Temporal Expression Analysis of MicroRNAs and Their Target GRAS Genes Induced by Osmotic Stress in Two Contrasting Wheat Genotypes

Overview

Journal Mol Biol Rep

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2023 May 13

PMID 37179268

Authors

Shefali Mishra

Reeti Chaudhary

Pradeep Sharma

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Abstract

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important nonprotein-coding genes in plants which participate in almost all biological processes during abiotic and biotic stresses. Understanding how plants respond to various environmental conditions requires the identification of stress-related miRNAs. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in studying miRNA genes and gene expression. Drought is one of the common environmental stresses limiting plant growth and development. Stress-specific miRNAs and their GRAS gene targets were validated to understand the role of miRNAs in response to osmotic stress.

Results: In this study, expression patterns of the ten stress-responsive miRNAs involved in osmotic stress adaptation were examined in order to undertand the regulation behavior of abiotic stress and miRNAs in two contrasting wheat genotype C-306 (drought tolerant) and WL-711 (drought sensitive). Three miRNAs were discovered to be upregulated under stress, whereas seven miRNAs were showed to be down-regulated as a consequence of the study. In contrast to miRNA, it was also discovered that GRAS genes as their targets were up-regulated during osmotic stress. In addition, the expression level of miR159, miR408 along with their targets, TaGRAS178 and TaGRAS84 increased in response to osmotic stress. Nevertheless, miR408 is highly conserved miRNA that regulates plant growth, development and stress response. As a result, variation in the expression levels of studied miRNAs in the presence of target genes provides a plausible explanation for miRNA-based abiotic stress regulation. A regulatory network of miRNA and their targets revealed that fourteen miRNA interact with 55 GRAS targets from various subfamilies that contribute in the plant growth and development.

Conclusions: These findings provide evidence for temporal and variety-specific differential regulation of miRNAs and their targets in wheat in response to osmotic shock, and they may aid in determining the potential.

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