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Phylogenetically Distant BABY BOOM Genes From Setaria italica Induce Parthenogenesis in Rice.

ABSTRACT: The combination of apomixis and hybrid production is hailed as the holy grail of agriculture for the ability of apomixis to fix heterosis of F₁ hybrids in succeeding generations, thereby eliminating the need for repeated crosses to produce F₁ hybrids. Apomixis, asexual reproduction through seed, achieves this feat by circumventing two processes that are fundamental to sexual reproduction (meiosis and fertilization) and replacing them with apomeiosis and parthenogenesis, resulting in seeds that are clonal to the maternal parent. Parthenogenesis, embryo development without fertilization, has been genetically engineered in rice, maize, and pearl millet using PsASGR-BABY BOOM-like (PsASGR-BBML) transgenes and in rice using the OsBABY BOOM1 (OsBBM1) cDNA sequence when expressed under the control of egg cell-specific promoters. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that BABY BOOM (BBM)/BBML genes from monocots cluster within three different clades. The BBM/BBML genes shown to induce parthenogenesis cluster within clade 1 (the ASGR-BBML clade) along with orthologs from other monocot species, such as Setaria italica. For this study, we tested the parthenogenetic potential of three BBM transgenes from S. italica, each a member of a different phylogenetic BBM clade. All transgenes were genomic constructs under the control of the AtDD45 egg cell-specific promoter. All SiBBM transgenes induced various levels of parthenogenetic embryo development, resulting in viable haploid T₁ seedlings. Poor seed set and lower haploid seed production were characteristics of multiple transgenic lines. The results presented in this study illustrate that further functional characterization of BBMs in zygote/embryo development is warranted.

SUBMITTER: Chahal LS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9329937 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Phylogenetically Distant BABY BOOM Genes From Setaria italica Induce Parthenogenesis in Rice.

Chahal Lovepreet Singh LS Conner Joann A JA Ozias-Akins Peggy P

Frontiers in plant science 20220714

The combination of apomixis and hybrid production is hailed as the holy grail of agriculture for the ability of apomixis to fix heterosis of F1 hybrids in succeeding generations, thereby eliminating the need for repeated crosses to produce F1 hybrids. Apomixis, asexual reproduction through seed, achieves this feat by circumventing two processes that are fundamental to sexual reproduction (meiosis and fertilization) and replacing them with apomeiosis and parthenogenesis, res ...[more]

PMID: 35909735

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Project description:A glucocorticoid-regulated BBM protein (35S:BBM-GR) was used in combination with microarray analysis to identify genes directly activated by BBM. We employed the system described by (Lloyd et al., 1994) in which dexamethasone (DEX) and cycloheximide (CHX) are applied together to respectively, induce nuclear localization of the BBM-GR protein and prevent translation of the primary targets mRNAs. In this way it is possible to identify direct targets of a transcriptional activator by comparing gene expression profiles between DEX+CHX-treated transgenic and wild-type tissues. The ability of the 35S:BBM GR construct to induce somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis seedlings was determined by phenotypic observation of 35S:BBM GR seeds germinated and grown in the presence of 10 ÂµM dexamethasone (DEX). As in 35S:BBM seedlings, we observed somatic embryo formation on the cotyledons, first leaves and shoot meristem of DEX-treated 35S:BBM GR seedlings. We identified a set of 20 genes (including BBM itself) and our analysis indicates that BBM directly activates a signaling pathway comprising transcription factors and other signaling molecules, but which does not initially include genes known to induce somatic embryogenesis, such as LEC1, LEC2 or WUS. The functions of the BBM target genes are unknown, however a number of them have recently been identified in microarray screens for meristem-expressed genes. The identification of BBM-interacting partners and downstream targets provides new tools for unraveling pathways related to plant cell growth and organogenesis. Keywords: transcriptional activation To identify candidate BBM targets, we treated 4 day old 35S:BBM-GR seedlings for 8 hours with 10 ÂµM DEX in the presence of 10 ÂµM CHX and compared the mRNA population from these seedlings using Arabidopsis Operon microarrays (http://www.ag.arizona.edu/microarray/) to that of 4 day old wild-type seedlings treated in the same way. The seed batches used in this analysis showed 100% EFS when grown continuously on media with 10 ÂµM DEX. Four day old seedlings were chosen as the experimental material because they are highly responsive to BBM GR activation and provide sufficient RNA for the microarray experiments. The biological reproducibility of the data was monitored using two independent single locus 35S:BBM GR lines. The technical reproducibility of the data was monitored using two independently DEX + CHX-treated samples from each transgenic line. Dye effects were monitored in a dye-swap experiment using one of the four RNA samples from the two biological replicates

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Phylogenetically Distant BABY BOOM Genes From Setaria italica Induce Parthenogenesis in Rice.

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Phylogenetically Distant <i>BABY BOOM</i> Genes From <i>Setaria italica</i> Induce Parthenogenesis in Rice.

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