Leaf color mutants are ideal materials for studying many plant physiological and metabolic processes such as photosynthesis,photomorphogenesis,hormone physiology and disease resistance.In this study,the genetically st...Leaf color mutants are ideal materials for studying many plant physiological and metabolic processes such as photosynthesis,photomorphogenesis,hormone physiology and disease resistance.In this study,the genetically stable yellow-green leaf mutant ygl16 was identified from mutated“Xinong 1B”.Compared with the wild type,the pigment concentration and photosynthetic capacity of the ygl16 decreased significantly.The ultrastructural observation showed that the distribution of thylakoid lamellae was irregular in ygl16 chloroplasts,and the grana and matrix lamellae were blurred and loose in varied degrees,and the chloroplast structure was disordered,while the osmiophilic corpuscles increased.The results of the genetic analysis and mapping showed that the phenotype of ygl16 was controlled by a pair of recessive nuclear gene.The gene located in the 56Kb interval between RM25654 and R3 on the long arm of chromosome 10.The sequencing results showed that the 121st base of the first intron of the candidate gene OsPORB/FGL changed from A to T in the interval.qRT-PCR results showed that the expression of chlorophyll synthase-related genes in the mutant decreased.展开更多
Heat stress causes overgrowth,leaf dryness and fruit malformation,which negatively impacts cucumber quality and yield.Yet,in spite of the devastating consequences of this abiotic stress,few genes for heat tolerance in...Heat stress causes overgrowth,leaf dryness and fruit malformation,which negatively impacts cucumber quality and yield.Yet,in spite of the devastating consequences of this abiotic stress,few genes for heat tolerance in cucumber have been identified.Here,the heat injury indices of 88 cucumber accessions representing diverse ecotypes were collected in two open-field environments,with naturally occurring high temperatures over two years.Seventeen of the 88 accessions were identified as highly heat-tolerant.Using a genome-wide association study,five loci(gHII3.1,gHII3.2,gHII3.3,gHII4.1 and gHII6.1)on three chromosomes associated with heat tolerance were detected.Pairwise linkage disequilibrium correlation,sequence polymorphisms,and qRT-PCR analyses at these loci,identified five candidate genes predicted to be casual for heat stress response in cucumber.CsaV3_3G04883,CsaV3_4G029050 and CsaV3_6G005370 each had nonsynonymous SNPs,and were significantly up-regulated by heat stress in the heat-tolerant genotypes.CsaV3_3G031890 was also induced by heat stress,but in the heatsensitive genotypes,and sequence polymorphism was only found in the promoter region.Identifying these candidate genes lays a foundation for understanding cucumber thermotolerance mechanisms.Our study is one of the few to examine heat stress in adult cucumber plants and it therefore fills a critical gap in knowledge.It is also an important first-step towards accelerating the breeding of robust heat-tolerant varieties.展开更多
Parkinson＇s disease （PD） is a typical degenerative disease, which is characterized by the most obvious symptoms of movement dysfunction, including shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty in walking a...Parkinson＇s disease （PD） is a typical degenerative disease, which is characterized by the most obvious symptoms of movement dysfunction, including shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty in walking and gait. This disease can not be clearly identified through laboratory tests at present, thus application of high-throughput technique in studying the expression profiles of PD helps to find the genetic markers for its early diagnosis. Studies on expression profiles of neurodegenerative diseases have revealed the novel genes and pathways involved in the progress of illness. In this study, the expression profiles of PD in blood were compared, showing that 181 differentially expressed genes （DEG） exhibit a similar expression trend both in patients and in normal controls.展开更多
Chronic pancreatitis is known to be a heterogeneous disease with varied etiologies.Tropical calcific pancreatitis(TCP) is a severe form of chronic pancreatitis unique to developing countries.With growing evidence of g...Chronic pancreatitis is known to be a heterogeneous disease with varied etiologies.Tropical calcific pancreatitis(TCP) is a severe form of chronic pancreatitis unique to developing countries.With growing evidence of genetic factors contributing to the pathogenesis of TCP,this review is aimed at compiling the available information in this field.We also propose a two hit model to explain the sequence of events in the pathogenesis of TCP.展开更多
