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Chen C, Li G, Hemar Y, Corke H, Zhu F. Physicochemical properties and molecular structure of lotus seed starch. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 305:120515. [PMID: 36737183 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Current understanding of physicochemical properties of lotus seed starch (LS) is scarce partly due to its largely unknown molecular structure. This study compared the physicochemical and molecular characteristics of LSs of a wide collection to those of conventional starches (potato (PS) and maize starches (MS)). Variations were found in the chemical composition, physicochemical properties, and molecular structure of LSs. Amylose content and weight-based ratio of short to long chains of amylopectin (APS:APL) were principal factors affecting the physicochemical properties of LSs from different origins. Compared with PS and MS, LSs had higher gelatinization temperatures, lower amylose leaching, and faster retrogradation. These unique properties of LSs were related to their molecular structure and chemical composition. LSs had higher amylose contents than PS and MS as evaluated by various methods. A majority of amylose chains in LS were longer than those in MS but were shorter than those in PS. The APS:APL of LSs were higher than that of MS but lower than that of PS. The results provided a structural basis for understanding the properties of LS and suggested that this unconventional starch may be complementary to conventional starches for industrial applications.
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- Chuanjie Chen
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China; Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Zhao M, Zhang J, Yang C, Cui Z, Chen L. Identification of QTLs and Putative Candidate Genes for Plant Architecture of Lotus Revealed by Regional Association Mapping. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1221. [PMID: 36986910 PMCID: PMC10051333 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The lotus (Nelumbo Adans.) is one of the most economically relevant ornamental aquatic plants. Plant architecture (PA) is an important trait for lotus classification, cultivation, breeding, and applications. However, the underlying genetic and molecular basis controlling PA remains poorly understood. In this study, an association study for PA-related traits was performed with 93 genome-wide microsatellite markers (simple sequence repeat, SSR) and 51 insertion-deletion (InDel) markers derived from the candidate regions using a panel of 293 lotus accessions. Phenotypic data analysis of the five PA-related traits revealed a wide normal distribution and high heritability from 2013 to 2016, which indicated that lotus PA-related traits are highly polygenic traits. The population structure (Q-matrix) and the relative kinships (K-matrix) of the association panels were analyzed using 93 SSR markers. The mixed linear model (MLM) taking Q-matrix and K-matrix into account was used to estimate the association between markers and the traits. A total of 26 markers and 65 marker-trait associations were identified by considering associations with p < 0.001 and Q < 0.05. Based on the significant markers, two QTLs on Chromosome 1 were identified, and two candidate genes were preliminarily determined. The results of our study provided useful information for the lotus breeding aiming at different PA phenotypes using a molecular-assisted selection (MAS) method and also laid the foundation for the illustration of the molecular mechanism underlying the major QTL and key markers associated with lotus PA.
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- Mei Zhao
- College of Landscape and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Landscape and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Southwest Landscape Architecture Engineering Research Center (National Forestry and Grassland Administration), Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
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Liu FL, Dai YL, Hoang TN, Puripunyavanich V, Chukiatman PW, Qin M, Fu YR, Chen YC, Tian DK. Genetic diversity and inferred ancestry of Asian lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera) germplasms in Thailand and Vietnam. PLANT DIVERSITY 2023; 45:69-79. [PMID: 36876309 PMCID: PMC9975477 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2022.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Tropical lotus (Nelumbo) is an important and unique ecological type of lotus germplasm. Understanding the genetic relationship and diversity of the tropical lotus is necessary for its sustainable conservation and utilization. Using 42 EST-SSR (expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeats) and 30 SRAP (sequence-related amplified polymorphism) markers, we assessed the genetic diversity and inferred the ancestry of representative tropical lotus from Thailand and Vietnam. In total, 164 and 41 polymorphic bands were detected in 69 accessions by 36 EST-SSR and seven SRAP makers, respectively. Higher genetic diversity was revealed in Thai lotus than in Vietnamese lotus. A Neighbor-Joining tree of five main clusters was constructed using combined EST-SSR and SRAP markers. Cluster I included 17 accessions of Thai lotus; cluster II contained three Thai accessions and 11 accessions from southern Vietnam; and cluster III was constituted by 13 accessions of seed lotus. Consistent with the results from the Neighbor-Joining tree, the genetic structure analysis showed that the genetic background of most Thai and Vietnamese lotus was pure, as artificial breeding has been rare in both countries. Furthermore, these analyses indicate that Thai and Vietnamese lotus germplasms belong to two different gene pools or populations. Most lotus accessions are genetically related to geographical distribution patterns in Thailand or Vietnam. Our findings showed that the origin or genetic relationships of some unidentified lotus sources can be evaluated by comparing morphological characteristics and the data of molecular markers. In addition, these findings provide reliable information for the targeted conservation of tropical lotus and parent selection in breeding novel cultivars of lotus.
