Delayed ripening and improved fruit processing quality in tomato by RNAi-mediated silencing of three homologs of 1-aminopropane-1-carboxylate synthase gene

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 987-995

  Gupta, Aarti ^a   Pal, Ram Krishna ^b   Rajam, Manchikatla Venkat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

ACC synthase; Delayed ripening; Ethylene; Fruit quality; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; LYASE; POLYAMINE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYASES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYAMINES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84878531028     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Adams D.O., Yang S.F. Ethylene biosynthesis: Identification of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as an intermediate in the conversion of methionine to ethylene. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1979, 76:170-174.
2. AOAC Official methods of analysis 2000, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 17th ed. M.D. Gaithersburg, F. Artés, J.G. Marín, J. Martínez (Eds.).
3. Apelbaum A., Burgoon A.C., Anderson J.D., Lieberman M., Ben-Arie R., Mattoo A.K. Polyamines inhibit biosynthesis of ethylene in higher plant tissue and fruit protoplasts. Plant Physiol 1981, 68:453-456.
4. Bajaj S., Rajam M.V. Polyamine accumulation and near loss of morphogenesis in long term Callus cultures of rice: restoration of plant regeneration by manipulation of cellular polyamine levels. Plant Physiol 1996, 112:1343-1348.
5. Barry C.S., Blume B., Bouzayen M., Cooper W., Hamilton A.J., Grierson D. Differential expression of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase gene family of tomato. Plant J 1996, 9:525-535.
6. Barry C.S., Llop-Tous M.I., Grierson D. The regulation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase gene expression during the transition from system-1 to system-2 ethylene synthesis in tomato. Plant Physiol 2000, 123:979-986.
7. Berta G., Altamura M.M., Fuskoni A., Ceruti F., Capitani F., Bagni N. The plant cell wall is altered by inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis utilizing the principle of protein dye binding. Anal Biochem 1997, 72:248-250.
8. Bregoli A.M., Scaramagli S., Costa G., Sabatini E., Ziosi V., Biondi S., et al. Peach (Prunus persica) fruit ripening: aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) and exogenous polyamines affect ethylene emission and flesh firmness. Physiol Plant 2002, 114:472-481.
9. Brummell D.A. Cell wall disassembly in ripening fruit. Funct Plant Biol 2006, 33:103-119.
10. Cara B., Giovannoni J.J. Molecular biology of ethylene during tomato fruit development and maturation. Plant Sci 2008, 175:106-113.
11. Defilippi B.G., Dandekar A.M., Kader A.A. Impact of suppression of ethylene action or biosynthesis on flavour metabolites in apple (Malus domestica Borkh) fruits. J Agric Food Chem 2004, 52:5694-5701.
12. Deikman J., Xu R.L., Kneissl M.L., Ciardi J.A., Kim K.N., Pelah D. Separation of cis elements responsive to ethylene, fruit development, and ripening in the 5'-flanking region of the ripening-related E8 gene. Plant Mol Biol 1998, 37:1001-1011.
13. Doyle J.J., Doyle J.L. Isolation of plant DNA from fresh tissue. Focus 1990, 12:13-15.
14. Fire A., Xu S., Montgomery M.K., Kostas S.A., Driver S.E., Mello C.C. Potent and specific genetic interference by double stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 1998, 391:806-811.
15. Giovannoni J.J. Molecular biology of fruit maturation and ripening. Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 2001, 52:725-749.
16. Guillén F., Castillo S., Zapata P.J., Martínez-Romero D., Serrano M., Valero D. Efficacy of 1-MCP treatment in tomato fruit. 1. Duration and concentration of 1-MCP treatment to gain an effective delay of postharvest ripening. Postharvest Biol Technol 2007, 43:23-27.
17. Hamilton A.J., Lycett G.W., Grierson D. Antisense gene that inhibits synthesis of the hormone ethylene in transgenic plants. Nature 1990, 346:284-287.
