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Transcriptomic Response of Chinese Yew ( Taxus chinensis ) to Cold Stress

is a rare and endangered shrub, highly sensitive to temperature changes and widely known for its potential in cancer treatment. How gene expression of responds to low temperature is still unknown. To investigate cold response of the genus , we obtained the transcriptome profiles of grown under norma...

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Published in:Frontiers in plant science 2017-04, Vol.8, p.468-468
Main Authors: Meng, Delong, Yu, Xianghua, Ma, Liyuan, Hu, Jin, Liang, Yili, Liu, Xueduan, Yin, Huaqun, Liu, Hongwei, He, Xiaojia, Li, Diqiang
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Summary:is a rare and endangered shrub, highly sensitive to temperature changes and widely known for its potential in cancer treatment. How gene expression of responds to low temperature is still unknown. To investigate cold response of the genus , we obtained the transcriptome profiles of grown under normal and low temperature (cold stress, 0°C) conditions using Illumina Miseq sequencing. A transcriptome including 83,963 transcripts and 62,654 genes were assembled from 4.16 Gb of reads data. Comparative transcriptomic analysis identified 2,025 differently expressed (DE) isoforms at < 0.05, of which 1,437 were up-regulated by cold stress and 588 were down-regulated. Annotation of DE isoforms indicated that transcription factors (TFs) in the MAPK signaling pathway and TF families of NAC, WRKY, bZIP, MYB, and ERF were transcriptionally activated. This might have been caused by the accumulation of secondary messengers, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ca . While accumulation of ROS will have caused damages to cells, our results indicated that to adapt to low temperatures employed a series of mechanisms to minimize these damages. The mechanisms included: (i) cold-enhanced expression of ROS deoxidant systems, such as peroxidase and phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase, to remove ROS. This was further confirmed by analyses showing increased activity of POD, SOD, and CAT under cold stress. (ii) Activation of starch and sucrose metabolism, thiamine metabolism, and purine metabolism by cold-stress to produce metabolites which either protect cell organelles or lower the ROS content in cells. These processes are regulated by ROS signaling, as the "feedback" toward ROS accumulation.
ISSN:1664-462X
1664-462X
DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.00468