Project description:ULT1 and CLF function antagonistically as epigenetic regulators of gene expression in Arabidopsis. We sought to identity their global downstream target genes at two stages of plant development and determine their common targets. We used microarrays to determine the global gene expression programs regulated by ULT1 and FLC during vegetative and reproductive development and compared the overlap among target genes between the two proteins.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of 16-day-old seedlings of Arabidopsis wild type control and mutants is performed using AligentM-bM-^@M-^Ys Whole Arabidopsis Gene Expression Microarray (4x44K). Two-condition experiment, seedlings of wild type control vs. Mutant sdg25, sdg26, sdg25 sdg26, atx1, sdg26 atx1, clf, sdg26 clf, ldl1 ldl2, sdg25 ldl1 ldl2 or sdg26 ldl1 ldl2. Three biological replicates: 3 control, 3 each of the ten mutants, independently grown under 12h light/ 12h dark photoperiods and harvested.
Project description:CURLY LEAF (CLF), the major histone methyltransferase of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), modifies trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) and mediates dynamical chromatin repression in Arabidopsis. Here we profiled Arabidopsis transcriptomes obtained from roots, leaves, flowers and siliques of Col-0 and clf-28 plants using RNA-seq. Our analysis uncovered 3835 transcription units were up-regulated in clf-28. Compared with H3K27me3 ChIP-CHIP data, we found at least 42% of them were associated with H3K27me3.
Project description:In plants, the genomic structure of hybrids changed compared with their parents. However, the effects of genomic structure changes on heterotic expression in hybrids remain elusive. By comparing interspecific hybrids between Col×C24 and their backcross C24×Col in Arabidopsis with Hi-C analysis, we found that the three-dimensional (3D) chromatin organization had more long-distance interactions relative to parents. The compartment strength related to the increased A-B compartment interactions decreased in hybrids. In the boundaries of topologically associated domains (TADs) like regions in hybrids, the values of Interchromosomal Fraction of Interactions (ICF) and Distal-to-Local [log2] (DLR) were higher than or close to the highest value of their parents. While in the hybrids of CURLY LEAF (clf) mutants, which affects the long-distance interactions, the heterosis phenotype disappeared and the ICF and DLR in hybrids were lower than their parents. In addition, compared with the clf mutant, the differential expressed genes located in TAD boundaries and loop regions in the wild type changed more obviously. In the long-distance interaction and the loop region between WT and clf, there were obvious differences in the functional enrichment for DEGs. The genes with cell cycle and mitotic related process were specifically enriched in clf. By analyzing ChIP-seq data, we found that the enrichment of H3K27me3 were higher in the hybrids in WT, which may lead to more long-distance interactions. Our findings may therefore propose a new epigenetic explanation of the heterotic expression in Arabidopsis hybrids and provide new insights into crop breeding and yield increasing.
Project description:CURLY LEAF (CLF), the major histone methyltransferase of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), modifies trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) and mediates dynamical chromatin repression in Arabidopsis. Here we profiled Arabidopsis transcriptomes obtained from roots, leaves, flowers and siliques of Col-0 (As described under GEO ID: GSE38612) and clf-28 plants using RNA-seq. Our analysis uncovered 3835 transcription units were up-regulated in clf-28. Compared with ChIP-CHIP data, we found at least 42% of them were associated with H3K27me3. Transcriptom profiling in roots, leaves, flowers and siliques of clf-28 plants.
Project description:CURLY LEAF (CLF), the major histone methyltransferase of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), modifies trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) and mediates dynamical chromatin repression in Arabidopsis. Here we used strand specific RNA-sequencing to profile Arabidopsis transcriptomes obtained from roots, shoots, flowers and siliques of Col-0 and clf-28 plants. Our analysis identified a large number of CLF-regulatedd transcripts in Arabidopsis.
Project description:CURLY LEAF (CLF), the major histone methyltransferase of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), modifies trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) and mediates dynamical chromatin repression in Arabidopsis. Here we used strand specific RNA-sequencing to profile Arabidopsis transcriptomes obtained from roots, shoots, flowers and siliques of Col-0 and clf-28 plants. Our analysis identified a large number of CLF-regulatedd transcripts in Arabidopsis. Transcriptome profiling in roots, shoots, inflorescences and siliques of WT and clf-28 plants with 3 biological replicates.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to demonstrate the global expression profile of Arabidopsis wild type and clf mutant plants in response to high air humidity Methods: Four-week-old Arabidopsis plant leaves were treated with ~95% relative humidity for 0.5 hour (0h as control) Results and Conclusions: This study showed that many genes including ABA-responsive genes and stomotal movement-related genes were differentially expressed in the clf mutant plant.
Project description:CURLY LEAF (CLF), the major histone methyltransferase of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), modifies trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) and mediates dynamical chromatin repression in Arabidopsis. Our previous results suggested that CLF may play regulatory roles on seed size and lipid biosynthesis in embryos at the mature-green stages. Here we used strand specific RNA-sequencing to profile Arabidopsis transcriptomes obtained from isolated embryos at the mature-green stage of Col-0 and clf-28 plants. Our analysis identified a large number of CLF-regulatedd transcripts in developmenting embryos in Arabidopsis.