Journal
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
Volume 291, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110612
Keywords
Seed development; Unsaturated fatty acids; Lipid biosynthesis and oil accumulation; Transcriptome; Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31401430, 31801400]
- Shanxi Provincial Key Research & Development Project [201703D221002-3]
- Shanxi Scholarship Council of China [2015-064]
- Shanxi Provincial Key Projects of Coal-based Science and Technology [FT-2014-01]
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This study analyzed storage oil profiles and transcriptome of okra seeds at different developmental stages, revealing a complex regulating network for lipid metabolism. The reliability of RNA-sequencing data was confirmed through quantitative real-time PCR, providing valuable insights for further investigation of molecular mechanisms responsible for unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis and oil accumulation in plant seeds.
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), famous for its desired nutritional and medicinal values, could accumulate approximately 20% (w/w) seed oil dominated with unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs). However, the mechanism of oil biosynthesis and metabolic regulation in its seeds remains poorly understood. Here, storage oil profiles and transcriptome of okra seeds at different developmental stages were analyzed. Seed oil accumulated at a high rate during 21 to 28 days after flowering (DAF). Total of 136.6 million clean reads were obtained and 109,171 unigenes were assembled from the seed transcriptome. Differentially expressed genes among three developing stages of seeds were functionally annotated into the storage lipid metabolism pathway. Comparative analysis was performed for structural genes and transcription factor genes that participate in fatty acid biosynthesis, triacylglycerol assembly, oil body formation, and triacylglycerol degradation. A complex regulating network was built accordingly. Additionally, expressions of 12 key functional genes responsible for okra oil accumulation were examined by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), demonstrating that RNA-sequencing data were reliable. This study will facilitate further investigation of molecular mechanism responsible for unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis and oil accumulation in plant seed, providing valued reference for creating new okra varieties with better lipid composition and high oil yield.
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