Project description:The shoots and roots of a plant respond differently to osmotic stress, as they have distinct functions and anatomical structures. Under conditions of high solute concentration, such as in saline soils or drought, water uptake by the roots is reduced, resulting in cellular dehydration. In this study, we performed transcriptional profiling of roots of Arabidopsis under osmotic stress conditions such as high salinity and drought using mRNA-Seq for the assessment of gene expression changes in roots of Arabidopsis. mRNA-Seq analysis showed that many differentially expressed genes showed differential expressions under both salt stress and drought stress conditions in roots and were distinct from aerial parts. We confirmed 68 transcription factor genes which is involved in osmotic stress signal transduction in roots and are connected tightly. Interestingly, well-known ABA-dependent and/or -independent osmotic stress-responsive genes were less increased in roots, indicating that osmotic stress response in roots might be regulated by stress pathways other than well-known pathways. We identified 26 osmotic stress-responsive genes, which have alternative splicing variant isoforms, showed distinct expression in roots under osmotic stress conditions from the mRNA-Seq analysis. Quantitative RT-PCR confirmed that alternative splicing variants, such as ANNAT4, MAGL6, TRM19, and CAD9, have differential expressions in roots under osmotic stress conditions, indicating that alternative splicing is an important regulatory mechanism in osmotic stress response in roots. Taken together, our study suggest that many transcription factor families are involved in osmotic stress response in roots and tightly connected each other. In addition, alternative splicing and function of alternative splicing variant isoforms are also important in osmotic stress response in roots. To understand the alternative splicing mechanism in roots, further study is necessary.
Project description:To identifiy osmotic stress responsive smRNAs, we used a deep-sequencing technique to profile small RNA populations in leaf and root tissues of plants under high osmotic stress and control conditions. We treated 30day-old plants with high osmotic stress and sampled leaves and roots from the same plant with 3 biologial replicates. Then, 3 replicates were pooled and total RNA was extracted and prepared for smRNA deep sequencing. After normalization and annotation, we selected potential osmotic stress responsive smRNAs.
Project description:Drought is an important environmental factor affecting plant growth and biomass production. Despite this importance, little is known on the molecular mechanisms regulating plant growth under water limiting conditions. The main goal of this work was to investigate, using a combination of growth and molecular profiling techniques, how Arabidopsis thaliana leaves adapt their growth to prolonged mild osmotic stress. Fully proliferating, expanding and mature leaves were harvested from plants grown on plates without (control) or with 25mM mannitol (osmotic stress) and compared to seedlings at stage 1.03.
Project description:Drought is one of the major factor that limits crop production and reduces yield. To understand the early response of plants under nearly natural conditions, pepper plants were grown in a greenhouse and drought stressed by withholding water for one week. Plants adapted to the decreasing water content of the substrate by adjustment of their osmotic potential in roots by accumulation of raffinose, glucose, galactinol and proline. In contrast in leaves levels of fructose, sucrose and also galactinol increased. Due to the water deficit cadaverine, putrescine, spermidine and spermine accumulated in leaves whereas the concentration of polyamines was reduced in roots. These polyamines are suggested to rather act as stress protectants than for osmotic adjustment. To understand the molecular basis of the response to this early drought stress better, four suppression subtractive hybridisation libraries from leaves and roots were constructed. Microarray technique was used to identify differentially expressed genes. A total of 109 unique ESTs were detected. The diversity of the putative functions of all identified genes confirms the complexity of the plant response to drought stress. Keywords: Transcription profiling
Project description:Drought is one of the major factor that limits crop production and reduces yield. To understand the early response of plants under nearly natural conditions, pepper plants were grown in a greenhouse and drought stressed by withholding water for one week. Plants adapted to the decreasing water content of the substrate by adjustment of their osmotic potential in roots by accumulation of raffinose, glucose, galactinol and proline. In contrast in leaves levels of fructose, sucrose and also galactinol increased. Due to the water deficit cadaverine, putrescine, spermidine and spermine accumulated in leaves whereas the concentration of polyamines was reduced in roots. These polyamines are suggested to rather act as stress protectants than for osmotic adjustment. To understand the molecular basis of the response to this early drought stress better, four suppression subtractive hybridisation libraries from leaves and roots were constructed. Microarray technique was used to identify differentially expressed genes. A total of 109 unique ESTs were detected. The diversity of the putative functions of all identified genes confirms the complexity of the plant response to drought stress. Keywords: Transcription profiling Two-condition experiment in roots and leaves, control leaves (CL) vs. drought-stressed leaves (DL) and control roots (CR) vs. drought-stressed roots (DR). Biological replicates: 4 control (1-4), drought-stressed (1-4), independently grown and harvested. One swap replicate per array.
Project description:Drought is an important environmental factor affecting plant growth and biomass production. Despite this importance little is known on the molecular mechanisms regulating plant growth under water limiting conditions. The main goal of this work was to investigate, using a combination of growth and molecular profiling techniques, how stress arrests CELl proliferation in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves upon osmotic stress imposition.
Project description:Generally, salt stress causes both osmotic and ionic stress. To discern the effects of osmotic and ionic specific effects on Burma mangrove transcriptome, we conducted expression profiling in 500 mM NaCl or 1M solbitol treated leaves. This study will lead to a rapid and effective selection of gene that confers high salt tolerance in transgenic plants and to a comprehensive understanding of plant stress response. Keywords: Stress response
Project description:RNAseq transcriptome of leaves and roots of Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia-0 grown under control (ES media) and Fe-deficiency (-Fe +100 µM FRZ) conditions.