MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a type of short noncoding RNA molecule (21-23 nucleotides), mediate repressive gene regulation through RNA silencing at the posttranscriptional level and play an important role in the defense response to abiotic and biotic stresses. miRNAs of the plant system have been studied in model crops for their diverse regulatory role while less is known about their significance in other plants whose genome and transcriptome data are scarce in the database, including eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). In the present study, a next-generation sequencing platform was used for the sequencing of miRNA, and real-time quantitative PCR for miRNAs was used to validate the gene expression patterns of miRNAs in Solanum melongena plantlets infected with the bacterial wilt-causing pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum (R. solanacearum). Sequence analyses showed the presence of 375 miRNAs belonging to 29 conserved families. The miR414 is highly conserved miRNA across the plant system while miR5658 and miR5021 were found exclusively in Arabidopsis thaliana surprisingly, these miRNAs were found in eggplants too. The most abundant families were miR5658 and miR414. Ppt-miR414, hvu-miR444b, stu-miR8020, and sly miR5303 were upregulated in Pusa purple long (PPL) (susceptible) at 48 h postinfection, followed by a decline after 96 h postinfection. A similar trend was obtained in ath-miR414, stu-mir5303h, alymiR847-5p, far-miR1134, ath-miR5021, ath-miR5658, osa-miR2873c, lja-miR7530, stu-miR7997c, and gra-miR8741 but at very low levels after infection in the susceptible variety, indicating their negative role in the suppression of host immunity. On the other hand, osa-miR2873c was found to be slightly increased after 96 hpi from 48 hpi. Most of the miRNAs under study showed relatively lower expression in the resistant variety Arka Nidhi after infection than in the susceptible variety. These results shed light on a deeper regulatory role of miRNAs and their targets in regulation of the plant response to bacterial infection. The present experiment and their results suggested that the higher expression of miRNA leads to a decline in host mRNA and thus shows susceptibility.

Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry Junagadh Agricultural University Junagadh 362 001 India

Department of Geology and Pedology Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Mendel University in Brno Zemedelska1 61300 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Horticulture Faculty of Agriculture Ataturk University 25240 Erzurum Turkey

Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry Navsari Agricultural University Navsari 396450 India

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