作者机构:
[Huang, Jian-An; Liu, Zhong-Hua; Xiong, Li-Gui; Li, Juan; Huang, Wen-Feng] Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China;[Huang, Jian-An; Liu, Zhong-Hua; Xiong, Li-Gui; Li, Juan; Huang, Wen-Feng] National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China;[Huang, Jian-An; Liu, Zhong-Hua; Xiong, Li-Gui; Li, Juan; Huang, Wen-Feng] Co-Innovation Center of Education Ministry for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China;[Huang, Jian-An; Liu, Zhong-Hua; Li, Juan; Huang, Wen-Feng] Key Laboratory for Evaluation and Utilization of Gene Resources of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China;[Xiong, Li-Gui] Key Laboratory for Evaluation and Utilization of Gene Resources of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China. Electronic address: xiongligui@hunau.edu.cn
通讯机构:
[Xiong, Li-Gui] K;Key Laboratory for Evaluation and Utilization of Gene Resources of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China. Electronic address:
摘要:
Phyllosphere microorganisms have recently attracted the attention of scientists studying plant microbiomes. The origin, diversity, functions, and interactions of phyllosphere microorganisms have been extensively explored. Many experiments have demonstrated seasonal cycles of phyllosphere microbes. However, a comprehensive comparison of these separate investigations to characterize seasonal trends in phyllosphere microbes of woody and herbaceous plants has not been conducted. In this review, we explored the dynamic changes of phyllosphere microorganisms in woody and non-woody plants with the passage of the season, sought to find the driving factors, summarized these texts, and thought about future research trends regarding the application of phyllosphere microorganisms in agricultural production. Seasonal trends in phyllosphere microorganisms of herbaceous and woody plants have similarities and differences, but extensive experimental validation is needed. Climate, insects, hosts, microbial interactions, and anthropogenic activities are the diverse factors that influence seasonal variation in phyllosphere microorganisms.
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Causal Agent;Crop Type;Epidemiology;Field crops;Fungi;Pathogen detection;Subject Areas;disease warning systems
摘要:
Root rot is an important disease of tea plants owing to its unobvious early symptoms and permanent damage (Huu et al. 2016). In 2019, 5% of tea plants displayed symptoms consistent with root rot in a tea plantation (28°09'N, 113°13'E) located in Changsha city, Hunan province of China. The symptoms of the diseased tea plants ranged from wilting leaves to entirely dead. The roots had black lesions and rot typical of this disease. Symptomatic roots were collected, washed with water and disinfected with 75% ethanol, then cut into pieces and sterilized with 0.1% mercuric chloride for 30 s, 75% ethanol for 1 min, and rinsed with sterile water five times. After drying on sterilized filter paper, root tissues were cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium at 25 oC for 7 days in the dark. Four isolates, CAGF1, CAGF2, CAGF3, and CAGF4 were purified by selecting single spores. All isolates were subjected to a pathogenicity test. A conidial suspension of each strain was collected at a concentration of 2×106 conidia/mL. For the pathogenicity test, two-year-old field grown tea plants were transplanted in plastic pots containing 240 g of the rice grain-bran mixture (inoculated with 4 mL of conidial suspension and cultured for 14 days) and 960 g of sterilized soil (Huu et al. 2016). The pots without inoculated mixture served as control group. All the pots were kept in illumination incubators at 25 (o)C and a 12L:12D photoperiod. The pathogenicity test for each strain was repeated three times with three repetitions. Only strain CAGF1 exhibited pathogenicity to tea plants. Symptoms appeared on the third day post inoculation (dpi) and gradually worsened by the 7 dpi. On the 14 dpi, most leaves had died and the roots were black and partially rotten, similar to field symptoms. The reisolated fungus from potted roots was identified as CAGF1 based on ITS region and colony morphology, while isolation was attempted, CAGF1 was not isolated from the control plants, which fulfilled Koch's postulates. On PDA, the colony center of CAGF1 was purple with white margin, while on carnation leaf agar (CLA) medium was white. On CLA medium, macroconidia have 0 to 3 septa, measured 19.1 μm to 41.2 μm × 4.2 μm to 5.4 μm (mean= 31.2 μm × 4.8 μm, n=30). The microconidia were measured as 6.7 μm to 12.8 μm × 2.4 μm to 4.9 μm (mean= 10.1 μm × 3.3 μm, n=30), with 0 to 1 septa. And the chlamydospores were measured as 6.0 to 9.7μm (mean= 7.7μm, n=30). Morphologically, strain CAGF1 was identified as Fusarium oxysporum (Leslie and Summerell 2006). Additionally, the genomic DNA of strain CAGF1 was extracted by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) method, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1α) and second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2) were amplified using the primers ITS1/ITS4 (White et al. 1990), EF-1/EF-2 (Geiser et al. 2004) and fRPB2-5F/fRPB2-7cR (Liu et al. 1999), respectively. Sequences were deposited in GenBank (ITS, OK178562.1; EF-1α, OK598121.1; RPB2, OP381476.1). BLASTn searches revealed that strain CAGF1 was 100% (ON075522.1 for ITS and JX885464.1 for RPB2) and 99.6% (JQ965440.1 for EF-1α) identical to Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC). Based on phylogenetic analysis, the strain CAGF1 was identified as Fusarium cugenangense, belonging to FOSC. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. cugenangense causing root rot of tea plants in China. The findings are important for the management of this root rot and the improvement of economic benefits of tea cultivation.
