title: Transcriptional sequencing and analysis of major genes involved in the adventitious root formation of mango cotyledon segments.
abstract: A total of 74,745 unigenes were generated and 1975 DEGs were identified. Candidate genes that may be involved in the adventitious root formation of mango cotyledon segment were revealed. Adventitious root formation is a crucial step in plant vegetative propagation, but the molecular mechanism of adventitious root formation remains unclear. Adventitious roots formed only at the proximal cut surface (PCS) of mango cotyledon segments, whereas no roots were formed on the opposite, distal cut surface (DCS). To identify the transcript abundance changes linked to adventitious root development, RNA was isolated from PCS and DCS at 0, 4 and 7 days after culture, respectively. Illumina sequencing of libraries generated from these samples yielded 62.36 Gb high-quality reads that were assembled into 74,745 unigenes with an average sequence length of 807 base pairs, and 33,252 of the assembled unigenes at least had homologs in one of the public databases. Comparative analysis of these transcriptome databases revealed that between the different time points at PCS there were 1966 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), while there were only 51 DEGs for the PCS vs. DCS when time-matched samples were compared. Of these DEGs, 1636 were assigned to gene ontology (GO) classes, the majority of that was involved in cellular processes, metabolic processes and single-organism processes. Candidate genes that may be involved in the adventitious root formation of mango cotyledon segment are predicted to encode polar auxin transport carriers, auxin-regulated proteins, cell wall remodeling enzymes and ethylene-related proteins. In order to validate RNA-sequencing results, we further analyzed the expression profiles of 20 genes by quantitative real-time PCR. This study expands the transcriptome information for Mangifera indica and identifies candidate genes involved in adventitious root formation in cotyledon segments of mango.
authors.affiliation: South Subtropical Crop Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, No. 1 Huxiu Road, Zhanjiang, 524091, China. liyunhe16@163.com.|Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Zhanjiang, 524091, China. liyunhe16@163.com.|Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA. liyunhe16@163.com.
authors.forename: Yun-He
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: South Subtropical Crop Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, No. 1 Huxiu Road, Zhanjiang, 524091, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Na
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: South Subtropical Crop Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, No. 1 Huxiu Road, Zhanjiang, 524091, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Song
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA.
authors.forename: Gloria K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Muday
mesh_terms: D018548:Cotyledon / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D063990:Gene Ontology; D031022:Mangifera / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins
keywords: Adventitious root; Differentially expressed genes; Mangifera indica; RNA-Seq; Transcriptome profiling