Project description:Long oligonucleotide microarrays were used for the study of expression profile changes during seedling photomorphogenesis in rice and in Arabidopsis. Different light quality treatments were applied to seedlings. To dissect organ-specific light effects, we further profiled shoot and root organs in both species. Keywords = rice Keywords = Arabidopsis Keywords = photomorphogenesis Keywords: ordered
Project description:Long oligonucleotide microarrays were used for the study of expression profile changes during seedling photomorphogenesis in rice and in Arabidopsis. Different light quality treatments were applied to seedlings. To dissect organ-specific light effects, we further profiled shoot and root organs in both species. Keywords = rice Keywords = Arabidopsis Keywords = photomorphogenesis Keywords: ordered
Project description:Arabidopsis seedlings undergo photomorphogenic development even in darkness when the function of De-etiolated 1 (DET1), a repressor of photomorphogenesis, is disrupted. Our results indicate that DET1 directly interacts with a group of transcription factors known as the phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs). Furthermore, our results suggest that DET1 positively regulates PIF protein levels primarily by stabilizing PIF proteins in the dark. Genomic analysis also revealed that DET1 may control the expression of light-regulated genes to mediate photomorphogenesis partially through PIFs.
Project description:The environmental “light” plays a vital role in regulating the plant growth and development. Transcriptomic profilings were widely used to examine how light regulates the changes of mRNA populations at a genome-wide scale. However, it remains unclear if translational regulation represents a new dimension of gene expression regulation in response to the light signal. Through a transcriptomic comparison of steady-state and polysome-bound mRNAs, we revealed an increased translational efficiency in de-etiolating Arabidopsis seedlings. Over 3,500 genes are subjected to translational regulation whereas only about 770 genes have increased mRNA abundances in response to the light signal. This result suggests a stronger impact of translational control over transcriptomic changes during photomorphogenesis. Genes encoding ribosomal protein are preferentially regulated at the translational level, possibly contributing to the enhancement of translation efficiency as observed. We also uncovered mRNAs regulated at the translational level share characteristics of longer half-lives and shorter cDNA length. The presence of a cis-element, TAGGGTTT, in the 5’untranslated region of a transcript renders its translational regulation by light signals. Taken together, our study revealed a previously neglected aspect of gene expression regulation during Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis. The identities and molecular signatures associated with mRNAs regulated at the translational level also offer new directions to perform mechanistic studies of light-trigged translational enhancement in Arabidopsis.
Project description:The environmental “light” plays a vital role in regulating the plant growth and development. Transcriptomic profilings were widely used to examine how light regulates the changes of mRNA populations at a genome-wide scale. However, it remains unclear if translational regulation represents a new dimension of gene expression regulation in response to the light signal. Through a transcriptomic comparison of steady-state and polysome-bound mRNAs, we revealed an increased translational efficiency in de-etiolating Arabidopsis seedlings. Over 3,500 genes are subjected to translational regulation whereas only about 770 genes have increased mRNA abundances in response to the light signal. This result suggests a stronger impact of translational control over transcriptomic changes during photomorphogenesis. Genes encoding ribosomal protein are preferentially regulated at the translational level, possibly contributing to the enhancement of translation efficiency as observed. We also uncovered mRNAs regulated at the translational level share characteristics of longer half-lives and shorter cDNA length. The presence of a cis-element, TAGGGTTT, in the 5’untranslated region of a transcript renders its translational regulation by light signals. Taken together, our study revealed a previously neglected aspect of gene expression regulation during Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis. The identities and molecular signatures associated with mRNAs regulated at the translational level also offer new directions to perform mechanistic studies of light-trigged translational enhancement in Arabidopsis. Three biological replicates for 4-d-old etiolated seedlings with or without 0. 5 h or 4 h of white-light treatment.
Project description:Arabidopsis seedlings undergo photomorphogenic development even in darkness when the function of De-etiolated 1 (DET1), a repressor of photomorphogenesis, is disrupted. Our results indicate that DET1 directly interacts with a group of transcription factors known as the phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs). Furthermore, our results suggest that DET1 positively regulates PIF protein levels primarily by stabilizing PIF proteins in the dark. Genomic analysis also revealed that DET1 may control the expression of light-regulated genes to mediate photomorphogenesis partially through PIFs. Total of twelve samples, two treatments and three genotypes, and each have three replicates.
