Project description:The purpose of the present study is to determine the effect of Phosphorus deficiency on gene expression level using microarray analysis to identify genes responsible for root hair development. Phosphorus deficiency induced the formation of root hairs to explore a greater soil volume but molecular mechanisms were unknown. Therefore, microarray experiments were performed using root tips of Brassica carinata cultivars Bale and Bacho, respectively differing in root hair length during Phosphorus deficiency. Experimental design was carried out in nutrient solution in a climate chamber with controlled environmental conditions (20°C, 16h day/8h night cycle, 70% relative humidity) in a randomized design. 25 root tips from 10 day old seedlings grown without Phosphorus of 1cm length were harvested and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. Gene expression analyses were performed
Project description:The purpose of the present study is to determine the effect of Phosphorus deficiency on gene expression level using microarray analysis to identify genes responsible for root hair development. Phosphorus deficiency induced the formation of root hairs to explore a greater soil volume but molecular mechanisms were unknown. Therefore, microarray experiments were performed using root tips of Brassica carinata cultivars Bale and Bacho, respectively differing in root hair length during Phosphorus deficiency. Experimental design was carried out in nutrient solution in a climate chamber with controlled environmental conditions (20°C, 16h day/8h night cycle, 70% relative humidity) in a randomized design. 25 root tips from 10 day old seedlings grown without Phosphorus of 1cm length were harvested and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. Gene expression analyses were performed Results from xy microarrays are summarized in this study. The samples originate from roots of cultivars Bale and Bacho grown in Phosphorus deficient conditions. Microarrays were hybridized with Cy3 and Cy5 labeled cDNA from Bale and Bacho both during Phosphorus deficiency using a dye swap approach
Project description:Phosphorus is one of the most important macronutrients that is required for plant growth and development. However, stress under low-P conditions has become a limiting factor that affects crop yields and qualities. Plants have developed strategies to cope with this, while few genes associated with low-P tolerance have been identified in soybean. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression under different phosphorus treatments of two soybean accessions CD and YH with different phosphorus efficiency.
Project description:Phosphorus is a critical nutrient controlling phytoplankton growth. Availability of this limiting factor can vary significantly in space and time, particularly in dynamic aquatic ecosystems. Diatoms are important eukaryotic phytoplankton that thrive in regions of pulsed phosphate supply, yet little is known of the sensory mechanisms enabling them to detect and rapidly respond to phosphorus availability. Here we show that phosphorus-starved diatoms utilise a novel Ca2+-dependent signalling pathway to sense and regulate cellular recovery following phosphorus resupply. This pathway, which has not previously been described in eukaryotes, is sensitive to sub-micromolar concentrations of phosphate, alongside a range of environmentally relevant phosphorus forms. Using comparative proteomics, we have characterised early adaptations governing diatom cellular recovery from phosphorus limitation. Strikingly, the dominant response was substantial enhancement of nitrogen assimilation proteins. This led to 12-fold increases in absolute nitrate uptake rates, relative to phosphorus-starved cells. Moreover, we find that the novel phosphorus-Ca2+ signalling pathway controls this primary recovery response. Our findings highlight that fundamental cross-talk between the essential nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen drive diatom recovery from phosphorus limitation. Moreover, a novel Ca2+-dependent phosphorus signalling pathway governs such ecological acclimation responses, and is thus likely critical to the success of diatoms in regions of episodic nutrient supply.
Project description:To verify whether phosphorus deficiency can induce sorghum to produce and secrete SLs, we conducted RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analyses in sorghum plants grown under phosphorus deficiency conditions; to verify which genes induced by SL treatment, we conducted RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analyses in sorghum plants grown under SL treatment.
Project description:Phosphorus (P) are pivotal element for proper plant growth and development. We performed microarray analysis of rice root under phosphorus deficiency (-P) to obtain a global view of gene regulations associated with plant response to -P.
Project description:A high phosphorus intake has been associated with various metabolic disorders, including chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. Recent studies have demonstrated the effects of dietary phosphorus on lipid and glucose metabolism. This study investigated the impact of a high-phosphorus diet on mouse skeletal muscle lipid composition and gene transcription. Adult male mice (n = 12/group) received either a diet with an adequate (0.3%) or a high (1.2%) phosphorus concentration for 6 weeks. The lipidome analysis showed that among the 17 analyzed lipid classes, the concentrations of three classes were reduced in the high phosphorus group compared to the adequate phosphorus group. These classes were phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) (p < 0.05). Out of the three hundred and twenty-three individual lipid species analyzed, forty-nine showed reduced concentrations, while three showed increased concentrations in the high phosphorus group compared to the adequate phosphorus group. The muscle transcriptome analysis identified 142 up- and 222 down-regulated transcripts in the high phosphorus group compared to the adequate phosphorus group. Gene set enrichment analysis identified that genes that were up-regulated in the high phosphorus group were linked to the gene ontology terms “mitochondria” and “Notch signaling pathway”, whereas genes that were down-regulated were linked to the “PI3K-AKT pathway”. Overall, the effects of the high-phosphorus diet on the muscle lipidome and transcriptome were relatively modest, but consistently indicated an impact on lipid metabolism.