Project description:To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms controlling bamboo growth, mRNA differential display was used to clone genes that are differentially expressed in various tissues of shoots at different growth stages, and their expression patterns were further validated by cDNA microarray. A number of genes and signaling pathways are proposed to have significant roles in controlling the elongation of the bamboo culm. Etiolated shoots (average height: 15 cm) that had not yet emerged from the ground and green shoots (average height: 100 cm) of Bambusa oldhamii were collected. The shoots were divided into three parts, the culm base, the middle and the top regions for RNA extraction and processing. The RNA from the middle region of the etiolated shoots was used as a reference in microarray comparisons.
Project description:To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms controlling bamboo growth, mRNA differential display was used to clone genes that are differentially expressed in various tissues of shoots at different growth stages, and their expression patterns were further validated by cDNA microarray. A number of genes and signaling pathways are proposed to have significant roles in controlling the elongation of the bamboo culm.
Project description:Moso bamboo is a fast-growing bamboo species with high economic, social and cultural value. The method of transplanting moso bamboo seedlings for afforestation has become a more economical and effective method. The effect of light on the growth of plant seedlings is mainly reflected in the regulation of different light quality on the growth and development of seedlings, including light morphogenesis, photosynthesis and secondary metabolites. Therefore, studying the effects of specific wavelength light on the physiology and proteome of moso bamboo seedlings will play an important role in growing seedlings and seed cultivation of moso bamboo. Here, moso bamboo seeds were germinated in the dark and then were transferred to the blue and red-light conditions. After 14 days, we observed the effects of different light treatments on the growth and development of seedlings, and then compared and analyzed their proteome.
Project description:Bamboo represents the only major lineage of grasses that is native to forests and is one of the most important non-timber forest products in the world. Moso bamboo is a large woody bamboo that has ecological, economic and cultural value in Asia and accounts for ~70% of the total bamboo growth area (Peng et al., 2013). In the aspect of epigenetics of Moso bamboo,the total genomic DNA methylation rates in Moso bamboo at different chronological ages were significantly different (Yuan et al., 2014). Those show that the flowering of Moso bamboo are closely related to epigenetic modification. However, DNA methylation in single base resolution has never been reported in moso bamboo. In this study, leaves from three-week bamboo, one-year bamboo, flower in next year bamboo, flowering bamboo and Flower florets was used for bisulfite sequencing (BS-seq), and RNA-Seq. Genome-wide methylation profile and gene expression analysis were constructed to reveal the factors to regualte the phase transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in moso bamboo.
Project description:Bamboo represents the only major lineage of grasses that is native to forests and is one of the most important non-timber forest products in the world. Moso bamboo is a large woody bamboo that has ecological, economic and cultural value in Asia and accounts for ~70% of the total bamboo growth area (Peng et al., 2013). In the aspect of epigenetics of Moso bamboo,the total genomic DNA methylation rates in Moso bamboo at different chronological ages were significantly different (Yuan et al., 2014). Those show that the flowering of Moso bamboo are closely related to epigenetic modification. However, DNA methylation in single base resolution has never been reported in moso bamboo. In this study, leaves from three-week bamboo, one-year bamboo, flower in next year bamboo, flowering bamboo and Flower florets was used for bisulfite sequencing (BS-seq), and RNA-Seq. Genome-wide methylation profile and gene expression analysis were constructed to reveal the factors to regualte the phase transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in moso bamboo.
Project description:Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a group of plant steroid hormones that play crucial roles various of growth and developmental processes. Biological function and signal transduction pathway of BR has been well characterized in model plants like Arabidopsis and rice. However, their biological roles are still unclear in tree species, especially in an important non-timber plant moso bamboo, which has great ecological and economic value and distinguish fast-growth feature. Here we reported that reduce endogenous brassinosteroid by biosynthesis inhibitor propiconazole reduced both root and shoot growth in seedling stage. Exogenous BR application promoted shoot bract elongation and inclination of lamina joint and bract. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis were performed to identify hundreds of differential expressed genes by BR and propiconazole treatment in shoot and root parts of bamboo seedling, respectively. GO analysis revealed that BR regulates cell wall related genes, hydrogen peroxide catabolic genes and auxin related genes to promote bamboo root development and elongation. Our study identified BR response genes and provides a comprehensive resource for molecular mechanism research of bamboo growth.
Project description:We adopted the high-throughput sequencing technology and compared the transcriptomes of Moso bamboo rhizome buds in germination stage and late development stage. We found that the development of Moso bamboo rhizome lateral buds was coordinated by multiple pathways, including meristem development, sugar metabolism and phytohormone signaling. Phytohormones have fundamental impacts on the plant development. We found the evidence of several major hormones participating in the development of Moso bamboo rhizome lateral bud. Furthermore, we showed direct evidence that Gibberellic Acids (GA) signaling participated in the Moso bamboo stem elongation.
2019-12-14 | GSE142030 | GEO
Project description:The Culm Development of Dendrocalamus sinicus
Project description:Moso bamboo is well known with its rapid growth rate. In order to shed light on the underlying mechanism of growth, we applied Gibberellin (GA) to mimic the fast development process in bamboo and found that exogenous GA can significantly increase the length of internode of moso bamboo. Subsequently, we sequenced the transcriptome by high-through sequencing and identified 5,148 different expressed genes (DEG) and find out 22 genes that take part in GA signaling pathway is significantly differently expressed, including GID1A, GID1B and GAI. From GO analysis, a group of genes related to response hormone stimulus are enriched in up-regulated DEGs and 178 GA-responded genes are involved in other plant hormone signaling pathway, of which genes MYB74 and NCED5 are belong to both two pathways. Besides, clusters of genes about photosynthesis are enriched in down-regulated DEGs. By looking into the content of chlorophyll, we find out that the concentrations of chlorophyll are obviously decreased which verify that photosynthesis do weakened after GA treatment. Through method of slicing by hand, it appears that an increased condensation of lignin after GA treatment. The results imply a functional role of GA in bamboo growth, and maybe major in cell wall formation, and photosynthesis. Differential AS alternative splicing (AS) events upons GA induce suggested that post-transcriptional regulation is involved in the GA response.
Project description:Auxin is essential for plant growth and development by altering downstream gene expression. Although large progresses have been made on auxin-concentration, distribution and signaling pathways in model plants like Arabidopsis and rice, little is known in moso bamboo which belongs to grass family, and has great economic and social value. Here we performed genome-wide analysis of the key components related to auxin action, and identified 13 YUCCA genes for auxin synthesis, 14 PIN-FORMED/PIN-like (PIN/PILS) proteins 7 AUXIN1/LIKE-AUX1 (AUX1/LAX) family members for auxin transport, 10 auxin binding factors (AFB) for auxin perception, 43 auxin/indole-3-aceticacid (AUX/IAA) and 41 auxin response transcription factors (ARF) genes for auxin signaling in moso bamboo genome. We further performed phylogenetic analysis of those auxin action related genes from Arabidopsis, Oryza sativa and moso bamboo. To know those genes’ ability to response exogenous auxin and to generate a comprehensive transcriptome overview of auxin response in moso Bamboo, we performed RNA_seq analysis. Our data showed that auxin regulates genes related its biosynthesis, transport, signaling. Moreover, we present the interaction between auxin and other phytohormones at the level of transcription. In summary, we identified the key gene families involved in the auxin action pathways in moso bamboo, and generated a transcriptional overview of the auxin response in moso bamboo. Our data open up an opportunity to uncover the precise roles of auxin action pathways in this important species.