scholarly journals Abscisic Acid Improves Linoleic Acid Accumulation Possibly by Promoting Expression of EgFAD2 and Other Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Genes in Oil Palm Mesocarp

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Shi ◽  
Wei Hua ◽  
Yin Min Htwe ◽  
Dapeng Zhang ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abscisic Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Enrichment Analysis ◽  
Linoleic Acid Content ◽  
Pathway Enrichment Analysis ◽  
Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Palm Fruit

Abscisic acid plays an important role in fruit development. However, the effect of ABA on fatty acid biosynthesis in oil palm is still unknown. In this study, ABA treatments (CK, A1–A4) were applied to oil palm fruit at 16 WAP (weeks after pollination), and fatty acids in the mesocarp at 24 WAP were analyzed by GC-MS. Results showed that linoleic acid content under treatment A2 (20 μM ABA) was significantly higher (slightly increased by 8.33%) than the control. Therefore, mesocarp samples of A2, and the control at 16, 20, and 24 WAP was sampled for RNA-Seq. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that 43 genes were differentially expressed in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway, of which expression of EgFAD2 (unigene 105050201) under 20 μM ABA treatment was 1.84-fold higher than in the control at 20 WAP. Further sequence analysis found that unigene 105050201 had more ABA-responsive elements (ABRE), complete conserved domains, and a C-terminal signaling motif among two FAD2 copies. Furthermore, WGCNA and correlation analysis showed co-expression of EgFAD2 (unigene 105050201) with transcription factors (TFs) (WRI1, AP2-EREBP, bZIP, bHLH, C2C2-Dof, MYB, NAC, and WRKY), ABA signaling genes (PYR, PP2C, SnRK, and ABI5), and other genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis (FATA, FATB, LACS, SAD, Oleosins, and so on). These results indicated that ABA treatment promoted the expression of FAD2 and other genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis, which possibly resulted in the accumulation of linoleic acid. This study will be helpful for understanding the possible mechanisms through which ABA affects fatty acid biosynthesis and their accumulation in the mesocarp of oil palm.

scholarly journals Clone And Function Verification of The OPR Gene Related to Linoleic Acid Synthesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Tan ◽  
Juan Niu ◽  
Duo zi Peng ◽  
Qian Cheng ◽  
Ming Bao Luan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Acid Content ◽  
Rapeseed Oil ◽  
Enrichment Analysis ◽  
Acid Synthesis ◽  
Linoleic Acid Content ◽  
Expression Vectors ◽  
Pathway Enrichment Analysis ◽  
Over Expression

Abstract Background: Fatty acid composition and content affect rapeseed oil quality. Fatty acid synthesis-related genes in rapeseed have been studied globally by researchers. Nevertheless, rapeseed oil is mainly composed of seven different fatty acids, and each fatty acid was regulated by different genes, furthermore different fatty acid contents affect each other, which needs continuous and in-depth research to obtain more clear results.Results: In this paper, broad-scale miRNA expression profiles were constructed and 21 differentially expressed miRNAs were detected. GO enrichment analysis showed that most up-regulated proteins were involved in transcription factor activity and catalytic activity. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis indicated that 20 pathways involving 36 target genes were enriched, of which the bna00592 pathway may be involved in fatty acid metabolism. The results were verified using a Quantitative Real-time PCR (RT-PCR) analysis, and it was found that the target gene of bna-miR156b>c>g was the OPR (12-oxo-phytodienoic acid reductase). Four copies of OPR gene were found, and the over-expression vectors (pCAMBIA1300-35s-OPR and pCAMBIA1300-RNAi-OPR) were constructed to verify their functions. In T1 and T2 plants, OPR-OE (OPR Over-Expression strain) significantly increased linoleic acid content (T1 12.56%, T2 7.185%) and OPRi (OPRi RNA-interference strain) decreased linoleic acid content (T1 5.98%, T2 0.86%).Conclusions: This is the first study to provide four copies of the OPR gene that regulates LA metabolism, can be used for the molecular mechanism of LA and optimizing fatty acid profiles in oilseed for breeding programs.

