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Project description:Grapevine is a woody temperate perennial plant and one of the most important fruit crops with global relevance in both the fresh fruit and winemaking industries. Unfortunately, global warming is affecting viticulture by altering developmental transitions and fruit maturation processes. In this context, uncovering the molecular mechanisms controlling the onset and progression of ripening could prove essential to maintain high-quality grapes and wines. Through a deep inspection of previously published transcriptomic data we identified the NAC family member VviCARPO (Controlled Adjustment of Ripening and maturation of Plant Organs) as a key regulator of grapevine maturation whose induction precedes the expression of well-known ripening associated genes. We explored VviCARPO binding landscapes through DAP-seq and overlapped its bound genes with transcriptomics datasets from stable and transient VviCARPO overexpressing grapevine plants to define a set of high-confidence targets. Among these, we identified key molecular ripening markers. Physiological, metabolic and promoter activation analyses showed that VviCARPO induces chlorophyll degradation and anthocyanin accumulation through the up-regulation of VviSGR1 and VviMYBA1, respectively, with the latter being up-regulated through a VviCARPO-VviNAC03 regulatory complex. Despite showing a closer phylogenetic relationship to senescent-related AtNAP homologues, VviCARPO complemented the nor mutant phenotype in tomato, suggesting it may have acquired a dual role as an orchestrator of both ripening- and senescence-related processes. Our data supports CARPO as a master regulator of the grapevine vegetative-to-mature phase organ transition and therefore an essential target for insuring fruit quality and environmental resilience.
2021-10-30 | GSE186656 | GEO
Project description:In this study we identified the NAC family member VviCARPO (Controlled Adjustment of Ripening and maturation of Plant Organs) as a key regulator of grapevine maturation. We explored CARPO binding landscapes through DAP-seq and overlapped its bound genes with transcriptomics datasets from stable and transient CARPO overexpressing grapevine plants to narrow a set of high-confidence targets. Among these, we identified key molecular ripening markers. Physiological, metabolic and promoter activation analyses showed that CARPO induces chlorophyll degradation and anthocyanin accumulation through the up regulation of VviSGR1 and VviMYBA1, respectively, with the latter being up-regulated by a VviCARPO-VviNAC03 regulatory complex. CARPO complemented the nor mutant phenotype in tomato, suggesting it may have acquired a dual role as an orchestrator of both ripening- and senescence-related processes. Our results evidenced that CARPO is a master regulator of the grapevine vegetative-to-mature phase organ transition and therefore an essential target for insuring fruit quality and environmental resilience.
2021-10-07 | GSE185448 | GEO
Project description:In this study we identified the NAC family member VviCARPO (Controlled Adjustment of Ripening and maturation of Plant Organs) as a key regulator of grapevine maturation. We explored CARPO binding landscapes through DAP-seq and overlapped its bound genes with transcriptomics datasets from stable and transient CARPO overexpressing grapevine plants to narrow a set of high-confidence targets. Among these, we identified key molecular ripening markers. Physiological, metabolic and promoter activation analyses showed that CARPO induces chlorophyll degradation and anthocyanin accumulation through the up regulation of VviSGR1 and VviMYBA1, respectively, with the latter being up-regulated by a VviCARPO-VviNAC03 regulatory complex. CARPO complemented the nor mutant phenotype in tomato, suggesting it may have acquired a dual role as an orchestrator of both ripening- and senescence-related processes. Our results evidenced that CARPO is a master regulator of the grapevine vegetative-to-mature phase organ transition and therefore an essential target for insuring fruit quality and environmental resilience.
