Project description:Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudo-cereal and facultative halophyte, is a species of great economic potential. When exposed to saline soil, this salt-tolerant crop takes up sodium and chloride ions and sequesters large NaCl quantities in epidermal bladders cells (EBC). We have analyzed the Quinoa EBC transcriptome by RNA sequencing and elucidated the molecular identity and function of key ion transporters. Thereby we analyzed transcripts differentially expressed between EBCs and total leaves under control conditions.
Project description:With the growing limitations on arable land, alfalfa (a widely cultivated, low-input forage) is now being selected to extend cultivation into saline lands for low-cost biofeedstock purposes. Here, minerals and transcriptome profiles were compared between two new salinity-tolerant North American alfalfa breeding populations and a more salinity-sensitive Western Canadian alfalfa population grown under hydroponic saline conditions. All three populations accumulated two-fold higher sodium in roots than shoots as a function of increased electrical conductivity. At least 50% of differentially expressed genes (p < 0.05) were down-regulated in the salt-sensitive population growing under high salinity, while remaining unchanged in the saline-tolerant populations. In particular, most reduction in transcript levels in the salt-sensitive population were observed in genes specifying cell wall structural components, lipids, secondary metabolism, auxin and ethylene hormones, development, transport, signalling, heat shock, proteolysis, pathogenesis-response, abiotic stress, RNA processing, and protein metabolism. Transcript diversity for transcription factors, protein modification, and protein degradation genes was also more strongly affected in salt-tolerant CW064027 than in salt-tolerant Bridgeview and salt-sensitive Rangelander, while both saline-tolerant populations showed more substantial up-regulation in redox-related genes and B-ZIP transcripts. The report highlights the first use of bulked genotypes as replicated samples to compare the transcriptomes of obligate out-cross breeding populations in alfalfa.
Project description:Populus euphratica is a medium-sized deciduous tree naturally grown in high saline condition, however, the molecular response of the poplar to salinity at global genome level maintain to be elucidated. We used Affymetrix poplar genome microarrays to investigate the full transcript expression exposed to different salt intensities and identified significantly changed transcripts within the 24 hours after exposed to salt stress.
Project description:Purpose: Our previous study has confirmed that reduction of SIRT3 expression is a main factor contributing to salt-induced hepatic inflammtion. Here we sought to investigate whether salt-induced SIRT3 reduction was related to epigenetic modification. Methods: 6-week-old male wild-type mice were fed with high salt diet (HSD, containing 8% NaCl) or normal salt diet (NSD, containing 0.4% NaCl) for 4 months. And then their liver tissues were removed and subjected to bilsulfate-seq. Results: Through bisulfate-seq, we did not observe any change in DNA methylation in the CpG island of Sirt3 gene promoter region. Conclusions: Salt-induced SIRT3 reduction is not related to DNA methylation on SIRT3 gene promoter.
Project description:Transcriptional differentiation in response to environmental stresses plays critical roles in adaptation. Mangroves are dominant in intertidal zones and form dense forest at the sea-land interface, but little is known about the impact of transcriptional phenotype on their adaptation to the saline environments. To address this issue, we prepared customized chips containing cDNA from the root cDNA library of a mangrove species, Ceriops tagal, and then monitored the time-course transcript profiles in the roots by conducting a series of microarray experiments. Five durations of salt shock with 500 mM NaCl, namely 2, 5, 10, 24 and 192 hours, were included. A total of 88 unigenes that were recognized to be up- or down-regulated by salt shock and both gene categories in relation to stresses-induced responses and transcription factor activity were over-predominant. The stresses-responsive genes were significantly overrepresented, some of which were regulated in differential manners from their homologues genes in Arabidopsis. Specific transcriptional regulations were employed by C. tagal to cope with salt shock, which could benefit the salt-tolerant lifestyle of this mangrove species and possibly contribute to establishment of adaptation to the saline environments.