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- Feng-Luan Liu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, 201602, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, 201602, PR China
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- Plant Resources Center, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hanoi, 100803, Vietnam
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, 201602, PR China
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- Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, Beijing, 100835, PR China
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- Zhejiang Humanity Landscape Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310013, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, 201602, PR China
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Genome-Wide Survey and Analysis of Microsatellites in Waterlily, and Potential for Polymorphic Marker Development. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13101782. [PMID: 36292667 PMCID: PMC9601493 DOI: 10.3390/genes13101782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Waterlily (Nymphaeaceae), a diploid dicotyledon, is an ornamental aquatic plant. In 2020, the complete draft genome for the blue-petal waterlily (Nymphaea colorata) was made available in GenBank. To date, the genome-wide mining of microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in waterlily is still absent. In the present study, we investigated the characteristics of genome-wide microsatellites for N. colorata and developed polymorphic SSR markers across tropical and hardy waterlilies. A total of 238,816 SSRs were identified in 14 N. colorata chromosomes with an average density of 662.60 SSRs per Mb, and the largest number of SSRs were present on chromosome 1 (n = 30,426, 705.94 SSRs per Mb). The dinucleotide was the most common type, and AT-rich repeats prevail in the N. colorata genome. The SSR occurrence frequencies decreased as the number of motif repeats increased. Among 2442 protein-coding region SSRs, trinucleotides, accounting for 63.84%, were the most abundant. Gene ontology terms for signal transduction (e.g., GO: 0045859 and GO: 0019887) and the lipoic acid metabolism (ko00785,) were overrepresented in GO and KEGG enrichment analysis, respectively. In addition, 107,152 primer pairs were identified, and 13 novel polymorphism SSR markers were employed to distinguish among nine waterlily cultivars, of which Ny-5.2 and Ny-10.1 were the most informative SSR loci. This study contributes the first detailed characterization of SSRs in N. colorata genomes and delivers 13 novel polymorphism markers, which are useful for the molecular breeding strategies, genetic diversity and population structure analysis of waterlily.
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Studies on Lotus Genomics and the Contribution to Its Breeding. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23137270. [PMID: 35806274 PMCID: PMC9266308 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), under the Nelumbonaceae family, is one of the relict plants possessing important scientific research and economic values. Because of this, much attention has been paid to this species on both its biology and breeding among the scientific community. In the last decade, the genome of lotus has been sequenced, and several high-quality genome assemblies are available, which have significantly facilitated functional genomics studies in lotus. Meanwhile, re-sequencing of the natural and genetic populations along with different levels of omics studies have not only helped to classify the germplasm resources but also to identify the domestication of selected regions and genes controlling different horticultural traits. This review summarizes the latest progress of all these studies on lotus and discusses their potential application in lotus breeding.
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Parveen S, Singh N, Adit A, Kumaria S, Tandon R, Agarwal M, Jagannath A, Goel S. Contrasting Reproductive Strategies of Two Nymphaea Species Affect Existing Natural Genetic Diversity as Assessed by Microsatellite Markers: Implications for Conservation and Wetlands Restoration. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:773572. [PMID: 35371128 PMCID: PMC8965595 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.773572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nymphaea, commonly known as water lily, is the largest and most widely distributed genus in the order Nymphaeales. The importance of Nymphaea in wetland ecosystems and their increased vulnerability make them a great choice for conservation and management. In this work, we studied genetic diversity in a collection of 90 N. micrantha and 92 N. nouchali individuals from six different states of India, i.e., Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Goa, and Kerala, using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers developed by low throughput Illumina sequencing (10X coverage of genome) of N. micrantha. Nymphaea nouchali is native to India, whereas N. micrantha is suggested to be introduced to the country for its aesthetic and cultural values. The study revealed extensive polymorphism in N. nouchali, while in N. micrantha, no apparent genetic divergence was detected prompting us to investigate the reason(s) by studying the reproductive biology of the two species. The study revealed that N. micrantha predominantly reproduces asexually which has impacted the genetic diversity of the species to a great extent. This observation is of immense importance for a successful re-establishment of Nymphaea species during restoration programs of wetlands. The information generated on reproductive behaviors and their association with genotypic richness can help in strategizing genetic resource conservation, especially for species with limited distribution. The study has also generated 22,268 non-redundant microsatellite loci, out of which, 143 microsatellites were tested for polymorphism and polymorphic markers were tested for transferability in five other Nymphaea species, providing genomic resources for further studies on this important genus.
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- Seema Parveen
- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Comparative transcriptomic and proteomic profiling reveals molecular models of light signal regulation of shade tolerance in bowl lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). J Proteomics 2021; 257:104455. [PMID: 34923171 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bowl lotus is categorized as a heliophyte, and shaded environments can severely retard its development and blossoming. We conducted a comparative omics study of light response difference between two cultivars, 'HongYunDieYing' (shade tolerant) and 'YingYing' (shade intolerant), to understand the mechanisms behind the shade tolerance response. The results indicated that 'HongYunDieYing' had a faster light signal response than that in 'YingYing'. Furthermore, 214 proteins in 'HongYunDieYing' and 171 proteins in 'YingYing' were differentially expressed at both the transcriptional and protein levels. These correlated members were mainly involved in photosynthesis, metabolism, secondary metabolites, ribosome, and protein biosynthesis. However, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, carbon metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, glutathione metabolism, and hormone signaling, were unique to 'HongYunDieYing'. The molecular model of light signal regulation of shade tolerance was constructed: the upstream light signal transduction related gene (cryptochrome 1, phytohormone B, phytochrome-interacting factor 3/5, ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5, and SUPPRESSOR OF PHYA-1) played a decisive role in regulating shade tolerance traits. Some transcription factors (MYBs, bHLHs and WRKYs) and hormone signaling (auxin, gibberellin and ethylene) were involved in mediating light signaling to regulate downstream biological events. These regulators and biological processes synergistically regulated the shade tolerance of lotus. SIGNIFICANCE: Lotus requires sufficient sunlight for growth and development, and shaded environments will severely retard lotus growth and blossoming. At present, there are few reports on the systematic identification and characterization of light signal response-related regulators in lotus. This study focuses on the comparative analysis two bowl lotus cultivars with the different shade tolerance traits at transcriptome and proteome levels to uncover the novel insight of the light signal-related biological network and potential candidates involved in the mechanism. The results provide a theoretical basis for the bowl lotus breeding and the expansion of its applications.
