title: Small RNA regulation of ovule development in the cotton plant, G. hirsutum L.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The involvement of small RNAs in cotton fiber development is under explored. The objective of this work was to directly clone, annotate, and analyze small RNAs of developing ovules to reveal the candidate small interfering RNA/microRNAs involved in cotton ovule and fiber development.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We cloned small RNA sequences from 0-10 days post anthesis (DPA) developing cotton ovules. A total of 6691 individual colonies were sequenced from 11 ovule small RNA libraries that yielded 2482 candidate small RNAs with a total of 583 unique sequence signatures. The majority (362, 62.1%) of these 583 sequences were 24 nt long with an additional 145 sequences (24.9%) in the 21 nt to 23 nt size range. Among all small RNA sequence signatures only three mirBase-confirmed plant microRNAs (miR172, miR390 and ath-miR853-like) were identified and only two miRNA-containing clones were recovered beyond 4 DPA. Further, among all of the small RNA sequences obtained from the small RNA pools in developing ovules, only 15 groups of sequences were observed in more than one DPA period. Of these, only five were present in more than two DPA periods. Two of these were miR-172 and miR-390 and a third was identified as 5.8S rRNA sequence. Thus, the vast majority of sequence signatures were expressed in only one DPA period and this included nearly all of the 24 nt sequences. Finally, we observed a distinct DPA-specific expression pattern among our clones based upon sequence abundance. Sequences occurring only once were far more likely to be seen in the 0 to 2 DPA periods while those occurring five or more times were the majority in later periods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This initial survey of small RNA sequences present in developing ovules in cotton indicates that fiber development is under complex small RNA regulation. Taken together, the results of this initial small RNA screen of developing cotton ovules is most consistent with a model, proposed by Baulcombe, that there are networks of small RNAs that are induced in a cascade fashion by the action of miRNAs and that the nature of these cascades can change from tissue to tissue and developmental stage to developmental stage.
authors.affiliation: Center of Genomic Technologies, Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Yuqori Yuz, Qibray region Tashkent district, 111226 Uzbekistan. ibrokhim_a@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ibrokhim Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Abdurakhmonov
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Devor
authors.forename: Zabardast T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Buriev
authors.forename: Lingyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Abdusalom
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makamov
authors.forename: Shukhrat E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shermatov
authors.forename: Tohir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bozorov
authors.forename: Fakhriddin N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Kushanov
authors.forename: Gafurjon T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Mavlonov
authors.forename: Abdusattor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdukarimov
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D003368:Gossypium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs; D018749:RNA, Plant; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering
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