Project description:Senescent sweetening results in the accumulation of reducing sugars in potato tubers following extended periods of storage at moderate temperatures, used to avoid the separate condition of cold-induced sweetening. Transcriptional profiling was performed using microarrays on potato genotypes with contrasting response; cultivars Arsenal and VR808, were considered to be senescent sweetening susceptible and resistant, respectively. Tubers were stored at 13 °C for two weeks prior to the application of chlorpropham (CIPC) to inhibit sprouting, and then transferred for long-term storage in the dark at 9 °C for different periods. Data indicated changes in carbohydrate metabolism were associated with the onset of senescent sweetening.
Project description:Senescent sweetening results in the accumulation of reducing sugars in potato tubers following extended periods of storage at moderate temperatures, used to avoid the separate condition of cold-induced sweetening. Transcriptional profiling was performed using microarrays on potato genotypes with contrasting response; cultivars Arsenal and VR808, were considered to be senescent sweetening susceptible and resistant, respectively. Tubers were stored at 13 °C for two weeks prior to the application of chlorpropham (CIPC) to inhibit sprouting, and then transferred for long-term storage in the dark at 9 °C for different periods. Data indicated changes in carbohydrate metabolism were associated with the onset of senescent sweetening. Data set 2
Project description:Light is a major environmental factor that affects metabolic pathways and stimulates the production of secondary metabolites in potato. However, adaptive changes in potato metabolic pathways and physiological functions triggered by light are partly explained by gene expression changes. Regulation of secondary metabolic pathways in potato has been extensively studied at transcriptional level, but little is known about the mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation by miRNAs. To identify light-responsive miRNAs/mRNAs and construct putative metabolism pathways regulated by the miRNA-mRNA pairs, an integrated omics (sRNAome and transcriptome) analysis was performed to potato under light stimulus. A total of 31 and 48 miRNAs were identified to be differentially expressed in the leaves and tubers, respectively. Among the DEGs, 1353 genes in the leaves and 1841 genes in the tubers were upregulated, while 1595 genes in the leaves and 897 genes in the tubers were downregulated by light. Mapman enrichment analyses showed that genes related to MVA pathway, alkaloids-like, phenlypropanoids, flavonoids, and carotenoids metabolism were significantly upregulated, while genes associated with major CHO metabolism were repressed in the leaves and tubers. Integrated miRNA and mRNA profiles revealed that light-responsive miRNAs are important regulators in alkaloids metabolism, UMP-salvage, lipid biosynthesis, and cellulose catabolism. Moreover, several miRNAs may participate in glycoalkaloids metabolism via JA signaling pathway, UDP-glucose biosynthesis and hydroxylation reaction. This study provides a global view of transcriptome response in potato response to light, our results suggest that miRNAs might play important roles in secondary metabolic pathways, especially in glycoalkaloid biosynthesis. The findings will enlighten us on the genetic regulation of secondary metabolite pathways and pave the way for future application of genetically engineered potato.
Project description:Light is a major environmental factor that affects metabolic pathways and stimulates the production of secondary metabolites in potato. However, adaptive changes in potato metabolic pathways and physiological functions triggered by light are partly explained by gene expression changes. Regulation of secondary metabolic pathways in potato has been extensively studied at transcriptional level, but little is known about the mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation by miRNAs. To identify light-responsive miRNAs/mRNAs and construct putative metabolism pathways regulated by the miRNA-mRNA pairs, an integrated omics (sRNAome and transcriptome) analysis was performed to potato under light stimulus. A total of 31 and 48 miRNAs were identified to be differentially expressed in the leaves and tubers, respectively. Among the DEGs, 1353 genes in the leaves and 1841 genes in the tubers were upregulated, while 1595 genes in the leaves and 897 genes in the tubers were downregulated by light. Mapman enrichment analyses showed that genes related to MVA pathway, alkaloids-like, phenlypropanoids, flavonoids, and carotenoids metabolism were significantly upregulated, while genes associated with major CHO metabolism were repressed in the leaves and tubers. Integrated miRNA and mRNA profiles revealed that light-responsive miRNAs are important regulators in alkaloids metabolism, UMP-salvage, lipid biosynthesis, and cellulose catabolism. Moreover, several miRNAs may participate in glycoalkaloids metabolism via JA signaling pathway, UDP-glucose biosynthesis and hydroxylation reaction. This study provides a global view of transcriptome response in potato response to light, our results suggest that miRNAs might play important roles in secondary metabolic pathways, especially in glycoalkaloid biosynthesis. The findings will enlighten us on the genetic regulation of secondary metabolite pathways and pave the way for future application of genetically engineered potato.
