title: RNAi-mediated down-regulation of the expression of OsFAD2-1: effect on lipid accumulation and expression of lipid biosynthetic genes in the rice grain.
abstract: The bran from polished rice grains can be used to produce rice bran oil (RBO). High oleic (HO) RBO has been generated previously through RNAi down-regulation of OsFAD2-1. HO-RBO has higher oxidative stability and could be directly used in the food industry without hydrogenation, and is hence free of trans fatty acids. However, relative to a classic oilseed, lipid metabolism in the rice grain is poorly studied and the genetic alteration in the novel HO genotype remains unexplored.
  
  
  
  Here, we have undertaken further analysis of role of OsFAD2-1 in the developing rice grain. The use of Illumina-based NGS transcriptomics analysis of developing rice grain reveals that knockdown of Os-FAD2-1 gene expression was accompanied by the down regulation of the expression of a number of key genes in the lipid biosynthesis pathway in the HO rice line. A slightly higher level of oil accumulation was also observed in the HO-RBO.
  
  
  
  Prominent among the down regulated genes were those that coded for FatA, LACS, SAD2, SAD5, caleosin and steroleosin. It may be possible to further increase the oleic acid content in rice oil by altering the expression of the lipid biosynthetic genes that are affected in the HO line.
authors: School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.|Monash University Malaysia Genomics Facility, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors: Gopal Ji
authors: GJ
authors: Tiwari
authors: CSIRO Agriculture & Food, PO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Liu
authors: CSIRO Agriculture & Food, PO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
authors: Pushkar
authors: P
authors: Shreshtha
authors: CSIRO Agriculture & Food, PO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
authors: Zhongyi
authors: Z
authors: Li
authors: School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia. sadequr.rahman@monash.edu.|Monash University Malaysia Genomics Facility, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia. sadequr.rahman@monash.edu.
authors: Sadequr
authors: S
authors: Rahman
mesh_terms: D015536:Down-Regulation; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D019301:Oleic Acid; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases
keywords: FAD2; Oleic acid; Rice bran oil; Transcriptome; Triacylglycerol