Stripe rust,caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici(Pst),is a devastating disease in wheat worldwide.Discovering and characterizing new resistance genes/QTL is crucial for wheat breeding programs.In this study,we ...Stripe rust,caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici(Pst),is a devastating disease in wheat worldwide.Discovering and characterizing new resistance genes/QTL is crucial for wheat breeding programs.In this study,we fine-mapped and characterized a stripe rust resistance gene,YRAYH,on chromosome arm 5BL in the Chinese wheat landrace Anyuehong(AYH).Evaluations of stripe rust response to prevalent Chinese Pst races in near-isogenic lines derived from a cross of Anyuehong and Taichung 29 showed that YrAYH conferred a high level of resistance at all growth stages.Fine mapping using a large segregating population of 9748 plants,narrowed the YRAYH locus to a 3.7 Mb interval on chromosome arm 5BL that included 61 annotated genes.Transcriptome analysis of two NIL pairs identified 64 upregulated differentially expressed genes(DEGs)in the resistant NILs(NILs-R).Annotations indicated that many of these genes have roles in plant disease resistance pathways.Through a combined approach of fine-mapping and transcriptome sequencing,we identified a serine/threonine-protein kinase SRPK as a candidate gene underlying YrAYH.A unique 25 bp insertion was identified in the NILs-R compared to the NILs-S and previously published wheat genomes.An InDel marker was developed and co-segregated with YrAYH.Agronomic trait evaluation of the NILs suggested that YrAYH not only reduces the impact of stripe rust but was also associated with a gene that increases plant height and spike length.展开更多
Fruit quality and yield are reduced when cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.)plants are exposed to low temperature(LT)stress,yet,the inheritance and genes linked to cold tolerance in adult plants have not been reported yet.He...Fruit quality and yield are reduced when cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.)plants are exposed to low temperature(LT)stress,yet,the inheritance and genes linked to cold tolerance in adult plants have not been reported yet.Here,the LTtolerance of 120 cucumber accessions representing four ecotypes were evaluated by GWAS,and also,in 140 recombinant inbred lines(RILs)derived from a biparental cross.Plants were exposed to naturally occurring LT environments in a plastic greenhouse,in winter 2022,and 2023,and a low temperature injury index(LTII)was employed to evaluate plant performance.Genetic analysis revealed that the LT-tolerance evaluated in the adult cucumber plants was a multigenic quantitative trait,and that 18 of the 120 accessions were highly LT tolerant by our LTII assessment.Two loci(gLTT1.1 and gLTT3.1)exhibited strong signals that were consistent and stable in two environments.In addition,two QTLs—qLTT1.2 on chromosome(Chr.)1,and qLTT3.1 on Chr.3,were discovered in all tests using RIL population derived from a cross between LT-sensitive‘CsIVF0106’,and LT-tolerant‘CsIVF0168’.qLTT1.2 was delimited to a 1.24-Mb region and qLTT3.1 was narrowed to a 1.43-Mb region.Interestingly,a peak single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)at gLTT1.1 and gLTT3.1 was also found in qLTT1.2 and qLTT3.1,respectively.These loci were thus renamed as gLTT1.1 and gLTT3.1.In these regions,25 genes were associated with the LT response.By identifying differences in haplotypes and transcript profiles among these genes,we identified four candidates:CsaV3_1G012520(an ethylene-responsive transcription factor)and CsaV3_1G013060(a RING/U-box superfamily protein)in gLTT1.1,and two RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferases at CsaV3_3G018440 and CsaV3_3G017700 in gLTT3.1 that may regulate LT-tolerance in adult cucumber.Interestingly,the accessions in which the LT-tolerant haplotypes for two loci were pyramided,displayed maximally high tolerance for LT.These findings therefore provide a solid foundation for the identification of LT-tolerant genes and the molecular breeding of cucumber with LT-tolerance.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the Project of Creating High Quality,Disease Resistance and High Combining Ability CMS Lines(Grant No.cstc2018jscx-msybX0250)Chongqing Technology Innovation and Application Demonstration Project and the Project of High Photosynthetic Efficiency Rice Breeding Technology System(Grant No.2017YFD0100201)the National Key Research and Development Program“Seven Crops Breeding”.