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Song Z, Li X. Recent Advances in Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding for Quality Improvement of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2021; 22:867-875. [PMID: 32351179 DOI: 10.2174/1389201021666200430121013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The quality of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), reflected by its bioactive compounds and associated contents, is directly linked to its clinical efficacy. Therefore, it is of great importance to improve the quality of TCM by increasing the bioactive compound content. METHODS Mapping the active component content-associated QTLs in TCM and further markerassisted breeding has enabled us to rapidly and effectively cultivate new varieties with high bioactive compound contents, which has opened the door for genetic breeding studies on medicinal plants. RESULTS In this paper, a strategy and technical molecular breeding method for TCM are discussed. The development of four methods and progress in functional marker development, as well as the applications of such markers in TCM, are reviewed. CONCLUSION The progress in, challenges of, and future of marker-assisted breeding for quality improvement of TCM are discussed, which provide valuable scientific references for future molecular breeding.
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- Zhenqiao Song
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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Nutritional composition and quality characterization of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) seed flour supplemented cookies. JOURNAL OF FOOD MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11694-020-00622-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Liu Z, Zhu H, Zhou J, Jiang S, Wang Y, Kuang J, Ji Q, Peng J, Wang J, Gao L, Bai M, Jian J, Ke W. Resequencing of 296 cultivated and wild lotus accessions unravels its evolution and breeding history. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 104:1673-1684. [PMID: 33073434 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lotus (family: Nelumbonaceae) are perennial aquatic plants that represent one of the most ancient basal dicots. In the present study, we resequenced 296 lotus accessions from various geographical locations and germplasms to explore their genomic diversity and population structure. This germplasm set consisted of four accessions of American wild lotus and 292 accessions of Asian lotus, which were divided into four subgroups: wild, rhizome, flower and seed. Total single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) suggested that the wild lotus had the highest variant number (7 191 010). Population structure and genome diversity analysis indicated that the American wild lotus demonstrated a distant genetic relationship with the Asian lotus. Furthermore, the seed and rhizome lotus groups had not originated from a single source but rather had a more complex multisource origin. Besides that, the seed lotus showed higher genetic diversity, which might have been due to the gene flow from the flower lotus to seed lotus by artificial crossing, and the rhizome lotus showed a much lower genetic diversity than the other groups. The present study provides SNP markers for lotus genomic diversity analysis, which will be useful for guiding lotus breeding.
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- Zhengwei Liu
- Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- Genetic Engineering Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, People's Republic of China
- BGI-Agro Seed Service (Wuhan) Co Ltd, Wuhan, 430090, People's Republic of China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China
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Senkoro AM, Talhinhas P, Simões F, Batista-Santos P, Shackleton CM, Voeks RA, Marques I, Ribeiro-Barros AI. The genetic legacy of fragmentation and overexploitation in the threatened medicinal African pepper-bark tree, Warburgia salutaris. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19725. [PMID: 33184322 PMCID: PMC7661512 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76654-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The pepper-bark tree (Warburgia salutaris) is one of the most highly valued medicinal plant species worldwide. Native to southern Africa, this species has been extensively harvested for the bark, which is widely used in traditional health practices. Illegal harvesting coupled with habitat degradation has contributed to fragmentation of populations and a severe decline in its distribution. Even though the species is included in the IUCN Red List as Endangered, genetic data that would help conservation efforts and future re-introductions are absent. We therefore developed new molecular markers to understand patterns of genetic diversity, structure, and gene flow of W. salutaris in one of its most important areas of occurrence (Mozambique). In this study, we have shown that, despite fragmentation and overexploitation, this species maintains a relatively high level of genetic diversity supporting the existence of random mating. Two genetic groups were found corresponding to the northern and southern locations. Our study suggests that, if local extinctions occurred in Mozambique, the pepper-bark tree persisted in sufficient numbers to retain a large proportion of genetic diversity. Management plans should concentrate on maintaining this high level of genetic variability through both in and ex-situ conservation actions.
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- Annae M Senkoro
- Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa.,Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane CP 257, Maputo, Moçambique
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- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária E Veterinária, Av. da República, Quinta Marquês, Edificio Sede, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
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- Department of Geography and the Environment, California State University, 800 N State College Blvd, FullertonFullerton, CA, 92831, USA
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- Forest Research Centre (CEF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Forest Research Centre (CEF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Mekbib Y, Huang SX, Ngarega BK, Li ZZ, Shi T, Ou KF, Liang YT, Chen JM, Yang XY. The level of genetic diversity and differentiation of tropical lotus, Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (Nelumbonaceae) from Australia, India, and Thailand. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2020; 61:15. [PMID: 32415549 PMCID: PMC7229132 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-020-00293-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., a perennial aquatic macrophyte species, has been cultivated in several Asian countries for its economic importance, and medicinal uses. Two distinct ecotypes of the species are recognized based on the geographical location where the genotypes are adapted, i.e., tropical lotus and temperate lotus. The genetic diversity levels and differentiation of the tropical lotus from poorly studied geographic regions still remain unclear. Here, the population genetic diversity and structure of 15 tropical lotus populations sampled from the previous understudied natural distribution ranges, including India, Thailand, and Australia, were assessed using nine polymorphic SSR markers. RESULTS The SSR markers used to genotype the 216 individuals yielded 65 alleles. The highest and lowest genetic diversity estimates were found in Thailand and Indian populations, respectively. STRUCTURE analysis revealed three distinct genetic clusters, with relatively low admixtures, supported by PCoA cluster analysis. Low levels of gene flow (mean Nm = 0.346) among the three genetic clusters signified the Mantel test for isolation by distance, revealing the existence of a positive correlation between the genetic and geographic distances (r = 0.448, P = 0.004). Besides, AMOVA analysis revealed a higher variation among populations (59.98%) of the three groups. Overall, the populations used in this study exposed a high level of genetic differentiation (FST = 0.596). CONCLUSIONS The nine polymorphic microsatellite markers used in our study sufficiently differentiated the fifteen tropical N. nucifera populations based on geography. These populations presented different genetic variability, thereby confirming that populations found in each country are unique. The low genetic diversity (HE = 0.245) could be explained by limited gene flow and clonal propagation. Conserving the available diversity using various conservation approaches is essential to enable the continued utilization of this economically important crop species. We, therefore, propose that complementary conservation approaches ought to be introduced to conserve tropical lotus, depending on the genetic variations and threat levels in populations.
