Análise transcricional de Physcomitrium Acutifolium Broth. por meio da técnica de rna-seq: um enfoque sobre o estresse por frio em plantas

Abstract

The abiotic stresses are responsible for inducing adaptations in plants. When subjected to stress, plants respond by signaling mechanisms in physiological pathways, starting a process of acclimatization. However, not every adaptation potential is identified in phenotypic level, but if the selection pressure led by the stress persist over plant development, there may be a change in genotypic level. Consequently, these incipient changes can be identified in transcriptional level, the precursors of some important genetic changes such as alternative splicing. In polar environments are noted that the plants were adapted to survive at low temperatures, this adjustment is related to the expression of genes, which confer them resistance to freezing. Among these plants are mosses, present in the environments of contrasting climates, this suggests that these organisms have phenotypic and genotypic plasticity. Even if there are few studies of these organisms in relation to different stressors, we know that these have the potential for resistance to environmental stresses. To discover these potential resistance is necessary to study the genes specifically related to the stressor in question, this study is the cold stress. Then you need a sequencing process is necessary genes expressed when the plant is subjected to stress. In this study were performed tests with cultured explants in vitro moss Physcomitrium acutifolium Broth. at different temperatures, with 6 treatments ranged from 0°C to 25°C, followed by phenotypic analysis and subsequently transcriptome analysis based in RNA sequencing process aiming to identify a differential gene expression. The results suggest stress relationship for low temperatures and the potential for expression of genes related to cold stress in this moss, mainly by an identification of a higher occurrences of alternative splicing in plants growing at lowest temperature tested. Thus, the potential use of moss species in studies related to plant resistance to freeze temperatures becomes as an interesting alternative in plant biotechnology processes.