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Schulz P, Jansseune K, Degenkolbe T, Méret M, Claeys H, Skirycz A, Teige M, Willmitzer L, Hannah MA. Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity controls plant growth by promoting leaf cell number. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90322. [PMID: 24587323 PMCID: PMC3938684 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A changing global environment, rising population and increasing demand for biofuels are challenging agriculture and creating a need for technologies to increase biomass production. Here we demonstrate that the inhibition of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase activity is a promising technology to achieve this under non-stress conditions. Furthermore, we investigate the basis of this growth enhancement via leaf series and kinematic cell analysis as well as single leaf transcriptomics and plant metabolomics under non-stress conditions. These data indicate a regulatory function of PARP within cell growth and potentially development. PARP inhibition enhances growth of Arabidopsis thaliana by enhancing the cell number. Time course single leaf transcriptomics shows that PARP inhibition regulates a small subset of genes which are related to growth promotion, cell cycle and the control of metabolism. This is supported by metabolite analysis showing overall changes in primary and particularly secondary metabolism. Taken together the results indicate a versatile function of PARP beyond its previously reported roles in controlling plant stress tolerance and thus can be a useful target for enhancing biomass production.
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Affiliation(s)
- Philipp Schulz
- Bayer CropScience NV, Innovation Center, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Systems Biology (MOSYS), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Bayer CropScience NV, Innovation Center, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology (MOSYS), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Bayer CropScience NV, Innovation Center, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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Méret M, Kopetzki D, Degenkolbe T, Kleessen S, Nikoloski Z, Tellstroem V, Barsch A, Kopka J, Antonietti M, Willmitzer L. From systems biology to systems chemistry: metabolomic procedures enable insight into complex chemical reaction networks in water. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra42384k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Degenkolbe T, Do PT, Kopka J, Zuther E, Hincha DK, Köhl KI. Identification of drought tolerance markers in a diverse population of rice cultivars by expression and metabolite profiling. PLoS One 2013; 8:e63637. [PMID: 23717458 PMCID: PMC3661581 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [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: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Rice provides about half of the calories consumed in Asian countries, but its productivity is often reduced by drought, especially when grown under rain-fed conditions. Cultivars with increased drought tolerance have been bred over centuries. Slow selection for drought tolerance on the basis of phenotypic traits may be accelerated by using molecular markers identified through expression and metabolic profiling. Previously, we identified 46 candidate genes with significant genotype × environment interaction in an expression profiling study on four cultivars with contrasting drought tolerance. These potential markers and in addition GC-MS quantified metabolites were tested in 21 cultivars from both indica and japonica background that varied in drought tolerance. Leaf blades were sampled from this population of cultivars grown under control or long-term drought condition and subjected to expression analysis by qRT-PCR and metabolite profiling. Under drought stress, metabolite levels correlated mainly negatively with performance parameters, but eight metabolites correlated positively. For 28 genes, a significant correlation between expression level and performance under drought was confirmed. Negative correlations were predominant. Among those with significant positive correlation was the gene coding for a cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. This enzyme catalyzes a highly regulated step in C-metabolism. The metabolic and transcript marker candidates for drought tolerance were identified in a highly diverse population of cultivars. Thus, these markers may be used to select for tolerance in a wide range of rice germplasms.
