ABSTRACT: Transcriptomes fiber and ovules were compared by applying serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Keywords: Tissue Comparison We constructed three SAGE libraries and sequenced 57321, 64188, and 69104 tags from fiber, Xu-142 ovule (ovule) and fl mutant ovules (fl) respectively of Upland Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Xu-142.
Project description:To dissect the roles of miRNAs in fiber development, we sequenced small RNAs from ovules -1 to +1 day post anthesis (DPA) and young leaves. A series of conserved and novel miRNA were identified from cotton EST database and the genome of G.raimondii, many of which were shown to be expressed differentially between ovule and leaf, indicating their potential roles in fiber development or leaf development. Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) cultivar TM-1 were grown in the greenhouse. Cotton ovules -1 to +1 day post anthesis (DPA) and young leaves were harvested for five biological replicates and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. They were then stored at -80M-BM-0C following RNA extraction. Totals RNAs were extracted from each tissue sample using the mirVana miRNA isolation kit (Ambion, Austin, TX) according to the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys protocol. The small RNA samples extracted from the five biological replicates were pooled together for leaf and ovule, respectively. Finally, the construction of pooled small RNA libraries and sequenced were performed by LC Sciences (Houston, TX) using Illumina high-throughput sequencing platform.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of cotton ovule cells. Comparison of expression of genes in cultured ovules (-1 DPA) treated with or without phytohormones (5um IAA and 1um GA) and over a time-course from 0 to 12 hours. The phytohormone incubation periods for unfertilized ovules were 0, 1, 3, 6, and 12 hours (H) with two biological replicates at each time-point.
Project description:Cotton is one of the most commercially important Fiber crops in the world and used as a source for natural textile Fiber and cottonseed oil. The fuzzless-lintless ovules of cotton mutants are ideal source for identifying genes involved in Fiber development by comparing with Fiber bearing ovules of wild-type. To decipher molecular mechanisms involved in Fiber cell development, transcriptome analysis has been carried out by comparing G. hirsutum cv. MCU5 (wild-type) with its fuzzless-lintless mutant (MUT). Cotton bolls were collected at Fiber initiation (0 dpa/days post anthesis), elongation (5, 10 and 15 dpa) and secondary cell wall synthesis stage (20 dpa) and gene expression profiles were analyzed in wild-type and MUT using Affymetrix cotton GeneChip Genome array. Cotton plants were grown under field condition. Flowers were tagged and cotton bolls were collected during Fiber development stages. Total RNA was isolated from Fiber bearing ovules of wild-type (WT) and fuzzless-lintless ovules of mutant (MUT) collected at various (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 dpa) Fiber development stages using SpectrumTM Plant Total RNA kit (Sigma, USA) according to the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys protocol. Affymetrix cotton GeneChip Genome array (Affymetrix, USA) having 23,977 probe sets representing 21,854 cotton transcripts was used for transcriptome analysis. Three biological replicates were maintained to test the reproducibility and quality of the chip hybridization. cDNA labeling, array hybridization, staining and washing procedures were carried out as described in the Affymetrix protocols. CEL files having estimated probe intensity values were analyzed with GeneSpring GX-11.5 software (Agilent Technologies, USA) to get differentially expressed transcripts. The Robust Multiarray Average (RMA) algorithm was used for the back ground correction, quantile normalization and median polished probe set summarization to generate single expression value for each probe set. Normalized expression values were log2-transformed and differential expression analysis was performed using unpaired t-test. The p-values were corrected by applying the false discovery rate (FDR) correction (Benjamini and Hochberg, 2000).