关键词:
High protein diet;L-Theanine;Neurotransmitters;Nutritional intervention
摘要:
Excessive protein intake causes liver and brain damage and neurotransmitter disorders, thereby inducing cognitive dysfunction. L-theanine can regulate the neurotransmitter content and show great potential in liver and brain protection. However, it remains unclear whether l-theanine effectively regulates neurotransmitter content under high-protein diet. A 40-day feeding experiment was performed in Sprague Dawley rats to investigate the regulatory effects and mechanisms of l-theanine on neurotransmitters via liver-brain axis in high-protein diets. The results showed that a 30% protein diet increased the liver and brain neurotransmitter content while maintaining the normal structure of liver and the hippocampal CA1 of brain and improving the autonomous behavior of rats. In contrast, 40% and 50% protein diets decreased the content of neurotransmitters, affected autonomous behavior, destroyed the hippocampal CA1 of brain structure, increased hepatic inflammatory infiltration, lipid degeneration, and hepatocyte eosinophilic change in liver, increased liver AST, ALT, MDA, CRP, and blood ammonia level, and decreased liver SOD and CAT level. However, l-theanine improved liver and brain neurotransmitter content, autonomous behavior, liver and hippocampal brain structure, and liver biochemical indicators in 40% and 50% protein diets. To explore how LTA can eliminate the adverse effects of a high-protein diet, we analyzed different metabolites and proteomes and using western blotting for validate quantitatively. We found that l-theanine regulates the activity of PF4 and G protein subunit alpha i2, increases the content of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and dopamine under a 20% protein diet. In addition, l-theanine can activate the adenylate cyclase-protein kinase A pathway through the protein alpha/beta-hydrolase domain protein 12 to regulate the content of neurotransmitters under a 40% protein diet, thereby exerting a neuroprotective effect.
期刊:
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry,2024年206:108287 ISSN:0981-9428
通讯作者:
Li, Yufan
作者机构:
[Yang, Zhengmin; Chen, Haixia; Wu, Xiaomei; Xiang, Wei; Pan, Yusha; Ling, Wu; Yang, Yujie; Chen, Jiren] Hunan Mid-subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China;[Ling, Wu] Agricultural Technology Extension Center of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, 330000, China;[Ma, Jie] Hunan Cotton Science Institute, Changde, 415000, China;[Zhou, Li; Zheng, Sixiang; Sun, Mengshan] Institute of Agriculture Environment and Agroecology, Hunan Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China;[Zeng, Jianguo] Hunan Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, National and Local Union Engineering Research Center of Veterinary Herbal Medicine Resource and Initiative, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410125, China
通讯机构:
[Li, Yufan] H;Hunan Mid-subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China. Electronic address:
摘要:
Lilium is a commercially important genus of bulbous flowers, investigating the flowering molecular mechanisms is important for flowering regulation of lily. MADS-box SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) orthologs are involved in the flowering transition and floral organ differentiation in many plants. In this study, we identified an SVP ortholog from L. × formolongi (LfSVP), which was closely related to Arabidopsis SVP according to phylogenetic analysis. Tissue-specific expression patterns indicated that LfSVP expression levels peaked in the leaves and showed low expression levels in flowering tepals. Stage-dependent expression patterns of LfSVP showed high transcription level in the flowering induction stage under different photoperiods and exhibited transcription peak in the floral budding development stage under long days. Overexpressed LfSVP led to delayed flowering and floral organ defects in Arabidopsis independent of photoperiod. Tobacco rattle virus -induced gene silencing of LfSVP caused a strongly earlier flowering time and floral organ defects of L. × formolongi. Moreover, LfSVP can interact with L. × formolongi APETALA1 (AP1) in both yeast and tobacco cells, and the two may interact to regulate floral organ differentiation. In conclusion, LfSVP is a flowering repressor and may be involved in the regulation of floral organ differentiation. This study will be helpful for the molecular breeding of short-life-period and rich floral patterns lily varieties.
