Project description:Cell adaptation to high salinity levels implicates the modification of different cellular, physiological and molecular mechanisms. However, studies about the cellular mechanisms that are implicated in salt adaptation are scarce in the literature. Tobacco BY-2 cell cultures are very homogeneous and are characterized by a continuous cell grow and high proliferation rate. These features make these cells a good model system. For this study, we have obtained a stable tobacco cell line adapted to grow at 250 mM of NaCl. To obtain a general view of this process, we have followed a microarray technique. Gene expression was analyzed using the Affymetrix microarray technique. We have used a microarray designed by Edwards et al. (2010) in tobacco (Total probes: 43768).
Project description:The number of known proteins associated with plant lipid droplets (LDs) is small compared to other organelles. Many questions of LD biosynthesis and degradation remain open, also due to lack of candidate LD proteins whose characterization could help to elucidate their function in those processes. We performed a proteomic screen on LDs isolated from Nicotiana tabacum pollen tubes. Proteins that were highly enriched in the LD fraction compared to the total or cytosolic fraction where verified for LD localization via transient expression in tobacco pollen tubes. We also compared the isoforms of typical LD proteins found in the pollen tubes on a qualitative level to the isoforms found in tobacco seeds.
Project description:Transcriptome profiling of three developmental stages of immature male gametophyte intobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Total RNA isolated from tobacco microspores and early and late bicellular pollen was hybridised on Agilent Tobacco Gene Expression Microarray 4x44K in two biological replicates per sample
Project description:Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) expressing Caenorhabditis elegans cell death genes, Ced4 and Ced3, show evidence suggesting such expressions protect the plants from infestation by the plant parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Although positive results have been correlated with the gene expressions (data in preparation for publication; a draft of the publication can be provided upon request), the mechanism by which the nematode protection is manifested is not clearly understood. One possibility is that the C. elegans cell death proteins produced by the transgenic plants are being ingested and incorporated into the nematode’s own cell death pathway, leading to their demise. Alternatively, it is also possible that expression of the C. elegans cell death genes promotes the endogenous resistance genes of the plant, leading to nematode resistance. We want to test the later hypothesis by conducting a reference design microarray experiment to establish the expression profile of Ced3, and Ced4 homozygous plants and Ced3xCed4 double heterozygous plants in comparison with wild-type tobacco plants. If the hypothesis is correct, we expect to detect increased expression of pathogenicity-related genes in the transgenic plants. Furthermore, characterization of the expression profiles in these transgenic plants will provide us directionality for our future research on the elucidation of this resistance mechanism. Keywords: Reference design
Project description:Gene expression was measured in leaves from dark treated tobacco plants to investigate the changes associated with dark induced senescence.
Project description:Comparative transcriptome analysis was performed to study gene expression profiles in resistant (Yanyan 97, YY97, 25) and susceptible (Huanghuadajinyuan, HD, 36) tobacco in responding to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Illumina sequencing yielded a total of 67,619,833,668 bases data, and about 223.99 M and 223.82 M raw reads for Hd and Yy97 plants, respectively. About 209.73 M and 209.18 M clean reads of Hd and Yy97 were mapped to reference genome via Hisat2, respectively. The ratio of mapped clean reads for eight libraries ranged from 93.92% to 96.67% (average: 95.9%). By comparing gene expression levels in Rs infected and control tobacco stems, we identified 15374 DEGs in Hd plants after Rs infection, which included 7220 up-regulated and 8154 down-regulated DEGs. We identified 2120 DEGs in Yy97 plants after Rs infection, which included 1794 up-regulated and 326 down-regulated DEGs.
Project description:Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) expressing Caenorhabditis elegans cell death genes, Ced4 and Ced3, show evidence suggesting such expressions protect the plants from infestation by the plant parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Although positive results have been correlated with the gene expressions (data in preparation for publication; a draft of the publication can be provided upon request), the mechanism by which the nematode protection is manifested is not clearly understood. One possibility is that the C. elegans cell death proteins produced by the transgenic plants are being ingested and incorporated into the nematode’s own cell death pathway, leading to their demise. Alternatively, it is also possible that expression of the C. elegans cell death genes promotes the endogenous resistance genes of the plant, leading to nematode resistance. We want to test the later hypothesis by conducting a reference design microarray experiment to establish the expression profile of Ced3, and Ced4 homozygous plants and Ced3xCed4 double heterozygous plants in comparison with wild-type tobacco plants. If the hypothesis is correct, we expect to detect increased expression of pathogenicity-related genes in the transgenic plants. Furthermore, characterization of the expression profiles in these transgenic plants will provide us directionality for our future research on the elucidation of this resistance mechanism. Keywords: Reference design 27 hybs total