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Transcriptome analysis of Oryza sativa in responses to different concentrations of thiocyanate

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Effective concentrations of potassium thiocyanate (KSCN) to rice seedlings were experimentally determined using relative growth rate as a sensitive endpoint. Agilent 44-K rice microarray was used to profile the molecular responses of rice seedlings exposed to thiocyanate ion (SCN−) at three different effective concentrations (EC10, EC20, and EC50). A total of 18,498 known genes were collected from SCN-treated rice microarray analysis. Out of all, 1603, 1882, and 5085 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were observed at EC10, EC20, and EC50 concentrations, respectively. More upregulated/downregulated DEGs were detected in shoots than in roots after SCN− exposure. Gene functions and pathway enrichment analysis of DEGs indicated that different effective concentrations of SCN− resulted in multiple enriched GO categories and KEGG pathways and outcomes were quite tissue-specific. Different regulations and adaptations of gene expression in molecular function (MF), biological process (BP), and cellular components (CC) were observed in rice tissues at different effective concentrations of SCN−, suggesting their different responsive and adaptive strategies. Information collected here presents a detailed description of SCN-induced alternations of gene expression in rice seedlings and provide valuable information for further searching specific genes participating in transportation, phytotoxic responses, and detoxification of SCN− in rice seedlings.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 41761094), Guangxi Science and Technology Planning Project under Grant No. GuiKe-AD18126018 and the Guangxi Talent Highland for Hazardous Waste Disposal Industrialization.

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Lin, YJ., Yu, XZ. & Zhang, Q. Transcriptome analysis of Oryza sativa in responses to different concentrations of thiocyanate. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 11696–11709 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04544-0

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