Identification and transcript profiles of citrus growth-regulating factor genes involved in the regulation of leaf and fruit development

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• 作者：Xiao Liu ; Ling-Xia Guo ; Long-Fei Jin ; Yong-Zhong Liu ; Tao Liu…
• 关键词：GRF ; Citrus ; Fruit development ; GA3
• 刊名：Molecular Biology Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：43
• 期：10
• 页码：1059-1067
• 全文大小：1,666 KB
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Animal Anatomy, Morphology and Histology
  Animal Biochemistry
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-4978
• 卷排序：43

文摘

Growth-regulating factor (GRF) is an important protein in GA-mediated response, with key roles in plant growth and development. However, it is not known whether or how the GRF proteins in citrus to regulate organ size. In this study, nine citrus GRF genes (CsGRF1–9) were validated from the ‘Anliu’ sweet orange (AL, Citrus sinensis cv. Anliu) by PCR amplification. They all contain two conserved motifs (QLQ and WRC) and have 3–4 exons. The transcript levels of genes were detected by qRT-PCR. Transcript analysis showed that (1) CsGRF 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 9 expressed predominantly in young leaf, CsGRF 3 and 4 expressed predominantly in fruit immature juice sacs and CsGRF 8 expressed predominantly in root; (2) all citrus GRF genes had significantly higher expression in young leaves than mature leaf; (3) in juice sacs, the transcript levels of CsGRF1, 4, 5, 6, and 8 increased significantly while the transcript levels of CsGRF2, 3, 7, and 9 had no significant change from 80 DAF to 100 DAF. Besides, GA3 treatment did not affect the transcript levels of CsGRF5 and CsGRF6 but significantly increased the transcript levels of the other seven CsGRF genes in young leaves. These results suggested that all CsGRF genes involve in the leaf development, CsGRF1, 4, 5, 6, and 8 act developmentally whilst CsGRF2, 3, 7, and 9 play fundamental roles in fruit cell enlargement, which may be through GA pathway or GA-independent pathway.