一作解读|可变剪接参与小麦盐胁迫响应机制
可变剪接是生物体内普遍存在的现象,pre-mRNAs的可变剪接可以提高转录组和蛋白组的多样性,并且广泛参与一系列的生物学过程,但是关于可变剪接如何参与小麦盐胁迫响应仍然不清楚。近期,青岛农业大学农学院张玉梅课题组,利用转录组组学分析方法,在小麦上详细鉴定了小麦盐胁迫过程中发生可变剪切的相关基因,阐释了两者之间的相互关系。该研究结果在线发表在Plant Growth Regulation杂志上。
Fig. 1 Summary of alternative splicing (AS) events in wheat root. (a) The number of AS events and the corresponding AS genes identified in wheat root. (b) A schematic representation of seven types of AS events and the distributions of different modes of AS events in the A, B and D subgenomes. (c) The distributions of AS events in chromosomes.
Fig. 2 Identification and comparison of stress-responsive AS events in wheat root. (a) The number of stress-responsive AS events identified at 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours after salt stress (HAS) treatment inwheat root. (b) Comparison ofresponsive AS events among the different stages in CS and QM after salt stress treatment. (c) The number of stress-induced AS events identified at 6, 12, 24 and 48 HAS in CS. (d) The number of stress-induced AS events identified at 6, 12, 24 and 48 HAS in QM.
Fig. 3 Experimental validation of stress-responsive AS events in wheat root by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. The bar graph show relative expression levels of alternatively spliced isoform 1 (blue) and isoform 2 (red) of AS genes undercontrol (CK) conditions and at 6, 12, 24 and 48 h as revealed by RNA-Seq. TheRT-PCR confirmed the computational prediction of AS events involving four genes, yielding results consistent with the RNA-Seq results. The primer pairs used ineach RT-PCR allowed the amplification of the two splice variants (isoforms 1 and2).
Fig. 4 Functional enrichment analysis and Pfam classification of DSGs. (a) The enriched Gene Ontology (GO) terms of DSGs in CS after salt stress treatment. (b) The enriched Gene Ontology (GO) terms of DSGs in QM after saltstress treatment. (c) The enriched Gene Ontology (GO) terms of DSGs between CS and QM after salt stress treatment. (d) Pfam classification of DSGs.
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