TiMet WP1.1 qRT-PCR LD to LL and LD

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BioDare ID 2841
Author Anna Flis
Institution MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
License CC_BY

Description

2 WT (Col, Ws) and 5 clock mutants, in biological duplicates, from three conditions: Diurnal cycle (12L/12D), Extended night (DD), Extended light (LL), harvest every 2 hours. Numbers are in transcript copy per cell, obtained assuming 1 g FW contains 25000000 cells.

Purpose

TiMet focuses on an important and general biological problem – how are plant metabolism and growth regulated and orchestrated in a daily-changing environment?

Comments

Data from LD are concateneted with DD and LL for better visualization. Toc1-101 (col-0) gi-201 (col-0) prr7.3\prr9.1 (col-0) , lhy\cca1 (ws) elf3-4 (WS)

Sample preparation

Plant material was grinded using Ball-Mill (Retch, Germany). Around 50 mg of material from each sample was aliquoted into 2 µL Eppendorf tubes. RNA was extracted using RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (QIAGEN) by following the manufacturer’s instructions. Briefly, the RLC buffer (500µL) was added to the frozen plant powder and the mixture was homogenised. RNA was eluted from the RNeasy spin column twice, first with 50 µL and then with 30 µL of RNase-free water. The concentration of RNA was determined using the Nano-Drop ND-1000 UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Nano-Drop Technologies).

Measurement

Protocol

RT-PCR (PerkinElmer Evolution P3+Applied Biosystems PCR)

In the first step DNA that may be present in RNA extracts was removed from samples using TURBO DNA-freeTM kit (Applied Biosystems) by following the supplied protocol. The concentration of RNA was determined using Nano-Drop spectrophotometer and 1µg of DNase treated RNA was used for cDNA synthesis. The reaction of reverse transcription was done using the SuperScript III First-Standard Synthesis System Kit (Invitrogen).

On each 384-well plate with an ABI PRISM 7900 HT sequence detection system (Applied Biosystems Deutschland, Darmstadt, Germany) using PerkinElmer Evolution P3 Precision Pipetting Platform (PerkinElmer Life Science, Rodgau-Jügesheim, Germany) 22 pairs of primers were dispensed (200nM of each primer). PCR mix was prepared by adding 0.5µL of cDNA and 2.5µL of Power SYBR Green PCR Master Mix (Applied Biosystems, Deutschland) to already prepared primers. The qRT-PCR reactions were carried out following the recommended thermal profile: 2 min at 50˚C, 10 min at 95˚C, followed by 40 cycles of 95˚C for 15 s and 60 ˚C for 1 min. The specificity of the amplifications was tested by heating from 60˚C to 95˚C with a speed of 1.9 ˚C min-1, resulting in melting curves. Data analysis was performed using SDS 2.4 software (Applied Biosystems Deutschland). And all data transformed from copies/g FW to copies / cell assuming 1 g FW contains 25000000 cells

Done by Robot: PerkinElmer Evolution P3 Precision Pipetting Platform with Applied Biosystems PCR, PRIMERS: first forward then reverse LHY TGCCTCAAAGCTTTTCGCCTCCT GTCTGCAGCACAAGAATCCTGGCT CCA1 TCCAATGCACGCCGCAGTAGAA AGGCAATTCGACCCTCGTCAGACA PRR9 AGCTAGCAGAACAACGTCCTCGAGT CGTCTGAATTCACGGTTCGCACGA PRR7 AGAGGTGCTTCCGAAAGAAGGTACGA ACGCACAAATTGGCCTCGCACT PRR5 TGCAATGGCTCCTGCTTCACTCTC ACTGTACTCATGCGGGCTAACGGA TOC1 TGATGGATCGGGTTTCTCTGCACCA TGAGGCATCATGGCTGCTGATTGC GI TGCGGGCAACTGATGGAATGCT TGCTCTTGCCGTGGCTTCAAGT LUX CAGCGGTAATGTTGGAGTGCCGAT TGGCATCTGCATCATCTGTTGCGT ELF3 ACAACAAGAGATGGGGGAGGAGTGAC ACTCGCGAGCTTTGCGTTGTGA ELF4 AGTTTCTCGTCGGGCTTTCACGGT TAAGCTCTAGTTCCGGCAGCACCA

Experimental conditions

LD 20/18C

Growth on Soil for 20.0 days (LD 20/18C). Seeds sown directly in big pots - no pricking (compared to WP1.2A) but thinning to avoid any shading between the seedlings after around 1 week

Light

Type Duration (days) Cycle (h) Start Duration Spectrum Source Intensity
diurnal light 20 24 0:00 12:00 white tube 160

Temperature

Type Duration (days) Cycle (h) Base (°C) Warm (°C) Warm start Warm duration
diurnal temp 20 24 18 20 0:00 12:00

LD to LL

Growth on Soil for 3.0 days (LD to LL). on 21 day to LL and measured for 2 days, the timeseries is made by concatenation with LL experiment

Light

Type Duration (days) Cycle (h) Start Duration Spectrum Source Intensity
diurnal light 1 24 0:00 12:00 white tube 160
constant light 2 24 0:00 24:00 white tube 160

Temperature

Type Duration (days) Cycle (h) Base (°C) Warm (°C) Warm start Warm duration
diurnal temp 1 24 18 20.0 0:00 12:00
constant temperature 2 24 20 -- -- --

LD to DD

Growth on Soil for 3.0 days (LD to DD). on 21 day to DD and measured, the timeseries is made by concatenation with LL experiment

Light

Type Duration (days) Cycle (h) Start Duration Spectrum Source Intensity
diurnal light 1 24 0:00 12:00 white tube 160
constant dark 2 24 -- -- white tube 160

Temperature

Type Duration (days) Cycle (h) Base (°C) Warm (°C) Warm start Warm duration
diurnal temp 1 24 18 20.0 0:00 12:00
constant temperature 2 24 18 -- -- --

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