Project description:We have previously identified a significant increase in chloroplast reactive oxygen species in wounded leaves of Arabidopsis and other plants, which is light-dependent (Flor-Henry et al. (2004) BMC Plant Biology 4:19). The aims of this study were to (i) examine the early response to mechanical wounding in Arabidopsis leaves, (ii) test the hypothesis that light-dependent chloroplast ROS may play a role in signalling for changes in gene expression in wounded leaves, and (iii) examine the broader impact of the light environment on the wound response in Arabidopsis. Keywords: Stress response
Project description:Plants transcriptome react to environment temperature changes profoundly. In Arabidopsis seedlings, genes respond to temperature fluctuations to adopt the ever-changing ambient environment. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying heat stress response progress in Arabidopsis. Ten-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings were selected for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to explore the heat stress response in transcriptome, thus we treat the plants with heat stress. While in order to identify the interaction between light and temperature signaling pathways in plant , we treat Arabidopsis with heat stress under both light and dark conditions. To that end, our plant tissues are grouped as: HS-LIGHT, HS-DARK,CONTROL-LIGHT,CONTROL-DARK.
Project description:Plants transcriptome react to environment temperture changes profoundly. In Arabidopsis seedlings, genes response to temperature fluctuations to adopt the ever-changing ambient envrionment. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying heat stress response progress in Arabidopsis. Ten-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings were selected for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to explore the heat stress response in transcriptome, thus we treat the plants with heat stress. While in order to identify the interaction between light and temperature signaling pathways in plant , we treat Arabidopsis with heat stress under both light and dark conditions. To that end, our plant tissues are grouped as: HS-LIGHT, HS-DARK,CONTROL-LIGHT,CONTROL-DARK.
Project description:Plants are subjected to perpetual fluctuations of light intensity and spectral composition in their natural growth environment, particularly due to movement of clouds and upper canopy leaves. Sudden exposure to intense light is accompanied by absorption of excess light energy, which results in an overload of photosynthetic electron transport chain and generation of reactive oxygen species in and around thylakoid membranes. To cope with this photooxidative stress and to prevent chronic photoinhibition under dynamically changing light intensities, plants have evolved various short- and long-term photoprotective mechanisms. We used quantitative mass spectrometry to investigate long-term acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana leaf proteome to fluctuating light (FL) which induces photooxidative stress. After three days of FL exposure the proteomes of young and mature leaves were analyzed separately in the morning and at the end of day to examine possible interaction between FL acclimation and leaf development or time of day.
Project description:We have previously identified a significant increase in chloroplast reactive oxygen species in wounded leaves of Arabidopsis and other plants, which is light-dependent (Flor-Henry et al. (2004) BMC Plant Biology 4:19). The aims of this study were to (i) examine the early response to mechanical wounding in Arabidopsis leaves, (ii) test the hypothesis that light-dependent chloroplast ROS may play a role in signalling for changes in gene expression in wounded leaves, and (iii) examine the broader impact of the light environment on the wound response in Arabidopsis. Keywords: Stress response The experiment was a two-by-two factorial design, with wounding and light as the two variables. In each replicate, there are 4 treatments: unwounded/light, unwounded/dark, wounded/light, wounded/dark. Three independent biological replicate experiments were performed, with one array hybridisation performed per treatment.