Project description:gnp3_tri33-arabidoseed. Embryo seed development. WP3: Biodiversity of seed traits: state-of-the-art. Analysis of the expression of small RNAs precursors in the seed development of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Project description:The impacts of man-made chemicals, in particular of persistent organic pollutants, are multifactorial as they may affect the integrity of ecosystems, alter biodiversity and hinder the health of most organisms. We have demonstrated that the belowground mycobiota of forest soils acts as a buffer against the pollution provoked by the biocide pentachlorophenol. However the trade-offs of the mitigation of the pollutant remain cryptic. To address this question we scrutinised the key changing aspects of a metacommunity of fungi when confronted (or not) with the biocide, comprising taxonomic and functional levels, as well as the identification of the major pollutant degraders within the metacommunity. Exposure to the biocide led to alterations in the metacommunity composition and functioning, many of which were not fully alleviated when most of the biocide was degraded, especially the dysregulation of the carbon and nitrogen metabolisms. The last is possibly linked to the higher pathogenic potential of the metacommunity after exposure to the biocide, supported by the secretion of proteins related to pathogenicity and reduced susceptibility to a standard fungicide. Our findings provide additional evidence for the silent risks of environmental pollution, particularly as it may favour the development of pathogenic trade-offs in fungi, which may impose serious threats to animals and plant hosts.
Project description:High ambient temperature regulated the plant systemic response to the beneficial endophytic fungus Serendipita indica. Most plants in nature establish symbiotic associations with endophytic fungi in soil. Beneficial endophytic fungi induce a systemic response in the aboveground parts of the host plant, thus promoting the growth and fitness of host plants. Meanwhile, temperature elevation from climate change widely affects global plant biodiversity as well as crop quality and yield. Over the past decades, great progresses have been made in the response of plants to high ambient temperature and to symbiosis with endophytic fungi. However, little is known about their synergistic effect on host plants. The endophytic fungus Serendipita indica colonizes the roots of a wide range of plants, including Arabidopsis. Based on the Arabidopsis-S. indica symbiosis experimental system, we analyzed the synergistic effect of high ambient temperature and endophytic fungal symbiosis on host plants. By transcriptome analysis, we found that DNA replication-related genes were significantly upregulated during the systemic response of Arabidopsis aboveground parts to S. indica colonization. Plant hormones, such as jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene (ET), play important roles in plant growth and systemic responses. We found that high ambient temperature repressed the JA and ET signaling pathways of Arabidopsis aboveground parts during the systemic response to S. indica colonization in roots. Meanwhile, PIF4 is the central hub transcription factor controlling plant thermosensory growth under high ambient temperature in Arabidopsis. PIF4 is also involving JA and/or ET signaling pathway. We found that PIF4 target genes overlapped with many differentially expressed genes (DEGs) during the systemic response, and further showed that the growth promotion efficiency of S. indica on the pif4 mutant was higher than that on the wild type plants.
Project description:gnp3_tri33-arabidoseed. Embryo seed development. WP3: Biodiversity of seed traits: state-of-the-art. Analysis of the expression of small RNAs precursors in the seed development of Arabidopsis thaliana. 12 dye-swaps. Time course.
Project description:Visual deprivation, either in the form of dark rearing (DR) or monocular deprivation (MD) are established paradigms for studying cortical plasticity. We have used miRNA microarray to uncover miRNAs whose expression is altered in primary visual cortex following DR and/or MD.
Project description:gnp3_tri33-arabidoseed - eqtl analysis (random pair design) - WP3 : Biodiversity of seed traits : state of the art - Comparison of the developping seed transcriptome in 160 Bay0/Sha Recombinant Inbred Lines (RILs) at 10 days after pollinisation. Keywords: genotype and ecotype comparison
Project description:gnp3_tri33-arabidoseed - seed development - WP3 : Biodiversity of seed traits : state of the art - This experiment is a time course performed to choose the best harvesting point to maximise the number of detectable transcripts (8, 10, 12 and 14 dap). Keywords: time course
