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MicroRNA160 Modulates Plant Development and Heat Shock Protein Gene Expression to Mediate Heat Tolerance in Arabidopsis.


ABSTRACT: Global warming is causing a negative impact on plant growth and adversely impacts on crop yield. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical in regulating the expression of genes involved in plant development as well as defense responses. The effects of miRNAs on heat-stressed Arabidopsis warrants further investigation. Heat stress increased the expression of miR160 and its precursors but considerably reduced that of its targets, ARF10, ARF16, and ARF17. To study the roles of miR160 during heat stress, transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing miR160 precursor a (160OE) and artificial miR160 (MIM160), which mimics an inhibitor of miR160, were created. T-DNA insertion mutants of miR160 targets were also used to examine their tolerances to heat stress. Results presented that overexpressing miR160 improved seed germination and seedling survival under heat stress. The lengths of hypocotyl elongation and rachis were also longer in 160OE than the wild-type (WT) plants under heat stress. Interestingly, MIM160 plants showed worse adaption to heat. In addition, arf10, arf16, and arf17 mutants presented similar phenotypes to 160OE under heat stress to advance abilities of thermotolerance. Moreover, transcriptome and qRT-PCR analyses revealed that HSP17.6A, HSP17.6II, HSP21, and HSP70B expression levels were regulated by heat in 160OE, MIM160, arf10, arf16, and arf17 plants. Hence, miR160 altered the expression of the heat shock proteins and plant development to allow plants to survive heat stress.

SUBMITTER: Lin JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5799662 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MicroRNA160 Modulates Plant Development and Heat Shock Protein Gene Expression to Mediate Heat Tolerance in <i>Arabidopsis</i>.

Lin Jeng-Shane JS   Kuo Chia-Chia CC   Yang I-Chu IC   Tsai Wei-An WA   Shen Yu-Hsing YH   Lin Chih-Ching CC   Liang Yi-Chen YC   Li Yu-Chi YC   Kuo Yun-Wei YW   King Yu-Chi YC   Lai Hsi-Mei HM   Jeng Shih-Tong ST  

Frontiers in plant science 20180201


Global warming is causing a negative impact on plant growth and adversely impacts on crop yield. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical in regulating the expression of genes involved in plant development as well as defense responses. The effects of miRNAs on heat-stressed <i>Arabidopsis</i> warrants further investigation. Heat stress increased the expression of miR160 and its precursors but considerably reduced that of its targets, <i>ARF10, ARF16</i>, and <i>ARF17</i>. To study the roles of miR160 dur  ...[more]

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