Project description:Genome-wide H3Ac maps of WT (Col-0), npr1-1, and hac1/5 leaves were generated by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) followed by high-throughput DNA sequencing (ChIP seq) to understand the role of HATs in the reprogramming of the epigenome during immune response.
Project description:Global gene-expression profiles of WT Arabidopsis (Col-0), npr1-1, and hac1/5 were generated by RNA seq to study functional relationship between NPR1 and HACs in plant defense
Project description:The goal of the microarray experiment was to determine the induction kinetics of transcriptome changes in the Arabidopsis mutant Atelp2, npr1 and wild type in response to infection of the avirulent bacterial pathogen Pst DC3000/avrRpt2. Results indicated that Atelp2 exhibited slower kinetcis of transcriptional changes than the wild type after Pst DC3000/avrRpt2 infection, whereas npr1 did not show significant alteration in the induction kinetics.
Project description:The goal of the microarray experiment was to identify genes that are differentially expressed among the Arabidopsis mutant med14, med16, npr1, and wild type in response to infection of the avirulent bacterial pathogen Pst DC3000/avrRpt2. Results indicated that the induction of a large group of defense genes was suppressed in the med14 mutant compared with both med16 and the wild type.
Project description:Nutrient remobilization during leaf senescence nourishes the growing plant. Understanding the regulation of this process is essential for reducing our dependence on nitrogen fertilizers and increasing agricultural sustainability. Our lab is interested in chromatin changes that accompany the transition to leaf senescence. Previously, darker green leaves were reported for Arabidopsis thaliana hac1 mutants, defective in a gene encoding a histone acetyltransferase in the CREB-binding protein family. Here, we show that two Arabidopsis hac1 alleles display delayed age-related developmental senescence, but have normal dark-induced senescence. Using a combination of ChIP-seq for H3K9ac and RNA-seq for gene expression, we identified 44 potential HAC1 targets during age-related developmental senescence. Genetic analysis demonstrated that one of these potential targets, ERF022, is a positive regulator of leaf senescence. ERF022 is regulated additively by HAC1 and MED25, suggesting MED25 may recruit HAC1 to the ERF022 promoter to increase its expression in older leaves.
Project description:Nitric oxide regulates plant development and responses to stress. However, the mechanisms underlying its regulatory role are still poorly known, and the impact of endogenous NO on the genome-wide transcriptome of plants has not been studied. For that purpose, we compared the transcriptomes of NO-deficient nia1nia2, noa1-2 and nia1nia2noa1-2 mutant versus wild type Arabidopsis thaliana plants. A core comprising 66 NO-responsive genes with similar expression in all NO-deficient genotypes was identified. Among them, 46 were down- and 20 up-regulated in NO-deficient plants, and thus positively and negatively regulated by endogenous NO, respectively. Accordingly with changes in its transcriptome, the NO-deficient nia1nia2noa1-2 mutant accumulated anthocyanins and indolic glucosinolates, displayed abnormal iron homeostasis in shoots and roots, and also showed altered root sensitivity to hormones such as ABA, ET, CYK and IAA. Together the presented data suggest NO functions essentially as a modulator of hormone action.
