)]. The diverse transcriptional patterns observed, probably related to the variable range of targets and functions involved, could be the first step to unravel the antimicrobial peptide world and the plant stress response relationship. Moreover, SuperSAGE opens the opportunity to find some SNPs or even rare transcript that could be important on plant stress resistance mechanisms. Putative defensin or LTP identified by SuperSAGE following a specific plant treatment or physiological condition could be useful for future use in genetic improvement of plants.
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- E A Kido
- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Ziober IL, Paião FG, Marchi DF, Coutinho LL, Binneck E, Nepomuceno AL, Shimokomaki M. Heat and chemical stress modulate the expression of the alpha-RYR gene in broiler chickens. Genet Mol Res 2010; 9:1258-66. [PMID: 20603811 DOI: 10.4238/vol8-2gmr830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The biological cause of Pork Stress syndrome, which leads to PSE (pale, soft, exudative) meat, is excessive release of Ca(2+) ions, which is promoted by a genetic mutation in the ryanodine receptors (RyR) located in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of the skeletal muscle cells. We examined the relationship between the formation of PSE meat under halothane treatment and heat stress exposure in chicken alphaRYR hot spot fragments. Four test groups were compared: 1) birds slaughtered without any treatment, i.e., the control group (C); 2) birds slaughtered immediately after halothane treatment (H); 3) birds slaughtered immediately after heat stress treatment (HS), and 4) birds exposed to halothane and to heat stress (H+HS), before slaughtering. Breast muscle mRNA was extracted, amplified by RT-PCR, and sequenced. PSE meat was evaluated using color determination (L* value). The most common alteration was deletion of a single nucleotide, which generated a premature stop codon, resulting in the production of truncated proteins. The highest incidence of nonsense transcripts came with exposure to halothane; 80% of these abnormal transcripts were detected in H and H+HS groups. As a consequence, the incidence of abnormal meat was highest in the H+HS group (66%). In HS, H, and C groups, PSE meat developed in 60, 50, and 33% of the samples, respectively. Thus, halothane apparently modulates alphaRYR gene expression in this region, and synergically with exposure to heat stress, causes Avian Stress syndrome, resulting in PSE meat in broiler chickens.
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- I L Ziober
- Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Stolf-Moreira R, Medri ME, Neumaier N, Lemos NG, Brogin RL, Marcelino FC, de Oliveira MCN, Farias JRB, Abdelnoor RV, Nepomuceno AL. Cloning and quantitative expression analysis of drought-induced genes in soybean. Genet Mol Res 2010; 9:858-67. [PMID: 20467978 DOI: 10.4238/vol9-2gmr701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We determined the expression levels of DREB transcription factor (Gmdreb1) and of the genes Gmgols, Gmpip1b, Gmereb, and Gmdefensin in drought-tolerant (MG/BR46-Conquista) and drought-sensitive (BR16) genotypes of soybean, during drought. The trial was carried out in a controlled-environment chamber, set up to provide drought conditions. Sequences of Arabidopsis thaliana DREB-family proteins were used to build a phylogenetic tree through the alignment of the conserved regions near the AP2 domain. We found that Gmdreb1 is similar to Atrap2.1, which is located near the AtDREB1 and AtDREB2 families. The amplified fragment was cloned and sequenced; alignment with the sequence available at Genbank showed total similarity. Expression analysis showed that under drought: a) Gmdreb1 expression increased in leaves and roots of both genotypes and expression level changes occurred that were correlated with the length of the water-deficit period; b) there were increased expression levels of Gmdefensin in roots of MG/BR46; c) expression of Gmgols increased in leaves and roots of the two genotypes; d) Gmpip1b expression generally increased, except in roots of BR16, and e) the same was found for Gmereb, except in roots of MG/BR46.