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- Thomas Degenkolbe
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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Do PT, Degenkolbe T, Erban A, Heyer AG, Kopka J, Köhl KI, Hincha DK, Zuther E. Dissecting rice polyamine metabolism under controlled long-term drought stress. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60325. [PMID: 23577102 PMCID: PMC3620119 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A selection of 21 rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica and japonica) was characterized under moderate long-term drought stress by comprehensive physiological analyses and determination of the contents of polyamines and selected metabolites directly related to polyamine metabolism. To investigate the potential regulation of polyamine biosynthesis at the transcriptional level, the expression of 21 genes encoding enzymes involved in these pathways were analyzed by qRT-PCR. Analysis of the genomic loci revealed that 11 of these genes were located in drought-related QTL regions, in agreement with a proposed role of polyamine metabolism in rice drought tolerance. The cultivars differed widely in their drought tolerance and parameters such as biomass and photosynthetic quantum yield were significantly affected by drought treatment. Under optimal irrigation free putrescine was the predominant polyamine followed by free spermidine and spermine. When exposed to drought putrescine levels decreased markedly and spermine became predominant in all cultivars. There were no correlations between polyamine contents and drought tolerance. GC-MS analysis revealed drought-induced changes of the levels of ornithine/arginine (substrate), substrates of polyamine synthesis, proline, product of a competing pathway and GABA, a potential degradation product. Gene expression analysis indicated that ADC-dependent polyamine biosynthesis responded much more strongly to drought than the ODC-dependent pathway. Nevertheless the fold change in transcript abundance of ODC1 under drought stress was linearly correlated with the drought tolerance of the cultivars. Combining metabolite and gene expression data, we propose a model of the coordinate adjustment of polyamine biosynthesis for the accumulation of spermine under drought conditions.
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- Phuc Thi Do
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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- Universität Stuttgart, Biologisches Institut, Abteilung Botanik, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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Degenkolbe T, Giavalisco P, Zuther E, Seiwert B, Hincha DK, Willmitzer L. Differential remodeling of the lipidome during cold acclimation in natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 2012; 72:972-82. [PMID: 23061922 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Freezing injury is a major factor limiting the geographical distribution of plant species and the growth and yield of crop plants. Plants from temperate climates are able to increase their freezing tolerance during exposure to low but non-freezing temperatures in a process termed cold acclimation. Damage to cellular membranes is the major cause of freezing injury in plants, and membrane lipid composition is strongly modified during cold acclimation. Forward and reverse genetic approaches have been used to probe the role of specific lipid-modifying enzymes in the freezing tolerance of plants. In the present paper we describe an alternative ecological genomics approach that relies on the natural genetic variation within a species. Arabidopsis thaliana has a wide geographical range throughout the Northern Hemisphere with significant natural variation in freezing tolerance that was used for a comparative analysis of the lipidomes of 15 Arabidopsis accessions using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to Fourier-transform mass spectrometry, allowing the detection of 180 lipid species. After 14 days of cold acclimation at 4°C the plants from most accessions had accumulated massive amounts of storage lipids, with most of the changes in long-chain unsaturated triacylglycerides, while the total amount of membrane lipids was only slightly changed. Nevertheless, major changes in the relative amounts of different membrane lipids were also evident. The relative abundance of several lipid species was highly correlated with the freezing tolerance of the accessions, allowing the identification of possible marker lipids for plant freezing tolerance.
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- Thomas Degenkolbe
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Hubberten HM, Klie S, Caldana C, Degenkolbe T, Willmitzer L, Hoefgen R. Additional role of O-acetylserine as a sulfur status-independent regulator during plant growth. Plant J 2012; 70:666-77. [PMID: 22243437 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2012.04905.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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O-acetylserine (OAS) is one of the most prominent metabolites whose levels are altered upon sulfur starvation. However, its putative role as a signaling molecule in higher plants is controversial. This paper provides further evidence that OAS is a signaling molecule, based on computational analysis of time-series experiments and on studies of transgenic plants conditionally displaying increased OAS levels. Transcripts whose levels correlated with the transient and specific increase in OAS levels observed in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana plants 5-10 min after transfer to darkness and with diurnal oscillation of the OAS content, showing a characteristic peak during the night, were identified. Induction of a serine-O-acetyltransferase gene (SERAT) in transgenic A. thaliana plants expressing the genes under the control of an inducible promoter resulted in a specific time-dependent increase in OAS levels. Monitoring the transcriptome response at time points at which no changes in sulfur-related metabolites except OAS were observed and correlating this with the light/dark transition and diurnal experiments resulted in identification of six genes whose expression was highly correlated with that of OAS (adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate reductase 3, sulfur-deficiency-induced 1, sulfur-deficiency-induced 2, low-sulfur-induced 1, serine hydroxymethyltransferase 7 and ChaC-like protein). These data suggest that OAS displays a signalling function leading to changes in transcript levels of a specific gene set irrespective of the sulfur status of the plant. Additionally, a role for OAS in a specific part of the sulfate response can be deduced.
