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Title: Unexpected Diversity of Chloroplast Noncoding RNAs as Revealed by Deep Sequencing of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome

Abstract

Noncoding RNAs (ncRNA) are widely expressed in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Eukaryotic ncRNAs are commonly micro- and small-interfering RNAs (18–25 nt) involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing, whereas prokaryotic ncRNAs vary in size and are involved in various aspects of gene regulation. Given the prokaryotic origin of organelles, the presence of ncRNAs might be expected; however, the full spectrum of organellar ncRNAs has not been determined systematically. Here, strand-specific RNA-Seq analysis was used to identify 107 candidate ncRNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts, primarily encoded opposite protein-coding and tRNA genes. Forty-eight ncRNAs were shown to accumulate by RNA gel blot as discrete transcripts in wild-type (WT) plants and/or the pnp1-1 mutant, which lacks the chloroplast ribonuclease polynucleotide phosphorylase (cpPNPase). Ninety-eight percent of the ncRNAs detected by RNA gel blot had different transcript patterns between WT and pnp1-1, suggesting cpPNPase has a significant role in chloroplast ncRNA biogenesis and accumulation. Analysis of materials deficient for other major chloroplast ribonucleases, RNase R, RNase E, and RNase J, showed differential effects on ncRNA accumulation and/or form, suggesting specificity in RNase-ncRNA interactions. 59 end mapping demonstrates that some ncRNAs are transcribed from dedicated promoters, whereas others result from transcriptional read-through. Finally, correlations between accumulation of somemore » ncRNAs and the symmetrically transcribed sense RNA are consistent with a role in RNA stability. Overall, our data suggest that this extensive population of ncRNAs has the potential to underpin a previously underappreciated regulatory mode in the chloroplast.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1]
  1. US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Ithaca, NY (United States). Boyce Thompson Inst. for Plant Research
  2. Howard Hughes Medical Inst., La Jolla, CA (United States). Plant Biology and Genomic Analysis Labs.
  3. US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Ithaca, NY (United States). Boyce Thompson Inst. for Plant Research; US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Ithaca, NY (United States). Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health
  4. Howard Hughes Medical Inst., La Jolla, CA (United States). Plant Biology and Genomic Analysis Labs.; Howard Hughes Medical Inst., La Jolla, CA (United States). The Salk Inst. for Biological Studies
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY (United States); Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
OSTI Identifier:
1627940
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-90ER20015; FG02-04ER15517
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
G3
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2160-1836
Publisher:
Genetics Society of America
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Genetics & Heredity; RNA-Seq; posttranscriptional regulation; transcription; organelle; plastid

Citation Formats

Hotto, Amber M., Schmitz, Robert J., Fei, Zhangjun, Ecker, Joseph R., and Stern, David B. Unexpected Diversity of Chloroplast Noncoding RNAs as Revealed by Deep Sequencing of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1534/g3.111.000752.
Hotto, Amber M., Schmitz, Robert J., Fei, Zhangjun, Ecker, Joseph R., & Stern, David B. Unexpected Diversity of Chloroplast Noncoding RNAs as Revealed by Deep Sequencing of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome. United States. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.111.000752
Hotto, Amber M., Schmitz, Robert J., Fei, Zhangjun, Ecker, Joseph R., and Stern, David B. Thu . "Unexpected Diversity of Chloroplast Noncoding RNAs as Revealed by Deep Sequencing of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome". United States. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.111.000752. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1627940.
@article{osti_1627940,
title = {Unexpected Diversity of Chloroplast Noncoding RNAs as Revealed by Deep Sequencing of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome},
author = {Hotto, Amber M. and Schmitz, Robert J. and Fei, Zhangjun and Ecker, Joseph R. and Stern, David B.},
abstractNote = {Noncoding RNAs (ncRNA) are widely expressed in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Eukaryotic ncRNAs are commonly micro- and small-interfering RNAs (18–25 nt) involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing, whereas prokaryotic ncRNAs vary in size and are involved in various aspects of gene regulation. Given the prokaryotic origin of organelles, the presence of ncRNAs might be expected; however, the full spectrum of organellar ncRNAs has not been determined systematically. Here, strand-specific RNA-Seq analysis was used to identify 107 candidate ncRNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts, primarily encoded opposite protein-coding and tRNA genes. Forty-eight ncRNAs were shown to accumulate by RNA gel blot as discrete transcripts in wild-type (WT) plants and/or the pnp1-1 mutant, which lacks the chloroplast ribonuclease polynucleotide phosphorylase (cpPNPase). Ninety-eight percent of the ncRNAs detected by RNA gel blot had different transcript patterns between WT and pnp1-1, suggesting cpPNPase has a significant role in chloroplast ncRNA biogenesis and accumulation. Analysis of materials deficient for other major chloroplast ribonucleases, RNase R, RNase E, and RNase J, showed differential effects on ncRNA accumulation and/or form, suggesting specificity in RNase-ncRNA interactions. 59 end mapping demonstrates that some ncRNAs are transcribed from dedicated promoters, whereas others result from transcriptional read-through. Finally, correlations between accumulation of some ncRNAs and the symmetrically transcribed sense RNA are consistent with a role in RNA stability. Overall, our data suggest that this extensive population of ncRNAs has the potential to underpin a previously underappreciated regulatory mode in the chloroplast.},
doi = {10.1534/g3.111.000752},
journal = {G3},
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volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2011},
month = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2011}
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