Transcriptomic Characterization of Nitrate-Enhanced Stevioside Glycoside Synthesis in Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) Bertoni.
Int J Mol Sci
; 22(16)2021 Aug 09.
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ABSTRACT
Nitrogen forms (nitrate (NO3-) or ammonium (NH4+)) are vital to plant growth and metabolism. In stevia (Stevia rebaudiana), it is important to assess whether nitrogen forms can influence the synthesis of the high-value terpene metabolites-steviol glycosides (SGs), together with the underlying mechanisms. Field and pot experiments were performed where stevia plants were fertilized with either NO3- or NH4+ nutrition to the same level of nitrogen. Physiological measurements suggested that nitrogen forms had no significant impact on biomass and the total nitrogen content of stevia leaves, but NO3--enhanced leaf SGs contents. Transcriptomic analysis identified 397 genes that were differentially expressed (DEGs) between NO3- and NH4+ treatments. Assessment of the DEGs highlighted the responses in secondary metabolism, particularly in terpenoid metabolism, to nitrogen forms. Further examinations of the expression patterns of SGs synthesis-related genes and potential transcription factors suggested that GGPPS and CPS genes, as well as the WRKY and MYB transcription factors, could be driving N form-regulated SG synthesis. We concluded that NO3-, rather than NH4+, can promote leaf SG synthesis via the NO3--MYB/WRKY-GGPPS/CPS module. Our study suggests that insights into the molecular mechanism of how SG synthesis can be affected by nitrogen forms.
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Transcrição Gênica
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas
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Stevia
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Glucosídeos
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Amônia
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Nitratos
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Prognostic_studies
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2021
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