Project description:A submergence tolerant indica rice cultivar FR13A, was also reported to withstand salt stress and proven in our experiments. The mechanism of tolerance is yet to be studied by forward genetics approach. However, it is known that salt stress tolerance is governed by several QTLs and not by a single gene. To understand the mechanism of such a complex mechanism of salt tolerance we selected, two indica rice genotypes namely, I) FR13A, a tolerant indica variety and ii) IR24, a susceptible genotype for this study. We used the 22K rice Oligoarray from Agilent technologies to study the transcript profile in the leaves of the two contrasting rice genotypes under constitutive and salt stress conditions at seedling stage. Keywords: Mechanism of salt tolerance
Project description:In order to understand molecular mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in rice several researches have been reported, however there are still unclear processes involved in salt tolerance. For reaching to a better perspective of the molecular mechanisms, we designed a comprehensive transcriptome study consisting contrasting genotypes, different tissues and different sampling time points. Two contrasting genotypes were selected and grown in Yoshida hydroponic medium for 14 days under controlled conditions. For salinity stress half of the seedlings were under 150 mM NaCl and after 6 and 54 h the treated and untreated samples were harvested in three replications from roots and shoots separately
Project description:A submergence tolerant indica rice cultivar FR13A, was also reported to withstand salt stress and proven in our experiments. The mechanism of tolerance is yet to be studied by forward genetics approach. However, it is known that salt stress tolerance is governed by several QTLs and not by a single gene. To understand the mechanism of such a complex mechanism of salt tolerance we selected, two indica rice genotypes namely, I) FR13A, a tolerant indica variety and ii) IR24, a susceptible genotype for this study. We used the 22K rice Oligoarray from Agilent technologies to study the transcript profile in the leaves of the two contrasting rice genotypes under constitutive and salt stress conditions at seedling stage. Experiment Overall Design: We used Agilent rice gene chips (G4138A) to investigate the transcript level changes in rice plant tissues during salt stress treatment. We used two contrasting rice genotypes (FR13A tolerant and IR24 susceptible) differing in salt stress response. Plants were grown in growth chambers and treated with 150 mM salt concentration at 14th DAS. Sampling was done in both constitutive and treated plants at 3 time points. Two replications of microarray experiments were carried out by hybridizing the RNA from tolerant samples against the susceptible lines on the same slide.
Project description:Salt Stress response of salt-tolerant genotype FL478 compared to IR29 Rice GeneChip was used to find differential expression between two rice genotypes under control and salt stress conditions Keywords: genotype and treatment comparison
Project description:Comparative transcriptional profiling of two contrasting rice genotypes,IRAT109 (drought-resistant japonica cultivar) and ZS97 (drought-sensitive indica cultivar), under drought stress during the reproductive stage
Project description:The goals of this study were to compare the transcriptome of two rice genotypes under salt stress by RNA-Seq. We performed differential gene expression analysis by comparing samples of same genotypes in control and stress conditions and different genotypes in the same condition.
Project description:We designed an array based on the release 7 of Michigan State University (MSU) rice genome annotation database (http://rice.plantbiology.msu.edu). The array was used for investigating the expression divergence and regulation between two contrasting rice genotypes under high salinity stress.
