Project description:Common wheat is one of the most widely cultivated staple crops worldwide. Elucidating the gene regulatory network will provide essential information for mechanism studies and targeted manipulation of gene activity for breeding. However, detecting cis-regulatory elements and transcription factor (TF) bindings in the extremely large intergenic regions of the wheat genome is challenging. Linking cis-regulatory elements and TF binding to target genes is even more difficult given that enhancers can function irrespective of the strand and distance from target genes. Combining genome-wide TF binding profiles, epigenomic patterns, and transcriptome analysis is a compelling approach to detect the hierarchical regulatory network. We generated and collected 189 TF binding profiles, 90 epigenomic datasets, and 2,356 transcriptomic datasets in common wheat, which were further integrated using machine learning approach to infer direct target genes and the hierarchical regulatory network. We developed a web-based platform, Wheat-RegNet, that provides four major functions: (i) to identify regulatory elements regulating input gene(s), and to infer the tissue and environmental response specificity; (ii) to identify the TFs responsible for regulating input gene(s) or locus/loci; (iii) to construct the hierarchical regulatory network regulating input gene(s); and (iv) to browse hundreds of TF binding, epigenomic, and transcriptomic profiles of an input region or gene(s). Well-organized results and multiple tools for interactive visualization are available through a user-friendly web interface, making Wheat-RegNet a highly useful resource for exploring gene regulatory information for hypothesis-driven studies and for targeted manipulation for breeding research in common wheat. Wheat-RegNet is freely available at http://bioinfo.sibs.ac.cn/Wheat-RegNet
Project description:Differentially expressed kinase genes in Rhizoctonia cerealis resistant wheat lines CI12633/Shanhongmai compared with the susceptible wheat line Wenmai 6 via Agilent Wheat Gene Expression Microarray assay. Goal was to identify the kinase genes whose expression was higher in CI12633/Shanhongmai compared with the susceptible wheat line Wenmai 6
Project description:The economic importance of wheat and its contribution to human and livestock diets has been already demonstrated. However, wheat production is impacted by pests that induce yield reductions. Among these pests, wheat curl mite (WCM, Aceria tosichella Keifer) impacts wheat all around the world. WCM are tiny pests that feed within the whorl of developing leaves and prevent the leaves from unfurling by causing leaves curling. The curling of the leaves provides a protective niche for the WCM. Additionally, WCM are also the vector of serious viruses in wheat. Little is known regarding the impact of the WCM on wheat transcriptome, and to date, only one article has been published describing the wheat transcriptomic changes after 1 day of WCM feeding. To better understand the wheat transcriptome variation after long-term feeding by WCM (10 days post infestation (dpi)), we used an RNA-seq approach. We collected leaves uninfested and infested with WCR from two wheat cultivars: Byrd (WCM resistant) and Settler CL (WCM susceptible) at 10 dpi. Our transcriptomic analysis revealed the common and specific transcriptomic variations in WCM resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars, chromosome specific location of the differentially expressed genes, and also identified the gene functions and pathways involved in WCM resistance. Collectively, our study provides important insights on wheat defense mechanisms against WCM after long-term feeding.
Project description:Take-all is a devastating soil-borne disease that affects wheat production. The continuous generation of disease-resistance germplasm is an important aspect of the management of this pathogen. In this study, we characterized the wheat-Psathyrostachys huashania Keng-derived progeny H139 that exhibits significantly improved resistance to wheat take-all disease compared with its susceptible parent 7182. GISH) and mc-FISH analyses revealed that H139 is a stable wheat-P. huashania disomic substitution line lacking wheat chromosome 2D.EST-STS marker and Wheat Axiom 660K Genotyping Array analysis further revealed that H139 was a novel wheat-P. huashania 2Ns/2D substitution line, and that the P. huashania 2Ns chromosome shares high sequence similarity to wheat chromosome 2D. These results indicate that H139, with its enhanced wheat take-all disease resistance and desirable agronomic traits, provides valuable genetic resources for wheat chromosome engineering breeding.
