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MDPI, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 3(25), p. 1617, 2024

DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031617

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Identification of Tomato microRNAs in Late Response to Trichoderma atroviride

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Abstract

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an important crop worldwide and is considered a model plant to study stress responses. Small RNAs (sRNAs), 21–24 nucleotides in length, are recognized as a conserved mechanism for regulating gene expression in eukaryotes. Plant endogenous sRNAs, such as microRNA (miRNA), have been involved in disease resistance. High-throughput RNA sequencing was used to analyze the miRNA profile of the aerial part of 30-day-old tomato plants after the application of the fungus Trichoderma atroviride to the seeds at the transcriptional memory state. Compared to control plants, ten differentially expressed (DE) miRNAs were identified in those inoculated with Trichoderma, five upregulated and five downregulated, of which seven were known (miR166a, miR398-3p, miR408, miR5300, miR6024, miR6027-5p, and miR9471b-3p), and three were putatively novel (novel miR257, novel miR275, and novel miR1767). miRNA expression levels were assessed using real-time quantitative PCR analysis. A plant sRNA target analysis of the DE miRNAs predicted 945 potential target genes, most of them being downregulated (84%). The analysis of KEGG metabolic pathways showed that most of the targets harbored functions associated with plant–pathogen interaction, membrane trafficking, and protein kinases. Expression changes of tomato miRNAs caused by Trichoderma are linked to plant defense responses and appear to have long-lasting effects.