New cup out of old coffee: contribution of parental gene expression legacy to phenotypic novelty in coffee beans of the allopolyploid Coffea arabica L.
Coffea arabica
Allopolyploidy
additivity
caffeine
desiccation tolerance
expression-level dominance
gene expression
homeologue expression bias
phenotype
seed
Journal
Annals of botany
ISSN: 1095-8290
Titre abrégé: Ann Bot
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0372347
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 02 2023
07 02 2023
Historique:
received:
02
12
2021
accepted:
21
03
2022
pubmed:
25
3
2022
medline:
10
2
2023
entrez:
24
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Allopolyploidization is a widespread phenomenon known to generate novel phenotypes by merging evolutionarily distinct parental genomes and regulatory networks in a single nucleus. The objective of this study was to investigate the transcriptional regulation associated with phenotypic novelty in coffee beans of the allotetraploid Coffea arabica. A genome-wide comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed in C. arabica and its two diploid progenitors, C. canephora and C. eugenioides. Gene expression patterns and homeologue expression were studied on seeds at five different maturation stages. The involvement of homeologue expression bias (HEB) in specific traits was addressed both by functional enrichment analyses and by the study of gene expression in the caffeine and chlorogenic acid biosynthesis pathways. Expression-level dominance in C. arabica seed was observed for most of the genes differentially expressed between the species. Approximately a third of the genes analysed showed HEB. This proportion increased during seed maturation but the biases remained equally distributed between the sub-genomes. The relative expression levels of homeologues remained relatively constant during maturation and were correlated with those estimated in leaves of C. arabica and interspecific hybrids between C. canephora and C. eugenioides. Functional enrichment analyses performed on genes exhibiting HEB enabled the identification of processes potentially associated with physiological traits. The expression profiles of the genes involved in caffeine biosynthesis mirror the differences observed in the caffeine content of mature seeds of C. arabica and its parental species. Neither of the two sub-genomes is globally preferentially expressed in C. arabica seeds, and homeologues appear to be co-regulated by shared trans-regulatory mechanisms. The observed HEBs are thought to be a legacy of gene expression differences inherited from diploid progenitor species. Pre-existing functional divergences between parental species appear to play an important role in controlling the phenotype of C. arabica seeds.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Allopolyploidization is a widespread phenomenon known to generate novel phenotypes by merging evolutionarily distinct parental genomes and regulatory networks in a single nucleus. The objective of this study was to investigate the transcriptional regulation associated with phenotypic novelty in coffee beans of the allotetraploid Coffea arabica.
METHODS
A genome-wide comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed in C. arabica and its two diploid progenitors, C. canephora and C. eugenioides. Gene expression patterns and homeologue expression were studied on seeds at five different maturation stages. The involvement of homeologue expression bias (HEB) in specific traits was addressed both by functional enrichment analyses and by the study of gene expression in the caffeine and chlorogenic acid biosynthesis pathways.
KEY RESULTS
Expression-level dominance in C. arabica seed was observed for most of the genes differentially expressed between the species. Approximately a third of the genes analysed showed HEB. This proportion increased during seed maturation but the biases remained equally distributed between the sub-genomes. The relative expression levels of homeologues remained relatively constant during maturation and were correlated with those estimated in leaves of C. arabica and interspecific hybrids between C. canephora and C. eugenioides. Functional enrichment analyses performed on genes exhibiting HEB enabled the identification of processes potentially associated with physiological traits. The expression profiles of the genes involved in caffeine biosynthesis mirror the differences observed in the caffeine content of mature seeds of C. arabica and its parental species.
CONCLUSIONS
Neither of the two sub-genomes is globally preferentially expressed in C. arabica seeds, and homeologues appear to be co-regulated by shared trans-regulatory mechanisms. The observed HEBs are thought to be a legacy of gene expression differences inherited from diploid progenitor species. Pre-existing functional divergences between parental species appear to play an important role in controlling the phenotype of C. arabica seeds.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35325016
pii: 6552291
doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac041
pmc: PMC9904342
doi:
Substances chimiques
Caffeine
3G6A5W338E
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
157-170Informations de copyright
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