期刊
3 BIOTECH
卷 11, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02837-1
关键词
Sweet corn; Gene expression; CrtRB1; Opaque2
资金
- ICAR-Consortia Research Platform on 'Molecular breeding for improvement of tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, yield and quality traits in crops-Maize component' (IARI Project) [12-143C]
Biofortified sweet corn inbreds possessing mutant versions of crtRB1 and o2 genes showed significantly higher levels of nutrients compared to traditional sweet corn, but the levels gradually decreased post-pollination. The expression levels of crtRB1 and o2 genes were lower in biofortified sweet corn inbreds, potentially leading to a reduction in nutrient content.
Traditional sweet corn possesses low levels of provitamin-A (proA), lysine and tryptophan. Mutant version of beta-carotene hydroxylase1 (crtRB1) gene affecting the accumulation of beta-carotene (BC), beta-cryptoxanthin (BCX) and proA, and opaque2 (o2) gene governing the enhancement of lysine and tryptophan were introgressed together into elite sweet corn inbreds through marker-assisted selection. Here, we analyzed the expression pattern of crtRB1 and o2 genes among introgressed and traditional sweet corn inbreds at 20-, 24- and 28-days after pollination (DAP). The introgressed inbreds possessed two- to sevenfolds higher BC, BCX, proA, lysine and tryptophan compared to their original inbreds. However, all the nutrients attained the peak at 20-DAP (BC: 9.95 mu g/g, BCX: 8.21 mu g/g, proA: 14.05 mu g/g, lysine: 0.301%, tryptophan: 0.074%), which gradually reduced through 24-DAP (BC: 8.24 mu g/g, BCX: 7.53 mu g/g, proA: 12.01 mu g/g, lysine: 0.273%, tryptophan: 0.057%) and 28-DAP (BC: 5.84 mu g/g, BCX: 5.82 mu g/g, proA: 8.75 mu g/g, lysine: 0.202%, tryptophan: 0.037%). Biofortified sweet corn inbreds possessed significantly lower expression levels of crtRB1 (4.1-fold) and o2 (2.2-fold) compared to their wild type alleles in traditional sweet corn inbreds across DAPs. The expression of crtRB1 and o2 increased from 20-DAP to attain the highest peak at 24-DAP, and further decreased by 28-DAP. The transcript levels of crtRB1 were negatively correlated with BC (r = - 0.83), BCX (r = - 0.79) and proA (r = - 0.83) across dates of harvest. Lysine (r = - 0.83) and tryptophan (r = - 0.73) were also inversely associated with o2 transcript levels. This is the first report on expression of crtRB1 and o2 genes during kernel development in biofortified sweet corn. This information holds immense promise in understanding the dynamics of gene-regulation during kernel development in sweet corn.
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