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Influence of DNA Methylation Inhibitor 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine on DNA Methylation and Seedling Development of Rice

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  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology / Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education / Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding / Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
    2State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311401, China
*Corresponding author, E-mail: chenchen@yzu.edu.cn

Received date: 2019-01-01

  Revised date: 2019-01-15

  Online published: 2019-03-10

Abstract

【Objective】 DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification broadly existed in higher plants. DNA methylation plays an important role in regulating gene expression, maintaining the genomic stability and modulating plant development. Here, we used a DNA methylation inhibitor, 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine (AZA), to study how the DNA methylation status influences rice development. 【Method】We applied AZA to the rice seedlings to explore its influence on seedling development. 【Results】AZA-treatment resulted in overall hypomethylation of the rice genome. AZA-treated plants were strikingly shorter than the control, indicating AZA treatment disturbed normal development of the plants. However, the seed germination was not significantly affected. Expression of several key genes involved in DNA methylation could be repressed by AZA treatment. In addition, some genes involving defense and photosynthesis pathways were also down-regulated. 【Conclusion】Our findings confirm that AZA is a potent DNA methylation inhibitor and suggest that to maintain proper DNA methylation status is important for rice development.

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Hui DENG, Zhiguo E, Baixiao NIU, Lei WANG, Chen CHEN . Influence of DNA Methylation Inhibitor 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine on DNA Methylation and Seedling Development of Rice[J]. Chinese Journal OF Rice Science, 2019 , 33(2) : 108 -117 . DOI: 10.16819/j.1001-7216.2019.9001

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