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Rodrigues M, Ordoñez-Trejo EJ, Rasori A, Varotto S, Ruperti B, Bonghi C. Dissecting postharvest chilling injuries in pome and stone fruit through integrated omics. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1272986. [PMID: 38235207 PMCID: PMC10791837 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1272986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Lowering the storage temperature is an effective method to extend the postharvest and shelf life of fruits. Nevertheless, this technique often leads to physiological disorders, commonly known as chilling injuries. Apples and pears are susceptible to chilling injuries, among which superficial scald is the most economically relevant. Superficial scald is due to necrotic lesions of the first layers of hypodermis manifested through skin browning. In peaches and nectarines, chilling injuries are characterized by internal symptoms, such as mealiness. Fruits with these aesthetic or compositional/structural defects are not suitable for fresh consumption. Genetic variation is a key factor in determining fruit susceptibility to chilling injuries; however, physiological, or technical aspects such as harvest maturity and storage conditions also play a role. Multi-omics approaches have been used to provide an integrated explanation of chilling injury development. Metabolomics in pome fruits specifically targets the identification of ethylene, phenols, lipids, and oxidation products. Genomics and transcriptomics have revealed interesting connections with metabolomic datasets, pinpointing specific genes linked to cold stress, wax synthesis, farnesene metabolism, and the metabolic pathways of ascorbate and glutathione. When applied to Prunus species, these cutting-edge approaches have uncovered that the development of mealiness symptoms is linked to ethylene signaling, cell wall synthesis, lipid metabolism, cold stress genes, and increased DNA methylation levels. Emphasizing the findings from multi-omics studies, this review reports how the integration of omics datasets can provide new insights into understanding of chilling injury development. This new information is essential for successfully creating more resilient fruit varieties and developing novel postharvest strategies.
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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Franzoni G, Spadafora ND, Sirangelo TM, Ferrante A, Rogers HJ. Biochemical and molecular changes in peach fruit exposed to cold stress conditions. MOLECULAR HORTICULTURE 2023; 3:24. [PMID: 37953307 PMCID: PMC10641970 DOI: 10.1186/s43897-023-00073-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Storage or transportation temperature is very important for preserving the quality of fruit. However, low temperature in sensitive fruit such as peach can induce loss of quality. Fruit exposed to a specific range of temperatures and for a longer period can show chilling injury (CI) symptoms. The susceptibility to CI at low temperature varies among cultivars and genetic backgrounds. Along with agronomic management, appropriate postharvest management can limit quality losses. The importance of correct temperature management during postharvest handling has been widely demonstrated. Nowadays, due to long-distance markets and complex logistics that require multiple actors, the management of storage/transportation conditions is crucial for the quality of products reaching the consumer.Peach fruit exposed to low temperatures activate a suite of physiological, metabolomic, and molecular changes that attempt to counteract the negative effects of chilling stress. In this review an overview of the factors involved, and plant responses is presented and critically discussed. Physiological disorders associated with CI generally only appear after the storage/transportation, hence early detection methods are needed to monitor quality and detect internal changes which will lead to CI development. CI detection tools are assessed: they need to be easy to use, and preferably non-destructive to avoid loss of products.
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- Giulia Franzoni
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development-Division Biotechnologies and Agroindustry, 00123, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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Li Y, Tian Q, Wang Z, Li J, Liu S, Chang R, Chen H, Liu G. Integrated analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics of peach under cold stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1153902. [PMID: 37051086 PMCID: PMC10083366 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1153902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Low temperature is one of the environmental factors that restrict the growth and geographical distribution of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch). To explore the molecular mechanisms of peach brunches in response to cold, we analyzed the metabolomics and transcriptomics of 'Donghe No.1' (cold-tolerant, CT) and '21st Century' (cold-sensitive, CS) treated by different temperatures (-5 to -30°C) for 12 h. Some cold-responsive metabolites (e.g., saccharides, phenolic acids and flavones) were identified with upregulation only in CT. Further, we identified 1991 cold tolerance associated genes in these samples and they were significantly enriched in the pathways of 'galactose metabolism', 'phenylpropanoid biosynthesis' and 'flavonoids biosynthesis'. Weighted gene correlation network analysis showed that soluble sugar, flavone, and lignin biosynthetic associated genes might play a key role in the cold tolerance of peach. In addition, several key genes (e.g., COMT, CCR, CAD, PER and F3'H) were substantially expressed more in CT than CS under cold stress, indicating that they might be major factors during the adaptation of peach to low temperature. This study will not only improve our understanding towards the molecular mechanisms of peach trees under cold stress but also contribute to the screening and breeding program of peach in the future.
