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Characterization of MicroRNAs and Gene Expression in ACC Oxidase RNA Interference-Based Transgenic Bananas

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PLANTS-BASEL
卷 12, 期 19, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants12193414

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fruit ripening; gene silencing; transcriptome; sRNA-seq; gene regulation

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This study analyzed the differential expression of miRNAs and mRNAs in untransformed and RNAi transgenic bananas at the third ripening stage. Five significantly differentially expressed miRNAs were identified, and their predicted target genes were mainly enriched in several pathways. The results indicate that ethylene biosynthesis is associated with miRNAs regulating the expression of sulfur metabolism-related genes in bananas.
Banana (Musa acuminata, AAA group) is a typically respiratory climacteric fruit. Previously, genes encoding ACC oxidase, one of the key enzymes in ethylene biosynthesis, Mh-ACO1 and Mh-ACO2 in bananas were silenced individually using RNAi interference technology, and fruit ripening of transgenic bananas was postponed. Here, the differential expression of miRNAs and their targeted mRNAs were analyzed in the transcriptomes of fruits at the third ripening stage, peel color more green than yellow, from the untransformed and RNAi transgenic bananas. Five significantly differentially expressed miRNAs (mac-miR169a, mac-miR319c-3p, mac-miR171a, mac-miR156e-5p, and mac-miR164a-5p) were identified. The predicted miRNA target genes were mainly enriched in six KEGG pathways, including 'sulfur relay system', 'protein digestion and absorption', 'histidine metabolism', 'pathogenic E. coli infection', 'sulfur metabolism', and 'starch and sucrose metabolism'. After ethylene treatment, the expression of ACC oxidase silencing-associated miRNAs was down-regulated, and that of their target genes was up-regulated along with fruit ripening. The evolutionary clustering relationships of miRNA precursors among 12 gene families related to fruit ripening were analyzed. The corresponding expression patterns of mature bodies were mainly concentrated in flowers, fruits, and leaves. Our results indicated that ethylene biosynthesis is associated with miRNAs regulating the expression of sulfur metabolism-related genes in bananas.

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