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Zhu X, Chen A, Butler NM, Zeng Z, Xin H, Wang L, Lv Z, Eshel D, Douches DS, Jiang J. Molecular dissection of an intronic enhancer governing cold-induced expression of the vacuolar invertase gene in potato. THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:1985-1999. [PMID: 38374801 PMCID: PMC11062429 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the third most important food crop in the world. Potato tubers must be stored at cold temperatures to minimize sprouting and losses due to disease. However, cold temperatures strongly induce the expression of the potato vacuolar invertase gene (VInv) and cause reducing sugar accumulation. This process, referred to as "cold-induced sweetening," is a major postharvest problem for the potato industry. We discovered that the cold-induced expression of VInv is controlled by a 200 bp enhancer, VInvIn2En, located in its second intron. We identified several DNA motifs in VInvIn2En that bind transcription factors involved in the plant cold stress response. Mutation of these DNA motifs abolished VInvIn2En function as a transcriptional enhancer. We developed VInvIn2En deletion lines in both diploid and tetraploid potato using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated nuclease 9 (Cas9)-mediated gene editing. VInv transcription in cold-stored tubers was significantly reduced in the deletion lines. Interestingly, the VInvIn2En sequence is highly conserved among distantly related Solanum species, including tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and other non-tuber-bearing species. We conclude that the VInv gene and the VInvIn2En enhancer have adopted distinct roles in the cold stress response in tubers of tuber-bearing Solanum species.
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- Xiaobiao Zhu
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Quality Biology, School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui Province, China
- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Quality Biology, School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Vegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Biological Science, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610101, Sichuan Province, China
- Plant Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Center, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610101, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Quality Biology, School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui Province, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Quality Biology, School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Postharvest Science, The Volcani Institute, ARO, Rishon LeZion 50250, Israel
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Michigan State University AgBioResearch, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Michigan State University AgBioResearch, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Aalborg T, Sverrisdóttir E, Kristensen HT, Nielsen KL. The effect of marker types and density on genomic prediction and GWAS of key performance traits in tetraploid potato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1340189. [PMID: 38525152 PMCID: PMC10957621 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1340189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Genomic prediction and genome-wide association studies are becoming widely employed in potato key performance trait QTL identifications and to support potato breeding using genomic selection. Elite cultivars are tetraploid and highly heterozygous but also share many common ancestors and generation-spanning inbreeding events, resulting from the clonal propagation of potatoes through seed potatoes. Consequentially, many SNP markers are not in a 1:1 relationship with a single allele variant but shared over several alleles that might exert varying effects on a given trait. The impact of such redundant "diluted" predictors on the statistical models underpinning genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and genomic prediction has scarcely been evaluated despite the potential impact on model accuracy and performance. We evaluated the impact of marker location, marker type, and marker density on the genomic prediction and GWAS of five key performance traits in tetraploid potato (chipping quality, dry matter content, length/width ratio, senescence, and yield). A 762-offspring panel of a diallel cross of 18 elite cultivars was genotyped by sequencing, and markers were annotated according to a reference genome. Genomic prediction models (GBLUP) were trained on four marker subsets [non-synonymous (29,553 SNPs), synonymous (31,229), non-coding (32,388), and a combination], and robustness to marker reduction was investigated. Single-marker regression GWAS was performed for each trait and marker subset. The best cross-validated prediction correlation coefficients of 0.54, 0.75, 0.49, 0.35, and 0.28 were obtained for chipping quality, dry matter content, length/width ratio, senescence, and yield, respectively. The trait prediction abilities were similar across all marker types, with only non-synonymous variants improving yield predictive ability by 16%. Marker reduction response did not depend on marker type but rather on trait. Traits with high predictive abilities, e.g., dry matter content, reached a plateau using fewer markers than traits with intermediate-low correlations, such as yield. The predictions were unbiased across all traits, marker types, and all marker densities >100 SNPs. Our results suggest that using non-synonymous variants does not enhance the performance of genomic prediction of most traits. The major known QTLs were identified by GWAS and were reproducible across exonic and whole-genome variant sets for dry matter content, length/width ratio, and senescence. In contrast, minor QTL detection was marker type dependent.
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- Trine Aalborg
- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Chincinska IA, Miklaszewska M, Sołtys-Kalina D. Recent advances and challenges in potato improvement using CRISPR/Cas genome editing. PLANTA 2022; 257:25. [PMID: 36562862 PMCID: PMC9789015 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-04054-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas technology improves the quality of potato as a food crop and enables its use as both a model plant in fundamental research and as a potential biofactory for producing valuable compounds for industrial applications. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plays a significant role in ensuring global food and nutritional security. Tuber yield is negatively affected by biotic and abiotic stresses, and enzymatic browning and cold-induced sweetening significantly contribute to post-harvest quality losses. With the dual challenges of a growing population and a changing climate, potato enhancement is essential for its sustainable production. However, due to several characteristics of potato, including high levels of heterozygosity, tetrasomic inheritance, inbreeding depression, and self-incompatibility of diploid potato, conventional breeding practices are insufficient to achieve substantial trait improvement in tetraploid potato cultivars within a relatively short time. CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing has opened new possibilities to develop novel potato varieties with high commercialization potential. In this review, we summarize recent developments in optimizing CRISPR/Cas-based methods for potato genome editing, focusing on approaches addressing the challenging biology of this species. We also discuss the feasibility of obtaining transgene-free genome-edited potato varieties and explore different strategies to improve potato stress resistance, nutritional value, starch composition, and storage and processing characteristics. Altogether, this review provides insight into recent advances, possible bottlenecks, and future research directions in potato genome editing using CRISPR/Cas technology.
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- Izabela Anna Chincinska
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Division of Molecular Systems Biology (MOSYS), Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria
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- Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute-National Research Institute, Platanowa 19, 05-831, Młochów, Poland
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Recent Advances in Molecular Improvement for Potato Tuber Traits. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23179982. [PMID: 36077378 PMCID: PMC9456189 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23179982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Potato is an important crop due to its nutritional value and high yield potential. Improving the quality and quantity of tubers remains one of the most important breeding objectives. Genetic mapping helps to identify suitable markers for use in the molecular breeding, and combined with transgenic approaches provides an efficient way for gaining desirable traits. The advanced plant breeding tools and molecular techniques, e.g., TALENS, CRISPR-Cas9, RNAi, and cisgenesis, have been successfully used to improve the yield and nutritional value of potatoes in an increasing world population scenario. The emerging methods like genome editing tools can avoid incorporating transgene to keep the food more secure. Multiple success cases have been documented in genome editing literature. Recent advances in potato breeding and transgenic approaches to improve tuber quality and quantity have been summarized in this review.