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Muthuramalingam P, Shin H, Adarshan S, Jeyasri R, Priya A, Chen JT, Ramesh M. Molecular Insights into Freezing Stress in Peach Based on Multi-Omics and Biotechnology: An Overview. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11060812. [PMID: 35336695 PMCID: PMC8954506 DOI: 10.3390/plants11060812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In nature or field conditions, plants are frequently exposed to diverse environmental stressors. Among abiotic stresses, the low temperature of freezing conditions is a critical factor that influences plants, including horticultural crops, decreasing their growth, development, and eventually quality and productivity. Fortunately, plants have developed a mechanism to improve the tolerance to freezing during exposure to a range of low temperatures. In this present review, current findings on freezing stress physiology and genetics in peach (Prunus persica) were refined with an emphasis on adaptive mechanisms for cold acclimation, deacclimation, and reacclimation. In addition, advancements using multi-omics and genetic engineering approaches unravel the molecular physiological mechanisms, including hormonal regulations and their general perceptions of freezing tolerance in peach were comprehensively described. This review might pave the way for future research to the horticulturalists and research scientists to overcome the challenges of freezing temperature and improvement of crop management in these conditions.
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- Pandiyan Muthuramalingam
- Department of Horticultural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Korea;
- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore 641062, Tamil Nadu, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India; (S.A.); (R.J.); (A.P.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Korea;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India; (S.A.); (R.J.); (A.P.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India; (S.A.); (R.J.); (A.P.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India; (S.A.); (R.J.); (A.P.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India; (S.A.); (R.J.); (A.P.); (M.R.)
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Hazman M. Gel express: a novel frugal method quantifies gene relative expression in conventional RT-PCR. BENI-SUEF UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1186/s43088-022-00194-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Real-time PCR system is a valuable scientific mainstream needed for quantifying specific gene expression. Nevertheless, compared with conventional PCR, the real-time PCR system is extremely expensive and not affordable for limited or mid-budget research laboratories. Here, a novel, doable and low-cost recipe (referred to as gel express) is developed to quantify gene expression using conventional RT-PCR assay. The novelty of the gel express method is based on replacing crossing point (CP) values with integrated density (IntDen) values of PCR amplicon bands in real-time PCR regular mathematical formulas.
Results
In this work, gene expression profiles of two different rice stress-marker genes (OsCYP94C2a and OsLOX8) were quantified in response to mechanical wounding at different time points (0, 30, 60, and 150 min). In the gel express method, the free software ImageJ was employed to measure integrated density (IntDen) values of PCR amplicon bands in agarose gel images. IntDen values were then used instead of crossing point (CP) values according to the following modified formula: [EIntDen(ref)/EIntDen(target)]sample ÷ [EIntDen(ref)/EIntDen(target)]control. Gene relative expression profiles (dynamic expression pattern) quantified by gel express method in both genes were highly comparable with real-time RT-PCR. R2 values were 0.9976 and 0.9975 in OsCYP94C2a and OsLOX, respectively. PCR amplification efficiency (E) for all studied genes could be calculated depending on IntDen values through experimentally designed calibration curves. PCR amplification efficiencies with all studied genes obtained by gel express were all in the accepted range. For better-visualized PCR amplicons thus detectable biological effects between treatments, the number of PCR cycles applied in gel express method (IntCyc) was experimentally estimated to be 29 cycles.
Conclusions
Gel express is a novel, cost-effective and feasible recipe for quantifying gene relative expression in conventional RT-PCR. The expression pattern quantified by gel express is highly comparable and fits the expression data revealed by the used real-time PCR system.
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Affandi FY, Verschoor JA, Paillart MJM, Verdonk JC, Woltering EJ, Schouten RE. Low Oxygen Storage Improves Tomato Postharvest Cold Tolerance, Especially for Tomatoes Cultivated with Far-Red LED Light. Foods 2021; 10:foods10081699. [PMID: 34441475 PMCID: PMC8391604 DOI: 10.3390/foods10081699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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We investigated the effects of low oxygen storage on chilling injury development, colour development, respiration and H2O2 levels of ‘Merlice’ tomatoes cultivated with and without far red (FR) LED lighting during 20 days of shelf-life. Mature green (MG) and red (R) tomatoes were stored at 2 °C in combination with 0.5, 2.5, 5 and 21 kPa O2 for 15 days (experiment 1). MG tomatoes cultivated under either white LED or white LED light with FR LED light were stored at 2 °C in combination with 1, 5 and 21 O2 kPa for 14 days (experiment 2). Chilled MG and R tomatoes from experiment 1 showed decay, firmness loss and higher weight loss during shelf-life which were reduced under low oxygen conditions. FR during cultivation improved chilling tolerance of MG tomatoes. Fastest colour development and lowest respiration rate during shelf-life were observed for MG fruit cultivated with FR lighting prior to storage at 1 kPa O2/0 kPa CO2. H2O2 levels during the shelf-life were not affected during cold storage. The improved cold tolerance of MG tomatoes cultivated with FR lighting is likely due to lower oxygen uptake that led to both higher lycopene synthesis and less softening.
