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miR2118-dependent U-rich phasiRNA production in rice anther wall development

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  • Saori Araki

    (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST))

  • Ngoc Tu Le

    (OIST)

  • Koji Koizumi

    (OIST)

  • Alejandro Villar-Briones

    (OIST)

  • Ken-Ichi Nonomura

    (National Institute of Genetics
    Graduate University for Advanced Studies/Sokendai)

  • Masaki Endo

    (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

  • Haruhiko Inoue

    (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    PRESTO)

  • Hidetoshi Saze

    (OIST)

  • Reina Komiya

    (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
    PRESTO)

Abstract

Reproduction-specific small RNAs are vital regulators of germline development in animals and plants. MicroRNA2118 (miR2118) is conserved in plants and induces the production of phased small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs). To reveal the biological functions of miR2118, we describe here rice mutants with large deletions of the miR2118 cluster. Our results demonstrate that the loss of miR2118 causes severe male and female sterility in rice, associated with marked morphological and developmental abnormalities in somatic anther wall cells. Small RNA profiling reveals that miR2118-dependent 21-nucleotide (nt) phasiRNAs in the anther wall are U-rich, distinct from the phasiRNAs in germ cells. Furthermore, the miR2118-dependent biogenesis of 21-nt phasiRNAs may involve the Argonaute proteins OsAGO1b/OsAGO1d, which are abundant in anther wall cell layers. Our study highlights the site-specific differences of phasiRNAs between somatic anther wall and germ cells, and demonstrates the significance of miR2118/U-phasiRNA functions in anther wall development and rice reproduction.

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  • Saori Araki & Ngoc Tu Le & Koji Koizumi & Alejandro Villar-Briones & Ken-Ichi Nonomura & Masaki Endo & Haruhiko Inoue & Hidetoshi Saze & Reina Komiya, 2020. "miR2118-dependent U-rich phasiRNA production in rice anther wall development," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-16637-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16637-3
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    1. Hinako Tamotsu & Koji Koizumi & Alejandro Villar Briones & Reina Komiya, 2023. "Spatial distribution of three ARGONAUTEs regulates the anther phasiRNA pathway," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.

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