Combined analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the metabolic characteristics and candidate genes involved in alkaloid metabolism in Heuchera micrantha Douglas ex Lindl.


Journal

BMC plant biology
ISSN: 1471-2229
Titre abrégé: BMC Plant Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100967807

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 24 04 2024
accepted: 01 07 2024
medline: 7 7 2024
pubmed: 7 7 2024
entrez: 6 7 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Alkaloids, important secondary metabolites produced by plants, play a crucial role in responding to environmental stress. Heuchera micrantha, a well-known plant used in landscaping, has the ability to purify air, and absorb toxic and radioactive substances, showing strong environmental adaptability. However, there is still limited understanding of the accumulation characteristics and metabolic mechanism of alkaloids in H. micrantha. In this study, four distinct varieties of H. micrantha were used to investigate the accumulation and metabolic traits of alkaloids in its leaves. We conducted a combined analysis of the plant's metabolome and transcriptome. Our analysis identified 44 alkaloids metabolites in the leaves of the four H. micrantha varieties, with 26 showing different levels of accumulation among the groups. The HT and JQ varieties exhibited higher accumulation of differential alkaloid metabolites compared to YH and HY. We annotated the differential alkaloid metabolites to 22 metabolic pathways, including several alkaloid metabolism. Transcriptome data revealed 5064 differentially expressed genes involved in these metabolic pathways. Multivariate analysis showed that four key metabolites (N-hydroxytryptamine, L-tyramine, tryptamine, and 2-phenylethylamine) and three candidate genes (Cluster-15488.116815, Cluster-15488.146268, and Cluster-15488.173297) that merit further investigation. This study provided preliminarily insight into the molecular mechanism of the biosynthesis of alkaloids in H. micrantha. However, further analysis is required to elucidate the specific regulatory mechanisms of the candidate gene involved in the synthesis of key alkaloid metabolites. In summary, our findings provide important information about how alkaloid metabolites build up and the metabolic pathways involved in H. micrantha varieties. This gives us a good starting point for future research on the regulation mechanism, and development, and utilization of alkaloids in H. micrantha.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Alkaloids, important secondary metabolites produced by plants, play a crucial role in responding to environmental stress. Heuchera micrantha, a well-known plant used in landscaping, has the ability to purify air, and absorb toxic and radioactive substances, showing strong environmental adaptability. However, there is still limited understanding of the accumulation characteristics and metabolic mechanism of alkaloids in H. micrantha.
RESULTS RESULTS
In this study, four distinct varieties of H. micrantha were used to investigate the accumulation and metabolic traits of alkaloids in its leaves. We conducted a combined analysis of the plant's metabolome and transcriptome. Our analysis identified 44 alkaloids metabolites in the leaves of the four H. micrantha varieties, with 26 showing different levels of accumulation among the groups. The HT and JQ varieties exhibited higher accumulation of differential alkaloid metabolites compared to YH and HY. We annotated the differential alkaloid metabolites to 22 metabolic pathways, including several alkaloid metabolism. Transcriptome data revealed 5064 differentially expressed genes involved in these metabolic pathways. Multivariate analysis showed that four key metabolites (N-hydroxytryptamine, L-tyramine, tryptamine, and 2-phenylethylamine) and three candidate genes (Cluster-15488.116815, Cluster-15488.146268, and Cluster-15488.173297) that merit further investigation.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
This study provided preliminarily insight into the molecular mechanism of the biosynthesis of alkaloids in H. micrantha. However, further analysis is required to elucidate the specific regulatory mechanisms of the candidate gene involved in the synthesis of key alkaloid metabolites. In summary, our findings provide important information about how alkaloid metabolites build up and the metabolic pathways involved in H. micrantha varieties. This gives us a good starting point for future research on the regulation mechanism, and development, and utilization of alkaloids in H. micrantha.

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pubmed: 38971732
doi: 10.1186/s12870-024-05363-3
pii: 10.1186/s12870-024-05363-3
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Langues

eng

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Subventions

Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : 32160246
Organisme : Special Scientific Research Fund for Ph.D. of Honghe University
ID : XJ22B12)

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Auteurs

Weichang Gong (W)

School of Life Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China.

Lina Xiong (L)

Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Characteristic Biological Resources in Southern Yunnan, College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Honghe University, Mengzi, 661199, China.

Hongbo Fu (H)

Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Characteristic Biological Resources in Southern Yunnan, College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Honghe University, Mengzi, 661199, China. fuhongbo@uoh.edu.cn.

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