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- Fahrizal Yusuf Affandi
- Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; (J.C.V.); (E.J.W.); (R.E.S.)
- Bioresource Technology and Veterinary Department, Vocational College, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
- Correspondence:
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- Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; (J.A.V.); (M.J.M.P.)
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- Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; (J.A.V.); (M.J.M.P.)
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; (J.C.V.); (E.J.W.); (R.E.S.)
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; (J.C.V.); (E.J.W.); (R.E.S.)
- Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; (J.A.V.); (M.J.M.P.)
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; (J.C.V.); (E.J.W.); (R.E.S.)
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Ksouri N, Castro-Mondragón JA, Montardit-Tarda F, van Helden J, Contreras-Moreira B, Gogorcena Y. Tuning promoter boundaries improves regulatory motif discovery in nonmodel plants: the peach example. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 185:1242-1258. [PMID: 33744946 PMCID: PMC8133646 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The identification of functional elements encoded in plant genomes is necessary to understand gene regulation. Although much attention has been paid to model species like Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), little is known about regulatory motifs in other plants. Here, we describe a bottom-up approach for de novo motif discovery using peach (Prunus persica) as an example. These predictions require pre-computed gene clusters grouped by their expression similarity. After optimizing the boundaries of proximal promoter regions, two motif discovery algorithms from RSAT::Plants (http://plants.rsat.eu) were tested (oligo and dyad analysis). Overall, 18 out of 45 co-expressed modules were enriched in motifs typical of well-known transcription factor (TF) families (bHLH, bZip, BZR, CAMTA, DOF, E2FE, AP2-ERF, Myb-like, NAC, TCP, and WRKY) and a few uncharacterized motifs. Our results indicate that small modules and promoter window of [-500 bp, +200 bp] relative to the transcription start site (TSS) maximize the number of motifs found and reduce low-complexity signals in peach. The distribution of discovered regulatory sites was unbalanced, as they accumulated around the TSS. This approach was benchmarked by testing two different expression-based clustering algorithms (network-based and hierarchical) and, as control, genes grouped for harboring ChIPseq peaks of the same Arabidopsis TF. The method was also verified on maize (Zea mays), a species with a large genome. In summary, this article presents a glimpse of the peach regulatory components at genome scale and provides a general protocol that can be applied to other species. A Docker software container is released to facilitate the reproduction of these analyses.
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- Najla Ksouri
- Laboratory of Genomics, Genetics and Breeding of Fruits and Grapevine, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM UMR_S 1090, Theory and Approaches of Genome Complexity (TAGC), F-13288 Marseille, France
- Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), Nordic EMBL Partnership, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory of Genomics, Genetics and Breeding of Fruits and Grapevine, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM UMR_S 1090, Theory and Approaches of Genome Complexity (TAGC), F-13288 Marseille, France
- CNRS, Institut Français de Bioinformatique, IFB-core, UMS 3601, Evry, France
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- Laboratory of Computational and Structural Biology, Department of Genetics and Plant Production, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, Spain
- Fundación ARAID, Zaragoza, Spain
- Present address: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Laboratory of Genomics, Genetics and Breeding of Fruits and Grapevine, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, Spain
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García-Gómez BE, Salazar JA, Nicolás-Almansa M, Razi M, Rubio M, Ruiz D, Martínez-Gómez P. Molecular Bases of Fruit Quality in Prunus Species: An Integrated Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Metabolic Review with a Breeding Perspective. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 22:E333. [PMID: 33396946 PMCID: PMC7794732 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In plants, fruit ripening is a coordinated developmental process that requires the change in expression of hundreds to thousands of genes to modify many biochemical and physiological signal cascades such as carbohydrate and organic acid metabolism, cell wall restructuring, ethylene production, stress response, and organoleptic compound formation. In Prunus species (including peaches, apricots, plums, and cherries), fruit ripening leads to the breakdown of complex carbohydrates into sugars, fruit firmness reductions (softening by cell wall degradation and cuticle properties alteration), color changes (loss of green color by chlorophylls degradation and increase in non-photosynthetic pigments like anthocyanins and carotenoids), acidity decreases, and aroma increases (the production and release of organic volatile compounds). Actually, the level of information of molecular events at the transcriptional, biochemical, hormonal, and metabolite levels underlying ripening in Prunus fruits has increased considerably. However, we still poorly understand the molecular switch that occurs during the transition from unripe to ripe fruits. The objective of this review was to analyze of the molecular bases of fruit quality in Prunus species through an integrated metabolic, genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic approach to better understand the molecular switch involved in the ripening process with important consequences from a breeding point of view.
