Project description:Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs), Natural Antisense Transcripts (NATs), and microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in many biological processes. To profile circadian regulated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), we grow Arabidopsis plants (Col-0) under short day SD (8h light/16h dark) condition and used the ATH lincRNA v1 array to profile lincRNA, NAT and miRNA gene expression under continuous light condition. Using JTK_CYCLE to search for cycling expression pattern of genes, we found ~900 genes encoding lincRNAs, NATs and miRNAs showed significant cycling expression patterns (Adjusted P-value < 0.05).
Project description:The goal of this project is to compare the primary metabolite profile in different tissue types of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Specifically, plants were grown hydroponically under the long-day (16hr light/day) condition at 21C. Tissue samples, including leaves, inflorescences, and roots were harvest 4 1/2 weeks post sowing. Untargeted primary metabolites profiling was carried out using GCTOF.
Project description:Purpose: Circadian clock in plants temporally coordinates biological processes throughout the day synchronizing gene expression with environmental changes. Here, we examined the genome-wide circadian and diurnal control of Arabidopsis transcriptome using high throughout RNA-seq approach. Methods: Transcriptional and posttranscritional profiles were identified and characterized for Arabidopsis seedlings grown under continuous light or long-day condition (16 h light/8 h dark) for one day (each condition has two biological replicates). Results: We show that rhythmic posttranscriptional regulation is also a significant factor for genome-wide profile of circadian plant transcriptome. Two major posttranscriptioal mechanisms alternative splicing (AS) and alternative polyadenylation (APA) show circadian rhythmicity, resulting from the oscillation in the genes invovled in AS and APA. Conclusions: Arabidopsis circadian clock not only controls the transcription of genes, but also affects their posttranscriptional regulation through regulating AS and APA.
Project description:Arabidopsis AP1-GR ap1-1 cal-1 were grown under long-day (16 h light/8 h dark) condition. After bolding (26 DAG), half of the plants were treated with dexamethasone. 31 DAG, the untreated inflorescenes were sampled as t0 and the dexamethasone treated one as t5.
Project description:We systematically identified long noncoding natural antisense transcripts (lncNATs), defined as lncRNAs transcribed from the opposite DNA strand of coding or noncoding genes. We identified in total 37,238 sense-antisense transcript pairs and found 70% mRNAs are associated with antisense transcripts in Arabidopsis. To investigate the role of NATs in response to white light treatment, we designed an Agilent custom array, ATH NAT array, and analyzed WT seedlings grown in the dark (0h) and seedlings undergoing de-etiolation in continuous white light for 1h and 6h. To obtain information on organ-specific transcriptome profiles, we further dissected seedlings into cotyledons, hypocotyls and roots. We examined the abundance of NATs in etiolated seedlings and seedlings undergoing de-etiolation in continuous white light for 1/6h. Seedlings were further dissected into cotyledons, hypocotyls and roots. RNAs from 3 biological replicates of each of the 3 organs were separately hybridized to ATH NAT arrays to profile light-regulated NAT pairs.
Project description:We sequenced the poly(A)+ and poly(A)- samples of the roots and shoots from 10-day-old WT seedlings grown under P+ and P- condition. The WT plant refers to Columbia ecotype Arabidopsis seedlings. Each condition has two replicates. After total RNA extraction, ribosomal RNAs were removed using RiboMinus™ Plant Kit repeated two times. The poly(A)+ and poly(A)- constituent were separated with oligo(dT) magnetic beads (Oligotex mRNA Mini Kit, QIAGEN). Using a 2-fold change and a P-value <0.05 as the cut-off for selecting the differentially expressed transcripts, we globally identified novel noncoding lncRNAs.
Project description:We systematically identified long noncoding natural antisense transcripts (lncNATs), defined as lncRNAs transcribed from the opposite DNA strand of coding or noncoding genes. We identified in total 37,238 sense-antisense transcript pairs and found 70% mRNAs are associated with antisense transcripts in Arabidopsis. To investigate the role of NATs in response to white light treatment, we designed an Agilent custom array, ATH NAT array, and analyzed WT seedlings grown in the dark (0h) and seedlings undergoing de-etiolation in continuous white light for 1h and 6h. To obtain information on organ-specific transcriptome profiles, we further dissected seedlings into cotyledons, hypocotyls and roots.