In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 18, No. 6 ( 2023-6-2), p. e0286539-
Abstract:
The biosynthesis of anthocyanins is still questionable in regulating the quantities of anthocyanins biosynthesized in rice seeds and the expression levels of transcription factors and the structural genes involved in the biosynthetic pathway of anthocyanins. We herein investigated the relationship between the accumulated anthocyanin contents and the expression levels of genes related to the biosynthesis of anthocyanins in rice seeds. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry analysis of cyanidin 3-glucoside (C3G) in rice seeds showed no accumulation of C3G in white and red rice cultivars, and the differential accumulation of C3G among black rice cultivars. RNA-seq analysis in rice seeds, including white, red, and black rice cultivars, at twenty days after heading (DAH) further exhibited that the genes involved in the biosynthesis of anthocyanins were differentially upregulated in developing seeds of black rice. We further verified these RNA-seq results through gene expression analysis by a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in developing seeds of white, red, and black rice cultivars at 20 DAH. Of these genes related to the biosynthesis of anthocyanins, bHLH s, MYB s, and WD40 , which are regulators, and the structural genes, including chalcone synthase ( CHS ), flavanone 3-hydroxylase ( F3H ), flavonoid 3´-hydroxylase ( F3 ´ H ), dihydroflavonol 4-reductase ( DFR ), and anthocyanidin synthase ( ANS ), were differentially upregulated in black rice seeds. The correlation analysis revealed that the quantities of C3G biosynthesized in black rice seeds were positively correlated to the expression levels of bHLH s, MYB s and WD40 , CHS , F3H , F3 ´ H , DFR , and ANS . In addition, we present bHLH2 ( LOC_Os04g47040 ) and MYB s ( LOC_Os01g49160 , LOC_Os01g74410 , and LOC_Os03g29614 ) as new putative transcription factor genes for the biosynthesis of anthocyanins in black rice seeds. It is expected that this study will help to improve the understanding of the molecular levels involved in the biosynthesis of anthocyanins in black rice seeds.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0286539
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.g001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.g002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.g003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.g004
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.g005
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s004
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s005
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s006
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s007
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s008
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10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s009
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0286539.s010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2023
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