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New Phytologist | 2014

PAG1, a cotton brassinosteroid catabolism gene, modulates fiber elongation

Zuoren Yang; Chaojun Zhang; Xiaojie Yang; Kun Liu; Zhixia Wu; Xueyan Zhang; Wu Zheng; Qingqing Xun; Chuanliang Liu; Lili Lu; Zhaoen Yang; Yuyuan Qian; Zhenzhen Xu; Changfeng Li; Jia Li; Fuguang Li

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the major source of natural textile fibers. Brassinosteroids (BRs) play crucial roles in regulating fiber development. The molecular mechanisms of BRs in regulating fiber elongation, however, are poorly understood. pagoda1 (pag1) was identified via an activation tagging genetic screen and characterized by genome walking and brassinolide (BL) supplementation. RNA-Seq analysis was employed to elucidate the mechanisms of PAG1 in regulating fiber development. pag1 exhibited dwarfism and reduced fiber length due to significant inhibition of cell elongation and expansion. BL treatment rescued its growth and fiber elongation. PAG1 encodes a homolog of Arabidopsis CYP734A1 that inactivates BRs via C-26 hydroxylation. RNA-Seq analyses showed that the constitutive expression of PAG1 downregulated the expression of genes involved in very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) biosynthesis, ethylene-mediated signaling, response to cadmium, cell wall development, cytoskeleton organization and cell growth. Our results demonstrate that PAG1 plays crucial roles in regulating fiber development via controlling the level of endogenous bioactive BRs, which may affect ethylene signaling cascade by mediating VLCFA. Therefore, BR may be a critical regulator of fiber elongation, a role which may in turn be linked to effects on VLCFA biosynthesis, ethylene and cadmium signaling, cell wall- and cytoskeleton-related gene expression.


Journal of Integrative Plant Biology | 2013

Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Auxin and Cytokinin Regulating Somatic Embryogenesis in Different Sister Lines of Cotton Cultivar CCRI24

Zhenzhen Xu; Chaojun Zhang; Xueyan Zhang; Chuanliang Liu; Zhixia Wu; Zuoren Yang; Kehai Zhou; Xiaojie Yang; Fuguang Li

To get a broader view on the molecular mechanisms underlying somatic embryogenesis (SE) in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), global analysis of cotton transcriptome dynamics during SE in different sister lines was performed using RNA-Seq. A total of 204 349 unigenes were detected by de novo assembly of the 214 977 462 Illumina reads. The quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) measurements were positively correlated with the RNA-Seq results for almost all the tested genes (R(2)  = 0.841, correlation was significant at the 0.01 level). Different phytohormone (auxin and cytokinin) concentration ratios in medium and the endogenous content changes of these two phytohormones at two stages in different sister lines suggested the roles of auxin and cytokinin during cotton SE. On the basis of global gene regulation of phytohormone-related genes, numerous genes from all the differentially expressed transcripts were involved in auxin and cytokinin biosynthesis and signal transduction pathways. Analyses of differentially expressed genes that were involved in these pathways revealed the substantial changes in gene type and abundance between two sister lines. Isolation, cloning and silencing/overexpressing the genes that revealed remarkable up- or down-expression during cotton SE were important. Furthermore, auxin and cytokinin play a primary role in SE, but potential cross-talk with each other or other factors remains unclear.


Journal of Proteome Research | 2015

iTRAQ Protein Profile Differential Analysis between Somatic Globular and Cotyledonary Embryos Reveals Stress, Hormone, and Respiration Involved in Increasing Plantlet Regeneration of Gossypium hirsutum L.

Xiaoyang Ge; Chaojun Zhang; Qianhua Wang; Zuoren Yang; Ye Wang; Xueyan Zhang; Zhixia Wu; Yuxia Hou; Jiahe Wu; Fuguang Li

Somatic embryo development (SED) in upland cotton shows low frequencies of embryo maturation and plantlet regeneration. Progress in increasing the regeneration rate has been limited. Here a global analysis of proteome dynamics between globular and cotyledonary embryos was performed using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation to explore mechanisms underlying SED. Of 6318 proteins identified by a mass spectrometric analysis, 102 proteins were significantly up-regulated and 107 were significantly down-regulated in cotyledonary embryos. The differentially expressed proteins were classified into seven functional categories: stress responses, hormone synthesis and signal transduction, carbohydrate and energy metabolism, protein metabolism, cell wall metabolism, cell transport, and lipid metabolism. KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) analysis showed that stress response, hormone homeostasis, and respiration and photosynthesis were involved in SED. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis confirmed the authenticity and accuracy of the proteomic analysis. Treatment of exogenous hormones showed that abscisic acid and jasmonic acid facilitate SED, whereas gibberellic acid inhibits SED and increases abnormal embryo frequency. Thus, global analysis of proteome dynamics reveals that stress response, hormone homeostasis, and respiration and photosynthesis determined cotton SED. The findings of this research improve the understanding of molecular processes, especially environmental stress response, involved in cotton SED.


