文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Li, Xiaofeng ¹ ; Wang, Xingyu ¹ ; Ma, Qiangqiang ¹ ; Zhong, Yunfeng ¹ ; Zhang, Yibo ¹ ; Zhang, Ping ² ; Li, Yingzheng ¹ ; He, Ruyu ¹ ; Zhou, Yang ¹ ; Li, Yang ³ ; Cheng, Mingjun ⁴ ; Yan, Xu ⁵ ; Li, Yan ⁶ ; He, Jianmei ¹ ; Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar ¹ ; Rong, Tingzhao ¹ ; Tang, Qilin ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Sichuan Agr Univ, Chengdu 611130, Peoples R China

2.Chengdu Res Base Giant Panda Breeding, 61130, Chengdu, Peoples R China

3.Mianyang Teachers Coll, Sch Urban & Rural Construct & Planning, Mianyany 621000, Peoples R China

4.Southwest Minzu Univ, Inst Qinghai Tibetan Plateau, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China

5.Sichuan Acad Agr Sci, Sericulture Res Inst, Nanchong 637000, Peoples R China

6.Sichuan Acad Agr Sci, Crop Res Inst, Chengdu 611041, Peoples R China

关键词： SMRT-sequencing; RNA-sequencing; Zea mays; Tripsacum dactyloides; Zea perennis; Genetic bridge; Salt tolerance

期刊名称：BMC GENOMICS （ 影响因子：4.4； 五年影响因子：4.7 ）

ISSN： 1471-2164

年卷期： 2023 年 24 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： BackgroundTripsacum dactyloides (2n = 4x = 72) and Zea perennis (2n = 4x = 40) are tertiary gene pools of Zea mays L. and exhibit many abiotic adaptations absent in modern maize, especially salt tolerance. A previously reported allopolyploid (hereafter referred to as MTP, 2n = 74) synthesized using Zea mays, Tripsacum dactyloides, and Zea perennis has even stronger salt tolerance than Z. perennis and T. dactyloides. This allopolyploid will be a powerful genetic bridge for the genetic improvement of maize. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying its salt tolerance, as well as the key genes involved in regulating its salt tolerance, remain unclear.ResultsSingle-molecule real-time sequencing and RNA sequencing were used to identify the genes involved in salt tolerance and reveal the underlying molecular mechanisms. Based on the SMRT-seq results, we obtained 227,375 reference unigenes with an average length of 2300 bp; most of the unigenes were annotated to Z. mays sequences (76.5%) in the NR database. Moreover, a total of 484 and 1053 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the leaves and roots, respectively. Functional enrichment analysis of DEGs revealed that multiple pathways responded to salt stress, including "Flavonoid biosynthesis," "Oxidoreductase activity," and "Plant hormone signal transduction" in the leaves and roots, and "Iron ion binding," "Acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity," and "Serine-type carboxypeptidase activity" in the roots. Transcription factors, such as those in the WRKY, B3-ARF, and bHLH families, and cytokinin negatively regulators negatively regulated the salt stress response. According to the results of the short time series-expression miner analysis, proteins involved in "Spliceosome" and "MAPK signal pathway" dynamically responded to salt stress as salinity changed. Protein-protein interaction analysis revealed that heat shock proteins play a role in the large interaction network regulating salt tolerance.ConclusionsOur results reveal the molecular mechanism underlying the regulation of MTP in the response to salt stress and abundant salt-tolerance-related unigenes. These findings will aid the retrieval of lost alleles in modern maize and provide a new approach for using T. dactyloides and Z. perennis to improve maize.