Background: The microRNAs(miRNA)-derived secondary phased small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) participate in post-transcriptional gene silencing and play important roles in various bio-processes in plants. In rice, two miRNAs, miR2118 and miR2275, were mainly responsible for the triggering of 21-nt and 24-nt phasiRNAs biogenesis, respectively. However, compare to other plant species, relative fewer phasiRNA biogenesis pathways have been discovered in rice, which limits the comprehensive understanding of the mechanism of phasiRNA biogenesis and the miRNA derived regulatory network.
Results: In this study, we performed a systematical searching for phasiRNA biogenesis pathways in rice. As a result, five novel 21-nt phasiRNA biogenesis pathways and five novel 24-nt phasiRNA biogenesis pathways were identified. Further exploration of the regulatory function of phasiRNAs revealed eleven novel phasiRNAs with 21-nt length targeting forty-one genes, most of which involving in the growth and development of rice. In addition, five novel phasiRNAs with 24-nt length were found targeting the promoter of an OsCKI1 gene and causing higher methylation status in panicle, implying their regulatory function of the transcription of OsCKI1, and subsequently affect the development of rice.
Conclusions: These results substantially extended the information of phasiRNA biogenesis pathways and their regulatory function in rice.
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Additional file 1: Table S1. Identification of 21-nt PHAS loci in Rice
Additional file 2:Table S2. Identification of 24-nt PHAS loci in Rice
Additional file 3: Figure S1. 21-nt phasiRNAs generated from the novel PHAS lociin wild-type and DCL4 mutant. 21-nt phasiRNAs generated from transcripts of LOC_Os01g57968.1 (A) and LOC_Os05g43650.1 (D) in seedling, LOC_Os02g18750.1 (B), LOC_Os04g25740.1 (C) and LOC_Os06g30680.1(E) in wild-type and osdcl4-1 mutant, respectively. The black arrows indicate the sRNA trigger cleavage sites, the x-axis represent the phasiRNA position mapped within the PHAS loci, the y-axis represent the read abundance (in RMP, reads per million)of the small RNAs mapped to the sense and antisense strands of PHAS loci.
Additional file 4: Figure S2. 24-nt phasiRNAs generated from the novel PHAS lociin wild-type and DCL3 mutant. 21-nt phasiRNAs generated from transcripts of LOC_Os01g37325.1 (A) in root, LOC_Os02g20200.1 (B), LOC_Os02g55550.1 (C), LOC_Os04g45834.2 (D) and LOC_Os09g14490.1 (E) in wild-type and osdcl3-1 mutant, respectively. The black arrows indicate the sRNA trigger cleavage sites, the x-axis represent the phasiRNA position mapped within the PHAS loci, the y-axis represent the read abundance (in RMP, reads per million)of the small RNAs mapped to the sense and antisense strands of PHAS loci.
Additional file 5: Figure S3.Degradome sequencing-based validation of the phasiRNA-target interactions. Four libraries of degradome sequencing data libraries (GSM434596, GSM455938, GSM455939 and GSM476257) were recruited for T-plot profiling. The IDs of the target transcripts and the corresponding phasiRNAs generated from the transcripts of LOC_Os02g18750.1, LOC_Os05g43650.1, LOC_Os06g30680.1 and LOC_Os12g42380.1 are listed on the top. The y axis measure the normalized reads (in RMP, reads per million) of the degradome signals, and the x axis represent the position of the cleavage signals on the target transcripts. The binding sites of the phasiRNA on their target transcripts were denoted by gray horizontal lines, and the dominant cleavage signals were marked by black arrows.
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Background: The microRNAs(miRNA)-derived secondary phased small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) participate in post-transcriptional gene silencing and play important roles in various bio-processes in plants. In rice, two miRNAs, miR2118 and miR2275, were mainly responsible for the triggering of 21-nt and 24-nt phasiRNAs biogenesis, respectively. However, compare to other plant species, relative fewer phasiRNA biogenesis pathways have been discovered in rice, which limits the comprehensive understanding of the mechanism of phasiRNA biogenesis and the miRNA derived regulatory network.
Results: In this study, we performed a systematical searching for phasiRNA biogenesis pathways in rice. As a result, five novel 21-nt phasiRNA biogenesis pathways and five novel 24-nt phasiRNA biogenesis pathways were identified. Further exploration of the regulatory function of phasiRNAs revealed eleven novel phasiRNAs with 21-nt length targeting forty-one genes, most of which involving in the growth and development of rice. In addition, five novel phasiRNAs with 24-nt length were found targeting the promoter of an OsCKI1 gene and causing higher methylation status in panicle, implying their regulatory function of the transcription of OsCKI1, and subsequently affect the development of rice.
Conclusions: These results substantially extended the information of phasiRNA biogenesis pathways and their regulatory function in rice.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
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