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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2013, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (02): 222-229.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2013.00222

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Cloning and Expression Analysis of Three Aquaporin Genes in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

LI Wei1,2,SHANG Hai-Hong2,WANG Shao-Gan2,FAN Sen-Miao2,LI Jun-Wen2,LIU Ai-Ying2,SHI Yu-Zhen2,GONG Ju-Wu2,GONG Wan-Kui2,WANG Tao2,BAI Zhi-Chuan1,*,YUAN You-Lu2,*   

  1. 白志川, E-mail: baizhichuan@yahoo.com.cn, Tel: 13983634203; 袁有禄, E-mail: youluyuan@hotmail.com, Tel: 0372-2525371
  • Received:2012-06-20 Revised:2012-10-09 Online:2013-02-12 Published:2012-12-11

Abstract:

To provide an insight into molecular mechanism of cotton fiber development, we analyzed the sequence characteristics of three aquaporin genes in Gossypium hirsutum L. and their expression profiling in the different tissues. Based on the bioinformatic analysis of the ESTs from the cotton fiber SSH-cDNA library, we obtained a cDNA sequence with an ORF of 927 bp, which has the homolog sequence of aquaporin genes, and it was designated as GhAQP2. With the protein sequence of GhAQP2 as a probe, two homologous ESTs in G. hirsutum database were screened out, and the rapid-amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was used to amplify the full length cDNAs of GhAQP genes (designated as GhAQP3 and GhAQP4). Bioinformatic analysis showed that GhAQP2 and GhAQP3 were composed of four exons and three introns, GhAQP4 had three exons and two introns in comparison of their sequences of genomic DNA and cDNA by DNAMAN. GhAQP2, GhAQP3, and GhAQP4 exhibited a typical structure with six transmembrane domains which linked by five loops and had the consensus sequence HINPAVTFG of MIP family and two highly conserved peptides Asn-Pro-Ala (NPA). These deduced amino acids showed high identity with the aquaporin of PIP2 subfamily reported from other plant species by multiple alignment analysis. The tissue specific expression analysis by using quantitative RT-PCR assays indicated that GhAQP2 expressed predominantly in 20 DPA fiber cell, while GhAQP3 expressed highly in the hypocotyl and cotyledon. Moreover, GhAQP4 showed highly significant expression level in 10 DPA fiber cell, hypocotyl and cotyledon. These results suggested that the three GhAQP genes might play different roles in different cotton tissues. The result of GhAQP2 predominantly expressed in 20 DPA fiber cell, provides important information for the further research on the gene-expression regulation during developmental stages from fiber cell elongation to secondary cell wall synthesis.

Key words: Gossypium hirsutum L., Cotton fiber, Aquaporin genes, Sequence analysis, Structure analysis, Expression patterns

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