作者机构:
[Lai, Zhongxiong; Tian, Caiyun; Jiang, Lele; Guo, Yuqiong; Zhou, Chengzhe] College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;[Xie, Siyi] Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;[Lai, Zhongxiong; Zhou, Chengzhe] Institute of Horticultural Biotechnology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;[Zhu, Chen] Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany & Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 723 Xingke Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, China;[Chen, Changsong; You, Xiaomei] Tea Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 104 Pudang Road, Xindian Town, Jin'an District, Fuzhou 350012, China
关键词:
Camellia sinensis;genetic diversity;genome-wide association analysis;selection pressure
摘要:
Fujian province, an important tea-producing area in China, has abundant tea cultivars. To investigate the genetic relationships of tea plant cultivars in Fujian province and the characteristics of the tea plant varieties, a total of 70 tea cultivars from Fujian and other 12 provinces in China were subjected to restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq). A total of 60,258,975 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites were obtained. These 70 tea plant cultivars were divided into three groups based on analyzing the phylogenetic tree, principal component, and population structure. Selection pressure analysis indicated that nucleotide diversity was high in Southern China and genetically distinct from cultivars of Fujian tea plant cultivars, according to selection pressure analysis. The selected genes have significant enrichment in pathways associated with metabolism, photosynthesis, and respiration. There were ten characteristic volatiles screened by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with multivariate statistical methods, among which the differences in the contents of methyl salicylate, 3-carene, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, (E)-4-hexen-1-ol, and 3-methylbutyraldehyde can be used as reference indicators of the geographical distribution of tea plants. Furthermore, a metabolome genome-wide association study (mGWAS) revealed that 438 candidate genes were related to the aroma metabolic pathway. Further analysis showed that 31 genes of all the selected genes were screened and revealed the reasons for the genetic differences in aroma among tea plant cultivars in Fujian and Southern China. These results reveal the genetic diversity in the Fujian tea plants as well as a theoretical basis for the conservation, development, and utilization of the Fujian highly aromatic tea plant cultivars.
关键词:
Color fading;Cut flower;Sucrose;Transcript regulation
摘要:
As fresh ornamental crops, vase life and post-harvested quality of cut flowers have attracted much attention. Flower color fading is the prominent defect in red and purple cut flowers, especially in cut chrysanthemum which have a relative long vase life. Here, the effect of sucrose on change in anthocyanin contents during the vase life of 'Dante Purple' cut chrysanthemum was studied. Results showed that 500 mM sucrose as holding solution could significantly delay the decrease in anthocyanin content and maintain the ornamental value for as long as 38 vase days. Moreover, the sucrose also increased the flower diameter, soluble sugar contents and total antioxidant capacity, while decreasing the malondialdehyde contents. Further studies suggested that the transcript levels of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes and transcription factors, CmMYB6 and CmMYB#7, had continuously decreased during the vase life. The changes in these genes expression patterns was retarded by the sucrose treatment, except for CmMYB#7 which is a repressor of anthocyanin biosynthesis gene expression. The decline in relative expression of CmMYB#7 was accelerated by sucrose. These results have supplied clues to study the mechanism whereby sucrose serves as a signal molecule to regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis.
