Project description:Petal senescence involves numerous programmed changes in biological and biochemical processes. Ubiquitination plays a critical role in protein degradation, a hallmark of organ senescence. Therefore, we investigated changes in the proteome and ubiquitome of senescing rose (Rosa hybrida) petals to better understand their involvement in petal senescence. Of 3859 proteins quantified in senescing petals, 1198 were up-regulated and 726 were down-regulated during senescence. We identified 2208 ubiquitinated sites including 384 with increased ubiquitination in 298 proteins and 1035 with decreased ubiquitination in 674 proteins. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses revealed that proteins related to peptidases in proteolysis and autophagy pathways were enriched in the proteome, suggesting that protein degradation and autophagy play important roles in petal senescence. In addition, many transporter proteins accumulated in senescing petals, and several transport processes were enriched in the ubiquitome, indicating that transport of substances is associated with petal senescence and regulated by ubiquitination. Moreover, several components of the brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis and signaling pathways were significantly altered at the protein and ubiquitination levels, implying that BR plays important roles in petal senescence. Our data provide a comprehensive view of rose petal senescence at the posttranslational level.
Project description:Roses, which have been cultivated for at least 5000 years, are one of the most important ornamental crops in the world. Because of the interspecific nature and high heterozygosity in commercial roses, the genetic resources available for rose are limited. To effectively identify markers associated with QTL controlling important traits, such as disease resistance, abundant markers along the genome and careful phenotyping are required. Utilizing genotyping by sequencing technology and the strawberry genome (Fragaria vesca v2.0.a1) as a reference, we generated thousands of informative single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. These SNPs along with known bridge simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers allowed us to create the first high-density integrated consensus map for diploid roses. Individual maps were first created for populations J06-20-14-3×"Little Chief" (J14-3×LC), J06-20-14-3×"Vineyard Song" (J14-3×VS) and "Old Blush"×"Red Fairy" (OB×RF) and these maps were linked with 824 SNPs and 13 SSR bridge markers. The anchor SSR markers were used to determine the numbering of the rose linkage groups. The diploid consensus map has seven linkage groups (LGs), a total length of 892.2 cM, and an average distance of 0.25 cM between 3527 markers. By combining three individual populations, the marker density and the reliability of the marker order in the consensus map was improved over a single population map. Extensive synteny between the strawberry and diploid rose genomes was observed. This consensus map will serve as the tool for the discovery of marker-trait associations in rose breeding using pedigree-based analysis. The high level of conservation observed between the strawberry and rose genomes will help further comparative studies within the Rosaceae family and may aid in the identification of candidate genes within QTL regions.
Project description:Rose (Rosa hybrida L.) is a major cut flowers in the world. Studying the molecular mechanism of auxin regulation in growth is of great significance for enhancing the understanding of the growth and development processes of rose and informing accurate exogenous auxin application in rose production. However, the response mechanism of rose to miRNA-mediated auxin signal transduction is unclear. In this study, rose plants were treated with IAA, and 75 known miRNAs and 168 novel miRNAs were identified by small RNA sequencing. Among them, 19 known miRNAs and 42 miRNAs were differentially expressed. Many differential miRNAs demonstrated staged responses to auxin treatment. The targeted relationship between miRNA and key transcription factors regulated by auxin in rose was analyzed, and the target genes in the ARF family and AUX/IAA family were screened. By using quantitative real-time PCR(qRT-PCR) to verify the expression patterns of the miRNA regulating the auxin signal transduction pathway and its target gene, we found that miR156a, miR160a, miR164a, miR167d, miR396b-3p, novel_miR_189, novel_miR_74, novel_miR_8, and novel_miR_207 interacted negatively with the ARF family, and miR390a-3p and novel_miR_101 interacted negatively with the AUX/IAA family. These results provide a theoretical basis for further studies on the auxin regulatory mechanisms in rose.
Project description:Here we found Rosa roxburghii fruit extracts effectively increase TERT expression and telomerase activity in cultured human mesenchymal stem cells. Both Rosa roxburghii fruit extracts by freeze drying and spray drying methods increase the activity of telomerase. Rosa roxburghii fruit freeze drying extracts is able to reduce reactive oxygen species levels, enhance SOD activity and resistance to oxidative stress, and reduce DNA damage caused by oxidative stress or radiation. Rosa roxburghii fruit extracts promoted cell proliferation, improved senescent cell morphology, delayed replicative cellular senescence, attenuated cell cycle supressors and alleviated the senescence-associated secretory phenotype. Transcriptome and metabolic profilings found that Rosa roxburghii fruit extract promote cell proliferation and DNA repair pathways, decreased triglycerides as well. Overall, we provided a theoretical basis for the application of Rosa roxburghii fruit as an anti-aging natural product.
Project description:To examine the role of Evi1 in HSC specification, we generated Tie2-Cre::ROSA-Evi1 mice, which can induce Evi1 in endothelial cells. We observed five-fold increase of HSCs In Tie2-Cre::ROSA-Evi1 embryo. To characterize the induced HSCs in Tie2-Cre::ROSA-Evi1 embryos, we analyzed the gene expression profile of HSCs.
Project description:Photoautotrophically grown wild type Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures were either "treated" with 2uM rose bengal at 50 umol photons m-2 s-1 or "untreated" with the same volume of water at the same light intensity. The purpose is to identify genes that are regulated by singlet oxygen. Keywords: stress response