Project description:Common wheat is an allohexaploid species, derived through endoreduplication of an inter-specific triploid hybrid produced from a cross between cultivated tetraploid wheat and the wild diploid relative Aegilops tauschii Coss. Hybrid incompatibilities, including hybrid necrosis, have been observed in triploid wheat hybrids. A limited number of Ae. tauschii accessions show hybrid lethality in triploid hybrids crossed with tetraploid wheat due to developmental arrest at the early seedling stage, which is termed severe growth abortion (SGA). Despite the potential severity of this condition, the genetic mechanisms underlying SGA are not well understood. We conducted comparative analyses of gene expression profiles in crown tissues to characterize developmental arrest in triploid hybrids displaying SGA. A number of defense-related genes were highly up-regulated, whereas many transcription factor genes, such as the KNOTTED1-type homeobox gene, which function in shoot apical meristem (SAM) and leaf primordia, were down-regulated in the crown tissues of SGA plants. Transcript accumulation levels of cell cycle-related genes were also markedly reduced in SGA plants, and no histone H4-expressing cells were observed in the SAM of SGA hybrid plants. Our findings demonstrate that SGA shows unique features among other types of abnormal growth phenotypes, such as type II and III necrosis.
Project description:Expression profiling of grass-clump dwarf in synthetic hexaploids from triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops tauschii
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes to alter the transcript accumulation levels in cold-induced hybrid necrosis lines, which are triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat and diploid wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii. Of the up-regulated genes, defense-related genes were most frequently found in the leaves and shoot apical meristem (SAM) of type II necrosis line with low temperature. On the other hand, cell cycle-related genes were highly down-regulated in SAM of type II necrosis line under low temperature. To validate the microarray data, RT-PCR and quantitative RT-PCR analyses for 37selected genes were performed in total. Of the examined 21 up-regulated and 16 down-regulated genes, more than 75% of expression pattern were consistent with the microarray data. Together with cytological analysis of the necrotic tissues, the microarray analysis strongly suggests that an autoimmune response-like reaction and repression of cell division might be triggered by intergenomic incompatibility between the AB and D genomes in type II necrosis.
Project description:Expression profiling of severe growth abortion (SGA) in triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops umbellulata.
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes to alter the transcript accumulation levels in cold-induced hybrid necrosis lines, which are triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat and diploid wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii. Of the up-regulated genes, defense-related genes were most frequently found in the leaves and shoot apical meristem (SAM) of type II necrosis line with low temperature. On the other hand, cell cycle-related genes were highly down-regulated in SAM of type II necrosis line under low temperature. To validate the microarray data, RT-PCR and quantitative RT-PCR analyses for 37selected genes were performed in total. Of the examined 21 up-regulated and 16 down-regulated genes, more than 75% of expression pattern were consistent with the microarray data. Together with cytological analysis of the necrotic tissues, the microarray analysis strongly suggests that an autoimmune response-like reaction and repression of cell division might be triggered by intergenomic incompatibility between the AB and D genomes in type II necrosis. Expression patterns were compared between the two synthetic hexaploid lines showing the wild-type phenotype (as a reference) and cold-induced hybrid necrosis. Total RNA samples were isolated from the 3-week-old seedling leaves. In addition, total RNA were also extracted from the seedling leaves and shoot meristem with 12- and 6-weeks of low temperature, respectively. Two independent experiments were conducted in each exprement.
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes to alter the transcript accumulation levels in hybrid necrosis-showing plants, which are triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat and diploid wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii. Of the up-regulated genes, defense-related genes were most frequently found, whereas photosythesis-related genes down-regulated in the type I necrosis line. To validate the microarray data, RT-PCR and quantitative RT-PCR analyses for 22 selected genes were performed. Of the examined 15 up-regulated and 7 down-regulated genes, the expression pattern of only one down-regulated gene was inconsistent with the microarray data. Together with cytological analysis of the necrotic tissues, the microarray analysis strongly suggests that an autoimmune response might be triggered by intergenomic incompatibility between the AB and D genomes in type I necrosis, and that genetically programmed cell death could be regarded as a hypersensitive response-like cell death similar to that observed in Arabidopsis intraspecific and Nicotiana interspecific hybrids.
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes to alter the transcript accumulation levels in hybrid necrosis-showing plants, which are triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat and diploid wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii. Of the up-regulated genes, defense-related genes were most frequently found, whereas photosythesis-related genes down-regulated in the type I necrosis line. To validate the microarray data, RT-PCR and quantitative RT-PCR analyses for 22 selected genes were performed. Of the examined 15 up-regulated and 7 down-regulated genes, the expression pattern of only one down-regulated gene was inconsistent with the microarray data. Together with cytological analysis of the necrotic tissues, the microarray analysis strongly suggests that an autoimmune response might be triggered by intergenomic incompatibility between the AB and D genomes in type I necrosis, and that genetically programmed cell death could be regarded as a hypersensitive response-like cell death similar to that observed in Arabidopsis intraspecific and Nicotiana interspecific hybrids. Expression patterns were compared between the two synthetic hexaploid lines showing the wild-type phenotype (as a reference) and hybrid necrosis. Total RNA samples were isolated from the 3-week-old seedling leaves. Two independent experiments were conducted.
Project description:Expression profiling of grass-clump dwarf in syntheitic hexaploids from triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops umbellulata.
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes to alter the transcript accumulation levels in grass-clump dwarf lines, which are synthetic hexaploid lines from triploid hybrids crossed between tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum cv. Langdon or T. turgidum ssp. carthlicum) and diploid wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii (KU2025). No up-regulation of defense-related genes was observed under the normal temperature, and down-regulation of wheat APETALA1-like MADS-box genes, considered to act as flowering promoters, was found in the grass-clump dwarf lines. Together with small RNA sequencing analysis of the grass-clump dwarf line, unusual expression of the miR156/SPLs module could explain the grass-clump dwarf phenotype.