Project description:Phosphate limitation constrains plant development in natural and agricultural systems. Under phosphate-limiting conditions plants activate genetic, biochemical and morphological modifications to cope with phosphate starvation. One of the morphological modifications that plants induce under phosphate limitation is the arrest of primary root growth and it is induced by the root tip contact with low phosphate media. The sensitive to proton rhizotoxicity (stop1) and aluminium activate malate transporter 1 (almt1) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana continue primary root growth under in vitro Pi-limiting conditions, thus, to get insight into the molecular components that control primary root growth inhibition under low phosphate conditions we extracted and sequenced mRNA from the root tips (2-3 mm from the root apex) of wild-type plants (Col-0 accession) and low-phosphate-insensitive mutants almt1 and stop1 grown under low and high phosphate conditions 5 days after germination using an RNA-seq methodology.
Project description:The objective of this project is to identify genes that are expressed in the Arabidopsis thaliana root tip and that are early induced (or repressed) by phoshate deficiency. Seedlings were germinated and grown (for 6 days) on phosphate rich medium and transfered to either a phosphate poor medium (Pi- = 20uM Pi treatment) or a phosphate rich medium (Pi+ = 500uM, Pi = control). Fifteen and 60 minutes after transfer, the tip (~800um) of the primary root was cut under a dissecting microscope. About 100 root tips per condition were harvested and there mRNA was analysed with the use of microarrays.
Project description:Low phosphate concentrations are frequently a constraint for maize growth and development, and therefore, enormous quantities of phosphate fertilizer are expended in maize cultivation, which increases the cost of planting. Low phosphate stress not only increases root biomass but can also cause significant changes in root morphology. Low phosphate availability has been found to favor lateral root growth over primary root growth by dramatically reducing primary root length and increasing lateral root elongation and lateral root density in Arabdopsis. While in our assay when inbred line Q319 subjected to phosphate starvation, The numbers of lateral roots and lateral root primordia were decreased after 6 days of culture in a low phosphate solution (LP) compared to plants grown under normal conditions (sufficient phosphate, SP), and these differences were increased associated with the stress caused by phosphate starvation. However, the growth of primary roots appeared not to be sensitive to low phosphate levels. This is very different to Arabidopsis. To elucidate how low phosphate levels regulate root modifications, especially lateral root development, a transcriptomic analysis of the 1.0-1.5 cm lateral root primordium zone (LRZ) of maize Q319 treated after 2 and 8 days by low phosphate was completed respectively. The present work utilized an Arizona Maize Oligonucleotide array 46K version slides, which contained 46,000 maize 70-mer oligonucleotides designated by TIGR ID, and the sequence information is available at the website of the Maize Oligonucleotide Array Project as the search item representing the >30,000 identifiable unique maize genes (details at http://www.maizearray.org). Keywords: low phosphate, Lateral Root Primordium Zone, maize
Project description:The objective of this project is to identify genes that are expressed in the Arabidopsis thaliana root tip and that are early induced (or repressed) by phoshate deficiency. Seedlings were germinated and grown (for 6 days) on phosphate rich medium and transfered to either a phosphate poor medium (Pi- = 20uM Pi treatment) or a phosphate rich medium (Pi+ = 500uM, Pi = control). Fifteen and 60 minutes after transfer, the tip (~800um) of the primary root was cut under a dissecting microscope. About 100 root tips per condition were harvested and there mRNA was analysed with the use of microarrays. 6 dye-swap - time course,treated vs untreated comparison
Project description:Low phosphate concentrations are frequently a constraint for maize growth and development, and therefore, enormous quantities of phosphate fertilizer are expended in maize cultivation, which increases the cost of planting. Low phosphate stress not only increases root biomass but can also cause significant changes in root morphology. Low phosphate availability has been found to favor lateral root growth over primary root growth by dramatically reducing primary root length and increasing lateral root elongation and lateral root density in Arabdopsis. While in our assay when inbred line Q319 subjected to phosphate starvation, The numbers of lateral roots and lateral root primordia were decreased after 6 days of culture in a low phosphate solution (LP) compared to plants grown under normal conditions (sufficient phosphate, SP), and these differences were increased associated with the stress caused by phosphate starvation. However, the growth of primary roots appeared not to be sensitive to low phosphate levels. This is very different to Arabidopsis. To elucidate how low phosphate levels regulate root modifications, especially lateral root development, a transcriptomic analysis of the 1.0-1.5 cm lateral root primordium zone (LRZ) of maize Q319 treated after 2 and 8 days by low phosphate was completed respectively. The present work utilized an Arizona Maize Oligonucleotide array 46K version slides, which contained 46,000 maize 70-mer oligonucleotides designated by TIGR ID, and the sequence information is available at the website of the Maize Oligonucleotide Array Project as the search item representing the >30,000 identifiable unique maize genes (details at http://www.maizearray.org). Keywords: low phosphate, Lateral Root Primordium Zone, maize Two-condition experiment, low phosphate treated lateral root primordium zone of maize root vs. normal cultrued lateral root primordium zone. Biological replicates: 9 control, 9 treated, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.
Project description:In order to identify genes specifically induced during various developmental stages of Adventitious Root (AR) formation (described in Ahkami et al. 2009) in leafy cuttings of Petunia hybrida (line W115) and to describe the series of physiological processes during adventitious rooting, a microarray-based transcriptome analysis in the stem base of the cuttings was conducted. The microarray was described by Breuillin et al. (2010) and included a normalized cDNA library from different time points after taking the cuttings from mother plant. Because physiological processes and molecular changes specifically involved in AR formation were considered as of major interest, rather than those associated with wound responses, a filtration approach was chosen to eliminate primarily wound-responsive genes. This study is mainly focused on changes in transcript abundances of genes related to specific metabolic pathways or cellular events including primary metabolism, membrane transport, cell division or signalling during various phases of AR formation.
Project description:Canonical auxin signalling starts with auxin binding to the receptor complex, followed by modulation of gene transcription and protein abundance (Tan et al., 2007; Chapman and Estelle, 2009; Slade et al., 2017). However, recent studies also showed an alternative mechanism in roots involving intra-cellular auxin perception, but not transcriptional reprogramming (Fendrych et al., 2018). Despite knowledge on effects of auxin on Arabidopsis root growth at the protein and phosphorylation level is increasing (Zhang et al., 2013; Mattei et al., 2013; Slade et al., 2017), it still remains incomplete. To address this gap in our knowledge, we explored the impact of auxin on the root tip proteome and phosphoproteome.
Project description:In this work we show that root illumination influences Pi starvation responses, enhancing the root and shoot growth arrest and limiting the root/shoot ratio as well as root hair elongation. A comparative transcriptomic study using dark-grown roots (DGR) roots seedlings taht were grown with or without phosphate identifies several genes that respond to Pi deficiency that were not previously reported, likely by the negative effect of the root illumination.
Project description:ngs2013_14_rnadapt-rnadapt-Identification of new elements (non-coding-RNA) controlling root growth in response to phosphate.-Plants (Columbia er 105, or Landsberg erecta) were grown one week on media with Phosphate (+P) and then transfered on media with (+P) or without (-P = P starvation) for 1h or 2h. Root apices were harvested and total RNA extracted for RNA sequencing.
Project description:Identification of new elements (non-coding-RNA) controlling root growth in response to phosphate.-Plants (Columbia er 105, or Landsberg erecta) were grown one week on media with Phosphate (+P) and then transfered on media without (-P = P starvation) for 1h or 2h. Root apices were harvested and total RNA extracted for RNA sequencing.