201. Microarray Analysis for the Screening of Genes Inducible by Light or Low Temperature in Post-veraison Grape Berries
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Akifumi Azuma, Hiroshi Fujii, Takehiko Shimada, and Hiroshi Yakushiji
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,fungi ,Flavonoid ,food and beverages ,Plant Science ,Berry ,Horticulture ,Biology ,Wine color ,Veraison ,Transcriptome ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Flavonols ,Flavonoid biosynthesis ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Botany ,Abscisic acid - Abstract
Flavonoid biosynthesis in grape ( Vitis spp.) berry skin is affected by environmental factors such as light andtemperature. However, the components of the light signaling and low-temperature-induced abscisic acid(ABA) signaling networks related to flavonoid accumulation in grape berry skin have not been fullyelucidated, and how environmental conditions affect these components remains unclear. To clarify the detailsof the possible light- and ABA-related signal transduction networks, we developed a grape oligo-DNAmicroarray (38,549 independent probes) using the publicly available genomic sequence of grape, andperformed comprehensive transcriptome analysis using detached ‘Pione’ grape (Vitis labruscana × V. vinifera)berries cultured under different light and temperature conditions. Using the microarray data, we explored thelight-inducible and low-temperature-inducible genes in post-veraison grape berries. We identified 40 light-inducible genes, 55 low-temperature-inducible genes, and 34 genes induced by light plus low temperature.Among these, we selected elongated hypocotyl 5 (HY5), open stomata 1 (OST1 ), and enhanced response to ABA 1(ERA1) as candidate light-inducible, low-temperature-inducible, and light- plus low-temperature-induciblegenes, respectively. We investigated their detailed expression characteristics in grape accessions by means ofquantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analyses, and hypothesized that HY5, OST1 , and ERA1 mightbe involved in flavonoid biosynthesis via light signaling and low-temperature signaling networks. We alsoestablished an extensive catalog of gene expression patterns to support future investigations of other candidategenes that respond to light and temperature in grape berry skin.Key Words: abscisic acid, anthocyanins, environmental factors, flavonoids, transcriptome analysis.IntroductionAnthocyanins and flavonols, which are two classes offlavonoids, are secondary plant metabolites that accu-mulate in various plant organs. The skin color of grape(black, red, or white) is mainly determined by the con-tent and composition of anthocyanins, and flavonolscontribute to wine color through co-pigmentation withanthocyanins ( Baranac et al., 1997 ). Coloration of grapeberry skin is an important determinant of consumerpreference and marketability. However, in regions witha warm climate, decreased grape quality, such as poor
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- 2015