Defining the robust behaviour of the plant clock gene circuit with absolute RNA timeseries and open infrastructure

Autor: Flis, Anna, Fernández, Aurora Piñas, Zielinski, Tomasz, Mengin, Virginie, Sulpice, Ronan, Stratford, Kevin, Hume, Alastair, Pokhilko, Alexandra, Southern, Megan M., Seaton, Daniel D., McWatters, Harriet G., Stitt, Mark, Halliday, Karen J., Millar, Andrew J.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Sucrose
Arabidopsis thaliana
Circadian clock
Gene regulatory network
Arabidopsis
CLOCK Proteins
Plant Science
Gene Expression Regulation
Plant

Databases
Genetic

Gene Regulatory Networks
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Research Articles
Genetics
plant biology
Feedback
Physiological

photoperiodism
Mathematical modelling
General Neuroscience
Systems Biology
Circadian Rhythm
CLOCK
DNA-Binding Proteins
model optimization
Systems biology
Neuroscience(all)
Immunology
Computational biology
Biology
circadian clocks
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology

Biological Clocks
RNA
Messenger

Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

Arabidopsis Proteins
Research
Gene Expression Profiling
RNA
Gene expression profiling
Reference data
lcsh:Biology (General)
circadian rhythms
data management
chronobiology
Transcription Factors
Zdroj: Open Biology
Flis, A, Fernández, A P, Zielinski, T, Mengin, V, Sulpice, R, Stratford, K, Hume, A, Pokhilko, A, Southern, M M, Seaton, D D, McWatters, H G, Stitt, M, Halliday, K J & Millar, A J 2015, ' Defining the robust behaviour of the plant clock gene circuit with absolute RNA timeseries and open infrastructure ', Open Biology, vol. 5, no. 10, 150042 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.150042
Open Biology, Vol 5, Iss 10 (2015)
ISSN: 2046-2441
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150042
Popis: Our understanding of the complex, transcriptional feedback loops in the circadian clock mechanism has depended upon quantitative, timeseries data from disparate sources. We measure clock gene RNA profiles in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings, grown with or without exogenous sucrose, or in soil-grown plants and in wild-type and mutant backgrounds. The RNA profiles were strikingly robust across the experimental conditions, so current mathematical models are likely to be broadly applicable in leaf tissue. In addition to providing reference data, unexpected behaviours included co-expression of PRR9 and ELF4 , and regulation of PRR5 by GI . Absolute RNA quantification revealed low levels of PRR9 transcripts (peak approx. 50 copies cell −1 ) compared with other clock genes, and threefold higher levels of LHY RNA (more than 1500 copies cell −1 ) than of its close relative CCA1 . The data are disseminated from BioDare, an online repository for focused timeseries data, which is expected to benefit mechanistic modelling. One data subset successfully constrained clock gene expression in a complex model, using publicly available software on parallel computers, without expert tuning or programming. We outline the empirical and mathematical justification for data aggregation in understanding highly interconnected, dynamic networks such as the clock, and the observed design constraints on the resources required to make this approach widely accessible.
Databáze: OpenAIRE