18. Handa A.K., Nambeesan S., Mengiste T., Laluk K., Abuqamar S., Mattoo A.K. Polyamine spermidine is an upstream negator of ethylene-regulated pathogenesis of Botrytis cinerea in tomato leaf. Acta Hortic 2011, 914:109-112.
19. Hazarika P., Rajam M.V. Biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic tomatoes by constitutive expression of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2011, 17:115-128.
20. Kerschen A., Napoli C.A., Jorgensen R.A., Müller A.E. Effectiveness of RNA interference in transgenic plants. FEBS Lett 2004, 566:223-228.
21. Kohli A., Twyman R.M., Abranches R., Wegel E., Stoger E., Christou P. Transgene integration, organization and interaction in plants. Plant Mol Biol 2003, 52:247-258.
22. Lin B.Y., Li M., Lin D.Q., Jin Z.Q. Cloning and functional analysis on promoter of tomato fruit-specific 2A11 from Lycopersicon esculentum. Chin Agric Sci Bull 2006, 22:62-66.
23. Lincoln J.E., Campbell A.D., Oetiker J., Rottmann W.H., Oeller P.W., Shen N.F., et al. Le-ACS4, a fruit ripening and wound-induced 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase gene of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). J Biol Chem 1993, 268:19422-19430.
24. Lu C., Meyers B.C., Green P.J. Construction of small RNA cDNA libraries for deep sequencing. Methods 2007, 43:110-117.
25. Maclachlan G., Brady C. Endo-1,4-β-glucanase, xyloglucanase and xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase activities versus potential substrates in ripening tomatoes. Plant Physiol 1994, 105:965-974.
26. Madhulatha P., Pandey R., Hazarika P., Rajam M.V. High transformation frequency in Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation of tomato by using polyamines and maltose in shoot regeneration medium. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2007, 13:191-198.
27. Messiaen J., Cambier P., Van Cutsem P. Polyamines and pectins. I. Ion exchange and selectivity. Plant Physiol 1997, 113:387-395.
28. Nakatsuka A., Murachi S., Okunishi H., Shiomi S., Nakano R., Kubo Y., et al. Differential expression and internal feedback regulation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase and ethylene receptor genes in tomato fruit during development and ripening. Plant Physiol 1998, 118:1295-1305.
29. Nambeesan S., Datsenka T., Ferruzzi M.G., Malladi A., Mattoo A.K., Handa A.K. Over-expression of yeast spermidine synthase impacts ripening, senescence and decay symptoms in tomato. Plant J 2010, 63:836-847.
30. Oeller P.W., Lu M.W., Taylor L.P., Pike D.A., Theologis A. Reversible inhibition of tomato fruit senescence by antisense RNA. Science 1991, 254:437-439.
31. Opiyo A.M., Ying T.J. The effects of 1-methylcyclopropene treatment on the shelf life and quality of cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme) fruit. Intern J Food Sci Technol 2005, 40:665-673.
32. Osorio S., Alba R., Damasceno C.M.B., Lopez-Casado G., Lohse M., Zanor M.I., et al. Systems biology of tomato fruit development: combined transcript, protein, and metabolite analysis of tomato transcription factor (nor, rin) and ethylene receptor (Nr) mutants reveals novel regulatory interactions. Plant Physiol 2011, 157:405-425.
33. Pear J.R., Ridge N., Rasmussen R., Rose R.E., Houck C.M. Isolation and characterization of a fruit-specific cDNA and the corresponding clone from tomato. Plant Mol Biol 1989, 13:639-651.
34. Pirrello J., Regad F., Latché A., Pech J.C., Bouzayen M. Regulation of tomato fruit ripening. In: Perspectives in agriculture, veterinary science, nutrition and natural resources. CAB Reviews 2009, 4:1-14.
35. Rajam M.V., Madhulatha P., Pandey R., Hazarika P.J., Razdan M.K. Applications of genetic engineering in tomato. Genetic improvement of Solanaceae crops: tomato 2007, vol. 2:285-311. Science Publishers, Enfield.
