Project description:High CO2 treatment achieved significant acceleration of deastringency of ‘Jingmianshi’ persimmon fruit and subsequent softening, which could be retarded by adding 1-MCP. Comparison of the differentially expressed genes in the different treatments narrowed down the potential candidate genes for persimmon post-deastringency or softening.
2020-05-13 | GSE137588 | GEO
Project description:Transcriptome sequencing of persimmon fruit
| PRJNA1094889 | ENA
Project description:Transcriptome data of persimmon fruit size
Project description:Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L. f.) is a most popular fruit in Asian countries but its peels are totally wasted despite of containing a plenty of antioxidants such as carotenoids and polyphenols. We prepared a fat-soluble extract from a persimmon peel (PP) fraction and fed type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats with a PP extract-containing AIN-93G diet (PP diet) for 12 weeks. Compared with the control AIN-93G diet, the feeding of the PP diet reduced the plasma glutamic-pyruvate transaminase activity significantly, with accumulation of β-cryptoxanthin in the liver. A DNA microarray analysis revealed that the PP diet altered the hepatic gene expression profiles. In particular, insulin signaling pathway-related genes were significantly enriched in differentially expressed gene sets. Moreover, Western blotting analysis actually showed the promotion of IRβ tyrosine phosphorylation. All these data suggest that the PP extract administration to the GK rats improves their insulin resistance.
