Abstract
An increase in oleic acid (C18:1) content is a desirable trait. Despite the critical roles of the two desaturases, FAD2 and FAD3, in the control of fatty acid desaturation, a dispute remains over whether inactivation of their genes alone is sufficient enough to generate the high-oleic trait. To address this question, we employed microarray technology to investigate the difference in gene expression profile between two different Brassica napus strains with high-C18:1 (71.71%) and low-C18:1 (55.6%) contents, respectively. Our study revealed 562 differentially expressed genes, of which 194 genes were up-regulated and 368 down-regulated. Based on the Gene Ontology classification, these genes were classified into 23 functional categories. Three of the up-regulated genes represent B. napus homologs of Arabidopsis genes encoding a cytosolic isoform of pyruvate kinase (AT3G55810), Δ9 acyl-lipid desaturase (AT1G06080, ADS1) and fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase B (AT1G08510), respectively. Conversely, the homologs of two Arabidopsis sequences encoding Δ9 acyl-lipid desaturase (AT2G31360, ADS2) and FAD3 desaturase (AT2G29980) were down-regulated in the high-oleic acid strain. Furthermore, 60 differentially expressed genes were classified as associated with relevant Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways. Collectively, our results suggest that expressing the high-oleic acid trait may require a coordinated regulation of diverse regulatory and metabolic gene networks in addition to inactivation of the FAD2 and FAD3 genes in the oilseed. A set of the differentially expressed genes identified in this study will facilitate our efforts to tap the germplasms with the potential to express the high-oleic acid trait.
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This research was financially supported by National Basic Research Program (2006CB101604), National High-tech R&D Program (2006AA101A113) from Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
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Guan, M., Li, X. & Guan, C. Microarray analysis of differentially expressed genes between Brassica napus strains with high- and low-oleic acid contents. Plant Cell Rep 31, 929–943 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-011-1213-9
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