期刊
GENES
卷 9, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes9120639
关键词
loquat fruit; transcriptomic responses; lignification; postharvest cold storage; RNA-seq; gene expression; signal transduction; sugars and polysaccharides metabolism
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of China [31801462]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2017J01644, 2017J01645]
- Education and Research Project of Young and Middle-aged Teachers of Fujian Province [JAT160434, JA15454]
- College Outstanding Young Researchers Cultivation Program of Fujian Education Department
- Research and Innovation Special Foundation of Putian University [2016CX001]
- Scientific Research Project of Putian University [2017080, 2017081, 2018006, 2018064]
- Open Foundation of Key laboratory of Loquat Germplasm Innovation and Utilization (Putian University), Fujian Province University [2016001]
Cold storage is the primary preservation method of postharvest loquat fruits. However, cold storage also results in many chilling injury physiological disorders called lignification, which decreases the quality and economic value of the fruits. Few studies to date have focused on the transcriptomic responses associated with lignification except lignin synthesis pathways. This study aimed to explore the changes of loquat transcriptome during long-term cold storage. Our results showed that the gene expression patterns were differed among the five stages. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in response to cold storage were more intense and complex in earlier stage. The membrane-related genes preferentially responded to low temperature and were followed by intracellular-located genes. The cold-induced pathways were mainly concerned with signal transduction and secondary metabolism (i.e., lignin, pectin, cellulose, terpenoid, carotenoid, steroid) in the first three stages and were chiefly related to primary metabolism in the later two stages, especially energy metabolism. Further investigation suggested that 503 protein kinases, 106 protein phosphatases, and 40 Ca2+ signal components were involved in the cold signal transduction of postharvest loquat fruits. We predicted a pathway including 649 encoding genes of 49 enzymes, which displayed the metabolisms of major sugars and polysaccharides in cold-stored loquat fruits. The coordinated expression patterns of these genes might contribute to the changes of saccharides in the pathway These results provide new insight into the transcriptomic changes of postharvest loquat fruits in response to cold storage environment, which may be helpful for improving the postharvest life of loquat in the future.
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