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- Yeshitila Mekbib
- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, P.O.Box 30726, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- College of Life Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Wuhan Institute of Landscape Architecture, Wuhan, 430081, China
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- Wuhan Institute of Landscape Architecture, Wuhan, 430081, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Wuhan Institute of Landscape Architecture, Wuhan, 430081, China.
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Lin Z, Zhang C, Cao D, Damaris RN, Yang P. The Latest Studies on Lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera)-an Emerging Horticultural Model Plant. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3680. [PMID: 31357582 PMCID: PMC6696627 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20153680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a perennial aquatic basal eudicot belonging to a small family Nelumbonaceace, which contains only one genus with two species. It is an important horticultural plant, with its uses ranging from ornamental, nutritional to medicinal values, and has been widely used, especially in Southeast Asia. Recently, the lotus obtained a lot of attention from the scientific community. An increasing number of research papers focusing on it have been published, which have shed light on the mysteries of this species. Here, we comprehensively reviewed the latest advancement of studies on the lotus, including phylogeny, genomics and the molecular mechanisms underlying its unique properties, its economic important traits, and so on. Meanwhile, current limitations in the research of the lotus were addressed, and the potential prospective were proposed as well. We believe that the lotus will be an important model plant in horticulture with the generation of germplasm suitable for laboratory operation and the establishment of a regeneration and transformation system.
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- Zhongyuan Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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Zhang Y, Xiao Y, Dong Q, Ouyang W, Qin Q. Neferine in the Lotus Plumule Potentiates the Antitumor Effect of Imatinib in Primary Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells In Vitro. J Food Sci 2019; 84:904-910. [PMID: 30866043 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.14484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Imatinib, the prototype BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is the first-line treatment for Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the chronic phase. However, a subgroup of patients exhibit poor response or experience relapse. This issue may be overcome by combination therapy using natural compounds. Neferine, a major bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid extracted from "lotus plumule" (seed embryo of lotus) commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine and tea, was used herein in the combination treatment of CML. The MTT assay showed that neferine exerted cytotoxicity in primary CML cells in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, low concentrations of neferine (4 and 8 µM) sensitized primary CML cells to imatinib (CI < 1), and significantly decreased its IC50 from 0.70 ± 0.10 to 0.32 ± 0.06 µM and 0.16 ± 0.02 µM, respectively. Cotreatment of neferine and imatinib significantly decreased the expression of BCR-ABL protein and its molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) mRNA and protein levels, and further decreased phospho-extracellular regulated protein kinase 1/2 (p-Erk1/2) and myeloid cell leukemia (Mcl-1) expression. These results suggest that neferine might be a potential imatinib sensitizer in CML treatment. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: In China, Lotus plumule, the green embryo of lotus, is used as a tea and as a source of herbal medicine in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia, spermatorrhea, and thirst. Additional, neferine, a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid extracted from lotus plumule has been shown to have antitumor potential. Herein, the effect of neferine and imatinib cotreatment on primary CML cells obtained from CML patients was assessed, with a synergistic effect being observed between the two compounds. Therefore, neferine might be a promising natural compound to potentiate imatinib in CML patients.
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- Yalan Zhang
- Xiangya Hospital, Central South Univ., Changsha, China
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- Xiangya Hospital, Central South Univ., Changsha, China
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- Xiangya Hospital, Central South Univ., Changsha, China
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- Xiangya Hospital, Central South Univ., Changsha, China
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Meelaph T, Kobtrakul K, Chansilpa NN, Han Y, Rani D, De-Eknamkul W, Vimolmangkang S. Coregulation of Biosynthetic Genes and Transcription Factors for Aporphine-Type Alkaloid Production in Wounded Lotus Provides Insight into the Biosynthetic Pathway of Nuciferine. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:8794-8802. [PMID: 31459012 PMCID: PMC6644620 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) contains various bioactive compounds, with benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) as one of the major groups. The biosynthetic pathways of two major bioactive BIAs in this plant, nuciferine and N-nornuciferine, are still not clear. Therefore, several genes related to BIA biosynthesis were searched from the lotus database to study the role of key genes in regulating these pathways. In this study, the expression profiles of NCS, CNMT, 6OMT, CYP80G2, and WRKY TFs were investigated in mechanically wounded lotus leaves. It was found that the accumulation of nuciferine and N-nornuciferine significantly increased in the mechanically wounded lotus leaves in accordance with the relative expression of putative CYP80G2 and one WRKY transcription factor (NNU_24385), with the coregulation of CNMT. Furthermore, the role of methyltransferase-related genes in this study suggested that methylation of the isoquinoline nucleus to yield a methylated-BIA structure may occur at the N position before the O position. Altogether, this study provides improved understanding of the genes regulating BIA biosynthesis under stressed conditions, which could lead to improvements in BIA production from the commercial lotus.
