SPLICING FACTOR FOR PHYTOCHROME SIGNALING promotes photomorphogenesis by regulating alternative splicing in Arabidopsis

ABSTRACT: Purpose: The goals of this study are to compare the transcriptome profiling and alternative splicing (AS) profiling between Col-0 wild type and SFPS knockout mutant (sfps-2) through RNA-seq to determine the molecular mechanisms of how splicing factor SFPS regulates photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 100 million sequence reads per sample to the Arabidopsis genome (TAIR10) and identified 1495 differentially expressed genes between Col-0 and mutant dark samples; 1361 differentially expressed genes between Col-0 and mutant red light treated samples; 4291 differentially expressed genes between Col-0 dark and red light treated samples; and 4479 differentially expressed genes between mutant dark and red light treated samples. Except for gene expression, we also discovered 788 differentially spliced bins between Col-0 and mutant dark samples; 827 differentially spliced bins between Col-0 and mutant red light treated samples; 610 differentially spliced bins between Col-0 dark and red light treated samples; and 405 differentially spliced bins between mutant dark and red light treated samples. Altered splicing of 9 genes was confirmed with qRT-PCR, demonstrating the high degree of sensitivity of the RNA-seq method. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of SFPS mutant transcriptomes, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. Our results show that SFPS regulates photomorphogenesis in Arabidopisis through regulating the splicing activity of light signaling genes, which helps us.

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

PROVIDER: GSE85883 | GEO | 2017/08/10

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA339647

REPOSITORIES: GEO