Project description:In this study, a cross species hybridization (CSH) approach was used to evaluate whole transcriptome changes during carotenoid accumulation in the storage root of carrot (Daucus carota). Carotenoids are isoprenoid compounds providing red, yellow and orange color to plants. Previous gene expression analyses of carotenoid accumulation in non-model plant species have primarily used a candidate gene approach. Since global transcriptome analyses require extensive genome sequence, in the absence of these genomic resources an alternate approach uses platforms developed for model plant species. To assess transcriptome patterns associated with carotenoid pigmentation in carrot storage root, two carrot sibling inbred lines, B8788, true breeding for orange color and B8750, true breeding for white root color, were hybridized to the Medicago Affymetrix GeneChip microarray.
Project description:In this study, a cross species hybridization (CSH) approach was used to evaluate whole transcriptome changes during carotenoid accumulation in the storage root of carrot (Daucus carota). Carotenoids are isoprenoid compounds providing red, yellow and orange color to plants. Previous gene expression analyses of carotenoid accumulation in non-model plant species have primarily used a candidate gene approach. Since global transcriptome analyses require extensive genome sequence, in the absence of these genomic resources an alternate approach uses platforms developed for model plant species. To assess transcriptome patterns associated with carotenoid pigmentation in carrot storage root, two carrot sibling inbred lines, B8788, true breeding for orange color and B8750, true breeding for white root color, were hybridized to the Medicago Affymetrix GeneChip microarray. Near isogenic recombinant inbred lines B8788 and B8750, derived from a cross between white rooted wild carrot (QAL) and orange-rooted B493 were used for comparative analyzes to minimize background genetic differences. B8788 is true breeding for orange color whereas B8750 is true breeding for white storage root color. Carrots were grown in three pots for each genotype under greenhouse conditions and carrots were selected arbitrarily from these pots for harvest. Roots were harvested at approximately 11 weeks post planting when carotenoid accumulation becomes apparent in the storage root. Storage root tissue from sixteen individual carrot roots was pooled into three one-gram tissue pools of four carrots for each genotype.
Project description:Cultivated carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus) was domesticated from wild carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. carota) with radical different traits. The aim of this study was to compare the root transcriptomes between cultivated and wild carrots for SNP discovery, inferring domestication process, and identifying domestication genes. Six cultivated carrots representing main European carrot root types and five wild carrot populations from widely dispersed sites were used. The root transcriptomes were sequenced with multiplexing paried-end sequencing in Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx.
Project description:Purple carrots can accumulate large quantities of anthocyanins in their roots. Depending on the genetic background, anthocyanin pigmentation can be expressed in the entire root, or it can display tissue specific-patterns, confined to the root phloem or xylem tissues. Within the phloem, the tissue usually contributing most of the overall anthocyanin concentration in the carrot root, purple pigmentation can be found in the outer phloem (OP) (also called cortex) and inner phloem (IP) tissues, or it can be confined exclusively to the OP. The latter is a fairly-common phenotype in many purple carrot cultivars. In this work, the genetic control underlying tissue-specific anthocyanin pigmentation in the carrot root OP and IP tissues was investigated by means of linkage mapping, transcriptome (RNA-seq), phylogenetic, and gene expression (RT-qPCR) analyses in two genetic backgrounds; an F2 mapping population (3242) and the inbred line B7262. Genetic mapping of the ‘root outer phloem anthocyanin pigmentation’ (ROPAP) and inner phloem pigmentation (RIPAP) revealed co-localization of ROPAP with the P1 and P3 genomic regions previously known to condition pigmentation in different genetic stocks, whereas RIPAP co-localized with P3 only. Transcriptome analysis of purple OP (POP) vs. non-purple IP (NPIP) tissues, along with linkage and phylogenetic data, allowed an initial identification of 28 candidate genes, 19 of which were further evaluated by RT-qPCR in independent root samples of 3242 and B7262, revealing 15 genes consistently upregulated in the POP in both genetic backgrounds, and two genes upregulated in the POP in specific backgrounds. These include seven transcription factors (4 MYBs, 1 bHLH, 1 MADS-box, 1 ERF), seven anthocyanin structural genes, and two genes involved in cellular transport. Altogether, our results point at DcMYB7, DcMYB113, and a MADS-box (DCAR_010757) as the main candidate genes conditioning ROPAP in 3242, whereas DcMYB7 and MADS-box condition RIPAP in this background. In 7262, which roots present purple pigmentation only in the outer phloem, DcMYB113 conditions ROPAP
Project description:Whole genome microarray data were analyzed to describe the changes in gene transcription profile in human Caco-2 cancer cells under the influence of the extract from iodine-biofortified and non-fortified carrot and lettuce. These iodine-biofortified vegetables can be used as a functional food. Four-condition experiment: iodine-biofortified carrot, non-fortified carrot, iodine-biofortified lettuce, non-fortified lettuce vs. Caco-2 colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line. Three biological replicates and three technical replicates.
Project description:Cacao, spinach and carrot are three important crops with high valuable markets. For these species there isn't already an available genome-wide annotation of small rna. Here, for the first time, we sequenced and annotated small RNAs.
Project description:We provide a comparative transcriptomics analysis between wild (red or Delhi) and modified (orange or hybrid) carrot roots available in India.