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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 71, Issue 7, Pages 3201-3209Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c08073
Keywords
lignin biosynthesis; postharvest storage; reactive oxygen species; respiratory burst oxidase homologue; water bamboo
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In this study, the accumulation of lignin and changes in the transcriptome of postharvested water bamboo shoots under cold storage were investigated. It was found that lignin significantly accumulated in the shoots and the major up-regulated genes were involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, plant-pathogen interactions, and starch and sucrose metabolism. The MAPK signaling pathway and RBOH genes were also up-regulated. Inhibition of RBOH oxidase hindered lignin deposition and biosynthesis, while H2O2 enhanced these processes, indicating that lignification of water bamboo shoots is regulated by RBOH-mediated ROS signaling.
Lignification is a major cause of senescence in fresh shoots of water bamboo (Zizania latifolia), which is a popular vegetable in southeast Asia; however, its physiological and molecular mechanisms is less understood. In the present study, lignin content and transcriptome change in postharvested water bamboo shoots under cold storage were investigated. We found that lignin significantly accumulated in the epidermis of the shoots with the increase of firmness. In the cold storage shoots, the major up -regulated genes were involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, plant-pathogen interactions, and starch and sucrose metabolism. The lignin biosynthesis genes PAL, 4CL, C4H, CCoAOMT, CCR, F5H, CAD, and POD family were up-regulated during cold storage, while HCT and C3H were down-regulated. The MAPK signaling pathway was also up-regulated and respiratory burst oxidase homologue (RBOH) genes were strongly up-regulated. Therefore, we investigated the RBOH gene family and their expression profile in water bamboo shoots. The results indicated that 10 ZlRBOHs were up-regulated in cold storage shoots. Diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPI), an inhibitor of RBOH oxidase, significantly inhibited the expression of genes involved in lignin deposition and biosynthesis, while H2O2 enhanced these processes. These results suggest that lignification of water bamboo shoots is regulated by RBOH-mediated ROS signaling.
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