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The transcriptome of StRIK-silenced periderms suggests a role of this potato gene in RNA processing and stress

ABSTRACT: The periderm is a protective barrier crucial for land plants survival, but genetic factors involved in its regulation are fairly unknown. In a previous transcriptomic approach in the cork oak periderm (Quercus suber) we identified a RS2-INTERACTING KH PROTEIN (RIK) homolog, of unknown function and with a K homology (KH)-domain RNA-binding protein, as a regulatory candidate gene in the periderm. To gain insight into the function of RIK in periderm, the potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber periderm was used as a model. The StRIK transcript profile showed ubiquitous accumulation in all vegetative tissues analyzed, including periderm and other suberized tissues such as root and wound-healing tissues. Downregulation of StRIK in potato by RNA interference (StRIK-RNAi) did not show evident effects in tuber periderm anatomy but unexpectedly unlike Wild type, the transgenic plants flowered. Nevertheless, the periderm of StRIK-RNAi lines did show altered expression of genes associated with RNA metabolism, stress and signaling, mirroring the biological processes found enriched within the in silico co-expression network of the Arabidopsis ortholog. Altogether those findings suggest that the potato StRIK might play roles in RNA maturation and stress response throughout diverse plant developmental processes such as flowering and periderm formation.

ORGANISM(S): Solanum tuberosum

PROVIDER: GSE153641 | GEO | 2021/06/21

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:The phellogen or cork cambium is a bifacial stem cell population from which derivatives are formed by periclinal divisions and specified on opposing sides as phelloderm (inwardly) and phellem or cork (outwardly). Altogether the three layers constitute the periderm which covers and protects the radially-grown organs (stems, roots and tubers) and wounded tissues from dehydration and pathogen attack. The phellem is the final responsible of the protective function of periderm and despite its vital importance, just the suberin biosynthetic process has been studied molecularly while other processes are poorly understood. To shed some light on the phellem cell development from its formation to its final maturation, we used the innercork living material of cork planks extracted from cork oak (Quercus suber) in which we analysed the transcriptome at three time-points: at the beginning (April), maximum (June) and final (July) cork seasonal growth. Since cork presents seasonal growth and the process from phellogen derivative proliferation and specification to phellem cells is continuous, the time-course cork samples were used to approach the phellem cell formation and development. The June enrichment of phellem cells undergoing suberization was confirmed transcriptionally, observing highest expression of suberin-related genes in this month, thus validating our strategy. To highlight the major molecular processes embracing from phellogen to mature phellem cell, the differentially expressed genes between time-points were clustered based on their expression pattern. April transcriptome upregulates the processes involved in the meristem proliferation and maintenance and the triggering of cell differentiation, in agreement with the enrichment of phellogenic cells from which phellem cells are specified. The processes upregulated in Juny and July cork samples, were secondary metabolic processes compatible with the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites deposited within phellem cell wall such as suberin, lignin, extractives including fatty aciyl-derived compounds and triterpenes and also soluble aromatic compounds. The processes with a maximum in July showed upregulation of polyssacharides- and lignin-related processes compatible with a reinforcement of the cork cell wall, presumably related with the latecork formation with smaller and thickened-cells at the end of the growing season. For the above mentioned processes, we discuss the putative function of the most relevant genes in the context of phellem ontogeny. This work provides the most important molecular mechanisms during phellem cell development and provide relevant data for the understanding of the seasonal growth of cork, a material of important circular economic value.

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The transcriptome of StRIK-silenced periderms suggests a role of this potato gene in RNA processing and stress

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