Common Stress Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functional and Genomic Architecture Differences Between Early and Delayed Response Genes
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Measurements of Physiological Stress Responses in C. Elegans
Published on: May 21, 2020
Chung-Wen Lin1, Li-Yao Huang1, Chao-Li Huang1
1Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Abstract:
To identify the similarities among responses to diverse environmental stresses, we analyzed the transcriptome response of rice roots to three rhizotoxic perturbations (chromium, ferulic acid and mercury) and identified common early-transient, early-constant and delayed gene inductions. Common early response genes were mostly associated with signal transduction and hormones, and delayed response genes with lipid metabolism. Network component analysis revealed complicated interactions among common genes, the most highly connected signaling hubs being PP2C68, MPK5, LRR-RLK and NPR1. Gene architecture studies revealed different conserved promoter motifs and a different ratio of CpG island distribution between early and delayed genes. In addition, early-transient genes had more exons and a shorter first exon. IMEter was used to calculate the transcription regulation effects of introns, with greater effects for the first introns of early-transient than delayed genes. The higher Ka/Ks (non-synonymous/synonymous mutation) ratio of early-constant genes than early-transient, delayed and the genome median demonstrates the rapid evolution of early-constant genes. Our results suggest that finely tuned transcriptional control in response to environmental stress in rice depends on genomic architecture and signal intensity and duration.
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