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Small RNAs in different tissues and phloem of oilseed rape under nutrient stress conditions

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to identify nutrient-responsive small RNAs in different tissues and in phloem sap of rape plants. miRNA microarrays containing all currently known plant miRNAs (Sanger miRBase versions 10.0, 10.1 and 11.0), and a set of unknown small RNAs cloned earlier from Brassica phloem sap (Bn_PsRNA) were used. The phloem, leaf and root response to nutrient deficiency were analyzed by removing either sulfate, copper or iron from the growth medium. The small RNA profile from phloem and inflorescence stems of plants grown under full nutrition conditions was also analyzed and compared. The study demonstrates that the phloem sap sRNA profile is distinct from that of the inflorescence stems, leaves and roots. Furthermore, we could identify phloem-enriched small RNAs and showed that some of them specifically accumulate in the phloem in response to nutrient deprivation.

ORGANISM(S): Triticum aestivum Brassica napus Brassica rapa Physcomitrium patens Medicago truncatula Populus trichocarpa Brassica oleracea Oryza sativa Selaginella moellendorffii Zea mays Arabidopsis thaliana Glycine max Vitis vinifera Pinus taeda Saccharum officinarum Sorghum bicolor

PROVIDER: GSE20263 | GEO | 2010/02/24

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA124229

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Small RNAs (21-24 nt) are pivotal regulators of gene expression that guide both transcriptional and post-transcriptional silencing mechanisms in diverse eukaryotes, including most if not all plants. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are the two major types, both of which have a demonstrated and important role in plant development, stress responses and pathogen resistance. In this work, we used a deep sequencing approach (Sequencing-By-Synthesis, or SBS) to develop sequence resources of small RNAs from Cucurbita maxima tissues (including leaves, flowers and phloem sap). The high depth of the resulting datasets enabled us to examine in detail critical small RNA features as size distribution, tissue-specific regulation and sequence conservation between different organs in this species. We also developed database resources and a dedicated website (http://smallrna.udel.edu/) with computational tools for allowing other users to identify new miRNAs or siRNAs involved in specific regulatory pathways, verify the degree of conservation of these sequences in other plant species and map small RNAs on genes or larger regions of the maize genome under study. Small RNA libraries were derived from leaves, flowers and phloem sap of Cucurbita maxima, variety Big Max. Total RNA was isolated using the TriReagent (Molecular Research Center) for leaves and phloem sap and the Plant RNA Purification Reagent (Invitrogen) for flowers, and submitted to Illumina (Hayward, CA, http://www.illumina.com) for small RNA library construction using approaches described in (Lu et al., 2007) with minor modifications. The small RNA libraries were sequenced with the Sequencing-By-Synthesis (SBS) technology by Illumina. PERL scripts were designed to remove the adapter sequences and determine the abundance of each distinct small RNA. We thank Pamela Green for providing the plant material as well as Kan Nobuta and Gayathri Mahalingam for assistance with the computational methods.

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Small RNAs in different tissues and phloem of oilseed rape under nutrient stress conditions

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