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Abbas A, Shah AN, Shah AA, Nadeem MA, Alsaleh A, Javed T, Alotaibi SS, Abdelsalam NR. Genome-Wide Analysis of Invertase Gene Family, and Expression Profiling under Abiotic Stress Conditions in Potato. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11040539. [PMID: 35453738 PMCID: PMC9032393 DOI: 10.3390/biology11040539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Simple Summary Invertase genes are among the important genes responsible for carbon metabolism in plants, significantly contributing to plant development and stress responses. In this study, for the first time, we performed genome-wide analysis for Invertase gene family in potato, identified and conducted expression profiling in different tissues by RNA seq analysis and validated it by Q-PCR. We also performed invertase family genes expression profiling under drought, salt and heat stress to elucidate their involvement in stress responses. Findings of this study will be helpful for future functional and genetic studies not only in potato but also in other plants. Abstract The potato is one of the most important and valuable crops in terms of consumption worldwide. However, abiotic stressors are the critical delimiters for the growth and productivity of potato. Invertase genes play key roles in carbon metabolism, plant development, and responses to stress stimuli. Therefore, a comprehensive genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of invertase genes was performed in the potato. The current study identified 19 invertase genes, randomly distributed throughout the potato genome. To further elucidate their evolutionary, functional and structural relationship within family and with other plant species, we performed sequence and phylogenetic analysis, which segregated invertase genes into two main groups based on their sequence homology. A total of 11 genes are included in acidic invertases and 8 genes are in neutral or alkaline invertases, elucidating their functional divergence. Tissue specific expression analyses (RNA sequencing and qRT-PCR) of different plant tissues showed differential expression pattern. Invertase genes have higher expression in flower, leaf, root and shoot tissues, while under abiotic stress conditions, the expression of the invertase gene is significantly upregulated. Results of this study revealed that vacuolar and cell wall destined invertases are mainly the functional member genes of the invertase family. This study provides comprehensive data and knowledge about StINV genes in Solanum tuberosum for future genetic and epigenetic studies.
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- Asad Abbas
- School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China;
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan 64200, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Education Lahore, Lahore 54770, Pakistan;
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas 58140, Turkey;
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- Molecular Genetic Laboratory, Science and Technology Application and Research Center, Institute for Hemp Research, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat 66200, Turkey;
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan;
- College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21531, Egypt;
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Nishio S, Hayashi T, Shirasawa K, Saito T, Terakami S, Takada N, Takeuchi Y, Moriya S, Itai A. Genome-wide association study of individual sugar content in fruit of Japanese pear (Pyrus spp.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:378. [PMID: 34399685 PMCID: PMC8369641 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03130-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Understanding mechanisms of sugar accumulation and composition is essential to determining fruit quality and maintaining a desirable balance of sugars in plant storage organs. The major sugars in mature Rosaceae fruits are sucrose, fructose, glucose, and sorbitol. Among these, sucrose and fructose have high sweetness, whereas glucose and sorbitol have low sweetness. Japanese pear has extensive variation in individual sugar contents in mature fruit. Increasing total sugar content and that of individual high-sweetness sugars is a major target of breeding programs. The objective of this study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with fruit traits including individual sugar accumulation, to infer the candidate genes underlying the QTLs, and to assess the potential of genomic selection for breeding pear fruit traits. RESULTS We evaluated 10 fruit traits and conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for 106 cultivars and 17 breeding populations (1112 F1 individuals) using 3484 tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). By implementing a mixed linear model and a Bayesian multiple-QTL model in GWAS, 56 SNPs associated with fruit traits were identified. In particular, a SNP located close to acid invertase gene PPAIV3 on chromosome 7 and a newly identified SNP on chromosome 11 had quite large effects on accumulation of sucrose and glucose, respectively. We used 'Golden Delicious' doubled haploid 13 (GDDH13), an apple reference genome, to infer the candidate genes for the identified SNPs. In the region flanking the SNP on chromosome 11, there is a tandem repeat of early responsive to dehydration (ERD6)-like sugar transporter genes that might play a role in the phenotypes observed. CONCLUSIONS SNPs associated with individual sugar accumulation were newly identified at several loci, and candidate genes underlying QTLs were inferred using advanced apple genome information. The candidate genes for the QTLs are conserved across Pyrinae genomes, which will be useful for further fruit quality studies in Rosaceae. The accuracies of genomic selection for sucrose, fructose, and glucose with genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) were relatively high (0.67-0.75), suggesting that it would be possible to select individuals having high-sweetness fruit with high sucrose and fructose contents and low glucose content.
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- Sogo Nishio
- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO (NIFTS), 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605 Japan
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- Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, NARO, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666 Japan
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818 Japan
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- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO (NIFTS), 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605 Japan
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- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO (NIFTS), 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605 Japan
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- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO (NIFTS), 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605 Japan
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- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO (NIFTS), 2-1 Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605 Japan
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- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO, Morioka, Iwate 020-0123 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 74 Kitainayazuma, Seika, Kyoto 619-0244 Japan
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Datir SS. Invertase inhibitors in potato: towards a biochemical and molecular understanding of cold-induced sweetening. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2020; 61:3804-3818. [PMID: 32838549 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1808876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Invertase inhibitors classified as cell wall/apoplastic and vacuolar belonging to the pectin methylesterase family, play a major role in cold-induced sweetening (CIS) process of potato tubers. The CIS process is controlled at the post-translational level via an interaction between invertase (cell wall/apoplastic and vacuolar) by their compartment-specific inhibitors (cell wall/apoplastic and vacuolar). Invertase inhibitors have been cloned, sequenced and functionally characterized from potato cultivars differing in their CIS ability. The secondary structure of the invertase inhibitors consisted of seven alpha-helices and four conserved cysteine residues. The well-conserved three amino acids i.e. Pro-Lys-Phe are known to interact with invertase. Location of the genes encoding cell wall/apoplastic and vacuolar invertase inhibitors on potato chromosome number twelve in a tandem orientation without any intervening genes suggest their divergence into the cell wall and vacuole forms following the event of gene duplication. Under cold storage conditions, the vacuolar invertase inhibitor gene showed developmentally regulated alternative splicing and produce hybrid mRNAs which were the result of mRNA splicing of an upstream region of vacuolar invertase inhibitor gene to a downstream region of the apoplastic invertase inhibitor gene. Transgenic potato tubers overexpressing invertase inhibitors resulted in decreased invertase activity, low reducing sugars and improved processing quality making invertase inhibitors highly potential candidate genes for overcoming CIS. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) gene-editing technology offers transgene-free breeding for developing CIS resistant potato cultivars. Moreover, the post-transcriptional regulation of invertase inhibitors during cold storage can be warranted. This review summarizes progress and current knowledge on biochemical and molecular approaches used for the understanding of invertase inhibitors with special reference to key findings in potato.
