杜仲雄花芽2个发育时期转录组分析

杜仲（Eucommia ulmoides）雄花富含多种活性成分和营养成分,具有重要的药用和营养价值。为了揭示杜仲雄蕊原基发育相关基因的表达情况,为杜仲雄花芽发育分子调控机制研究提供理论参考。本文以杜仲良种"华仲11号"（ "Huazhong No.11" ）为材料,采用lllumina高通量测序技术,分别对苞叶原基分化期和雄蕊原基分化期的花芽进行转录组测序,通过生物信息学对2个发育时期的转录组进行比较分析,筛选出与雄花芽形态发育相关的差异基因。结果显示,转录组测序共获得40.48 Gb过滤数据,各样品的clean reads与杜仲基因组进行序列比对,比对效率为90.56%~93.01%。在2个发育时期筛选出583个差异表达基因,其中在雄蕊原基发育期上调基因315个,下调基因267个。差异基因GO和KEGG功能分析显示,差异基因富集在与生长发育、光周期途径、激素合成和信号传导、碳代谢等相关的生物过程和代谢通路。结果显示光周期途径是杜仲成花诱导的重要途径,同时雄花芽在形态分化过程中受碳水化合物、植物激素和其他代谢物质调控。此外,MADS-box家族成员FLC、SOC1、AGL3和AGL8参与杜仲雄蕊器官发育。本研究为杜仲花发育基因调控提供了基础数据,也为雄花用杜仲的分子育种提供了参考。     

Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during early Arabidopsis flower development

Detailed information about stage-specific changes in gene expression is crucial for the understanding of the gene regulatory networks underlying development. Here, we describe the global gene expression dynamics during early flower development, a key process in the life cycle of a plant, during which floral patterning and the specification of floral organs is established. We used a novel floral induction system in Arabidopsis, which allows the isolation of a large number of synchronized floral buds, in conjunction with whole-genome microarray analysis to identify genes with differential expression at distinct stages of flower development. We found that the onset of flower formation is characterized by a massive downregulation of genes in incipient floral primordia, which is followed by a predominance of gene activation during the differentiation of floral organs. Among the genes we identified as differentially expressed in the experiment, we detected a significant enrichment of closely related members of gene families. The expression profiles of these related genes were often highly correlated, indicating similar temporal expression patterns. Moreover, we found that the majority of these genes is specifically up-regulated during certain developmental stages. Because co-expressed members of gene families in Arabidopsis frequently act in a redundant manner, these results suggest a high degree of functional redundancy during early flower development, but also that its extent may vary in a stage-specific manner.     

茎顶端分生组织在植物发育过程中的保持、转变和逆转

顶端分生组织(shoot apical meristems,SAM)为产生新的器官和组织而不断提供新的细胞,它的活性依赖于平衡分生组织细胞的增殖和器官发生之间关系的调控基因.来自不具备光合能力的顶端分生组织的细胞可形成具有光合能力的营养器官.在从营养生长到生殖发育的转变过程中,茎顶端分生组织,转变为花序分生组织,最终形成花分生组织.在进入开花决定状态以前,SAM的状态很大程度上受到环境信号和转录调控因子的影响.以模式植物拟南芥为主,对在顶端分生组织的保持和转变中复杂同时又有差异的基因调控网络进行讨论.在花和花序分生组织逆转过程中,SAM中的细胞也受到相关基因的调控,且表达方式存在明显的时空差异.因此,具有决定性的和未决定性双重特性的分生组织之间的转变和相互协调,对于器官发生和形态建成起到至关重要的作用.     

A Role for Auxin in Flower Development

Auxin has long been implicated in many aspects of plant growth and development including flower development. However, the exact roles of auxin in flower development have not been well defined until the recent identification of auxin biosynthesis mutants. Auxin is necessary for the inltiation of floral primordia, and the disruption of auxin biosynthesis, polar auxin transport or auxin signaling leads to the failure of flower formation. Auxin also plays an essential role in specifying the number and Identity of floral organs. Further analysis of the relationship between the auxin pathways and the known flower development genes will provide critical information regarding mechanisms of organogenesis and pattern formation in plants.     

Genomic approach to study floral development genes in Rosa sp

Cultivated for centuries, the varieties of rose have been selected based on a number of flower traits. Understanding the genetic and molecular basis that contributes to these traits will impact on future improvements for this economically important ornamental plant. In this study, we used scanning electron microscopy and sections of meristems and flowers to establish a precise morphological calendar from early rose flower development stages to senescing flowers. Global gene expression was investigated from floral meristem initiation up to flower senescence in three rose genotypes exhibiting contrasted floral traits including continuous versus once flowering and simple versus double flower architecture, using a newly developed Affymetrix microarray (Rosa1_Affyarray) tool containing sequences representing 4765 unigenes expressed during flower development. Data analyses permitted the identification of genes associated with floral transition, floral organs initiation up to flower senescence. Quantitative real time PCR analyses validated the mRNA accumulation changes observed in microarray hybridizations for a selection of 24 genes expressed at either high or low levels. Our data describe the early flower development stages in Rosa sp, the production of a rose microarray and demonstrate its usefulness and reliability to study gene expression during extensive development phases, from the vegetative meristem to the senescent flower.     

