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De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L.

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), an important traditional Chinese medicine, is cultured widely for its pharmacological effects, but little is known regarding the genes related to the metabolic regulation of the safflower’s yellow pigment. To investigate genes related to safflor yellow biosynthes...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiuming, Dong, Yuanyuan, Yao, Na, Zhang, Yu, Wang, Nan, Cui, Xiyan, Li, Xiaowei, Wang, Yanfang, Wang, Fawei, Yang, Jing, Guan, Lili, Du, Linna, Li, Haiyan, Li, Xiaokun
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516840
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161025657
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author Liu, Xiuming
Dong, Yuanyuan
Yao, Na
Zhang, Yu
Wang, Nan
Cui, Xiyan
Li, Xiaowei
Wang, Yanfang
Wang, Fawei
Yang, Jing
Guan, Lili
Du, Linna
Li, Haiyan
Li, Xiaokun
author_facet Liu, Xiuming
Dong, Yuanyuan
Yao, Na
Zhang, Yu
Wang, Nan
Cui, Xiyan
Li, Xiaowei
Wang, Yanfang
Wang, Fawei
Yang, Jing
Guan, Lili
Du, Linna
Li, Haiyan
Li, Xiaokun
author_sort Liu, Xiuming
collection PubMed
description Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), an important traditional Chinese medicine, is cultured widely for its pharmacological effects, but little is known regarding the genes related to the metabolic regulation of the safflower’s yellow pigment. To investigate genes related to safflor yellow biosynthesis, 454 pyrosequencing of flower RNA at different developmental stages was performed, generating large databases.In this study, we analyzed 454 sequencing data from different flowering stages in safflower. In total, 1,151,324 raw reads and 1,140,594 clean reads were produced, which were assembled into 51,591 unigenes with an average length of 679 bp and a maximum length of 5109 bp. Among the unigenes, 40,139 were in the early group, 39,768 were obtained from the full group and 28,316 were detected in both samples. With the threshold of “log2 ratio ≥ 1”, there were 34,464 differentially expressed genes, of which 18,043 were up-regulated and 16,421 were down-regulated in the early flower library. Based on the annotations of the unigenes, 281 pathways were predicted. We selected 12 putative genes and analyzed their expression levels using quantitative real time-PCR. The results were consistent with the 454 sequencing results. In addition, the expression of chalcone synthase, chalcone isomerase and anthocyanidin synthase, which are involved in safflor yellow biosynthesis and safflower yellow pigment (SYP) content, were analyzed in different flowering periods, indicating that their expression levels were related to SYP synthesis. Moreover, to further confirm the results of the 454 pyrosequencing, full-length cDNA of chalcone isomerase (CHI) and anthocyanidin synthase (ANS) were cloned from safflower petal by RACE (Rapid-amplification of cDNA ends) method according to fragment of the transcriptome.
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spelling pubmed-46328202015-11-23 De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L. Liu, Xiuming Dong, Yuanyuan Yao, Na Zhang, Yu Wang, Nan Cui, Xiyan Li, Xiaowei Wang, Yanfang Wang, Fawei Yang, Jing Guan, Lili Du, Linna Li, Haiyan Li, Xiaokun Int J Mol Sci Article Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), an important traditional Chinese medicine, is cultured widely for its pharmacological effects, but little is known regarding the genes related to the metabolic regulation of the safflower’s yellow pigment. To investigate genes related to safflor yellow biosynthesis, 454 pyrosequencing of flower RNA at different developmental stages was performed, generating large databases.In this study, we analyzed 454 sequencing data from different flowering stages in safflower. In total, 1,151,324 raw reads and 1,140,594 clean reads were produced, which were assembled into 51,591 unigenes with an average length of 679 bp and a maximum length of 5109 bp. Among the unigenes, 40,139 were in the early group, 39,768 were obtained from the full group and 28,316 were detected in both samples. With the threshold of “log2 ratio ≥ 1”, there were 34,464 differentially expressed genes, of which 18,043 were up-regulated and 16,421 were down-regulated in the early flower library. Based on the annotations of the unigenes, 281 pathways were predicted. We selected 12 putative genes and analyzed their expression levels using quantitative real time-PCR. The results were consistent with the 454 sequencing results. In addition, the expression of chalcone synthase, chalcone isomerase and anthocyanidin synthase, which are involved in safflor yellow biosynthesis and safflower yellow pigment (SYP) content, were analyzed in different flowering periods, indicating that their expression levels were related to SYP synthesis. Moreover, to further confirm the results of the 454 pyrosequencing, full-length cDNA of chalcone isomerase (CHI) and anthocyanidin synthase (ANS) were cloned from safflower petal by RACE (Rapid-amplification of cDNA ends) method according to fragment of the transcriptome. MDPI 2015-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4632820/ /pubmed/26516840 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161025657 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Liu, Xiuming
Dong, Yuanyuan
Yao, Na
Zhang, Yu
Wang, Nan
Cui, Xiyan
Li, Xiaowei
Wang, Yanfang
Wang, Fawei
Yang, Jing
Guan, Lili
Du, Linna
Li, Haiyan
Li, Xiaokun
De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L.
title De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L.
title_full De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L.
title_fullStr De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L.
title_full_unstemmed De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L.
title_short De Novo Sequencing and Analysis of the Safflower Transcriptome to Discover Putative Genes Associated with Safflor Yellow in Carthamus tinctorius L.
title_sort de novo sequencing and analysis of the safflower transcriptome to discover putative genes associated with safflor yellow in carthamus tinctorius l.
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516840
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161025657
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