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- Beatriz E. García-Gómez
- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (B.E.G.-G.); (J.A.S.); (M.N.-A.); (M.R.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (B.E.G.-G.); (J.A.S.); (M.N.-A.); (M.R.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (B.E.G.-G.); (J.A.S.); (M.N.-A.); (M.R.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zajan, Zanjan 45371-38791, Iran;
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (B.E.G.-G.); (J.A.S.); (M.N.-A.); (M.R.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (B.E.G.-G.); (J.A.S.); (M.N.-A.); (M.R.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (B.E.G.-G.); (J.A.S.); (M.N.-A.); (M.R.); (D.R.)
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Lillo-Carmona V, Espinoza A, Rothkegel K, Rubilar M, Nilo-Poyanco R, Pedreschi R, Campos-Vargas R, Meneses C. Identification of Metabolite and Lipid Profiles in a Segregating Peach Population Associated with Mealiness in Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. Metabolites 2020; 10:metabo10040154. [PMID: 32316167 PMCID: PMC7240955 DOI: 10.3390/metabo10040154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The peach is the third most important temperate fruit crop considering fruit production and harvested area in the world. Exporting peaches represents a challenge due to the long-distance nature of export markets. This requires fruit to be placed in cold storage for a long time, which can induce a physiological disorder known as chilling injury (CI). The main symptom of CI is mealiness, which is perceived as non-juicy fruit by consumers. The purpose of this work was to identify and compare the metabolite and lipid profiles between two siblings from contrasting populations for juice content, at harvest and after 30 days at 0 °C. A total of 119 metabolites and 189 lipids were identified, which showed significant differences in abundance, mainly in amino acids, sugars and lipids. Metabolites displaying significant changes from the E1 to E3 stages corresponded to lipids such as phosphatidylglycerol (PG), monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and lysophosphatidylcholines (LPC), and sugars such as fructose 1 and 1-fructose-6 phosphate. These metabolites might be used as early stage biomarkers associated with mealiness at harvest and after cold storage.
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- Victoria Lillo-Carmona
- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Avenida República 330, Santiago 8370186, Chile; (V.L.-C.); (A.E.); (K.R.); (M.R.); (R.C.-V.)
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Avenida República 330, Santiago 8370186, Chile; (V.L.-C.); (A.E.); (K.R.); (M.R.); (R.C.-V.)
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Avenida República 330, Santiago 8370186, Chile; (V.L.-C.); (A.E.); (K.R.); (M.R.); (R.C.-V.)
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Avenida República 330, Santiago 8370186, Chile; (V.L.-C.); (A.E.); (K.R.); (M.R.); (R.C.-V.)
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- Escuela de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago 8580745, Chile;
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- Escuela de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y de los Alimentos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Calle San Francisco s/n, La Palma, Quillota 2260000, Chile;
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Avenida República 330, Santiago 8370186, Chile; (V.L.-C.); (A.E.); (K.R.); (M.R.); (R.C.-V.)
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Avenida República 330, Santiago 8370186, Chile; (V.L.-C.); (A.E.); (K.R.); (M.R.); (R.C.-V.)
- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Universidad Andrés Bello, Blanco Encalada 2085, Santiago 87370415, Chile
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Jian H, Xie L, Wang Y, Cao Y, Wan M, Lv D, Li J, Lu K, Xu X, Liu L. Characterization of cold stress responses in different rapeseed ecotypes based on metabolomics and transcriptomics analyses. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8704. [PMID: 32266113 PMCID: PMC7120054 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The winter oilseed ecotype is more tolerant to low temperature than the spring ecotype. Transcriptome and metabolome analyses of leaf samples of five spring Brassica napus L. (B. napus) ecotype lines and five winter B. napus ecotype lines treated at 4 °C and 28 °C were performed. A total of 25,460 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of the spring oilseed ecotype and 28,512 DEGs of the winter oilseed ecotype were identified after cold stress; there were 41 differentially expressed metabolites (DEMs) in the spring and 47 in the winter oilseed ecotypes. Moreover, more than 46.2% DEGs were commonly detected in both ecotypes, and the extent of the changes were much more pronounced in the winter than spring ecotype. By contrast, only six DEMs were detected in both the spring and winter oilseed ecotypes. Eighty-one DEMs mainly belonged to primary metabolites, including amino acids, organic acids and sugars. The large number of specific genes and metabolites emphasizes the complex regulatory mechanisms involved in the cold stress response in oilseed rape. Furthermore, these data suggest that lipid, ABA, secondary metabolism, signal transduction and transcription factors may play distinct roles in the spring and winter ecotypes in response to cold stress. Differences in gene expression and metabolite levels after cold stress treatment may have contributed to the cold tolerance of the different oilseed ecotypes.
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- Hongju Jian
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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García-Gómez BE, Ruiz D, Salazar JA, Rubio M, Martínez-García PJ, Martínez-Gómez P. Analysis of Metabolites and Gene Expression Changes Relative to Apricot ( Prunus armeniaca L.) Fruit Quality During Development and Ripening. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1269. [PMID: 32973833 PMCID: PMC7466674 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is a valuable worldwide agronomical crop, with a delicious fruit highlighted as a functional food with both nutritional and bioactive properties, remarkably beneficial to human health. Apricot fruit ripening is a coordinated developmental process which requires change in the expression of hundreds to thousands of genes to modify many biochemical and physiological processes arising from quality characteristics in ripe fruit. In addition, enhancing fruit and nutraceutical quality is one of the central objectives to be improved in the new varieties developed by breeding programs. In this study we analyzed the contents of main metabolites linked to the nutraceutical value of apricot fruits, together with the most important pomological characteristics and biochemical contents of fruit during the ripening process in two contrasted apricot genotypes. Additionally, the gene expression changes were analyzed using RNA-Seq and real time qPCR. Results showed that genes with differential expression in the biosynthetic pathways, such as phenylpropanoids, flavonoids, starch and sucrose and carotenoid metabolism, could be possible candidates as molecular markers of fruit quality characteristics for fruit color and soluble solid content. The gene involves in carotenoid metabolism carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4, and the gene sucrose synthase in starch and sucrose metabolism were identified as candidate genes in the ripening process for white skin ground color and flesh color and high soluble sugar content. The application of these candidate genes on marker-assisted selection in apricot breeding programs may contribute to the early selection of high-quality fruit genotypes with suitable nutraceutical values.
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Influence of initial gas modification on physicochemical quality attributes and molecular changes in fresh and fresh-cut fruit during modified atmosphere packaging. Food Packag Shelf Life 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fpsl.2019.100359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Xie Z, Zhou Z, Li H, Yu J, Jiang J, Tang Z, Ma D, Zhang B, Han Y, Li Z. High throughput sequencing identifies chilling responsive genes in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) during storage. Genomics 2019; 111:1006-1017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 05/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Nilo-Poyanco R, Vizoso P, Sanhueza D, Balic I, Meneses C, Orellana A, Campos-Vargas R. A Prunus persica genome-wide RNA-seq approach uncovers major differences in the transcriptome among chilling injury sensitive and non-sensitive varieties. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 166:772-793. [PMID: 30203620 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Chilling injury represents a major constrain for crops productivity. Prunus persica, one of the most relevant rosacea crops, have early season varieties that are resistant to chilling injury, in contrast to late season varieties, which display chilling symptoms such as mealiness (dry, sandy fruit mesocarp) after prolonged storage at chilling temperatures. To uncover the molecular processes related to the ability of early varieties to withstand mealiness, postharvest and genome-wide RNA-seq assessments were performed in two early and two late varieties. Differences in juice content and ethylene biosynthesis were detected among early and late season fruits that became mealy after exposed to prolonged chilling. Principal component and data distribution analysis revealed that cold-stored late variety fruit displayed an exacerbated and unique transcriptome profile when compared to any other postharvest condition. A differential expression analysis performed using an empirical Bayes mixture modeling approach followed by co-expression and functional enrichment analysis uncover processes related to ethylene, lipids, cell wall, carotenoids and DNA metabolism, light response, and plastid homeostasis associated to the susceptibility or resistance of P. persica varieties to chilling stress. Several of the genes related to these processes are in quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated to mealiness in P. persica. Together, these analyses exemplify how P. persica can be used as a model for studying chilling stress in plants.
