title: Genome-wide analysis of alternative splicing landscapes modulated during plant-virus interactions in Brachypodium distachyon.
abstract: In eukaryotes, alternative splicing (AS) promotes transcriptome and proteome diversity. The extent of genome-wide AS changes occurring during a plant-microbe interaction is largely unknown. Here, using high-throughput, paired-end RNA sequencing, we generated an isoform-level spliceome map of Brachypodium distachyon infected with Panicum mosaic virus and its satellite virus. Overall, we detected ∼44,443 transcripts in B. distachyon, ∼30% more than those annotated in the reference genome. Expression of ∼28,900 transcripts was ≥2 fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped fragments, and ∼42% of multi-exonic genes were alternatively spliced. Comparative analysis of AS patterns in B. distachyon, rice (Oryza sativa), maize (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), Arabidopsis thaliana, potato (Solanum tuberosum), Medicago truncatula, and poplar (Populus trichocarpa) revealed conserved ratios of the AS types between monocots and dicots. Virus infection quantitatively altered AS events in Brachypodium with little effect on the AS ratios. We discovered AS events for >100 immune-related genes encoding receptor-like kinases, NB-LRR resistance proteins, transcription factors, RNA silencing, and splicing-associated proteins. Cloning and molecular characterization of SCL33, a serine/arginine-rich splicing factor, identified multiple novel intron-retaining splice variants that are developmentally regulated and modulated during virus infection. B. distachyon SCL33 splicing patterns are also strikingly conserved compared with a distant Arabidopsis SCL33 ortholog. This analysis provides new insights into AS landscapes conserved among monocots and dicots and uncovered AS events in plant defense-related genes.
authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
authors: Kranthi K
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2986-4016
authors: KK
authors: Mandadi
authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 kbgs@tamu.edu.
authors: Karen-Beth G
authors: KB
authors: Scholthof
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics*; D058431:Brachypodium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D045868:Sorghum / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins
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