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Lin S, Wu B, Xiong Y, Huang L, Lin D, Lin J, Lin S, Wu J. Integrated endogenous hormones and transcriptome analysis contribute to fruit development related gene mining in Eriobotrya japonica. Sci Rep 2025; 15:14794. [PMID: 40295574 PMCID: PMC12037903 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-96870-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2025] [Indexed: 04/30/2025] Open
Abstract
Loquat has both a delicious taste and natural medicinal effects. Fruit yield is the foundation of loquat production. However, as loquat fruits ripen, the time course changes in endogenous hormones and the transcriptome are still unclear, and the mining of loquat fruit development-related genes is still limited. Pulps from four stages of fruit development, including 70 days after full-blooming (DAF) (Z01), 90 DAF (Z02), 110 DAF (Z03), and 130 DAF (Z04), were collected to detect the contents of endogenous hormones and conduct transcriptome analysis. The results revealed that the pulps thickened continuously at a steady speed, whereas the rapid fruit expansion before the Z02 stage could be attributed to a sharp expansion of seeds. In addition, the endogenous hormone levels of the pulps tended to differ among these four stages. A total of 39,051 genes were obtained, and each sample was compared. Z01-VS-Z02, Z01-VS-Z03, and Z01-VS-Z04 presented 2611, 12,594, and 19,214 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), respectively. We found that there were 259, 49, 47, 70, 169, 47, 22 and 33 DEGs related to Aux, GA, CTK, ABA, Eth, BR, SA and JA, respectively. GO and KEGG enrichment analyses revealed that the most obviously enriched terms were photosynthesis-antenna proteins, starch and sucrose metabolism, and photosynthesis. Cluster analysis of the expression trends of the DEGs revealed that 25 clusters were obtained, 16 of which were highly correlated with 1 to 5 hormones. A total of 25 and 28 core genes were systematically identified from clusters 21 and 25, respectively. Heterologous expression revealed that EjHsc70, a selected core gene, promoted Arabidopsis growth and could be involved in the development process of loquat fruit. This study provides new insights into fruit development in Eriobotrya japonica.
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Grants
- 2021N5014, 2022N5006, 2021J011106, 2022J011162, 2023J011006 Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project
- 2021N5014, 2022N5006, 2024N0062, 2021J011106, 2022J011162, 2023J011006 Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project
- 2021N5014, 2022N5006, 2021J011106, 2022J011162, 2023J011006 Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project
- 2021N5014, 2022N5006, 2021J011106, 2022J011162, 2023J011006 Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project
- 2021N5014, 2022N5006, 2021J011106, 2022J011162, 2023J011006 Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project
- 2023GJGZ001, 2021ZP08, 2021ZP10, 2021ZP11 Science and Technology Plan Project of Putian
- 2024177 Research Projects of Putian University
- 2024177 Research Projects of Putian University
- 2024177 Research Projects of Putian University
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Affiliation(s)
- Shoukai Lin
- College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China
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- College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China
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- College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Putian University, Putian, 351100, China
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- College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China.
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- College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China.
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D'Agostino A, Di Marco G, Rolfo MF, Alessandri L, Marvelli S, Braglia R, Congestri R, Berrilli F, Fuciarelli MF, Ferracci A, Canini A, Gismondi A. Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11053. [PMID: 38405407 PMCID: PMC10891416 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Plants have always represented a key element in landscape delineation. Indeed, plant diversity, whose distribution is influenced by geographic/climatic variability, has affected both environmental and human ecology. The present contribution represents a multi-proxy study focused on the detection of starch, pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs in ancient dental calculus collected from pre-historical individuals buried at La Sassa and Pila archaeological sites (Central Italy). The collected record suggested the potential use of plant taxa by the people living in Central Italy during the Copper-Middle Bronze Age and expanded the body of evidence reported by previous palynological and palaeoecological studies. The application of a microscopic approach provided information about domesticated crops and/or gathered wild plants and inferred considerations on ancient environments, water sources, and past health and diseases. Moreover, the research supplied data to define the natural resources (e.g., C4-plant intake) and the social use of the space during that period. Another important aspect was the finding of plant clues referable to woody habitats, characterised by broad-leaved deciduous taxa and generally indicative of a warm-temperate climate and grassy vegetation. Other unusual records (e.g., diatoms, brachysclereids) participated in defining the prehistoric ecological framework. Thus, this work provides an overview on the potential of the human dental calculus analysis to delineate some features of the ancient plant ecology and biodiversity.
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- Alessia D'Agostino
- Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
- Present address: PhD Program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Department of History, Culture and Society University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Groningen Institute of Archaeology University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Palynology and Archaeobotany-C.A.A. Giorgio Nicoli Bologna Italy
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- Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Laboratory of Biology of the Algae, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Department of History, Culture and Society University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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- Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
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Wu X, Fang P, Zhang P, Sun T, Wang X, Branca F, Xu P. Editorial: Improvement for Quality and Safety Traits in Horticultural Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:927779. [PMID: 35712592 PMCID: PMC9194942 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.927779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Xinyang Wu
- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-Product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou, China
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- Departments of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-Product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China
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