Project description:Sex chromosomes and more particularely the X chromosomes are known to have a major effect on hybrid male sterility. In this experiment by making use of the reciprocal hybrids between D. simulans and D. sechellia, we are showing the effect of these chromosomes on gene expression in male hybrids Keywords: X chromosome, hybrid
Project description:Sex chromosomes and more particularely the X chromosomes are known to have a major effect on hybrid male sterility. In this experiment by making use of the reciprocal hybrids between D. simulans and D. sechellia, we are showing the effect of these chromosomes on gene expression in male hybrids Keywords: X chromosome, hybrid Testes from for days old individuals (D. simulans, D. sechellia, hybrid D. simulans female x D. sechellia male, hybrid D. sechellia female x D. simulans male) were dissected and RNA was extracted and hybridized along with a reference RNA from the whole body of 4 days old D. melanogaster male. Gene expression in hybrids were compared to parental gene expression in order to isolate misexpressed genes in each hybrids. In order to reveal the cross effect misexpressed genes in hybrids were compared to identify genes commonly misexpressed and genes genes misexpressed in only one hybrid.
Project description:see publication, arrays from 4 sterile genotypes containing homozygous segments with a Hybrid Male Sterility factor and 1 fertile strain in which the region is a Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana heterozygous
Project description:Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) consists of two major subspecies, indica and japonica. Inter-subspecific hybrids between indica and japonica, usually accompanying hybrid sterility, exhibit much more vigorous heterosis than intra-subspecific hybrids. f5 locus, also called S24 or Sb, confers significant effects on hybrid male sterility and segregation distortion. BC14F2 plants with f5-i/i, f5-j/j and f5-i/j genotype respectively, were used to dissect the underlying pathway of f5-caused hybrid male sterility via comparative transcriptome analysis. 350, 421, and 480 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified from f5-i/j vs. f5-j/j, f5-j/j vs. f5-i/i, and f5-i/j vs. f5-i/i respectively. 145 DEGs demonstrated simultaneously differential expression in both f5-i/j vs. f5-j/j and f5-i/j vs. f5-i/i. Enrichment analysis with MapMan and AgriGO indicated that protein and DNA metabolism, and cell control related processes were enriched in the 145 DEGs. Stress and cell control related processes were enriched in the DEGs of f5-i/j vs. f5-j/j and f5-i/j vs. f5-i/i, whereas, these two processes were not enriched in the DEGs of f5-j/j vs. f5-i/i. Biotic and abiotic stress resistance genes were suppressed, which may result in pollen cell more sensitive to various stresses. The down regulation of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) may break the dynamic homeostasis of ROS (reactive oxygen species) and cause oxidative stress, which can damage cellular components. The expression of most of the heat shock protein (HSP) genes, which can protect proteins and cells from been destroyed, were also decreased. Based on these results, a model was proposed to summarize the underlying process for f5-caused rice hybrid male sterility. These results provide significant clues to further dissecting the molecular mechanism of f5-caused intersubspecific reproductive barrier.
Project description:Male sterility is an important trait in hybrid crop breeding. Thermo-sensitive genic male sterility (TGMS) lines, which are male-sterile at restrictive (high) temperatures but convert to male-fertile at permissive (low) temperatures, have been widely utilized in two-line hybrid rice breeding. However, the molecular mechanism underlying TGMS remains unclear. Here we show that the rice (Oryza sativa L.) thermo-sensitive genic male sterile gene 5 (tms5) locus, which in 2010 was present in cultivars occupying more than 80% (2.6 million hectares) of two-line hybrid rice-growing land in China, confers the TGMS trait through a loss-of-function mutation of RNase ZS1, resulting in failure to mediate mRNA decay of three temperature-responsive ubiquitin fusion ribosomal protein L40 genes (UbL40) genes. RNase ZS1, a member of the evolutionarily conserved endonuclease, processed tRNAs in vitro, but does not do so in vivo due to its localization in the cytoplasm. Defective RNase ZS1 in tms5 plants leads to over-accumulation of UbL401, UbL402 and UbL404 mRNAs at restrictive but not permissive temperatures. Over-expression of UbL401 and UbL404 in wild-type plants caused male sterility, whereas knockdown of UbL401 and UbL404 in tms5 plants partially restored the male fertility at restrictive temperatures. Our results uncover a novel mechanism of RNase ZS1-mediated UbL40 mRNA decay which controls TGMS in rice and has potential applications not only of rice but also of other crops.
Project description:Male sterility is an important trait in hybrid crop breeding. Thermo-sensitive genic male sterility (TGMS) lines, which are male-sterile at restrictive (high) temperatures but convert to male-fertile at permissive (low) temperatures, have been widely utilized in two-line hybrid rice breeding. However, the molecular mechanism underlying TGMS remains unclear. Here we show that the rice (Oryza sativa L.) thermo-sensitive genic male sterile gene 5 (tms5) locus, which in 2010 was present in cultivars occupying more than 80% (2.6 million hectares) of two-line hybrid rice-growing land in China, confers the TGMS trait through a loss-of-function mutation of RNase ZS1, resulting in failure to mediate mRNA decay of three temperature-responsive ubiquitin fusion ribosomal protein L40 genes (UbL40) genes. RNase ZS1, a member of the evolutionarily conserved endonuclease, processed tRNAs in vitro, but does not do so in vivo due to its localization in the cytoplasm. Defective RNase ZS1 in tms5 plants leads to over-accumulation of UbL401, UbL402 and UbL404 mRNAs at restrictive but not permissive temperatures. Over-expression of UbL401 and UbL404 in wild-type plants caused male sterility, whereas knockdown of UbL401 and UbL404 in tms5 plants partially restored the male fertility at restrictive temperatures. Our results uncover a novel mechanism of RNase ZS1-mediated UbL40 mRNA decay which controls TGMS in rice and has potential applications not only of rice but also of other crops. To address whether RNase ZS1 involves in mRNA metabolism, degradome sequencing was performed using RNA from young panicles of wild type (ZH11) and tms5 (Os02g12290iL1) plants grown at restrictive temperatures.
Project description:see publication, arrays from 4 sterile genotypes containing homozygous segments with a Hybrid Male Sterility factor and 1 fertile strain in which the region is a Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana heterozygous Dye swaps, loop design.
Project description:Gene expression was examined in genetic females that were sex-reversed to be phenotypically male compared to normal hybrid males We used microarrays to test expression in the gonad of sex-reversed males (ZW) compared to normal males (ZZ) Keywords: treatment
Project description:We used a high-throughput proteomics method called label-free to compare protein abundance across a pepper CMS line and its isogenic maintainer line.This study explained the mechanisms of cytoplasmic male sterility and contribute to the improvement of pepper hybrid breeding.
Project description:Gene expression was examined in genetic females that were sex-reversed to be phenotypically male compared to normal hybrid males; We used microarrays to test expression in the gonad of sex-reversed males (ZW) compared to normal males (ZZ) Experiment Overall Design: RNA from testis of sexually mature individuals was extracted and hybridized onto Affymetrix microarrays.