BMC Plant Biology | 2017

Genome-wide analysis of WOX genes in upland cotton and their expression pattern under different stresses

Zhaoen Yang; Qian Gong; Wenqiang Qin; Zuoren Yang; Yuan Cheng; Lili Lu; Xiaoyang Ge; Chaojun Zhang; Zhixia Wu; Fuguang Li

BackgroundWUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) family members play significant roles in plant growth and development, such as in embryo patterning, stem-cell maintenance, and lateral organ formation. The recently published cotton genome sequences allow us to perform comprehensive genome-wide analysis and characterization of WOX genes in cotton.ResultsIn this study, we identified 21, 20, and 38 WOX genes in Gossypium arboreum (2n = 26, A2), G. raimondii (2n = 26, D5), and G. hirsutum (2n = 4x = 52, (AD)t), respectively. Sequence logos showed that homeobox domains were significantly conserved among the WOX genes in cotton, Arabidopsis, and rice. A total of 168 genes from three typical monocots and six dicots were naturally divided into three clades, which were further classified into nine sub-clades. A good collinearity was observed in the synteny analysis of the orthologs from At and Dt (t represents tetraploid) sub-genomes. Whole genome duplication (WGD) and segmental duplication within At and Dt sub-genomes played significant roles in the expansion of WOX genes, and segmental duplication mainly generated the WUS clade. Copia and Gypsy were the two major types of transposable elements distributed upstream or downstream of WOX genes. Furthermore, through comparison, we found that the exon/intron pattern was highly conserved between Arabidopsis and cotton, and the homeobox domain loci were also conserved between them. In addition, the expression pattern in different tissues indicated that the duplicated genes in cotton might have acquired new functions as a result of sub-functionalization or neo-functionalization. The expression pattern of WOX genes under different stress treatments showed that the different genes were induced by different stresses.ConclusionIn present work, WOX genes, classified into three clades, were identified in the upland cotton genome. Whole genome and segmental duplication were determined to be the two major impetuses for the expansion of gene numbers during the evolution. Moreover, the expression patterns suggested that the duplicated genes might have experienced a functional divergence. Together, these results shed light on the evolution of the WOX gene family, and would be helpful in future research.


Plant Physiology and Biochemistry | 2016

GhCaM7-like, a calcium sensor gene, influences cotton fiber elongation and biomass production.

Yuan Cheng; Lili Lu; Zhaoen Yang; Zhixia Wu; Wenqiang Qin; Daoqian Yu; Zhongying Ren; Yi Li; Lingling Wang; Fuguang Li; Zuoren Yang

Calcium signaling regulates many developmental processes in plants. Calmodulin (CaM) is one of the most conserved calcium sensors and has a flexible conformation in eukaryotes. The molecular functions of CaM are unknown in cotton, which is a major source of natural fiber. In this study, a Gossypium hirsutum L.CaM7-like gene was isolated from upland cotton. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that the GhCaM7-like gene was highly conserved as compared with Arabidopsis AtCaM7. The GhCaM7-like gene showed a high expression level in elongating fibers. Expression of β-glucuronidase was observed in trichomes on the stem, leaf and root in transgenic Arabidopsis plants of a PROGhCaM7-like:GUS fusion. Silencing of the GhCaM7-like gene resulted in decreased fiber length, but also caused reduction in stem height, leaf dimensions, seed length and 100-seed weight, in comparison with those of the control. Reduced expression of the GhCaM7-like gene caused decreased Ca2+ influx in cells of the leaf hypodermis and stem apex, and down-regulation of GhIQD1 (IQ67-domain containing protein), GhAnn2 (Annexins) and GhEXP2 (Expansin). These results indicate that the GhCaM7-like gene plays a vital role in calcium signaling pathways, and may regulate cotton fiber elongation and biomass production by affecting Ca2+ signatures and downstream signaling pathways of CaM.


