GSE136767
Reprograming of gene expression and DNA methylation during initiation stages of the different root types in rice
Rice possesses a fibrous root system with a primary root, lateral roots and crown roots. The cellular origins and early morphologies of the three root types vary greatly, but the adult structures are remarkably similar. Previous studies have highlighted diverse mechanisms involved in rice roots formation However, the gene expression reprograming and the underling epigenetic mechanisms of cell differentiation and initiation of the different roots are not studied. Here, we analyzed spatiotemporally resolved transcriptomes and DNA methylomes during the initiation processes of the three root types using a precise laser microdissection (LM) coupled with RNA-Seq and BS-seq. The analysis reveals distinct gene expression programs during the first stages during the initiation of the three root types. DNA methylome analysis uncovers a dynamic but distinct CHH methylation reprogramming during initiation of the three roots, with a genome-wide decrease of CHH methylation in crown and lateral root initials, but an increase in embryonic root primordium. In addition, a more drastic reprogramming of CHH methylation was observed in lateral root initials. Together, the results provide stage-specific gene expression signatures of the rice roots initiation and show distinct epigenetic and gene expression reprograming during the formation of the three different root types in rice. Overall design: RNA-seq and BS-seq data of four stages of rice crown, lateral, embryonic root initials derived from laser microdissection, two biological replicates were represented for each sample.