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- Sagar S Datir
- Biology Department, Biosciences Complex, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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AMJAD A, JAVED MS, HAMEED A, HUSSAIN M, ISMAIL A. Changes in sugar contents and invertase activity during low temperature storage of various chipping potato cultivars. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/fst.00219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gu J, Zeng Z, Wang Y, Lyu Y. Transcriptome Analysis of Carbohydrate Metabolism Genes and Molecular Regulation of Sucrose Transport Gene LoSUT on the Flowering Process of Developing Oriental Hybrid Lily 'Sorbonne' Bulb. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21093092. [PMID: 32349427 PMCID: PMC7247698 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The quality of Lily cut flower was determined by the quality of bulbs. During the process of vernalization and flower bud differentiation, sugar massively accumulated in the bulb, which influenced the bulb development. However, the details of sugar genes’ regulation mechanism for these processes were not fully understood. Here, morphological physiology, transcriptomes and gene engineering technology were used to explore this physiological change. Seventy-two genes of 25 kinds of sugar metabolism-related genes were annotated after re-analyzing transcriptome data of Oriental hybrid lily ‘Sorbonne’ bulbs, which were generated on Hiseq Illumina 2000. The results showed that these genes were closely related to lily bulb vernalization and development. Combining gene expression pattern with gene co-expression network, five genes (Contig5669, Contig13319, Contig7715, Contig1420 and Contig87292) were considered to be the most potential signals, and the sucrose transporter gene (SUT) was the focus of this study. Carbohydrate transport pathway and genes’ regulation mechanism were inferred through a physiological and molecular test. SUT seemed to be the sugar sensor that could sense and regulate sugar concentration, which might have effects on other genes, such as FT, LFY and so on. LoSUT2 and LoSUT4 genes were cloned from Oriental hybrid lily ‘Sorbonne’ by RACE, which was the first time for these genes in Oriental hybrid lily ‘Sorbonne’. The physiological properties of these proteins were analyzed such as hydrophobicity and phosphorylation. In addition, secondary and tertiary structures of proteins were predicted, which indicated the two proteins were membrane proteins. Their cellular locations were verified through positioning the experiment of the fluorescent vector. They were highly expressed in cells around phloem, which illustrated the key role of these genes in sugar transport. Furthermore, transient expression assays showed that overexpressed LoSUT2 and LoSUT4 in Arabidopsis thaliana bloomed significantly earlier than the wild type and the expression of FT, SOC1 and LFY were also affected by LoSUT2 and LoSUT4, which indicated that LoSUT2 and LoSUT4 may regulate plants flowering time.
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Datir S, Ghosh P. In silico analysis of the structural diversity and interactions between invertases and invertase inhibitors from potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.). 3 Biotech 2020; 10:178. [PMID: 32226707 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02171-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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We performed sequence diversity, phylogenetic profiling, 3D structure modelling and in silico interactions between invertases (cell wall/apoplastic and vacuolar) and invertase inhibitors (cell wall/apoplastic and vacuolar) from potato. Cloning and sequencing of invertase inhibitors was performed from different potato cultivars. The comparison of the protein sequences of the different isoforms of invertases and invertase inhibitors exhibited insertions and deletions as well as the variation in terms of amino acid residues. Furthermore, the phylogenetic tree analysis displayed two groups of invertase inhibitors corresponding to the cell wall/apoplast and vacuole. Using Phyre2 protein homology recognition engine, it revealed that the structure of invertase inhibitors was predominantly α-helical and that of invertase was α helices and β strands. Results of the Ramachandran plots for each structure showed that the percentage of amino acid residues in favoured region and in allowed region. Also, the Z score and QMEAN score indicated overall good, acceptable and reliable models. In silico interactions between different isoforms of invertase and invertase inhibitors suggested that cell wall/ apoplastic invertase inhibitor exhibited stronger interaction with vacuolar invertase compared to the vacuolar invertase inhibitor. In silico interactions provides valuable information in selecting the appropriate combinations of invertase and invertase inhibitor. Therefore, a better understanding of the interactions between specific invertase and invertase inhibitor alleles will be helpful for an intelligent manipulation of the cold-induced sweetening process of potato tubers.
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Massa AN, Manrique-Carpintero NC, Coombs J, Haynes KG, Bethke PC, Brandt TL, Gupta SK, Yencho GC, Novy RG, Douches DS. Linkage analysis and QTL mapping in a tetraploid russet mapping population of potato. BMC Genet 2018; 19:87. [PMID: 30241465 PMCID: PMC6150958 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-018-0672-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers coupled with allele dosage information has emerged as a powerful tool for studying complex traits in cultivated autotetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L., 2n = 4× = 48). To date, this approach has been effectively applied to the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) underlying highly heritable traits such as disease resistance, but largely unexplored for traits with complex patterns of inheritance. Results In this study, an F1 tetraploid russet mapping population (162 individuals) was evaluated for multiple quantitative traits over two years and two locations to identify QTLs associated with tuber sugar concentration, processing quality, vine maturity, and other high-value agronomic traits. We report the linkage maps for the 12 potato chromosomes and the QTL location with corresponding genetic models and candidate SNPs explaining the highest phenotypic variation for tuber quality and maturity related traits. Significant QTLs for tuber glucose concentration and tuber fry color were detected on chromosomes 4, 5, 6, 10, and 11. Collectively, these QTLs explained between 24 and 46% of the total phenotypic variation for tuber glucose and fry color, respectively. The QTL on chromosome 10 was associated with apoplastic invertases, with ‘Premier Russet’ contributing the favorable allele for fry processing quality. On chromosome 5, minor-effect QTLs for tuber glucose concentration and fry color co-localized with various major-effect QTLs, including vine maturity, growth habit, tuber shape, early blight (Altenaria tenuis), and Verticillium wilt (Verticillium spp.). Conclusions Linkage analysis and QTL mapping in a russet mapping population (A05141) using SNP dosage information successfully identified favorable alleles and candidate SNPs for resistance to the accumulation of tuber reducing sugars. These novel markers have a high potential for the improvement of tuber processing quality. Moreover, the discovery of different genetic models for traits with overlapping QTLs at the maturity locus clearly suggests an independent genetic control. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12863-018-0672-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Alicia N Massa
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Peanut Research Laboratory, 1011 Forrester DR., SE, Dawson, GA, 39842, USA.
