Identification and Expression Analysis of GRAS Transcription Factors to Elucidate Candidate Genes Related to Stolons, Fruit Ripening and Abiotic Stresses in Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

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作者
Chen, Hong [1 ,2 ]
Li, Huihui [3 ]
Lu, Xiaoqing [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Longzheng [4 ]
Liu, Jing [4 ]
Wu, Han [5 ]
机构
[1] Inst Bot, Jiangsu Key Lab Res & Utilizat Plant Resources, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[3] Fuyang Acad Agr Sci, Fuyang 236065, Peoples R China
[4] Jiangsu Acad Agr Sci, Inst Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Key Lab Hort Crop Genet Improvement, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[5] Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Hort, State Key Lab Crop Genet & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
genome-wide identification; expression analysis; GRAS transcription factors; stolons; non-climacteric fruit ripening; gibberellins; abiotic stresses; woodland strawberry; GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS; SCARECROW-LIKE; 3; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; DELLA PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS; FAMILY; GIBBERELLIN; REVEALS; OVEREXPRESSION; SUPPRESSOR;
D O I
10.3390/ijms20184593
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa), an allo-octoploid with non-climacteric fleshy fruits, is a popular Rosaceae horticultural crop worldwide that is mainly propagated via stolons during cultivation. Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), one of the four diploid progenitor species of cultivated strawberry, is widely used as a model plant in the study of Rosaceae fruit trees, non-climacteric fruits and stolons. One GRAS transcription factor has been shown to regulate stolon formation; the other GRAS proteins in woodland strawberry remain unknown. In this study, we identified 54 FveGRAS proteins in woodland strawberry, and divided them into 14 subfamilies. Conserved motif analysis revealed that the motif composition of FveGRAS proteins was conserved within each subfamily, but diverged widely among subfamilies. We found 56 orthologous pairs of GRAS proteins between woodland strawberry and Arabidopsis thaliana, 47 orthologous pairs between woodland strawberry and rice and 92 paralogous pairs within woodland strawberry. The expression patterns of FveGRAS genes in various organs and tissues, and changes therein under cold, heat and GA(3) treatments, were characterized using transcriptomic analysis. The results showed that 34 FveGRAS genes were expressed with different degrees in at least four organs, including stolons; only a few genes displayed organ-specific expression. The expression levels of 16 genes decreased, while that of four genes increased during fruit ripening; FveGRAS54 showed the largest increase in expression. Under cold, heat and GA(3) treatments, around half of the FveGRAS genes displayed increased or decreased expression to some extent, suggesting differing functions of these FveGRAS genes in the responses to cold, heat and GAs. This study provides insight into the potential functions of FveGRAS genes in woodland strawberry. A few FveGRAS genes were identified as candidate genes for further study, in terms of their functions in stolon formation, fruit ripening and abiotic stresses.
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