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Jiang L, Chen S, Wang X, Sen L, Dong G, Song C, Liu Y. An improved genome assembly of Chrysanthemum nankingense reveals expansion and functional diversification of terpene synthase gene family. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:593. [PMID: 38867153 PMCID: PMC11170872 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10498-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Terpenes are important components of plant aromas, and terpene synthases (TPSs) are the key enzymes driving terpene diversification. In this study, we characterized the volatile terpenes in five different Chrysanthemum nankingense tissues. In addition, genome-wide identification and expression analysis of TPS genes was conducted utilizing an improved chromosome-scale genome assembly and tissue-specific transcriptomes. The biochemical functions of three representative TPSs were also investigated. RESULTS We identified tissue-specific volatile organic compound (VOC) and volatile terpene profiles. The improved Chrysanthemum nankingense genome assembly was high-quality, including a larger assembled size (3.26 Gb) and a better contig N50 length (3.18 Mb) compared to the old version. A total of 140 CnTPS genes were identified, with the majority representing the TPS-a and TPS-b subfamilies. The chromosomal distribution of these TPS genes was uneven, and 26 genes were included in biosynthetic gene clusters. Closely-related Chrysanthemum taxa were also found to contain diverse TPS genes, and the expression profiles of most CnTPSs were tissue-specific. The three investigated CnTPS enzymes exhibited versatile activities, suggesting multifunctionality. CONCLUSIONS We systematically characterized the structure and diversity of TPS genes across the Chrysanthemum nankingense genome, as well as the potential biochemical functions of representative genes. Our results provide a basis for future studies of terpene biosynthesis in chrysanthemums, as well as for the breeding of improved chrysanthemum varieties.
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- Liping Jiang
- Department of Pharmacy, Wuhan No.1 Hospital (Wuhan Hospital of Traditional and Western Medicine), Wuhan, 430022, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- Amway (China) Botanical R&D Center, Wuxi, 214115, P.R. China
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- Institute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610000, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China.
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Resource and Chemistry, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Hubei, 430065, People's Republic of China.
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Singh P, Ansari N, Mishra AK, Agrawal M, Agrawal SB. Growth, ultrastructural and physiological characteristics of Abelmoschus cytotypes under elevated ozone stress: a study on ploidy-specific responses. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2024; 51:FP23229. [PMID: 38310884 DOI: 10.1071/fp23229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Tropospheric ozone (O3 ) is a significant abiotic stressor whose rising concentration negatively influences plant growth. Studies related to the differential response of Abelmoschus cytotypes to elevated O3 treatment are scarce and need further exploration to recognise the role of polyploidisation in stress tolerance. In this study, we analysed the changes in growth pattern, ultrastructure, physiology and foliar protein profile occurring under O3 stress in Abelmoschus moschatus (monoploid), Abelmoschus esculentus (diploid) and Abelmoschus caillei (triploid). Our findings showed that higher stomatal conductance in A. moschatus triggered higher O3 intake, causing damage to stomatal cells and photosynthetic pigments. Additionally, it caused a reduction in photosynthetic rates, leading to reduced plant growth, total biomass and economic yield. This O3 -induced toxicity was less in diploid and triploid cytotypes of Abelmoschus . Protein profiling by sodium dodecyl sulpate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed a significant decrease in the commonly found RuBisCO larger and smaller subunits. The decrease was more prominent in monoploid compared to diploid and triploid. This study provides crucial data for research that aim to enhance plant ability to withstand O3 induced oxidative stress. Our findings may help in developing a tolerant variety through plant breeding techniques, which will be economically more advantageous in reaching the objective of sustainable production at the high O3 levels projected under a climate change scenario.
