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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2025

Transcriptional and epigenomic changes in response to polyethylene glycol-triggered osmotic stress in Brassica napus L.

Melvin Prasad, Prateek Shetty, Avik Kumar Pal, Gábor Rigó, Kamal Kant, Laura Zsigmond, István Nagy, Padubidri V Shivaprasad, László Szabados

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Drought stress inFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Melvin PrasadInstitute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN BRC, Szeged, Hungary.
Prateek ShettyInstitute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN BRC, Szeged, Hungary.
Avik Kumar PalNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India.
Gábor RigóInstitute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN BRC, Szeged, Hungary.
Kamal KantInstitute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN BRC, Szeged, Hungary.
Laura ZsigmondInstitute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN BRC, Szeged, Hungary.
István NagySeqomics Kft, Mórahalom, Hungary.
Padubidri V ShivaprasadNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India.
László SzabadosInstitute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN BRC, Szeged, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-9163-9875

Funding

National Research Development and Innovation Office 2019-2.1.13-TÉT_IN-2020-00034National Research Development and Innovation Office FK128920National Research Development and Innovation Office K143620National Research Development and Innovation Office NKFI K128728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drought hinders growth, development, and productivity of higher plants. While the physiological and molecular background of plant responses to drought has been extensively studied, the role of post-translational modifications of histones or DNA methylation in response to dehydration remains largely elusive. In this study, we deciphered genome-wide changes in transcriptome and histone modifications in response to dehydration in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). High-throughput transcript profiling (RNA-seq) and ChIP followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-treated rapeseed plants revealed genome-scale changes in transcription and histone methylation patterns, specifically in histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) and histone H3 tri-methylated lysine 27 (H3K27me3) sites. We have identified gene sets with altered transcript profiles as well as histone methylation marks in response to osmotic stress. Several proline biosynthesis regulatory genes coding for Delta 1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Synthetases (P5CS) displayed changes in H3K4me3 and/or H3K36me3 enrichment post-PEG treatment. Targeted bisulfite sequencing further identified stress-dependent gene body DNA methylation in one of the BnP5CSA gene copies that correlates with its stress-induced activation. By integrating physiological, transcriptional, and epigenomic data, our study contributes to a better understanding of the drought response control in crop plants.

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Brassica napusEpigenesis, GeneticOsmotic PressurePolyethylene GlycolsTranscriptomeDNA MethylationGene Expression Regulation, PlantHistonesHistonesPolyethylene GlycolsChIPDNA methylationdrought-responsive genesH3K27me3H3K4me3histone methylationP5CS genesprolinerapeseedtranscriptome

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PMID40178034
PMCPMC12192427

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