中国农业科学 ›› 2023, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (20): 4087-4101.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2023.20.013

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基于转录组测序筛选与柚裂果相关的基因

卢艳清(), 林燕金, 王贤达, 卢新坤()   

  1. 福建省农业科学院果树研究所,福州 350013
  • 收稿日期:2023-04-18 接受日期:2023-08-15 出版日期:2023-10-16 发布日期:2023-10-31
  • 通信作者:
    卢新坤,E-mail:
  • 联系方式: 卢艳清,E-mail:lluyqing2006@126.com。
  • 基金资助:
    福建省属公益类科研院所基本科研专项(2021R1028001); 福建省属公益类科研院所基本科研专项(2020R10280014); 福建省属公益类科研院所基本科研专项(2022R1028006); 福建省自然科学基金(2022J01472); 科技部、财政部国家科技资源共享服务平台项目(NHGRC2023-NH18-2); 福建省农业科学院农业科技创新联盟专项(CXLM2021003)

A Transcriptome Analysis Identifies Candidate Genes Related to Fruit Cracking in Pomelo Fruits

LU YanQing(), LIN YanJin, WANG XianDa, LU XinKun()   

  1. Institute of Pomology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350013
  • Received:2023-04-18 Accepted:2023-08-15 Published:2023-10-16 Online:2023-10-31

摘要:

【目的】柑橘类果实生长季节内出现的裂果现象是一类生理失调病害,然而目前尚未完全揭示柑橘类果实裂果的分子机理。本研究通过对文旦柚抗裂和易裂品种果皮转录组的比较分析,筛选果实抗裂相关基因。【方法】以抗裂品种(‘度新1号文旦柚’)的正常果(此品种无裂果),以及易裂品种(‘度尾文旦柚’)的正常果和裂果为材料,果实均取自两个时期(时期A:2021年8月3日;时期B:2021年8月20日,裂果敏感期)。取果实果顶部位的果皮(以果顶为中心,30 mm半径范围内的果皮)用于转录组测序。【结果】将易裂品种裂果果皮与两品种正常果果皮转录组进行比较分析,在时期A共筛选到1 660个差异基因,易裂品种裂果果皮与两品种正常果果皮间相同的差异基因104个;在时期B共筛选到1 972个差异基因,易裂品种裂果果皮与两品种正常果果皮间相同的差异基因82个。对易裂品种裂果果皮与两品种正常果果皮间所有差异基因的GO富集分析结果显示:在生物学过程分类中,两个时期均富集到差异基因的主要亚类包括代谢过程、细胞过程、单生物过程、生物调控、刺激响应和信号。对易裂品种裂果果皮与两品种正常果果皮间所有差异基因的代谢通路分析结果显示:两个时期均富集到差异基因的主要代谢途径包括碳代谢、植物MAPK信号途径、植物激素信号转导和内质网蛋白过程,这些代谢途径富集的差异基因也最多。发现了一些与果实抗裂能力相关的重要基因:两品种正常果果皮扩张蛋白-A1基因表达量均显著高于易裂品种裂果果皮,两个时期结果一致;在时期A,两品种正常果果皮类钙调磷酸酶蛋白B亚基基因表达量显著高于易裂品种裂果果皮,但在时期B无显著差异;易裂品种裂果果皮热激转录因子、丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶、生长素响应蛋白和脱水响应元件结合蛋白基因表达量显著高于两品种正常果果皮,两个时期结果一致。【结论】与果皮弹性、水分运动、高温和水分亏缺逆境响应相关的基因是调控文旦柚果实抗裂能力的关键基因。

关键词: 柚(Citrus grandis L. Osbeck), 裂果, 果皮, 转录组, 抗裂基因

Abstract:

【Objective】Fruit cracking is a universal physiological disorder that occurs during growth in citrus fruits. However, the molecular mechanisms that regulate cracking in citrus fruits remain unclear. The aim of this study was to screen genes that were related to resistance to fruit cracking. 【Method】 Normal fruits from a pomelo (Citrus grandis (L). Osbeck) cultivar (Duxin 1) resistant to cracking, as well as normal and cracked fruits from Duwei, a cultivar sensitive to cracking, were collected on August 3, 2021 and August 20, 2021, respectively. The pericarp surrounding blossom ends of the fruits (the blossom end was considered the center, approximate 30 millimeters radius) were sampled for RNA-seq. 【Result】 The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in each stage were screened based on the comparisons of a transcriptome between cracked fruits from the cracking-sensitive cultivar and normal fruits from both cultivars. In the stage A, 1 660 DEGs were obtained, and 104 DEGs were common between the comparison. A total of 1 972 DEGs were screened in stage B, and 82 were common in the comparison. All the DEGs screened at both stages were used for a Gene Ontology enrichment analysis. In the classification of biological process, the major common sub-classifications, including ‘metabolic process’, ‘cellular process’, ‘single-organism process’, ‘biological regulation’, ‘response to stimulus’, and ‘signaling’ were identified in both stages. All the screened DEGs were also analyzed using Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment. Many genes were enriched in several metabolic pathways, including ‘carbon metabolism’, ‘MAPK signaling pathway-plant’, ‘plant hormone signal transduction’ and ‘protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum’. In addition, these pathways were identified in both stages. Several genes related to resistance to fruit cracking were identified in this study. The levels of transcription of Expansin-A1 were significantly higher in the pericarp of normal fruits from the two cultivars than that in the pericarp of cracked fruits from the sensitive cultivar. Calcineurin B-like protein gene was highly expressed in the pericarp of normal fruits from both cultivars when compared with the pericarp of cracked fruits from the sensitive cultivar. However, this difference disappeared at the stage B. The genes for heat stress transcription factor, serine/threonine-protein kinase, auxin-responsive protein, and dehydration-responsive element-binding protein were upregulated in the pericarp of cracked fruits from the sensitive cultivar compared with the pericarp of normal fruits from the two cultivars in both stages. 【Conclusion】These findings suggested that the genes related to strength of pericarp, water movement, and responsing to high temperature and water deficiency stresses were critical to regulating resistance to fruit cracking.

Key words: pummelo (Citrus grandis L. Osbeck), fruit cracking, pericarp, transcriptome, cracking-resistant gene