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- Thitirat Meelaph
- Research
Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Research
Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Chonburi 20110, Thailand
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement
and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical
Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Research
Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Unit for Natural Product Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Nakonechnaya OV, Yatsunskaya MS. Genetic and Genotypic Variation of Nelumbo komarovii Grossh. RUSS J GENET+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795418070116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Aquatic Plant Genomics: Advances, Applications, and Prospects. Int J Genomics 2017; 2017:6347874. [PMID: 28900619 PMCID: PMC5576420 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6347874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Genomics is a discipline in genetics that studies the genome composition of organisms and the precise structure of genes and their expression and regulation. Genomics research has resolved many problems where other biological methods have failed. Here, we summarize advances in aquatic plant genomics with a focus on molecular markers, the genes related to photosynthesis and stress tolerance, comparative study of genomes and genome/transcriptome sequencing technology.
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Landrein S, Buerki S, Wang HF, Clarkson JJ. Untangling the reticulate history of species complexes and horticultural breeds in Abelia (Caprifoliaceae). ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 120:257-269. [PMID: 28334098 PMCID: PMC5737605 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The genetic and morphological consequences of natural selection and selective breeding are explored in the genus Abelia . The genus consists of ornamental shrubs endemic to China, which have been bred to create attractive and diverse cultivars. METHODS DNA fingerprinting (AFLP) and DNA sequence data are used to investigate the genetic diversity among 46 accessions of Abelia (22 natural taxa and 24 horticultural breeds). In the cultivated varieties these data are used to explore taxon boundaries, hybridisation and backcrossing. The genetic analysis dataset is also used to investigate morphological variation within natural species complexes and subsequently to inform a taxonomic treatment. KEY RESULTS Abelia comprises five species: A. forrestii , A. schumannii , A. macrotera , A. uniflora and A. chinensis and has a total of 11 varieties. Abelia uniflora and A. macrotera do not occur in sympatry and are disjunctly distributed to the east and west of the A. chinensis distribution range. Abelia chinensis is widespread in eastern China and creates hybrids and introgressive taxa, including A. uniflora , along the contact zones with the previous taxa. Abelia `Maurice Foster' is a horticultural variety collected from wild stocks in Sichuan (China). Bayesian clustering methods (inferred in STRUCTURE based on AFLP data) indicate admixture between A. macrotera and A. schumannii in this variety. Hybridization probably occurred in the wild where these progenitor taxa co-occur and naturally form hybrids. AFLP results also reveal that a few diagnostic morphological characters such as sepal number or inflorescence structure were transferred between natural species and this is mirrored by taxa such as in Abelia `Saxon Gold' and A. forrestii . CONCLUSIONS Studying both natural and cultivated species from the same group has helped understanding both differentiation mechanisms and how to improve cultivated plants in the future by studying which morphological characters are transferred between species and which taxa may already have arisen through hybridisation.
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- Sven Landrein
- Open University, Walton Hall, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK
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Zeng Z, Xu Y, Zhang B. Antidiabetic Activity of a Lotus Leaf Selenium (Se)-Polysaccharide in Rats with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Biol Trace Elem Res 2017; 176:321-327. [PMID: 27580896 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-016-0829-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A selenium (Se)-containing polysaccharide, lotus leaf selenium (Se)-polysaccharide (LLP), was isolated from a lotus leaf. The effects of LLP on antioxidant enzyme activities and insulin resistance in pregnant rats with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) were investigated. LLP administered orally at two doses (50 and 100 mg/kg) could significantly reverse the weight loss of pregnant rats before the delivery, fetal rats, and placentas in GDM rats (P < 0.05). Furthermore, LLP treatment induced a decrease of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and fasting blood insulin (FINS) levels in GDM rats, but an increase of hepatic glycogen content, when compared with those in GDM rats (P < 0.05). Also, oral administrations of LLP markedly improved the lipid profile of GDM rats, as evidenced by a reduction of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels except for the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level. Additionally, antioxidant enzyme levels, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione (GSH), in liver tissues of the GDM group were lower than those of the other groups, and following treatment of LLP, these indexes in liver tissues were equivalent to those of the control group (P > 0.05). All the data indicated that LLP may be a promising drug candidate or a healthcare food for GDM therapy or protection.
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- Zhaohui Zeng
- Nutritional Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, 453100, China.
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- Endocrinology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, 453100, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, 453100, China
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Liu Z, Zhu H, Liu Y, Kuang J, Zhou K, Liang F, Liu Z, Wang D, Ke W. Construction of a high-density, high-quality genetic map of cultivated lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) using next-generation sequencing. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:466. [PMID: 27317430 PMCID: PMC4912719 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2781-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is widely cultivated in China for its edible rhizomes and seeds. Traditional plant breeding methods have been used to breed cultivars with increased yields and quality of rhizomes and seeds with limited success. Currently, the available genetic maps and molecular markers in lotus are too limited to be useful for molecular genetics based breeding programs. However, the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has enabled large-scale identification of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for genetic map construction. In this study, we constructed an SNP-based high-density genetic map for cultivated lotus using double digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRADseq). RESULTS An F2 population of 96 individuals was derived from a cross between the rhizome lotus cultivar 'Juwuba' (male parent) and the seed lotus cultivar 'Mantianxing' (female parent). Genomic DNAs from this population were digested with the restriction enzymes EcoRI and MspI and then sequenced. In total, 133.65 Gb of raw data containing 1,088,935,610 pair-end reads were obtained. The coverage of reads on a reference genome was 7.2 % for the female parent, 6.56 % for the male parent, and 1.46 % for F2 individuals. From these reads, 10,753 valid SNP markers were used for genetic map construction. Finally, 791 bin markers (so-segregated adjacent SNPs treated as a bin marker), consisting of 8,971 SNP markers, were sorted into 8 linkage groups (LGs) that spanned 581.3 cM, with an average marker interval of 0.74 cM. A total of 809 genome sequence scaffolds, covering about 565.9 cM of the wild sacred lotus genome, were anchored on the genetic map, accounting for 70.6 % of the genome assembly. CONCLUSIONS This study reports the large-scale discovery of SNPs between cultivars of rhizome and seed lotus using a ddRADseq library combined with NGS. These SNPs have been used to construct the first high-density genetic map for cultivated lotus that can serve as a genomic reference and will facilitate genetic mapping of important traits in the parental cultivars.
