Article ; Online: The comparisons of expression pattern reveal molecular regulation of fruit metabolites in S. nigrum and S. lycopersicum.
2022 Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 5001
Abstract: ... uninvestigated due to limited genetic information. Here, we identified 47,470 unigenes of S. nigrum from three ... tissue-specific gene expression regulation. We compared gene expression patterns between S. nigrum and tomato (S ... that 9 out of 14 enzyme-coding genes were highly upregulated in the fruit of S. nigrum. Using CRISPR-Cas9 ...
Abstract | Solanum nigrum, known as black nightshade, is a medicinal plant that contains many beneficial metabolites in its fruit. The molecular mechanisms underlying the synthesis of these metabolites remain uninvestigated due to limited genetic information. Here, we identified 47,470 unigenes of S. nigrum from three different tissues by de novo transcriptome assembly, and 78.4% of these genes were functionally annotated. Moreover, gene ontology (GO) analysis using 18,860 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) revealed tissue-specific gene expression regulation. We compared gene expression patterns between S. nigrum and tomato (S. lycopersicum) in three tissue types. The expression patterns of carotenoid biosynthetic genes were different between the two species. Comparison of the expression patterns of flavonoid biosynthetic genes showed that 9 out of 14 enzyme-coding genes were highly upregulated in the fruit of S. nigrum. Using CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene editing, we knocked out the R2R3-MYB transcription factor SnAN2 gene, an ortholog of S. lycopersicum ANTHOCYANIN 2. The mutants showed yellow/green fruits, suggesting that SnAN2 plays a major role in anthocyanin synthesis in S. nigrum. This study revealed the connection between gene expression regulation and corresponding phenotypic differences through comparative analysis between two closely related species and provided genetic resources for S. nigrum. |
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MeSH term(s) | Anthocyanins ; Fruit/genetics ; Fruit/metabolism ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Lycopersicon esculentum/genetics ; Lycopersicon esculentum/metabolism ; Plant Proteins/genetics ; Plant Proteins/metabolism ; Solanum nigrum/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Transcriptome |
Chemical Substances | Anthocyanins ; Plant Proteins ; Transcription Factors |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-03-23 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2615211-3 |
ISSN | 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322 |
ISSN (online) | 2045-2322 |
ISSN | 2045-2322 |
DOI | 10.1038/s41598-022-09032-z |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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