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- Ricardo Nilo-Poyanco
- Escuela de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Propagación y Conservación Vegetal, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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Vergara-Pulgar C, Rothkegel K, González-Agüero M, Pedreschi R, Campos-Vargas R, Defilippi BG, Meneses C. De novo assembly of Persea americana cv. 'Hass' transcriptome during fruit development. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:108. [PMID: 30727956 PMCID: PMC6364401 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5486-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is a basal angiosperm from the Lauraceae family. This species has a diploid genome with an approximated size of ~ 920 Mbp and produces a climacteric, fleshy and oily fruit. The flowering and fruit set are particularly prolonged processes, lasting between one to three months, generating important differences in physiological ages of the fruit within the same tree. So far there is no detailed genomic information regarding this species, being the cultivar 'Hass' especially important for avocado growers worldwide. With the aim to explore the fruit avocado transcriptome and to identify candidate biomarkers to monitore fruit development, we carried out an RNA-Seq approach during 4 stages of 'Hass' fruit development: 150 days after fruit set (DAFS), 240 DAFS, 300 DAFS (harvest) and 390 DAFS (late-harvest). RESULTS The 'Hass' de novo transcriptome contains 62,203 contigs (x̅=988 bp, N50 = 1050 bp). We found approximately an 85 and 99% of complete ultra-conserved genes in eukaryote and plantae database using BUSCO (Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs) and CEGMA (Core Eukaryotic Gene Mapping Approach), respectively. Annotation was performed with BLASTx, resulting in a 58% of annotated contigs (90% of differentially expressed genes were annotated). Differentially expressed genes analysis (DEG; with False Discovery Rate ≤ 0.01) found 8672 genes considering all developmental stages. From this analysis, genes were clustered according to their expression pattern and 1209 genes show correlation with the four developmental stages. CONCLUSIONS Candidate genes are proposed as possible biomarkers for monitoring the development of the 'Hass' avocado fruit associated with lipid metabolism, ethylene signaling pathway, auxin signaling pathway, and components of the cell wall.
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- Cristian Vergara-Pulgar
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Universidad Andres Bello, Avenida República 330, 8370035, Santiago, RM, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Universidad Andres Bello, Avenida República 330, 8370035, Santiago, RM, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA-La Platina, Santa Rosa 11610, La Pintana, 831314, Santiago, RM, Chile
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- Escuela de Agronomía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Quillota, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Universidad Andres Bello, Avenida República 330, 8370035, Santiago, RM, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA-La Platina, Santa Rosa 11610, La Pintana, 831314, Santiago, RM, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Universidad Andres Bello, Avenida República 330, 8370035, Santiago, RM, Chile.
- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Santiago, Chile.
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Lin S, Wu T, Lin H, Zhang Y, Xu S, Wang J, Wu B, Chen Y, Lin S, Lin D, Wang X, Zhao X, Wu J. De Novo Analysis Reveals Transcriptomic Responses in Eriobotrya japonica Fruits during Postharvest Cold Storage. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:E639. [PMID: 30563027 PMCID: PMC6316545 DOI: 10.3390/genes9120639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cold storage is the primary preservation method of postharvest loquat fruits. However, cold storage also results in many chilling injury physiological disorders called lignification, which decreases the quality and economic value of the fruits. Few studies to date have focused on the transcriptomic responses associated with lignification except lignin synthesis pathways. This study aimed to explore the changes of loquat transcriptome during long-term cold storage. Our results showed that the gene expression patterns were differed among the five stages. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in response to cold storage were more intense and complex in earlier stage. The membrane-related genes preferentially responded to low temperature and were followed by intracellular-located genes. The cold-induced pathways were mainly concerned with signal transduction and secondary metabolism (i.e., lignin, pectin, cellulose, terpenoid, carotenoid, steroid) in the first three stages and were chiefly related to primary metabolism in the later two stages, especially energy metabolism. Further investigation suggested that 503 protein kinases, 106 protein phosphatases, and 40 Ca2+ signal components were involved in the cold signal transduction of postharvest loquat fruits. We predicted a pathway including 649 encoding genes of 49 enzymes, which displayed the metabolisms of major sugars and polysaccharides in cold-stored loquat fruits. The coordinated expression patterns of these genes might contribute to the changes of saccharides in the pathway. These results provide new insight into the transcriptomic changes of postharvest loquat fruits in response to cold storage environment, which may be helpful for improving the postharvest life of loquat in the future.
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- Shoukai Lin
- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants, Putian University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.