Project description:Soil salinity is one of the primary causes of yield decline in rice. Pokkali (Pok) is a highly salt-tolerant landrace whereas IR29, is salt-sensitive but a widely cultivated cultivar. Comparative analysis of these genotypes may offer better understandings of the salinity tolerance mechanism. The published reports largely underscored the importance of transcriptional regulation during salt stress in these genotypes, while, the regulation at translational level is also critically important. Therefore, simultaneous comparison of transcriptional and translational changes between IR29 and Pok could unravel molecular insights into gene regulatory mechanisms that differ between these contrasting genotypes. Using RNA-Seq, we analyzed transcriptome and translatome from the control and salt-exposed Pok and IR29 seedlings. Clear differences were evident both at transcriptional and translational levels between the two genotypes even under control condition. In response to salt stress, 57 DEGs were commonly upregulated both at transcriptional and translational levels in the two genotypes; the number of up/down regulated DEGs in IR29 was comparable at transcriptional and translational levels; whereas in Pok, the number of upregulated DEGs at translational level (544 DEGs) was considerably higher than that at transcriptional level (219 DEGs); contrastingly, the number of downregulated DEGs (58) at translational level was significantly smaller than that at transcriptional level (397 DEGs). We speculate that Pok is more capable of stabilizing mRNA as well as can efficiently load mRNAs on to polysomes for translation under salt stress. Functional analysis showed that Pok is more efficient in maintaining cell wall integrity, detoxifying reactive oxygen species (ROS), translocating molecules and maintaining photosynthesis under salt stress. The present study not only confirmed the known salt stress associated genes, but also identified a number of putative new salt-responsive genes. This study also showed the importance of translational regulation in salt stress and other stresses responsive mechanism.
Project description:Soil salinity is one of the primary causes of yield decline in rice. Pokkali (Pok) is a highly salt-tolerant landrace whereas IR29, is salt-sensitive but a widely cultivated cultivar. Comparative analysis of these genotypes may offer better understandings of the salinity tolerance mechanism. The published reports largely underscored the importance of transcriptional regulation during salt stress in these genotypes, while, the regulation at translational level is also critically important. Therefore, simultaneous comparison of transcriptional and translational changes between IR29 and Pok could unravel molecular insights into gene regulatory mechanisms that differ between these contrasting genotypes. Using RNA-Seq, we analyzed transcriptome and translatome from the control and salt-exposed Pok and IR29 seedlings. Clear differences were evident both at transcriptional and translational levels between the two genotypes even under control condition. In response to salt stress, 57 DEGs were commonly upregulated both at transcriptional and translational levels in the two genotypes; the number of up/down regulated DEGs in IR29 was comparable at transcriptional and translational levels; whereas in Pok, the number of upregulated DEGs at translational level (544 DEGs) was considerably higher than that at transcriptional level (219 DEGs); contrastingly, the number of downregulated DEGs (58) at translational level was significantly smaller than that at transcriptional level (397 DEGs). We speculate that Pok is more capable of stabilizing mRNA as well as can efficiently load mRNAs on to polysomes for translation under salt stress. Functional analysis showed that Pok is more efficient in maintaining cell wall integrity, detoxifying reactive oxygen species (ROS), translocating molecules and maintaining photosynthesis under salt stress. The present study not only confirmed the known salt stress associated genes, but also identified a number of putative new salt-responsive genes. This study also showed the importance of translational regulation in salt stress and other stresses responsive mechanism.
Project description:Dongxiang wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) is the progenitor of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) and is well known for its superior level of tolerance against cold, drought and diseases. To date, however, little is known about the salt-tolerant character of Dongxiang wild rice. To elucidate the molecular genetic mechanisms of salt-stress tolerance in Dongxiang wild rice, the Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform was used to analyze the transcriptome profiles of the leaves and roots at the seedling stage under salt stress compared with those under normal conditions. The analysis results for the sequencing data showed that 6,867 transcripts were differentially expressed in the leaves (2,216 up-regulated and 4,651 down-regulated) and 4,988 transcripts in the roots (3,105 up-regulated and 1,883 down-regulated). Among these differentially expressed genes, the detection of many transcription factor genes demonstrated that multiple regulatory pathways were involved in salt stress tolerance. In addition, the differentially expressed genes were compared with the previous RNA-Seq analysis of salt-stress responses in cultivated rice Nipponbare, indicating the possible specific molecular mechanisms of salt-stress responses for Dongxiang wild rice. A large number of the salt-inducible genes identified in this study were co-localized onto fine-mapped salt-tolerance-related quantitative trait loci, providing candidates for gene cloning and elucidation of molecular mechanisms responsible for salt-stress tolerance in rice.