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- Priyanka Singh
- Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, 796004, India
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- Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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Castro H, Dias MC, Castro M, Loureiro J, Castro S. Impact of genome duplications in drought tolerance and distribution of the diploid-tetraploid Jasione maritima. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1144678. [PMID: 36909429 PMCID: PMC9995889 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1144678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Polyploidy has important ecological effects, including ploidy-mediated effects on morphology, breeding system and ecological tolerances. However, there is still little comprehensive research available to test its adaptive significance and its role in driving distributional patterns. This work aimed to assess the contribution of genome duplications to ecological divergence using an experimental approach with the diploid-tetraploid Jasione maritima polyploid complex. We explored if individuals with different ploidy differ in their tolerance to water deficit and if this may contribute to explaining the distribution patterns along a latitudinal gradient in the northwest Iberian Peninsula. For that, we used three cytogenetic entities: diploids and established tetraploids collected in natural populations along a latitudinal gradient, and neotetraploids synthesized from diploid populations after treatments with colchicine. Thirty plants from each of the nine populations were grown under controlled conditions with half randomly assigned to the water deficit treatment, and half used as control. We determined experimental plants' response by measuring fitness-related parameters, such as above and belowground biomass, plant water status, photosynthetic efficiency and pigments, membrane stability, antioxidant capacity and sugars content. Our data shows that biomass, chlorophyll content, photochemical quenching (qP) and non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) in neotetraploids and established tetraploids were significantly higher than in diploids and that these differences could be attributed to genome duplications. In response to the water deficit, diploids seem to use a strategy of avoidance, whereas tetraploids seem to employ the strategy of tolerance to overcome water deficit stress, which appears equally efficient. Additionally, we did not observe a response pattern along the latitudinal gradient of the distributional range of the J. maritima complex. The results indicate that the response to water deficit is population dependent. Further studies are necessary to understand the role of ploidy in explaining the distribution patterns of the J. maritima complex.
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Liu Z, Wang J, Qiu B, Ma Z, Lu T, Kang X, Yang J. Induction and Characterization of Tetraploid Through Zygotic Chromosome Doubling in Eucalyptus urophylla. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:870698. [PMID: 35574074 PMCID: PMC9094141 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.870698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Improvements in plant growth can bring great benefits to the forest industry. Eucalyptus urophylla is an important plantation species worldwide, and given that ploidy increases are often associated with plant phenotype changes, it was reasoned that its polyploidization may have good prospects and great significance toward its cultivation. In this study, the zygotic development period of E. urophylla was observed through paraffin sections, and a correlation between the development time of flower buds after pollination and the zygotic development period was established. On this basis, it was determined that the 25th day after pollination was the appropriate time for a high temperature to induce zygotic chromosome doubling. Then tetraploid E. urophylla was successfully obtained for the first time through zygotic chromosome doubling induced by high temperature, and the appropriate conditions were treating flower branches at 44°C for 6 h. The characterization of tetraploid E. urophylla was performed. Chromosome duplication brought about slower growing trees with thicker leaves, larger cells, higher net photosynthetic rates, and a higher content of certain secondary metabolites. Additionally, the molecular mechanisms for the variation in the tetraploid's characteristics were studied. The qRT-PCR results showed that genes mediating the tetraploid characteristics showed the same change trend as those of the characteristics, which verified that tetraploid trait variation was mainly caused by gene expression changes. Furthermore, although the tetraploid had no growth advantage compared with the diploid, it can provide important germplasm resources for future breeding, especially for the creation of triploids.
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- Zhao Liu
- National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Guangxi Dongmen Forest Farm, Chongzuo, China
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- Guangxi Dongmen Forest Farm, Chongzuo, China
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- Science and Technology Section, Chifeng Research Institute of Forestry Science, Chifeng, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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Tian C, Zhai L, Zhu W, Qi X, Yu Z, Wang H, Chen F, Wang L, Chen S. Characterization of the TCP Gene Family in Chrysanthemum nankingense and the Role of CnTCP4 in Cold Tolerance. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:936. [PMID: 35406918 PMCID: PMC9002959 DOI: 10.3390/plants11070936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plant-specific TCP transcription factors play a key role in plant development and stress responses. Chrysanthemum nankingense shows higher cold tolerance than its ornamental polyploid counterpart. However, whether the TCP gene family plays a role in conferring cold tolerance upon C. nankingense remains unknown. Here, we identified 23 CnTCP genes in C. nankingense, systematically analyzed their phylogenetic relationships and synteny with TCPs from other species, and evaluated their expression profiles at low temperature. Phylogenetic analysis of the protein sequences suggested that CnTCP proteins fall into two classes and three clades, with a typical bHLH domain. However, differences between C. nankingense and Arabidopsis in predicted protein structure and binding sites suggested a unique function of CnTCPs in C. nankingense. Furthermore, expression profiles showed that expression of most CnTCPs were downregulated under cold conditions, suggesting their importance in plant responses to cold stress. Notably, expression of miR319 and of its predicted target genes, CnTCP2/4/14, led to fast responses to cold. Overexpression of Arabidopsis CnTCP4 led to hypersensitivity to cold, suggesting that CnTCP4 might play a negative role in C. nankingense responses to cold stress. Our results provide a foundation for future functional genomic studies on this gene family in chrysanthemum.