文摘Leaf color mutants are ideal materials for studying many plant physiological and metabolic processes such as photosynthesis,photomorphogenesis,hormone physiology and disease resistance.In this study,the genetically stable yellow-green leaf mutant ygl16 was identified from mutated“Xinong 1B”.Compared with the wild type,the pigment concentration and photosynthetic capacity of the ygl16 decreased significantly.The ultrastructural observation showed that the distribution of thylakoid lamellae was irregular in ygl16 chloroplasts,and the grana and matrix lamellae were blurred and loose in varied degrees,and the chloroplast structure was disordered,while the osmiophilic corpuscles increased.The results of the genetic analysis and mapping showed that the phenotype of ygl16 was controlled by a pair of recessive nuclear gene.The gene located in the 56Kb interval between RM25654 and R3 on the long arm of chromosome 10.The sequencing results showed that the 121st base of the first intron of the candidate gene OsPORB/FGL changed from A to T in the interval.qRT-PCR results showed that the expression of chlorophyll synthase-related genes in the mutant decreased.
基金supported by Beijing Joint Research Program for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding(Grant No.G20220628003-03)Chongqing Municipal People's Government and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences strategic cooperation project,Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2020B020220001)+3 种基金the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(Grant No.CARS-23)Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science(Grant No.CAAS-ASTIP-IVFCAAS)Central public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Grant No.Y2017PT52)the Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops,Ministry of Agriculture,P.R.China。
文摘Heat stress causes overgrowth,leaf dryness and fruit malformation,which negatively impacts cucumber quality and yield.Yet,in spite of the devastating consequences of this abiotic stress,few genes for heat tolerance in cucumber have been identified.Here,the heat injury indices of 88 cucumber accessions representing diverse ecotypes were collected in two open-field environments,with naturally occurring high temperatures over two years.Seventeen of the 88 accessions were identified as highly heat-tolerant.Using a genome-wide association study,five loci(gHII3.1,gHII3.2,gHII3.3,gHII4.1 and gHII6.1)on three chromosomes associated with heat tolerance were detected.Pairwise linkage disequilibrium correlation,sequence polymorphisms,and qRT-PCR analyses at these loci,identified five candidate genes predicted to be casual for heat stress response in cucumber.CsaV3_3G04883,CsaV3_4G029050 and CsaV3_6G005370 each had nonsynonymous SNPs,and were significantly up-regulated by heat stress in the heat-tolerant genotypes.CsaV3_3G031890 was also induced by heat stress,but in the heatsensitive genotypes,and sequence polymorphism was only found in the promoter region.Identifying these candidate genes lays a foundation for understanding cucumber thermotolerance mechanisms.Our study is one of the few to examine heat stress in adult cucumber plants and it therefore fills a critical gap in knowledge.It is also an important first-step towards accelerating the breeding of robust heat-tolerant varieties.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81101302,31270185)SKLID Development Grant(2014,SKLID201)
文摘Parkinson＇s disease （PD） is a typical degenerative disease, which is characterized by the most obvious symptoms of movement dysfunction, including shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty in walking and gait. This disease can not be clearly identified through laboratory tests at present, thus application of high-throughput technique in studying the expression profiles of PD helps to find the genetic markers for its early diagnosis. Studies on expression profiles of neurodegenerative diseases have revealed the novel genes and pathways involved in the progress of illness. In this study, the expression profiles of PD in blood were compared, showing that 181 differentially expressed genes （DEG） exhibit a similar expression trend both in patients and in normal controls.
文摘Chronic pancreatitis is known to be a heterogeneous disease with varied etiologies.Tropical calcific pancreatitis(TCP) is a severe form of chronic pancreatitis unique to developing countries.With growing evidence of genetic factors contributing to the pathogenesis of TCP,this review is aimed at compiling the available information in this field.We also propose a two hit model to explain the sequence of events in the pathogenesis of TCP.
