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ArticleScientific reports2020

Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of Lycium ruthenicum and Lycium barbarum fruits during ripening.

Jianhua Zhao, Haoxia Li, Yue Yin, Wei An, Xiaoya Qin, Yajun Wang, Yanlong Li, Yunfang Fan, Youlong Cao

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Jianhua ZhaoWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China.
Haoxia LiDesertification Control Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750002, China.
Yue YinWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China.
Wei AnWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China.
Xiaoya QinWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China.
Yajun WangWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China.
Yanlong LiWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China.
Yunfang FanWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China.
Youlong CaoWolfberry Engineering Research Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan, 750002, China. youlongchk@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Red wolfberry (or goji berry, Lycium barbarum; LB) is an important agricultural product with a high content of pharmacologically important secondary metabolites such as phenylpropanoids. A close relative, black wolfberry (L. ruthenicum; LR), endemic to the salinized deserts of northwestern China, is used only locally. The two fruits exhibit many morphological and phytochemical differences, but genetic mechanisms underlying them remain poorly explored. In order to identify the genes of interest for further studies, we studied transcriptomic (Illumina HiSeq) and metabolomic (LC-MS) profiles of the two fruits during five developmental stages (young to ripe). As expected, we identified much higher numbers of significantly differentially regulated genes (DEGs) than metabolites. The highest numbers were identified in pairwise comparisons including the first stage for both species, but total numbers were consistently somewhat lower for the LR. The number of differentially regulated metabolites in pairwise comparisons of developmental stages varied from 66 (stages 3 vs 4) to 133 (stages 2 vs 5) in both species. We identified a number of genes (e.g. AAT1, metE, pip) and metabolites (e.g. rutin, raffinose, galactinol, trehalose, citrulline and DL-arginine) that may be of interest to future functional studies of stress adaptation in plants. As LB is also highly suitable for combating soil desertification and alleviating soil salinity/alkalinity/pollution, its potential for human use may be much wider than its current, highly localized, relevance.

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MetabolomeTranscriptomeComputational BiologyFruitGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantHumansLyciumMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMetabolomicsMolecular Sequence Annotation

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PMCPMC7062791

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