An atlas of the Norway spruce needle seasonal transcriptome

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Bag PushanORCID,Lihavainen JennaORCID,Delhomme Nicolas,Riquelme Thomas,Robinson Kathryn M,Jansson Stefan

Abstract

SummaryBoreal conifers possess a tremendous ability to survive and remain evergreen during harsh winter conditions and resume growth during summer. This is enabled by coordinated regulation of major cellular functions at the level of gene expression, metabolism, and physiology. Here we present a comprehensive characterization of the annual changes in the global transcriptome of Norway spruce needles as a resource to understand needle development and acclimation processes throughout the year. In young, growing needles (May 15 – June 30), cell walls, organelles etc. were formed, and this developmental program heavily influenced the transcriptome, explained by over represented Gene Ontology (GO) categories. Later changes in gene expression were smaller but four phases were recognized: summer (July-August), autumn (September-October), winter (November-February) and spring (March-April), where over represented GO categories demonstrated how the needles acclimated to the various seasons. Changes in the seasonal global transcriptome profile were accompanied by differential expression of members of the major transcription factor families. We present a tentative model of how cellular activities are regulated over the year in needles of Norway spruce, which demonstrates the value of mining this dataset, accessible in ConGenIE together with advanced visualization tools.Significance statementThe development of Norway spruce needles and their annual cycle of biochemical activities (photosynthesis in the summer, adaptation and survival of the harsh boreal winter) is not well understood. We use deep RNA sequencing to profile the transcriptome over the season, and show how the dataset could be used to give information about “what needles do” over the year, and are here making the dataset available for the scientific community.Graphical abstract

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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