Project description:sRNA-seq profiling of 10 time points during germination in Arabidopsis, from freshly harvested seed, through mature seed, stratification, germination and to post-germination.
Project description:Regulation of seed germination by dormancy relies on a complex network of transcriptional and post‐transcriptional modifications during seed imbibition that controls seed adaptive responses to environmental cues. High‐throughput technologies have brought significant progress in the understanding of this phenomenon and have led to identify major regulators of seed germination, mostly by studying the behaviour of highly differentially expressed genes. However, the actual models of transcriptome analysis cannot catch additive effects of small variations of gene expression in individual signalling or metabolic pathways, which are also likely to control germination. Therefore, the comprehension of the molecular mechanism regulating germination is still incomplete and to gain knowledge about this process we have developed a pathway‐based analysis of transcriptomic Arabidopsis datasets, to identify regulatory actors of seed germination. The method allowed quantifying the level of deregulation of a wide range of pathways in dormant versus non‐dormant seeds. Clustering pathway deregulation scores of germinating and dormant seed samples permitted the identification of mechanisms involved in seed germination such as RNA transport or vitamin B6 metabolism, for example. Using this method, which was validated by metabolomics analysis, we also demonstrated that Col and Cvi seeds follow different metabolic routes for completing germination, demonstrating the genetic plasticity of this process. We finally provided an extensive basis of analysed transcriptomic datasets that will allow further identification of mechanisms controlling seed germination.
Project description:RNAseq profiling of 10 time points during germination in Arabidopsis, from freshly harvested seed, through mature seed, stratification, germination and to post-germination.
Project description:Arabidopsis noncoding RNA HID1 acts as a positive regulator to promote phyB-mediated seed germination by modulating the biosynthesis of abscisic acid.
Project description:Seed germination is a critical developmental stage in the life cycle of plants, and its regulation is essential for ensuring crop productivity, particularly under adverse environmental conditions. Here, we find that the Arabidopsis thaliana PRE-MRNA-PROCESSING (PRP21) is crucial for the regulation of abscisic acid (ABA) response of seed germination. Our RNA deep sequencing and poly(A) tag sequencing analyses reveal that PRP21 is involved in pre-mRNA splicing, genome-wide gene transcription, and mRNA 3' end processing, highlighting its multifunctional role in gene regulation. Furthermore, we find that PRP21 interacts with various splicing factors and small nuclear ribonucleoproteins, suggesting its involvement in spliceosome assembly. Additionally, we demonstrate that PRP21 negatively regulates the expression of ABA-responsive genes, such as ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 3 (ABI3), ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 5 (ABI5), EARLY METHIONINE-LABELED 1 (EM1), and EARLY METHIONINE-LABELED 6 (EM6), thereby modulating ABA response and seed germination. Our findings underscore the importance of PRP21 in coordinating transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes, and provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying seed germination, potentially guiding crop improvement for stress tolerance.
Project description:methylC-seq profiling of 4 time points during germination in Arabidopsis, from mature seed, through stratification, germination and to post-germination.
Project description:Arabidopsis noncoding RNA HID1 acts as a positive regulator to promote phyB-mediated seed germination by modulating the biosynthesis of abscisic acid.
Project description:Arabidopsis noncoding RNA HID1 acts as a positive regulator to promote phyB-mediated seed germination by modulating the biosynthesis of abscisic acid.