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- Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Department, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Department, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD, 20705-1249, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, North Carolina State University, 214 Kilgore Hall, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Unit, 1693 S 2700 W, Aberdeen, ID, 83210, USA
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- Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Department, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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Ahmed S, Zhou X, Pang Y, Jin L, Bao J. Improving Starch‐Related Traits in Potato Crops: Achievements and Future Challenges. STARCH-STARKE 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/star.201700113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Sulaiman Ahmed
- Institute of Nuclear Agricultural ScienceCollege of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHuajiachi CampusHangzhou310029China
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- Institute of Nuclear Agricultural ScienceCollege of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHuajiachi CampusHangzhou310029China
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- Institute of Nuclear Agricultural ScienceCollege of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHuajiachi CampusHangzhou310029China
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- Department of PotatoInstitute of Vegetables and FlowersChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing100081China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Tuber and Root CropMinistry of AgricultureBeijing100081P.R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear Agricultural ScienceCollege of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHuajiachi CampusHangzhou310029China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Tuber and Root CropMinistry of AgricultureBeijing100081P.R. China
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Schönhals EM, Ding J, Ritter E, Paulo MJ, Cara N, Tacke E, Hofferbert HR, Lübeck J, Strahwald J, Gebhardt C. Physical mapping of QTL for tuber yield, starch content and starch yield in tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by means of genome wide genotyping by sequencing and the 8.3 K SolCAP SNP array. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:642. [PMID: 28830357 PMCID: PMC5567664 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3979-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Tuber yield and starch content of the cultivated potato are complex traits of decisive importance for breeding improved varieties. Natural variation of tuber yield and starch content depends on the environment and on multiple, mostly unknown genetic factors. Dissection and molecular identification of the genes and their natural allelic variants controlling these complex traits will lead to the development of diagnostic DNA-based markers, by which precision and efficiency of selection can be increased (precision breeding). Results Three case-control populations were assembled from tetraploid potato cultivars based on maximizing the differences between high and low tuber yield (TY), starch content (TSC) and starch yield (TSY, arithmetic product of TY and TSC). The case-control populations were genotyped by restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) and the 8.3 k SolCAP SNP genotyping array. The allele frequencies of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were compared between cases and controls. RADseq identified, depending on data filtering criteria, between 6664 and 450 genes with one or more differential SNPs for one, two or all three traits. Differential SNPs in 275 genes were detected using the SolCAP array. A genome wide association study using the SolCAP array on an independent, unselected population identified SNPs associated with tuber starch content in 117 genes. Physical mapping of the genes containing differential or associated SNPs, and comparisons between the two genome wide genotyping methods and two different populations identified genome segments on all twelve potato chromosomes harboring one or more quantitative trait loci (QTL) for TY, TSC and TSY. Conclusions Several hundred genes control tuber yield and starch content in potato. They are unequally distributed on all potato chromosomes, forming clusters between 0.5–4 Mbp width. The largest fraction of these genes had unknown function, followed by genes with putative signalling and regulatory functions. The genetic control of tuber yield and starch content is interlinked. Most differential SNPs affecting both traits had antagonistic effects: The allele increasing TY decreased TSC and vice versa. Exceptions were 89 SNP alleles which had synergistic effects on TY, TSC and TSY. These and the corresponding genes are primary targets for developing diagnostic markers. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3979-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Elske Maria Schönhals
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- SaKa-Pflanzenzucht GmbH & Co. KG, Windeby, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
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Slugina MA, Shchennikova AV, Kochieva EZ. TAI vacuolar invertase orthologs: the interspecific variability in tomato plants (Solanum section Lycopersicon). Mol Genet Genomics 2017. [PMID: 28634826 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-017-1336-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying carbohydrate metabolism can promote the development of biotechnological advances in fruit plants. The flesh tomato fruit represents an ideal system for examining the role of sucrose cleavage enzymes in fruit development, and wild tomato species differing in storage sugars serve as an excellent research material for this purpose. Plant vacuolar invertase is a key enzyme of sucrose metabolism in the sink organs. In the present study, we identified complete gene sequences encoding the TAI vacuolar invertase in 11 wild and one cultivated tomato accessions of the Solanum section Lycopersicon. The average level of interspecific polymorphism in TAI genes was 8.58%; however, in the green-fruited tomatoes, the TAI genes contained 100 times more SNPs than those in the red-fruited accessions. The TAI proteins demonstrated 8% variability, whereas the red-fruited species had none. A TAI-based phylogenetic tree revealed two main clusters containing self-compatible and self-incompatible species, which concurs with the previous crossability-based division and demonstrates that the TAI genes reflect the evolutionary relationships between the red- and green-fruited tomatoes. Furthermore, we detected differential expression patterns of the TAI genes in the fruits of wild and cultivated tomatoes, which corresponded to sugar composition. The polymorphism analysis of the TAI acid invertases of Solanum section Lycopersicon species will contribute to the understanding of the genetic potential of TAI genes to impact tomato breeding through genetic engineering of the carbohydrate composition in the fruit.
