title: Transcriptional profiling of high pigment-2dg tomato mutant links early fruit plastid biogenesis with its overproduction of phytonutrients.
abstract: Phenotypes of the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) high pigment-2(dg) (hp-2(dg)) and hp-2(j) mutants are caused by lesions in the gene encoding DEETIOLATED1, a negative regulator of light signaling. Homozygous hp-2(dg) and hp-2(j) plants display a plethora of distinctive developmental and metabolic phenotypes in comparison to their normal isogenic counterparts. These mutants are, however, best known for the increased levels of carotenoids, primarily lycopene, and other plastid-accumulating functional metabolites. In this study we analyzed the transcriptional alterations in mature-green, breaker, and early red fruits of hp-2(dg)/hp-2(dg) plants in relation to their normal counterparts using microarray technology. Results show that a large portion of the genes that are affected by hp-2(dg) mutation display a tendency for up- rather than down-regulation. Ontology assignment of these differentially regulated transcripts revealed a consistent up-regulation of transcripts related to chloroplast biogenesis and photosynthesis in hp-2(dg) mutants throughout fruit ripening. A tendency of up-regulation was also observed in structural genes involved in phytonutrient biosynthesis. However, this up-regulation was not as consistent, positioning plastid biogenesis as an important determinant of phytonutrient overproduction in hp-2(dg) and possibly other hp mutant fruits. Microscopic observations revealed a highly significant increase in chloroplast size and number in pericarp cells of mature-green hp-2(dg)/hp-2(dg) and hp-2(j)/hp-2(j) fruits in comparison to their normal counterparts. This increase could be observed from early stages of fruit development. Therefore, the molecular trigger that drives phytonutrient overproduction in hp-2(dg) and hp-2(j) mutant fruits should be initially traced at these early stages.
authors: Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
authors: Igor
authors: I
authors: Kolotilin
authors: Hinanit
authors: H
authors: Koltai
authors: Yaakov
authors: Y
authors: Tadmor
authors: Carmiya
authors: C
authors: Bar-Or
authors: Moshe
authors: M
authors: Reuveni
authors: Ayala
authors: A
authors: Meir
authors: Sahadia
authors: S
authors: Nahon
authors: Haviva
authors: H
authors: Shlomo
authors: Lea
authors: L
authors: Chen
authors: Ilan
authors: I
authors: Levin
mesh_terms: D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005638:Fruit / Q000166:cytology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018087:Plastids / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; C118232:tDET1 protein, Lycopersicon esculentum; D002338:Carotenoids
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