Project description:bra-inra09-01_bioen - cordycepin - Diversification of the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Control of the Energetic Balance in Angiosperms - To evaluate the importance of mRNA stability control in glucose signaling, genome wide RNA transcript levels changes will be evaluated in response to short term treatments with glucose or glucose plus abscisic acid (ABA) under conditions of transcriptional inhibition in Arabidopsis. The underlying mechanisms will be investigated for a selected number of co-regulated genes (transcription factors, kinases). 12 dye-swap - treatment variations
Project description:bra-inra09-01_bioen - cordycepin - Diversification of the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Control of the Energetic Balance in Angiosperms - To evaluate the importance of mRNA stability control in glucose signaling, genome wide RNA transcript levels changes will be evaluated in response to short term treatments with glucose or glucose plus abscisic acid (ABA) under conditions of transcriptional inhibition in Arabidopsis. The underlying mechanisms will be investigated for a selected number of co-regulated genes (transcription factors, kinases).
Project description:Cordycepin (3â deoxyadenosine) is a biologically active compound that, when incorporated during RNA synthesis in vitro, provokes chain termination due to the absence of a 3â hydroxyl moiety. We were interested in the effects mediated by this drug in vivo and analysed its impact on RNA metabolism of yeast. Our results support the view that cordycepin-triphosphate (CoTP) is the toxic component that is limiting cell growth through inhibition of RNA synthesis. Unexpectedly, cordycepin treatment modulated 3â end heterogeneity of ACT1 and ASC1 mRNAs and rapidly induced extended transcripts derived from CYH2 and NEL025c loci. Moreover, cordycepin ameliorated the growth defects of poly(A) polymerase mutants and the pap1-1 mutation neutralized the effects of the drug on gene expression. Our observations are consistent with an epistatic relationship between poly(A) polymerase function and cordycepin action and suggest that a major mode of cordycepin activity reduces 3â end formation efficiency independently of its potential to terminate RNA chain elongation. Finally, chemical-genetic profiling revealed genome-wide pathways linked to cordycepin activity and identified novel genes involved in poly(A) homeostasis. Keywords: response to drug treatment Each experiment was performed as triplicate. We analyzed RNA obtained from wild-type cells, from wild-type cells treated with 40 microgram/ml cordycepin for 1 hour, from pap1-1 mutant cells grown at permissive temperature (25°C) and from pap1-1 mutant cells grown at permissive temperature (25°C) treated with 40 microgram/ml cordycepin for 1 hour.
Project description:LSD1, EDS1 and PAD4 Conditionally Regulate Cellular Signaling Homeostasis, Photosynthesis, Water Use Efficiency and Seed Yield in Arabidopsis
Project description:Photoperiod is a circannual signal measured by biological systems to align growth and reproduction with the seasons. To understand the effect of photoperiod of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana in the absence of exogenous sugar under constant light intensity, we performed time course mRNA-seq analysis on 13-day old seedlings across three photoperiods with triplicates to identify photoperiod-regulated genes.