Transcriptome analysis of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) fruits under osmotic stresses and identification of genes related to ascorbic acid pathway

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Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) is an economically important fruit with a high demand owing to its good taste and medicinal properties. However, its cultivation is affected by various biotic and abiotic stresses. Plants exhibit several intrinsic mechanisms to deal with stresses. In the case of strawberry, the mechanisms highlighting the response against these stresses remain to be elucidated, which has hampered the efforts to develop and cultivate strawberry plants with high yield and quality. Although a virtual reference genome of F. ananassa has recently been published, there is still a lack of information on the expression of genes in response to various stresses. Therefore, to provide molecular information for further studies with strawberry plants, we present the reference transcriptome dataset of F. ananassa, assembled and annotated from deep RNA-Seq data of fruits cultivated under salinity and drought stresses. We also systematically arranged a series of transcripts differentially expressed during these stresses, with an emphasis on genes related to the accumulation of ascorbic acid (AsA). Ascorbic acid is the most potent antioxidant present in these fruits and highly considered during biofortification. A comparison of the expression profile of these genes by RT-qPCR with the content of AsA in the fruits verified a tight regulation and balance between the expression of genes, from biosynthesis, degradation and recycling pathways, resulting in the reduced content of AsA in fruits under these stresses. These results provide a useful repertoire of genes for metabolic engineering, thereby improving the tolerance to stresses.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:166

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Physiologia plantarum - 166(2019), 4 vom: 27. Aug., Seite 979-995

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Galli, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Messias, Rafael S [VerfasserIn]
Guzman, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Perin, Ellen C [VerfasserIn]
Margis, Rogério [VerfasserIn]
Rombaldi, Cesar V [VerfasserIn]

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Ascorbic Acid
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Date Completed 06.08.2019

Date Revised 06.08.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ppl.12861

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM290017165