文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Qiao, Qian ¹ ; Wu, Chong ² ; Cheng, Tian-Tian ³ ; Yan, Yu ³ ; Zhang, Lin ³ ; Wan, Ying-Lin ¹ ; Wang, Jia-Wei ² ; Liu, Qing-Zhong ² ; Feng, Zhen ⁴ ; Liu, Yan ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Landscape Architecture,Beijing Key Lab Orname, Natl Engn Res Ctr Floriculture,Minist Educ, Beijing Lab Urban & Rural Ecol Environm,Key Lab G, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China

2.Shandong Acad Agr Sci, Shandong Inst Pomol, Tai An 271000, Shandong, Peoples R China

3.Taishan Forestry Sci Inst, Tai An 271018, Shandong, Peoples R China

4.Shandong Agr Univ, Coll Forestry, Dept Forestry, Tai An 271018, Shandong, Peoples R China

关键词： Pteroceltis tatarinowii; variegated; transmission electron microscopy; transcriptome; metabolism; combined analysis

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：6.208； 五年影响因子：6.628 ）

ISSN：

年卷期： 2022 年 23 卷 9 期

页码：

收录情况： SCI

摘要： In nature, many different factors cause plants to develop variegated leaves. To explore the mechanism of variegated leaf formation in Pteroceltis tatarinowii, a mutant variety ('Jinyuyuan'), which was induced by ethylmethylsulfone, was selected, and its morphological structure, physiology, biochemistry, transcription and metabolism were analysed. According to differences in colour values, the colours were divided into two regions: a green region and a yellow-green region. The chlorophyll content of the two regions was significantly different. Moreover, the yellow-green regions of the leaves were significantly thinner than the green regions. The chloroplast ultrastructure in the yellow-green region revealed small chloroplasts, large vacuoles, small starch grains, obviously increased numbers of osmophilic grains, loose lamellae of the inner capsule and thin lamellae. Moreover, the yellow-green region was accompanied by oxidative stress, and the activity of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway related to oxidative activity in the transcriptome showed an upward trend. Vitamin B6 and proline contents also increased, indicating that the antioxidant activity of cells in the yellow-green region increased. Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis showed that the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to chlorophyll synthesis and metabolism led to a decrease in the photosynthesis and then a decrease in the assimilation ability and contents of sucrose, starch and other assimilates. Amino acid synthesis and metabolism, lipid synthesis and the activity of metabolic pathways were obviously downregulated, and the contents of differentially accumulated metabolites associated with amino acids and lipids were also reduced. At the same time, 31 out of 32 DEGs involved in the flavonoid synthesis pathway were downregulated, which affected leaf colour. We hypothesized that the variegated leaves of P. tatarinowii 'Jinyuyuan' are caused by transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation. Mutations in pigment and flavonoid synthesis pathway genes and transcription factor genes directly affect both pigment and flavonoid synthesis and degradation rate, which in turn affect carbon assimilation, carbon fixation, related protein synthesis and enzyme activity, lipid synthesis and degradation and the activity of other metabolic pathways, eventually leading to the formation of different colour regions.