Project description:Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), as an important food crop on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is prone to low temperature and frost damage during the seedling stage, causing economic losses for farmers. In this study, transcriptome analyses were conducted on the leaves of Atlantic, KY130 and KY140 potato varieties following exposure to cold stress (CS). The genes StPAL(Soltu.Atl.09_2G005110) and StGAD(Soltu.Atl.11_3G000340), suggesting their involvement in the regulation of cold resistance in potato. “Flavonoid-related metabolism,” “lipid metabolism,” “amino acid metabolism,” “carbohydrate metabolism,” “nucleotide metabolism,” and “energy metabolism” might play an important role in the cold resistance of potato. Our results provided novel insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying cold resistance in potato.
Project description:This is a study to characterize gene expression profiles in stored Russet Burbank potato tubers. Tubers were harvested from commercial fields in the central sands region of Wisconsin in the fall of 2006. The tubers were put into storage at 55 degrees F for preconditioning and wound healing. Shortly after the temperature of the storage bin began to decrease, uniform, healthy tubers were selected for use in this microarray analysis. Tubers were at 53.6 degrees F at this time, and pieces of starch-storing tissue were collected for use as the reference sample. Other tubers were moved to temperature-controlled lockers and these were cooled gradually to either 48 or 40 degrees F following industry standard procedures. The expectation was that tubers held at 48 degrees would not have a significant accumulation of glucose and fructose, but that tubers cooled to 40 degrees would undergo low temperature sweetening and accumulate glucose and fructose to a degree that is unsuitable for processing. Three weeks later, when the locker temperatures were 48 degrees F and 41.5 degrees F, tissue samples were collected for RNA analysis. After another three weeks, samples were collected from tubers at 48 degrees F and 40 degrees F. At that time some tubers were moved from the 48 degree locker to the 40 degree locker in order to see if gene expression changes observed as a result of gradual cooling are similar to those that occur following a sudden decrease in temperature. Three weeks later, samples were collected from tubers held at 48 degrees F, tubers held at 40 degrees F, and from the tubers that were moved from 48 to 40 degrees F. At this time another set of tubers was transferred from 48 degrees to 40 degrees. Three weeks later the last samples were harvested from tubers held at 48 degrees F, from tubers held at 48 degrees F and from tubers that were transferred three weeks prior from 48 to 40 degrees. RNA was isolated from tissue extracted from three tubers. Keywords: Reference design
Project description:Samples from dormant and sprouting bud tissue from potato tubers were taken to enable global transcriptome analysis of active meristematic tissue. Data was used in a co-expression analysis using microarray data of different experimental backgrounds.
Project description:Potato plants of the cultivar 'Atlantic', which is IHN-susceptible, were grown in the greenhouse under a 16-hour photoperiod and 22 C day/18 C night temperatures for 46 days, after which they were transferred to growth chambers with a 14-hour photoperiod and normal (20 C day/18 C night) temperatures. At 71 DAP (days after planting), half of the plants were subjected to high (28 C day/20 C night) temperatures for the remainder of the study. Tubers from both normal and high temperature regimes were harvested at two-week intervals, beginning at 76 DAP and ending at 118 DAP. For each RNA sample, equal amounts of peeled tuber tissue (sampled from the center of the tuber using a cork borer) was pooled from three randomly chosen plants. RNA was extracted using a hot-phenol and high salt (2.4 M) CTAB-based extraction buffer. Keywords: Loop design