Project description:affy_nitrogen_medicago - affy_nitrogen_medicago - Experiment has been designed to characterize the molecular expression patterns associated to a contrasted modification of the nitrogen status of the whole plant. The systemic effects of nitrogen status modifications are investigated and compared on non nodulated plant supplied with NO3, NH4 or nodulated plants (Sinorhizobium meliloti 2011) supplied with air. The root systems were separated in two compartments of unequal sizes (split root system). Two treatments were applied on the larger compartment in order to modulate the nitrogen status of the plant: for the S treatment, roots are supplied with nutrient solution containing 10 mM NH4NO3,, whereas for the C treatment, roots are supplied with nitrogen free medium. In the case of N2 fixing plants, N limitation was obtained by replacing air by a mixture of Ar and O2 80 per cent and 20 per cent. The effects of these treatments were investigated on roots of the minor compartment supplied continuously with either NO3 1 mM, NH4 1 mM or air (N2) and on the shoots. We were also interested in the molecular expression patterns associated to the roots deprived of N.-The root system of non-nodulated (NO3- and NH4+) or nodulated (N2) plants is split into two unequal parts and each one is installed in a separate compartment. For the S treatement, the major root part is supplied with NH4NO3 10 mM whereas the minor part is supplied with either NO3- 1mM, NH4+ 1mM or N2. For the C treatement, the major root part is supplied with nitrogen-free nutrient solution whereas the minor part is supplied with either NO3- 1mM, NH4plus 1mM or N2. Each treatement is four days long. Samples of roots of six biological types (NO3S, NO3C, NH4S, NH4C, N2S and N2C) were collected. Two biological repeats per biological types have been analyzed. The effect of the S and C treatments were investigated for each N sources by comparing Affymetrix transcriptomes (NO3C vs NO3S, NH4C vs NH4S, N2C vs N2S). Keywords: treatement (nitrogen-sufficient) vs treatement (nitrogen-limited)
Project description:affy_nitrogen_medicago - affy_nitrogen_medicago - Experiment has been designed to characterize the molecular expression patterns associated to a contrasted modification of the nitrogen status of the whole plant. The systemic effects of nitrogen status modifications are investigated and compared on non nodulated plant supplied with NO3, NH4 or nodulated plants (Sinorhizobium meliloti 2011) supplied with air. The root systems were separated in two compartments of unequal sizes (split root system). Two treatments were applied on the larger compartment in order to modulate the nitrogen status of the plant: for the S treatment, roots are supplied with nutrient solution containing 10 mM NH4NO3,, whereas for the C treatment, roots are supplied with nitrogen free medium. In the case of N2 fixing plants, N limitation was obtained by replacing air by a mixture of Ar and O2 80 per cent and 20 per cent. The effects of these treatments were investigated on roots of the minor compartment supplied continuously with either NO3 1 mM, NH4 1 mM or air (N2) and on the shoots. We were also interested in the molecular expression patterns associated to the roots deprived of N.-The root system of non-nodulated (NO3- and NH4+) or nodulated (N2) plants is split into two unequal parts and each one is installed in a separate compartment. For the S treatement, the major root part is supplied with NH4NO3 10 mM whereas the minor part is supplied with either NO3- 1mM, NH4+ 1mM or N2. For the C treatement, the major root part is supplied with nitrogen-free nutrient solution whereas the minor part is supplied with either NO3- 1mM, NH4plus 1mM or N2. Each treatement is four days long. Samples of roots of six biological types (NO3S, NO3C, NH4S, NH4C, N2S and N2C) were collected. Two biological repeats per biological types have been analyzed. The effect of the S and C treatments were investigated for each N sources by comparing Affymetrix transcriptomes (NO3C vs NO3S, NH4C vs NH4S, N2C vs N2S). Experiment Overall Design: 26 arrays - medicago
Project description:Nitrogen is one of the essential elements for plant growth. NH4+ and NO3- are two major forms of absorbing element N for higher plants. In this study we found that the growth of Panax notoginseng is inhibited when only adding ammonium nitrogen fertilizer, and adding nitrate fertilizer can alleviate the toxicity caused by ammonium. We use RNA-seq to identify genes that are related to the alleviated phenotypes after introducing NO3- to Panax notoginseng roots under NH4+ stresses. Twelve RNA-seq profiles in four sample groups, i.e., control, samples treated with NH4+, samples treated with NO3- only, and treated with both NH4+ and NO3- were obtained and analyzed to identify deregulated genes in samples with different treatments. ACLA-3 gene is downregulated in NH4+ treated samples, but is upregulated in samples treated with NO3- and with both NH4+ and NO3-, which is further validated in another set of samples using qRT-PCR. Our results suggest that unbalanced metabolism of nitrogen and nitrogen is the main cause of ammonium poisoning in roots of Panax notoginseng, and NO3- may significantly upregulate the activity of ACLA-3 which subsequently enhances the citrate cycle and many other metabolic pathways in Panax notoginseng root. These potentially increase the integrity of the Panax notoginseng roots. Our results suggest that introducing NO3- fertilizer is an effective means to prevent the occurrence of toxic ammonium in Panax notoginseng root.
