| Literature DB >> 27443635 |
Jing Xia1,2, Xiaoqin Wang3,4, Pierre-François Perroud4, Yikun He3, Ralph Quatrano4, Weixiong Zhang1,2,5.
Abstract
Early land plants like moss Physcomitrella patens have developed remarkable drought tolerance. Phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) protects seeds during water stress by activating genes through transcription factors such as ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE (ABI3). Small noncoding RNA (sncRNA), including microRNAs (miRNAs) and endogenous small-interfering RNAs (endo-siRNAs), are key gene regulators in eukaryotes, playing critical roles in stress tolerance in plants. Combining next-generation sequencing and computational analysis, we profiled and characterized sncRNA species from two ABI3 deletion mutants and the wild type P. patens that were subject to ABA treatment in dehydration and rehydration stages. Small RNA profiling using deep sequencing helped identify 22 novel miRNAs and 6 genomic loci producing trans-acting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs) including TAS3a to TAS3e and TAS6. Data from degradome profiling showed that ABI3 genes (ABI3a/b/c) are potentially regulated by the plant-specific miR536 and that other ABA-relevant genes are regulated by miRNAs and ta-siRNAs. We also observed broad variations of miRNAs and ta-siRNAs expression across different stages, suggesting that they could potentially influence desiccation tolerance. This study provided evidence on the potential roles of sncRNA in mediating desiccation-responsive pathways in early land plants.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27443635 PMCID: PMC4957126 DOI: 10.1038/srep30118
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sci Rep ISSN: 2045-2322 Impact factor: 4.379
Figure 1Examples of two novel miRNAs in P. patens.
The hairpin structures of novel-miR12 (A) and novel-miR22 (B) are shown with mature miRNA-5p and miRNA-3p highlighted in red. The mature miRNAs form RNA duplexes with ~2-nt 3′-overhangs. The number in parenthesis represents the number of reads from sequencing profiling. The genomic loci for novel-miR12 (C) and novel-miR22 (D) and the read distributions across the two loci.
Figure 2(A) The number of differentially expressed miRNAs in various comparisons. The arrow indicates the comparison direction (source as case and destination as control). The numbers on an edges are the number of upregulated sncRNAs (green) and the number of downregulated sncRNAs (red). The first row is the number of the DE miRNAs and the second row is the number of the DE siRNAs. A large amount of DE miRNAs were observed after ABA treatment for 24 h versus the control, and rehydration versus dehydration stages. (B to D) Normalized digital expression levels of miRNAs at four different conditions for the WT and mutant.
Figure 3The binding sites of miRNA on moss genes.
(A) Three ABI3 genes are annotated with coding regions (CDS) consisting of B3 DNA binding domain, while miR536 targeting sites are downstream to the domain at each genic locus. (B) Base pairings between miR536 (query) and ABI3 (target) are shown in the format of “:” as a canonical match, “ . ” as a wobble match, and blank space as a mismatch. The column of “range” indicates the start and end position of a binding site on a transcript. miR536 sequences with alternative 5′-ends were plotted from 3′ to 5′, and #. Reads are listed for each miR536 isoform. Degradome reads corresponding to miRNA cleavages were highlighted in red. (C) Sequence conservation among the binding sites of ABI3 genes, where * represents a conserved site of the three genes. (D) Base pairings between members of the miR319 family (query) and three MYB genes (target).