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ArticleBMC genomics2021

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of thermally stressed Arabidopsis thaliana meiotic recombination mutants.

Jiyue Huang, Hongkuan Wang, Yingxiang Wang, Gregory P Copenhaver

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Jiyue Huang *Department of Biology and the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-4201
Hongkuan Wang *State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0672-3555
Yingxiang WangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. yx_wang@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6085-5615
Gregory P CopenhaverDepartment of Biology and the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. gcopenhaver@bio.unc.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7962-3862

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Abstract

backgroundMeiosis is a specialized cell division that underpins sexual reproduction in most eukaryotes. During meiosis, interhomolog meiotic recombination facilitates accurate chromosome segregation and generates genetic diversity by shuffling parental alleles in the gametes. The frequency of meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis has a U-shaped curve in response to environmental temperature, and is dependent on the Type I, crossover (CO) interference-sensitive pathway. The mechanisms that modulate recombination frequency in response to temperature are not yet known.

resultsIn this study, we compare the transcriptomes of thermally-stressed meiotic-stage anthers from msh4 and mus81 mutants that mediate the Type I and Type II meiotic recombination pathways, respectively. We show that heat stress reduces the number of expressed genes regardless of genotype. In addition, msh4 mutants have a distinct gene expression pattern compared to mus81 and wild type controls. Interestingly, ASY1, which encodes a HORMA domain protein that is a component of meiotic chromosome axes, is up-regulated in wild type and mus81 but not in msh4. In addition, SDS the meiosis-specific cyclin-like gene, DMC1 the meiosis-specific recombinase, SYN1/REC8 the meiosis-specific cohesion complex component, and SWI1 which functions in meiotic sister chromatid cohesion are up-regulated in all three genotypes. We also characterize 51 novel, previously unannotated transcripts, and show that their promoter regions are associated with A-rich meiotic recombination hotspot motifs.

conclusionsOur transcriptomic analysis of msh4 and mus81 mutants enhances our understanding of how the Type I and Type II meiotic CO pathway respond to environmental temperature stress and might provide a strategy to manipulate recombination levels in plants.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsChromosome SegregationDNA-Binding ProteinsHomologous RecombinationMeiosisMutationNuclear ProteinsTranscriptomeArabidopsis ProteinsASY1 protein, ArabidopsisCell Cycle ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsNuclear ProteinsSWI1 protein, ArabidopsisSYN1 protein, ArabidopsisASY1Heat stressMeiotic recombinationMSH4MUS81RNA-Seq

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