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- Chang Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Flower Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.T.); (L.Z.); (W.Z.); (X.Q.); (Z.Y.); (H.W.); (F.C.)
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Wang Y, Jia B, Ren H, Feng Z. Ploidy level enhances the photosynthetic capacity of a tetraploid variety of Acer buergerianum Miq. PeerJ 2022; 9:e12620. [PMID: 35003928 PMCID: PMC8684723 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background Polyploidy plays an important role in plant breeding and has widespread effects on photosynthetic capacity. To determine the photosynthetic capacity of the tetraploid variety Acer buergerianum Miq. ‘Xingwang’, we compared the gas exchange parameters, chloroplast structure, chlorophyll contents, and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters between the tetraploid Acer buergerianum ‘Xingwang’ and the diploid ‘S4’. To evaluate the effects of genome duplication on the photosynthetic capacity of Acer buergerianum ‘Xingwang’, the transcriptomes of the autotetraploid ‘Xingwang’ and the diploid ‘S4’ of A. buergerianum were compared. Methods The ploidy of Acer buergerianum ‘Xingwang’ was identified by flow cytometry and the chromosome counting method. An LI-6800 portable photosynthesis system analyzer was used to assess the gas exchange parameters of the tetraploid variety ‘Xingwang’ and diploid variety ‘S4’ of A. buergerianum. We used a BioMate 3S ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer and portable modulated fluorometer to measure the chlorophyll contents and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, respectively, of ‘Xingwang’ and ‘S4’. Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology was used to identify the differences in the genes involved in the photosynthetic differences and determine their expression characteristics. Results The single-cell DNA content and chromosome number of the tetraploid ‘Xingwang’ were twice those found in the normal diploid ‘S4’. In terms of gas exchange parameters, the change in stomatal conductance, change in intercellular CO2 concentration, transpiration rate and net photosynthetic rate of ‘Xingwang’ were higher than those of the diploid ‘S4’. The chlorophyll contents, the maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII and the potential photochemical efficiency of PSII in ‘Xingwang’ were higher than those of ‘S4’. The chloroplasts of ‘Xingwang’ contained thicker thylakoid lamellae. By the use of Illumina sequencing technology, a total of 51,807 unigenes were obtained; they had an average length of 1,487 nt, and the average N50 was 2,034 nt. The lengths of most of the unigenes obtained ranged from 200–300 bp, with an average value of 5,262, followed by those longer than 3,000 bp, with an average value of 4,791. The data revealed numerous differences in gene expression between the two transcriptomes. In total, 24,221 differentially expressed genes were screened, and the percentage of differentially expressed genes was as high as 46.75% (24,224/51,807), of which 10,474 genes were upregulated and 13,747 genes were downregulated. We analyzed the key genes in the photosynthesis pathway and the porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism pathway; the upregulation of HemB may promote an increase in the chlorophyll contents of ‘Xingwang’, and the upregulation of related genes in PSII and PSI may enhance the light harvesting of ‘Xingwang’, increasing its light energy conversion efficiency.