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- M A Slugina
- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 33, bld. 2, Moscow, 119071, Russia. .,Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 33, bld. 2, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 33, bld. 2, Moscow, 119071, Russia.,Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Duarte-Delgado D, Juyó D, Gebhardt C, Sarmiento F, Mosquera-Vásquez T. Novel SNP markers in InvGE and SssI genes are associated with natural variation of sugar contents and frying color in Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja. BMC Genet 2017; 18:23. [PMID: 28279167 PMCID: PMC5345157 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-017-0489-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Potato frying color is an agronomic trait influenced by the sugar content of tubers. The candidate gene approach was employed to elucidate the molecular basis of this trait in Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja, which is mainly diploid and represents an important genetic resource for potato breeding. The objective of this research was to identify novel genetic variants related with frying quality in loci with key functions in carbohydrate metabolism, with the purpose of discovering genetic variability useful in breeding programs. Therefore, an association analysis was implemented with 109 SNP markers identified in ten candidate genes. Results The analyses revealed four associations in the locus InvGE coding for an apoplastic invertase and one association in the locus SssI coding for a soluble starch synthase. The SNPs SssI-C45711901T and InvGE-C2475454T were associated with sucrose content and frying color, respectively, and were not found previously in tetraploid genotypes. The rare haplotype InvGE-A2475187C2475295A2475344 was associated with higher fructose contents. Our study allowed a more detailed analysis of the sequence variation of exon 3 from InvGE, which was not possible in previous studies because of the high frequency of insertion-deletion polymorphisms in tetraploid potatoes. Conclusion The association mapping strategy using a candidate gene approach in Group Phureja allowed the identification of novel SNP markers in InvGE and SssI associated with frying color and the tuber sugar content measured by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). These novel associations might be useful in potato breeding programs for improving quality traits and to increase crop genetic variability. The results suggest that some genes involved in the natural variation of tuber sugar content and frying color are conserved in both Phureja and tetraploid germplasm. Nevertheless, the associated variants in both types of germplasm were present in different regions of these genes. This study contributes to the understanding of the genetic architecture of tuber sugar contents and frying color at harvest in Group Phureja. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12863-017-0489-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Diana Duarte-Delgado
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy Department, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.,Present address: INRES-Plant Breeding, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy Department, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Sciences, Biology Department, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy Department, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Zhang K, Wu Z, Tang D, Luo K, Lu H, Liu Y, Dong J, Wang X, Lv C, Wang J, Lu K. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Critical Function of Sucrose Metabolism Related-Enzymes in Starch Accumulation in the Storage Root of Sweet Potato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:914. [PMID: 28690616 PMCID: PMC5480015 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The starch properties of the storage root (SR) affect the quality of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.). Although numerous studies have analyzed the accumulation and properties of starch in sweet potato SRs, the transcriptomic variation associated with starch properties in SR has not been quantified. In this study, we measured the starch and sugar contents and analyzed the transcriptome profiles of SRs harvested from sweet potatoes with high, medium, and extremely low starch contents, at five developmental stages [65, 80, 95, 110, and 125 days after transplanting (DAP)]. We found that differences in both water content and starch accumulation in the dry matter affect the starch content of SRs in different sweet potato genotypes. Based on transcriptome sequencing data, we assembled 112336 unigenes, and identified several differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in starch and sucrose metabolism, and revealed the transcriptional regulatory network controlling starch and sucrose metabolism in sweet potato SRs. Correlation analysis between expression patterns and starch and sugar contents suggested that the sugar-starch conversion steps catalyzed by sucrose synthase (SuSy) and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase) may be essential for starch accumulation in the dry matter of SRs, and IbβFRUCT2, a vacuolar acid invertase, might also be a key regulator of starch content in the SRs. Our results provide valuable resources for future investigations aimed at deciphering the molecular mechanisms determining the starch properties of sweet potato SRs.
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- Kai Zhang
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityBeibei, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityBeibei, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityBeibei, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
- *Correspondence: Changwen Lv
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityBeibei, China
- Sweet Potato Engineering and Technology Research CenterChongqing, China
- Jichun Wang
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityBeibei, China
- Kun Lu
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Schönhals EM, Ortega F, Barandalla L, Aragones A, Ruiz de Galarreta JI, Liao JC, Sanetomo R, Walkemeier B, Tacke E, Ritter E, Gebhardt C. Identification and reproducibility of diagnostic DNA markers for tuber starch and yield optimization in a novel association mapping population of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:767-785. [PMID: 26825382 PMCID: PMC4799268 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2665-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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SNPs in candidate genes Pain - 1, InvCD141 (invertases), SSIV (starch synthase), StCDF1 (transcription factor), LapN (leucine aminopeptidase), and cytoplasm type are associated with potato tuber yield, starch content and/or starch yield. Tuber yield (TY), starch content (TSC), and starch yield (TSY) are complex characters of high importance for the potato crop in general and for industrial starch production in particular. DNA markers associated with superior alleles of genes that control the natural variation of TY, TSC, and TSY could increase precision and speed of breeding new cultivars optimized for potato starch production. Diagnostic DNA markers are identified by association mapping in populations of tetraploid potato varieties and advanced breeding clones. A novel association mapping population of 282 genotypes including varieties, breeding clones and Andean landraces was assembled and field evaluated in Northern Spain for TY, TSC, TSY, tuber number (TN) and tuber weight (TW). The landraces had lower mean values of TY, TW, TN, and TSY. The population was genotyped for 183 microsatellite alleles, 221 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in fourteen candidate genes and eight known diagnostic markers for TSC and TSY. Association test statistics including kinship and population structure reproduced five known marker-trait associations of candidate genes and discovered new ones, particularly for tuber yield and starch yield. The inclusion of landraces increased the number of detected marker-trait associations. Integration of the present association mapping results with previous QTL linkage mapping studies for TY, TSC, TSY, TW, TN, and tuberization revealed some hot spots of QTL for these traits in the potato genome. The genomic positions of markers linked or associated with QTL for complex tuber traits suggest high multiplicity and genome wide distribution of the underlying genes.
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- E M Schönhals
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Potato Germplasm Enhancement Laboratory, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
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Clasen BM, Stoddard TJ, Luo S, Demorest ZL, Li J, Cedrone F, Tibebu R, Davison S, Ray EE, Daulhac A, Coffman A, Yabandith A, Retterath A, Haun W, Baltes NJ, Mathis L, Voytas DF, Zhang F. Improving cold storage and processing traits in potato through targeted gene knockout. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2016; 14:169-76. [PMID: 25846201 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Revised: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cold storage of potato tubers is commonly used to reduce sprouting and extend postharvest shelf life. However, cold temperature stimulates the accumulation of reducing sugars in potato tubers. Upon high-temperature processing, these reducing sugars react with free amino acids, resulting in brown, bitter-tasting products and elevated levels of acrylamide--a potential carcinogen. To minimize the accumulation of reducing sugars, RNA interference (RNAi) technology was used to silence the vacuolar invertase gene (VInv), which encodes a protein that breaks down sucrose to glucose and fructose. Because RNAi often results in incomplete gene silencing and requires the plant to be transgenic, here we used transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) to knockout VInv within the commercial potato variety, Ranger Russet. We isolated 18 plants containing mutations in at least one VInv allele, and five of these plants had mutations in all VInv alleles. Tubers from full VInv-knockout plants had undetectable levels of reducing sugars, and processed chips contained reduced levels of acrylamide and were lightly coloured. Furthermore, seven of the 18 modified plant lines appeared to contain no TALEN DNA insertions in the potato genome. These results provide a framework for using TALENs to quickly improve traits in commercially relevant autotetraploid potato lines.