Molecular Genetics and Genomics | 2017

Genome-wide analysis of the HD-ZIP IV transcription factor family in Gossypium arboreum and GaHDG11 involved in osmotic tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis

Eryong Chen; Xueyan Zhang; Zhaoen Yang; Xiaoqian Wang; Zuoren Yang; Chaojun Zhang; Zhixia Wu; Depei Kong; Zhao Liu; Ge Zhao; Hamama Islam Butt; Xianlong Zhang; Fuguang Li

HD-ZIP IV proteins belong to the homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) transcription factor family and are involved in trichome development and drought stress in plants. Although some functions of the HD-ZIP IV group are well understood in Arabidopsis, little is known about their function in cotton. In this study, HD-ZIP genes were identified from three Gossypium species (G. arboreum, G. raimondii and G. hirsutum) and clustered into four families (HD-ZIP I, II, III and IV) to separate HD-ZIP IV from the other three families. Systematic analyses of phylogeny, gene structure, conserved domains, and expression profiles in different plant tissues and the expression patterns under osmotic stress in leaves were further conducted in G. arboreum. More importantly, ectopic overexpression of GaHDG11, a representative of the HD-ZIP IV family, confers enhanced osmotic tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants, possibly due to elongated primary root length, lower water loss rates, high osmoprotectant proline levels, significant levels of antioxidants CAT, and/or SOD enzyme activity with reduced levels of MDA. Taken together, these observations may lay the foundation for future functional analysis of cotton HD-ZIP IV genes to unravel their biological roles in cotton.


Gene | 2017

A novel GhBEE1-Like gene of cotton causes anther indehiscence in transgenic Arabidopsis under uncontrolled transcription level

Eryong Chen; Xiaoqian Wang; Qian Gong; Hamama Islam Butt; Yanli Chen; Chaojun Zhang; Zuoren Yang; Zhixia Wu; Xiaoyang Ge; Xianlong Zhang; Fuguang Li; Xueyan Zhang

Male-sterile lines are very important for selective breeding, and anther dehiscence defect is an effective way to generate male-sterile lines. Although several bHLH-family proteins in Arabidopsis have been characterized, little is known about the role of bHLH-family proteins in cotton. Here, we isolated a novel bHLH protein from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), named GhBEE1-Like. Protein domain analysis showed that GhBEE1-Like contained a basic domain and an HLH domain. Subcellular localization analysis revealed that GhBEE1-Like was a nuclear-localized protein. Expression pattern analysis showed GhBEE1-Like was highly expressed in floral organs, and its expression was induced by the active brassinosteroid (BR) substance 24-epi-BL. GhBEE1-Like overexpression in Arabidopsis resulted in two types of transgenic lines, one with normal anther dehiscence and the other with defective anther dehiscence. Semi-qRT-PCR and qRT-PCR analyses revealed that GhBEE1-Like transcript levels acted as a check-point determining how anther dehiscence proceeds in these transgenic lines; regulated transcript levels result in normal anther dehiscence, whereas uncontrolled transcript levels lead to anther indehiscence. These results suggest that GhBEE1-Like plays an important role via its accumulation in regulating anther dehiscence. Therefore, controlling the level of GhBEE1-Like expression in cotton could be a convenient tool for generating male-sterile lines to use in selective breeding.


Molecular Genetics and Genomics | 2014

GhAGL15s, preferentially expressed during somatic embryogenesis, promote embryogenic callus formation in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Zuoren Yang; Changfeng Li; Ye Wang; Chaojun Zhang; Zhixia Wu; Xueyan Zhang; Chuanliang Liu; Fuguang Li


Plant Cell Reports | 2015

Construction of a high-density linkage map and mapping quantitative trait loci for somatic embryogenesis using leaf petioles as explants in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Zhenzhen Xu; Chaojun Zhang; Xiaoyang Ge; Ni Wang; Kehai Zhou; Xiaojie Yang; Zhixia Wu; Xueyan Zhang; Chuanliang Liu; Zuoren Yang; Changfeng Li; Kun Liu; Zhaoen Yang; Yuyuan Qian; Fuguang Li


Archive | 2013

PLANT TYPE RELATED PROTEIN, AND CODING GENE AND APPLICATION THEREOF

Fuguang Li; Zuoren Yang; Chaojun Zhang; Yufen Wang; Zhixia Wu; Chuanliang Liu; Xueyan Zhang; Ye Wang; Fenglian Li; Qianhua Wang; Wenqiang Qin; Depei Kong

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Zhaoen Yang

Xinjiang Agricultural University

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Fuguang Li

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

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Wenqiang Qin

Xinjiang Agricultural University

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Eryong Chen

Huazhong Agricultural University

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Xianlong Zhang

Huazhong Agricultural University

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Xiaoyang Ge

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

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Yuan Cheng

Huazhong Agricultural University

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Chuanliang Liu

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

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Daoqian Yu

Xinjiang Agricultural University

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