Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet

Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus) is a drought-tolerant cereal crop. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were previously identified from multiple independent RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analyses of transcriptomes in dehydrated pearl millet plants. However, because such DEGs and their promoters were...

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Autores principales: Qazi, Maimuna, Kota, Kambara, Gupta, Shashi K., Takano, Tetsuo, Tsugama, Daisuke
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179766
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author Qazi, Maimuna
Kota, Kambara
Gupta, Shashi K.
Takano, Tetsuo
Tsugama, Daisuke
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Kota, Kambara
Qazi, Maimuna
Takano, Tetsuo
Tsugama, Daisuke
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Takano, Tetsuo
Tsugama, Daisuke
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description Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus) is a drought-tolerant cereal crop. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were previously identified from multiple independent RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analyses of transcriptomes in dehydrated pearl millet plants. However, because such DEGs and their promoters were rarely compared between those independent analyses, upstream regulators of such transcriptomic changes remain unclear. Here, motifs in promoters of 68 sets of DEGs from publicly available 135 RNA-Seq data from unstressed and dehydrated leaves and roots were detected, which revealed that the majority of the sets of promoters of genes upregulated by such stresses contain abscisic acid (ABA) response elements. Genes potentially regulating ABA biosynthesis and signaling under such conditions were narrowed down by further analyzing the above data and newly obtained RNA-Seq data from ABA-treated plants and by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. These results underscore the importance of ABA in pearl millet dehydration responses and the usefulness of promoter analyses.
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spelling CGSpace1797662026-01-14T02:08:07Z Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet Qazi, Maimuna Kota, Kambara Gupta, Shashi K. Takano, Tetsuo Tsugama, Daisuke abscisic acid dehydration pearl millet RNA sequencing transcription factor Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus) is a drought-tolerant cereal crop. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were previously identified from multiple independent RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analyses of transcriptomes in dehydrated pearl millet plants. However, because such DEGs and their promoters were rarely compared between those independent analyses, upstream regulators of such transcriptomic changes remain unclear. Here, motifs in promoters of 68 sets of DEGs from publicly available 135 RNA-Seq data from unstressed and dehydrated leaves and roots were detected, which revealed that the majority of the sets of promoters of genes upregulated by such stresses contain abscisic acid (ABA) response elements. Genes potentially regulating ABA biosynthesis and signaling under such conditions were narrowed down by further analyzing the above data and newly obtained RNA-Seq data from ABA-treated plants and by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. These results underscore the importance of ABA in pearl millet dehydration responses and the usefulness of promoter analyses. 2025-05-20 2026-01-13T15:27:13Z 2026-01-13T15:27:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179766 en Open Access application/pdf Oxford University Press Qazi, Maimuna; Kota, Kambara; Gupta, Shashi K.; Takano, Tetsuo; & Tsugama, Daisuke. 2025. Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Volume 89, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 1081–1091, https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbaf070
spellingShingle abscisic acid
dehydration
pearl millet
RNA sequencing
transcription factor
Qazi, Maimuna
Kota, Kambara
Gupta, Shashi K.
Takano, Tetsuo
Tsugama, Daisuke
Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet
title Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet
title_full Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet
title_fullStr Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet
title_full_unstemmed Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet
title_short Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet
title_sort evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet
topic abscisic acid
dehydration
pearl millet
RNA sequencing
transcription factor
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179766
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