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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- Cellectis plant sciences Inc., New Brighton, MN, USA
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Yuzugullu Y, Duman YA. Aqueous Two-Phase (PEG4000/Na2SO4) Extraction and Characterization of an Acid Invertase from Potato Tuber (Solanum tuberosum). Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 45:696-711. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2014.943373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sołtys-Kalina D, Szajko K, Sierocka I, Śliwka J, Strzelczyk-Żyta D, Wasilewicz-Flis I, Jakuczun H, Szweykowska-Kulinska Z, Marczewski W. Novel candidate genes AuxRP and Hsp90 influence the chip color of potato tubers. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2015; 35:224. [PMID: 26612975 PMCID: PMC4648990 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-015-0415-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers exhibit significant variation in reducing sugar content directly after harvest, cold storage and reconditioning. Here, we performed QTL analysis for chip color, which is strongly influenced by reducing sugar content, in a diploid potato mapping population. Two QTL on chromosomes I and VI were detected for chip color after harvest and reconditioning. Only one region on chromosome VI was linked with cold-induced sweetening. Using the RT-PCR technique, we showed differential expression of the auxin-regulated protein (AuxRP) gene. The AuxRP transcript was presented in light chip color parental clone DG 97-952 and the RNA progeny of the bulk sample consisting of light chip color phenotypes after cold storage. This amplicon was absent in dark chip parental clone DG 08-26/39 and the RNA bulk sample of dark chip progeny. Genetic variation of AuxRP explained up to 16.6 and 15.2 % of the phenotypic variance after harvest and 3 months of storage at 4 °C, respectively. Using an alternative approach, the RDA-cDNA method was used to recognize 25 gene sequences, of which 11 could be assigned to potato chromosome VI. One of these genes, Heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90), demonstrated higher mRNA and protein expression in RT-qPCR and western blotting assays in the dark chip color progeny bulk sample compared with the light chip color progeny bulk sample. Our study, for the first time, suggests that the AuxRP and Hsp90 genes are novel candidate genes capable of influencing the chip color of potato tubers.
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- Dorota Sołtys-Kalina
- />Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Młochów, Platanowa 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
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- />Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Młochów, Platanowa 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
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- />Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- />Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Młochów, Platanowa 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
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- />Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Młochów, Platanowa 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
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- />Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Młochów, Platanowa 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
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- />Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Młochów, Platanowa 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
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- />Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- />Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, National Research Institute, Młochów, Platanowa 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
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Schreiber L, Nader-Nieto AC, Schönhals EM, Walkemeier B, Gebhardt C. SNPs in genes functional in starch-sugar interconversion associate with natural variation of tuber starch and sugar content of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2014; 4:1797-811. [PMID: 25081979 PMCID: PMC4199688 DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.012377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Starch accumulation and breakdown are vital processes in plant storage organs such as seeds, roots, and tubers. In tubers of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) a small fraction of starch is converted into the reducing sugars glucose and fructose. Reducing sugars accumulate in response to cold temperatures. Even small quantities of reducing sugars affect negatively the quality of processed products such as chips and French fries. Tuber starch and sugar content are inversely correlated complex traits that are controlled by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Based on in silico annotation of the potato genome sequence, 123 loci are involved in starch-sugar interconversion, approximately half of which have been previously cloned and characterized. By means of candidate gene association mapping, we identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight genes known to have key functions in starch-sugar interconversion, which were diagnostic for increased tuber starch and/or decreased sugar content and vice versa. Most positive or negative effects of SNPs on tuber-reducing sugar content were reproducible in two different collections of potato cultivars. The diagnostic SNP markers are useful for breeding applications. An allele of the plastidic starch phosphorylase PHO1a associated with increased tuber starch content was cloned as full-length cDNA and characterized. The PHO1a-HA allele has several amino acid changes, one of which is unique among all known starch/glycogen phosphorylases. This mutation might cause reduced enzyme activity due to impaired formation of the active dimers, thereby limiting starch breakdown.
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- Lena Schreiber
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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Zhu X, Richael C, Chamberlain P, Busse JS, Bussan AJ, Jiang J, Bethke PC. Vacuolar invertase gene silencing in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) improves processing quality by decreasing the frequency of sugar-end defects. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93381. [PMID: 24695527 PMCID: PMC3973568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sugar-end defect is a tuber quality disorder and persistent problem for the French fry processing industry that causes unacceptable darkening of one end of French fries. This defect appears when environmental stress during tuber growth increases post-harvest vacuolar acid invertase activity at one end of the tuber. Reducing sugars produced by invertase form dark-colored Maillard reaction products during frying. Acrylamide is another Maillard reaction product formed from reducing sugars and acrylamide consumption has raised health concerns worldwide. Vacuolar invertase gene (VInv) expression was suppressed in cultivars Russet Burbank and Ranger Russet using RNA interference to determine if this approach could control sugar-end defect formation. Acid invertase activity and reducing sugar content decreased at both ends of tubers. Sugar-end defects and acrylamide in fried potato strips were strongly reduced in multiple transgenic potato lines. Thus vacuolar invertase silencing can minimize a long-standing French fry quality problem while providing consumers with attractive products that reduce health concerns related to dietary acrylamide.
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- Xiaobiao Zhu
- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Simplot Plant Sciences, J. R. Simplot Company, Boise, Idaho, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CR); (JJ); (PCB)
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Vegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CR); (JJ); (PCB)
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Vegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CR); (JJ); (PCB)
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Draffehn AM, Li L, Krezdorn N, Ding J, Lübeck J, Strahwald J, Muktar MS, Walkemeier B, Rotter B, Gebhardt C. Comparative transcript profiling by SuperSAGE identifies novel candidate genes for controlling potato quantitative resistance to late blight not compromised by late maturity. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:423. [PMID: 24294214 PMCID: PMC3827546 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Resistance to pathogens is essential for survival of wild and cultivated plants. Pathogen susceptibility causes major losses of crop yield and quality. Durable field resistance combined with high yield and other superior agronomic characters are therefore, important objectives in every crop breeding program. Precision and efficacy of resistance breeding can be enhanced by molecular diagnostic tools, which result from knowledge of the molecular basis of resistance and susceptibility. Breeding uses resistance conferred by single R genes and polygenic quantitative resistance. The latter is partial but considered more durable. Molecular mechanisms of plant pathogen interactions are elucidated mainly in experimental systems involving single R genes, whereas most genes important for quantitative resistance in crops like potato are unknown. Quantitative resistance of potato to Phytophthora infestans causing late blight is often compromised by late plant maturity, a negative agronomic character. Our objective was to identify candidate genes for quantitative resistance to late blight not compromised by late plant maturity. We used diagnostic DNA-markers to select plants with different field levels of maturity corrected resistance (MCR) to late blight and compared their leaf transcriptomes before and after infection with P. infestans using SuperSAGE (serial analysis of gene expression) technology and next generation sequencing. We identified 2034 transcripts up or down regulated upon infection, including a homolog of the kiwi fruit allergen kiwellin. 806 transcripts showed differential expression between groups of genotypes with contrasting MCR levels. The observed expression patterns suggest that MCR is in part controlled by differential transcript levels in uninfected plants. Functional annotation suggests that, besides biotic and abiotic stress responses, general cellular processes such as photosynthesis, protein biosynthesis, and degradation play a role in MCR.
