9 results on '"Liu, Lun"'
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2. Functional Analysis of PbbZIP11 Transcription Factor in Response to Cold Stress in Arabidopsis and Pear.
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Zhang, Yuxin, Wu, Lin, Liu, Lun, Jia, Bing, Ye, Zhenfeng, Tang, Xiaomei, Heng, Wei, and Liu, Li
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LEUCINE zippers ,PEARS ,TRANSCRIPTION factors ,FUNCTIONAL analysis ,TRANSGENIC plants ,ARABIDOPSIS thaliana ,GENETIC overexpression - Abstract
Cold stress is a prominent abiotic factor that adversely affects the growth and yield of pears, consequently restricting the cultivation range and resulting in substantial economic losses for the pear industry. Basic region–leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors are widely involved in multiple physiological and biochemical activities of plants, particularly in response to cold stress. In this study, the responsiveness of PbbZIP11 in pear to cold stress was investigated, and its role was explored by using pear callus and Arabidopsis thaliana. The findings revealed that overexpression of PbbZIP11 enhanced the tolerance of pear callus and Arabidopsis thaliana to cold stress. The antioxidant enzyme activities of transgenic plants were enhanced and the expression of C-repeat binding transcription factor (CBF) genes was increased as compared to wild-type plants. To better understand the biological function of PbbZIP11, mRNAs were isolated from overexpressed and wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana after cold stress for whole-genome sequencing. The results showed that the expression of some CBF downstream target genes changed after exposure to cold stress. The results suggested that the PbbZIP11 gene could participate in cold-stress signaling through the CBF-dependent pathway, which provides a theoretical basis for the PbbZIP11-mediated response to cold stress and for the genetic breeding of pear varieties with low-temperature tolerance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Evidence That PbrSAUR72 Contributes to Iron Deficiency Tolerance in Pears by Facilitating Iron Absorption.
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Guo, Guoling, Yu, Tao, Zhang, Haiyan, Chen, Meng, Dong, Weiyu, Zhang, Shuqin, Tang, Xiaomei, Liu, Lun, Heng, Wei, Zhu, Liwu, and Jia, Bing
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IRON ,IRON deficiency ,IRON fertilizers ,PEARS ,SALT tolerance in plants ,TOMATOES ,TRANSGENIC plants - Abstract
Iron is an essential trace element for plants; however, low bioactive Fe in soil continuously places plants in an Fe-deficient environment, triggering oxidative damage. To cope with this, plants make a series of alterations to increase Fe acquisition; however, this regulatory network needs further investigation. In this study, we found notably decreased indoleacetic acid (IAA) content in chlorotic pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.) leaves caused by Fe deficiency. Furthermore, IAA treatment slightly induced regreening by increasing chlorophyll synthesis and Fe
2+ accumulation. At that point, we identified PbrSAUR72 as a key negative effector output of auxin signaling and established its close relationship to Fe deficiency. Furthermore, the transient PbrSAUR72 overexpression could form regreening spots with increased IAA and Fe2+ content in chlorotic pear leaves, whereas its transient silencing does the opposite in normal pear leaves. In addition, cytoplasm-localized PbrSAUR72 exhibits root expression preferences and displays high homology to AtSAUR40/72. This promotes salt tolerance in plants, indicating a putative role for PbrSAUR72 in abiotic stress responses. Indeed, transgenic plants of Solanum lycopersicum and Arabidopsis thaliana overexpressing PbrSAUR72 displayed less sensitivity to Fe deficiency, accompanied by substantially elevated expression of Fe-induced genes, such as FER/FIT, HA, and bHLH39/100. These result in higher ferric chelate reductase and root pH acidification activities, thereby hastening Fe absorption in transgenic plants under an Fe-deficient condition. Moreover, the ectopic overexpression of PbrSAUR72 inhibited reactive oxygen species production in response to Fe deficiency. These findings contribute to a new understanding of PbrSAURs and its involvement in Fe deficiency, providing new insights for the further study of the regulatory mechanisms underlying the Fe deficiency response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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4. Maternal inheritance has impact on organic acid content in progeny of pear (Pyrus spp.) fruit
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Liu, Lun, Chen, Chu-Xin, Zhu, Yang-Fan, Xue, Lei, Liu, Qing-Wen, Qi, Kai-Jie, Zhang, Shao-Ling, and Wu, Jun
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- 2016
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5. Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Provides Insight into the Domestication and Improvement of Pear (P. pyrifolia) Fruit
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Liu Lun, Bobo Song, Shaoling Zhang, Meiling Ming, Jing Fan, Jun Wu, Mingyue Zhang, Xiaolong Li, and Hongju Hu
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0106 biological sciences ,Genetics ,Whole genome sequencing ,PEAR ,education.field_of_study ,Physiology ,Population ,Plant Science ,Biology ,Quantitative trait locus ,01 natural sciences ,Nucleotide diversity ,Domestication ,education ,Gene ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Genetic association - Abstract