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- R Stolf-Moreira
- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Programa de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Fuganti R, da Silva Machado MDFP, Lopes VS, Silva JFV, Arias CAA, Marin SRR, Binneck E, Abdelnoor RV, Marcelino FC, Nepomuceno AL. Size of AT(n) insertions in promoter region modulates Gmhsp17.6-L mRNA transcript levels. J Biomed Biotechnol 2010; 2010:847673. [PMID: 20300590 PMCID: PMC2837908 DOI: 10.1155/2010/847673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2009] [Accepted: 12/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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During earlier experiments, an SSR molecular marker (176 Soy HSP) showing high correlation (70%) with resistance/susceptibility to javanese root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica was identified in soybean. After being sequenced, results indicated that the SSR 176 Soy HSP marker was inserted in the promoter region of Gmhsp17.6-L gene. It was also detected in this region that resistant genotypes presented insertions between AT(31) and AT(33) in size and susceptible genotypes, AT(9). Gmhsp17.6-L gene coding region presented a perfect match in amino acid sequence in all soybean genotypes. A ribonuclease protection assay showed that Gmhsp17.6-L gene mRNA transcripts were present in all genotypes. A real-time relative quantification (qPCR) indicated in the resistant individuals higher mRNA transcripts levels, which presented in the sequencing more AT(n) insertions. These results suggest that the number of AT(n) insertions inside this promoter region could modulate up or down gene levels. Those findings can lead to the possibility of manipulating, between some limits, the mRNA transcripts levels using different sizes of AT(n) insertions.
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- Renata Fuganti
- Genetics and Plant Breeding, Maringá State University (UEM), Colombo Avenue 5790, Paraná Maringá 87020-900, Brazil
- Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
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- Biology Department, Filadelfia University, Juscelino Kubitschek, Avenue 1626, Paraná Londrina 86020-000, Brazil
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- Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
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- Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
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- Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
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- Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
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- Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
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- Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
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Yamanaka N, Sato H, Yang Z, Xu DH, Catelli LL, Binneck E, Arias CAA, Abdelnoor RV, Nepomuceno AL. Genetic relationships between Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian soybean gene pools revealed by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Genet Mol Biol 2007. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572007000100016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- Naoki Yamanaka
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Japan; EMBRAPA-Soja, Brazil
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Japan; Chiba University, Japan
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- Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Japan
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Nepomuceno AL, Oosterhuis D, Stewart JM, Turley R, Neumaier N, Farias JRB. Expression of heat shock protein and trehalose-6-phosphate synthase homologues induced during water deficit in cotton. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1590/s1677-04202002000100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tolerance to drought in plants is not a simple trait, but a complex of mechanisms working in combination to avoid or to resist water deficit. Genotypes that differ in tolerance to water deficit may show qualitative and quantitative differences in gene expression when submitted to drought periods. Four cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes (Siokra L-23, Stoneville 506, CS 50 and T-1521) with contrasting responses to water deficit stress were studied using the Differential Display (DD) technique to identify and isolate genes which may differ among them. Fifty-two cDNA fragments differentially expressed during water deficit were isolated, cloned and sequenced. Search of gene bank databases showed that two cDNA clones, A12B15-6 and A12B13-1, have high homology with a heat shock protein that binds to calmodulin found in Nicotiana tabacum (2.9e-32 P(N)) and with an Arabidopsis thaliana trehalose-6-phosphate synthase enzyme (9.0e-37 P(N)), respectively. One of the presumed functions of heat shock proteins is related to prevention of protein denaturation during cellular dehydration. Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase is involved in the production of trehalose, a disaccharide known to osmotically protect cell membranes during dehydration. The HSP homologue was found to be differentially expressed during the drought period in two drought tolerant genotypes but not in drought-sensitive genotypes. The trehalose-6-phosphate synthase homologue was also up-regulated during water deficit stress, however, all four genotypes were induced to express this homologue. Ribonuclease protection assays confirmed these results. This is an important finding since there are only few reports of trehalose presence in higher plants and none in cotton.
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