MicroRNA dynamics in a wild and cultivated species of Convolvulaceae exposed to drought stress

Agricultural productivity is severely hampered by drought in many parts of the globe. It is well-known that wild plant species can tolerate drought better when compared with their closely related cultivated plant species. Better drought adaptation of wild species over cultivated ones is accounted fo...

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Published in:Physiology and molecular biology of plants 2017-04, Vol.23 (2), p.291-300
Main Authors: Ghorecha, Vallabhi, Zheng, Yun, Liu, Li, Sunkar, Ramanjulu, Krishnayya, N. S. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adaptation
Biological and Medical Physics
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Drought
Flowers & plants
Gene expression
Life Sciences
miRNA
Plant Physiology
Plant Sciences
Plant species
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Research Article
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
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Summary:Agricultural productivity is severely hampered by drought in many parts of the globe. It is well-known that wild plant species can tolerate drought better when compared with their closely related cultivated plant species. Better drought adaptation of wild species over cultivated ones is accounted for their ability to differentially regulate gene expression. miRNAs, known to regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, are admitted to play an important role in plant adaptation to stresses. This study aims at evaluating miRNA dynamics in a drought-tolerant wild Ipomoea campanulata L. and drought-sensitive cultivated Jacquemontia pentantha (Jacq.) of the family Convolvulaceae under ex situ drought. Sequencing profiles revealed that 34 conserved miRNA families were analogous between the two species. Drought altered expression levels of several of these miRNAs in both the species. Drought-tolerant I. campanulata showed upregulation of miR398, miR168, miR858, miR162 and miR408, while miR394 and miR171 were downregulated. Drought-sensitive J. pentantha showed upregulation of miR394, miR156, miR160, miR164, miR167, miR172, miR319, miR395, miR396, miR403 and downregulation of miR157. Basal miRNA levels and their drought mediated regulation were very different between the two species. Differential drought sensitivities of these two plant species can be attributed to these innate variations in miRNA levels and their expression.
ISSN:0971-5894
0974-0430
DOI:10.1007/s12298-017-0426-y