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Pramanik D, Becker A, Roessner C, Rupp O, Bogarín D, Pérez-Escobar OA, Dirks-Mulder A, Droppert K, Kocyan A, Smets E, Gravendeel B. Evolution and development of fruits of Erycina pusilla and other orchid species. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286846. [PMID: 37815982 PMCID: PMC10564159 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Fruits play a crucial role in seed dispersal. They open along dehiscence zones. Fruit dehiscence zone formation has been intensively studied in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, little is known about the mechanisms and genes involved in the formation of fruit dehiscence zones in species outside the Brassicaceae. The dehiscence zone of A. thaliana contains a lignified layer, while dehiscence zone tissues of the emerging orchid model Erycina pusilla include a lipid layer. Here we present an analysis of evolution and development of fruit dehiscence zones in orchids. We performed ancestral state reconstructions across the five orchid subfamilies to study the evolution of selected fruit traits and explored dehiscence zone developmental genes using RNA-seq and qPCR. We found that erect dehiscent fruits with non-lignified dehiscence zones and a short ripening period are ancestral characters in orchids. Lignified dehiscence zones in orchid fruits evolved multiple times from non-lignified zones. Furthermore, we carried out gene expression analysis of tissues from different developmental stages of E. pusilla fruits. We found that fruit dehiscence genes from the MADS-box gene family and other important regulators in E. pusilla differed in their expression pattern from their homologs in A. thaliana. This suggests that the current A. thaliana fruit dehiscence model requires adjustment for orchids. Additionally, we discovered that homologs of A. thaliana genes involved in the development of carpel, gynoecium and ovules, and genes involved in lipid biosynthesis were expressed in the fruit valves of E. pusilla, implying that these genes may play a novel role in formation of dehiscence zone tissues in orchids. Future functional analysis of developmental regulators, lipid identification and quantification can shed more light on lipid-layer based dehiscence of orchid fruits.
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- Dewi Pramanik
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia (BRIN), Central Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Development Biology of Plants, Institute for Botany, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Development Biology of Plants, Institute for Botany, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Botanical Museum, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Zhao Z, Chen T, Yue J, Pu N, Liu J, Luo L, Huang M, Guo T, Xiao W. Small Auxin Up RNA 56 (SAUR56) regulates heading date in rice. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2023; 43:62. [PMID: 37521314 PMCID: PMC10374499 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-023-01409-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Heading date is a critical agronomic trait that determines crop yield. Although numerous genes associated with heading date have been identified in rice, the mechanisms involving Small Auxin Up RNA (SAUR) family have not been elucidated. In this study, the biological function of several SAUR genes was initially investigated using the CRISPR-Cas9 technology in the Japonica cultivar Zhonghua11 (ZH11) background. Further analysis revealed that the loss-of-function of OsSAUR56 affected heading date in both NLD (natural long-day) and ASD (artificial short-day). OsSAUR56 exhibited predominant expression in the anther, with its protein localized in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. OsSAUR56 regulated flowering time and heading date by modulating the expression of the clock gene OsGI, as well as two repressors Ghd7 and DTH8. Furthermore, haplotype-phenotype association analysis revealed a strong correlation between OsSAUR56 and heading date, suggesting its role in selection during the domestication of rice. In summary, these findings highlights the importance of OsSAUR56 in the regulation of heading date for further potential facilitating genetic engineering for flowering time during rice breeding. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-023-01409-w.
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- Zhe Zhao
- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
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- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
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- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
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- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
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- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
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- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
- Heyuan Branch Center of Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, Heyuan, 517000 Guangdong China
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- National Plant Space Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 People’s Republic of China
- Heyuan Branch Center of Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, Heyuan, 517000 Guangdong China
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Long W, Yao X, Wang K, Sheng Y, Lv L. De novo transcriptome assembly of the cotyledon of Camellia oleifera for discovery of genes regulating seed germination. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:265. [PMID: 35643426 PMCID: PMC9145465 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03651-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Camellia oleifera (C.oleifera) is one of the most important wood oil species in the world. C.oleifera was propagated by nurse seedling grafting. Since the morphology of rootstocks has a significant impact on grafting efficiency and seedling quality, it is necessary to understand the molecular mechanism of morphogenesis for cultivating high-quality and controllable rootstocks. However, the genomic resource for this species is relatively limited, which hinders us from fully understanding the molecular mechanisms of seed germination in C.oleifera. RESULTS In this paper, using transcriptome sequencing, we measured the gene expression in the C.oleifera cotyledon in different stages of development and the global gene expression profiles. Approximately 45.4 gigabases (GB) of paired-end clean reads were assembled into 113,582 unigenes with an average length of 396 bp. Six public protein databases annotate 61.5% (68,217) of unigenes. We identified 11,391 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) throughout different stages of germination. Enrichment analysis revealed that DEGs were mainly involved in hormone signal transduction and starch sucrose metabolism pathways. The gravitropism regulator UNE10, the meristem regulators STM, KNAT1, PLT2, and root-specific transcription factor WOX11 all have higher gene expression levels in the CAM2 stage (seed soaking), which indicates that the cotyledon-regulated program for germination had initiated when the seeds were imbibition. Our data showed differentially reprogrammed to multiple hormone-related genes in cotyledons during C.oleifera seed germination. CONCLUSION Cotyledons play vital roles, both as the main nutrient provider and as one primary instructor for seed germination and seedling growth. Together, our study will significantly enrich the genomic resources of Camellia and help us understand the molecular mechanisms of the development in the seed germination and seedling growth of C.oleifera. It is helpful to culture standard and superior quality rootstock for C.oleifera breeding.
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- Wei Long
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400 Zhejiang China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400 Zhejiang China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400 Zhejiang China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, 311400 Zhejiang China
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- Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Zhejiang Tongji Vocational College of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 311231 Zhejiang China
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