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- Zhengwei Liu
- />Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065 China
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- />Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065 China
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- />Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065 China
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- />Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065 China
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- />Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065 China
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- />Nextomics Biosciences Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei China
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- />Nextomics Biosciences Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei China
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- />Nextomics Biosciences Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei China
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- />Institute of Vegetable, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065 China
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Zhao W, Xie W, Du S, Yan S, Li J, Wang Q. Changes in physicochemical properties related to the texture of lotus rhizomes subjected to heat blanching and calcium immersion. Food Chem 2016; 211:409-14. [PMID: 27283649 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pretreatments such as low temperature blanching and/or calcium soaking affect the cooked texture of vegetal food. In the work, lotus rhizomes (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) were pretreated using the following 4 treatments, blanching at 40°C, blanching at 90°C, soaking in 0.5% CaCl2, and blanching at 40°C followed by immersion in 0.5% CaCl2. Subsequently, the cell wall material of pretreated samples was isolated and fractioned to identify changes in the degree of esterification (DE) and monosaccharide content of each section, and the texture of the lotus rhizomes in different pre-treatments was determined after thermal processing with different time. The results showed that the greatest hardness was obtained after blanching at 40°C in CaCl2, possibly attributing to the formation of a pectate calcium network, which maintains the integrity of cell walls. Furthermore, the content of galactose, rhamnose and arabinose decreased due to the breakage of sugar backbones and subsequent damage to cell walls. Our results may provide a reference for lotus rhizome processing.
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- Wenlin Zhao
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; Aquatic Vegetables Preservation and Processing Technology Engineering Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biological & Chemical Engineering, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; Aquatic Vegetables Preservation and Processing Technology Engineering Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; Aquatic Vegetables Preservation and Processing Technology Engineering Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; Aquatic Vegetables Preservation and Processing Technology Engineering Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; Aquatic Vegetables Preservation and Processing Technology Engineering Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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Wang X, Gui S, Pan L, Hu J, Ding Y. Development and characterization of polymorphic microRNA-based microsatellite markers in Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae). APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2016; 4:apps1500091. [PMID: 26819861 PMCID: PMC4716780 DOI: 10.3732/apps.1500091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Polymorphic microRNA (miRNA)-based microsatellite markers were developed to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae). METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 485 miRNA-based microsatellites were found from the genomic DNA sequences of N. nucifera. After several rounds of screening, 21 primer pairs flanking di-, tri-, or pentanucleotide repeats were identified that revealed high levels of genetic diversity in four populations with two to five alleles per locus. The observed and expected heterozygosity per locus ranged from 0.000 to 1.000 and from 0.000 to 0.803, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The polymorphic microsatellite markers will be useful for studying the genetic diversity and population structure of N. nucifera.
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- Xiaolei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Hubei Province Engineering Research Center of Legume Plants, School of Life Sciences, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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Hu J, Gui S, Zhu Z, Wang X, Ke W, Ding Y. Genome-Wide Identification of SSR and SNP Markers Based on Whole-Genome Re-Sequencing of a Thailand Wild Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143765. [PMID: 26606530 PMCID: PMC4659564 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Genomic resources such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs), insertions and deletions (InDels) and SSRs (simple sequence repeats) are essential for crop improvement and better utilization in genetic breeding. However, the resources for the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) are still limited. In the present study, to dissect large-scale genomic molecular marker resources for sacred lotus, we re-sequenced a Thailand sacred lotus cultivar ‘Chiang Mai wild lotus’ and compared with the reported lotus genome ‘Middle lake wild lotus’. A total of 3,180,059 SNPs, 328, 251 InDels and 14,191 SVs were found between the two genomes. The functional impact analyses of these SNPs indicated that they may be involved in metabolic processes, binding, catalytic activity, etc. Mining the genome sequences for SSRs showed that 191,657 SSRs were identified with a frequency of one SSR per 4.23 kb and 103,656 SSR primer pairs were designed. Furthermore, 14, 502 EST-SSRs were also indentified using the available RNA-seq data in the NCBI. A subset of 150 SSRs (genomic and EST-SSRs) was randomly selected for validation and genetic diversity analysis. The genotypes could be easily distinguished using these SSR markers and the ‘Chiang Mai wild lotus’ was obviously differentiated from the other Chinese accessions. This study provides considerable amounts of genomic resources and markers for the quantitative trait locus (QTL) identification and molecular selection of the species, which could have a potential role in various applications in sacred lotus breeding.
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- Jihong Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan Vegetable Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan National Field Observation & Research Station for Aquatic Vegetables, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Pan L, Wang X, Jin J, Yu X, Hu J. Bioinformatic identification and expression analysis of Nelumbo nucifera microRNA and their targets. APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2015; 3:apps.1500046. [PMID: 26421251 PMCID: PMC4578376 DOI: 10.3732/apps.1500046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a perennial aquatic herbaceous plant of ecological, ornamental, and economic importance. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in plant development. However, reports of miRNAs and their role in sacred lotus have been limited. METHODS Using the homology search of known miRNAs with genome and transcriptome contig sequences, we employed a pipeline to identify miRNAs in N. nucifera. We also predicted the targets of these miRNAs. RESULTS We found 106 conserved miRNAs in N. nucifera, and 456 of their miRNA targets were annotated. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed the different expression levels of the 10 selected conserved miRNAs in tissues of young leaves, stems, and flowers of N. nucifera. Negative correlation of expression level between five miRNAs and their target genes was also revealed. DISCUSSION Combining bioinformatics and experiment analysis, we identified the miRNAs in N. nucifera. The results can be used as a workbench for further investigation of the roles of miRNAs in N. nucifera.
