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Physiological Characterization and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of White and Green Leaves of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus.

ABSTRACT: Leaf coloration is one of the most important and attractive characteristics of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus. The chimeric character is not stable during the in vitro tissue culturing. Many regenerated plants lost economic values for the loss of the chimeric character of leaves. In order to reveal the molecular mechanisms involved in the albino phenotype of the leaf cells, the physiological and transcriptional differences between complete white (CWh) and green (CGr) leaf cells of A. comosus var. bracteatus were analyzed. A total of 1,431 differentially expressed unigenes (DEGs) in CGr and CWh leaves were identified using RNA-seq. A comparison to the COG, GO and KEGG annotations revealed DEGs involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis, chloroplast development and photosynthesis. Furthermore, the measurement of main precursors of chlorophyll in the CWh leaves confirmed that the rate-limiting step in chlorophyll biosynthesis, and thus the cause of the albino phenotype of the white cells, was the conversion of pyrrole porphobilinogen (PBG) to uroporphyrinogen III (Uro III). The enzyme activity of porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) and uroporporphyrinogn III synthase (UROS), which catalyze the transition of PBG to Uro III, was significantly decreased in the CWh leaves. Our data showed the transcriptional differences between the CWh and CGr plants and characterized key steps in chlorophyll biosynthesis of the CWh leaves. These results contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms and regulation of pigment biosynthesis in the CWh leaf cells of A. comosus var. bracteatus.

SUBMITTER: Li X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5240938 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Physiological Characterization and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of White and Green Leaves of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus.

Li Xia X Kanakala Surapathrudu S He Yehua Y Zhong Xiaolan X Yu Sanmiao S Li Ruixue R Sun Lingxia L Ma Jun J

PloS one 20170117 1

Leaf coloration is one of the most important and attractive characteristics of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus. The chimeric character is not stable during the in vitro tissue culturing. Many regenerated plants lost economic values for the loss of the chimeric character of leaves. In order to reveal the molecular mechanisms involved in the albino phenotype of the leaf cells, the physiological and transcriptional differences between complete white (CWh) and green (CGr) leaf cells of A. comosus var ...[more]

PMID: 28095462

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Project description:BackgroundAnanas comosus var. bracteatus is a colorful plant used as a cut flower or landscape ornamental. The unique foliage color of this plant includes both green and red leaves and, as a trait of interest, deserves investigation. In order to explore the pigments behind the red section of the chimeric leaves, the green and red parts of chimeric leaves of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus were sampled and analyzed at phenotypic, cellular and molecular levels in this study.ResultsThe CIELAB results indicated that the a* values and L* values samples had significant differences between two parts. Freehand sections showed that anthocyanin presented limited accumulation in the green leaf tissues but obviously accumulation in the epidermal cells of red tissues. Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses were performed by RNA-seq and LC-ESI-MS/MS. Among the 508 identified metabolites, 10 kinds of anthocyanins were detected, with 6 significantly different between the two samples. The cyanidin-3,5-O-diglucoside content that accounts for nearly 95.6% in red samples was significantly higher than green samples. RNA-Seq analyses showed that 11 out of 40 anthocyanin-related genes were differentially expressed between the green and red samples. Transcriptome and metabolome correlations were determined by nine quadrant analyses, and 9 anthocyanin-related genes, including MYB5 and MYB82, were correlated with 7 anthocyanin-related metabolites in the third quadrant in which genes and metabolites showing consistent change. Particularly, the PCCs between these two MYB genes and cyanidin-3,5-O-diglucoside were above 0.95.ConclusionPhenotypic colors are closely related to the tissue structures of different leaf parts of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus, and two MYB transcription factors might contribute to differences of anthocyanin accumulation in two parts of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus chimeric leaves. This study lay a foundation for further researches on functions of MYBs in Ananas comosus var. bracteatus and provides new insights to anthocyanin accumulation in different parts of chimeric leaves.

Project description:Ananas comosus var. bracteatus has high ornamental value and widespread application because of its chimeric leaves. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism regulating this characteristic. Here, comparative transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the white parts (Whs) and green parts (Grs) of the chimeric leaves were performed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed proteins (DEPs). In total, 1,685 DEGs, including 712 up- and 973 down-regulated ones, and 5,428 DEPs, including 1,018 up- and 795 down-regulated ones, were identified between the Whs and Grs. Comparisons with the GO and KEGG annotations revealed that the DEGs were involved mostly in carbon fixation, porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation. The DEPs were mainly involved in ribosomes, photosynthesis, photosynthesis antennas, and porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism. Combined analysis showed that nine proteins related to chlorophyll biosynthesis, photosynthetic pigments, and photosynthesis were unchanged at mRNA level but suppressed at protein level. These results indicated that the albino phenotype of the Whs was caused by the proteomic-level suppression of key enzymes involved in the chlorophyll biosynthesis pathway and that translational and post-translational regulation may play important roles in both the biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments and photosynthesis. Biological signiﬁcance: Leaves of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus serve as the best materials for the study of albino mechanism. Because the chemic trait of A. comosus var. bracteatus is unstable and the molecular mechanism of the albino cells was poorly understood, we performed comparative analyses both at the transcriptome and proteome levels. This work revealed suppressed proteomic-level and translational and post-translational regulation contribute to the albino phenotype formation. Our results provide better information concerning the molecular mechanism within the chimeric leaves of A. comosus var. bracteatus.

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Physiological Characterization and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of White and Green Leaves of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus.

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Physiological Characterization and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of White and Green Leaves of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus.

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