Upstream regulator of genomic imprinting in rice is a small RNA-associated chromatin remodeler [Bisulfite_seq]
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ABSTRACT: Knock down of CLSY3 in rice caused endosperm development defects. We investigated the molecular effects of loss of CLSY3 in rice endosperm by profiling sRNA, targeted bisulfite PCR,whole genome bisulfite sequencing and mRNA transcriptomes .These analyses revealed the roles of CLSY3 in Endosperm
Project description:Knock down of CLSY3 in rice caused endosperm development defects. We investigated the molecular effects of loss of CLSY3 in rice endosperm by profiling sRNA, targeted bisulfite PCR,whole genome bisulfite sequencing and mRNA transcriptomes .These analyses revealed the roles of CLSY3 in Endosperm
Project description:Knock down of CLSY3 in rice caused endosperm development defects. We investigated the molecular effects of loss of CLSY3 in rice endosperm by profiling sRNA, targeted bisulfite PCR,whole genome bisulfite sequencing and mRNA transcriptomes .These analyses revealed the roles of CLSY3 in Endosperm
Project description:Knock down of CLSY3 in rice caused endosperm development defects. We investigated the molecular effects of loss of CLSY3 in rice endosperm by profiling sRNA, targeted bisulfite PCR,whole genome bisulfite sequencing and mRNA transcriptomes .These analyses revealed the roles of CLSY3 in Endosperm
Project description:Knock down of CLSY3 in rice caused endosperm development defects. We investigated the molecular effects of loss of CLSY3 in rice endosperm by profiling sRNA, targeted bisulfite PCR and mRNA transcriptomes .These analyses revealed the roles of CLSY3 in Endosperm
Project description:Knock down of CLSY3 in rice caused endosperm development defects. We investigated the molecular effects of loss of CLSY3 in rice endosperm by profiling sRNA and mRNA transcriptomes .These analyses revealed the roles of CLSY3 in Endosperm development.
Project description:Knock down of CLSY3 in rice caused endosperm development defects. We investigated the molecular effects of loss of CLSY3 in rice endosperm by profiling sRNA and mRNA transcriptomes .These analyses revealed the roles of CLSY3 in Endosperm development.
Project description:Genomic imprinting is observed in endosperm, a placenta-like seed tissue, where transposable elements (TEs) and repeat-derived small RNAs (sRNAs) mediate epigenetic changes in plants. In imprinting, uniparental gene expression arises due to parent-specific epigenetic marks on one allele but not on the other. The importance of sRNAs and their regulation in endosperm development or in imprinting is poorly understood in crops. Here we show that a previously uncharacterized CLASSY (CLSY)-family chromatin remodeler named OsCLSY3 is essential for rice endosperm development and imprinting, acting as an upstream player in the sRNA pathway. Comparative transcriptome and genetic analysis indicated its endosperm-preferred expression and its likely paternal imprinted nature. These important features are modulated by RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) of tandemly arranged TEs in its promoter. Upon perturbation of OsCLSY3 in transgenic lines, we observe defects in endosperm development and a loss of around 70% of all sRNAs. Interestingly, well-conserved endosperm-specific sRNAs (siren) that are vital for reproductive fitness in angiosperms are also dependent on OsCLSY3. We observed that many imprinted genes and seed development-associated genes are under the control of OsCLSY3. These results support an essential role of OsCLSY3 in rice endosperm development and imprinting, and propose similar regulatory strategies involving CLSY3 homologs among other cereals.
Project description:We report that rice endosperm shows a specific hypomethylation of DNA in the maternal genome, preferring regions of high DNA accessibility. Maternally expressed imprinted genes are enriched for hypomethylation at putative promoter regions and transcriptional termini, and paternally expressed genes at promoters and gene bodies, mirroring our recent results in A. thaliana. However, unlike in A. thaliana, rice endosperm sRNA populations are dominated by specific strong sRNA-producing loci, and imprinted 24-nt sRNAs are expressed from both parental genomes and correlate with hypomethylation. Overlaps between imprinted sRNA loci and imprinted genes expressed from opposite alleles suggest that sRNAs may regulate genomic imprinting. Whereas sRNAs in seedling tissues primarily originate from small Class II (cut and paste) transposable elements, those in endosperm are much more uniformly derived, including sequences from other TE classes, as well as genic and intergenic regions. Our data indicate that the endosperm exhibits a unique pattern of sRNA expression and suggest that demethylation of maternal endosperm DNA is conserved in flowering plants.