Identification and function analysis of drought-specific small RNAs in Gossypium hirsutum L.

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Xuke Lu

作者： Xuke Lu;Zujun Yin;Junjuan Wang;Xiugui Chen;Delong Wang;Shuai Wang;Lixue Guo;Weili Fan;Chao Chen;Xiaoge Wang;Ruifeng Cui;Binglei Zhang;Mingge Han;Xiaomin Yang;Wuwei Ye

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关键词： miRNAs; Drought; Gossypium hirsutum L.; miRNA-targets; Methylation

期刊名称：PLANT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：4.729； 五年影响因子：5.132 ）

ISSN： 0168-9452

年卷期： 2019 年 280 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Cotton production is severely constrained by drought, especially if encountered during the seedling stage or the fiber initiation and elongation stage, but the regulatory mechanisms underlying the effects of drought remain unclear. Therefore, characterization and functional analysis of microRNA-mediated stress regulatory networks are critical to deciphering plant drought response. In this study, 357, 379 and 377 miRNAs with annotations were obtained using the drought-resistant cotton variety ZhongH177 under three treatments, CK, drought and re-watering, and divided into 73 miRNA families with varying copy numbers from 1 to 24. 136 differential expressed genes (DEGs) with significant expression changes were found, of which only 33 DEGs were upregulated, while 103 DEGs were downregulated under drought stress. However, most DEGs recovered their initial expression states when the plants were re-watered. In total, 2657 targets were identified and found to be mainly enriched in the pathways plant-pathogen interaction, plant hormone signal transduction and biosynthesis of amino acids. Drought tolerance was significantly enhanced in 2 transgenic Arabidopsis lines, showing that miRNAs were involved in cotton drought response. Analysis of the expression patterns of 2 miRNA precursors and methylation alterations of 2 targets suggested that these miRNAs or miRNA precursors may be involved in the regulation of target methylation states. Our study provides evidence of transcriptional responses to drought stress, which will be helpful for the research of drought-resistance mechanisms in the future.

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