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Exploring the sound-modulated delay in tomato ripening through expression analysis of coding and non-coding RNAs.
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ABSTRACT: Background and aims
Sound is omnipresent in nature. Recent evidence supports the notion that naturally occurring and artificially generated sound waves induce inter- and intracellular changes in plants. These changes, in turn, lead to diverse physiological changes, such as enhanced biotic and abiotic stress responses, in both crops and model plants.Methods
We previously observed delayed ripening in tomato fruits exposed to 1 kHz sound vibrations for 6 h. Here, we evaluated the molecular mechanism underlying this delaying fruit ripening by performing RNA-sequencing analysis of tomato fruits at 6 h, 2 d, 5 d and 7 d after 1 kHz sound vibration treatment.Key results
Bioinformatic analysis of differentially expressed genes and non-coding small RNAs revealed that some of these genes are involved in plant hormone and cell wall modification processes. Ethylene and cytokinin biosynthesis and signalling-related genes were downregulated by sound vibration treatment, whereas genes involved in flavonoid, phenylpropanoid and glucan biosynthesis were upregulated. Furthermore, we identified two sound-specific microRNAs and validated the expression of the pre-microRNAs and the mRNAs of their target genes.Conclusions
Our results indicate that sound vibration helps to delay fruit ripening through the sophisticated regulation of coding and non-coding RNAs and transcription factor genes.
SUBMITTER: Kim JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324751 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Exploring the sound-modulated delay in tomato ripening through expression analysis of coding and non-coding RNAs.
Annals of botany 20181201 7
<h4>Background and aims</h4>Sound is omnipresent in nature. Recent evidence supports the notion that naturally occurring and artificially generated sound waves induce inter- and intracellular changes in plants. These changes, in turn, lead to diverse physiological changes, such as enhanced biotic and abiotic stress responses, in both crops and model plants.<h4>Methods</h4>We previously observed delayed ripening in tomato fruits exposed to 1 kHz sound vibrations for 6 h. Here, we evaluated the mo ...[more]
