Journal
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 706-728Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13976
Keywords
miRNA; organ specificity; isomiR; pine; target genes; water stress
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Funding
- FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions [PIEF-GA-2013-627761]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [IF/01168/2013, SFRH/BD/79779/2011, SFRH/BD/128827/2017, UID/Multi/04551/2013, UID/Multi/04046/2019, DL57/2016/CP1351/CT0003]
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme [676559]
- Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de Espana [AGL2015-66048-C2-1-R, RTI2018-098015-B-I00]
- Seventh Framework Programme [289841]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/128827/2017, SFRH/BD/79779/2011] Funding Source: FCT
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Recent studies have highlighted the increasing number of miRNAs and related sequences as critical mediators of environmental stress responses. Our comprehensive overview of the Pinus pinaster isomiRome reveals roots as the most responsive organ under drought conditions, with specific miRNA sequences showing significant down-regulation, including a novel 24nt miRNA. This study provides valuable insights for comparative studies between gymnosperms and angiosperms, and indicates high transferability of isomiRome between pine species for further molecular regulation and physiological studies related to drought adaptation.
An increasing number of microRNAs (miRNAs) and miRNA-related sequences produced during miRNA biogenesis, comprising the isomiRome, have been recently highlighted in different species as critical mediators of environmental stress responses. Conifers have some of the largest known genomes but an extensive characterization of the isomiRome from any conifer species has been lacking. We provide here a comprehensive overview of the Pinus pinaster isomiRome expressed in roots, stem and needles under well-watered and drought conditions. From the 13,441 unique small RNA sequences identified, 2,980 were annotated as canonical miRNAs or miRNA* and the remaining were classified as isomiRNA or miRNA-like sequences. A survey of their expression patterns highlighted roots as the most responsive organ under drought, where specific sequences of which a 24-nt novel miRNA stood out, were strongly down-regulated. Given the putative roles of the miRNA-targeted transcripts validated specifically in root tissues, some of the miRNAs, conserved and novel, are shortlisted as potential regulators of drought response. These results provide a valuable resource for comparative studies between gymnosperms and angiosperms. Furthermore, it evidences high transferability of the isomiRome between pine species being a useful basis for further molecular regulation and physiological studies, and especially those focused on adaptation to drought conditions.
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