Project description:To develop a screening system for plant activators, which are novel substances that protect plants by enhancing their inherent disease-resistance mechanisms, we performed analysis using an Arabidopsis microarray consisting of 1200 full-length cDNA clones representing putative defense-related and regulatory genes. A total of 1.2K potential biotic and abiotic stress-related genes were selected from the genes covered by the Arabidopsis 7K array (RIKEN, Japan) and Arabidopsis oligo microarray (Agilent Technologies, USA) for this study. Arabidopsis wild-type plants (ecotype Columbia; Col-0) were grown in soil for 28 days in a growth chamber at 22｡C under a 12-h light/ 12-h dark cycle. Arabidopsis plants were applied a foliar spray with 5 mM SA, 0.1 mM MeJA, 1 mM ethephon, 0.5 mM BTH, 10 mM BABA and 1 mM INA. Benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester and 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid activated plant defense responses via the salicylic acid (SA)-dependent signaling pathway, and _-aminobutyric acid triggered a primed state in the plant that enables more efficient activation of the SA-, jasmonic acid- and ethylene-signaling pathway. These results suggest that this novel system can be used to screen for candidate plant activators. Keywords: time course, dose response
Project description:This study evaluates the transcriptome of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings (Col-0 ecotype) treated with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) or with the salicylic acid analog benzothiadiazole (BTH).
Project description:Ecotype-specific differences in genome methylation were assayed in Arabidopsis Col and Ler variations using genomic tiling microarrays. Comparative genome hybridization was also performed so that the contribution of ecotype-specific amplifications and deletions could be estimated and integrated into the analysis of differential DNA methylation. Keywords: methylation analysis and comparative genome hybridization
Project description:To comprehensively investigate the effects of glutathione on the gene expression, the microarray analysis was performed in the glutathione-fed wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana. Wild-type Arabidopsis (ecotype Columbia-0) were fed with 1 mM oxidized glutathione (GSSG) and 2 mM reduced glutathione (GSH) for comparison at equal nitrogen equivalents. To examine the effects of glutathione other than nitrogen at equal nitrogen equivalents, plants were fed with 3 mM NH4NO3. Plants grown by water were used as a control.
Project description:Treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Col-0) seedlings with jasmonic acid (JA) elicits long-term induced resistance (IR) against the chewing herbivore Spodoptera littoralis. We used whole genome bisulfite-seq to profile the methylome associated with this long-lasting JA-IR.
Project description:Treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Col-0) seedlings with jasmonic acid (JA) elicits long-term induced resistance (IR) against the chewing herbivore Spodoptera littoralis. We used RNA-seq to profile the transcriptional changes associated with this long-lasting JA-IR.
