ABSTRACT: Comprehensive transcriptome profiling of Salvia miltiorrhiza for discovery of downstream and regulatory genes involved in tanshinone and phenolic acid biosynthesis
Project description:Tanshinones and phenolic acids are crucial bioactive compounds biosynthesized in Salvia miltiorrhiza. Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) is an effective elicitor to enhance the production of phenolic acids and tanshinones simultaneously, while yeast extract (YE) is used as a biotic elicitor that only induce tanshinones accumulation. However, little was known about the different molecular mechanism. To identify the downstream and regulatory genes involved in tanshinone and phenolic acid biosynthesis, we conducted comparative transcriptome profiling of S. miltiorrhiza hairy roots treated with either MeJA or YE.Total 55588 unigenes were assembled from about 1.72 billion clean reads, of which 42458 unigenes (76.4%) were successfully annotated. The expression patterns of 19 selected genes in the significantly upregulated unigenes were verified by quantitative real-time PCR. The candidate downstream genes and other cytochrome P450s involved in the late steps of tanshinone and phenolic acid biosynthesis pathways were screened from the RNA-seq dataset based on co-expression pattern analysis with specific biosynthetic genes. Additionally, 375 transcription factors were identified to exhibit a significant up-regulated expression pattern in response to induction. This study can provide us a valuable gene resource for elucidating the molecular mechanism of tanshinones and phenolic acids biosynthesis in hairy roots of S.miltiorrhiza.
Project description:Salvia miltiorrhiza is one of the most popular traditional medicinal herbs in Asian nations. Its dried root contains a number of tanshinones, protocatechuic aldehyde, salvianolic acid B and rosmarinic, and is used for the treatment of various diseases. To make clear the molecular mechanism of tanshinones biosynthesis in S. miltiorrhiza, the tissue-specific miRNAs and their target genes were identified by high-throughput sequencing and degradome analysis. A total of 452 known miRNAs corresponding to 589 pre-miRNAs, and 40 novel miRNAs corresponding to 24 pre-miRNAs were identified in different tissues of S. miltiorrhiza, respectively. Among them, 62 miRNAs express only in root, 95 miRNAs express only in stem, 19 miRNAs express only in leaf, and 71 miRNAs express only in flower, respectively. By the degradome analysis, 69 targets potentially cleaved by 25 miRNAs were identified. Among them, Acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase was identified in S. miltiorrhiza, which was cleaved by miR5072 and involved in the biosynthesis of tanshinones. This study provided valuable information for understanding the tissues expression patterns of miRNAs, and offered a foundation for future studies of the miRNA-mediated tanshinones biosynthesis in S. miltiorrhiza. The tissue-specific miRNAs and their target genes were identified by high-throughput sequencing and degradome analysis.
Project description:Salvia miltiorrhiza is one of the most popular traditional medicinal herbs in Asian nations. Its dried root contains a number of tanshinones, protocatechuic aldehyde, salvianolic acid B and rosmarinic, and is used for the treatment of various diseases. To make clear the molecular mechanism of tanshinones biosynthesis in S. miltiorrhiza, the tissue-specific miRNAs and their target genes were identified by high-throughput sequencing and degradome analysis. A total of 452 known miRNAs corresponding to 589 pre-miRNAs, and 40 novel miRNAs corresponding to 24 pre-miRNAs were identified in different tissues of S. miltiorrhiza, respectively. Among them, 62 miRNAs express only in root, 95 miRNAs express only in stem, 19 miRNAs express only in leaf, and 71 miRNAs express only in flower, respectively. By the degradome analysis, 69 targets potentially cleaved by 25 miRNAs were identified. Among them, Acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase was identified in S. miltiorrhiza, which was cleaved by miR5072 and involved in the biosynthesis of tanshinones. This study provided valuable information for understanding the tissues expression patterns of miRNAs, and offered a foundation for future studies of the miRNA-mediated tanshinones biosynthesis in S. miltiorrhiza.
