Project description:Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) interactions between plants and Glomeromycota fungi primarily support phosphate aquisition of most terrestrial plant species. To unravel gene expression in Medicago truncatula root colonization by AM fungi, we used genome-wide transcriptome profiling based on whole mycorrhizal roots. We used GeneChips to detail the global programme of gene expression in response to colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and in response to a treatment with phosphate and identified genes differentially expressed during this process. Medicago truncatula roots were harvested at 28 days post inoculation with the two different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomus intraradices (Gi-Myc) and Glomus mosseae (Gm-Myc) under low phosphate conditions (20 µM phosphate) or after a 28 days treatment with 2 mM phosphate in the absence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2mM-P). As a control, uninfected roots grown under low phosphate conditions (20 µM phosphate) were used (20miM-P). Three biological replicates consisting of pools of five roots were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix GeneChips.
Project description:The virtual transcriptome of G. intraradices (based on >430,000 reads) served as the basis for the design of an EST expresson array and for a number of analyses of gene expression in germinating spores, extraradical mycelium (ERM) and symbiotic root tissues.
Project description:The transcriptome profile of arbuscular mycorrhiza established at 4 weeks post inoculation between Medicago truncatula and Glomus mosseae as well as between Medicago truncatula and Glomus intraradices is compared
Project description:Abscisic acid (ABA) determines mycorrhiza functionality and arbuscule development. Transcriptome analysis in response to different mycorrhization status according to the ABA concentration in the root was performed to identify genes that may play a role in arbuscule functionality. Tomato Affymetrix GeneChip (around 10,000 probes) allowed us to detect and compare the transcriptional root profiling of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) wild-type and ABA-deficient sitiens plants colonized by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices. <br><br>
Project description:Casuarina glauca belongs to a family of angiosperms called actinorhizal plants because they can develop nitrogen-fixing nodules in association with the soil bacteria Frankia. They can also develop arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) while associated with Glomeromycota fungi. The aim of this transcriptomic study was to get a global view of the plant symbiotic genetic program in AM and to identify new key plant genes involved in endosymbioses. C. glauca plants were grown in hydroponics then transferred to pots with or without spores of Glomus intraradices and watered with low phosphate solution to enhance mycorrhization. For this study we considered two stages: - a stage where plants were inoculated with G. intraradices, roots were harvested 8 weeks after inoculation with the G. intraradices. AM structures were present. - a stage where plants were not inoculated, roots were harvested at the same time as the inoculated roots , this is our control condition. AM structures were absent. Three biological replicates were used for each condition. Microarrays were designed by Imaxio (Clermont Ferrand, France ; http://www.imaxio.com/index.php) which has been accredited by Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, CA, USA; http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/home.jspx) as a certified service provider for microarray technologies. Based on 14327 annotated unigenes for C. glauca, 60mers probes were designed using eArray software (1 probe per unigene) and custom 8 x 15K Oligo Microarrays were manufactured by Agilent.
Project description:The virtual transcriptome of G. intraradices (based on >430,000 reads) served as the basis for the design of an EST expresson array and for a number of analyses of gene expression in germinating spores, extraradical mycelium (ERM) and symbiotic root tissues. The G. intraradices EST expression array (4 x 72K) manufactured by Roche NimbleGen Systems Limited (Madison, WI) (http://www.nimblegen.com/products/exp/index.html) contained three independent, non identical, 60-mer probes per sequence. Included in the oligoarray were 22,402 G. intraradices sequences, 5785 random 60-mer control probes and labeling controls. We performed 12 hybridisations with samples from germinating spores (three biological replicates), extraradical mycelium (three biological replicates), symbiotic root tissues from Medicago (three biological replicates) and rice (1 replicate) as well as from microdissected arbuscule-colonized cortical cells of Medicago and rice (1 replicate each).
Project description:Most vascular flowering plants have the ability to form mutualistic associations with soil fungi from the Glomeromycota. The resulting symbiosis is called an arbuscular mycorrhiza and they are widespread in terrestrial ecosystems throughout the world. Significant alteration occurs at physiological and molecular levels in both symbionts. To gain a better understanding of the AM symbiosis, we use a 16000 feature oligonucleotide based array to examine gene expression in an arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, M. truncatula/G. intraradices. Keywords: Medicago truncatula, Mycorrhizal, Glomus intraradices, microarray profiling
Project description:Transcriptional changes triggered in roots and shoots of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) as a result of the colonization by the AM fungus Glomus mosseae.
Project description:Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) interactions between plants and Glomeromycota fungi primarily support phosphate aquisition of most terrestrial plant species. To unravel cell-type specific gene expression during late stages of Medicago truncatula root colonization by AM fungi, we used genome-wide transcriptome profiling based on laser-microdissected cells. We used Medicago GeneChips to detail the cell-type specific programme of gene expression in late stages of colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and identified genes differentially expressed during these stages. Medicago truncatula Gaertn M-bM-^@M-^XJemalongM-bM-^@M-^Y genotype A17 plantlets were grown in the climate chamber. Plants grown for the collection of root cortical cells containing arbuscules (ARB), root cortical cells from mycorrhizal roots (CMR), and root epidermal cells from mycorrhizal roots (EPI) were mycorrhized after 2 weeks with Glomus intraradices and mycorrhizal roots were harvested at around 21 days post inoculation (dpi).
Project description:affy_med_2011_09: In natural ecosystems most vascular plants develop symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi which help them acquire nutrients such as phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N). P has long been known to control AM symbiosis which takes place only when P is limiting. For N, however, its role in controlling mycorrhization is less clear. We have chosen the model plant Medicago truncatula to analyze the impact of P limitation and both P and N limitation on Medicago root transcriptome in response to the AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis (formerly Glomus intraradices (BEG141)). These analyses may help us uncover signaling events involved in the interaction between these symbionts as well as genes encoding transporters potentially important for nutrient exchanges in these conditions. --We will compare the root transcriptome of Medicago truncatula plants inoculated with Rhizophagus irregularis to that of non-inoculated plants grown under P limitation (or both P and N limitation) after 4 weeks of culture