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- Yi Wang
- College of Forestry, Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration for Silviculture of the Lower Yellow River, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong Province, China.,Laboratory of Systematic Evolution and Biogeography of Woody Plants, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- College of Forestry, Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration for Silviculture of the Lower Yellow River, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong Province, China.,Forestry Bureau of Huguan County, Changzhi, Shanxi Province, China
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- Forestry Protection and Development Center of Ningyang County, Ningyang, Tai'an, Shandong Province, China
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- College of Forestry, Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration for Silviculture of the Lower Yellow River, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong Province, China
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Domínguez-Delgado JJ, López-Jurado J, Mateos-Naranjo E, Balao F. Phenotypic diploidization in plant functional traits uncovered by synthetic neopolyploids in Dianthus broteri. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:5522-5533. [PMID: 33909906 PMCID: PMC8760854 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Whole-genome duplication and post-polyploidization genome downsizing play key roles in the evolution of land plants; however, the impact of genomic diploidization on functional traits still remains poorly understood. Using Dianthus broteri as a model, we compared the ecophysiological behaviour of colchicine-induced neotetraploids (4xNeo) to diploids (2x) and naturally occurring tetraploids (4xNat). Leaf gas-exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence analyses were performed in order to asses to what extent post-polyploidization evolutionary processes have affected 4xNat. Genomic diploidization and phenotypic novelty were evident. Distinct patterns of variation revealed that post-polyploidization processes altered the phenotypic shifts directly mediated by genome doubling. The photosynthetic phenotype was affected in several ways but the main effect was phenotypic diploidization (i.e. 2x and 4xNat were closer to each other than to 4xNeo). Overall, our results show the potential benefits of considering experimentally synthetized versus naturally established polyploids when exploring the role of polyploidization in promoting functional divergence.
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080-Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080-Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080-Sevilla, Spain
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Theofanopoulou C. Reconstructing the evolutionary history of the oxytocin and vasotocin receptor gene family: Insights on whole genome duplication scenarios. Dev Biol 2021; 479:99-106. [PMID: 34329619 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vertebrate genome evolution remains a hotly debated topic, specifically as regards the number and the timing of putative rounds of whole genome duplication events. In this study, I sought to shed light to this conundrum through assessing the evolutionary history of the oxytocin/vasotocin receptor family. I performed ancestral analyses of the genomic segments containing oxytocin and vasotocin receptors (OTR-VTRs) by mapping them back to the reconstructed ancestral vertebrate/chordate karyotypes reported in five independent studies (Nakatani et al., 2007; Putnam et al., 2008; Smith and Keinath, 2015; Smith et al., 2018; Simakov et al., 2020) and found that two alternative scenarios can account for their evolution: one consistent with one round of whole genome duplication in the common ancestor of lampreys and gnathostomes, followed by segmental duplications in both lineages, and another consistent with two rounds of whole genome duplication, with the first occurring in the gnathostome-lamprey ancestor and the second in the jawed vertebrate ancestor. Combining the data reported here with synteny and phylogeny data reported in our previous study (Theofanopoulou et al., 2021), I put forward that a single round of whole genome duplication scenario is more consistent with the synteny and evolution of chromosomes where OTR-VTRs are encountered, without excluding the possibility of a scenario including two rounds of whole genome duplication. Although the analysis of one gene family is not able to capture the full complexity of vertebrate genome evolution, this study can provide solid insight, since the gene family used here has been meticulously analyzed for its genes' orthologous and paralogous relationships across species using high quality genomes.
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Chen Y, Xu H, He T, Gao R, Guo G, Lu R, Chen Z, Liu C. Comparative Analysis of Morphology, Photosynthetic Physiology, and Transcriptome Between Diploid and Tetraploid Barley Derived From Microspore Culture. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:626916. [PMID: 33747007 PMCID: PMC7970760 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.626916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Polyploids play an important role in the breeding of plant for superior characteristics, and many reports have focused on the effects upon photosynthesis from polyploidization in some plant species recently, yet surprisingly little of this is known for barley. In this study, homozygous diploid and tetraploid plants, derived from microspore culturing of the barley cultivar "H30," were used to assess differences between them in their cellular, photosynthetic, and transcriptomic characteristics. Our results showed that tetraploid barley has the distinct characteristics of polyploids, namely thicker and heavier leaves, enlarged stomata size or stomatal guard cell size, and more photosynthetic pigments and improved photosynthesis (especially under high light intensity). This enhanced photosynthesis of tetraploid barley was confirmed by several photosynthetic parameters, including net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs), intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), transpiration rate (Tr), maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pmax), light saturation point (LSP), maximum RuBP saturated rate carboxylation (Vcmax), and maximum rate of electron transport (Jmax). Transcriptomic analyses revealed that just ~2.3% of all detected genes exhibited differential expression patterns [i.e., differentially expressed genes (DEGs)], and that most of these - 580 of 793 DEGs in total - were upregulated in the tetraploid barley. The follow-up KEGG analysis indicated that the most enriched pathway was related to photosynthesis-antenna proteins, while the downregulation of DEGs was related mainly to the light-harvesting cholorophyII a/b-binding protein (Lhcb1) component, both validated by quantitative PCR (qPCR). Taken together, our integrated analysis of morphology, photosynthetic physiology, and transcriptome provides evidences for understanding of how polyploidization enhances the photosynthetic capacity in tetraploids of barley.