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Fruit cracking seriously affects the commercial value of table grapes. To explore whether cell wall disassembly influences grape berry cracking, first, the differences in the cell wall metabolism were compared between cracking-resistant "Shennongjinhuanghou" (SN) and cracking-susceptible "Xiangfei" (XF) varieties. Our results showed that cell wall disassembly events were extremely different between "SN" and "XF." The cracking-resistant "SN" had a higher pectinmethylesterase activity in the early stage and lower polygalacturonase, β-galactosidase, pectate lyase, and cellulase activities from veraison, cooperatively yielding higher ionically bound pectin, covalently bound pectin, hemicellulose, and lower water-soluble pectin, leading to a stronger skin break force and elasticity and conferring "SN" with higher cracking resistance. Furthermore, the function of the VvPL1 gene in fruit cracking was verified by heterologously transforming tomatoes. The transgenic experiment showed that overexpressed fruits had a higher activity of pectate lyase from the breaking stage and a lower level of covalently bound pectin, ionically bound pectin, cellulose, and hemicellulose and a higher level of water-soluble pectin at the red ripe stage, which resulted in a significantly reduced skin break force and flesh firmness and increased fruit cracking incidences. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that the cracking susceptibility of the grape berry is closely related to cell wall disassembly events and VvPL1 plays an important role in fruit cracking.
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Fu brick tea;Microbiotic metabolism;Obesity;Polysaccharides;Prebiotic
摘要:
Fu brick tea (FBT) is a traditional tea manufactured by solid-state fermentation of tea leaves (Camellia sinensis). Although anti-obesity effects have been reported for FBT, the associated role of FBT polysaccharides (PSs) and the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. In this study, we found that FBTPSs inhibited obesity, hyperlipidemia, and inflammation; improved intestinal barrier function; and alleviated gut microbiota dysbiosis in high-fat diet-fed rats. Akkermansia muciniphila, Bacteroides, Parasutterella, Desulfovibrio, and Blautia were the core microbes regulated by FBTPSs. FBTPSs regulated the produc-tion of gut microbiota-related metabolites, including short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), branched-chain amino acids, and aromatic amino acids throughout the development of obesity, and regulated the SCFA-GPR signaling pathway. FBTPS-treated fecal microbiota transplant ameliorated obesity, alleviated gut microbiota dysbiosis, and improved gut microbiota-associated metabolites, suggesting that the anti-obesity effect of FBTPSs was gut microbiota-dependent. FBTPSs may serve as novel prebiotic agents for the treatment of obesity and dysbiosis of gut microbiota.(c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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bacterial flora disorder;Type 2 diabetes;Helicobacter;mulberry leaf fu tea;alpha-glucosidase and alpha-amylase activities
摘要:
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a disease caused by hyperglycemia, an imbalance in the intestinal flora and disruption of the endocrine system. At present, it is primarily controlled through drug treatment and an improved diet. Mulberry leaf and fu brick tea were considered to have excellent hypoglycemic effects. This study used mulberry leaves and fu brick tea as raw materials to develop a dietary regulator that can assist in the prevention and alleviation of diabetes. The experiment used the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat model to investigate the hypoglycemic effect of mulberry leaf fu tea (MFT) and its influence on the intestinal flora of diabetic rats through methods including ELISA, tissue section observation and 16S RNA microbial sequencing. The results showed that, compared with the GK group, the intervention of mulberry leaf fu tea significantly reduced the activities of alpha-glucosidase (p < 0.05) and alpha-amylase (p < 0.05) in the duodenum of GK diabetic rats. The height of the duodenal villi was significantly reduced (p < 0.001), leading to decreased intestinal sugar absorption. At the same time, MFT alleviates the imbalance of intestinal flora caused by high blood sugar, promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria (Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, etc.), and inhibits the reproduction of harmful bacteria (Blautia, Klebsiella, Helicobacter, Alistipes, etc.). MFT helps reduce the secretion of toxic substances (lipopolysaccharide, p < 0.001), decreases oxidative stress and inflammation, mitigates organ damage, and improves symptoms of diabetes. Finally, the random blood glucose value of GK rats dropped from 22.79 mmol/L to 14.06 mmol/L. In summary, mulberry leaf fu tea can lower sugar absorption in diabetic rats, reduce the body's oxidative stress and inflammatory response, regulate intestinal flora, and reduce blood sugar levels in GK rats. It is hinted that mulberry leaf fu tea could be used as a functional drink to help prevent the occurrence of diabetes.
