34. Regulation of photoperiodic flowering related gene expression by DNA methylation

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  • 34. DNAメチル化による光周的花成関連遺伝子の発現制御(口頭発表)

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We found that the treatment with a DNA demethylating reagent, 5-azacytidine (azaC) induced flowering in Perillafrutescens, suggesting that the flowering of P. frutescens was epigenetically regulated. The progeny of the plants flowered by azaC treatment did not flower under non-inductive photoperiod. The flowering-related genes activated by azaC treatment may be deactivated by remethylation during the generation change. Thus, we hypothesized that the expression of flowering-related genes is regulated by DNA methylation. Accordingly, we compared the genomic DNA extracted from photoperiodically induced P. frutescens and that from non-induced control plants by MS-AFLP technique, and detected some fragments specific to the DNA sample of photoinduced plants. This suggests that the inductive photoperiod changed DNA methylation status. Some flowering-specific fragments were cloned, and some of them contained CpG island-like regions which are known to play an important role in epigenetical regulation in mammals. We found a fragment homologous to the gene encoding Zn-finger domain-containing protein of rice. Zn-finger domain is contained in the protein important to vernalization, suggesting a relationship to epigenetics. Interestingly, this fragment had a CpG island-like region. These results suggest that the photoperiodic flowering of P.frutescens may be regulated by DNA methylation in CpG islands and the genes for Zn-finger containing proteins.

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  • CRID
    1390282679400524032
  • NII Article ID
    110006474727
  • NII Book ID
    AA11550064
  • DOI
    10.18978/jscrpanb.42.0_47
  • ISSN
    21896313
    09191887
  • Text Lang
    ja
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    • JaLC
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