Project description:Light-induced phosphorylation is necessary and essential for the degradation of phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs), the central repressors of photomorphogenesis. Although the kinases responsible for PIF phosphorylation have been extensively studied, the phosphatases underlying PIF dephosphorylation are largely unknown. Here, we real that mutation of FyPP1 and FyPP3, two catalytic subunits of PP6 phosphatases, promoted photomorphogenesis of seedlings in the dark. PP6 and PIFs functioned synergistically to repress photomorphogenesis. FyPP1 and FyPP3 directly interacted with and dephosphorylated PIF3 and PIF4. The light-induced degradation of PIF4 and the PIF transcriptional activities were dependent on PP6 activity. These data demonstrate that PP6 phosphatases repress photomorphogenesis through regulation of PIF phosphorylation, protein stability and transcriptional activity.
Project description:There are two main types of root systems in flowering plants, which are taproot systems in dicot and fibrous root systems in monocot. The cellular and molecular mechanism involved in root development are mainly from the study of dicot model Arabidopsis thaliana. However, mechanisms of root development and their conservation and divergence in monocot, which including the major crops, remain largely elusive. Here we profile the transcriptomes of more than 20,000 single cells in the root tips of two rice cultivars, Nipponbare (Nip; Japonica) and 93-11 (Indica). Single-cell analysis coupled with in situ hybridization identify the cell type-specific marker genes and annotate all the clusters. Comparison of single-cell transcriptome and analysis of mark gene expression suggest well-conserved molecular landscape between rice Nip and 93-11. Moreover, our analysis suggests specific functions gene expression patterns for each cell type cluster, including the hormone genes. Comparison to Arabidopsis single-cell RNA-sequencing dataset reveals extensive differences between Arabidopsis and rice cell types, and species-specific features emphasize the importance of directly studying rice root. Our study reveals transcriptome landscape of major cell types of rice root in singe-cell resolution and provides molecular insight of the cell type morphology of cell type evolution in plants.
Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study are to compare the transcriptome profiling and alternative splicing (AS) profiling between Col-0 wild type and SFPS knockout mutant (sfps-2) through RNA-seq to determine the molecular mechanisms of how splicing factor SFPS regulates photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 100 million sequence reads per sample to the Arabidopsis genome (TAIR10) and identified 1495 differentially expressed genes between Col-0 and mutant dark samples; 1361 differentially expressed genes between Col-0 and mutant red light treated samples; 4291 differentially expressed genes between Col-0 dark and red light treated samples; and 4479 differentially expressed genes between mutant dark and red light treated samples. Except for gene expression, we also discovered 788 differentially spliced bins between Col-0 and mutant dark samples; 827 differentially spliced bins between Col-0 and mutant red light treated samples; 610 differentially spliced bins between Col-0 dark and red light treated samples; and 405 differentially spliced bins between mutant dark and red light treated samples. Altered splicing of 9 genes was confirmed with qRT-PCR, demonstrating the high degree of sensitivity of the RNA-seq method. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of SFPS mutant transcriptomes, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. Our results show that SFPS regulates photomorphogenesis in Arabidopisis through regulating the splicing activity of light signaling genes, which helps us.
Project description:There are two main types of root systems in flowering plants, which are taproot systems in dicot and fibrous root systems in monocot. The cellular and molecular mechanism involved in root development are mainly from the study of dicot model Arabidopsis thaliana. However, mechanisms of root development and their conservation and divergence in monocot, which including the major crops, remain largely elusive. Here we profile the transcriptomes of more than 20,000 single cells in the root tips of two rice cultivars, Nipponbare (Nip; Japonica) and 93-11 (Indica). Single-cell analysis coupled with in situ hybridization identify the cell type-specific marker genes and annotate all the clusters. Comparison of single-cell transcriptome and analysis of mark gene expression suggest well-conserved molecular landscape between rice Nip and 93-11. Moreover, our analysis suggests specific functions gene expression patterns for each cell type cluster, including the hormone genes. Comparison to Arabidopsis single-cell RNA-sequencing dataset reveals extensive differences between Arabidopsis and rice cell types, and species-specific features emphasize the importance of directly studying rice root. Our study reveals transcriptome landscape of major cell types of rice root in singe-cell resolution and provides molecular insight of the cell type morphology of cell type evolution in plants.