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Genetic assessment of pear regeneration population is very important for genetic fidelity maintenance in genetic engineering breeding. In this research, a regeneration system for a pear dwarfing rootstock cultivar, 'Qingzhen D1', was established using NN69 medium supplemented with different concentrations of thidiazuron (TDZ) and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). The genetic stability of the regenerated population was evaluated through flow cytometry (FCM) and whole genome resequencing techniques. The highest regeneration rate (93%) was induced on NN69 medium supplemented with 3.0mg.L- 1 TDZ and 2.4mg.L- 1 IBA, with 3.9 adventitious buds per leaf. No phenotypes and ploidy changes were detected in regeneration population. But a high variation frequency (5.0 x 10 (- 4)) at a single site was detected. The mutations occurred most frequently on chromosome 5, 10 and 15, while least 4. High-impact changes only accounted for 0.065% of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) and 1.429% of insertions or deletions of nucleotides from a sequence (Indels) of all polymorphisms, most of which caused by frameshift. Functional analysis of genes affected by high-impact variants showed that they were mainly related to adaptation to environment. This study will provide a theoretical basis for the application of pear genetic engineering breeding in the future.
通讯机构:
[Wei Liu; Xuexiao Zou] C;[Zhuqing Zhang] V;College of Life Sciences and Environment, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang 421008, China<&wdkj&>College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China<&wdkj&>Longping Branch, Graduate School of Hunan University, Changsha 410125, China<&wdkj&>Vegetable Institution of Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China
摘要:
The stay-green trait is of considerable importance in extending the shelf life of green pepper fruit (Capsicum annuum L.) and in enhancing the appearance of ornamental plants. The study revealed the genetic and regulatory mechanisms of the stay-green trait in pepper, which will aid in the selection of ornamental pepper varieties. In this study, a pepper mutant with stay-green fruit named TNX348 was identified from a germplasm resource bank. Two segregating populations were constructed using the stay-green mutant TNX348 and then used in bulked segre-gant analysis combined with RNA sequencing and linkage analyses. The causal gene of the stay-green trait was mapped to an approximately 131-kb region, and a senescence-induced chloroplast protein gene, CaSGR1 (Capana01g000359), was identified as a candidate gene. Sequencing analysis revealed a G -> A single-base mutation of CaSGR1 in TNX348 that led to early termination of translation. Based on the single-base mu-tation, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker co-segregating with the stay-green trait was developed. Furthermore, in transcriptome analysis, expression patterns of 11 hormone transduction-related transcription factors, such as abscisic acid-insensitive (ABI), abscisic acid-responsive element-binding factor (ABF), and NAC transcription factor, were similar or opposite to that of CaSGR1. The results indicated that the transcription factors might mediate chlorophyll degradation by regulating the expression of CaSGR1.
期刊:
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation,2023年42(7):4095-4105 ISSN:0721-7595
通讯作者:
Meng Li
作者机构:
[Li, Meng; Li, Jian; Ji, Xiaomin; Mao, Rongjie] Cent South Univ Forestry & Technol, Coll Life Sci & Technol, Changsha 410004, Peoples R China.;[Cao, Fuxiang] Hunan Agr Univ, Coll Hort & Landscape, Changsha 410004, Peoples R China.
通讯机构:
[Meng Li] C;College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China
关键词:
CCoAOMT;Lignin;Poplar (Populus tomentosa);Arabidopsis thaliana;Dove tree (Davidia involucrata Baill.)
