scholarly journals Gene-Silencing-Induced Changes in Carbohydrate Conformation in Relation to Bioenergy Value and Carbohydrate Subfractions in Modeled Plant (Medicago sativa) with Down-Regulation of HB12 and TT8 Transcription Factors

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinxin Li ◽  
Abdelali Hannoufa ◽  
Yonggen Zhang ◽  
Peiqiang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Gene Silencing ◽  
Medicago Sativa ◽  
Down Regulation ◽  
Carbohydrate Conformation ◽  
Induced Changes

Artificial microRNA (amiRNA) induced gene silencing in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Botany ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian C. Verdonk ◽  
Michael L. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Gene Silencing ◽  
Medicago Sativa ◽  
Target Gene ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Mirna Precursor ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Forage Crop ◽  
Ribonucleic Acids ◽  
Endogenous Gene ◽  
Medicago Sativa L

Gene silencing is a powerful technique that allows the study of the function of specific genes by selectively reducing their transcription. Several different approaches can be used, however they all have in common the artificial generation of single stranded small ribonucleic acids (RNAs) that are utilized by the endogenous gene silencing machinery of the organism. Artificial microRNAs (amiRNA) can be used to very specifically target genes for silencing because only a short sequence of 21 nucleotides of the gene of interest is used. Gene silencing via amiRNA has been developed for Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. and rice using endogenous microRNA (miRNA) precursors and has been shown to also work effectively in other dicot species using the arabidopsis miRNA precursor. Here, we demonstrate that the arabidopsis miR319 precursor can be used to silence genes in the important forage crop species alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by silencing the expression of a transgenic beta-glucuronidase (GUSPlus) target gene.

Down‐regulation of human CYP3A4 by the inflammatory signal interleukin 6: molecular mechanism and transcription factors involved

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramiro Jover ◽  
Roque Bort ◽  
Ma. José Gómez‐Lechón ◽  
José V. Castell
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Molecular Mechanism ◽  
Interleukin 6 ◽  
Down Regulation

scholarly journals Transcriptome analyses and virus induced gene silencing identify genes in the Rpp4-mediated Asian soybean rust resistance pathway

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aguida M. A. P. Morales ◽  
Jamie A. O'Rourke ◽  
Martijn van de Mortel ◽  
Katherine T. Scheider ◽  
Timothy J. Bancroft ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Gene Silencing ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Soybean Rust ◽  
Phakopsora Pachyrhizi ◽  
R Gene ◽  
Virus Induced Gene Silencing ◽  
Asian Soybean Rust ◽  
Defence Responses

Rpp4 (Resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi 4) confers resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow, the causal agent of Asian soybean rust (ASR). By combining expression profiling and virus induced gene silencing (VIGS), we are developing a genetic framework for Rpp4-mediated resistance. We measured gene expression in mock-inoculated and P. pachyrhizi-infected leaves of resistant soybean accession PI459025B (Rpp4) and the susceptible cultivar (Williams 82) across a 12-day time course. Unexpectedly, two biphasic responses were identified. In the incompatible reaction, genes induced at 12 h after infection (hai) were not differentially expressed at 24 hai, but were induced at 72 hai. In contrast, genes repressed at 12 hai were not differentially expressed from 24 to 144 hai, but were repressed 216 hai and later. To differentiate between basal and resistance-gene (R-gene) mediated defence responses, we compared gene expression in Rpp4-silenced and empty vector-treated PI459025B plants 14 days after infection (dai) with P. pachyrhizi. This identified genes, including transcription factors, whose differential expression is dependent upon Rpp4. To identify differentially expressed genes conserved across multiple P. pachyrhizi resistance pathways, Rpp4 expression datasets were compared with microarray data previously generated for Rpp2 and Rpp3-mediated defence responses. Fourteen transcription factors common to all resistant and susceptible responses were identified, as well as fourteen transcription factors unique to R-gene-mediated resistance responses. These genes are targets for future P. pachyrhizi resistance research.