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- Astrid M. Draffehn
- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchCologne, Germany
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- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchCologne, Germany
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- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchCologne, Germany
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- Saka-Pflanzenzucht GmbH & Co. KGWindeby, Germany
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- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchCologne, Germany
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- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchCologne, Germany
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- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchCologne, Germany
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Sequence diversity in coding regions of candidate genes in the glycoalkaloid biosynthetic pathway of wild potato species. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2013; 3:1467-79. [PMID: 23853090 PMCID: PMC3755908 DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.007146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Natural variation in five candidate genes of the steroidal glycoalkaloid (SGA) metabolic pathway and whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping were studied in six wild [Solanum chacoense (chc 80-1), S. commersonii, S. demissum, S. sparsipilum, S. spegazzinii, S. stoloniferum] and cultivated S. tuberosum Group Phureja (phu DH) potato species with contrasting levels of SGAs. Amplicons were sequenced for five candidate genes: 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase 1 and 2 (HMG1, HMG2) and 2.3-squalene epoxidase (SQE) of primary metabolism, and solanidine galactosyltransferase (SGT1), and glucosyltransferase (SGT2) of secondary metabolism. SNPs (n = 337) producing 354 variations were detected within 3.7 kb of sequenced DNA. More polymorphisms were found in introns than exons and in genes of secondary compared to primary metabolism. Although no significant deviation from neutrality was found, dN/dS ratios < 1 and negative values of Tajima’s D test suggested purifying selection and genetic hitchhiking in the gene fragments. In addition, patterns of dN/dS ratios across the SGA pathway suggested constraint by natural selection. Comparison of nucleotide diversity estimates and dN/dS ratios showed stronger selective constraints for genes of primary rather than secondary metabolism. SNPs (n = 24) with an exclusive genotype for either phu DH (low SGA) or chc 80-1 (high SGA) were identified for HMG2, SQE, SGT1 and SGT2. The SolCAP 8303 Illumina Potato SNP chip genotyping revealed eight informative SNPs on six pseudochromosomes, with homozygous and heterozygous genotypes that discriminated high, intermediate and low levels of SGA accumulation. These results can be used to evaluate SGA accumulation in segregating or association mapping populations.
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Fischer M, Schreiber L, Colby T, Kuckenberg M, Tacke E, Hofferbert HR, Schmidt J, Gebhardt C. Novel candidate genes influencing natural variation in potato tuber cold sweetening identified by comparative proteomics and association mapping. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 13:113. [PMID: 23919263 PMCID: PMC3750364 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Higher plants evolved various strategies to adapt to chilling conditions. Among other transcriptional and metabolic responses to cold temperatures plants accumulate a range of solutes including sugars. The accumulation of the reducing sugars glucose and fructose in mature potato tubers during exposure to cold temperatures is referred to as cold induced sweetening (CIS). The molecular basis of CIS in potato tubers is of interest not only in basic research on plant adaptation to environmental stress but also in applied research, since high amounts of reducing sugars affect negatively the quality of processed food products such as potato chips. CIS-tolerance varies considerably among potato cultivars. Our objective was to identify by an unbiased approach genes and cellular processes influencing natural variation of tuber sugar content before and during cold storage in potato cultivars used in breeding programs. We compared by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the tuber proteomes of cultivars highly diverse for CIS. DNA polymorphisms in genomic sequences encoding differentially expressed proteins were tested for association with tuber starch content, starch yield and processing quality. RESULTS Pronounced natural variation of CIS was detected in tubers of a population of 40 tetraploid potato cultivars. Significant differences in protein expression were detected between CIS-tolerant and CIS-sensitive cultivars before the onset as well as during cold storage. Identifiable differential proteins corresponded to protease inhibitors, patatins, heat shock proteins, lipoxygenase, phospholipase A1 and leucine aminopeptidase (Lap). Association mapping based on single nucleotide polymorphisms supported a role of Lap in the natural variation of the quantitative traits tuber starch and sugar content. CONCLUSIONS The combination of comparative proteomics and association genetics led to the discovery of novel candidate genes for influencing the natural variation of quantitative traits in potato tubers. One such gene was a leucine aminopeptidase not considered so far to play a role in starch sugar interconversion. Novel SNP's diagnostic for increased tuber starch content, starch yield and chip quality were identified, which are useful for selecting improved potato processing cultivars.
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- Matthias Fischer
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Mass Spectrometry Group, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- BIOPLANT, Biotechnologisches Forschungslabor GmbH, Cologne, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Mass Spectrometry Group, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Fischer M, Schreiber L, Colby T, Kuckenberg M, Tacke E, Hofferbert HR, Schmidt J, Gebhardt C. Novel candidate genes influencing natural variation in potato tuber cold sweetening identified by comparative proteomics and association mapping. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 13:113. [PMID: 23919263 DOI: 10.1186/1471-222913-113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Higher plants evolved various strategies to adapt to chilling conditions. Among other transcriptional and metabolic responses to cold temperatures plants accumulate a range of solutes including sugars. The accumulation of the reducing sugars glucose and fructose in mature potato tubers during exposure to cold temperatures is referred to as cold induced sweetening (CIS). The molecular basis of CIS in potato tubers is of interest not only in basic research on plant adaptation to environmental stress but also in applied research, since high amounts of reducing sugars affect negatively the quality of processed food products such as potato chips. CIS-tolerance varies considerably among potato cultivars. Our objective was to identify by an unbiased approach genes and cellular processes influencing natural variation of tuber sugar content before and during cold storage in potato cultivars used in breeding programs. We compared by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the tuber proteomes of cultivars highly diverse for CIS. DNA polymorphisms in genomic sequences encoding differentially expressed proteins were tested for association with tuber starch content, starch yield and processing quality. RESULTS Pronounced natural variation of CIS was detected in tubers of a population of 40 tetraploid potato cultivars. Significant differences in protein expression were detected between CIS-tolerant and CIS-sensitive cultivars before the onset as well as during cold storage. Identifiable differential proteins corresponded to protease inhibitors, patatins, heat shock proteins, lipoxygenase, phospholipase A1 and leucine aminopeptidase (Lap). Association mapping based on single nucleotide polymorphisms supported a role of Lap in the natural variation of the quantitative traits tuber starch and sugar content. CONCLUSIONS The combination of comparative proteomics and association genetics led to the discovery of novel candidate genes for influencing the natural variation of quantitative traits in potato tubers. One such gene was a leucine aminopeptidase not considered so far to play a role in starch sugar interconversion. Novel SNP's diagnostic for increased tuber starch content, starch yield and chip quality were identified, which are useful for selecting improved potato processing cultivars.
