تجزیه و تحلیل شبکه هم بیانی mRNA- lncRNA در لوبیا (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) تحت تنش شوری

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی دکتری، گروه مهندسی تولید و ژنتیک گیاهی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه لرستان، خرم آباد، ایران.

2 استاد، گروه مهندسی تولید و ژنتیک گیاهی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه لرستان، خرم آباد، ایران.

3 استادیار، گروه مهندسی تولید و ژنتیک گیاهی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه لرستان، خرم آباد، ایران

چکیده

هدف: تنش شوری به عنوان یکی از مهمترین تنش‌های محیطی، به‌طور گسترده بر رشد و بهره‌وری و در مجموع بر عملکرد اغلب محصولات زراعی از جمله لوبیا ‌(Phaseolus vulgaris) تأثیر منفی دارد. با این حال، گیاهان با استفاده از طیف وسیعی از مکانیسم‌های مولکولی، از جمله تنظیم بیان ژن‌ها در سطوح مختلف به تنش شوری پاسخ می‌دهند. هر چند مکانیسم عمل و خصوصیات مولکولی RNA‌های بلند غیرکدکننده‌‌lncRNAs) ) در بسیاری از گیاهان ناشناخته باقی مانده است؛ با این حال نقش این عناصر به عنوان یکی از مؤثرترین عوامل ژنتیکی در تنظیم بیان ژن‌‌‌ها در پاسخ به انواع مختلفی از تنش‌های غیرزیستی اثبات شده است. در پژوهش حاضر با شناسایی LncRNA‌‌‌ها در گیاه لوبیا و ترسیم شبکه هم بیانی mRNA-LncRNA به بررسی نقش احتمالی این عناصر تنظیمی در پاسخ به تنش شوری پرداخته شد.
مواد و روش‌ها: داده‌های حاصل از توالی‌یابی RNA گیاه لوبیا تحت تنش شوری برای شناسایی ‌lncRNAها و تحلیل‌های بیوانفورماتیکی مربوط به شبکه هم‌بیانی مورد استفاده قرار گرفتند. پس از پردازش داده‌‌‌ها و نقشه‌یابی خوانش‌های تمیز شده علیه ژنوم لوبیا از خوانش‌های نقشه‌یابی نشده برای شناسایی lncRNA استفاده شد. علاوه بر این تغییرات بیان نسبی برخی از توالی‌های شناسایی شده نیز از طریق واکنش qRT-PCR سنجش شد. برای اعمال تنش شوری از گیاهچه‌های سه‌برگی در دو گروه شاهد و تیمار تنش شوری ‌(150 میلی مولار) استفاده شد و نمونه‌برداری از برگ گیاهان 72 ساعت پس از اعمال تنش صورت گرفت.
نتایج: در مجموع 2640 توالی به‌عنوان lncRNA در برگ لوبیا تحت تنش شوری شناسایی شد که 195 مورد از آن‌ها در سه پایگاه lncRNA گیاهی ثبت شده بودند. از میان آن‌ها سه lncRNA دارای بیان افتراقی معنی‌دار بودند. تحلیل شبکه هم‌بیانی نشان داد که این ‌lncRNAها با 581 ژن هم‌بیان بوده و 9 ژن به‌طور مستقیم هدف آن‌ها بودند. بررسی عملکردی این ژن‌ها نقش آن‌ها را در مسیرهایی چون بیوسنتز فلاونوئیدها، ریبوزوم، لیپید و فتوسنتز تأیید کرد.
نتیجه‌گیری: به‌طورکلی پژوهش حاضر اولین گزارش از شناسایی lncRNA‌‌‌ها در لوبیا تحت تنش شوری محسوب‌ می‌شود. این پژوهش به درک عمیق‌تری از مکانیسم‌های تنظیمی مرتبط با تحمل شوری در گیاه لوبیا کمک می‌کند و دیدگاه‌های جدیدی برای تحقیقات آینده در این حوزه فراهم می‌آورد.

کلیدواژه‌ها


عنوان مقاله [English]

Co-expression network analysis of mRNA-lncRNA in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) under salt stress

نویسندگان [English]

  • Setareh Mirzavand 1
  • Ahmad Ismaili 2
  • Seyed Sajad Sohrabi 3
1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Plant Production and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Plant Production and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Production and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
چکیده [English]

Objective
Salinity stress, as one of the most important environmental stresses, has a widespread negative impact on the growth, productivity, and overall yield of most crops, including common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). However, plants respond to salinity through a wide range of molecular mechanisms, including the regulation of gene expression at multiple levels. Although the mode of action and molecular characteristics of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) remain unknown in many plant species, their role as one of the most influential genetic factors in regulating gene expression in response to various abiotic stresses has been well established. In the present study, lncRNAs were identified in common bean, and an mRNA–lncRNA co-expression network was constructed to investigate the potential regulatory roles of these elements in the salinity stress response.
Materials and methods
RNA-seq data from common bean under salinity stress were used to identify lncRNAs and perform bioinformatic analyses of the co-expression network. After data processing and mapping of clean reads to the bean genome, unmapped reads were used for lncRNA identification. In addition, the relative expression changes of selected identified sequences were validated by qRT-PCR. Salinity stress (150 mM) was applied to bean seedlings at the first trifoliate stage in two groups (control and stress-treated), and leaf samples were collected 72 hours after stress application.
Results
A total of 2,640 sequences were identified as lncRNAs in bean leaves under salinity stress, of which 195 were recorded in three plant lncRNA databases. Among them, three lncRNAs showed significant differential expression. Co-expression network analysis revealed that these lncRNAs were co-expressed with 581 genes, with nine genes being direct targets. Functional analysis of these genes confirmed their roles in pathways such as flavonoid biosynthesis, ribosome, lipid metabolism, and photosynthesis.
Conclusions
Overall, this study is the first report on the identification of lncRNAs in common bean under salinity stress. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of regulatory mechanisms associated with salinity tolerance in common bean and provide new insights for future research in this field.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • gene expression
  • non-coding sequences
  • regulatory sequence
  • stress-responsive genes
 
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