2021-10-07 | GSE185447 | GEO
Project description:Initiation of organ maturation and fruit ripening in grapevine is controlled by the CARPO-NAC transcription factor
| PRJNA769108 | ENA
Project description:Initiation of organ maturation and fruit ripening in grapevine is controlled by the CARPO-NAC transcription factor
| PRJNA774973 | ENA
Project description:Initiation of organ maturation and fruit ripening in grapevine is controlled by the CARPO-NAC transcription factor [Syrah]
| PRJNA769209 | ENA
Project description:Initiation of organ maturation and fruit ripening in grapevine is controlled by the CARPO-NAC transcription factor [Sultana]
| PRJNA769122 | ENA
Project description:In contrast to climacteric fruits such as tomato, the knowledge on key regulatory genes controlling the ripening of strawberry, a nonclimacteric fruit, is still limited. NAC transcription factors (TFs) mediate different developmental processes in plants. Here, we identified and characterized Ripening Inducing Factor (FaRIF), a NAC TF that is highly expressed and induced in strawberry receptacles during ripening. Functional analyses based on stable transgenic lines aimed at silencing FaRIF by RNA interference, either from a constitutive promoter or the ripe receptacle-specific EXP2 promoter, as well as overexpression lines showed that FaRIF controls critical ripening-related processes such as fruit softening and pigment and sugar accumulation. Physiological, metabolome, and transcriptome analyses of receptacles of FaRIF-silenced and overexpression lines point to FaRIF as a key regulator of strawberry fruit ripening from early developmental stages, controlling abscisic acid biosynthesis and signaling, cell-wall degradation, and modification, the phenylpropanoid pathway, volatiles production, and the balance of the aerobic/anaerobic metabolism. FaRIF is therefore a target to be modified/edited to control the quality of strawberry fruits.
| S-EPMC8254488 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Softening is a hallmark of ripening in fleshy fruits, and has both desirable and undesirable implications for texture and postharvest stability. Accordingly, the timing and extent of pre-harvest ripening and associated textural changes following harvest are key targets for improving fruit quality through breeding. Previously, we identified a large effect locus associated with harvest date and firmness in apple (Malus domestica) using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Here, we present additional evidence that polymorphisms in or around a transcription factor gene, NAC18.1, may cause variation in these traits. First, we confirmed our previous findings with new phenotype and genotype data from ∼800 apple accessions. In this population, we compared a genetic marker within NAC18.1 to markers targeting three other firmness-related genes currently used by breeders (ACS1, ACO1, and PG1), and found that the NAC18.1 marker was the strongest predictor of both firmness at harvest and firmness after 3 months of cold storage. By sequencing NAC18.1 across 18 accessions, we revealed two predominant haplotypes containing the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) previously identified using GWAS, as well as dozens of additional SNPs and indels in both the coding and promoter sequences. NAC18.1 encodes a protein that is orthogolous to the NON-RIPENING (NOR) transcription factor, a regulator of ripening in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). We introduced both NAC18.1 transgene haplotypes into the tomato nor mutant and showed that both haplotypes complement the nor ripening deficiency. Taken together, these results indicate that polymorphisms in NAC18.1 may underlie substantial variation in apple firmness through modulation of a conserved ripening program.
| S-EPMC8258254 | biostudies-literature
Project description:In contrast to climacteric fruits such as tomato, the knowledge on key regulatory genes controlling the ripening of strawberry, a non-climacteric fruit, is still limited. NAC transcription factors mediate different developmental processes in plants. Here, we identified and characterized FaRIF (Ripening Inducing Factor), a NAC transcription factor that is highly expressed and induced in strawberry receptacles during ripening. Functional analyses based on stable transgenic lines aimed at silencing FaRIF by RNA interference, either from a constitutive promoter or the ripe receptacle-specific EXP2 promoter, as well as overexpression lines showed that FaRIF controls critical ripening-related processes such as fruit softening and pigment and sugar accumulation. Physiological, metabolome and transcriptome analyses of receptacles of FaRIF-silenced and overexpression lines point to FaRIF as a key regulator of strawberry fruit ripening from early developmental stages, controlling abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis and signaling, cell wall degradation and modification, the phenylpropanoid pathway, volatiles production, and the balance of the aerobic/anaerobic metabolism. FaRIF is therefore a target to be modified/edited to control the quality of strawberry fruits.
2021-02-20 | GSE167107 | GEO