种子中的葡萄杯多样性的演变:专注于Solanaceae中膨胀的果实杯背后的转录基因重塑机制
Wei Gou1,2,3, Nan Xu1,2,3, Qiaoru Li1,2,3
1State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops/Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
|March 6, 2026
概括
这项研究揭示了恒久性葡萄杯在血管苗中很常见,而生植物的膨胀葡萄杯综合征 (ICS) 代表了一个关键的进化新奇. 分子机制,包括基因表达和沉默,解释了这种独特的水果杯的发展.
科学领域:
- 植物进化发育生物学植物进化发育生物学
- 血管精子形态学和基因组学
背景情况:
- 雄性精种体表现出多样化的形式和功能,但这种多样性的进化路径和分子基础尚未完全理解.
- 虽然切的玻璃杯是祖先的,但大多数现存的芽种具有持久的玻璃杯,其尺寸有显著的变化.
- 索拉纳科 (Solanaceae) 家族表现出了显著的的多样性,包括在Physalis中独特的膨胀综合征 (ICS).
研究的目的:
- 为了研究血管精子葡萄杯的进化史和驱动膨胀葡萄杯综合征 (ICS) 发展的分子机制.
- 为了确定关键的基因和调节途径,涉及水果果杯的形态和功能进化.
主要方法:
- 祖先状态的重建,以推断杯的进化模式.
- 在ICS (Physalis floridana) 和非ICS (Capsicum annuum,Solanum spp.) 之间进行的时间过程转录组比较. 一个物种. 一个物种.
- 病毒诱导的基因沉默和CRISPR/Cas9将关键基因 (POS4,POS5) 击倒/取消.
- 对Physalis calyx基因的异种表达分析.
主要成果:
- 持久性葡萄杯很普遍,具有显著的尺寸变化;Physalis中的ICS是一种独特的进化创新.
- 转录组分析揭示了异型基因表达和基础ICS的替代拼接的显著变异.
- 在Physalis中的POS4和POS5基因的淘汰或淘汰显著减少了ICS大小,证实了它们在玻璃杯膨胀中的作用.
- 在Physalis膨胀杯中的基因被丰富为光合作用和对刺激的反应中的功能,这表明果功能被捕获.
结论:
- 这项研究阐明了血管精子葡萄杯的进化轨迹,突出了形葡萄杯的祖先性质和持久形式的流行.
- 转录基因重组,涉及基因表达和拼接变异,驱动了Solanaceae中膨胀的果汁杯的发育和功能演变.
- 在Physalis中膨胀的果汁杯可能已经选择了最初与果相关的功能,为植物形态演变提供了洞察力.
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