- Overseas Education College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants, Putian University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants, Putian University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants, Putian University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants, Putian University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants, Putian University, Putian 351100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-toxicological Effects & Control for Emerging Contaminants, Putian University, Putian 351100, China.
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Tanou G, Minas IS, Scossa F, Belghazi M, Xanthopoulou A, Ganopoulos I, Madesis P, Fernie A, Molassiotis A. Exploring priming responses involved in peach fruit acclimation to cold stress. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11358. [PMID: 28900303 PMCID: PMC5595836 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11933-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cold storage of fruit may induce the physiological disorder chilling injury (CI); however, the molecular basis of CI development remains largely unexplored. Simulated conditions of CI priming and suppression provided an interesting experimental system to study cold response in fruit. Peaches (cv. June Gold) at the commercial harvest (CH) or tree-ripe (TR) stages were immediately exposed to cold treatment (40 d, 0 °C) and an additional group of CH fruits were pre-conditioned 48 h at 20 °C prior to low-temperature exposure (pre-conditioning, PC). Following cold treatment, the ripening behaviour of the three groups of fruits was analysed (3 d, 20 °C). Parallel proteomic, metabolomic and targeted transcription comparisons were employed to characterize the response of fruit to CI expression. Physiological data indicated that PC suppressed CI symptoms and induced more ethylene biosynthesis than the other treatments. Differences in the protein and metabolic profiles were identified, both among treatments and before and after cold exposure. Transcriptional expression patterns of several genes were consistent with their protein abundance models. Interestingly, metabolomic and gene expression results revealed a possible role for valine and/or isoleucine in CI tolerance. Overall, this study provides new insights into molecular changes during fruit acclimation to cold environment.
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- Georgia Tanou
- Department of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Western Colorado Research Center at Orchard Mesa, Colorado State University, Grand Junction, CO, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Centro di ricerca per la Frutticoltura (CREA-FRU), Roma, Italy
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- Proteomics Analysis Center (CAPM), Faculty of Medicine, 13916, Marseilles, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Ni Z, Xu S, Bu J, Ying T. Secondary metabolism associated with softening of shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) induced by O2depletion and CO2accumulation. Int J Food Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.13512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Zhendan Ni
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science; Fuli Institute of Food Science; Key Laboratory of Agriculture Ministry for Postharvest Handling of Agro-Products; Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing; Zhejiang University; Yuhangtang Road 588 Hangzhou 310058 China
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- Natural Medicine Institute of Zhejiang Yangshengtang Co., LTD; Hangzhou 310007 China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering; Shandong Agriculture and Engineering University; Jinan 250100 China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science; Fuli Institute of Food Science; Key Laboratory of Agriculture Ministry for Postharvest Handling of Agro-Products; Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing; Zhejiang University; Yuhangtang Road 588 Hangzhou 310058 China
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Wang K, Yin XR, Zhang B, Grierson D, Xu CJ, Chen KS. Transcriptomic and metabolic analyses provide new insights into chilling injury in peach fruit. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:1531-1551. [PMID: 28337785 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Low temperature conditioning (LTC) alleviates peach fruit chilling injury but the underlying molecular basis is poorly understood. Here, changes in transcriptome, ethylene production, flesh softening, internal browning and membrane lipids were compared in fruit maintained in constant 0 °C and LTC (pre-storage at 8 °C for 5 d before storage at 0 °C). Low temperature conditioning resulted in a higher rate of ethylene production and a more rapid flesh softening as a result of higher expression of ethylene biosynthetic genes and a series of cell wall hydrolases. Reduced internal browning of fruit was observed in LTC, with lower transcript levels of polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase, but higher lipoxygenase. Low temperature conditioning fruit also showed enhanced fatty acid content, increased desaturation, higher levels of phospholipids and a preferential biosynthesis of glucosylceramide. Genes encoding cell wall hydrolases and lipid metabolism enzymes were coexpressed with differentially expressed ethylene response factors (ERFs) and contained ERF binding elements in their promoters. In conclusion, LTC is a special case of cold acclimation which increases ethylene production and, operating through ERFs, promotes both softening and changes in lipid composition and desaturation, which may modulate membrane stability, reducing browning and contributing to alleviation of peach fruit chilling injury.