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- Lei Pan
- Hubei Province Engineering Research Center of Legume Plants, School of Life Sciences, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Hubei Province Engineering Research Center of Legume Plants, School of Life Sciences, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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Cai C, Yang Y, Cheng L, Tong C, Feng J. Development and assessment of EST-SSR marker for the genetic diversity among tobaccos (Nicotiana tabacum L.). RUSS J GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795415020064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Liu F, Shi HZ, Guo QS, Lv F, Yu YB, Lv LL, Shen WB, Zhao WH, Zhang MM. Analysis of the genetic diversity and population structure of Perinereis aibuhitensis in China using TRAP and AFLP markers. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wang K, Deng J, Damaris RN, Yang M, Xu L, Yang P. LOTUS-DB: an integrative and interactive database for Nelumbo nucifera study. DATABASE-THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND CURATION 2015; 2015:bav023. [PMID: 25819075 PMCID: PMC4383347 DOI: 10.1093/database/bav023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Besides its important significance in plant taxonomy and phylogeny, sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) might also hold the key to the secrets of aging, which attracts crescent attentions from researchers all over the world. The genetic or molecular studies on this species depend on its genome information. In 2013, two publications reported the sequencing of its full genome, based on which we constructed a database named as LOTUS-DB. It will provide comprehensive information on the annotation, gene function and expression for the sacred lotus. The information will facilitate users to efficiently query and browse genes, graphically visualize genome and download a variety of complex data information on genome DNA, coding sequence (CDS), transcripts or peptide sequences, promoters and markers. It will accelerate researches on gene cloning, functional identification of sacred lotus, and hence promote the studies on this species and plant genomics as well. Database URL: http://lotus-db.wbgcas.cn
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- Kun Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang W, Tian D, Huang X, Xu Y, Mo H, Liu Y, Meng J, Zhang D. Characterization of flower-bud transcriptome and development of genic SSR markers in Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.). PLoS One 2014; 9:e112223. [PMID: 25379700 PMCID: PMC4224446 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is the national flower of India, Vietnam, and one of the top ten traditional Chinese flowers. Although lotus is highly valued for its ornamental, economic and cultural uses, genomic information, particularly the expressed sequence based (genic) markers is limited. High-throughput transcriptome sequencing provides large amounts of transcriptome data for promoting gene discovery and development of molecular markers. Results In this study, 68,593 unigenes were assembled from 1.34 million 454 GS-FLX sequence reads of a mixed flower-bud cDNA pool derived from three accessions of N. nucifera. A total of 5,226 SSR loci were identified, and 3,059 primer pairs were designed for marker development. Di-nucleotide repeat motifs were the most abundant type identified with a frequency of 65.2%, followed by tri- (31.7%), tetra- (2.1%), penta- (0.5%) and hexa-nucleotide repeats (0.5%). A total of 575 primer pairs were synthesized, of which 514 (89.4%) yielded PCR amplification products. In eight Nelumbo accessions, 109 markers were polymorphic. They were used to genotype a sample of 44 accessions representing diverse wild and cultivated genotypes of Nelumbo. The number of alleles per locus varied from 2 to 9 alleles and the polymorphism information content values ranged from 0.6 to 0.9. We performed genetic diversity analysis using 109 polymorphic markers. A UPGMA dendrogram was constructed based on Jaccard’s similarity coefficients revealing distinct clusters among the 44 accessions. Conclusions Deep transcriptome sequencing of lotus flower buds developed 3,059 genic SSRs, making a significant addition to the existing SSR markers in lotus. Among them, 109 polymorphic markers were successfully validated in 44 accessions of Nelumbo. This comprehensive set of genic SSR markers developed in our study will facilitate analyses of genetic diversity, construction of linkage maps, gene mapping, and marker-assisted selection breeding for lotus.
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- Weiwei Zhang
- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
- College of life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
- College of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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Zhang Q, Li L, VanBuren R, Liu Y, Yang M, Xu L, Bowers JE, Zhong C, Han Y, Li S, Ming R. Optimization of linkage mapping strategy and construction of a high-density American lotus linkage map. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:372. [PMID: 24885335 PMCID: PMC4045970 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Lotus is a diploid plant with agricultural, medicinal, and ecological significance. Genetic linkage maps are fundamental resources for genome and genetic study, and also provide molecular markers for breeding in agriculturally important species. Genotyping by sequencing revolutionized genetic mapping, the restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) allowed rapid discovery of thousands of SNPs markers, and a crucial aspect of the sequence based mapping strategy is the reference sequences used for marker identification. Results We assessed the effectiveness of linkage mapping using three types of references for scoring markers: the unmasked genome, repeat masked genome, and gene models. Overall, the repeat masked genome produced the optimal genetic maps. A high-density genetic map of American lotus was constructed using an F1 population derived from a cross between Nelumbo nucifera ‘China Antique’ and N. lutea ‘AL1’. A total of 4,098 RADseq markers were used to construct the American lotus ‘AL1’ genetic map, and 147 markers were used to construct the Chinese lotus ‘China Antique’ genetic map. The American lotus map has 9 linkage groups, and spans 494.3 cM, with an average distance of 0.7 cM between adjacent markers. The American lotus map was used to anchor scaffold sequences in the N. nucifera ‘China Antique’ draft genome. 3,603 RADseq markers anchored 234 individual scaffold sequences into 9 megascaffolds spanning 67% of the 804 Mb draft genome. Conclusions Among the unmasked genome, repeat masked genome and gene models, the optimal reference sequences to call RADseq markers for map construction is repeat masked genome. This high density genetic map is a valuable resource for genomic research and crop improvement in lotus.
