期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052676
关键词
narrow-leafed lupin; alkaloids; transcription factor RAP2-7; plant-pathogen interaction; expression profiles; Colletotrichum lupini; alkaloid-related genes
资金
- Polish National Science Centre [2014/13/N/N-Z9/03943]
- Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development within Basic Research for Biological Progress in Crop Production program [41]
The study revealed the significant upregulation of RAP2-7 and other QA-related genes in various organs of bitter lupin, supporting the important role of RAP2-7 in regulating QA accumulation. Other regulatory steps triggered by RAP2-7 may be involved in QA accumulation, particularly in leaves. There was no connection found between QA synthesis and anthracnose resistance in lupin plants infected with Colletotrichum lupini, unlike the role of polyamines in plant-pathogen interactions.
The main restraint obstructing the wider adoption of lupins as protein crops is the presence of bitter and toxic quinolizidine alkaloids (QAs), whose contents might increase under exposure to stressful environmental conditions. A poor understanding of how QAs accumulate hinders the breeding of sweet varieties. Here, we characterize the expression profiles of QA-related genes, along with the alkaloid content, in various organs of sweet and bitter narrow-leafed lupin (NLL, Lupinus angustifolius L.). Special attention is paid to the RAP2-7 transcription factor, a candidate regulator of the QA pathway. We demonstrate the upregulation of RAP2-7 and other QA-related genes, across the aerial organs of a bitter cultivar and the significant correlations between their expression levels, thus supporting the role of RAP2-7 as an important regulatory gene in NLL. Moreover, we showed that the initial steps of QA synthesis might occur independently in all aerial plant organs sharing common regulatory mechanisms. Nonetheless, other regulatory steps might be involved in RAP2-7-triggered QA accumulation, given its expression pattern in leaves. Finally, the examination of QA-related gene expression in plants infected with Colletotrichum lupini evidenced no connection between QA synthesis and anthracnose resistance, in contrast to the important role of polyamines during plant-pathogen interactions.
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