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- Hans-Michael Hubberten
- Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
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Caldana C, Degenkolbe T, Cuadros-Inostroza A, Klie S, Sulpice R, Leisse A, Steinhauser D, Fernie AR, Willmitzer L, Hannah MA. High-density kinetic analysis of the metabolomic and transcriptomic response of Arabidopsis to eight environmental conditions. Plant J 2011; 67:869-84. [PMID: 21575090 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04640.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The time-resolved response of Arabidopsis thaliana towards changing light and/or temperature at the transcriptome and metabolome level is presented. Plants grown at 21°C with a light intensity of 150 μE m⁻² sec⁻¹ were either kept at this condition or transferred into seven different environments (4°C, darkness; 21°C, darkness; 32°C, darkness; 4°C, 85 μE m⁻² sec⁻¹; 21 °C, 75 μE m⁻² sec⁻¹; 21°C, 300 μE m⁻² sec⁻¹ ; 32°C, 150 μE m⁻² sec⁻¹). Samples were taken before (0 min) and at 22 time points after transfer resulting in (8×) 22 time points covering both a linear and a logarithmic time series totaling 177 states. Hierarchical cluster analysis shows that individual conditions (defined by temperature and light) diverge into distinct trajectories at condition-dependent times and that the metabolome follows different kinetics from the transcriptome. The metabolic responses are initially relatively faster when compared with the transcriptional responses. Gene Ontology over-representation analysis identifies a common response for all changed conditions at the transcriptome level during the early response phase (5-60 min). Metabolic networks reconstructed via metabolite-metabolite correlations reveal extensive environment-specific rewiring. Detailed analysis identifies conditional connections between amino acids and intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Parallel analysis of transcriptional changes strongly support a model where in the absence of photosynthesis at normal/high temperatures protein degradation occurs rapidly and subsequent amino acid catabolism serves as the main cellular energy supply. These results thus demonstrate the engagement of the electron transfer flavoprotein system under short-term environmental perturbations.
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- Camila Caldana
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Burgos A, Szymanski J, Seiwert B, Degenkolbe T, Hannah MA, Giavalisco P, Willmitzer L. Analysis of short-term changes in the Arabidopsis thaliana glycerolipidome in response to temperature and light. Plant J 2011; 66:656-68. [PMID: 21309866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04531.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Although the influence of temperature, particularly cold, on lipid metabolism is well established, previous studies have focused on long-term responses and have largely ignored the influence of other interacting environmental factors. Here, we present a time-resolved analysis of the early responses of the glycerolipidome of Arabidopsis thaliana plants exposed to various temperatures (4, 21 and 32°C) and light intensities (darkness, 75, 150 and 400 μmol m(-2) s(-1)), including selected combinations. Using a UPLC/MS-based lipidomic platform, we reproducibly measured most glycerolipid species reported for Arabidopsis leaves, including the classes phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylinositol (PI) phosphatidylglycerol (PG), monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG). In addition to known lipids, we have identified previously unobserved compounds, such as 36-C PGs and eukaryotic phospholipids containing 16:3 acyl chains. Occurrence of these lipid species implies the action of new biochemical mechanisms. Exposition of Arabidopsis plants to various light and temperature regimes results in two major effects. The first is the dependence of the saturation level of PC and MGDG pools on light intensity, likely arising from light regulation of de novo fatty acid synthesis. The second concerns an immediate decrease in unsaturated species of PG at high-temperature conditions (32°C), which could mark the first stages of adaptation to heat-stress conditions. Observed changes are discussed in the context of current knowledge, and new hypotheses have been formulated concerning the early stages of the plant response to changing light and temperature conditions.
