Trindade, Inês, Capitaeo, Cláudio, Dalmay, Tamas, Fevereiro, Manuel Pedro and dos Santos, Manuel Pedro (2010) miR398 and miR408 are up-regulated in response to water deficit in Medicago truncatula. Planta, 231 (3). pp. 705-716. ISSN 1432-2048

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Abstract

Plant microRNAs have been implicated in various abiotic stress responses. We identified several conserved microRNAs that showed differential expression in Medicago truncatula plants subjected to water deficit: miR169 is down-regulated only in the roots and miR398a/b and miR408 are strongly up-regulated in both shoots and roots. Down-regulation of miR169 in the roots did not correlate with accumulation of its target MtHAP2-1 transcripts, suggesting that its regulation may not occur at the mRNA level or may depend on other regulatory mechanisms, which do not involve this miRNA, in water-deficit conditions. The up-regulation of miR398a/b and miR408 and the clear down-regulation of their respective target genes, which encode the copper proteins COX5b (subunit 5b of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase) and plantacyanin, highlight the involvement of these miRNAs in response to water deprivation in M. truncatula. Also, miR398 up-regulation is inversely correlated with the down-regulation of copper superoxide dismutase, CSD1, during water deficit. The regulation of genes encoding copper proteins by miR398a/b and miR408 suggests a link between copper homeostasis and M. truncatula adaptation to progressive water deficit.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Plant Sciences
Depositing User:	Users 2731 not found.
Date Deposited:	08 Mar 2011 10:37
Last Modified:	28 Sep 2026 17:44
URI:	https://uea-test-2026.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/25725
DOI:	10.1007/s00425-009-1078-0

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