Knowledge of the genetic changes that occurred during the domestication and improvement of perennial trees at the RNA level is limited. Here, we used RNA sequencing analysis to compare representative sets of wild, landrace, and improved accessions of pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) to gain insight into the genetic changes associated with domestication and improvement. A close population relationship and similar nucleotide diversity was observed between the wild and landrace groups, whereas the improved group had substantially reduced nucleotide diversity. A total of 11.13 Mb of genome sequence was identified as bearing the signature of selective sweeps that occurred during pear domestication, whereas a distinct and smaller set of genomic regions (4.04 Mb) was identified as being associated with subsequent improvement efforts. The expression diversity of selected genes exhibited a 20.89% reduction from the wild group to the landrace group, but a 23.13% recovery was observed from the landrace to the improved group, showing a distinctly different pattern with variation of sequence diversity. Module-trait association analysis identified 16 distinct coexpression modules, six of which were highly associated with important fruit traits. The candidate trait-linked differentially expressed genes associated with stone cell formation, fruit size, and sugar content were identified in the selected regions, and many of these could also be mapped to the previously reported quantitative trait loci. Thus, our study reveals the specific pattern of domestication and improvement of perennial trees at the transcriptome level, and provides valuable genetic sources of fruit traits that could contribute to pear breeding and improvement.
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- 2019
6. MYB1R1 and MYC2 Regulate ω-3 Fatty Acid Desaturase Involved in ABA-Mediated Suberization in the Russet Skin of a Mutant of 'Dangshansuli' (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.).
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Wang, Qi, Liu, Yaping, Wu, Xinyi, Wang, Lindu, Li, Jinchao, Wan, Minchen, Jia, Bin, Ye, Zhenfeng, Liu, Lun, Tang, Xiaomei, Tao, Shutian, Zhu, Liwu, and Heng, Wei
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FATTY acid desaturase ,ABSCISIC acid ,FRUIT skins ,TRANSCRIPTION factors ,PHENOTYPIC plasticity - Abstract
Russeting, a disorder of pear fruit skin, is mainly caused by suberin accumulation on the inner part of the outer epidermal cell layers. ABA was identified as a crucial phytohormone in suberification. Here, we demonstrated that the ABA content in russet pear skin was higher than in green skin. Then, ABA was applied to explore the changes in phenotype and suberin composition coupled with RNA-Seq and metabolomics to investigate the probably regulatory pathway of ABA-mediated suberification. The results showed that ABA treatment increased the expression of ω-3 fatty acid desaturase (FAD) and the content of α-linolenic acid. We identified 17 PbFADs in white pear, and the expression of PbFAD3a was induced by ABA. In addition, the role of PbFAD3a in promoting suberification has been demonstrated by overexpression in Arabidopsis and VIGS assays in the fruitlets. GUS staining indicated that the promoter of PbFAD3a was activated by ABA. Furthermore, MYC2 and MYB1R1 have been shown to bind to the PbFAD3a promoter directly and this was induced by ABA via yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) screening and qRT–PCR. In summary, our study found that ABA induces the expression of MYC2 and MYB1R1 and activates the PbFAD3a promoter, contributing to the formation of russet pear skin. Functional identification of key transcription factors will be the goal of future research. These findings reveal the molecular mechanism of ABA-mediated suberization in the russet skin and provide a good foundation for future studies on the formation of russet skin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. Maternal inheritance has impact on organic acid content in progeny of pear (Pyrus spp.) fruit
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Shaoling Zhang, Kaijie Qi, Jun Wu, Qingwen Liu, Chu-Xin Chen, Yang-Fan Zhu, Lei Xue, and Liu Lun
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,PEAR ,Non-Mendelian inheritance ,Maternal effect ,Plant physiology ,Plant Science ,Horticulture ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,Oxalate ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Botany ,Genetics ,Sorbitol ,Sugar ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Organic acid - Abstract
Soluble sugar and organic acid levels are important evaluation indices for breeding new varieties of pear. In order to investigate the inheritance of sugars and acids, this study analyzed the inheritance of soluble sugar and organic acid in pear fruit using the reciprocal crossing populations ‘Dangshansuli’ and ‘Housui’ over two successive years. The results showed that the content of most individual acids and sugars, total acid and total sugar content were higher than that of ‘Dangshansuli’ and lower than that of ‘Housui’, trending to an average between the parents. The content of oxalate, quinate, malate, shikimate, and total acid in progenies were higher when ‘Housui’ was the maternal parent, suggesting that the selection of the maternal parent during the breeding process has important effects on the acid content. Conversely, individual and total sugar content did not show significant effects of the maternal parent. In addition, glucose content in progenies showed the increasing trend and sorbitol content showing the transgressive inheritance trait. The correlations for total sugar and total acid of the two populations between 2 years were significant and positive, showing stable sugar and acid traits for fruit in different years. Significant and positive correlations were also found between different components, including oxalate and malate, shikimate and quinate, and citrate and shikimate. Principal component analysis also revealed that oxalate, quinate, malate and shikimate components are closely correlated. Our study thus offers useful information for future pear breeding to improve sugar and acidity quality.