Project description:We sequenced mRNA from mature ovules and fully expanded leaves of female G. biloba to generate a comprehensive gene expression profile. These results provide valuable gene expression information, which will contribute to facilitate our understanding of various biological mechanisms between ovules and leaves and uncover a more important molecular insight toward ovule evolution in early seed plants. Examination of mRNA levels in ovules and leaves
Project description:Comparative analysis of transcriptome profiles of G. arboreum L. cv. and its fuzzy-lintless mutant (ANOI 1960) at 0 and 10 dpa. Cotton is one of the most commercially important fibre crops in the world and used as a source for natural textile fibre and cottonseed oil. The fuzzy-lintless ovules of cotton mutants are ideal source for identifying genes involved in fibre development by comparing with fibre bearing ovules of wild-type. To decipher molecular mechanisms involved in fibre cell development, transcriptome analysis has been carried out by comparing G. arboreum cv. (wild-type) with its fuzzy-lintless mutant (ANOI 1960). Fuzzed-lintless mutant line was generated by back cross breeding between FL and Fl (recurrent parent) lines (personal communication by Dr. I. S. Katageri). Basically Fibre less type was a RIL, first recovered from cross between G.arboreum (linted) and G. anomalum (lint less). This RIL was used as donor parent and crossed with normal arboreum (as recurrent parent) to develop G. arboreum FL and G. arboreum Fl isogenic lines. This G. arboreum Fl line is named as ANOI 1960. Cotton bolls were collected at fibre initiation (0 dpa/days post anthesis) and elongation (10 dpa) and gene expression profiles were analyzed in wild-type and ANOI 1960 mutant using Affymetrix cotton GeneChip Genome array. Cotton plants were grown under field condition. Flowers were tagged and cotton bolls were collected during fibre development stages. Total RNA was isolated from fibre bearing ovules of wild-type (WT) and fuzzy-lintless ovules of mutant (ANOI 1960) collected at various (0 and 10 dpa) fibre development stages using SpectrumTM Plant Total RNA kit (Sigma, USA) according to the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys protocol. Affymetrix cotton GeneChip Genome array (Affymetrix, USA) having 23,977 probe sets representing 21,854 cotton transcripts was used for transcriptome analysis. Three biological replicates were maintained to test the reproducibility and quality of the chip hybridization. cDNA labeling, array hybridization, staining and washing procedures were carried out as described in the Affymetrix protocols. CEL files having estimated probe intensity values were analyzed with GeneSpring GX-11.5 software (Agilent Technologies, USA) to get differentially expressed transcripts. The Robust Multiarray Average (RMA) algorithm was used for the back ground correction, quantile normalization and median polished probe set summarization to generate single expression value for each probe set. Normalized expression values were log2-transformed and differential expression analysis was performed using unpaired t-test. The p-values were corrected by applying the false discovery rate (FDR) correction (Benjamini and Hochberg, 2000).
Project description:This experiment was designed to investigate the molecular basis of cotton fiber cell initiation. 32,000 ESTs were sequenced from Gossypium hirsutum L. TM-1 immature ovules (GH_TMO) and developed cotton oligonucleotide microarrays containing ~23,000 unigenes. Transcriptome analyses were performed to compare gene expression changes in laser capture microdissected fiber cell initials (or epidermis) and inner ovules. The gene expression profiles of the fiber cell initials were compared with those of the inner ovules in each developmental stage prior to, right at, and shortly after the initiation of fiber cells. Many genes in various molecular function or biological processes were over- or under-represented between fibers and non-fiber tissues in each developmental stage, suggesting temporal regulation of gene expression during early stages of fiber development. For gene expression studies using a large set cotton oligo-microarray, 4 developmental stages were chosen. To study differential expression during fiber initiation, ovules at -2 DPA, 0 DPA, and 2 DPA were used. One of the fiber elongation stage tissues (7 DPA) was included. In each developmental stage, epidermis was separated from inner ovules and subjected to the hybridization. In addition, epidermis and ovule comparisons were performed individually with 0 DPA as a control point for comparison.
Project description:The chip of cotton oligonucleotide microarrrays, which contain ~23,000 UniGenes from our own ESTs sequence project (Gossypium hirsutum L. TM-1 immature ovules (GH_TMO) ) and open resources, was developed. Transcriptome analyses were performed to compare gene expression changes in laser capture microdissected (LCM) fiber cell initials (or epidermis) and inner ovules. The gene expression profiles of the fiber cell initials were compared with those of the inner ovules in each developmental stage prior to (-2DPA), right at (0DPA), and shortly after the initiation of fiber cells (2DAP and 7DPA). Many genes in various molecular functions or biological processes were over- or under-represented between fibers and non-fiber tissues in each developmental stage, suggesting temporal regulation of gene expression during early stages of fiber development. For gene expression studies using a large set cotton oligo-microarray, 4 developmental stages were chosen. To study differential expression during fiber initiation, ovules at -2 DPA, 0 DPA, and 2 DPA were used. One of the fiber elongation stage tissues (7 DPA) was included. In each developmental stage, epidermis was separated from inner ovules and subjected to the hybridization. In addition, epidermis and ovule comparisons were performed individually with 0 DPA as a control point for comparison.
