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园艺学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (6): 1488-1504.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0373

• 遗传育种·种质资源·分子生物学 • 上一篇    下一篇

普通丝瓜Expansin家族基因的鉴定及其在果实膨大中的表达分析

陈敏氡, 王彬, 白昌辉, 裘波音, 刘建汀, 温庆放, 朱海生*(), 李永平*()   

  1. 福建省农业科学院作物研究所,福建省蔬菜遗传育种重点实验室,福建省蔬菜工程技术研究中心,福州 350013
  • 收稿日期:2025-02-06 修回日期:2025-03-14 出版日期:2025-06-20 发布日期:2025-06-20
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  • 基金资助:
    福建省自然科学基金项目(2021J01494); 福建省农业科学院英才项目(YC2021004); 福建省农业科学院科技创新团队项目(CXTD2021003-1); 国家大宗蔬菜产业技术体系福州综合试验站项目(CARS-23-G51); 福建省种业创新与产业化工程项目(zycxny2021009); 福建省农业高质量发展超越“5511”协同创新工程项目(XTCXGC2021003)

Identification of Expansin Family Gene and Its Expression Analysis During Fruit Enlargement in Sponge Gourd

CHEN Mindong, WANG Bin, BAI Changhui, QIU Boyin, LIU Jianting, WEN Qingfang, ZHU Haisheng*(), and LI Yongping*()   

  1. Fujian Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Breeding,Fujian Engineering Research Center for Vegetables,Crops Research Institute,Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Fuzhou 350013,China
  • Received:2025-02-06 Revised:2025-03-14 Published:2025-06-20 Online:2025-06-20

摘要:

为揭示普通丝瓜(Luffa cylindrica)扩展蛋白(Expansin)家族基因的组成、结构和进化过程以及在果实膨大中的作用,利用生物信息技术从普通丝瓜基因组中鉴定出50个Expansin基因,分属于EXPA(18个)、EXPB(3个)、EXLA(27个)和EXLB(2个)4个亚家族,其中EXLA亚家族发生4对基因串联复制和6对基因片段复制,导致该亚家族基因数量明显扩增。系统发育树显示,4个亚家族成员各自聚集成群,且与同科的黄瓜亲缘关系较近。基因结构和保守基序分析显示,4个亚家族的外显子—内含子结构和保守基序种类及分布在进化上趋于保守,可以作为亚家族分型的重要依据。启动子元件预测分析发现,Expansin基因启动子中含有大量的光诱导、厌氧诱导、茉莉酸甲酯和脱落酸元件,而数量最多的光诱导元件只在EXLA/EXLB亚家族预测到。基于RNA-seq数据筛选出8个与果实横纵径发育极显著正相关的Expansin基因,其中4个已报道的基因LcEXPA8LcEXPA18LcEXPA14LcEXPA1可作为丝瓜果形控制的潜在候选基因。对另外4个基因进行RT-qPCR分析,LcEXPA15在花后4 d显著高表达,LcEXPA3LcEXPA16LcEXPA7在花后8 ~ 15 d显著高表达。花后2 ~ 15 d是普通丝瓜的果实膨大期,这时期的果实细胞数量增加、单细胞明显膨大、伸长。由此推测,4个Expansin可能在催化细胞生长,促进果实膨大过程中发挥重要作用。通过构建8个Expansin互作网络,提示部分Expansin可能与ERF、bHLH、TCP和GATA这4类转录因子家族存在互作。以上8个Expansin基因可作为普通丝瓜果实膨大相关候选基因进行深入研究。

关键词: 普通丝瓜, Expansin, 基因家族, 果实膨大

Abstract:

To reveal the composition,structure,and evolutionary process of the Expansin family genes in Luffa cylindrica,as well as their role in fruit enlargement. This study identified 50 Expansin genes from the genome of sponge gourd by bioinformatics technology,which belong to 4 subfamilies[EXPA(18),EXPB(3),EXLA(27)and EXLB(2)]. Among them,the EXLA subfamily underwent 4 pairs of gene tandem duplication and 6 pairs of gene fragment duplication,resulting in a significant increase in the gene quantity in this subfamily. The phylogenetic tree showed that members of the four subfamilies gather in groups and were closely related to cucumbers. Gene structure and motif analysis showed that the exon intron structure and motif types and distributions of the four subfamilies tended to be conserved in evolution,which can serve as important basis for subfamily typing. Promoter element prediction analysis revealed that the Expansin gene promoter contained a large number of light inducible,anaerobic inducible,methyl jasmonate,and abscisic acid elements,with the highest number of light inducible elements predicted only in the EXLA/EXLB subfamily. Based on RNA-seq data,8 Expansin genes were screened,which were significantly positively correlated with fruit transverse and longitudinal diameter development. Among them,four genes LcEXPA8LcEXPA18LcEXPA14,and LcEXPA1 have been reported as potential candidate genes for controlling the fruit shape of sponge gourd. RT-qPCR analysis was performed on the other four genes,and LcEXPA15 was significantly overexpressed at 4 DAA(days after anthesis),LcEXPA3LcEXPA16 and LcEXPA7 were significantly overexpressed at 8-15 DAA. It was known that 2-15 DAA was the fruit enlargement stage in sponge gourd,during which the number of fruit cells increased and single cells significantly expanded and elongated. So it was concluded that the 4 Expansin genes may play an important role in catalyzing cell growth and promoting fruit enlargement. By constructing 8 Expansin genes interaction network,it was suggested that some Expansin genes may interact with ERF,bHLH,TCP,and GATA four transcription factor families. The above 8 Expansin genes could be selected as candidate genes related with fruit enlargement in sponge gourd for further study.

Key words: Luffa cylindrica, Expansin, gene family, fruit enlargement