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Rice miR5504 regulates plant height by affecting cell proliferation and expansion
Huihui Wang1, Jiexiu Ouyang1, Wenjia Jian1
1Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering of Jiangxi Province, School of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Abstract:
miRNAs play critical roles in the regulation of plant growth and development by cleaving mRNA or repressing transcription. In our previous study, miR5504 with unknown functions was captured by small RNA sequencing. Here, the function and characters of miR5504 were extensively analyzed using CRISPR/Cas9, overexpression strategy, Northern blot, cytological analysis, and transcriptomics analysis. We found that the dwarf phenotype of mir5504 mutants (mir5504-1 and mir5504-2) appeared on 35-day seedlings and became more apparent at the mature stage. The cytological results showed a substantial decrease in the vascular bundle number, cell number and cell length in the mir5504 mutant compared with NIP. In addition, we found that miR5504 regulated plant height by targeting LOC_Os08g16914. The results of RNA-seq revealed that numerous biological processes were mainly enriched, including DNA-binding transcription factor activity, transferase activity, regulation of transcription, metabolic process, and protein binding. Meanwhile, KEEG analysis showed that numerous proteins were associated with cellular processes and metabolism pathways. Taken together, miR5504 may be involved in the regulation of plant height by affecting cell expansion and division of internode in rice.
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