摘要:
Rapid lignification and high lignin accumulation occur in the endocarps of the dove tree (Davidia involucrata) during a short developmental phase. Through transcriptome analysis, we identified a gene named DiCCoAOMT1 that plays a vital role in the rapid lignification process. The expression profile of the DiCCoAOMT1 gene was endocarp-specific, and its encoding product showed strong O-methyltransferase activity in vitro. Here, we overexpressed the DiCCoAOMT1 gene in both Arabidopsis and poplar (Populus tomentosa) to verify its function of lignin biosynthesis and accumulation. Increased plant height and lengthened pods arose in transgenic Arabidopsis lines, while elongated petioles were observed in transgenic poplar lines. Moreover, the stems exhibited enlarged xylem area, reduced pith area, and more compact cell architecture in both transgenic Arabidopsis and poplar lines. The lignin content was elevated by 26% and 20% on average in the stems of transgenic Arabidopsis and poplar lines, respectively. Furthermore, the lignin composition was altered in the transgenic lines indicated by the elevated S/G ratio. Taken together, we proposed that overexpressing the DiCCoAOMT1 gene can effectively increase lignin biosynthesis and change lignin monomer composition in both herb and woody plants. The endocarp-specific expression pattern of the DiCCoAOMT1 gene is assumed to be a key point to form the highly lignified structure in a short period, thus causing the long-period dormancy of Davidia seeds.
摘要:
BACKGROUND: Intestinal senescence is associated with several aging-related diseases. l-Theanine (LTA) has demonstrated strong potential as an antioxidant and antisenescence agent. This study investigated the regulatory effect of LTA on cellular senescence using an in vitro model of d-galactose (D-Gal)-induced senescence in the rat epithelial cell line, intestinal epithelioid cell-6 (IEC-6). RESULTS: Treatment of IEC-6 cells with 40 mg/mL D-Gal for 48 h resulted in the successful development of the senescent cell model. Compared with D-Gal alone, both LTA preventive and delayed intervention increased cell viability and the ratio of JC-1 monomers to aggregates, increased the antioxidant capacity, and decreased the advanced glycation end product (AGE) levels and the overall number of senescent cells. Preventive and delayed intervention with 1000 mu M LTA alleviated the D-Gal-induced cell cycle arrest by regulating p38, p53, CDK4, and CDK6 expression at the mRNA and protein levels, and further induced CycD1 proteins. Moreover, LTA preventive intervention reduced apoptosis to a greater degree than delayed intervention by upregulating the expression of the receptors of AGEs, Bax, Bcl-2, and NF-kappa B at the mRNA and protein levels. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that LTA intervention could attenuate senescence in IEC-6 cells by regulating the cell cycle and inhibiting apoptosis. (c) 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
通讯机构:
[Dongling Zhang] D;[Xiaoying Yu] C;[Yanlin Li] I;Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, USA<&wdkj&>College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China<&wdkj&>Engineering Research Center for Horticultural Crop Germplasm Creation and New Variety Breeding, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China<&wdkj&>Hunan Mid-subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha, China<&wdkj&>Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China<&wdkj&>College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China<&wdkj&>Engineering Research Center for Horticultural Crop Germplasm Creation and New Variety Breeding, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China<&wdkj&>Hunan Mid-subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha, China
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Leaf colour;Pigmentation;Anthocyanin;Synthesis pathway;Loropetalum chinense var. Rubrum
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Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum (L. chinense var. rubrum) is a precious, coloured-leaf native ornamental plant in the Hunan Province. We found an L. chinense var. rubrum tree with three different leaf colours: GL (green leaf), ML (mosaic leaf), and PL (purple leaf). The mechanism of leaf coloration in this plant is still unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the metabolites and genes involved in determining the colour composition of L. chinense var. rubrum leaves, using phenotypic/anatomic observations, pigment content detection, and comparative metabolomics and transcriptomics. We observed that the mesophyll cells in PL were purple, while those in GL were green and those in ML were a mix of purple-green. The contents of chlorophyll a, b, carotenoids, and total chlorophyll in PL and ML were significantly lower than those in GL. While the anthocyanin content in PL and ML was significantly higher than that in GL. The metabolomics results showed the differences in the content of cyanidin 3-O-glucoside, delphinidin 3-O-glucoside, cyanidin 3,5-O-diglucoside, pelargonidin, and petunidin 3,5-diglucoside in ML, GL, and PL were significant. Considering that the change trend of anthocyanin content change was consistent with the leaf colour difference, we speculated that these compounds might influence the colour of L. chinense var. rubrum leaves. Using transcriptomics, we finally identified nine differentially expressed structural genes (one ANR (ANR1217); four CYP75As (CYP75A1815, CYP75A2846, CYP75A2909, and CYP75A1716); four UFGTs (UFGT1876, UFGT1649, UFGT1839, and UFGT3273) and nine transcription factors (two MYBs (MYB1057 and MYB1211), one MADS-box (MADS1235), two AP2-likes (AP2-like1779 and AP2-like2234), one bZIP (bZIP3720), two WD40s (WD2173 and WD1867) and one bHLH (bHLH1631) that might be related to flavonoid biosynthesis and then impacted the appearance of colour in L. chinense var. rubrum leaves. This study revealed potential molecular mechanisms associated with leaf coloration in L. chinense var. rubrum by analyzing differential metabolites and genes related to the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway. It also provided a reference for research on leaf colour variation in other ornamental plants.