Dark-induced changes in the content of phenolic acids in callus culture of alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

1990 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Cvikrová ◽  
L. Meravý ◽  
Marie Hrubcová ◽  
J. Eder
Keyword(s):  
Medicago Sativa ◽  
Callus Culture ◽  
Phenolic Acids ◽  
Induced Changes

Differential expression of Rel/NF-κB and octamer factors is a hallmark of the generation and maturation of dendritic cells

Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Neumann ◽  
H.-W. Fries ◽  
C. Scheicher ◽  
P. Keikavoussi ◽  
A. Kolb-Mäurer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dendritic Cells ◽  
Differential Expression ◽  
Antigen Processing ◽  
Nuclear Translocation ◽  
Maturation Stage ◽  
Down Regulation ◽  
Immature Dendritic Cells ◽  
Monocytes And Macrophages ◽  
Induced Changes

Abstract A key feature of maturation of dendritic cells is the down-regulation of antigen-processing and up-regulation of immunostimulatory capacities. To study the differential expression of transcription factors in this process, we investigated the nuclear translocation and DNA binding of Rel/NF-κB and octamer factors during in vitro generation and maturation of dendritic cells compared with macrophage development. RelB was the only factor strongly up-regulated during the generation of both immature dendritic cells and macrophages. Cytokine-induced maturation of dendritic cells resulted in an increase in nuclear RelB, p50, p52, and especially c-Rel, whereas cytokine-treated macrophages responded poorly. This up-regulation of NF-κB factors did not correlate with lower levels of cytosolic NF-κB inhibitors, the IκBs. One IκB, Bcl-3, was strongly expressed only in mature dendritic cells. Furthermore, generation and maturation of dendritic cells led to a continuous down-regulation of the octamer factor Oct-2, whereas monocytes and macrophages displayed high Oct-2 levels. A similar pattern of maturation-induced changes in transcription factor levels was found in cultured murine epidermal Langerhans cells, suggesting a general physiological significance of these findings. Finally, this pattern of differential activation of Rel and octamer factors appears to be suitable in determining the maturation stage of dendritic cells generated by treatment with different cytokine combinations in vitro. (Blood. 2000;95:277-285)

scholarly journals Contribution of Aggregation-Promoting Factor to Maintenance of Cell Shape in Lactobacillusgasseri 4B2

2003 ◽  
Vol 185 (11) ◽  
pp. 3288-3296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Jankovic ◽  
Marco Ventura ◽  
Valerie Meylan ◽  
Martine Rouvet ◽  
Marina Elli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Division ◽  
Copy Number ◽  
Promoter Region ◽  
Cell Shape ◽  
Down Regulation ◽  
Copy Number Plasmid ◽  
Recombinant Cells ◽  
High Copy Number Plasmid ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT Aggregation-promoting factor (APF) was originally described as a protein involved in the conjugation and autoaggregation of Lactobacillus gasseri 4B2, whose corresponding apf gene was cloned and sequenced. In this report, we identified and sequenced an additional apf gene located in the region upstream of the previously published one. Inactivation of both apf genes was unsuccessful, indicating that APF function may be essential for the cell. Overproduction of APF proteins caused drastic alteration in the cell shape of this strain. These cells were irregular, twisted, enlarged, and tightly bound in unbreakable clumps of chains. Down-regulation of APF synthesis was achieved by cloning of the apf2 promoter region on a high-copy-number plasmid, which recruited a putative apf activator. As a consequence, the shape of the corresponding recombinant cells was elongated (filamentous) and cell division sites were no longer visible. None of the induced changes in APF production levels was clearly correlated with modifications of the aggregation phenotype. This report shows, for the first time, that APF proteins are mainly critical for L. gasseri 4B2 cell shape maintenance.

Multi-gene silencing in Arabidopsis: a collection of artificial microRNAs targeting groups of paralogs encoding transcription factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Jover-Gil ◽  
Javier Paz-Ares ◽  
José Luis Micol ◽  
María Rosa Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Gene Silencing
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