AMS-dependent and independent regulation of anther transcriptome and comparison with those affected by other Arabidopsis anther genes

BMC Plant Biology

Research Article

Xuan Ma¹  Baomin Feng²  Hong Ma³ 

[1] Department of Biology and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, the Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA;Intercollege Graduate Program of Cell and Developmental Biology, the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, the Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA;Department of Biology and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, the Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA;Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA;State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China;

关键词: Tapetum Cell;    WRKY Gene;    Anther Development;    bHLH Gene;    Gene Encode Transcription Factor;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2229-12-23

 received in 2011-08-25, accepted in 2012-02-15,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn flowering plants, the development of male reproductive organs is controlled precisely to achieve successful fertilization and reproduction. Despite the increasing knowledge of genes that contribute to anther development, the regulatory mechanisms controlling this process are still unclear.ResultsIn this study, we analyzed the transcriptome profiles of early anthers of sterile mutants aborted microspores (ams) and found that 1,368 genes were differentially expressed in ams compared to wild type anthers, affecting metabolism, transportation, ubiquitination and stress response. Moreover, the lack of significant enrichment of potential AMS binding sites (E-box) in the promoters of differentially expressed genes suggests both direct and indirect regulation for AMS-dependent regulation of anther transcriptome involving other transcription factors. Combining ams transcriptome profiles with those of two other sterile mutants, spl/nzz and ems1/exs, expression of 3,058 genes were altered in at least one mutant. Our investigation of expression patterns of major transcription factor families, such as bHLH, MYB and MADS, suggested that some closely related homologs of known anther developmental genes might also have similar functions. Additionally, comparison of expression levels of genes in different organs suggested that anther-preferential genes could play important roles in anther development.ConclusionAnalysis of ams anther transcriptome and its comparison with those of spl/nzz and ems1/exs anthers uncovered overlapping and distinct sets of regulated genes, including those encoding transcription factors and other proteins. These results support an expanded regulatory network for early anther development, providing a series of hypotheses for future experimentation.

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