ABSTRACT: affy_med_2011_14-Transcriptomic analysis of roots of WT (A17) Medicago truncatula plants and of a hypermycorrhizal mutant (B9) grown on limiting (P/10) or non-limiting phosphate (P2).
Project description:affy_med_2011_14 - affy_med_2011_14 - -In natural ecosystems most terrestrial plants form arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), mutualistic symbioses with soil fungi belonging to the order Glomeromycota. This symbiosis takes place when phosphate is limiting and enables the plant to acquire nutrients (in particular phosphate) in exchange of carbon provided to the fungus A hypermycorrhizal mutant B9 was identified (Morandi et al. Mycorrhiza (2009) 19: 435) which displayed higher root colonization by Glomus intraradices. This phenotype could be linked to a defect in phosphate sensing or transport. We have undertaken the analysis of the root transcriptome of both WT and mutant plants grown on limiting or non-limiting phosphate to determine which processes are affected in the hypermycorrhizal mutant.-- Roots were harvested from 4 week-old WT and B9 mutant plants grown in a culture chamber with limiting (P/10, 130 µM phosphate) or non limiting (P2, 2.6 mM phosphate) phosphate under long days (16 hrs day at 22°C with 380 µE.m-2.s-1 light and 8hrs night at 19°C). RNAs were then extracted for transcriptomic analysis. We will compare WT (or mutant) root transcriptome on P/10 versus WT (or mutant) root transcriptome on P2 as well as mutant versus WT transcriptome on either P/10 or P2. 12 arrays - Medicago; dose response,gene knock out
Project description:affy_med_2011_14 - affy_med_2011_14 - -In natural ecosystems most terrestrial plants form arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), mutualistic symbioses with soil fungi belonging to the order Glomeromycota. This symbiosis takes place when phosphate is limiting and enables the plant to acquire nutrients (in particular phosphate) in exchange of carbon provided to the fungus A hypermycorrhizal mutant B9 was identified (Morandi et al. Mycorrhiza (2009) 19: 435) which displayed higher root colonization by Glomus intraradices. This phenotype could be linked to a defect in phosphate sensing or transport. We have undertaken the analysis of the root transcriptome of both WT and mutant plants grown on limiting or non-limiting phosphate to determine which processes are affected in the hypermycorrhizal mutant.-- Roots were harvested from 4 week-old WT and B9 mutant plants grown in a culture chamber with limiting (P/10, 130 µM phosphate) or non limiting (P2, 2.6 mM phosphate) phosphate under long days (16 hrs day at 22°C with 380 µE.m-2.s-1 light and 8hrs night at 19°C). RNAs were then extracted for transcriptomic analysis. We will compare WT (or mutant) root transcriptome on P/10 versus WT (or mutant) root transcriptome on P2 as well as mutant versus WT transcriptome on either P/10 or P2.
Project description:we used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to characterize the proteome-level changes associated with salt stress response in Medicago sativa cv. Zhongmu-1 and Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong A17 roots. The tandem mass spectrometry analysis of the differentially accumulated proteins resulted in the identification of 60 and 26 proteins in Zhongmu-1 and Jemalong A17 roots, respectively.
Project description:affy_ralstonia_medicago - Ralstonia solanacearum is the causal agent of the devastating bacterial wilt disease. Its infection process was studied with an in vitro inoculation procedure on intact roots of Medicago truncatula. The pathosystem involved susceptible A17 and resistant F83005.5 M truncatula lines infected with the pathogenic strain GMI1000. The mutant A17 line, Sickle, which showed a resistant phenotype was also part of the experiment. To identify host signaling pathway triggered by R. solanacearum infection with a focus on the involvment of ethylene, we used the Medicago Affymetrix array to monitore the expression profiles and the molecular process associated with initial symptoms development (12hpi) and colonization (72hpi). In order to maximize chances to observe differential gene expression, RNA samples were extracted from the root infection zone (root tips) -Three Medicago truncatula lines, A17, F83005.5 and sickle were inoculated with GMI1000 Ralstonai solanacearum strain (107 cfu/ml). RNA were extracted from root extremities (1 cm above the root tip) at time 0, 12h and 72h post inoculation. Three biological repeats were conducted
Project description:affy_ralstonia_peeters_medicago - We have identified two essential virulence determinants (GALA7, a type III secretion effector and HpaP, a chaperone-like protein) of Ralstonia solanacearum for the infection and colonisation of the host plant Medicago truncatula. The scope of this project is to identify the GALA7 and HpaP-specific transcriptome alteration. For this purpose wild type and mutant infected root material (13h and 72h postinfection) will be analysed on M. truncatula affymetrix chips. Medicago truncatula (A17 line) are grown in vitro on Farheus medium (with Nitrogen source) plantlets are inoculated with water R. solanacearum wt, gala7 and hpap mutants, and root tips are collected at 13h and 72h postinoculation. Experiment was performed 3 times independently. 4 bacteria conditions x 2 harvest times x 3 biological repeats = 24 samples Keywords: gene knock out,normal vs disease comparison,time course,treated vs untreated comparison
Project description:For transcript analysis of aluminum tolerance responses in Medicago truncatula (A17) we compared transcripts from 2.5 µM Al-treated and control (-Al) root tips corresponding to 12 h after Al treatment. Keywords: One time point and one genotype
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of seeds of Medicago truncatula during maturation. To identify genes that are regulated during seed maturation in the model legume Medicago truncatula, plants at flowering stage were grown at variable light and temperature conditions under greenhouse environment (period March-June). Seeds were then collected at different stages of development. Using the Medicago NimbleGen chip, a transcriptomic analysis was performed to follow the differential expression of genes during seed maturation.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of seeds of Medicago truncatula during maturation. To identify genes that are regulated during seed maturation in the model legume Medicago truncatula, plants at flowering stage were grown at controlled temperature of 21-19°C, 16h light. Seeds were then collected at different stages of development. Using the Medicago NimbleGen chip, a transcriptomic analysis was performed to follow the differential expression of genes during seed maturation.