36. Rottmann W.H., Peter G.F., Oeller P.W., Keller J.A., Shen N.F., Nagy B.P., et al. 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase in tomato is encoded by a multigene family whose transcription is induced during fruit and floral senescence. J Mol Biol 1991, 222:937-962.
37. Sambrook J., Fritsch E.F., Maniatis T. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual 1989, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbour, New York. 2nd ed.
38. Seiler N. Catabolism of polyamines. Amino Acids 2004, 26:217-233.
39. Singh S.P., Pal R.K. Controlled atmosphere storage of guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruit. Postharvest Biol Technol 2008, 47:296-306.
40. Smith D.L., Gross K.C. A family of at least seven β-galactosidase genes is expressed during tomato fruit development. Plant Physiol 2000, 123:1173-1183.
41. Smith J.J., Ververidis P., John P. Characterization of the ethylene-forming enzyme partially purified from melon. Phytochemistry 1992, 31:1485-1494.
42. Stevens R., Buret M., Duffé P., Garchery C., Baldet P., Rothan C., et al. Candidate genes and quantitative trait loci affecting fruit ascorbic acid content in three tomato populations. Plant Physiol 2007, 143:1943-1953.
43. Theologis A., Oeller P.W., Wong L.-M., Rottmann W.H., Gantz D.M. Use of a tomato mutant constructed with reverse genetics to study fruit ripening, a complex developmental process. Dev Genet 1993, 14:282-295.
44. Tiburcio A.F., Kaur-Sawhney R., Galston A.W. Polyamine metabolism. Intermedatory nitrogen metabolism. 16. The biochemistry of plants 1990, 283-325. Academic Press, San Diego. B.J. Miflin, P.J. Lea (Eds.).
45. Vrebalov J., Pan I.L., Arroyo A.J., McQuinn R., Chung M., Poole M., et al. Fleshy fruit expansion and ripening are regulated by the tomato SHATTERPROOF gene TAGL1. Plant Cell 2009, 21:3041-3062.
46. Wang M., Cao J., Sun L.L.J., Jiang W. Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene on nutritional quality and antioxidant activity of tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicon L.) during storage. J Food Qual 2010, 33:150-164.
47. Wilkinson J.Q., Lanahan M.B., Clark D.G., Bleecker A.B., Chang C., Meyerowitz E.M., et al. A dominant mutant receptor from Arabidopsis confers ethylene insensitivity in heterologous plants. Nat Biotechnol 1997, 15:444-447.
48. Xiong A.S., Yao Q.H., Li X., Fan H.Q., Peng R.H. Double antisense ACC oxidase and ACC synthase fusion gene introduced into tomato by agrobacterium-mediated transformation and analysis the ethylene production of transgenic plants. Acta Biol Exp Sin 2003, 36:35-41.
49. Xiong A.S., Yao Q.H., Peng R.H., Li X., Han P.L., Fan H.Q. Different effects on ACC oxidase gene silencing triggered by RNA interference in transgenic tomato. Plant Cell Rep 2005, 23:639-646.
50. Yang S.F., Hoffman N.E. Ethylene biosynthesis and its regulation in higher plants. Annu Rev Plant Physiol 1984, 35:155-189.
51. Ye Z.B., Li H.X., Zheng Y.L., Liu H.L. Inhibition of introducing antisense ACC oxidase gene into tomato genome on expression of its endogeous gene. J Huazhong Agric Univ 1996, 15:305-309.
52. Yokotani N., Nakano R., Imanishi S., Nagata M., Inaba A., Kubo Y. Ripening-associated ethylene biosynthesis in tomato fruit is autocatalytically and developmentally regulated. J Exp Bot 2009, 60:3433-3442.
53. Zhaohui X., Xiaohong K., Yunbo L., Benzhong Z., Wentao X. Effect of ethylene on polygalacturonase, lipoxygenase and expansin in ripening of tomato fruits. Trans Tianjin Univ 2009, 15:173-177.