To investigate genome-wide mRNA secondary structure reprogramming and its correlation with translation efficiency under heat stress in wheat, this study performed a multi-omics analysis on wheat seedlings (cv. Chinese Spring) under different conditions, utilizing SHAPE-MaP and polysome profiling. The results showed that the SHAPE reactivity of start and stop codon positions in wheat transcripts was significantly higher than that of flanking regions, exhibiting conserved structural features. Compared with the control, heat stress resulted in a decrease in the average SHAPE reactivity across transcripts, indicating that mRNA tends to form double-stranded structures. This change exhibited reversibility during recovery. At the early stage of heat stress, structural changes in the start codon region were the most significant. Polysome profiling showed that heat stress caused a decrease in polysome peaks, and translation was inhibited at the genome-wide level. Correlation analysis revealed that there was no significant correlation between SHAPE reactivity changes and translation efficiency changes of various functional regions at the genome-wide level. In summary, the heat-induced increase in mRNA folding may be a proactive defense strategy, which presents a non-linear complex relationship with translational regulation.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |