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Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a commercially relevant food crop with high demand worldwide. This species belongs to the Convolvulaceae family and is native to tropical and subtropical regions. Storage temperature and time can adversely affect tuberous roots’ quality and nutritional pro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574188 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10092079 |
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author | Zhou, Shuqian Chen, Lu Chen, Gang Li, Yongxin Yang, Huqing |
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description | Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a commercially relevant food crop with high demand worldwide. This species belongs to the Convolvulaceae family and is native to tropical and subtropical regions. Storage temperature and time can adversely affect tuberous roots’ quality and nutritional profile. Therefore, this study evaluates the effect of storage parameters using physicochemical and transcriptome analyses. Freshly harvested tuberous roots (Xingxiang) were stored at 13 °C (control) or 5 °C (cold storage, CS) for 21 d. The results from chilling injury (CI) evaluation demonstrated that there was no significant difference in appearance, internal color, weight, and relative conductivity between tuberous roots stored at 13 and 5 °C for 14 d and indicated that short-term CS for 14 d promoted the accumulation of sucrose, chlorogenic acid, and amino acids with no CI symptoms development. This, in turn, improved sweetness, antioxidant capacity, and nutritional value of the tuberous roots. Transcriptome analyses revealed that several key genes associated with sucrose, chlorogenic acid, and amino acid biosynthesis were upregulated during short-term CS, including sucrose synthase, sucrose phosphate synthase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase, hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, serine hydroxymethyltransferase, alanine aminotransferase, arogenate dehydrogenase, and prephenate dehydratase. These results indicated that storage at 5 °C for 14 d could improve the nutritional quality and palatability of sweet potato tuberous roots without compromising their freshness. |
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spelling | pubmed-84690812021-09-27 Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study Zhou, Shuqian Chen, Lu Chen, Gang Li, Yongxin Yang, Huqing Foods Article Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a commercially relevant food crop with high demand worldwide. This species belongs to the Convolvulaceae family and is native to tropical and subtropical regions. Storage temperature and time can adversely affect tuberous roots’ quality and nutritional profile. Therefore, this study evaluates the effect of storage parameters using physicochemical and transcriptome analyses. Freshly harvested tuberous roots (Xingxiang) were stored at 13 °C (control) or 5 °C (cold storage, CS) for 21 d. The results from chilling injury (CI) evaluation demonstrated that there was no significant difference in appearance, internal color, weight, and relative conductivity between tuberous roots stored at 13 and 5 °C for 14 d and indicated that short-term CS for 14 d promoted the accumulation of sucrose, chlorogenic acid, and amino acids with no CI symptoms development. This, in turn, improved sweetness, antioxidant capacity, and nutritional value of the tuberous roots. Transcriptome analyses revealed that several key genes associated with sucrose, chlorogenic acid, and amino acid biosynthesis were upregulated during short-term CS, including sucrose synthase, sucrose phosphate synthase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase, hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, serine hydroxymethyltransferase, alanine aminotransferase, arogenate dehydrogenase, and prephenate dehydratase. These results indicated that storage at 5 °C for 14 d could improve the nutritional quality and palatability of sweet potato tuberous roots without compromising their freshness. MDPI 2021-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8469081/ /pubmed/34574188 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10092079 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zhou, Shuqian Chen, Lu Chen, Gang Li, Yongxin Yang, Huqing Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study |
title | Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study |
title_full | Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study |
title_fullStr | Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study |
title_short | Molecular Mechanisms through Which Short-Term Cold Storage Improves the Nutritional Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Postharvest Sweet Potato Tuberous Roots: A Transcriptomic Study |
title_sort | molecular mechanisms through which short-term cold storage improves the nutritional quality and sensory characteristics of postharvest sweet potato tuberous roots: a transcriptomic study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574188 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10092079 |
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