Project description:Global expression analysis of transcripts in response to salt treatment was carried out for common wheat using oligo-DNA microarrays. Microarrays have been designed from unique wheat genes classified from a large number of expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Two-week-old seedlings of common wheat were treated with 150 mM NaCl for 1, 6 and 24 hours and their roots and shoots were separately subjected to microarray analyses. Consequently, 5996 genes showed changes in expression of more than two-fold, and were classified into 12 groups according to correlations in gene expression patterns. These salt-responsive genes were assigned functions using Gene Ontology (GO) terms. Genes assigned to transcription factor, transcription-regulator activity and DNA binding functions were preferentially classified into early response groups. On the other hand, those assigned transferase and transporter activity were classified into late response groups. These data on gene expression suggest that multiple signal transduction pathways in response to salt treatment exist in wheat. Salt-responsive transcription factors (TFs), namely AP2/EREBP, MYB, NAC and WRKY, were selected and their expression patterns compared with those of rice. Most showed different expression patterns in wheat and rice in response to salt treatment. Furthermore, comparing the microarray data for wheat and rice, only a small number of genes were up- or down-regulated in common in response to salt treatment. These findings suggest that salt-responsive mechanisms distinct from rice might be present in wheat, and wheat genes can contribute to providing novel gene resources for breeding of salt-tolerant crops. Keywords: time cource, stress response
Project description:The DELLA genes encode conserved master growth repressors in plants, and they are also known as ‘Green Revolution’ genes because of their pivotal role in modulating stature of the high-yielding wheat varieties, which were crucial for the success of the ‘Green Revolution’ in the 1960s. At the cellular level, DELLA proteins are nuclear-localized transcription regulators, which play a central role in controlling plant development in response to internal and environmental cues. Recent studies indicate that DELLAs regulate expression of target genes via direct protein-protein interaction of their C-terminal GRAS domain with hundreds of key transcription factors (TFs) and epigenetic regulators. However, the molecular mechanism of DELLA-mediated transcription reprogramming remains unclear. Here, by characterizing missense alleles of an Arabidopsis DELLA, REPRESSOR OF ga1-3 (RGA), we unveil a novel function of the PFYRE subdomain within its GRAS domain for binding to histone H2A via pulldown and co-IP assays. ChIP-Seq analysis further show that this activity is essential for RGA association with its target chromatin globally. Our results indicate that although DELLAs are recruited to target gene promoters by binding to TFs via its LHR1 subdomain, DELLA-H2A interaction via its PFYRE subdomain is necessary to stabilize the TF-DELLA-H2A complex at the target chromatin. This study provides new insight into the two distinct key modular functions in DELLA for its genome-wide transcription regulation in plants. The assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) for RGA vs rga-11 and RGA treated with GA or mock.
Project description:The DELLA genes encode conserved master growth repressors in plants, and they are also known as ‘Green Revolution’ genes because of their pivotal role in modulating stature of the high-yielding wheat varieties, which were crucial for the success of the ‘Green Revolution’ in the 1960s. At the cellular level, DELLA proteins are nuclear-localized transcription regulators, which play a central role in controlling plant development in response to internal and environmental cues. Recent studies indicate that DELLAs regulate expression of target genes via direct protein-protein interaction of their C-terminal GRAS domain with hundreds of key transcription factors (TFs) and epigenetic regulators. However, the molecular mechanism of DELLA-mediated transcription reprogramming remains unclear. Here, by characterizing missense alleles of an Arabidopsis DELLA, REPRESSOR OF ga1-3 (RGA), we unveil a novel function of the PFYRE subdomain within its GRAS domain for binding to histone H2A via pulldown and co-IP assays. ChIP-Seq analysis further show that this activity is essential for RGA association with its target chromatin globally. Our results indicate that although DELLAs are recruited to target gene promoters by binding to TFs via its LHR1 subdomain, DELLA-H2A interaction via its PFYRE subdomain is necessary to stabilize the TF-DELLA-H2A complex at the target chromatin. This study provides new insight into the two distinct key modular functions in DELLA for its genome-wide transcription regulation in plants. Chromatin immunoprecipitation DNA-sequencing (ChIP-seq) for RGA, rga-11 as well as the negative control sly1 dP and sly1 dQ.
Project description:The analysis of gene expression during wheat development: Gene expression measurements were carried out on a developmental tissue series for wild-type wheat (cv. Chinese Spring) using the Affymetrix Wheat GeneChip. Thirteen tissues at defined developmental stages were chosen to match the barley (cv. Morex) tissue series of Druka et al. 2006 that used the Affymetrix Barley1 GeneChip. Three replicates of: root tissue at two different developmental stages, leaf, crown, caryopsis, anther, pistil, inflorescence, bracts, mesocotyl, endosperm, embryo and coleoptiles were hybridised. Comparisons between this wheat data and the barley dataset were performed and are available at http://contigcomp.acpfg.com.au [PLEXdb(http://www.plexdb.org) has submitted this series at GEO on behalf of the original contributor, Tim Sutton. The equivalent experiment is TA3 at PLEXdb.]
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of three different genotypes (wheat cv Chinese Spring, and the wheat-rye addition lines 3R and 6R) comparing control and 24h exposure to 200 μM de AlCl3. The goal was to determine the effects of AlCl3 on global gene expression in each genotype and study the differences between them.