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2024;15 1337451.

Transcriptome analysis reveals the molecular mechanisms of rubber biosynthesis and laticifer differentiation during rubber seed germination.

Bin Hu, Na Yang, Zaihui Zhou, Xiangyu Shi, Yunxia Qin, Yongjun Fang, Xiangyu Long
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  1. Bin Hu: National Key Laboratory for Tropical Crop Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation and Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Sanya Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.
  2. Na Yang: National Key Laboratory for Tropical Crop Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation and Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Sanya Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.
  3. Zaihui Zhou: National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
  4. Xiangyu Shi: Danxin College, Hainan University, Danzhou, China.
  5. Yunxia Qin: National Key Laboratory for Tropical Crop Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation and Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Sanya Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.
  6. Yongjun Fang: National Key Laboratory for Tropical Crop Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation and Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Sanya Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.
  7. Xiangyu Long: National Key Laboratory for Tropical Crop Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation and Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Sanya Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.
PMID: 38328702 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1337451

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation of natural rubber synthesis and laticifer differentiation have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we conducted a time-series transcriptome analysis of five rubber tree tissues at four stages of seed germination. A total of 161,199 DEGs were identified between the two groups, including most 16,673 DEGs (A3 vs B3 and A3 vs C3) and lest 1,210 DEGs (C2 vs D2). We found that the maturation of the seed is accompanied by the formation of laticifer cells in cotyledon. Meanwhile, the analysis of hormones related genes expression may provide effective clues for us to promote the differentiation of laticifer cells in seeds by hormones in the future. In this study, hormone-related gene enrichment analyses revealed that IAA, GA, and CTK were activated in laticifer containing tissues. Similarly, GO and GEGG analysis showed that hormone pathways, especially the auxin pathway, are enriched. Gene expression clustering was analyzed using the short time-series expression miner (STEM), and the analysis revealed four distinct trends in the gene expression profiles. Moreover, we enriched transcription factor (TF) enrichment in cotyledon and embryonic axis tissues, and the MYB type exhibited the most significant difference. Furthermore, our findings revealed that genes related to rubber synthesis exhibited tissue-specific expression patterns during seed germination. Notably, key genes associated with rubber biosynthesis, specifically () and (), exhibited significant changes in expression in cotyledon and embryonic axis tissues, suggesting synchronous rubber synthesis with seed germination. Our staining results reveled that laticifer cells were exits in the cotyledon before seed imbibition stage. In conclusion, these results lay the foundation for exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying laticifer differentiation and rubber synthesis during seed germination, deepening our understanding of the initiation stages of rubber biosynthesis and laticifer differentiation.

Keywords

laticifer differentiation rubber synthesis seed germination transcription factors transcriptome

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