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- Yunyun Chen
- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China
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Cao Q, Zhang X, Gao X, Wang L, Jia G. Effects of ploidy level on the cellular, photochemical and photosynthetic characteristics in Lilium FO hybrids. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 133:50-56. [PMID: 30390431 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Polyploidy plays an important role in plant breeding, inducing a wide range of effects on photosynthetic performance, cellular and photochemical aspects of photosynthesis. Although the impacts of polyploidization on photosynthesis have been examined in several genera, comparatively little is known about the photosynthetic responses to polyploidy in Lilium. In this study, diploid and colchicine-induced tetraploid Lilium FO hybrids were used to study the effects of polyploidization on cellular, photochemical and photosynthetic characteristics in Lilium. Polyploidization caused a significant change in leaf anatomical structure, chloroplast ultrastructure and photosynthetic pigment contents. Thicker epidermal and spongy tissue, more and thicker thylakoid lamellae and higher chlorophyll and carotenoid contents were observed in the tetraploid than in the diploid. More regularly and tightly arranged thylakoids were closely associated with more efficient light-harvesting machinery. And the tetraploid plants showed a higher net photosynthetic rate (Pn) and maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pmax) than the diploid plants, under both natural conditions and gradients of light intensity/CO2 concentration. In addition, the tetraploid had a significantly higher light saturation point (LSP), but a lower light compensation point (LCP) than the diploid, indicating that tetraploid plants acquired light energy more efficiently. These results suggested that cellular and photochemical alterations caused by polyploidization improve the capacity for light absorption and conversion and further enhanced the photosynthetic performance in Lilium FO hybrids.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qinzheng Cao
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Li Y, Chang D, Yang H, Wang J, Shi H. Metabolome and molecular basis for carbohydrate increase and nitrate reduction in burley tobacco seedlings by glycerol through upregulating carbon and nitrogen metabolism. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13300. [PMID: 30185870 PMCID: PMC6125293 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31432-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Burley tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum) is a chlorophyll-deficiency mutant. Nitrate is one precursor of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) and is largely accumulated in burley tobacco. To decrease nitrate accumulation in burley tobacco, glycerol, a polyhydric alcohol compound and physiological regulating material, was sprayed and its effects were investigated based on metabolomic technology and molecular biology. The results showed that glucose, glutamine and glutamic acid increased by 2.6, 5.1 and 196, folds, respectively, in tobacco leaves after glycerol application. Nitrate content was significantly decreased by 12-16% and expression of eight genes responsible for carbon and nitrogen metabolism were up-regulated with glycerol applications under both normal and 20% reduced nitrogen levels (P < 0.01). Leaf biomass of plants sprayed with glycerol and 20% nitrogen reduction was equivalent to that of no glycerol control with normal nitrogen application. Carbohydrates biosynthesis, nitrate transport and nitrate assimilation were enhanced in glycerol sprayed burley tobacco seedlings which might contribute to reduced nitrate and increased carbohydrates contents. In conclusion, glyerol spray coupled with 20% nitrogen reduction would be an effective method to reduce nitrate accumulation in burley tobacco.
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- Yafei Li
- National Tobacco Cultivation & Physiology & Biochemistry Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, 450002, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Tobacco Cultivation & Physiology & Biochemistry Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, 450002, Zhengzhou, China
- Pingdingshan Branch of Henan Provincial Tobacco Company, 467002, Pingdingshan, China
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- National Tobacco Cultivation & Physiology & Biochemistry Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, 450002, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Tobacco Cultivation & Physiology & Biochemistry Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, 450002, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Tobacco Cultivation & Physiology & Biochemistry Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, 450002, Zhengzhou, China.
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