Author:
Zhao Jiawen,Zhang Chujun,Li Sifan,Yuan Mengmeng,Mu Wenlan,Yang Jing,Ma Yutong,Guan Cuiping,Ma Chuang
Abstract
Abstract
Background
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most abundant type of RNA modification in eukaryotic cells, playing pivotal roles in multiple plant growth and development processes. Yet the potential role of m6A in conferring the trait of male sterility in plants remains unknown.
Results
In this study, we performed RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) and m6A-sequencing (m6A-Seq) of RNAs obtained from the anther tissue of two wolfberry lines: ‘Ningqi No.1’ (LB1) and its natural male sterile mutant ‘Ningqi No.5’ (LB5). Based on the newly assembled transcriptome, we established transcriptome-wide m6A maps for LB1 and LB5 at the single nucleus pollen stage. We found that the gene XLOC_021201, a homolog of m6A eraser-related gene ALKBH10 in Arabidopsis thaliana, was significantly differentially expressed between LB1 and LB5. We also identified 1642 and 563 m6A-modified genes with hypermethylated and hypomethylated patterns, respectively, in LB1 compared with LB5. We found the hypermethylated genes significantly enriched in biological processes related to energy metabolism and lipid metabolism, while hypomethylation genes were mainly linked to cell cycle process, gametophyte development, and reproductive process. Among these 2205 differentially m6A methylated genes, 13.74% (303 of 2205) were differentially expressed in LB1 vis-à-vis LB5.
Conclusions
This study constructs the first m6A transcriptome map of wolfberry and establishes an association between m6A and the trait of male sterility in wolfberry.
Funder
Ningxia Natural Science Foundation
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Hundred Talents Program of Shaanxi Province of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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