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- Asdrubal Burgos
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14424 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Willmitzer L, Degenkolbe T, Caldana C, Hannah M. Systems response to environmental conditions as studied by metabolome analysis. N Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.06.868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Degenkolbe T, Do PT, Zuther E, Repsilber D, Walther D, Hincha DK, Köhl KI. Expression profiling of rice cultivars differing in their tolerance to long-term drought stress. Plant Mol Biol 2009; 69:133-53. [PMID: 18931976 PMCID: PMC2709230 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9412-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [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: 02/06/2008] [Accepted: 09/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Understanding the molecular basis of plant performance under water-limiting conditions will help to breed crop plants with a lower water demand. We investigated the physiological and gene expression response of drought-tolerant (IR57311 and LC-93-4) and drought-sensitive (Nipponbare and Taipei 309) rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars to 18 days of drought stress in climate chamber experiments. Drought stressed plants grew significantly slower than the controls. Gene expression profiles were measured in leaf samples with the 20 K NSF oligonucleotide microarray. A linear model was fitted to the data to identify genes that were significantly regulated under drought stress. In all drought stressed cultivars, 245 genes were significantly repressed and 413 genes induced. Genes differing in their expression pattern under drought stress between tolerant and sensitive cultivars were identified by the genotype x environment (G x E) interaction term. More genes were significantly drought regulated in the sensitive than in the tolerant cultivars. Localizing all expressed genes on the rice genome map, we checked which genes with a significant G x E interaction co-localized with published quantitative trait loci regions for drought tolerance. These genes are more likely to be important for drought tolerance in an agricultural environment. To identify the metabolic processes with a significant G x E effect, we adapted the analysis software MapMan for rice. We found a drought stress induced shift toward senescence related degradation processes that was more pronounced in the sensitive than in the tolerant cultivars. In spite of higher growth rates and water use, more photosynthesis related genes were down-regulated in the tolerant than in the sensitive cultivars.
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- Thomas Degenkolbe
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Forschungsinstitut für die Biologie landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Degenkolbe T, Hannah MA, Freund S, Hincha DK, Heyer AG, Köhl KI. A quality-controlled microarray method for gene expression profiling. Anal Biochem 2005; 346:217-24. [PMID: 16213454 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 05/31/2005] [Revised: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 08/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gene expression profiling on microarrays is widely used to measure the expression of large numbers of genes in a single experiment. Because of the high cost of this method, feasible numbers of replicates are limited, thus impairing the power of statistical analysis. As a step toward reducing technically induced variation, we developed a procedure of sample preparation and analysis that minimizes the number of sample manipulation steps, introduces quality control before array hybridization, and allows recovery of the prepared mRNA for independent validation of results. Sample preparation is based on mRNA separation using oligo(dT) magnetic beads, which are subsequently used for first-strand cDNA synthesis on the beads. cDNA covalently bound to the magnetic beads is used as template for second-strand cDNA synthesis, leaving the intact mRNA in solution for further analysis. The quality of the synthesized cDNA can be assessed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction using 3'- and 5'-specific primer pairs for housekeeping genes such as glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Second-strand cDNA is chemically labeled with fluorescent dyes to avoid dye bias in enzymatic labeling reactions. After hybridization of two differently labeled samples to microarray slides, arrays are scanned and images analyzed automatically with high reproducibility. Quantile-normalized data from five biological replica display a coefficient of variation 45% for 90% of profiled genes, allowing detection of twofold changes with false positive and false negative rates of 10% each. We demonstrate successful application of the procedure for expression profiling in plant leaf tissue. However, the method could be easily adapted for samples from animal including human or from microbial origin.
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- Thomas Degenkolbe
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, D-14424 Potsdam, Germany
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