Project description:This reports the transcript profiling of the aleurone and starchy endosperm layers of wheat seed over 3 time points critical in the development of the aleurone layer. Wheat is a critical food source globally. The aleurone layer develops from the starchy endosperm and is a concentrated source of vitamins and minerals, essential for the germination of the plant embryo. However the molecular mechanisms behind the development of this layer remain poorly understood. Here we present the first direct systematic comparison of the transcriptomes of the aleurone and starchy endosperm tissues of the wheat seed (Triticum aestivum) at time points critical to the development of the aleurone layer of 6, 9 and 14 days post anthesis. Gene expression patterns reflect the changing role of these tissues in seed development. Illumina sequencing gave 25 to 55 million sequence reads per tissue, of the trimmed reads, 70 – 81% mapped to reference expressed sequence transcripts. To quantify transcript abundance, RNA-Seq normalisation was performed to generate RPKM values, these were used in comparative analyses between the tissues at each time point using Kals Z-test. Sequences with significantly different RPKM values were categorised on the basis of tissue and time point expression and functionally annotated using standardised gene ontology vocabularies, revealing two very distinct tissues. In conclusion we show the relationships between and the fundamental biological reprogramming of the two major biologically and economically significant tissues of the wheat seed over time. Understanding these changes in gene expression profiles is essential to mining the potential these tissues hold for human nutrition and contributing to foundational and systems biology of this important crop. Examines the transcript profile of aleurone and starchy endoperm tissues at 6,9 and 14DPA. A minimum of 5 individual seeds from 3 separate spikes from three individual plants were pooled for each tissue preparation.
Project description:The aim of this project is to highlight cell wall proteome of wheat developing at a key stage of its development (=250 GDD, start of grain filling with storage compounds). It's the first study in which endosperm were separated of outer layers in order to gain more information about the mechanisms of cell wall assembly and remodeling.
Project description:Proanthocyanidin (PA) is a polymeric flavonoid found in the seed coat of many plant species, including wheat, and is responsible for the red grain colour of most wheat cultivars. White wheat cultivars that lack PA have null mutations in all three homoeologues of the gene encoding the R myb transcription factor. Previous work has shown that R control several genes in the PA biosynthetic pathway. The aim of this experiment was to identify other components of the PA pathway of wheat controlled by R through comparison of transcript levels in tissues of developing grain of red and white near-isogenic lines of the cultivar Holdfast. Note: RNA-seq reads from the Red samples in this experiment have previously been submitted to ENA under the accession number E-MTAB-3103.
Project description:The high molecular weight (HMW) subunits of wheat glutenin are synthesised only in the starchy endosperm tissue of the developing wheat grain. The transcriptomes of the lines L88-18 and L88-31 (Lawrence, G.J., Macritchie, F. & Wrigley, C.W. Dough and baking quality of wheat lines in glutenin subunits controlled by Glu-A1, Glu-B1 and Glu-D1 loci. J. Cereal. Sci. 7,109-112 (1988)) coming from the same cross were compared. Transcriptomes analysis was performed in endosperm tissue (14 and 28 days post anthesis-dpa) and in leaf tissue (8 days post germination dpg). Each of the transcriptome comparisons was performed using three biological replicates (i.e. per line/tissue /developmental stage selected). Hybridisations were performed in reverse dye labelling.
Project description:The different parts of wheat grain endosperm at 25 days after anthesis were collected. Transcriptome analysis were conducted to investigate the differentially expressed transcript between inner and puter parts of endosperm. The study provide some useful information for understanding the protein gradient distribution in endosperm.
Project description:B1355-4-2 expresses five HMW subunits encoded by Glu-B1 (14, 15) and Glu D1 (5, 10) and transgene Glu-A1 (Ax1).Cadenza does not express Glu-A1 (Ax1. Line B1355-4-2(18) was generated by co-transformation with the ?clean? fragments of the HMW-GS 1Ax1 transgene (Halford, N.G. et al. Analysis of HMW glutenin subunits encoded by chromosome 1A of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) indicates quantitative effects on grain quality. Theor Appl Genet 83, 373-378 (1992).)and the bar gene sequence. We compared the transcriptome of transgenic B1355-4-2(18) wheat line with their its background control-Cadenza bread wheat line. Transcriptomes comparisons were performed in endosperm tissue (14 and 28 days post anthesis-dpa) and in leaf tissue (8 days post germination ?dpg). Each of the transcriptome comparisons analaysis was performed using three biological replicates (i.e. per line/tissue/developmental stage selected). Hybridisations were performed in reverse dye labelling.
Project description:Grain filling and proper grain development are essential biological processes in the plant’s life cycle, which majorly contributes to the final seed yield and quality in all cereal crop. However, very scarcely this knowledge is available in the literature regarding how the different wheat grain components contribute to the overall development of the seed. We performed a proteomics and metabolomics analysis in four different developing components of the wheat grain (seed coat, embryo, endosperm and cavity fluid) to characterize molecular processes during early and late grain development. In-gel shotgun proteomics analysis in 12, 15, 20 and 25 days after anthesis (DAA) lead us to identify and quantify 15,484 proteins out of which 410 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in the seed coat, 815 in embryo, 372 in endosperm and 492 in cavity fluid. The abundance of selected protein candidates revealed spatially and temporally resolved protein functions associated with development and grain filling. Multiple proteins such as pyruvate phosphate dikinase (PPDK) and 14 -3- 3 undergo a major change in abundance during wheat grain development. Proteins binned into the functional category of cell growth /division were highly expressed during early stages (12 and 15 DAA) whereas those of starch biosynthesis in the middle or late stages. At the metabolome level all tissues and especially the cavity fluid showed highly distinct metabolite profiles. The tissue specific data are integrated with biochemical networks to explore a comprehensive map of molecular processes during grain filling and developmental processes.
Project description:The high molecular weight (HMW) subunits of wheat glutenin are synthesised only in the starchy endosperm tissue of the developing wheat grain. We compared the expressed genomes of the transgenic wheat line B102,1-1 (Rooke et al. Transgene inheritance, segregation and expression in bread wheat. Euphytica 129, 301-309 (2003)). Both lines were shown to express the HMW-GS Ax1 gene (Halford, N.G. et al. Analysis of HMW glutenin subunits encoded bychromosome 1A of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) indicates quantitative effects on grain quality. Theor Appl Genet 83, 373-378 (1992).) to the expressed genome of conventionally bred wheat line L88-18 (Lawrence et al. Dough and baking quality of wheat lines in glutenin subunits controlled by Glu-A1, Glu-B1 and Glu-D1 loci. J. Cereal. Sci. 7,109-112 (1988)) which results in the same effects on traits. Transcriptomes comparison analysis was performed in endosperm tissue (14 and 28 days post anthesis-dpa) and in leaf tissue (8 days post germination dpg), respectively. Each of the transcriptome comparisons was performed using three biological replicates (i.e. per line/tissue /developmental stage selected). Hybridisations were performed in reverse dye labelling.Exceptionally, biological replica 2 was only performed for B102,1-1 (green)/L88-18 (red) labelling and not swap