PMID- 29951075 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230926 IS - 1664-462X (Print) IS - 1664-462X (Electronic) IS - 1664-462X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2018 TI - Using RT-qPCR, Proteomics, and Microscopy to Unravel the Spatio-Temporal Expression and Subcellular Localization of Hordoindolines Across Development in Barley Endosperm. PG - 775 LID - 10.3389/fpls.2018.00775 [doi] LID - 775 AB - Hordeum vulgare (barley) hordoindolines (HINs), HINa, HINb1, and HINb2, are orthologous proteins of wheat puroindolines (PINs) that are small, basic, cysteine-rich seed-specific proteins and responsible for grain hardness. Grain hardness is, next to its protein content, a major quality trait. In barley, HINb is most highly expressed in the mid-stage developed endosperm and is associated with both major endosperm texture and grain hardness. However, data required to understand the spatio-temporal dynamics of HIN transcripts and HIN protein regulation during grain filling processes are missing. Using reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and proteomics, we analyzed HIN transcript and HIN protein abundance from whole seeds (WSs) at four [6 days after pollination (dap), 10, 12, and >/=20 dap] as well as from aleurone, subaleurone, and starchy endosperm at two (12 and >/=20 dap) developmental stages. At the WS level, results from RT-qPCR, proteomics, and western blot showed a continuous increase of HIN transcript and HIN protein abundance across these four developmental stages. Miroscopic studies revealed HIN localization mainly at the vacuolar membrane in the aleurone, at protein bodies (PBs) in subaleurone and at the periphery of starch granules in the starchy endosperm. Laser microdissetion (LMD) proteomic analyses identified HINb2 as the most prominent HIN protein in starchy endosperm at >/=20 dap. Additionally, our quantification data revealed a poor correlation between transcript and protein levels of HINs in subaleurone during development. Here, we correlated data achieved by RT-qPCR, proteomics, and microscopy that reveal different expression and localization pattern of HINs in each layer during barley endosperm development. This indicates a contribution of each tissue to the regulation of HINs during grain filling. The effect of the high protein abundance of HINs in the starchy endosperm and their localization at the periphery of starch granules at late development stages at the cereal-based end-product quality is discussed. Understanding the spatio-temporal regulated HINs is essential to improve barley quality traits for high end-product quality, as hard texture of the barley grain is regulated by the ratio between HINb/HINa. FAU - Shabrangy, Azita AU - Shabrangy A AD - Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Roustan, Valentin AU - Roustan V AD - Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Reipert, Siegfried AU - Reipert S AD - Core Facility Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Weidinger, Marieluise AU - Weidinger M AD - Core Facility Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Roustan, Pierre-Jean AU - Roustan PJ AD - Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Stoger, Eva AU - Stoger E AD - Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Weckwerth, Wolfram AU - Weckwerth W AD - Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. AD - Vienna Metabolomics Center, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Ibl, Verena AU - Ibl V AD - Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. LA - eng GR - P 29303/FWF_/Austrian Science Fund FWF/Austria PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180613 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Plant Sci JT - Frontiers in plant science JID - 101568200 PMC - PMC6008550 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RT-qPCR OT - barley endosperm OT - grain hardness OT - hordoindoline OT - label-free shotgun proteomics OT - laser microdissection OT - reference genes OT - spatio-temporal EDAT- 2018/06/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/29 06:01 PMCR- 2018/01/01 CRDT- 2018/06/29 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fpls.2018.00775 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Plant Sci. 2018 Jun 13;9:775. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00775. eCollection 2018.