Transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes in flower-buds of genetic male sterile and wild type cucumber by RNA sequencing

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) pollen development involves a diverse range of gene interactions between sporophytic and gametophytic tissues. Previous studies in our laboratory showed that male sterility was controlled by a single recessive nuclear gene, and occurred in pollen mother cell meiophase. To fully explore the global gene expression and identify genes related to male sterility, a RNA-seq analysis was adopted in this study. Young male flower-buds (1–2 mm in length) from genetic male sterility (GMS) mutant and homozygous fertile cucumber (WT) were collected for two sequencing libraries. Total 545 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including 142 up-regulated DEGs and 403 down-regulated DEGs, were detected in two libraries (Fold Change ≥ 2, FDR < 0.01). These genes were involved in a variety of metabolic pathways, like ethylene-activated signaling pathway, sporopollenin biosynthetic pathway, cell cycle and DNA damage repair pathway. qRT-PCR analysis was performed and showed that the correlation between RNA-Seq and qRT-PCR was 0.876. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the mechanism that leads to GMS in cucumber.     

青花菜细胞质雄性不育相关LncRNAs的鉴定与表达分析

细胞质雄性不育系的应用可有效提高杂交种质量。该研究利用illumina测序技术鉴定青花菜细胞质雄性不育相关LncRNAs,对其靶基因和表达特征进行分析,并随机选取16个LncRNAs用qRT-PCR技术检测其表达特征,为进一步阐明LncRNA参与青花菜雄性不育发生机制提供新的路径。结果表明：(1)鉴定获得青花菜雄性不育相关LncRNAs共4 326个,其中37个LncRNA在不育系及其保持系中差异表达。(2)差异LncRNAs可预测得到370个cis靶基因,这些靶基因部分为雄性不育相关的转录因子和生物蛋白。(3)XLOC＿006651、XLOC＿016660、XLOC＿003494和XLOC＿013121在不育系和保持系花蕾发育早期表达量较高,之后随着花蕾的发育,表达量逐渐下降;XLOC＿021769和XLOC＿038964呈先降后升的表达模式,且XLOC＿038964和XLOC＿012613在花蕾不同发育阶段不育系的表达量均高于保持系。(4)16个LncRNA均可在花梗、花萼、花瓣、雄蕊及雌蕊中表达,且XLOC＿038964、XLOC＿011575、XLOC＿013157、XLOC＿...     

乙烯诱导水仙成花相关代谢物和基因的筛选与分析

为了解乙烯诱导水仙(Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis)成花的生理和分子机制,利用代谢组和转录组测序技术,筛选乙烯诱导水仙成花的差异表达代谢物和基因。结果表明,乙烯处理的侧芽检测到12个差异表达代谢物(DEM),包括7个上调,5个下调,其中,(±)7-表茉莉酸、多巴胺、亚精胺可能与乙烯诱导水仙成花正相关,而吲哚及其衍生物呈负相关。转录组共获得1 021个差异表达基因(DEG),包括615个上调,406个下调,在DEG中鉴定筛选了45个与乙烯信号传导和开花相关的差异表达基因。乙烯诱导水仙成花启动可能先激活水仙鳞茎内源植物激素(尤其乙烯)信号通路的变化,与开花促进基因FPF1和MADS15的上调表达密切相关。9个基因的qRT-PCR结果验证了RNA-Seq的正确性。这些差异表达的代谢物和基因在水仙成花启动过程中可能具有重要作用。     

叶子花花瓣状苞片和叶片的比较转录组学研究

叶子花(Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.)的苞片色彩鲜艳,呈花瓣状,在景观园艺和环境美化有着广泛应用。为了进一步了解花瓣状苞片的演化机制,该研究采用RNA-seq技术分别对苞片和叶片进行测序,比较苞片和叶片在基因表达水平的差异。最终获得54.48 M对长度为150bp的双向clean reads,从头拼接出55 782条Unigenes,平均长度为1 003.79bp,N50为1 402bp。共有30 874条Unigenes能被注释到公共数据库,其中有12 631条Unigenes能被注释到基因本体。差异化表达分析确定苞片和叶片差异表达的基因共有456个。该研究分别对不同组织差异表达的基因进行GO富集分析和KEGG富集分析,结果表明,在苞片中高表达的差异化基因有黄酮类合成相关的基因,花色合成关键酶多巴双加氧酶(DODA)以及发现与花瓣发育相关的基因,在叶片中高表达的差异化基因主要是参与光合作用。     

GDSL esterase/lipases OsGELP34 and OsGELP110/OsGELP115 are essential for rice pollen development

Pollen exine contains complex biopolymers of aliphatic lipids and phenolics. Abnormal development of pollen exine often leads to plant sterility. Molecular mechanisms regulating exine formation have been studied extensively but remain ambiguous. Here we report the analyses of three GDSL esterase/lipase protein genes, OsGELP34, OsGELP110, and OsGELP115, for rice exine formation. OsGELP34 was identified by cloning of a male sterile mutant gene. OsGELP34 encodes an endoplasmic reticulum protein and was mainly expressed in anthers during pollen exine formation. osgelp34 mutant displayed abnormal exine and altered expression of a number of key genes required for pollen development. OsGELP110 was previously identified as a gene differentially expressed in meiotic anthers. OsGELP110 was most homologous to OsGELP115, and the two genes showed similar gene expression patterns. Both OsGELP110 and OsGELP115 proteins were localized in peroxisomes. Individual knockout of OsGELP110 and OsGELP115 did not affect the plant fertility, but double knockout of both genes altered the exine structure and rendered the plant male sterile. OsGELP34 is distant from OsGELP110 and OsGELP115 in sequence, and osgelp34 and osgelp110/osgelp115 mutants were different in anther morphology despite both were male sterile. These results suggested that OsGELP34 and OsGELP110/OsGELP115 catalyze different compounds for pollen exine development.