Project description:Deletion of the global transcription factor PacR in Anabaena triggers heterocyst formation even in NO3- containing medium, likely due to impaired NO3- uptake and disrupted NH4+ assimilation in the GOGAT cycle. This phenotype may be exacerbated by reduced PSI-yield and reduced expression of ferredoxin, which may lead to less reducing equivalents for nitrogen uptake and fixation. These results highlight PacR’s role as a global regulator of carbon metabolism and photosynthesis while also establishing its involvement in regulating nitrogen metabolism.
Project description:Purpose: To compare RNASeq data of Frankia strains (EAN1pec, EuIC and EUN1f) under nitrogen stress. Frankia cultures were grown for 2 days under nitrogen replete (+NH4) or nitrogen- deficient (N2) conditions. RNA-seq analysis provided insight into how the the bacteria responds to nitrogen stress.
Project description:Nitrogen (N) fertilization is essential to maximize crop production. However, around half of the applied N is lost to the environment causing water and air pollution and contributing to climate change. Understanding the natural genetic and metabolic basis underlying plants N use efficiency is of great interest to reach an agriculture with less N demand and thus, more sustainable. The study of ammonium (NH4+) nutrition is of particular interest, because it mitigates N losses due to nitrate (NO3-) leaching or denitrification. In this work, we performed gene expression analysis in the root of the model plant for C3 grasses Brachypodiyum distachyon, reference accession Bd21, grown with exclusive NH4+ or NO3- supply.
Project description:comprehensive and quantitative proteomic study of the roots of the NH4+-tolerant legume Medicago truncatula grown with nitrate, NH4+ or urea as sole N source using the iTRAQ method.
Project description:Transcriptomic profiling was carried out for leaves of Lotus japonicus plants grown with different mineral nitrogen sources (NO3-, NH4+ or NH4NO3) or under conditions of biological nitrogen fixation (Nod). Nodulated plants were inoculated with Mesorhizobium loti and watered with nitrogen-free âHornumâ medium supplemented with 3 mM KCl. Plants under different nitrogen nutritions were watered with âHornumâ nutrient solution containing 10 mM KNO3 (NO3- plants) or with 10 mM NH4Cl supplemented with 3 mM KCl (NH4+ plants) or with 5 mM NH4NO3 supplemented with 3 mM KNO3 (NH4NO3 plants). After all the plants reached the size of 7 trifoils, leaf tissue was harvested. Every harvest involved at least three independent biological replicates for each treatment.
Project description:Populus x canescens plants were grown under different nitrogen supply conditions. They were treated with NH4+ or NO3- based nitrogen sources in the concentrations of 0.4, 2.0 or 8.0 mM. Leaves were harvested after 3 weeks of treatment.
Project description:affy_agro-bi_medicago - Identification of genes from the model legume Medicago truncatula whose expression is affected by the plant nitrogen status, with or without inoculation with the symbiotic bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti. - Comparison of the supernodulant, nitrogen-insensitive, sunn-2 mutant with the A17 wild type genotype.-The plant root systems of plants were split into two parts, each one being installed in a separate compartment. For the “S” treatment, one part was supplied with 10 mM NH4NO3 while the other part was supplied with a nitrogen-free nutrient solution. For the “L” treatment, one part was supplied 0.5mM NO3- and the other part was supplied with the nitrogen free solution. Eight biological materials (designated AL, AS, SL, SS, IL, IS, NIL, NIS), with three biological repeats for each, were collected and analyzed. The effects of the S and L conditions were investigated on wild-type A17 (AL vs. AS) and sunn-2 mutant plants (SL vs. SS); one set of A17 plants was inoculated with Sinorhizobium meliloti (IL vs. IS), harvested at four days post inoculation and compared to non-inoculated plants (NIL vs. NIS). Keywords: growth in nitrogen-sufficient (s) vs. nitrogen-limited (l) conditions