Project description:Global transcriptome profiling of suceptible and tolerant lines of Brassica napus infected with Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using a petal inoculation method that mimics field conditions.
Project description:Water deficit stress (WDS) is a crucial factor that causes the inhibition of petal expansion and abnormal flower opening in rose. The regulatory mechanisms of petal expansion by WDS at transcriptional level were investigated by analysis expression profiles under WDS. Analysis used total RNA samples of petals taken from flowers treated by WDS comparison to those from control flowers. Transcriptome dynamics during treatment time responsive to WDS.
Project description:Petal senescence is controlled by a complex regulatory network. Epigenetic regulation like histone modification influences chromatin state and gene expression. However, involvement of histone methylation in regulating petal senescence is still largely unknown. Here, we found that the trimethylation of histone H3 at Lysine 4 (H3K4me3) is increased during the ethylene induced petal senescence in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). The H3K4me3 levels are positively associated with the expression of transcription factor DcWRKY75, ethylene biosynthetic genes DcACS1 and DcACO1, and senescence associated genes (SAGs) DcSAG12 and DcSAG29. Further, we identified that carnation DcATX1 (ARABIDOPSIS HOMOLOG OF TRITHORAX1) encodes a histone lysine methyltransferase which can methylate H3K4. Knockdown of DcATX1 delays ethylene induced petal senescence in carnation, which is associated with the downregulated expression of DcWRKY75, DcACO1 and DcSAG12. While overexpression of DcATX1 exhibits the opposite effects. DcATX1 promotes the transcription of DcWRKY75, DcACO1 and DcSAG12 by targeting to their promoters to elevate the H3K4me3 levels. Overall, our results demonstrate that DcATX1 is a H3K4 methyltransferase that promotes the expression of DcWRKY75, DcACO1, DcSAG12 and maybe other downstream target genes by regulating H3K4me3 levels, thereby accelerating ethylene induced petal senescence in carnation. This study further indicates that epigenetic regulation is important for plant senescence process.
Project description:affy_petaldvt_lyon_rose. The objective is to identify genes involved in petal development in rose. We aim at identifying genes whose expression correlates with flower opening and scent emission. In this study, we used a microarray approach to compare the transcriptome of a scented rose flower (PF) versus non-scented rose flower (RF). Samples (petal tissues) were collected at the same time early in the afternoon. Total RNA was extracted using the Plant RNA kit (Macherey Nagel), and then used to hybridize Rosa-Affymetrix microarrays. Keywords: scented vs non-scented flowers
Project description:Petal senescence involves numerous programmed changes in biological and biochemical processes. Ubiquitination plays a critical role in protein degradation, a hallmark of organ senescence. Therefore, we investigated changes in the proteome and ubiquitome of senescing rose (Rosa hybrida) petals to better understand their involvement in petal senescence. Of 3859 proteins quantified in senescing petals, 1198 were up-regulated and 726 were down-regulated during senescence. We identified 2208 ubiquitinated sites including 384 with increased ubiquitination in 298 proteins and 1035 with decreased ubiquitination in 674 proteins. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses revealed that proteins related to peptidases in proteolysis and autophagy pathways were enriched in the proteome, suggesting that protein degradation and autophagy play important roles in petal senescence. In addition, many transporter proteins accumulated in senescing petals, and several transport processes were enriched in the ubiquitome, indicating that transport of substances is associated with petal senescence and regulated by ubiquitination. Moreover, several components of the brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis and signaling pathways were significantly altered at the protein and ubiquitination levels, implying that BR plays important roles in petal senescence. Our data provide a comprehensive view of rose petal senescence at the posttranslational level.
Project description:affy_petaldvt_lyon_rose. The objective is to identify genes involved in petal development in rose. We aim at identifying genes whose expression correlates with flower opening and scent emission. In this study, we used a microarray approach to compare the transcriptome of a scented rose flower (PF) versus non-scented rose flower (RF). Samples (petal tissues) were collected at the same time early in the afternoon. Total RNA was extracted using the Plant RNA kit (Macherey Nagel), and then used to hybridize Rosa-Affymetrix microarrays. Keywords: scented vs non-scented flowers 4 arrays - rose. Scented and non-scented flowers, 2 replicates each.