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GrainGenes Reference Report: PMB-52-401

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Reference	PMB-52-401
Title	Allopolyploidy alters gene expression in the highly stable hexaploid wheat
Journal	Plant Molecular Biology
Year	2003
Volume	52
Pages	401-414
Author	He P Friebe BR Gill BS Zhou JM
Abstract	Summary: Hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum) contains triplicated genomes derived from three distinct species. To better understand how different genomes are coordinated in the same nucleus of the hexaploid wheat, we globally compared gene expression of a synthetic hexaploid wheat with its diploid (Aegilops tauschii) and tetraploid (T. turgidum) parents by cDNA-AFLP display. The results suggested that the expression of a significant fraction of genes was altered in the synthetic hexaploid; most appeared to be diminished and some were activated. We characterized nine cDNA clones in details. Cytogenetic as well as genomic sequence analyses indicated that the gene silencing was not due to chromosome/DNA loss but was caused by gene regulation. Northern and RT-PCR divided these genes into three groups: (I) four genes were down-regulated nonspecifically, likely involving both parental orthologues; (II) four genes were down-regulated in an orthologue-dependent manner; (III) one gene was activated specifically in the synthetic hexaploid wheat. These genes were often altered non-randomly in different synthetic hexaploids as well as natural hexaploid wheat, suggesting that many of the gene expression changes were intrinsically associated with polyploidy
Keyword	[ Hide all but 1 of 35 ] aegilops allopolyploidy arabidopsis allotetraploids cdna cdna aflp common wheat diploid duplication epigenetics evolution fraction gene gene expression gene regulation gene silencing genomic genomic sequence hexaploid hexaploid wheat methylation nucleus parents polyploid polyploidy rapid genomic changes regulation responses rt-pcr sequence sequence analyses synthetic hexaploid synthetic hexaploid wheat tauschii tetraploid triticum

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