通讯机构:
[Li, YL ] H;Hunan Agr Univ, Coll Hort, Changsha 410128, Peoples R China.;Hunan Acad Agr Sci, Hunan Hort Res Inst, Changsha 410125, Peoples R China.;Kunpeng Inst Modern Agr, Foshan 528226, Peoples R China.
关键词:
anthocyanins;flavonoid biosynthesis;flower coloring;Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum;metabolomic;transcriptomic
摘要:
Abstract: The Loropetalum chinense and Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum are typical as well as traditional ornamental and Chinese herbal medicines in Asia; however, more information is needed on the mechanisms underlying their flower coloring. Here, we profiled the flavonoid metabolome and carried out full-length sequencing in addition to transcriptome analyses to investigate the flavonoid biosynthesis and global transcriptome changes among different petal coloring cultivars of L. chinense and L. chinense var. rubrum. The total anthocyanins in addition to the RHSCC values and CIE 1976 L*a*b* values of petals were highly consistent with petal color. Moreover, a total of 207 flavonoid components were identified. Of these, 13 flavonoid compounds were considered significantly different expression compounds highly consistent with color information in the 4 samples. Meanwhile, the first reference full-length transcriptome of L. chinense var. rubrum was built, which had 171,783 high-quality nonredundant transcripts with correcting with next-generation sequencing (NGS). Among them, 52,851 transcripts were annotated in the seven databases of NR, KOG, GO, NT, Pfam, Swiss-Port, and KEGG. Combined with NGS analyses, the DETs involved in flavonoids and anthocyanins contributed greatest to the flower coloring. Additionally, the different expressions of eight LcDFRs and four LcANS genes were positively correlated with flavonoid biosynthesis, and the four LcBZ1 as well as one Lc3Mat1 were positively correlated with the content of seven anthocyanins revealed by coupling with metabolomics and transcriptomics analyses. Together, these results were used to mine candidate genes by analyzing flower coloring changes at comprehensive metabolic and transcriptomic levels in L. chinense and L. chinense var. rubrum. Keywords: Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum; flavonoid biosynthesis; anthocyanins; flower coloring; metabolomic; transcriptomic
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Abstract: WRKY transcription factors, as the largest gene family in higher plants, play an important role in various biological processes including growth and development, regulation of secondary metabolites, and stress response. In this study, we performed genome-wide identification and analysis of WRKY transcription factors in S. siamensis. A total of 59 SsWRKY genes were identified that were distributed on all 14 chromosomes, and these were classified into three major groups based on phylogenetic relationships. Each of these groups had similar conserved motifs and gene structures. We compared all the S. siamensis SsWRKY genes with WRKY genes identified from three diverse plant species, and the results implied that segmental duplication and tandem duplication play an important roles in the evolution processes of the WRKY gene family. Promoter region analysis revealed that SsWRKY genes included many cis-acting elements related to plant growth and development, phytohormone response, and both abiotic and biotic stress. Expression profiles originating from the transcriptome database showed expression patterns of these SsWRKY genes in four different tissues and revealed that most genes are expressed in plant roots. Fifteen SsWRKY genes with low-temperature response motifs were surveyed for their gene expression under cold stress, showing that most genes displayed continuous up-regulation during cold treatment. Our study provides a foundation for further study on the function and regulatory mechanism of the SsWRKY gene family. Keywords: Siraitia siamensis; WRKY transcription factor; bioinformatics analysis; expression pattern; cold stress