Full-Length Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals the Molecular Mechanism of Seed Responding to Aging

Overview

Journal Antioxidants (Basel)

Date 2023 Jul 29

PMID 37507893

Authors

Yongjian Luo

Yixin Zhang

Jingyu Le

Qing Li

Jiaolin Mou

Shiming Deng

Jitao Li

Ru Wang

Zhijun Deng

Jun Liu

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Abstract

Hu and W. C. Cheng, as the only surviving relict species of the Taxodiaceae genus, is a critically endangered and protected species in China. There is a risk of extinction due to the low vigor of seeds, and the physiological mechanism of seed aging in is not yet clear. In order to investigate the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the aging process of seeds, we analyzed the antioxidant system and transcriptome at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 days after artificial accelerated aging treatment at 40 °C and 100% relative humidity. It was found that the germination percentage of fresh dried seeds was 54 ± 5.29%, and significantly declined to 9.33 ± 1.88% after 6 days of aging, and then gradually decreased until the seed died on day 8. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, ascorbic acid (AsA), glutathione (GSH) content and superoxide anion (O) content and production rate significantly decreased, while malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (HO) content and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and catalase (CAT) activity gradually increased during the aging process. A total of 42,189 unigenes were identified in the whole transcriptome, and 40,446 (95.86%) unigenes were annotated in at least one protein database. A total of 15,376 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained; KEGG enrichment analysis results revealed that seed aging may be mainly involved in the protein-processing pathways in endoplasmic reticulum, oxidative phosphorylation, and ascorbate and aldarate metabolism. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) revealed that the dark magenta, orange, and medium purple modules were highly correlated with physiological indicators such as SOD, CAT, and GSH and further identified 40 hub genes such as , , , and as playing important roles in the antioxidant network of seeds. These findings provide a broader perspective for studying the regulatory mechanism of seed aging and a large number of potential target genes for the breeding of other endangered gymnosperms.

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