Project description:Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fibres are specialised trichomes that extend from the seedcoat. To date only a few genes directly involved in the differentiation of these epidermal cells have been identified. We have identified a HD-ZIP transcription factor, GhHD-1, expressed in trichomes and early fibres that might play a role in cotton fibre initiation. Here we characterise GhHD-1 from G. hirsutum and show, using reporter constructs and qRT-PCR, that they are expressed predominantly in epidermal tissues during early fibre development and in other tissues bearing epidermal trichomes. GhHD-1 silencing caused reduced trichome formation and delayed the timing of fibre initiation whereas constitutive over-expression of GhHD-1 increased the number of fibres initiating on the seed, but did not affect leaf trichomes. Expression of GhHD-1 in transgenic cotton silenced for different fibre MYBs suggest that in ovules it acts downstream of GhMYB25-like. Microarray analysis of silencing and over-expression lines of GhHD-1 indicated that it potentially functions through a WRKY transcription factor and calcium-signalling pathway genes that are shared with some biotic stress reactions. Microarray analysis of 2 biological replicates each of GhHD-1 silenced and over-expression transgenic lines relative to wild-type were used to identify downstream targets of this transcription factor during early fibre development. 0 dpa (Days post anthesis) ovules from GhHD-1 silenced and over-expression lines and wild-type cotton plants were selected for RNA extraction and hybridisation on Affymetrix cotton arrays. Cotton fibre development initiates on the epidermal surface of each ovule within a cotton boll on the day of flowering and GhHD-1 has been shown to be most highly expressed at this stage (0 dpa). Ovules were obtained from 0dpa flowers for hybridisation to cotton arrays to identify genes that may be regulated by GhHD-1 during this early fibre development stage (initiation).
Project description:Nucellar embryony is a form of apomixis found in citrus where somatic nucellar cells differentiate into embryos and are included in the seed resulting from the normal sexual process. The nucellar cells giving rise to adventive embryo start proliferating prior to anthesis and fully differentiate obtaining nourishment from sexually derived endosperm. To identify transcripts differentially expressed during nucellar embryo initiation we have taken RNA samplesfrom different developing stages of ovules from polyembryonic (cv. Vaniglia Sanguigno) and monoembryonic (cv. Temple) cultivars. We used microarray for a detailed analysis of global gene expression during nucellar embryony initiation and development. We have further validated the differentially expressed genes using qRT-PCR. Citrus ovules were harvested from the excised ovaries of different flower developmental stages. These developing stages were decided on the basis of morphological and histological characteristics of flower and female gametophyte, respectively. We selected, Pre anthesis, post anthesis, and initial fruit set stage of flower to excise ovules from Polyembryonic cultivar Vaniglia Sanguigno and Monoembryonic cultivar Temple. Leaf tissue of Vaniglia Sanguigno was used to check the overall transcriptome level differences between leaf and ovule tissues. For each sample, three technical replicates were used.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis in cotton during fibre development stages. To study the molecular response of drought stress in cotton under field condition global gene expression analysis was carried out at fibre development stages (0, 5, 10 and 20 dpa/Days post anthesis). Gossypium hirsutum cv. Bikaneri Nerma was used for the gene expression analysis. Cotton plants were subjected to drought stress at peak flowering stage. Samples were collected when the soil moisture content was 19.5% which is 50% of the normal control plots. Gene expression profiles in drought induced and their respective control samples were analyzed using Affymertix cotton Genechip Genome arrays to study the global changes in the expression of genome. Total RNA was isolated from 0 dpa, 5 dpa, fibre bearing ovules of 10 dpa, and fibre bearing ovules of 20 dpa. Samples were collected from both drought induced and control plants. Biotin labeled cRNA was hybridized on Affymertix cotton Genechip Genome array following the Affymetrix protocols. Three biological replicates were maintained.