Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein action

Abstract Heterotrimeric G‐proteins mediate crucial and diverse signaling pathways in eukaryotes. Here, we generate and analyze microarray data from guard cells and leaves of G‐protein subunit mutants of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, with or without treatment with the stress hormone, abscisic...

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Main Authors: Sona Pandey, Rui‐Sheng Wang, Liza Wilson, Song Li, Zhixin Zhao, Timothy E Gookin, Sarah M Assmann, Réka Albert
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Published: Springer Nature 2010-06-01
Series:Molecular Systems Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.28
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author Sona Pandey
Rui‐Sheng Wang
Liza Wilson
Song Li
Zhixin Zhao
Timothy E Gookin
Sarah M Assmann
Réka Albert
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Zhixin Zhao
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description Abstract Heterotrimeric G‐proteins mediate crucial and diverse signaling pathways in eukaryotes. Here, we generate and analyze microarray data from guard cells and leaves of G‐protein subunit mutants of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, with or without treatment with the stress hormone, abscisic acid. Although G‐protein control of the transcriptome has received little attention to date in any system, transcriptome analysis allows us to search for potentially uncommon yet significant signaling mechanisms. We describe the theoretical Boolean mechanisms of G‐protein × hormone regulation, and then apply a pattern matching approach to associate gene expression profiles with Boolean models. We find that (1) classical mechanisms of G‐protein signaling are well represented. Conversely, some theoretical regulatory modes of the G‐protein are not supported; (2) a new mechanism of G‐protein signaling is revealed, in which Gβ regulates gene expression identically in the presence or absence of Gα; (3) guard cells and leaves favor different G‐protein modes in transcriptome regulation, supporting system specificity of G‐protein signaling. Our method holds significant promise for analyzing analogous ‘switch‐like’ signal transduction events in any organism.
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spelling doaj-art-efe1fcb2a49b45ccbd206f31fe3648d32025-08-24T12:00:23ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922010-06-016111710.1038/msb.2010.28Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein actionSona Pandey0Rui‐Sheng Wang1Liza Wilson2Song Li3Zhixin Zhao4Timothy E Gookin5Sarah M Assmann6Réka Albert7Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Physics, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Physics, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstract Heterotrimeric G‐proteins mediate crucial and diverse signaling pathways in eukaryotes. Here, we generate and analyze microarray data from guard cells and leaves of G‐protein subunit mutants of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, with or without treatment with the stress hormone, abscisic acid. Although G‐protein control of the transcriptome has received little attention to date in any system, transcriptome analysis allows us to search for potentially uncommon yet significant signaling mechanisms. We describe the theoretical Boolean mechanisms of G‐protein × hormone regulation, and then apply a pattern matching approach to associate gene expression profiles with Boolean models. We find that (1) classical mechanisms of G‐protein signaling are well represented. Conversely, some theoretical regulatory modes of the G‐protein are not supported; (2) a new mechanism of G‐protein signaling is revealed, in which Gβ regulates gene expression identically in the presence or absence of Gα; (3) guard cells and leaves favor different G‐protein modes in transcriptome regulation, supporting system specificity of G‐protein signaling. Our method holds significant promise for analyzing analogous ‘switch‐like’ signal transduction events in any organism.https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.28abscisic acidArabidopsis thalianaBoolean modelingheterotrimeric G‐proteintranscriptome
spellingShingle Sona Pandey
Rui‐Sheng Wang
Liza Wilson
Song Li
Zhixin Zhao
Timothy E Gookin
Sarah M Assmann
Réka Albert
Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein action
Molecular Systems Biology
abscisic acid
Arabidopsis thaliana
Boolean modeling
heterotrimeric G‐protein
transcriptome
title Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein action
title_full Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein action
title_fullStr Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein action
title_full_unstemmed Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein action
title_short Boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G‐protein action
title_sort boolean modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric g protein action
topic abscisic acid
Arabidopsis thaliana
Boolean modeling
heterotrimeric G‐protein
transcriptome
url https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.28
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