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We found that lipid accumulation in the meristem region and the expression of MdLIP2A, which appears to be regulated by chromatin remodeling, coincided with endodormancy induction in the ‘Fuji’ apple.
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In deciduous trees, including apples (Malus × domestica Borkh.), lipid accumulation in the meristem region towards endodormancy induction has been thought to be an important process for the acquisition of cold tolerance. In this study, we conducted histological staining of crude lipids in the meristem region of ‘Fuji’ apples and found that lipid accumulation coincided with endodormancy induction. Since a major component of lipid bodies (triacylglycerol) is esterified fatty acids, we analysed fatty acid-derived volatile compounds and genes encoding fatty acid-modifying enzymes (MdLOX1A and MdHPL2A); the reduction of lipid breakdown also coincided with endodormancy induction. We then characterised the expression patterns of lipid body-regulatory genes MdOLE1 and MdLIP2A during endodormancy induction and found that the expression of MdLIP2A correlated well with lipid accumulation towards endodormancy induction. Based on these results, we conducted chromatin remodelling studies and localized the cis-element in the 5′-upstream region of MdLIP2A to clarify its regulatory mechanism. Finally, we revealed that chromatin was concentrated − 764 to − 862 bp of the 5′-upstream region of MdLIP2A, which harbours the GARE [gibberellin responsive MYB transcription factor binding site] and CArG [MADS-box transcription factor binding site] motifs—meristem development-related protein-binding sites.
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Abbreviations
- CArG:
-
MADS-box transcription factor-binding site
- DAM:
-
Dormancy-associated MADS-box
- EF1:
-
Elongation factor 1
- FT:
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FLOWERING LOCUS T
- GARE:
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Gibberellin-responsive MYB transcription factor-binding site
- GDR:
-
Genome Database for Rosaceae
- NCBI:
-
National Center for Biotechnology Information
- QTL:
-
Quantitative trait locus
- UBI:
-
Ubiquitin
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This work was supported by the Program to Disseminate Tenure Tracking System from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and by a grant from the Chiba University to TS.
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TS designed the study and wrote paper, WS and YO performed and supervised the microscopy experiments, respectively, HI performed GC/MS analysis, OK, HO, and SK revised the article and corrected the content.
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Saito, T., Wang, S., Ohkawa, K. et al. Lipid droplet-associated gene expression and chromatin remodelling in LIPASE 5′-upstream region from beginning- to mid-endodormant bud in ‘Fuji’ apple. Plant Mol Biol 95, 441–449 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-017-0662-0
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