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- Matthias Fischer
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
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Slugina MA, Snigir EA, Ryzhova NN, Kochieva EZ. Structure and polymorphism of a fragment of the Pain-1 vacuolar invertase locus in Solanum species. Mol Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893313020143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Li L, Tacke E, Hofferbert HR, Lübeck J, Strahwald J, Draffehn AM, Walkemeier B, Gebhardt C. Validation of candidate gene markers for marker-assisted selection of potato cultivars with improved tuber quality. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2013; 126:1039-52. [PMID: 23299900 PMCID: PMC3607734 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-2035-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Tuber yield, starch content, starch yield and chip color are complex traits that are important for industrial uses and food processing of potato. Chip color depends on the quantity of reducing sugars glucose and fructose in the tubers, which are generated by starch degradation. Reducing sugars accumulate when tubers are stored at low temperatures. Early and efficient selection of cultivars with superior yield, starch yield and chip color is hampered by the fact that reliable phenotypic selection requires multiple year and location trials. Application of DNA-based markers early in the breeding cycle, which are diagnostic for superior alleles of genes that control natural variation of tuber quality, will reduce the number of clones to be evaluated in field trials. Association mapping using genes functional in carbohydrate metabolism as markers has discovered alleles of invertases and starch phosphorylases that are associated with tuber quality traits. Here, we report on new DNA variants at loci encoding ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and the invertase Pain-1, which are associated with positive or negative effect with chip color, tuber starch content and starch yield. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) and marker validation were performed in tetraploid breeding populations, using various combinations of 11 allele-specific markers associated with tuber quality traits. To facilitate MAS, user-friendly PCR assays were developed for specific candidate gene alleles. In a multi-parental population of advanced breeding clones, genotypes were selected for having different combinations of five positive and the corresponding negative marker alleles. Genotypes combining five positive marker alleles performed on average better than genotypes with four negative alleles and one positive allele. When tested individually, seven of eight markers showed an effect on at least one quality trait. The direction of effect was as expected. Combinations of two to three marker alleles were identified that significantly improved average chip quality after cold storage and tuber starch content. In F1 progeny of a single-cross combination, MAS with six markers did not give the expected result. Reasons and implications for MAS in potato are discussed.
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- Li Li
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
- Present Address: State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 150040 Harbin, People’s Republic of China
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- Saka-Pflanzenzucht GbR, 24340 Windeby, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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McKenzie MJ, Chen RKY, Harris JC, Ashworth MJ, Brummell DA. Post-translational regulation of acid invertase activity by vacuolar invertase inhibitor affects resistance to cold-induced sweetening of potato tubers. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:176-85. [PMID: 22734927 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02565.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cold-induced sweetening (CIS) is a serious post-harvest problem for potato tubers, which need to be stored cold to prevent sprouting and pathogenesis in order to maintain supply throughout the year. During storage at cold temperatures (below 10 °C), many cultivars accumulate free reducing sugars derived from a breakdown of starch to sucrose that is ultimately cleaved by acid invertase to produce glucose and fructose. When affected tubers are processed by frying or roasting, these reducing sugars react with free asparagine by the Maillard reaction, resulting in unacceptably dark-coloured and bitter-tasting product and generating the probable carcinogen acrylamide as a by-product. We have previously identified a vacuolar invertase inhibitor (INH2) whose expression correlates both with low acid invertase activity and with resistance to CIS. Here we show that, during cold storage, overexpression of the INH2 vacuolar invertase inhibitor gene in CIS-susceptible potato tubers reduced acid invertase activity, the accumulation of reducing sugars and the generation of acrylamide in subsequent fry tests. Conversely, suppression of vacuolar invertase inhibitor expression in a CIS-resistant line increased susceptibility to CIS. The results show that post-translational regulation of acid invertase by the vacuolar invertase inhibitor is an important component of resistance to CIS.
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- Marian J McKenzie
- New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Food Industry Science Centre, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
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Draffehn AM, Durek P, Nunes-Nesi A, Stich B, Fernie AR, Gebhardt C. Tapping natural variation at functional level reveals allele specific molecular characteristics of potato invertase Pain-1. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2012; 35:2143-54. [PMID: 22621197 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Biochemical, molecular and genetic studies emphasize the role of the potato vacuolar invertase Pain-1 in the accumulation of reducing sugars in potato tubers upon cold storage, and thereby its influence on the quality of potato chips and French fries. Previous studies showed that natural Pain-1 cDNA alleles were associated with better chip quality and higher tuber starch content. In this study, we focused on the functional characterization of these alleles. A genotype-dependent transient increase of total Pain-1 transcript levels in cold-stored tubers of six different genotypes as well as allele-specific expression patterns were detected. 3D modelling revealed putative structural differences between allelic Pain-1 proteins at the molecule's surface and at the substrate binding site. Furthermore, the yeast SUC2 mutant was complemented with Pain-1 cDNA alleles and enzymatic parameters of the heterologous expressed proteins were measured at 30 and 4 °C. Significant differences between the alleles were detected. The observed functional differences between Pain-1 alleles did not permit final conclusions on the mechanism of their association with tuber quality traits. Our results show that natural allelic variation at the functional level is present in potato, and that the heterozygous genetic background influences the manifestation of this variation.
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- Astrid M Draffehn
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany.
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Liu X, Zhang C, Ou Y, Lin Y, Song B, Xie C, Liu J, Li XQ. Systematic analysis of potato acid invertase genes reveals that a cold-responsive member, StvacINV1, regulates cold-induced sweetening of tubers. Mol Genet Genomics 2011; 286:109-18. [PMID: 21691778 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-011-0632-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2011] [Accepted: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acid invertase is believed to play a regulatory role during plant developmental processes and to respond to environmental stimuli. The expression profiles of the entire acid invertase family are not yet available for potato. By searching existing databases, it was determined that there are at least six acid invertase genes in potato, including four cell-wall invertase genes and two vacuolar invertase genes. They were subjected to comparative expression profiling in various organs of potato plants and in stored tubers to exploit their potential functions. The results revealed that each gene exhibited a unique expression pattern, which differed in transcript abundance or showed organ-specific features, pointing to the possible involvement of individual genes in plant development. The vacuolar invertase gene StvacINV1 had the highest expression level among three genes detected in the potato tubers. Further storage experiments showed that StvacINV1 was strongly induced by low temperatures, which is consistent with glucose accumulation in cold-stored tubers. Suppression of StvacINV1 by the antisense transformation in potato confirmed that lower StvacINV1 transcript abundance in transgenic tubers is related to lower reducing sugar content and lighter chip color in comparison with the wild type. The evidence strongly suggests that StvacINV1 is a gene involved in regulation of cold-induced sweetening of potato tubers. This provides an avenue for studying the mechanism involved in the regulation of the cold-induced sweetening trait and for agronomic enhancement.
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- Xun Liu
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, National Centre for Vegetable Improvement (Central China), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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