MicroRNA调控被子植物花发育的研究进展

MicroRNA（miRNA）是一类由内源基因编码的长度为21～23nt的非编码单链小RNA分子,通过与靶基因的互补位点结合而降解或抑制靶mRNA的翻译,从而在转录后水平上调控基因的活性。miRNA在调控植物发育方面发挥着广泛的作用。从成花诱导到花器官特征属性的形成,miRNA在整个花发育过程均发挥着关键作用。miRl72和miRl56／157参与由营养生长向生殖生长转换的调控,miRl72和miRl69在花发育的早期阶段通过界定靶基因的表达区域而调控花器官的属性,miR319、miRl59、miRl64以及miRl67在花发育的晚期阶段决定细胞的特化。文章综述了miRNA调控被子植物花发育的研究进展,为深入了解miRNA的作用机制奠定基础。     

In vitro development of angiosperm floral buds and organs

In the last twenty-five years, young inflorescences, floral buds and individual floral organs of a number of species have been cultured in vitro. There is considerable variability in the requirement of plant growth regulators and nutritional factors for flower development of different species. This variability is compounded by the fact that the hormonal and nutritional requirements are different at various stages of organ and floral development. Experimental studies on normal and mutant flowers in vitro have provided insights into some of the regulatory processes in floral organogenesis. The potential use of the in vitro technique in elucidating the various mechanisms in flower development is stressed.     

Type specification and spatial pattern formation of floral organs: A dynamic development model

A mathematical model simulating spatial pattern formation (positioning) of floral organs is proposed. Computer experiment with this model demonstrated the following sequence of spatial pattern formation in a typical cruciferous flower: medial sepals, carpels, lateral sepals, long stamens, petals, and short stamens. The positioning was acropetal for the perianth organs and basipetal for the stamens and carpels. Organ type specification and positioning proceed non-simultaneously in different floral parts and organ type specification goes ahead of organ spatial pattern formation. Computer simulation of flower development in several mutants demonstrated that the AG and AP2 genes determine both organ type specification and formation of the zones for future organ development. The function of the AG gene is to determine the basipetal patterning zones for the development of the reproductive organs, while the AP2 gene maintains proliferative activity of the meristem establishing the acropetal patterning zone for the development of the perianth organs.     

蝴蝶兰花发育的分子生物学研究进展

蝴蝶兰花非常独特且高度进化,如萼片瓣化、瓣片特化为唇瓣、雌雄蕊合生成合蕊柱及子房发育须由授粉启动等,是单子叶植物花发育研究的理想材料。近年来蝴蝶兰花发育分子生物学取得了重要进展。该文就近年来国内外有关蝴蝶兰开花转换及花器官发育相关基因研究以及B类基因与兰花花被的进化发育关系方面的研究进展进行综述。研究表明:MADS基因在蝴蝶兰开花转换及花器官发育过程中起重要作用,推测其中的DEF(DE-FICIENS)-like基因早期经过2轮复制,形成了4类不同的DEF-like基因,进而决定兰花花被属性。蝴蝶兰花发育分子生物学的深入研究,将极大地利于通过基因工程手段提高蝴蝶兰花品质如花色改良及花期调控等,推动分子育种进程。     

Floral development in Astragalus caspicus Bieb. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Galegeae)

Floral organogenesis and development of the bushy perennial legume Astragalus caspicus were studied using epi-illumination light microscopy techniques. Based on our observations, flowers are in axillary two-flowered racemes, initiate all 21 floral organs and show precocious appearance of zygomorphy. The order of floral organ initiation is unidirectional in whorls starting from the abaxial position of the flower with a high degree of overlap. Another important ontogenetic feature is the existence of two successive common primordial stages categorized as primary and secondary. The primary common primordia produce antesepalous stamens and secondary common primordia. In contrast, the five secondary common primordia subdivide into a petal and an antepetalous stamen primordia. Our findings on floral ontogeny of A. caspicus provide new evidence for the complex and variable floral initiation and development in legumes. The floral apex with strong overlapping initiation of different organs illustrates a paradox in which different capabilities must be presumed to exist simultaneously. Moreover, two extraordinary types of common primordia represent possibly an advanced evolutionary trend where time intervals between the initiations of different floral organs in Papilionoideae are shortened.