中国农业科学 ›› 2021, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (12): 2644-2652.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2021.12.014

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荷兰鸢尾‘玉妃’花色变异关键结构基因分析

林兵1(),陈艺荃2,钟淮钦1,叶秀仙1,樊荣辉1()   

  1. 1福建省农业科学院作物研究所,福州 350013
    2福建省农业科学院农业工程技术研究所,福州 350013
  • 收稿日期:2020-08-24 接受日期:2020-12-08 出版日期:2021-06-16 发布日期:2021-06-24
  • 通讯作者: 樊荣辉
  • 作者简介:林兵,E-mail:lb87572540@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    福建省省属公益类科研专项(2018R1026-6);福建省农业科学院科技创新团队项目(STIT2017-2-9);福建省自然科学基金(2018J01045)

Analysis of Key Genes About Flower Color Variation in Iris hollandica

LIN Bing1(),CHEN YiQuan2,ZHONG HuaiQin1,YE XiuXian1,FAN RongHui1()   

  1. 1Institute of Crop Sciences, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Science, Fuzhou 350013
    2Institute of Agriculture and Engineering Technology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Science, Fuzhou 350013
  • Received:2020-08-24 Accepted:2020-12-08 Online:2021-06-16 Published:2021-06-24
  • Contact: RongHui FAN

摘要:

【目的】花色变异对丰富观赏植物花色具有重要意义,但由于花色变异的不确定性,使其变异机理尚未弄清。荷兰鸢尾是重要球根观赏植物,通过探索荷兰鸢尾蓝紫色野生型‘展翅’及白色突变株‘玉妃’的显色分子机制及色素积累差异,为花色变异机理提供依据。【方法】本研究通过超高效液相色谱-四级杆飞行时间串联质谱联用(UHPLC-QTOF-MS)方法测定荷兰鸢尾2个品种花的花色素苷和黄酮醇的种类及含量。以荷兰鸢尾‘展翅’和‘玉妃’的旗瓣为材料,通过转录组测序,筛选花色素苷合成相关差异基因。以2个品种花发育不同时期为材料,对差异基因进行荧光定量PCR验证。【结果】代谢组分析结果表明,飞燕草素和矢车菊素及其衍生物在蓝紫色花中积累,在白色花中几乎没有积累,而黄酮醇类物质在白色‘玉妃’中含量上升。RNA-seq结果表明,共获得46 485个unigenes,其中27 073个unigenes被公共数据库功能注释,占全部unigenes的58.24%。获得701个差异表达基因,其中485个基因在‘玉妃’中上调表达,216个基因在‘玉妃’中下调表达。花色素苷途径中,2个二氢黄酮醇-4-还原酶(dihydroflavonol 4-reductase,DFR)基因和1个黄酮醇合成酶(flavonol synthase,FLS)基因有差异表达,分别命名为IhDFR1IhDFR2IhFLS1。白色‘玉妃’中,IhDFR1IhDFR2下调表达,IhFLS1上调表达,导致花色素苷含量显著降低和黄酮醇积累,使代谢流由花色素苷转向黄酮醇。3个基因的qRT-PCR结果显示,IhDFR1IhDFR2在蓝紫色花中随着花的发育表达量升高,在白色花中均低表达,IhFLS1在白色花中随着花的发育表达量升高,在蓝紫色花中均低表达,与RNA-seq结果保持一致。【结论】白色‘玉妃’中,IhDFR1IhDFR2的低表达,及IhFLS1的高表达,使花色素苷积累受阻,部分代谢流由花色素苷转向黄酮醇,导致花色由蓝紫变为白色。

关键词: 荷兰鸢尾, 花色素苷, 黄酮醇, 转录组分析, 二氢黄酮醇-4-还原酶基因, 黄酮醇合成酶基因

Abstract:

【Objective】 Flower color variation is of great significance for enriching color of ornamental plants, but it is difficult to clarify variation mechanism due to uncertainty of flower color variation. Dutch iris (Iris hollandica) is an important bulbous ornamental plant. In this study, the blue-purple wild type ‘Zhanchi’ and white mutant strain 'Yufei' of Dutch iris were investigated to explore molecular mechanism and difference of pigment accumulation, so as to provide a basis for mechanism of flower color variation.【Method】In this study, using inner tepals of ‘Zhanchi’ and ‘Yufei’ from Dutch Iris as materials, UHPLC-QTOF-MS method was used to determine types and contents of anthocyanins and flavonols from two varieties of Dutch Iris, and the different expression genes related to anthocyanin synthesis were screened by transcriptome sequencing. Using different flowers in developmental stages of two varieties as materials, the different expression genes were verified by qRT-PCR.【Result】Results of metabolomics analysis revealed that delphinidin, cyanidin and its derivatives were accumulated in blue-purple flowers, which were almost no accumulation in white flowers, while the flavonol contents were increased in white ‘Yufei’. Results of RNA-seq analysis revealed that a total of 46 485 unigenes were obtained, and 27 073 unigenes of them were functionally annotated by public databases, accounting for 41.85% of the total. And 701 differentially expressed genes were obtained, 485 genes of which were up-regulated and 216 genes were down-regulated in white ‘Yufei’. Two dihydroflavonol-4-reductase genes and one flavonol synthase gene involving in anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway had different expression, named IhDFR1, IhDFR2 and IhFLS1. Down-regulated expression of IhDFR1 and IhDFR2 as well as up-regulated expression of IhFLS1 in white ‘Yufei’ led to significant decrease of anthocyanins and accumulation of flavonols, which caused metabolic flow from anthocyanin to flavonol. The qRT-PCR results of three genes showed that expression levels of IhDFR1 and IhDFR2 increased in blue-purple flowers during flower developmental stage, but low expression in white flowers, and expression level of IhFLS1 increased in white flowers during flower developmental stage, but low expression in blue-purple flowers, which was consistent with RNA-seq results.【Conclusion】Low expression of IhDFR1 and IhDFR2 as well as high expression of IhFLS1 in white ‘Yufei’ blocked accumulation of anthocyanins, and some of metabolic flow changed from anthocyanins to flavonols, resulting in the change of flower color from blue violet to white.

Key words: Iris hollandica, anthocyanin, flavonol, transcriptome analyses, dihydroflavonol-4-reductase gene, flavonol synthase gene