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- Key Laborary of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, P,R, China.
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Wang Y, Fan G, Liu Y, Sun F, Shi C, Liu X, Peng J, Chen W, Huang X, Cheng S, Liu Y, Liang X, Zhu H, Bian C, Zhong L, Lv T, Dong H, Liu W, Zhong X, Chen J, Quan Z, Wang Z, Tan B, Lin C, Mu F, Xu X, Ding Y, Guo AY, Wang J, Ke W. The sacred lotus genome provides insights into the evolution of flowering plants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 76:557-67. [PMID: 23952714 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Revised: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is an ornamental plant that is also used for food and medicine. This basal eudicot species is especially important from an evolutionary perspective, as it occupies a critical phylogenetic position in flowering plants. Here we report the draft genome of a wild strain of sacred lotus. The assembled genome is 792 Mb, which is approximately 85-90% of genome size estimates. We annotated 392 Mb of repeat sequences and 36,385 protein-coding genes within the genome. Using these sequence data, we constructed a phylogenetic tree and confirmed the basal location of sacred lotus within eudicots. Importantly, we found evidence for a relatively recent whole-genome duplication event; any indication of the ancient paleo-hexaploid event was, however, absent. Genomic analysis revealed evidence of positive selection within 28 embryo-defective genes and one annexin gene that may be related to the long-term viability of sacred lotus seed. We also identified a significant expansion of starch synthase genes, which probably elevated starch levels within the rhizome of sacred lotus. Sequencing this strain of sacred lotus thus provided important insights into the evolution of flowering plant and revealed genetic mechanisms that influence seed dormancy and starch synthesis.
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- Yun Wang
- Wuhan Vegetable Research Institute, Wuhan, 430065, China
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Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn) plumule polysaccharide ameliorates pancreatic islets loss and serum lipid profiles in non-obese diabetic mice. Food Chem Toxicol 2013; 58:416-22. [PMID: 23707471 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Revised: 04/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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To unravel possible protective effects of a newly isolated lotus plumule polysaccharide (LPPS) on type 1 diabetes (T1D), this study isolated LPPS and administered it to non-obese diabetic (NOD) female mice for 15 weeks. Oral glucose tolerance, serum ketone body, glucose, insulin, and lipid levels, as well as pancreatic islet cell numbers and the insulin secretion ability of the experimental mice were determined. The results showed that LPPS administration in vivo significantly (P<0.05) increased pancreatic islet cell numbers and slightly enhanced the basal insulin secretion ability compared to the control group. LPPS administration improved serum lipid profiles in the diabetic mice via relatively increasing serum high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, but decreasing low density lipoprotein-cholesterol and total cholesterol levels. The present study suggests that LPPS supplementation may ameliorate T1D progress and its complications through protecting pancreatic islets and modulating serum lipid profiles.
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Liao CH, Lin JY. Purification, partial characterization and anti-inflammatory characteristics of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn) plumule polysaccharides. Food Chem 2012; 135:1818-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.06.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Yang M, Han Y, VanBuren R, Ming R, Xu L, Han Y, Liu Y. Genetic linkage maps for Asian and American lotus constructed using novel SSR markers derived from the genome of sequenced cultivar. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:653. [PMID: 23170872 PMCID: PMC3564711 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background The genus Nelumbo Adans. comprises two living species, N. nucifera Gaertan. (Asian lotus) and N. lutea Pers. (American lotus). A genetic linkage map is an essential resource for plant genetic studies and crop improvement but has not been generated for Nelumbo. We aimed to develop genomic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from the genome sequence and construct two genetic maps for Nelumbo to assist genome assembly and integration of a genetic map with the genome sequence. Results A total of 86,089 SSR motifs were identified from the genome sequences. Di- and tri-nucleotide repeat motifs were the most abundant, and accounted for 60.73% and 31.66% of all SSRs, respectively. AG/GA repeats constituted 51.17% of dinucleotide repeat motifs, followed by AT/TA (44.29%). Of 500 SSR primers tested, 386 (77.20%) produced scorable alleles with an average of 2.59 per primer, and 185 (37.00%) showed polymorphism among two parental genotypes, N. nucifera ‘Chinese Antique’ and N. lutea ‘AL1’, and six progenies of their F1 population. The normally segregating markers, which comprised 268 newly developed SSRs, 37 previously published SSRs and 53 sequence-related amplified polymorphism markers, were used for genetic map construction. The map for Asian lotus was 365.67 cM with 47 markers distributed in seven linkage groups. The map for American lotus was 524.51 cM, and contained 177 markers distributed in 11 genetic linkage groups. The number of markers per linkage group ranged from three to 34 with an average genetic distance of 3.97 cM between adjacent markers. Moreover, 171 SSR markers contained in linkage groups were anchored to 97 genomic DNA sequence contigs of ‘Chinese Antique’. The 97 contigs were merged into 60 scaffolds. Conclusion Genetic mapping of SSR markers derived from sequenced contigs in Nelumbo enabled the associated contigs to be anchored in the linkage map and facilitated assembly of the genome sequences of ‘Chinese Antique’. The present study reports the first construction of genetic linkage maps for Nelumbo, which can serve as reference linkage maps to accelerate characterization germplasm, genetic mapping for traits of economic interest, and molecular breeding with marker-assisted selection.
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- Mei Yang
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Plant and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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