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- Ke Wang
- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Plant Sciences Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Jin J, Zhang H, Zhang J, Liu P, Chen X, Li Z, Xu Y, Lu P, Cao P. Integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis to characterize cold stress responses in Nicotiana tabacum. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:496. [PMID: 28662642 PMCID: PMC5492280 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3871-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND CB-1 and K326 are closely related tobacco cultivars; however, their cold tolerance capacities are different. K326 is much more cold tolerant than CB-1. RESULTS We studied the transcriptomes and metabolomes of CB-1 and K326 leaf samples treated with cold stress. Totally, we have identified 14,590 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in CB-1 and 14,605 DEGs in K326; there was also 200 differentially expressed metabolites in CB-1 and 194 in K326. Moreover, there were many overlapping genes (around 50%) that were cold-responsive in both plant cultivars, although there were also many differences in the cold responsive genes between the two cultivars. Importantly, for most of the overlapping cold responsive genes, the extent of the changes in expression were typically much more pronounced in K326 than in CB-1, which may help explain the superior cold tolerance of K326. Similar results were found in the metabolome analysis, particularly with the analysis of primary metabolites, including amino acids, organic acids, and sugars. The large number of specific responsive genes and metabolites highlight the complex regulatory mechanisms associated with cold stress in tobacco. In addition, our work implies that the energy metabolism and hormones may function distinctly between CB-1 and K326. CONCLUSIONS Differences in gene expression and metabolite levels following cold stress treatment seem likely to have contributed to the observed difference in the cold tolerance phenotype of these two tobacco cultivars.
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- Jingjing Jin
- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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The domesticated almond [Prunus dulcis (L.) Batsch] and peach [P. persica (Mill.) D. A. Webb] originated on opposite sides of Asia and were independently domesticated ∼5000 yr ago. While interfertile, they possess alternate mating systems and differ in a number of morphological and physiological traits. Here, we evaluated patterns of genome-wide diversity in both almond and peach to better understand the impacts of mating system, adaptation, and domestication on the evolution of these taxa. Almond has around seven times the genetic diversity of peach, and high genome-wide FST values support their status as separate species. We estimated a divergence time of ∼8 MYA (million years ago), coinciding with an active period of uplift in the northeast Tibetan Plateau and subsequent Asian climate change. We see no evidence of a bottleneck during domestication of either species, but identify a number of regions showing signatures of selection during domestication and a significant overlap in candidate regions between peach and almond. While we expected gene expression in fruit to overlap with candidate selected regions, instead we find enrichment for loci highly differentiated between the species, consistent with recent fossil evidence suggesting fruit divergence long preceded domestication. Taken together, this study tells us how closely related tree species evolve and are domesticated, the impact of these events on their genomes, and the utility of genomic information for long-lived species. Further exploration of this data will contribute to the genetic knowledge of these species and provide information regarding targets of selection for breeding application, and further the understanding of evolution in these species.
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Rosales R, Romero I, Fernandez-Caballero C, Escribano MI, Merodio C, Sanchez-Ballesta MT. Low Temperature and Short-Term High-CO2 Treatment in Postharvest Storage of Table Grapes at Two Maturity Stages: Effects on Transcriptome Profiling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1020. [PMID: 27468290 PMCID: PMC4942463 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Table grapes (Vitis vinifera cv. Cardinal) are highly perishable and their quality deteriorates during postharvest storage at low temperature mainly because of sensitivity to fungal decay and senescence of rachis. The application of a 3-day CO2 treatment (20 kPa CO2 + 20 kPa O2 + 60 kPa N2) at 0°C reduced total decay and retained fruit quality in early and late-harvested table grapes during postharvest storage. In order to study the transcriptional responsiveness of table grapes to low temperature and high CO2 levels in the first stage of storage and how the maturity stage affect these changes, we have performed a comparative large-scale transcriptional analysis using the custom-made GrapeGen GeneChip®. In the first stage of storage, low temperature led to a significantly intense change in grape skin transcriptome irrespective of fruit maturity, although there were different changes within each stage. In the case of CO2 treated samples, in comparison to fruit at time zero, only slight differences were observed. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that major modifications in the transcriptome profile of early- and late-harvested grapes stored at 0°C are linked to biotic and abiotic stress-responsive terms. However, in both cases there is a specific reprogramming of the transcriptome during the first stage of storage at 0°C in order to withstand the cold stress. Thus, genes involved in gluconeogenesis, photosynthesis, mRNA translation and lipid transport were up-regulated in the case of early-harvested grapes, and genes related to protein folding stability and intracellular membrane trafficking in late-harvested grapes. The beneficial effect of high CO2 treatment maintaining table grape quality seems to be an active process requiring the induction of several transcription factors and kinases in early-harvested grapes, and the activation of processes associated to the maintenance of energy in late-harvested grapes.
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