scholarly journals Cloning and functional analysis of the FAD2 gene family from desert shrub Artemisia sphaerocephala

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiumei Miao ◽  
Lijing Zhang ◽  
Xiaowei Hu ◽  
Shuzhen Nan ◽  
Xiaolong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Gene Family ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Desert Shrub ◽  
Artemisia Sphaerocephala

Abstract Background Linoleic acid is an important polyunsaturated fatty acid, required for all eukaryotes. Microsomal delta-12 (Δ12) oleate desaturase (FAD2) is a key enzyme for linoleic acid biosynthesis. Desert shrub Artemisia sphaerocephala is rich in linoleic acid, it has a large FAD2 gene family with twenty-six members. The aim of this work is to unveil the difference and potentially functionality of AsFAD2 family members. Results Full-length cDNAs of twenty-one AsFAD2 genes were obtained from A. sphaerocephala. The putative polypeptides encoded by AsFAD2 family genes showed a high level of sequence similarity and were relatively conserved during evolution. The motif composition was also relatively conservative. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that the AsFAD2–1 gene was strongly expressed in developing seeds, which may be closely associated with the high accumulating ability of linoleic acid in A. sphaerocephala seeds. Although different AsFAD2 family members showed diverse response to salt stress, the overall mRNA levels of the AsFAD2 family genes was stable. Transient expression of AsFAD2 genes in the Nicotiana benthamiana leaves revealed that the encoded proteins were all located in the endoplasmic reticulum. Heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae suggested that only three AsFAD2 enzymes, AsFAD2–1, − 10, and − 23, were Δ12 oleate desaturases, which could convert oleic acid to linoleic acid, whereas AsFAD2–1 and AsFAD2–10 could also produce palmitolinoleic acid. Conclusions This research reported the cloning, expression studies, subcellular localization and functional identification of the large AsFAD2 gene family. These results should be helpful in understanding fatty acid biosynthesis in A. sphaerocephala, and has the potential to be applied in the study of plant fatty acids traits.

scholarly journals Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analysis of selected fatty acid biosynthesis genes and CNL disease resistance genes in oil palm

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e0194792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rozana Rosli ◽  
Nadzirah Amiruddin ◽  
Mohd Amin Ab Halim ◽  
Pek-Lan Chan ◽  
Kuang-Lim Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Disease Resistance Genes ◽  
Transcriptomic Analysis ◽  
Comparative Genomic ◽  
Acid Biosynthesis

scholarly journals Genome-wide approaches delineate the additive, epistatic, and pleiotropic nature of variants controlling fatty acid composition in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul I. Otyama ◽  
Kelly Chamberlin ◽  
Peggy Ozias-Akins ◽  
Michelle A. Graham ◽  
Ethalinda K.S. Cannon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Content ◽  
Seed Oil ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Functional Enrichment ◽  
Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Genome Wide

