Project description:We investigated genome-wide changes in mRNA translation in Arabidopsis thaliana T87 suspension cell cultures which thought to be one of the host materials for bioreactor. Global translational repression was observed in cells of 8 day after inoculation that is thought to be stressful condition by the nutrient deficiency and hypoxia. This suggested the negative effect of the global translational repression on transgene expression. On the other hand, previous study using heat stress showed that some mRNAs were actively translated under such stressful condition, suggesting the existence of mRNA that were actively translated in cells of 8 day after inoculations. To identify mRNAs that escape global translational repression on 8 day and its cis-elements would be the 1st step to make the system for higher transgene expression by the escaping global translational repression. To this end, we subjected polysomal RNA and non-polysomal RNA from sucrose gradient fractionated cell lysates to the co-hybridization on Agilent Arabidopsis 4 Oligo Microarrays. The ratio of signal intensities (polysomal RNA: total RNA) was used as an indicator of the translation state for each transcript.
Project description:This study aims to investigate the transcriptomic differences between wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 and the odr1-2 mutant in two experimental groups: imbibed seeds (under normal hydration conditions) and seeds subjected to 12-hour mannitol treatment (a common osmotic stress mimic).Using RNA sequencing to compare global gene expression profiles, we seek to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with osmotic stress responses, seed imbibition, and the potential regulatory role of the ODR1 gene. Our analysis will clarify how the ODR1 mutation alters transcriptional dynamics under both normal and osmotic stress conditions, thereby providing insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying stress tolerance and seed physiology in Arabidopsis.