基金supported by grants from the Major Program of National Agricultural Science and Technology of China(NK20220607)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272059 and 31971883)the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(2021YFYZ0002,2022ZDZX0014,and 2023NSFSC1995)。
文摘Stripe rust,caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici(Pst),is a devastating disease in wheat worldwide.Discovering and characterizing new resistance genes/QTL is crucial for wheat breeding programs.In this study,we fine-mapped and characterized a stripe rust resistance gene,YRAYH,on chromosome arm 5BL in the Chinese wheat landrace Anyuehong(AYH).Evaluations of stripe rust response to prevalent Chinese Pst races in near-isogenic lines derived from a cross of Anyuehong and Taichung 29 showed that YrAYH conferred a high level of resistance at all growth stages.Fine mapping using a large segregating population of 9748 plants,narrowed the YRAYH locus to a 3.7 Mb interval on chromosome arm 5BL that included 61 annotated genes.Transcriptome analysis of two NIL pairs identified 64 upregulated differentially expressed genes(DEGs)in the resistant NILs(NILs-R).Annotations indicated that many of these genes have roles in plant disease resistance pathways.Through a combined approach of fine-mapping and transcriptome sequencing,we identified a serine/threonine-protein kinase SRPK as a candidate gene underlying YrAYH.A unique 25 bp insertion was identified in the NILs-R compared to the NILs-S and previously published wheat genomes.An InDel marker was developed and co-segregated with YrAYH.Agronomic trait evaluation of the NILs suggested that YrAYH not only reduces the impact of stripe rust but was also associated with a gene that increases plant height and spike length.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31902028)Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2020B020220001)+4 种基金Beijing Joint Research Program for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding(G20220628003-03)Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(CARS-23)Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science(CAAS-ASTIP-IVFCAAS)Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Y2017PT52)the Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops,Ministry of Agriculture,P.R.China.
文摘Fruit quality and yield are reduced when cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.)plants are exposed to low temperature(LT)stress,yet,the inheritance and genes linked to cold tolerance in adult plants have not been reported yet.Here,the LTtolerance of 120 cucumber accessions representing four ecotypes were evaluated by GWAS,and also,in 140 recombinant inbred lines(RILs)derived from a biparental cross.Plants were exposed to naturally occurring LT environments in a plastic greenhouse,in winter 2022,and 2023,and a low temperature injury index(LTII)was employed to evaluate plant performance.Genetic analysis revealed that the LT-tolerance evaluated in the adult cucumber plants was a multigenic quantitative trait,and that 18 of the 120 accessions were highly LT tolerant by our LTII assessment.Two loci(gLTT1.1 and gLTT3.1)exhibited strong signals that were consistent and stable in two environments.In addition,two QTLs—qLTT1.2 on chromosome(Chr.)1,and qLTT3.1 on Chr.3,were discovered in all tests using RIL population derived from a cross between LT-sensitive‘CsIVF0106’,and LT-tolerant‘CsIVF0168’.qLTT1.2 was delimited to a 1.24-Mb region and qLTT3.1 was narrowed to a 1.43-Mb region.Interestingly,a peak single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)at gLTT1.1 and gLTT3.1 was also found in qLTT1.2 and qLTT3.1,respectively.These loci were thus renamed as gLTT1.1 and gLTT3.1.In these regions,25 genes were associated with the LT response.By identifying differences in haplotypes and transcript profiles among these genes,we identified four candidates:CsaV3_1G012520(an ethylene-responsive transcription factor)and CsaV3_1G013060(a RING/U-box superfamily protein)in gLTT1.1,and two RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferases at CsaV3_3G018440 and CsaV3_3G017700 in gLTT3.1 that may regulate LT-tolerance in adult cucumber.Interestingly,the accessions in which the LT-tolerant haplotypes for two loci were pyramided,displayed maximally high tolerance for LT.These findings therefore provide a solid foundation for the identification of LT-tolerant genes and the molecular breeding of cucumber with LT-tolerance.