The fatty acid composition of seed oil is a major determinant of the flavor, shelf-life, and nutritional quality of peanuts. Major QTLs controlling high oil content, high oleic content, and low linoleic content have been characterized in several seed oil crop species. Here we employ genome-wide association approaches on a recently genotyped collection of 787 plant introduction accessions in the USDA peanut core collection, plus selected improved cultivars, to discover markers associated with the natural variation in fatty acid composition, and to explain the genetic control of fatty acid composition in seed oils. Overall, 251 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) had significant trait associations with the measured fatty acid components. Twelve SNPs were associated with two or three different traits. Of these loci with apparent pleiotropic effects, 10 were associated with both oleic (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2) content at different positions in the genome. In all 10 cases, the favorable allele had an opposite effect - increasing and lowering the concentration, respectively, of oleic and linoleic acid. The other traits with pleiotropic variant control were palmitic (C16:0), behenic (C22:0), lignoceric (C24:0), gadoleic (C20:1), total saturated, and total unsaturated fatty acid content. One hundred (100) of the significantly associated SNPs were located within 1000 kbp of 55 genes with fatty acid biosynthesis functional annotations. These genes encoded, among others: ACCase carboxyl transferase subunits, and several fatty acid synthase II enzymes. With the exception of gadoleic (C20:1) and lignoceric (C24:0) acid content, which occur at relatively low abundance in cultivated peanut, all traits had significant SNP interactions exceeding a stringent Bonferroni threshold (α = 1%). We detected 7,682 pairwise SNP interactions affecting the relative abundance of fatty acid components in the seed oil. Of these, 627 SNP pairs had at least one SNP within 1000 kbp of a gene with fatty acid biosynthesis functional annotation. We evaluated 168 candidate genes underlying these SNP interactions. Functional enrichment and protein-to-protein interactions supported significant interactions (p-value < 1.0E-16) among the genes evaluated. These results show the complex nature of the biology and genes underlying the variation in seed oil fatty acid composition and contribute to an improved genotype-to-phenotype map for fatty acid variation in peanut seed oil.

Linoleic acid (18:2n-6) to α-linolenic acid (18:3n-3) ratio modifies polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in human CD3+ T cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Von Gerichten ◽  
Graham Burdge ◽  
Elizabeth Miles ◽  
Nicola Irvine ◽  
Barbara Fielding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Linolenic Acid ◽  
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Acid Biosynthesis

scholarly journals Genome-wide approaches delineate the additive, epistatic, and pleiotropic nature of variants controlling fatty acid composition in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul I Otyama ◽  
Kelly Chamberlin ◽  
Peggy Ozias-Akins ◽  
Michelle A Graham ◽  
Ethalinda K S Cannon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Content ◽  
Seed Oil ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Functional Enrichment ◽  
Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Genome Wide

Abstract The fatty acid composition of seed oil is a major determinant of the flavor, shelf-life, and nutritional quality of peanuts. Major QTLs controlling high oil content, high oleic content, and low linoleic content have been characterized in several seed oil crop species. Here we employ genome-wide association approaches on a recently genotyped collection of 787 plant introduction accessions in the USDA peanut core collection, plus selected improved cultivars, to discover markers associated with the natural variation in fatty acid composition, and to explain the genetic control of fatty acid composition in seed oils. Overall, 251 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) had significant trait associations with the measured fatty acid components. Twelve SNPs were associated with two or three different traits. Of these loci with apparent pleiotropic effects, 10 were associated with both oleic (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2) content at different positions in the genome. In all 10 cases, the favorable allele had an opposite effect—increasing and lowering the concentration, respectively, of oleic and linoleic acid. The other traits with pleiotropic variant control were palmitic (C16:0), behenic (C22:0), lignoceric (C24:0), gadoleic (C20:1), total saturated, and total unsaturated fatty acid content. One hundred (100) of the significantly associated SNPs were located within 1000 kbp of 55 genes with fatty acid biosynthesis functional annotations. These genes encoded, among others: ACCase carboxyl transferase subunits, and several fatty acid synthase II enzymes. With the exception of gadoleic (C20:1) and lignoceric (C24:0) acid content, which occur at relatively low abundance in cultivated peanut, all traits had significant SNP interactions exceeding a stringent Bonferroni threshold (α = 1%). We detected 7,682 pairwise SNP interactions affecting the relative abundance of fatty acid components in the seed oil. Of these, 627 SNP pairs had at least one SNP within 1000 kbp of a gene with fatty acid biosynthesis functional annotation. We evaluated 168 candidate genes underlying these SNP interactions. Functional enrichment and protein-to-protein interactions supported significant interactions (p-value &lt; 1.0E-16) among the genes evaluated. These results show the complex nature of the biology and genes underlying the variation in seed oil fatty acid composition and contribute to an improved genotype-to-phenotype map for fatty acid variation in peanut seed oil.

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