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- 2016
8. Genetic diversity and population structure of pear (Pyrus spp.) collections revealed by a set of core genome-wide SSR markers
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Jiangmei Sun, Jun Wu, Shaoling Zhang, Liu Lun, Mingyue Zhang, Yue Song, and Qingwen Liu
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Pyrus ussuriensis ,Genetic diversity ,PEAR ,Forestry ,Locus (genetics) ,Horticulture ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Pyrus × sinkiangensis ,Genotype ,Botany ,Genetic structure ,Genetics ,Molecular Biology ,Pyrus communis - Abstract
Pear is one of the most important temperate fruits, with high genetic diversity, but controversial classification for some genotypes or species. Our study evaluates the polymorphism of 385 pear resources belonging to five cultivated species or interspecies of Pyrus, based on a set of 134 core simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. A total of 690 variant alleles were detected, from 2 to 12 per locus, with an average of 5.45, as well as 30 rare alleles. The clustering relationship divided the pear genotypes into three groups, with the primary division between occidental and oriental pears, revealing separate evolution processes, followed by division of Pyrus ussuriensis, Pyrus pyrifolia, and Pyrus bretschneideri. Population structure analysis with K values of 2 to 8 reflected a clear genetic composition within different genotypes, supporting Pyrus sinkiangensis as a hybrid of oriental and occidental pears and P. pyrifolia and P. bretschneideri sharing a common ancestor. However, the division of genetic components also revealed separate evolution at the different geographic and environmental conditions of South China and North China. The varieties “Pingguoli” and “Chaoxianyangli,” which currently have controversial classification, were classified into P. bretschneideri and Pyrus communis, respectively. A core collection of 88 accessions was chosen, covering all of the rare alleles and 95.54 % of all alleles. The high-quality and comprehensive evaluation of a wide range of pear cultivars by core SSR markers covering the whole genome demonstrated their excellent application for the study of genetic diversity, genetic relationships, and building a core collection for pear.
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- 2015
9. Multi-omics analysis of green- and russet skin pear cultivars identify key regulators of skin russeting.
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Wu, Xinyi, Wang, Qi, Wang, Yajing, Wan, Minchen, Liu, Yaping, Hu, Hongju, Jia, Bin, Ye, Zhenfeng, Liu, Lun, Tang, Xiaomei, and Heng, Wei
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MULTIOMICS , *GENE regulatory networks , *FRUIT skins , *FRUIT quality , *TRANSCRIPTION factors , *PEARS - Abstract
• The skin dynamics development of two pear cultivars and their mutants were analyzed. • The key genes and metabolites involved in russet skin formation were identified. • A set of TFs was predicted as putative regulators of russet skin formation. • We emphasis on exploring the underlying mechanisms of russet pear skin formation. Different periderm development makes the partial and full russet skin of pear fruit, which negatively influence pear fruit appearance quality. The switch gene for russet skin formation and the functional conservation of the homologs among different species showed to have multiple significance to clarify the transcriptional network underlying russet skin formation. In this study, two pear cultivars coupled with their mutants were used to explore the underlying molecular regulatory network of russet skin formation. RNA-sequencing and metabolomics were used to identify the key pathways and switch genes involved in russet skin formation, and identified genes involved in lignin biosynthesis, suberin biosynthesis, and suberin transporters. Additionally, a set of transcription factors was identified via coexpression network analysis and differential expression analysis, including PbMYB308, PbbHLH49, PbWRKY24 , and PbNAC40 , which had a high correlation with russet skin-related genes. These genes were predicted as putative regulators involved in russet pear skin formation. qRT–PCR was performed to validate the transcriptome data. Two varieties and their mutants were used for the first time to explore the switch genes and underlying mechanisms of russet formation. We concentrated on the russet skin development in pear fruit, with an emphasis on exploring the underlying regulatory mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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