title: Global expression profiling of low temperature induced genes in the chilling tolerant japonica rice Jumli Marshi.
abstract: Low temperature is a key factor that limits growth and productivity of many important agronomical crops worldwide. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is negatively affected already at temperatures below +10°C and is therefore denoted as chilling sensitive. However, chilling tolerant rice cultivars exist and can be commercially cultivated at altitudes up to 3,050 meters with temperatures reaching as low as +4°C. In this work, the global transcriptional response to cold stress (+4°C) was studied in the Nepalese highland variety Jumli Marshi (spp. japonica) and 4,636 genes were identified as significantly differentially expressed within 24 hours of cold stress. Comparison with previously published microarray data from one chilling tolerant and two sensitive rice cultivars identified 182 genes differentially expressed (DE) upon cold stress in all four rice cultivars and 511 genes DE only in the chilling tolerant rice. Promoter analysis of the 182 genes suggests a complex cross-talk between ABRE and CBF regulons. Promoter analysis of the 511 genes identified over-represented ABRE motifs but not DRE motifs, suggesting a role for ABA signaling in cold tolerance. Moreover, 2,101 genes were DE in Jumli Marshi alone. By chromosomal localization analysis, 473 of these cold responsive genes were located within 13 different QTLs previously identified as cold associated.
authors.affiliation: CropTailor AB, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Aakash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chawade
authors.affiliation: CropTailor AB, Lund, Sweden ; Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindlöf
authors.affiliation: Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.affiliation: CropTailor AB, Lund, Sweden ; Department of Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Olof
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olsson
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant; D005838:Genotype; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D009390:Nepal; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D018085:Regulon; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins